BXBX NOVEL Chapter 71 Ch 71: Eloise's Answer
Although they complained, they didn't dare to voice out to the middle-aged man.
Time continued to pass and very soon, three hours passed.
At this time, Eloise, who was silently looking at the riddles deeply and was trying to understand the meaning behind the riddles, raised her head, looked at the middle-aged man, and said, "Senior, I know the answer to the first two riddles. Can I first answer them and then think the answers to other riddles, answering them later?"
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and deeply looked at Eloise. Then he nodded his head in satisfaction and replied, "You can!"
"Great!"
Eloise continued to say, "The answer to the first riddle, 'What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night' is Man!"
Everyone including Alex frowned when they heard Eloise's answer. They tried to think why the answer is 'man', but failed to understand.
Maybe the middle-aged man understood everyone's difficulty in understanding the reason behind Eloise's answer, he didn't confirm Eloise if her answer is right or wrong, instead, he said, "Can you elaborate?"
Eloise nodded her head, replying, "Man: as an infant, he crawls on four limbs, as an adult, he walks on two legs, and in old age, he uses a 'walking stick' as his third leg to walk. As far as I can think, morning, afternoon, and night in the riddle refer to a man's infancy, adult age, and old age."
"Good! You are correct!"
The middle-aged man nodded his head and a smile appeared on his face for the first time.
As for others, they looked at Eloise with surprised expressions on their faces. Even Alex looked at her and thought in his heart that this girl is not simple. He still remembered when everyone was walking in poisonous miasma while holding their breaths and covering their faces, Eloise was the only one who was walking as if she was strolling on the streets. She was neither covering her face nor was she holding her breaths.
At that time, noticing Alex, she gestured for him to not say anything.
And now, she was able to answer one out of five riddles. How can he not be surprised?
A beautiful smile appeared on Eloise's face when she heard her answer was correct. Then she continued to answer the second riddle.
"The answer to the second riddle, 'Journey without it and you will never prevail, but if you have too much of it, you will surely fail' is 'Confidence' because, while there are plenty of those who lack the confidence to stand up for themselves and seize opportunities, there are also plenty of people out there who overestimate their abilities and bite off more than they can chew. Only a confident person can achieve greatness in their life. Without confidence, no one can win a battle in life and with overconfidence, there is a huge possibility of harming oneself instead of obtaining the opportunity."
Only after saying this much did Eloise take deep breaths and looked at the middle-aged man with an expectant look on her face.
It was not only her, everyone else also shifted their eyes and looked at the middle-aged man, waiting for confirmation.
The middle-aged man didn't let them wait for long. His eyes revealed a surprised expression before returning to the usual indifference. Then he said, "You are correct this time as well."
Whoa~
When the middle-aged man confirmed that Eloise's answer is correct, all the people at the scene once again shifted their gazes and looked at Eloise with different emotions on their faces. All of them were feeling shocked, awed, disbelief, envy, jealousy, and some other emotions. But one emotion was common among them, which was, that everyone was shocked.
"I'll give you all 24 hours of time. After 24 hours, if you are unable to solve a single riddle, all of you will be kicked out of Earth King's Temple and will unable be able to enter ever again. As for this little girl, since she has solved two out of five riddles, she'll at least get one-third of the legacy left behind by Earth King."
Eloise had previously told the middle-aged man that she'll answer two riddles. The middle-aged man also knew how difficult these riddles are. No, they shouldn't be considered difficult riddles, instead, they are more comprehensible riddles. As long as one can comprehend the meaning behind the words of riddles, they can easily answer the riddles.
Right now, there were only two people who attracted the middle-aged man's attention. The first one was Alex. He attracted the attention of the middle-aged man because his way of solving the problem in the first stage, where he was fighting the Bronze Giant, was different from others. As for the second one, it is Eloise. She also successfully attracted the middle-aged man's attention.
No one dared to waste their time. They were only left with 24 hours, no matter what, they have to answer at least one among the left three riddles. Maybe, at that time, they can also receive a small part of Earth King's legacy.
It has to be known that the Earth King was a Level 9 Heavenly Con Stage martial warrior at his peak. Even a fraction of his legacy is a fatal attraction to any Spirit Origin Stage martial warrior. Not only this, the attraction of Earth King's legacy is so much that, if possible, even Origin Sea Stage martial warriors will fight to inherit.
It is a pity that no Origin Sea Stage martial warrior can enter the Earth King's Ancient Land.
Three people at the scene were Golden Core Stage martial warriors while other people were at the Spirit Origin Stage. If they were to get even a fraction of Earth King's Legacy, they were more than willing.
Earth King was a renowned figure of Ancient Times. He was infinitely close to breaking past the Heavenly Completion Stage and entering a new stage of cultivation which is extremely hard for any other martial warrior to achieve.
Maybe, the middle-aged man knew what others were thinking, he gave a blow to them.
"If you are thinking by answering even one of the riddles, you can get the opportunity to receive at least a fraction of Earth King's Legacy, then let me tell you, you are wrong. Only the person who has answered the most riddles could get the chance to inherit the legacy of Earth King. As for others, they'll be kicked out!"
The words of the middle-aged man caused many of them to be disspirited. The newly awakened enthusiasm inside their hearts immediately vanished.
Even after three hours, they failed to answer a single one out of the five riddles, this alone is enough to prove that solving riddles is not their forte. They knew their limits very well and knows they can't possibly answer more than one riddle in the left 24 hours. If they can solve a single riddle out of three, it'll already be a great achievement for them.
Well, among the crowd of some dispirited people, there were two smiley faces. One was of course Eloise's and the other one was Alex's.
Yes, Alex was also smiling at this moment. It is because he has already solved all five riddles in these three hours. He was just waiting to see if anyone can answer even one of the riddles or not.
When half of Alex's soul was still in the Clear Sky World, he was unable to cultivate. Being unable to cultivate was a tragedy to Alex. He was the son of a heavyweight, a Spirit Origin Stage martial warrior. Because of this, he was labeled as a 'trash'. Other than his parent's faces, he can see mocking smiles for him on everyone's faces.
Because of all these things, he started spending his time inside the library of his family. Yes, he spent his time in the library instead of Skill Pavilion where martial arts skills and cultivation techniques were stored. He spent all his years of youth inside the library, reading all kinds of adventurous and enlightening books. He gained a lot of knowledge from those books.
Although those books were not related to cultivation in any way, those books were still filled with much knowledge related to humans and morals. He was extremely intelligent.
On the other hand, the half of Alex's soul that was in this world at that time was nothing but a fool. He was also unable to cultivate and at the same time, he was unable to show the intelligence of people his age.
Maybe, the reason was hidden in the separation of one soul into two.
Whatever the reason, because he read a lot of books and has much more knowledge than other people at the scene, solving the puzzles on the stone tablet was not that difficult for him. He was able to solve them in just two and a half hours.