"Indeed, not everyone can be as heaven-blessed and likable as I am. Same goes for you—say things like that on your own in the future. Don't wait for me to start the conversation before remembering to praise me."
Tang Yu smiled and patted Zhang Xuanyuan on the shoulder.
Zhang Xuanyuan was speechless. He had carelessly fallen for this brat's trick again.
"By the way, Vice Sect Master, Lin Xuan's side is still proceeding according to your plan. He has already gone through nearly forty thousand reincarnations. I went to see him myself, and his divine soul is already..."
Zhang Xuanyuan paused before finding a particularly fitting description. "His body is like withered bones, his heart like cold ashes."
He had seen countless people in his lifetime, but never anyone so utterly dead of heart and unwavering in mind.
Like a speck of dust, without thought, without desire, without a single notion, drifting wherever it might fall.
"Is that so? That's exactly the effect I wanted. Just keep the formation running. We're not short on that little bit of money."
Tang Yu took out a storage ring and tossed it to Zhang Xuanyuan.
"I got over ten million high-grade spirit stones from the Zhang Family and Zhao Family. Take them back with you when you leave later, and let Nangong Ying look them over first."
Zhang Xuanyuan nearly failed to catch it as his hand shook. In all his life, he had not merely never seen so many spirit stones—he had never even heard of such an amount.
Then, coming back to his senses, he asked, "Vice Sect Master, you aren't returning with me?"
"I still have quite a few things to take care of. Once the Seven Sect Alliance is ready, wait for my notice to begin the war. My