Chapter 875: Believe in Nan Shen! Absolutely Steady! (Bonus Chapter)
At this moment, everyone's hearts were in their throats.
But Xiao Zhen, Ye Xinghe, and the others were completely at ease. After all, Nan Shen had always been known as "Reliable Jiang"!
He had never let anyone down before!
When Zhao Dezhu heard this, he also grinned: "Then let Jiangnan answer this question!"
Jiangnan smiled confidently, glancing at Sean!
(๑¯ิٹ¯)"Let's skip these word games. They're not even worth bringing up!"
"Real place of origin? Trying to mislead us into answering Spirit Ruins? Hah~"
"In reality, all the Spirit-Returning White Sesame in the world is actually picked off Spirit-Returning Strawberries, right?"
"So the real answer is Spirit-Returning Strawberries! Not Spirit Ruins at all!"
With that, Jiangnan flashed a brilliant smile, even reaching out his hand to make a peace sign.
✌☺
At this moment, the entire conference room fell into absolute silence. The smile on Zhao Dezhu's face froze solid.
Zhong Yingxue: (▀‸▀٥)
Xia Yao: (■~■٥)
Xiao Zhen: (≖_≖)…
What the heck? White sesame seeds are picked off strawberries?
That's your answer?
Give us back our trust and expectations!
Sean was stunned too, then immediately burst out laughing, clutching his stomach as he pounded the table!
(๑˃᷄ꇴ˂᷅)ﾉΣ┳━┳ Hahahaha!
Even the students in the academy couldn't hold it in, all of them pinching themselves to keep from laughing out loud…
Charles looked as if he had an epiphany!
Σ(｡꒪꒫꒪)"Holy crap? So that's it! The origins of Spirit-Returning White Sesame are numerous, so no matter what you answer, it wouldn't be comprehensive!"
"Sean asked about the 'original place of origin,' which is actually about where it's produced? What a clever concept swap!"
"Jiangnan's got some skill after all. Impressive!"
Martin, his face dark, smacked Charles on the back of the head!
"Impressive my ass! Are you brain-dead? White sesame seeds are picked out of strawberries?"
Charles was baffled: "Aren't they?"
With that question, sixty percent of the people in the conference room froze!
Huh? They aren't?
I thought that made perfect sense!
Sean wiped away his tears: "If I may ask, where do Spirit-Returning Black Sesame seeds come from?"
Jiangnan let out a cold laugh: "No-brainer! Aren't they picked out of Spirit-Returning Dragon Fruit?"
Sean: =͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇)…
So all the sesame in the world comes from strawberries and dragon fruit?
How bored must the sesame harvesters be? They wouldn't even get a few pounds out in a lifetime!
Zhong Yingxue covered her face: (ﾉ)﹏(ヾ)!
"Xiao Nan! Apologize to all the sesame farmers in the world right now!"
Jiangnan: ୧(๑･᷄ࡇ･᷅)?
"That's wrong? Don't sesame seeds come from strawberries and dragon fruit?"
Xia Yao: (⑉ԾжԾ) Pfft~
Wrong, my ass!
Sean laughed heartily: "The original place of origin of Spirit-Returning White Sesame is the Eagle Country Golden City Spirit Ruins!"
"Oh, and let me educate you. Sesame grows on plants. You harvest the stalks and thresh the seeds! You're the one swapping concepts here!"
Jiangnan: Σ(‧̣̥̇ᵒ̌△ᵒ̌)!
Sesame grows on plants?
How is that possible?
At this moment, the netizens in the livestream were also stunned!
"Nonsense! I think Nan Shen's explanation makes sense. I can't find a flaw in it!"
"I… I actually didn't know how sesame came to be, but I feel like coming from strawberries and dragon fruit is more reliable than growing on plants!"
"It's over! I can't unsee this now! Let me eat a dragon fruit to calm my nerves first!"
"My family grows sesame. She's not making this up…"
Zhao Dezhu's face was pitch black. Can your answer get any more outrageous?
How many people are you trying to mislead?
They lost the first question and scored negative one before even gaining a point!
The students all looked at Jiangnan with gloomy eyes!
Nan Shen… doesn't seem so reliable anymore!
Zhao Dezhu: "Second question, from Radiance Academy."
"Blazing Sun Sunflowers are produced from the Miguo Rift Spirit Ruins. Their flower heads always face the sun, absorbing sunlight."
"Question: What is the purpose of Blazing Sun Sunflower seeds?"
At this moment, both Sean's group and Jiangnan's group fell into deep thought.
Danny frowned deeply: "What Blazing Sun Sunflower seeds? I've never even heard of them! Do they really exist?"
Shirley nodded: "Yes, I've heard my uncle mention them. They're so precious that Miguo strictly prohibits export and only consumes them internally."
"As for their purpose, how would we know?"
Sean pressed his hands against his temples: "I've seen their function in a book. Give me a few minutes to search my memory."
Martin and the others smiled confidently.
Go ahead and guess! Even if you rack your brains, you'll never figure it out! Even Sean, the so-called data emperor, is stumped!
Jiangnan and the others, meanwhile, were frantically analyzing.
Qin Shou frowned: "Wait, I have a question. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west."
