Before the Soul Hunting Operation, Heaven Dou City remained calm on the surface, its still waters running deep.
During his three-person sparring sessions with Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, it was obvious that Bai Chenxiang wanted to join in. But with a young girl's reserve, she was less uninhibited than mature women, and with Huo Wu obstructing her both openly and covertly, she had been kept outside this household's door all along, unable to find an opening.
Handling two at once took quite a bit of concentration, and with the Heaven Dou Empire's internal affairs to manage and infiltration to accelerate, Lin Qian was run off his feet and had no time to open the door for her. But all of this was temporary.
After sorting out the empire's internal affairs, Lin Qian bid farewell to Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu and headed south into the Star Luo Empire with Elder Tai Tan and Bai Chenxiang to take a look at the Metal Capital, Gengxin City.
For various reasons, Bai Chenxiang insisted on squeezing into Lin Qian's large, luxurious carriage in the name of discussion and exchange, sitting beside him and listening to him chat with Tai Tan.
"Sect Master, Old Rhino is skilled in construction and casting. Why not have him renovate the sect?"
After the Tang Sect was founded in Douluo I, the Defense Clan, led by Niu Gao, began renovations, intending to turn it into a sturdy fortress that outsiders would find difficult to discover. Lin Qian was not sincerely trying to develop the Tang Sect, so how could he possibly agree?
Besides, the Tang Sect's current grounds, funding, and wages were all provided and paid by him, and Spirit Hall was his too, so...
The Tang Sect = Spirit Hall = himself.
Since they were all