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As she spoke, Tang Shan's mother's tears had already soaked Li Chen's robes.

She concealed nothing; Tang Shan's father had indeed been at fault.

Tang Shan's father was obsessed with martial arts and possessed an extremely high cultivation level. In his pursuit of ever greater cultivation, he had begun entertaining "extreme" ideas.

Tang Shan's mother had been an elder of the Eight Gates Heaven-Sundering Hall, a hidden sect, and had inadvertently mentioned that the hall possessed a treasure called the Immortal Destiny Crystal, which could help cultivators of the lower realm shed their mortal forms and ascend.

Tang Shan's father was not a member of the Eight Gates Heaven-Sundering Hall, and his mother lacked the standing to obtain one. Thus, his father had conceived a crooked scheme and stolen an Immortal Destiny Crystal.

It seemed Tang Shan's penchant for theft was probably hereditary.

Although Tang Shan's father had stolen the treasure, the Eight Gates Heaven-Sundering Hall was no ordinary power. Its experts had turned out in force, captured him, and sought to arrest the traitor as well.

Tang Shan's mother had escaped by sheer luck and brought the infant Tang Shan here to live in seclusion.

Since Tang Shan's father had been in the wrong from the outset, his mother had never told anyone about the matter.

In other words, with circumstances like these, it was difficult to find anyone willing to help rescue him.

Had Li Chen not been so forceful and powerful, she would never have spoken of it.

Li Chen toyed with a lock of her dark hair, a smile curling his lips. "You were an elder of the Eight Gates Heaven-Sundering Hall? What a coincidence. But why should I help you?"

Tang Shan's mother bit her lip, then suddenly took the initiative to undo the sash