Tang Hao's Return to the Ancestral Clan (III)

Unconditionally accepting Tang San does not mean unconditionally accepting Tang Hao.

Even if Tang Hao is accepted out of respect for Tang San, it doesn't necessarily mean that Yu Xiaogang Yu Xiaogang's surname is Yu, and he is a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family. Even if he has some talent, he is only suitable as an envoy or representative of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, not as a member of the Clear Sky Sect, let alone as someone who interferes in the various decisions of the Clear Sky Sect's higher-ups. He shouldn't have that qualification either.

Therefore, Tang San did not encounter any difficulties when he joined the sect.

Apart from the Sixth Elder who left in anger, the other elders turned a blind eye and tacitly approved of Tang San's Returning to Ancestral Clan of his ancestors.

Just as Tang Xiao said, the Clear Sky Sect needs Tang San.

Unlike the Sixth Elder, these elders wouldn't naively place their hopes for the Clear Sky Sect's safety on the possible pity offered by the Spirit Hall. Moreover, even if the Spirit Hall tried to recruit them, they would not bow down and submit.

Their Clear Sky Sect should be on equal footing with the Spirit Hall, not subordinate to it like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family.

If the Spirit Hall dares to attack them.

They can then use Tang San.

If the Spirit Hall doesn't take action against them.

They are happy to develop in peace.

From this perspective, these elders already regard Tang San as a future superpower's trump card: I may not throw it, but I absolutely cannot be without it!

"What a pity... For the weak, the most important thing is not the determination to become stronger, but self-awareness. Every gamble should be a desperate measure to seize a sliver of hope, never a means of prevention." Ye Qingcang placed the black chess piece on the board and played against Violet. "The opportunity that the Clear Sky Sect failed to seize was not the advantage brought by Tang San, but that they did not listen to the Sixth Elder... If it were me, and one of my subordinates, whose son had died, advised me not to do this, I would seriously consider what terrible consequences could make an old man who had wanted revenge for more than ten years give up such an obsession and swallow his blood and tears."

"They are too confident, so confident that they are blindly arrogant." Violet, playing white, placed a piece on the chessboard. "You once said that there are only three kinds of people in this world: those who lead the times, those who live in the times, and those who can't keep up with the times. Among them, those who lead the times are basically winners in life, because the market rewards those who are prescient the most. Those who live in the times can only go with the flow, relying on their talents to pick up scraps left by the former. The last one is those who can't keep up with the times. No matter how hard they try, no matter how much talent they have, they are always losers. Therefore, vision and choices are more important than emotional intelligence and talent. Similarly, understanding and wisdom are more important than talent."

When creating the Ghost Shadow Mask, Ye Qingcang specially created nine Ghost Shadow Mask, taking one as the main Masks and the other eight as sub- Masks. The sub- Masks have lower authority than the main Masks, but they can still control the entire Shadowcreeper Legion. If there is no master, or if the master dies, all the sub- Masks will automatically merge into the main Masks. Therefore, Violet also knows what is happening at the Clear Sky Sect at this moment.

Unfortunately, in this extraordinary world, the Shadowcreeper Legion only has the advantage of intelligence gathering. The soldiers of the Shadowcreeper Legion only have the physical qualities of normal people, at most they are well-trained assassins or special forces soldiers. When they fight against Soul Master who rely on Martial Soul, they will only be brutally killed.

Otherwise, the Clear Sky Sect would have been ravaged by blood long ago.

Not taking action or issuing warnings does not mean we've backed down.

It is the unrevealed Shadowcreeper Legion that possesses considerable destructive power. A known Shadowcreeper Legion is like a drawn sword; although sharp, its limitations are already clearly seen by the opponent.

This is a fatal weakness for the Shadowcreeper Legion, who are "adept at gathering intelligence".

Ye Qingcang wouldn't do something so foolish.

Violet wouldn't either.

Therefore, at this moment, Tang San, Tang Hao, Yu Xiaogang, Tang Xiao, and the others, who were in the main hall of the Clear Sky Sect, were unaware that their conversation had been recorded by several Shadowcreeper Soldier hidden in their shadows, meticulously noting down every word in their notebooks. They still believed that the Clear Sky Sect held an absolute advantage, especially after the Spirit Hall's scandals were exposed. As expected, the Spirit Hall's reputation would suffer a huge blow.

However, precisely because it was unsurprising, it unexpectedly turned out to be unexpected.

It is true that we have suffered a huge blow.

But it's not negative, it's positive.

The high-ranking members of the Clear Sky Sect are out of touch with reality. In their minds, morality, ethics, and stance are the most important things in the world. Therefore, they cannot empathize with ordinary people, nor can they empathize with those Commoner Soul Master who come from ordinary families. They cannot understand the significance of the Spirit Hall's monthly Gold Soul Coin.

The Douluo Continent and even the Sun Moon Continent ten thousand years later.

It is a world without the concept of Soul Master subsidies.

