Lu Yuanzhen glanced coolly at Xin Chengying's antics, then nodded to Tang Changsheng. "I watched everything you did on this trip to Wu Hou State. Whether in composure or adaptability, you're far better than this fool... No wonder Senior Brother thought so highly of you!"
Tang Changsheng said respectfully, "I must also thank you, Martial Uncle, for teaching me the complete Ritual Refinement of the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp Method. You even prepared such a precious material as Purple Pupil Jade for me..."
"That's nothing," Lu Yuanzhen said. "Our Primordial Yang Abbey has few disciples. Every disciple's master helps with the Ritual Refinement of their Primordial Yang Divine Lamp. You'll do the same when you take disciples of your own... There's no need to make anything of it!"
With that, he brushed aside the matter of the Purple Pupil Jade as though it were nothing.
Just as I thought, Tang Changsheng mused. How could a Great Demon like Madam Hu have truly taken up with Marquis Wu so easily? There must be much more to this!
"I won't hide it from you!" As though he knew what Tang Changsheng was thinking, Lu Yuanzhen said, "Wu Hou State dared to expel Daoists and defy our Immortal Sects. Evil has taken root in its heart; it is beyond saving. Now that the higher-ups have made their move, Wu Hou State is doomed. No one can save it!"
He spoke evenly, without a trace of Killing Intent. Yet his words carried a certainty as natural as the rising sun and setting moon, as though what he said were a truth everyone knew. And that made the immense confidence behind them all the more palpable!
Tang Changsheng was still turning those words over when Lu Yuanzhen continued mildly, "But Marquis Yue and Shou Hou