After some hesitation, Fang Zi decided to join the Tang Sect and become one of its members.
This delighted Tang Ya, the current Tang Sect Leader, and she naturally agreed to Fang Zi's request.
When Vina saw how united and supportive Tang Lan and the others were, she was moved as well.
By then, she had neither a home nor family. She was more like a pitiful person wandering alone outside.
It was only her strength that concealed the loneliness and sorrow in her heart.
Just the day before, Vina had sought out Tang Lan and told him what she was thinking.
She wanted to join the Tang Sect, but she worried that her presence would bring danger upon it.
She did not want to destroy a Tang Sect with such a promising future because of herself.
Yet Tang Lan had given her only one reply: "The Tang Sect has me."
Though it was only four words, they left Vina standing there in a daze for a long time.
Watching Tang Lan's retreating back as he turned away, her expression changed again and again. He was the first man she felt she could not see through at all.
For some reason, she could tell that Tang Lan had not merely said those words casually.
He truly had the ability to accomplish all of it.
Today, Tang Lan and the others planned to travel together to Flying Swallow City to purchase supplies.
Although the Tang Sect had plenty of vegetables and fruits, certain essential supplies still had to be replenished from down the mountain.
At Tang Lan's suggestion, they hired seven carriages from nearby villages.
Four of them were meant to carry large quantities of supplies back to the Tang Sect.
Tang Ya needed various ores and special metals, as well