Tang Zhen had remained quite close to Spirit Hall, seemingly intent on continuing to rely on Tang Chen's connections and lingering prestige to cultivate good relations with Spirit Hall, then quietly build up his strength.
After so many years, Tang Chen truly wanted to know how his son and his clansmen were doing.
"Your most promising grandson, Tang Hao, fell in love with a hundred-thousand-year-old transformed spirit beast. When my son Qian Xunji fought him over that transformed spirit beast, Tang Hao accidentally killed him."
"I flew into a rage and led Spirit Hall's forces to deal a devastating blow to the Clear Sky Sect. I scattered all its affiliated clans and forced its members to huddle within Clear Sky Peak, forbidden from leaving. Aside from your granddaughter Tang Yuehua, no member of your Clear Sky Sect openly walks the Douluo Continent anymore."
Qian Daoliu had hardly ever lied. More precisely, aside from matters involving Qian Xunji and Qian Renxue, he utterly disdained lying about anything else.
Now that Tang Chen had awakened, he would inevitably return to the continent and learn what had happened over the years. Rather than deceive him, it was better to lay everything out now.
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"I should have guessed long ago. If I had truly felt at ease about everything back then, I wouldn't have made that wager with you. That you kept your promise and left my Clear Sky Sect with one last breath was no small thing... Let's discuss this another time."
Under normal circumstances, if Qian Daoliu told him that he had crippled the Clear Sky Sect and confined it to Clear Sky Peak, Tang Chen would certainly have flown into a fury.
But Tang Chen knew Qian Xunji well, too. He was a son Qian Daoliu had fathered late