Even if ten thousand years have passed and the gold, silver, and bronze soul coins have depreciated somewhat, five Copper Soul Coin can buy a grilled fish from Huo Gua. According to Jiang Nannan's words in the original work, Huo Yuhao can still make a profit of three Copper Soul Coin for a grilled fish, although the profit is a little less. One Gold Soul Coin can support a Soul Master to eat and wear in Dou One, but in Dou Two, it can only support a Soul Master to eat. However, having this Soul Master subsidy is better than having no subsidy at all!

One Gold Soul Coin can give Huo Yuhao an extra two hours of cultivation time every day!

That's sixty hours a month!

For Soul Master who lack talent, are trying to catch up with their peers through hard work, or come from poor families, this kind of help is really necessary!

It was only after they came into this world.

Learn about the Spirit Hall amidst a spirit of resistance.

They gradually lost their resistance to the Spirit Hall.

They didn't care at all about the petty squabbles between Pope former and current Pope. Even if they mentioned it, they would only treat it as gossip. For the first time, these Commoner Soul Master with fragile self-esteem felt the respect they could receive as Soul Master from the Spirit Hall. Therefore, the policy of One-Ring Soul Master receiving one Gold Soul Coin per month, Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster receiving ten Gold Soul Coin per month, three-ring mixed group members receiving one hundred Gold Soul Coin per month, and Four Ring Soul Grandmaster and above having to fend for themselves, fully conquered the entire Commoner Soul Master class and made most of Commoner Soul Master join the Spirit Hall's camp. If a zero could be added to the above treatment, not only would they gain their favor, but they would also attack Poseidon Tang San, without hesitation. If there were also compensation payments, their morale would be at its peak.

To paraphrase a netizen: When a loaf of bread sells for 500,000 marks, believe me, I can bolt my rifle ten times faster than they can.

"So, from the very beginning, the Clear Sky Sect went down the wrong path..." Ye Qingcang pressed down on a black chess piece. The crisp sound of the piece hitting the board seemed to toll a death knell for Destiny: "Even if Tang Hao and Tang San Returning to Ancestral Clan Returning to Ancestral Clan ancestors, it won't change anything; because they not only abandoned the noble principle of 'remaining hidden from the world,' but also lost the two great banners of 'justice' and 'popular support.' This world is determined by the strong, but the initial strong must rise from among the masses. Without the masses, there will be no superiors. Even if the masses' original intention wasn't to be superior, but rather for everyone to push one person to the top, that person who rises is the strong one who seeks to save the world from collapse—the King!"

"The most ridiculous thing is..." Violet chuckled at the Clear Sky Sect's absurd actions, "They actually plan to test and harass us..."

"Yes..." Ye Qingcang switched his perspective, looking through the crimson vision of the Shadowcreeper Soldier at the comical scene within the Clear Sky Sect: "They want to win their hearts, but are afraid of letting wolves into the house; they don't want to let them in, but still want to leave themselves a way out; they are indecisive and utterly foolish. To call it a little trick to fool people would be an understatement..."

The Shadowcreeper Soldier lurked in Tang Xiao's shadow.

Therefore, Ye Qingcang was able to see the scene clearly.

"Tang San can Returning to Ancestral Clan... but Tang Hao absolutely cannot!" The Third Elder's acting was quite clumsy. As the good cop, he couldn't even come up with a good excuse. Even if the good cop came out to smooth things over, it wouldn't change the fact that it was a test. And any smart person would know that people's hearts cannot withstand testing. "Tang Hao himself said back then that he severed ties with my Clear Sky Sect. Even if my Clear Sky Sect reopens its gates to join forces with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to deal with the Spirit Hall, and at a time when the sect needs people, rules are rules. You can't just return to the Returning to Ancestral Clan if you Returning to Ancestral Clan, and you can sever ties if you want. Do you really think this is just a trivial matter?"

"Third brother, it's precisely because we need capable people... that we should be unconventional!" The Second Elder advised casually, their meaning perfectly clear. "Even if the old sect leader dies of anger, Tang Hao is still his son. For the sake of the old sect leader and the sect leader, we should at least give Tang Hao a chance to redeem himself. However, Tang Hao, you surely know the significance of those Soul Bone in your body to our Clear Sky Sect. If you want to the Returning to Ancestral Clan member of the sect, that's fine, but you must hand over those Inheritance Soul Bone. Our Clear Sky Sect can only have one sect leader at a time. If you don't hand them over, what will become of the current sect leader, Tang Xiao?"

This scene immediately reminded Ye Qingcang of Tang Chen, who died on the Hell Road: even in death, Tang Chen did not curse him, but instead accepted his Destiny with equanimity.

No wonder Tang Chen was worried about the Clear Sky Sect, even going so far as to make a bet with Qian Daoliu. It turns out that Tang Chen had known all along that the Clear Sky Sect's mediocre members couldn't withstand Qian Daoliu's methods. To be honest, Tang Chen was really worried sick!

Especially the methods of the Clear Sky Sect!

Too clumsy, too narrow-minded!

If Tang Chen saw this, he'd probably be so angry he'd have a stroke!

Soul Bone?

Are you concerned about those two Soul Bone?

