Blackened Yu Xiaogang

"The outcome?" A disciple of the Clear Sky Sect who had accompanied the mission chuckled, "What good outcome could there be... One got a scolding, and the other didn't even get a glimpse. If you ask me, the responsibility for this failure rests entirely on him. Young Sect Master, don't be fooled by him. The way he acted just now, with a dozen of us watching, really, he was like a shrew!"

"How dare you! Don't you know any rules?"

"The mistress asked me, not you."

"To interrupt so abruptly—is this the proper conduct of you disciples of the Clear Sky Sect?"

"When did it become your right to interrupt when I was talking to my mistress?"

Yu Xiaogang's face fell, making him look quite frightening.

However, this was no longer enough to frighten the crowd.

Tang San's expression remained calm.

Despite the deep displeasure hidden beneath the calm surface.

Moreover, unlike Yu Xiaogang's outburst of anger, he was more concerned with whether what these Clear Sky Sect disciples had just said was true or false, rather than whether it was impolite. The Clear Sky Sect had not yet recovered from the impact of Ye Qingcang's previous actions that nearly caused it to split apart. As the Young Sect Master, he did not have much say. Even his father, Tang Hao, was affected by the incident of crushing the Haotian Token and was suspected by several elders. What he needed was no longer the so-called rules, but merit, merit that would give him more say.

Therefore, Tang San quickly regained control of his emotions.

His calm tone was like a steel knife, piercing straight to the heart of the matter. "Enough! Making such a racket at the gates of my Clear Sky Sect, what kind of behavior is this... Grandmaster, is what they're saying true?"

Yu Xiaogang's face stiffened, and his heart tightened.

He carefully observed Tang San's expression.

Seeing Tang San's growing impatience, he didn't dare delay any longer and instead downplayed the issue, saying, "The reason for this failure was Ye Qingcang's interference... I ordered them to investigate, but everything they found was false. They lied to me, saying that the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was still Yu Yuanzhen. However, when I arrived, I discovered that the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had become Ye Qingcang. This was their dereliction of duty, which led to the failure of my plan!"

"Yu Xiaogang, where is your conscience when you say such things?"

Have you considered our difficulties?

"Our Clear Sky Sect has been isolated from the world for many years. Even the Four Element Families below us are gone. We are like a group of blind and deaf people whose eyes and ears have been punctured. We have to collect any information from scratch."

Did you give us time?

"Isn't the core reason for the failure of this whole affair your greed for credit and recklessness?"

"Who do you think you are?"

"Arriving on the same day, without any preparation, you went straight to your father's house?"

Tang Heng, a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect who had been serving as the deputy envoy for a long time, finally couldn't hold back any longer. As the deputy envoy, he had very little power. Of course, he didn't care about having little power. If Yu Xiaogang could handle everything properly, he would be more willing to have less power, because less power meant less work for him to do, and even if something went wrong, his responsibility would be less.

This was originally a good thing.

However, Yu Xiaogang does not think so.

He had clearly expressed his opposition to Yu Xiaogang's arrangement from the beginning, believing that such a hasty visit was too risky and that a cautious approach should be taken. However, Yu Xiaogang did not listen.

Left with no other choice, he could only wield the power of a deputy envoy while acting as the master envoy.

At that time, within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, if he hadn't stepped in to make a turning point, perhaps not only Yu Xiaogang Ye Qingcang. It was he who stood up at the critical moment to stabilize the situation.

Although he did not achieve anything at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the problem was that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School refused to see them from the very beginning. Everyone, including him, was turned away and had no room to make a difference.

Looking back on this journey.

Even if he did nothing wrong, or didn't even ask for any hard work, he still didn't do anything wrong, right?

You, Yu Xiaogang, just touched your upper and lower lips together.

This mess has been dumped on our heads.

This isn't about having a conscience or not.

Rather... are you even human?

If you're truly incompetent and admit you're a useless amateur, then tell me. Although I'm not a famous diplomatic envoy, I'm not a newbie who hasn't led delegations to visit other sects before. You can just hold the title and reap the rewards, and then give me real power to arrange everything. Anyway, everyone understands why the Young Sect Master put you in this delegation—it's just to let you gain some credit, which is only human nature.

But you're shifting the blame onto me, does that mean my life isn't a life?

However, Tang San had no interest in listening to Yu Xiaogang and the others' argument. Hearing Ye Qingcang's name again stirred up a sense of hatred in him, or rather, an uncontrollable hatred. He was distracted for four or five seconds before he managed to control his emotions.

I glanced at this chaotic scene of bickering and fighting.

His gaze turned cold, and a thousand thoughts raced through his mind.

He quickly made a decision. "Alright, stop arguing. You can report the details to your uncle after you go inside. For now, everything will proceed as usual. Rules are rules and cannot be broken lightly... This is my token."

The Clear Sky Sect disciples responsible for verifying identities didn't notice anything amiss.

He took Tang San's token and infused it with his Soul Power.

Then, he handed it back with both hands.

Only after doing all this did I write the record in the notebook in my hand.

However, Tang San's response and actions had a completely different meaning in Yu Xiaogang's eyes. Especially Tang San's act of turning around and leaving, and even after Tang San boarded the carriage, passed through the checkpoint on the other side, and drove away into the distance, Yu Xiaogang was still standing there in a daze, unable to recover for Jiujiu, his mentality shattered in an instant.

These disciples of the Clear Sky Sect are not adept at interpersonal relationships and worldly wisdom.

I can't see anything wrong with Tang San's actions just now.

They might even praise Tang San afterwards, agreeing with Tang San impartiality and Tang San, without thinking too much about it.

But how could his relationship with Tang San be explained in just a few words?

If Tang San is willing to help him, there are many ways.

The most obvious approach would be to use the excuse of "the situation is serious, so we should keep things simple" to let him in; a more subtle approach would be to make him hand over his token, put the two tokens together, and let the Clear Sky Sect disciple check them. They could easily find a topic to deflect the matter, and afterwards, they could apologize to him and give him a way out. In short, there are seven or eight ways he could think of. Could Tang San really not think of any?

Especially the scene where he turned around and got into the car.

The meaning is already quite clear.

"But..." Yu Xiaogang trembled all over, looking like a drowned rat despite the bright sunshine. "Everything I did was for you... If it weren't for you... if you hadn't provoked Ye Qingcang, I wouldn't be in this state... Even if I was wrong, don't you bear any responsibility at all?"

"Hey, what are you thinking about?" The Clear Sky Sect disciple in charge of checking identities impatiently nudged Yu Xiaogang Yu Xiaogang, looking at him as if he had been startled, and said irritably, "Are you coming in or not?"

"Go in! Go in! Go in!" Yu Xiaogang suppressed the fleeting resentment in his heart, his attitude suddenly becoming humble, like a lapdog, bowing and scraping. "The rules cannot be broken, that's absolutely right..."

But somewhere unseen, another thought had already surfaced.

There are countless paths in this world.

He doesn't necessarily have to follow Tang San's path.

It's important to know that he is not only Tang San's teacher, but he also has another identity that is easily overlooked by many people: Honorary Elder of the Spirit Hall!