Returning to the Sect

Three minutes later.

The Fourth Elder slunk back to the Second Elder's side, feeling too ashamed to lift his head.

Tang Liu had just withdrawn his seven blue-black soul rings. He looked at him with a smile and asked, "Well, Fourth Elder, is my strength good enough to catch your discerning eye now?"

The Fourth Elder did not want to speak.

Tang Liu looked astonished. "Surely not. Are you planning to welch on our bet, Fourth Elder?"

The Fourth Elder snapped, "Welch, my ass! Once my word leaves my mouth, even four galloping horses couldn't catch it! A loss is a loss. Would I refuse to admit it?"

Tang Liu smiled. "Then am I qualified to honor my ancestors and return to the sect?"

The Fourth Elder hesitated and looked at the Second Elder beside him.

Tang Liu's eyes immediately widened. "Fourth Elder, are you really going to go back on your word?"

The Fourth Elder looked at him and said bluntly, "Boy, I agree to your return to the sect. But this isn't something I can decide alone. It also depends on the sect master and the other elders."

Tang Liu glanced at him, then shook his head. "If I'd known that, I would've challenged the sect master instead. If I won, wouldn't that essentially make me the next sect master? Then whether you agreed or not wouldn't matter so much, would it?"

The moment he finished speaking, an uproar swept through the surrounding Clear Sky Sect disciples. They all stared at Tang Liu as though he were an idiot.

Tang Xiao himself remained silent.

The Fifth Elder, standing on the Second Elder's other side, snorted coldly. "Leaving aside whether you could actually defeat the sect master, do you think defeating the previous sect master is all it takes