Huo Yuhao gently rubbed the teacup in his hand. The warmth from its walls could not dispel the clarity and coldness deep in his eyes.
He had long since calculated the Tang Sect's decline clearly in his heart, and even felt that it had brought it entirely upon itself and deserved every bit of it.
But at a time like this, he could not exactly speak such blunt truths.
Was he supposed to tell the tearful girl before him, "Although your entire family is dead, at least you don't have the ability to avenge them anyway"?
If he really said that, what would make him any different from Huo Linfei?
Tang Ya would probably spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot and be angered to death right there.
Thus, Huo Yuhao still wore an expression of understanding and sympathy.
His handsome face was filled with pity for Tang Ya's plight, while his deep ice-blue eyes brimmed with concern.
"So that's how it is, Sister Tang Ya. You've carried all this alone for so many years. You've truly suffered."
Only after hearing Huo Yuhao's gentle comfort did Tang Ya finally begin to calm down.
She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, sniffled, then raised her head. Her swollen red eyes looked at Huo Yuhao in confusion.
"Oh, right, Yuhao. You still haven't said why you suddenly appeared in Heaven Dou City."
She remembered that the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament was not far off. Shrek's contestants should have been preparing intensely for it.
Huo Yuhao's expression did not change at all in response to the question. He remained calm and gentle.
"I happened to be handling some matters nearby some time ago. I asked around about where you'd