"Could Tang San really have only been using us?" With all these signs laid out before her, even Youyou's faith in Tang San began to waver.
"To think those brains of yours finally cleared up a little!" Tian Chen mocked them without the slightest restraint.
"On the contrary, Tang San isn't the one you should thank. The ones you should truly thank are the Dragon Clan. It was the dragon bones of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King beneath this spring that created this uniquely blessed environment, allowing you to grow into hundred-thousand-year-old immortal herb Soul Beasts in such a short time!"
"Dragon bones?" The immortal herbs all quivered their leaves at those words.
Tian Chen gathered spiritual power in his hand. In an instant, a vast screen unfolded overhead, displaying the remains of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings at the bottom of the lake.
"Why do you think the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well exists? It's precisely because of the remains of those two Dragon Kings. They watered this land with their lives, turning it into the treasure ground it is today. They are the ones you should truly be grateful to. And what did you do? Instead of thanking those who truly made you what you are, you thanked someone who would slaughter countless fellow Soul Beasts just to claim you for himself?" Tian Chen's voice carried a trace of icy severity as his gaze swept over every immortal herb present.
"Well, well, well..." The immortal herbs stammered one after another, at a loss for how to answer.
Youyou fell silent, her purple petals trembling gently.
For ten thousand years, she had regarded Tang San as her benefactor, never imagining that the land she depended on for survival had such a weighty history.
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