Mindset Collapse?

Marquis of Wu'an Mansion, reception hall.

Xiao Yin sat in the seat of honor, his calm gaze sweeping over the two people standing in the hall—Tang Miao, the Fifth Elder of the Clear Sky Sect, and the woman beside him, Tang Yuehua, dressed in palace robes. Her face was pale, yet she still maintained a rigidly elegant posture.

Tang Miao wore an almost fawning smile. After showering Xiao Yin with praise, he turned slightly to introduce Tang Yuehua, deliberately raising his voice.

"Hall Master Xiao may not know this, but Yue Hua's true identity is that she is the biological younger sister of our Clear Sky Sect's Sect Master. Yue Hua has long resided in Heaven Dou City, where she oversees Moonlight Pavilion. In both talent and beauty, she is unmatched in Heaven Dou."

"She... she has always admired a young hero like Hall Master Xiao. Upon hearing that you have yet to marry, she..."

He did not finish, but his meaning could not have been clearer.

We're offering you the Sect Master's own younger sister, a noble "princess," in marriage. This apology should carry enough weight, shouldn't it? We've given you enough face too, haven't we?

Xiao Yin raised an eyebrow at this. His gaze lingered briefly on Tang Yuehua's exquisite yet lifeless face before shifting to Tang Miao. A blatant sneer curled across his lips.

"What do I want her for?"

"Does Fifth Elder think that a woman without even a single spirit ring, one who cannot even be considered a Spirit Master, can offset the offense committed by two of your sect's elders against Lingxiao Hall? That she can be traded for the lives of two Title Douluo?"

His words were like a bucket of icy water dumped over them.

The smile Tang Miao had painstakingly piled