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Two days later, the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City.
"We have arrived."
Bai He hurriedly raised his head and looked in the direction of Luo Nan's gaze.
"What are you still standing there for? Are you waiting for me to invite you in?"
"Yes, yes, Your Excellency, please go first."
Recovering his wits, Bai He followed closely behind Luo Nan step by step, walking into the Moon Pavilion.
As soon as they entered the Moon Pavilion, a faint, lingering fragrance rushed toward them.
The lobby was decorated with exquisite care, and every single furnishing was worth a fortune, yet it did not look vulgar in the least.
Seeing Luo Nan enter, several appropriately dressed and pretty maids hurriedly bowed respectfully. "Greetings, Mr. Luo Nan."
Luo Nan nodded slightly, ignoring the awe-filled gazes of the noble youths in the lobby who were learning etiquette, and led Bai He straight toward the top floor of the Moon Pavilion.
At this moment, Tang Yuehua was lazily leaning against a soft couch draped in soft velvet.
She wore a loose silver long dress; although she looked slightly plump due to pregnancy, her innate noble and elegant aura was all the more charming.
Holding an ancient book on prenatal education in her hand, she was reading it with rapt attention.
"Madam, Mr. Luo Nan is back." A maid walked in on tiptoe and reported respectfully.
Hearing this, a spark of pleasant surprise instantly bloomed in Tang Yuehua's beautiful eyes. She hurriedly put down the scroll in her hand and stood up with the help of the maid:
"He's back? Is he hurt?"
As soon as her voice fell, the door to the living room was pushed open, and Luo Nan strode in.
Seeing that Tang Yuehua was safe and sound, a trace of a gentle smile finally appeared on Luo Nan's stern Face.
"What injuries could I possibly sustain? The person who can hurt me in this world hasn't even been born yet."
Luo Nan stepped forward, naturally wrapping his arm around Tang Yuehua's waist, and lightly kissed her forehead.
Tang Yuehua gave him a sidelong glance and coquettishly reproached, "You're always showing off. This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, did things go smoothly?"
"Very smoothly, I got the items." Luo Nan smiled, then turned slightly to clear the way for Bai He behind him.
"However, besides the items, I also brought someone back along the way. He said he is your uncle."
Tang Yuehua was slightly stunned and looked in the direction of Luo Nan's gaze.
When she saw the thin old man standing at the doorway, feeling awkward and anxious with his hands not knowing where to put them, Tang Yuehua's body trembled violently, and her eye sockets instantly turned red.
"Un… Uncle?!"
Tang Yuehua simply couldn't believe her eyes.
How could the once high-spirited Clan Chief of the Speed Clan with peerless speed in her memory have turned into this aged, haggard, and even somewhat down-and-out appearance?
Hearing Tang Yuehua's cry, the heart hanging in Bai He's throat finally dropped back into his stomach.
Tears welled up in his murky old eyes, and his lips trembled. He wanted to step forward, but he was afraid that the dust on his body would soil the gorgeous carpet.
He could only stand in place and say with a choked voice, "Yuehua… Good child, Uncle has come to see you."
"Uncle, why did you come? Quick, come inside and sit!"
Tang Yuehua walked quickly up to Bai He, grabbed his hands covered in calluses and scars, and welcomed him into the room.
"Someone, quickly give Uncle a seat! Serve the best tea and prepare some exquisite snacks!"
Tang Yuehua pulled Bai He to sit down on the soft sofa while repeatedly instructing the maids.
"It seems this old man didn't lie; the relationship between uncle and niece is indeed quite good." Luo Nan thought to himself secretly.
Luo Nan was an extremely protective person of those close to him.
Since Bai He was a relative that Tang Yuehua cared about, and it looked like Tang Yuehua had deep feelings for this uncle, then Luo Nan did not plan to interfere in the matters of the Speed Clan.
Whether or not to help, and how to help, would be entirely up to Tang Yuehua to decide.
The maids quickly served steaming top-tier fragrant tea and several plates of delicate pastries.
Bai He sat on the sofa that was so soft it felt like he was sinking into it, looking at all this luxury before him.
Looking again at his niece who had grown so noble and elegant, and was even pregnant, a myriad of emotions welled up in his heart.
"Yuehua, you… as long as you are living well, Uncle can rest easy."
Bai He picked up the teacup, his hand trembling slightly.
Tang Yuehua sat beside Bai He, looking at her uncle's gray hair and ragged clothes, aching so much that tears streamed down:
"Uncle, how did you end up like this? The Speed Clan… exactly what is going on with them now?"
Hearing Tang Yuehua ask about the current situation of the Speed Clan, Bai He's hand holding the teacup suddenly stiffened.
His old, wrinkled Face was instantly covered in unspeakable embarrassment and bitterness.
He had originally come this time to ask for help.
But when he truly sat inside his niece's magnificent Moon Pavilion and looked at her caring gaze, that last shred of pride belonging to an elder made it impossible for him to open his mouth.
"This… Sigh, it's a long story."
Bai He sighed, put down the teacup, and shifted his eyes away, not daring to look into Tang Yuehua's eyes.
"Actually, it's nothing, I just… just came to see you."
"Seeing that you now have a good destination, and Your Excellency Luo Nan has heaven-defying strength and treats you well, Uncle is already fully satisfied."
The more Bai He said this, the more painful Tang Yuehua felt inside.
She knew her uncle too well; if it weren't for being at the end of his rope, given his proud personality, it would be absolutely impossible for him to wear these ragged clothes and run all the way to Heaven Dou City to find her.
Just as Tang Yuehua was about to continue questioning, Luo Nan, who had been leaning against the doorway without speaking, suddenly spoke up.
"Alright, old man, stop trying to save Face here."
"Yuehua, this uncle of yours didn't just come to see you simply. He is at his wit's end and has come to seek your help."
"Luo Nan!"
Hearing this, Tang Yuehua quickly tugged on Luo Nan's sleeve, signaling him not to speak so bluntly and hurt an elder's self-esteem.
With his thoughts exposed in a single sentence by Luo Nan, Bai He's old Face instantly flushed crimson, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Twisting his hands tightly together, he stuttered, "Your… Your Excellency is right. Yuehua, Uncle… Uncle truly came to ask for your help."
Since things had been laid out in the open, Bai He simply hardened his heart and told the tragic encounters of the Speed Clan over these past years, detail by detail.
Starting from the Clear Sky Sect announcing the closure of its mountain gates and abandoning the four affiliated Sects, to the Speed Clan suffering suppression from Spirit Hall,
and then to their gradual decline due to having no offensive power and not knowing how to make money. When Bai He reached an emotional part, old tears streamed down.
"Yuehua, Uncle knows that the Clear Sky Sect has failed us, and we shouldn't come to trouble you either."
"But… but the children in the clan are really starving to death! They can't even keep up with the nutrition needed for their Spirit Awakening!"
Bai He choked up and was about to kneel before Tang Yuehua.
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