The night wind swept through Black Pine Forest, carrying pine needles with it. Tang Xiao's figure shot dozens of yards ahead, yet he couldn't help glancing back at Tang San, who had remained calm beside him. His brows furrowed into a knot.
"Xiao San, are you really going to do this?"
His voice was very low, edged with disbelief and a trace of hesitation he could barely conceal. "Tell everyone you're my illegitimate son? Th-this... how can I face Brother Hao and Ah Yin?"
Tang San kept walking. A cold glint flashed through his eyes, so quickly that even Tang Xiao failed to catch it. When he looked up again, all that remained on his face was helplessness and earnestness. "Uncle, given the situation, do I have any other choice?"
"Back then, my father killed three sect elders with his hammer for Ah Yin. He even angered Grandfather to death, forcing the Clear Sky Sect into seclusion for decades. Who in the sect doesn't hate him to the bone?"
There was just the right touch of bitterness in Tang San's voice. "If I reveal that I'm Tang Hao's son, never mind the sect providing me with resources and protection. If those elders don't beat me to death on the spot, it'll only be because they still have some regard for the past."
His words struck Tang Xiao like a heavy hammer.
He knew better than anyone how deep the sect's hatred of Tang Hao ran.
Back then, the Old Sect Master had been angered by Tang Hao until his life was spent, and died. Three core elders had fallen beneath Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer. The Clear Sky Sect, chief among the Upper Three Sects, had become a laughingstock overnight and been forced to seal its gates and withdraw from