The relationship between the Lei brothers was exceptionally harmonious, though few in the martial world believed it. In their eyes, brothers fighting and even maiming one another for the position of future clan head was perfectly normal. There was nothing inherently wrong with that assumption; after all, many prominent families and sects in the martial world were like this. A family like the Lei clan, where brothers got along so well, was instead exceedingly rare.
Of course, such rumors existed in the martial world largely thanks to a certain family fanning the flames. That family was naturally the Tang Sect. The enmity between the Tang Sect and the Lei clan was difficult to explain clearly. The two sides had battled for years, suffering grievous casualties on both sides. Such hatred was not easily resolved.
Only after Snow Moon City rose to prominence, and Lei Mengsha and Tang Lingyue both became Four Guardians of Tianqi, did their relationship improve somewhat. But that improvement existed only among the younger generation. The older generation, especially Old Master Tang, still remembered the old hatred. That was why he later joined forces with Dark River, preparing to destroy the Lei clan.
Old Master Tang was no harmless old man. He had made two preparations for this plan. Success would naturally be ideal, but even if it failed, so long as he died, the Lei clan would not wipe out the Tang family entirely. And once he was gone, perhaps the Tang family and the Lei clan would no longer need to be enemies.
This was a completely open scheme. Whether it succeeded or failed, the Tang family could accept the outcome. Success was naturally better; failure meant only his death, allowing the feud between the two families to end with his generation. As for him