Tang Sect Elder Assembly. The items on Tang San's procurement list had all been gathered by that evening. Once payment and delivery were completed, they did not linger. Using Lou Gao's status to get the city gates opened, they set off overnight and traveled day and night back to Heaven Dou City.
On the way back, the youngsters upheld the traditional virtue of respecting the elderly, letting Lou Gao and Titan, the two old friends, share one carriage while everyone else squeezed into the other. In any case, they all sat cross-legged to cultivate in the carriage, so it did not matter that there was no room for five people to lie down.
Dusk was when Heaven Dou City's nightlife had just begun. At this unnoticed hour, the two carriages carrying Zhang Yang and the others quietly entered the city.
The carriages stopped outside the Tang Sect gates. Zhang Yang hurriedly urged everyone in the carriage, "Hurry up and get out. Ah, we're finally back in Heaven Dou City. That carriage was suffocating me to death."
Urged on by Zhang Yang, Ma Hongjun, who was seated closest to the exit, got out first. Then he saw that Niu Gao, chief of the Defense Clan; Bai He, chief of the Speed Clan; and Yang Wudi, chief of the Breaking Clan, were all standing before the gates to welcome them.
Tang San saw the scene as he stepped down from the carriage as well, and asked in surprise, "How did the three elders know we were returning now?"
Bai He smiled faintly. "Sect Master, have you forgotten what our Speed Clan excels at?"
Only then did Tang San realize. "You've already had the Speed Clan's clan members begin working?"
Bai He smiled. "We can't just sit around eating for free in the