You're trying to use those two Clear Sky Sect's Inheritance Soul Bone to blackmail Tang Hao. You know that Soul Bone, once integrated into the body, can't be removed unless the Soul Master dies. Inheritance Soul Bone are fully developed remnants of Soul Bone. Although Tang Hao doesn't possess the complete set of Inheritance Soul Bone, the only way he can repay them is by losing his Soul Bone and legs. So, the Clear Sky Sect's meaning is clear: either bow down and return to the sect with a humble attitude, always remembering that we allowed you to the Returning to Ancestral Clan because of your son, or lose your arms and legs and your future path to the Returning to Ancestral Clan!

To put it bluntly, they wanted to force Tang Hao to back down!

If it were Tang Chen, what would he do?

Forget about the Soul Bone, just take my hammer!

Strength and ability are more convincing than any so-called rules!

If it were him, what would he do?

If you want Tang Hao to the Returning to Ancestral Clan, all you need to do is say "I believe you," just like when Qian Renxue dug up his ancestral grave to bring him his remains. There's no reason why, it's just that I believe in you. If you're a heartless person, then I'll just consider myself blind this time. I have a reason to kill you. You can doubt that I'm gambling with your conscience, but are you willing to betray your bottom line just to refute me?

Why do spies in spy dramas have to endure the torment of their conscience? They are brothers who have been through thick and thin together, but after arresting each other for their beliefs, they have to think carefully before even meeting, and some even regret it for the rest of their lives.

Because the human heart is not made of iron.

Betting on one's conscience is a calculated move.

It doesn't matter whether you're sincere or not.

This move will shatter your Dao heart if you dare to betray us.

As for what to do if this trick doesn't work and he gets betrayed by this traitor who abandoned his conscience... Why do you think that someone who can't even control his own shadow has the right to betray the master who controls the shadow, or even launch a backstabbing attack or some other substantial attack against the master who controls the shadow?

I believe you ≠ I have no backup plan!

Therefore, the Clear Sky Sect's method of warning is not only outdated, but also carries the risk of going astray and potentially creating deep-seated grudges!

Just like now.

"If returning the Soul Bone allows me to the Returning to Ancestral Clan... I can do it!" Tang Hao said. Before Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Tang Xiao, and the others could react, they saw the Soul Power within Tang Hao Tang Hao's body rapidly surge towards his right arm. With a fierce shout, his right arm was instantly pulverized by the rapidly circulating Soul Power. Thick flesh and white bone fragments mixed together, and a pale black Soul Bone was forcibly peeled off and fell to the ground. "I absorbed two Inheritance Soul Bone in total. To be honest, carrying these two Inheritance Soul Bone around the world these past years has indeed felt like a stone weighing on my heart. I was terrified that if I died accidentally, these two Soul Bone would fall into the hands of outsiders. Returning them to their rightful owner in this way relieves my worries..."

The Second Elder was pale and his head was buzzing.

I didn't mean for you to use this method to the Returning to Ancestral Clan!

The correct answer has already been presented to you, hasn't it?

Are you blind?

They won't even lower their heads, yet they want to the Returning to Ancestral Clan and return to their clan. Is it possible that the Clear Sky Sect is the one in the wrong in the end?

You lower your head, and we'll adopt a superior attitude.

If you pretend you didn't see it, it will pass.

Who the hell would actually let you lose an arm and a leg and then Returning to Ancestral Clan?!

When you publicly announced that you were severing ties with the Clear Sky Sect for your wife, I didn't see any sign of you wanting to the Returning to Ancestral Clan. I thought you were the kind of person who would give up your sect for your wife. After all, even your father was angered to death by you, this unfilial son, and he didn't even get to see you before he died. So you've always thought you were right?

The Second Elder felt like he'd been utterly humiliated.

Especially when he noticed Tang San's gaze.

Four parts hatred, three parts estrangement, two parts vigilance, and one part well-hidden murderous intent.

It made him completely numb.

Tang Xiao and the others were also stunned.

Chaos erupted immediately in the main hall of the Clear Sky Sect.

"Tang Hao is a clever man... albeit only a little bit." Ye Qingcang withdrew his gaze and placed a chess piece on the board. "After this incident, the position of the Young Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect will definitely be Tang San's. This is because the nature of this matter has changed from ' the Clear Sky Sect showing leniency' to ' the Clear Sky Sect being aggressive'—two extremes. As long as the Clear Sky Sect wants to keep Tang San Tang San as their so-called Clear Sky Sect card, they must offer something to appease him. In any case, they cannot allow Tang San to hate the Clear Sky Sect because of this!"

"This isn't a good thing..." Violet pondered for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "Do you think I'm right?"

"Of course that's right." Ye Qingcang nodded. From the very beginning, the core of this game wasn't Tang San, nor was it the Clear Sky Sect: "Let me teach you another principle: a person with a strong desire for control is no different from a beast. Moreover, if the beast that invades its territory is of the same kind as itself, then it will definitely use the most cruel means to kill that kind of person, because it wants to prove that it is the only one, the correct one, the righteous one, and even an extreme egoist!"