My condolences? Tang Yi had no idea where that came from. She and Niu Youdao had only been husband and wife in name, and the feelings between husband and wife had long since been severed. What condolences was he talking about?
Yet there was one thing she had to admit in her heart: ever since learning of Niu Youdao's death, a faint sorrow had lingered within her.
Thinking back, the Shangqing Sect had wronged Niu Youdao, and so had she. Strictly speaking, the Sect Master of the Shangqing Sect should have been Niu Youdao in this generation. She had seized the position through cunning and force.
The one who should have been Sect Master of the Shangqing Sect had died. From top to bottom, the entire Shangqing Sect could not help feeling some sorrow and lamentation, especially Wei Duo, who wept bitterly.
But whether by sentiment or reason, condolences did not apply. She had tried to distance herself from him, yet he insisted on dragging things in that direction. Tang Yi found it inconvenient to argue with him and was more concerned with the secret assistance he spoke of. She tested the waters. "Niu Youdao truly asked you to help me, sir?"
Privately, she also wanted to know the answer. Niu Youdao had never married. Could it be that he truly liked her?
Chuan Ying smiled. "Otherwise, why would I have come all this way? Did I come specially to lie to you?"
That was true. Tang Yi nodded inwardly, though doubts remained in her heart. "I have never heard that Niu Youdao had dealings with you, sir. How could you be Niu Youdao's close friend?"
Chuan Ying answered directly, "Before Brother Niu entered the Sacred Realm, he and I did not know each other at all. I had long