Nearly a year slowly slipped by. Under Ning Bei's indulgence, the Tang Sect showed signs of thriving. Over these years, thanks to Tang San's caution and his strict orders forbidding his subordinates from slaughtering innocents outside, only the small amount of materials obtained while completing missions would, after being brought back, become nourishment for them with Tang San's help. Because of that, the name Evil Soul Master only spread within a small circle.
Even so, the Tang Sect's existence had already become a thorn in the side of every major noble and powerful figure. Even the clans and influential families that had cooperated with the Tang Sect were no exception. After all, the Tang Sect's principle was taking people's money to eliminate their disasters, with not the slightest moral quality to speak of. Who knew whether the Tang Sect would one day throw its darts at them for the sake of money?
The more a force had cooperated with the Tang Sect, the more wary they became of its members. Tang San had already considered this point as well, but if he wanted their reputation to spread far and wide, these actions were unavoidable. In any case, his immediate goal was not to develop the Tang Sect into some overwhelmingly powerful force. As long as he could complete the assessment, even abandoning all their current achievements was acceptable.
What he needed to do was expand the Tang Sect's influence as much as possible before the counterattack arrived, so that his own objective could be achieved.
Over the course of a year, the Tang Sect's feelers had successfully stretched out of the eastern region of the Heaven Dou Empire. Now, throughout most of the empire, the Tang Sect could accept mission orders. This had pushed their reputation to another level, and