In the banquet hall.
Tang Yuehua and Titan exchanged glances.
Finally, after a few hushed words between them, Tang Yuehua hastily left the scene.
Lin Rong knew Tang Yuehua was going to ask her brother for the Exploding Ring, so he didn't stop her and let her go.
After this, in the banquet hall.
Apart from the large pool of venom hissing on the ground, there was no other sound. The atmosphere among the three elders of the Tang Sect was even more unpredictable.
Several hours later.
The sky turned dusk, and the earth was dyed in ink.
Dugu Bo, who had been gone for a long time, walked in, his silhouette cast by the setting sun among the trees.
"I keep my word. The Agility Clan has been wiped out, not a single survivor remains."
Dugu Bo walked directly to his granddaughter's side and said to Lin Rong:
"My Lord, as agreed, you should release my granddaughter."
Release Dugu Yan?
Lin Rong felt speechless and said:
"You are already one of my people, why would I harm your granddaughter?"
After speaking, Lin Rong tossed a jade bottle to Dugu Bo and transmitted his voice:
"The jade bottle contains three Dragon Rhyme Immortal Ganoderma Pills. Taking them can improve your aptitude and Soul Power level."
"At the same time, this pill has a miraculous effect of promoting the evolution of Dragon-type Martial Souls. I don't need to tell you this. When you open the jade bottle later and smell it, the desire originating from your Martial Soul will let you know."
"Regarding this pill, the younger the age of the user, the better the improvement in aptitude. As for Soul Power improvement, it is effective for users whose Soul Power does not exceed level fifty."
"However, there are no restrictions on promoting the evolution of Dragon-type Martial Souls."
"There are only three Dragon Rhyme Immortal Ganoderma Pills in total. For each additional pill taken, the medicinal effect is halved. Whether you take them yourself or give them to your granddaughter is up to you."
Dugu Bo listened, then gently opened the stopper of the jade bottle and cautiously brought it to his nose to smell.
A sweet medicinal fragrance overflowed from the bottle's opening. The fragrance contained a slight medicinal power of the Nine-Rank Dragon Ganoderma, stirring Dugu Bo's Azure Phosphorus Snake Emperor Martial Soul.
Dugu Bo quickly resealed the bottle with the stopper and thought to himself:
"It can actually arouse my Martial Soul's desire. This brat really didn't lie."
"Such a sweet medicinal fragrance, this pill should be non-toxic."
"However, to be cautious, I'll scrape off a bit of the pill powder to test it when I get back. After confirming it's non-toxic, I'll give it to Yan Yan."
Afterward, Dugu Bo put away the jade bottle, bowed, and thanked him:
"I thank you, Duke!"
Lin Rong did not respond to this. He simply got up from his seat and left the Tang Sect with the old butler.
Seeing this, Dugu Bo was eager to return and test whether the pill Lin Rong gave him was truly non-toxic, so he also hurriedly left the Tang Sect with his granddaughter.
The moment the four of them walked out of the Tang Sect, the Tang Sect, which had been bustling all day, finally had no outsiders.
Under the setting sun, the tree shadows stretched long.
Niu Gao was the first to break the unpredictable atmosphere, saying stiffly to Titan:
"Old ape, I'm done with this damned Tang Sect."
"I will leave with the Control Clan and return to Dragon Rise City to continue living."
"If you want to continue working like a horse for the Clear Sky Sect, everyone has their own aspirations, and I have no objections."
"But from now on, I will pretend I never had you as a brother!"
After speaking, Niu Gao strode out of the banquet hall without waiting for Titan to say anything.
"Old rhino! You, wait up!"
Titan put down Tang San and intended to chase after Niu Gao to stop him, but as soon as he took half a step, Lou Gao, who was standing beside him, pulled him back.
"Titan, it's no use."
"You've known Niu Gao for so many years. If he wasn't completely disheartened, he wouldn't have said those words just now."
"Honestly, what that woman said was a bit too much."
"'The lord is strong, the minister is weak.' What a saying!"
"In my opinion, with Hidden Weapons in hand, the Tang Sect, once developed, will surely become the number one power in the world."
"In my life, besides my obsession with forging, the only other thing I sought was to change the status of us blacksmiths. Before this, I never saw hope until the appearance of the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons."
"But if, as that woman said, the Tang Sect becomes a vassal of the Clear Sky Sect, then the humble status of blacksmiths on the continent will never change."
"The blow I received when I heard that sentence was not small. If it weren't for my obsession with Hidden Weapons, I might have made the same choice as Niu Gao."
"Putting myself in his shoes, if even someone like me, who has no grievances with the Clear Sky Sect, feels this way, then how much resentment and disappointment must Niu Gao, who has great grievances with the Clear Sky Sect, be feeling?"
Lou Gao's persuasion led Titan into reflection:
"Clear Sky Sect, it's the Clear Sky Sect again."
"When Master fought the former Pope back then, the Clear Sky Hammer's fame reached its peak."
"But that damned Clear Sky Sect, they always put on airs as the number one sect in the world, yet when trouble truly arises, they run faster than anyone."
"It was bad enough they abandoned us, the Single Attribute Four Great Clans, but they even disowned Master, the pride of their sect, out of fear of Spirit Hall."
"After all these years, we finally met Young Master. Under Young Master's wise and mighty leadership, we established the Tang Sect, allowing us old brothers to reunite."
"But now, everything Young Master has worked for has been ruined by that woman, Tang Yuehua."
"Young Master had clearly stated long ago that the Tang Sect is an independent and autonomous sect."
"But that woman kept mentioning the Clear Sky Sect, making Old Rhinoceros mistakenly believe the Tang Sect was a vassal of the Clear Sky Sect, which cost me my best brother."
"If Master weren't a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect, and if Master didn't care about the Clear Sky Sect in his heart, I would really want to storm the Clear Sky Sect's mountain gate to vent my hatred!"
"Oh, and that old white bird fellow too."
"If he hadn't mentioned that darned ginseng to Young Master, how could today's events have happened?"
"If today's events hadn't occurred, Old Rhinoceros and I would still be the best of friends, Young Master wouldn't have suffered such humiliation for no reason, and he wouldn't be in this situation now, where his life and death are in someone else's hands."
"Yes, that's right, every mistake, every fault, it's all Old White Bird's fault!"
Beside him, Lou Gao watched Titan's expression shift between gloom and cheer, mistaking the change for Titan's contemplation from his and Niu Gao's perspective.
However, Lou Gao was not Titan, and he greatly underestimated the fervent faith Titan held for Tang Hao.
In Titan's heart, Tang Hao, as his Master, could do no wrong; and Tang San, as the Young Master, had his reasons for everything he did.
He himself, as a loyal servant, following the orders of his two masters, could also do no wrong.
If the two masters were not wrong, and he himself was not wrong, then the fault could only lie with others, only with the Clear Sky Sect.
It was fortunate that Lou Gao couldn't read minds, otherwise, if he had heard Titan's inner thoughts, he might have considered whether to flee with the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons blueprints.
Lou Gao patted Titan's shoulder, then left the place and returned to the forging room to study the Hidden Weapons blueprints.
The sun set, and the last ray of the setting sun disappeared beyond the horizon.
The vast banquet hall lost its final source of light and plunged into deep darkness.
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