In a tavern in Jiangnan, Great Song, Lin Lang and Five Poisons Child were eating while listening to the martial artists around them discuss news of the jianghu.
It was not an upscale establishment. People from every walk of life gathered there, filling the main hall with a noisy hubbub.
Some, like Lin Lang, simply ate with their heads lowered and listened to other people talk. There was no telling which factions had sent them to gather information.
"Have you heard? Abbess Miejue of Emei went to wipe out the Tang Clan, only to be poisoned by them. She died after returning to Mount Emei and passed leadership to Dugu Yihe, the master of Mystic Truth Abbey."
"What? Didn't they say the Tang Clan's leader and senior elders were all killed by that young master from the Sun Moon Demon Cult? Who was left who could stand against Abbess Miejue?"
Abbess Miejue was a renowned sect leader even in Great Song. Her Emei Nine Yang Skill and Heavenly Sword were famous throughout the jianghu, yet the Tang Clan had actually killed her?
"Here's what you don't know. The Tang Clan still had two geniuses of the younger generation who weren't there when the Right Envoy of the Sun Moon Demon Cult breached their headquarters. One was Tang Tianzong, born to the principal wife, and the other was Tang Tianyi, born to a concubine. Both were top-notch in martial arts and hidden weapons. Leading the Tang Clan's remaining experts, they not only drove off everyone who attacked the clan but pursued them for ages afterward. Blood ran in rivers through the Tang Clan that day, and the stench carried for ten miles!"
Five Poisons Child whispered, "What useless trash. If you'd been there, young master, those two from the Tang Clan