[Facing Poseidons High Priestess Bo Seixi's inquiry, Tang San maintained a respectful attitude.]
["Junior Tang San greets Senior. My great-grandfather's name was the single character Chen!"]
["No need for such formalities. You are Tang Chen's great-grandson?"]
[Upon learning that Tang San was Tang Chen's great-grandson, a flicker of complexity crossed Poseidons High Priestess Bo Seixi's beautiful eyes, looking quite dazed.]
["Time truly flies!"]
["Even his great-grandson is already this old!"]
["To think that the person I have been waiting for is actually his great-grandson."]
[Afterward, Poseidons High Priestess Bo Seixi earnestly told Tang San that from now on, he did not need to bow to anyone on Sea God Island, including herself; no one could bear Tang San's marks of respect.]
[Following that, Poseidons High Priestess Bo Seixi also told Seahorse Douluo to relay her command.]
[From now on, Tang San and his companions were all honored guests of Sea God Island!]
[After this, Poseidons High Priestess Bo Seixi entrusted Tang San and the others to Seahorse Douluo.]
[Seahorse Douluo led Tang San and the others to stay in Seahorse City on Sea God Island.]
[After settling Tang San and the others into the City Lord's Manor, Seahorse Douluo explained the situation of Seahorse City and Sea God Island.]
[On Sea God Island, the most primitive form of bartering was still practiced.]
[The daily necessities of Sea God Island were supplied by fleets spontaneously formed by Sea Spirit Masters who did not belong to the island, as well as spirit masters who had failed their trials. Every once in a while, they would deliver supplies to the island in exchange for Sea God Island's local specialties.]
[Hearing this, Ma Hongjun was curious and remarked, "Isn't that a bit risky? What if those Sea Spirit Masters stop delivering one day? Wouldn't that be a problem?"]
[In response, Seahorse Douluo merely gave Ma Hongjun a faint glance.]
["All Sea Douluos are children of the Lord Sea God; no one will betray him."]
["Sea God Island is the holy land of the Sea Douluos!"]
[Hearing this, Tang San nodded slightly, thinking to himself.]
[The situation of Sea Spirit Masters is indeed different from land spirit masters. Sea God Island is the absolute faith of Sea Spirit Masters, unlike the Spirit Hall which relies on power and authority to rule. Their cohesion is much stronger!]
Black World, Spirit City.
"Is there something wrong with Tang San's head? Is his reading comprehension that bad?"
Seeing this, Qian Renxue was practically laughing from anger.
"What does he mean by 'Sea God Island uses faith to unite people's hearts, so its cohesion is much stronger,' while 'our Spirit Hall relies on power to rule, so our cohesion is lacking'?"
"A place that promotes rule through faith, with a social structure that's still a primitive bartering system—how good can it possibly be?!"
"Does he really think that promoting faith and making the Sea Spirit Masters of the endless ocean believe in this Sea God is just a matter of talking, and that they would happily believe without anything being done?"
"That there's no need for 'those who follow me shall prosper, and those who oppose me shall perish'?"
"To maintain such a rule of faith, who knows how many heretics who don't believe in the Sea God must be killed as a deterrent."
"It's not like our Spirit Hall doesn't have a Divinity to worship. We could have also forcibly promoted the faith of our Divine Ancestor, the Angel God."
"It's just that our Divine Ancestor left a divine oracle, not wishing for us to do so, hoping that the people of the continent could be self-reliant and strong, depending neither on others nor on faith. That's why we didn't do it."
"This Sea God Island forcibly promoting the faith of the Sea God—isn't that exactly a display of disrespect for other Sea Spirit Masters and a violation of their freedom?"
Qian Renxue was utterly disgusted by Tang San's slanders and delusions.
"And when has our Spirit Hall ever relied on power and authority to rule?"
"If we truly relied on power to rule, with the strength of our Spirit Hall, we could have carried out decapitation strikes against any other faction and forcibly unified the continent."
"Why else would I have gone undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire, hoping to seize control of their army?"
"Isn't it precisely because I didn't want the world to fall into extreme chaos, and wanted to unify the continent as quickly and decisively as possible?!"
Qian Renxue was absolutely furious.
Moreover, in her view, when Seahorse Douluo gave Ma Hongjun that faint look and said all Sea Douluos were the Sea God's children and none would betray him...
...that seemed impossible to her.
Because on the Douluo Continent, their Spirit Hall also had Limit Douluos and also worshipped a Divinity.
But on the continent, among the two great empires and various spirit master factions, who was actually submissive to their Spirit Hall?
(End of Chapter)
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