An Accessory

The sect's income is decreasing year by year, and the number of disciples is decreasing year by year. If this continues, it really won't be able to hold on any longer.

Only she knows how difficult it was to be the sect leader.

But she always believed that as long as she worked hard and persevered, the Tang Sect would eventually recover.

She always believed that the Tang Sect had a rich history and a legacy, but had simply declined temporarily.

Now her diary tells her that it wasn't like that at all.

The Tang Sect's foundation was brought by Tang San from another world; the Tang Sect's legacy was borrowed from the very beginning.

Ten thousand years have passed, Tang Sect is still living off its past glory, still relying on Tang San's name to get by.

Tang Ya closed her eyes, and two lines of tears silently slid down her cheeks.

So... what exactly is this Tang Sect that she's so desperately protecting?

An empty shell?

An accessory brought by someone else from another time travel?

Beside Ning Tian, Wu Feng leaned against a tree with his arms crossed, a cold smile on his lips.

Tang Sect?

She didn't have a good impression of the Tang Sect.

Or rather, she had no fondness for anything other than things related to ice and Bing Tian.

The Pendant Sect, well said.

Wu Feng chuckled.

She had long seen through it; those people from the Tang Sect were all arrogant and haughty, constantly talking about how great the Tang Sect was back in the day.

But when it comes to actual combat, none of them are capable fighters; they rely solely on the legacy of their ancestors to maintain their facade, and are actually all bark and no bite.

Wu Feng continued reading, his gaze growing colder.

Speaking of the Tang Sect, one cannot help but mention Tang Ya.

[The current leader of the Tang Sect is also a rather pitiful girl.]

[She took on the position of sect leader at a young age, bearing the weight of the entire sect's rise and fall on her shoulders, yet her own strength, talent, and connections were all mediocre. It was a very difficult task for her.]

[Later, she was captured by an Evil Soul Master Evil Soul Master and turned into one herself. She almost didn't survive; it took Huo Yuhao a great deal of effort to pull her back from the brink of death.]

To put it bluntly, she's just a pitiful person trapped by her identity as the Tang Sect Master.

If she weren't the Tang Sect Master, but just an ordinary girl, she might have had a much easier life.

No need to shoulder the heavy burden of the sect, no need to watch the Tang Sect decline day by day without being able to do anything, no need to force yourself to do things that are simply impossible.

But she had no choice.

[Her surname is Tang, and she is a descendant of the Tang Sect; this is her destiny.]

Just as Tang San's fate was arranged by Tang San, Tang San Tang Ya's fate was also caused by the mess he left behind.

Generation after generation, everyone has paid the price for Tang San's choices.

Wu Feng paused for a moment upon seeing this.

Tang Ya... is she pitiful?

She didn't have a deep impression of Tang Ya, only knowing that she was the Tang Sect Master, quite pretty, and had a somewhat soft personality.

She always felt that someone who could become the head of a sect should at least have some ability.

But now it seems... it's pretty tragic.

At such a young age, he carried the weight of the entire sect and was even captured by Evil Soul Master...

Wu Feng curled his lip.

She's just unlucky.

It's because her surname is Tang.

[Huo Yuhao joining the Tang Sect was also a move arranged by Tang San.]

Why was Huo Yuhao allowed to join the Tang Sect?

[First, to find Huo Yuhao a powerful backer. Although the Tang Sect has declined, it was still founded by Tang San and retains some influence on the Douluo Continent. With the Tang Sect's backing, Huo Yuhao's actions will be much easier.]

Second, to extend the life of the Tang Sect.

Tang San was well aware of the Tang Sect's decline, and he didn't want his own sect to disappear. Throwing Huo Yuhao into the Tang Sect was like giving it a shot in the arm.

[Third, and most importantly, is the knot.]

By linking Huo Yuhao with the Tang Sect, the Tang Sect becomes Huo Yuhao's "base".

The better Huo Yuhao develops, the stronger the Tang Sect becomes; the stronger the Tang Sect becomes, the more it can help Huo Yuhao. It's a positive feedback loop.

[The Tang Sect was one of the beginner's gifts Tang San left for Huo Yuhao.]

[Like the Million-Year Soul Ring and the remnant soul of Electrolux, these are all part of the starting gift package.]

[Tang San even considered such details; how meticulous do you think his chess game was?]

[From cultivation techniques to sects, from Martial Soul to fortuitous opportunities, everything was arranged, just waiting for Huo Yuhao to walk into it.]

[Poor Huo Yuhao still thinks he started from scratch and got to where he is today through hard work.]

[He didn't start from scratch; he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, only Tang San put that spoon in his mouth, and he didn't even know it.]

Ning Tian scoffed dismissively upon seeing this.

She knew it.

Genius, hard work—it's all pre-arranged.

Huo Yuhao's life was completely arranged by Tang San from birth; he didn't even get to choose which sect he joined.

He even talks about the "Tang Sect" all the time, as if he's proud of it.

Little did they know that they were merely "life-extending tools" for the Tang Sect.

That's about it for the Tang Sect.

[In summary: A transmigrator from another world, bringing with him the complete technology and knowledge of his original sect, opened a branch in the Douluo Continent, naming Tang Sect.]

When the time traveler himself was powerful, the branch company was also powerful. But once the time traveler left, the branch company started to decline and was only kept going by the brand effect.

After holding on for ten thousand years, it couldn't take it anymore, so the Child of Destiny to arrive and give the branch company a second life.

It's that simple.

Many people think of the Tang Sect as something too prestigious, like the number one sect in the world or a family of Hidden Weapon. Frankly, it's just a rebranded company.

[The core technology isn't our own, the core talent isn't our own, and even the founders are outsiders.]

[It's already a miracle that a sect like this can last for ten thousand years.]

[However, to be fair, Tang San's ability to replicate a sect from another world in the Douluo Continent and maintain it for ten thousand years is indeed impressive.]

[But ability is ability, and scheming is scheming.]

Did he establish the Tang Sect to inherit his memories from his previous life, or was it to plant a pawn in the Douluo Continent?

I lean towards the latter.

[Otherwise, why Tang Sect of all people? Why was Huo Yuhao specifically placed in the Tang Sect?]

[Because the Tang Sect is his private property, a place he can absolutely control. He only feels at ease leaving Huo Yuhao in the Tang Sect.]

[Shrek isn't ruled by him alone, nor is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, nor the Clear Sky Sect. Only the Tang Sect, from its very core, is his.]

Arranging for Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect is tantamount to putting Huo Yuhao under one's own nose.

Everything is under control.

This is Tang San.

Every step has a purpose, every arrangement has a deeper meaning. What you think is a coincidence is actually all part of his plan.

[This ten-thousand-year-long scheme wasn't laid out in vain. No matter how much Tang San Tang San or how questionable his character is, at least his planning skills are impeccable.]