Fan Liren listened to this lengthy explanation with a chill of alarm.
He had once felt considerable fondness for cultivation and even dreamed of pursuing it. But after hearing Tie Xinxiu's words, he felt his hair stand on end.
"So cultivators have become a great scourge. They must be eliminated. No wonder Father agreed to all this... Then why Tang Changsheng? Why Tang Changsheng..."
Fan Liren knew Emperor Mingde had always put the greater good first. No matter how close he had once been to Mister Yuan Zhen, if the man threatened this world or Great Chu, Emperor Mingde would show no mercy.
But why did he make an exception for Tang Changsheng? Why had he even arranged for Fan Wan'er to marry him?
After all, that marriage gave Tang Changsheng a measure of protection.
But the matter of Tang Changsheng was, in the end, a family affair. For all Fan Liren's doubts, he could not bring himself to ask.
Tie Xinxiu alone understood: Emperor Mingde meant to keep the Jade Kun Sect in check!
Before the Great Calamity, the Jade Kun Sect had been one of the most powerful sects of the Immortal Dao. It was also the sect charged with guarding the Qian-Kun Sealing Array.
Though it attracted little attention now, the destruction of Green Crane's Green Crane Abbey had left it the true foremost sect.
Debate raged through Luodu, while the hidden corners of the world seethed. As word of Tang Changsheng's attainment of the Yin Spirit spread, it shook the entire world, and undercurrents surged in the shadows.
People everywhere sent agents to investigate, but Great Chu moved faster, sealing off the whole of Yin and Yang Mountain...
Rumor had it that after surviving the Heavenly Tribulation and attaining the Yin Spirit, Tang Changsheng had fallen