"We were carrying out a mission nearby under Elder Zhao's leadership. After the Sect received the message you sent back last night, Junior Senior Sister, it contacted the elder and ordered us to come to Wan City overnight."
Hearing this, Xue Fuyao understood. "So that's what happened."
No wonder they had arrived so quickly. They had been nearby all along.
After arriving at the Tang Household, Xue Fuyao noticed that its atmosphere was distinctly different from yesterday's. In particular, every one of the Tang Household elders looked as though they had lost their parents.
Entering the reception hall from yesterday, Xue Fuyao addressed the middle-aged man seated at the head. "Your disciple Fuyao pays her respects, Elder."
Elder Zhao's solemn expression melted like the first snow when he saw Xue Fuyao.
"Ah, Fuyao. Come over here."
Xue Fuyao went to Elder Zhao's side and asked quietly, "Elder, what's going on?"
At the mention of this, Elder Zhao's softened expression turned solemn again. "The Tang Household says Tang Yi is young and unwilling to leave his lineage, so they want to wait a few years before he joins the Sect."
Xue Fuyao looked at the Tang Household Head. "Household Head Tang, is what the elder said true? That wasn't what you said yesterday. If you hadn't sounded so sincere yesterday, why would I have notified the Sect? Now that the Sect has sent people here, you want to go back on your word. Are you... slapping me in the face?"
Hearing the faint threat in Xue Fuyao's words, the Tang Household Head trembled and dropped to his knees with a thud, hurriedly saying, "I wouldn't dare! How could this old man dare make a fool of you? This matter... I failed to think it through. I only thought of securing a