"If the sunflower head always faces the sun, doesn't it have to turn from east to west every day?"
"And when the sun rises again from the east the next day, how does the sunflower turn back?"
When Qin Shou said this, everyone's mind went blank for a moment!
Holy crap! Isn't that right? Has anyone ever seen a sunflower head turning at night?
This… this is really strange!
Jiangnan rolled his eyes: "You don't even know that? Simple! When no one's looking, it abruptly snaps its head around! That's how!"
Zhong Yingxue: (´ﾟωﾟ) Hmm?
Abruptly snaps its head around? What kind of explanation is that?
Has anyone ever seen a whole field of sunflowers, after the sun sets at night, all abruptly snap their heads from west to east?
Imagining that scene gives me chills!
That can't be right, can it?
But as for the purpose of Blazing Sun Sunflower seeds, even Zhong the scholar was stumped!
It had ventured beyond her realm of knowledge!
Jiangnan grinned: "Martin and his crew sure know how to play. This tactic is much more advanced than Sean's!"
"They used a misleading technique in the question, describing the sunflower's characteristic of absorbing sunlight to make us naturally associate the seeds with that trait based on its characteristics."
"In reality, the true function has nothing to do with absorbing sunlight!"
"When you can't see the essence of something, just stick to the surface, and everything becomes clear. I already know the real answer. Let me handle it!"
Seeing Jiangnan's confident demeanor, the students were unsure.
This was the guy who thought sesame grew on strawberries!
"Ca… can we trust him?"
Jiangnan pouted: "Believe in Nan Shen! Absolutely steady! You don't even need to review the question! The answer is definitely spot-on!"
Everyone thought, well, we don't have any good answers anyway, so let Nan Shen take a shot.
Suddenly, Sean on the other side stood up: "I've got it!"
Just as he was about to press the button, Xia Yao pressed it first!
Charles and the others' hearts tightened. Holy crap?
You know the purpose of Blazing Sun Sunflower seeds? Your knowledge base is that terrifying?
Zhao Dezhu raised an eyebrow: "Pioneer Academy answers first."
Jiangnan grinned: "Don't ask such gimme questions next time, alright? It's embarrassing!"
"The answer is already written in the question!"
(๑･᷅ٹ･᷄)"The real purpose of Blazing Sun Sunflower seeds is to enhance male capability, just like my Little Leeks, right?"
"After all, sunflowers always face the sun! That must be it!"
Zhong Yingxue: Σ(||˃᷄3˂᷅) Pfft~
Xia Yao: (⇀‸↼‶) I knew it…
The students all covered their faces.
The "facing the sun" part doesn't mean that, you know!
What the heck with "sticking to the surface"?
You're literally interpreting it word for word!
Don't use this miraculous brain circuitry in a knowledge competition, alright?
Blazing Sun Sunflower seeds: (*ﾟﾛﾟ)!!
I didn't even know I had that function!
Martin, Charles, and the others' eyes went wide as they laughed, drool running down their chins.
Forget about what the seeds' real purpose is!
We're more interested in your "Little Leeks"!
Sean sneered: "Facing the sun, my ass! Shallow!"
"The true purpose of Blazing Sun Sunflower seeds is to 100% completely restore frostbitten body tissue!"
"Preventing the user from needing amputation! And sunflowers don't 'abruptly snap their heads around' at night. They slowly twist back!"
Zhao Dezhu covered his face: "Jiangnan answered incorrectly. Deduct another point. Sean answered correctly."
Danny and the pompadour guy cheered and pounded the table. Sean, the walking encyclopedia, really is something else!
He could even answer that! Are they on shaky ground now?
Jiangnan: (٥•̀益•́)و Tsk~
I thought my analysis was spot on! So sunflowers don't really face the sun?
Dammit!
Xia Yao looked at Jiangnan with suspicion.
Could Xiao Nan's head have been fried by the side effects of Lucky Little Cherry?
He's already lost two points! At this rate, he won't get a single question right!
Charles and the others were drenched in cold sweat. In the knowledge competition, Jiangnan's combat power isn't just zero—it's negative!
Nothing to worry about there!
Sean's side is indeed impressive. They're a formidable opponent that needs to be dealt with carefully!
Zhao Dezhu flipped to another question, and his face darkened even more.
"Third question! From Pioneer Academy! Please state the full names of Big Black and Little Black!"
Sean: (•́ω•̀٥)?
Charles glared: (͡ʘД͡ʘ)
"Bullshit! Is this even a question? It has nothing to do with Spirit Martial Arts!"
"The key is, who can remember those two weirdos' names? Their ID cards alone must be a meter long!"
Jiangnan: (๑¯͒ٹ¯͒) Nonsense!
"How is it not related? The Kabu tribe, as a clan, is an important part of this era, right?"
"Besides! They both already introduced themselves just now. This is a gimme question!"
At this moment, Charles, Danny, and the others were frantically scratching their heads and pulling their hair!
After that ear-piercing slapping just now, who can remember a thing?
All I remember is one was a siren and the other spat!
Jiangnan was laughing like crazy on the inside.
Go ahead and think! Even those two brothers' own father can't remember their names!