"It's perfectly normal that you didn't know. After all, the Tang Sect is no longer the Tang Sect it once was."
"Centuries ago, the Tang Sect had already declined into obscurity."
Tang Ya gave a bitter smile at those words. She showed no dissatisfaction toward the two of them and instead explained patiently.
Yet Red Lotus and her younger brother simply did not believe Tang Lan's words.
Red Lotus spoke up. "Just the two of you alone are enough to surpass the overall strength of our Cloud Top Abode."
"And Cloud Top Abode is already able to recruit Soul Masters in several major cities. By now, we have more than four hundred Soul Masters above Soul Elder rank alone."
"It is only because Cloud Top Abode has seven branches scattered across different cities, leaving our strength relatively dispersed, that these people found an opening to exploit."
"In the end, because Cloud Top Abode has no Titled Douluo, we have become a target that countless factions believe they can bully and plunder at will."
By the end, Red Lotus let out a soft sigh.
She was not particularly angry. If their own strength was insufficient, they could not blame anyone else.
Red Lotus's younger brother also fell silent. Though he cultivated diligently day and night, his cultivation had remained stuck at level eighty-nine, unable to advance any further.
Without crossing the threshold of level ninety, no matter how powerful he was, he would ultimately never reach the level of a Titled Douluo.
This left him somewhat despondent and dispirited, though he himself had not realized that among people his age, he had already surpassed nearly everyone.
"May I ask, who is the Sect Master of your Tang Sect?"
Red Lotus seemed to think of something, then raised her head to look