He didn't say what he said in support of what Arthur did. As someone who supports the family above all else, he would be truly angry if Brian had acted against Arthur after being spared for his first offense.
Patriarch Calcetti glanced at Augustus from the corner of his eye and said, "Yeah. You should know about learning lessons after the first foolishness. I'm sure that you already have a plan to make your second son shine during his sect examination."
"I truly hope that you have a plan. You better have a plan so that I won't regret not beating you after your first foolishness."
Augustus coughed awkwardly and wanted to explain himself. He said, "Patriarch, I don't think it is possible for…"
Patriarch Calcetti glared at him and asked, "What is it that you don't think is possible?"
He wanted to say that he didn't think it was possible for Tyson to reach the first position in the examination. It is a reasonable thing to say.
In fact, even though Patriarch Calcetti knew that Arthur was too strong for a cultivator at the first mortal coil, he didn't expect Arthur to occupy the first position so strongly because the tests are random and can be unfavorable to some examinees.
So it is definitely reasonable to say that it might not be possible for Tyson to do so well, but Augustus can't say it. Even if he dares to say it, he must not say it here in front of everyone, or he will be beaten here in front of everyone.
He can tell that much from the glare that the patriarch was giving him. So he changed his mind and said, "I was about to say that I don't think it is possible for anyone in this examination to take Arthur's position. He already has almost 17,000 performance points from just this test. His performance in this test is enough to break the record for the highest total performance points earned in any sect examination."
Patriarch Calcetti asked him with the same glare still on his face, "Is that all that you have to say?"
Augustus didn't dare to look at his patriarch's face anymore. He looked away and replied with a question of his own. "What else could I possibly have to say?"
The patriarch's face eased up when he heard that. He said, "Fortunately, that's the only thing you had to say."
Then the patriarch nodded and said, "You're right. His position is more than secure. Even the sudden appearance of someone like him can't change the situation."
Everyone else agreed with the patriarch while eyeing Augustus with pity or gloating over his misfortune. But they all had to stop whatever they were doing because a loud voice boomed within the ship.
"Well done, Calcetti. Well done. So that unruly redheaded monster belongs to your family. I didn't think the pretty Dysons could ever raise such a beast."
Patriarch Calcetti snorted and said, "You're just a sore loser. If you dare to gamble, you should be ready to lose."
Another cultivator at the third mortal coil transmitted his voice over and said, "Forget about the money. You didn't have to make your beast eliminate her like that. He could have just beaten her for standing against him or waited until she had a lot of points."
Patriarch Calcetti apologized, "I'm sorry about that. But I didn't tell the boy anything. Everything he did, he did on his own. He wasn't specifically targeting her. He would have attacked anyone who tried to resist him."
The cultivator wasn't satisfied. He scoffed and said, "Bah. Now that you've done it, the least that you could do is admit to it."
Patriarch Calcetti became angry when he heard this.
He was sincere with his apology because he understood the importance of the examination and the impact of its outcome on the prosperity of a family. He was also telling the truth about not telling Arthur to specifically target the children of the kids from other cultivation families.
He also didn't tell Arthur about the fact that he had gambled on which family would do best in the third test. He didn't tell Arthur anything, so Arthur did what he would have normally done.
He didn't tell Arthur because he didn't want Arthur to target the children of his competitors. He withheld the information about the gamble because he was worried that it would pressure Arthur and make him hold back.
Be that as it may, it is the truth that he didn't play any tracks or tell Arthur to target specific individuals. Yet, he was being doubted. Patriarch Calcetti didn't like that at all.
He frowned and said, "Is it because I apologized that you thought that you could walk all over me? If we have to accuse anyone of anything, can you swear that you didn't tell your girl to stand up to him and try to sabotage him?"
The cultivator said, "That's not the point. The point is that you don't have the guts to admit that you tricked us."
Patriarch Calcetti denied it. "I didn't trick anyone. At most, I hid some information."
"Besides, it doesn't matter if I hid information or tricked you people. What matters is that I won this bet. So pay up."
A fourth cultivator at the third mortal coil, who had been listening in, spoke up and said, "No rush. The test hasn't ended yet. I reckon we still have a month left. Anything can happen."
Patriarch Calcetti sneered. "You must be dreaming if you think that there can ever be a second person to earn up to two thousand points in this test. You will be lucky if someone else earns up to one thousand points. As for 17,000 points, I can only say that you're delusional."
Another cultivator complained, "You cheated, Calcetti. Is that not a third-rank weapon in the hands of your boy? Did you give him a third-rank weapon? How could you do something so shameless?"