As far as the Five Elders were concerned, while Tang Hao was alive, they had indeed harbored hostility toward him and those around him.
After all, the sect's withdrawal from the world had been directly tied to Tang Hao.
In the past, the Five Elders would certainly have made things difficult for Tang San. Now, however, they truly had no grounds to do so.
Tang Hao belonged to the sect's direct lineage and had been nurtured by it for decades. His heart belonged to the sect alone; verbal attacks would not have affected his feelings toward it.
These so-called attacks were merely the elders venting their resentment over the sect's predicament and the loss of their loved ones. In their hearts, they actually hated Spirit Hall more than Tang Hao.
Had Tang Chen still been around, Spirit Hall would not have dared make trouble for them even if Tang Hao had killed Qian Xunji back then. The main reason for the sect's current predicament was still Tang Chen's disappearance.
Of course, they had no right to blame Tang Chen, nor did they dare retaliate against Spirit Hall. They could only vent their resentment and anger on Tang Hao.
But what about Tang San? He had not grown up in the sect, nor had he received any of its resources. Now that Tang Hao was gone, very little remained of his ties to the sect.
If they continued treating him as though he had come to answer for his crimes, there was no need to guess the outcome: a disheartened Tang San would certainly leave the Clear Sky Sect.
After all, even when the Five Elders were unhappy with Tang Hao, it had only amounted to verbal complaints. They would never have tried to kill him.
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