"Let's talk about you leaving the Interception Sect first."
Liu Mang moved beside Chang Er and threw an arm around his shoulders.
"Junior Brother Chang Er, you should've left ages ago!"
Liu Mang sounded so earnest that anyone listening might have thought Chang Er had suffered some terrible injustice in the Interception Sect.
"What's so great about staying? You have no standing, no freedom, and your fellow disciples even mock the way you cultivate."
"If it were me, I'd have run long ago!"
Liu Mang sounded so earnest that anyone listening might have thought Chang Er had suffered some terrible injustice in the Interception Sect.
What Liu Mang didn't know was that Tongtian's Spiritual Sense had locked onto him the moment he appeared over the East Sea. Tongtian heard every word he said to Chang Er, and Liu Mang noticed nothing.
In Biyou Palace, Tongtian was fuming.
"Unfilial disciple! Unfilial disciple! Unfilial disciple!"
"I know you're trying to coax Chang Er into leaving the Interception Sect, though I don't know why. But if my sect is as awful as you say, why did you come back?"
Liu Mang felt a faint sense of foreboding, but he was so focused on helping Chang Er betray the sect that he brushed it aside.
"Junior Brother Chang Er, I know the Western Sect has a technique called Happy Zen. It was practically made for you. If you went there, you could cultivate your Way of Union openly and become a major figure in the Western Sect. You'd have a bright future!"
"So, Junior Brother Chang Er, want to go? Say the word and I'll put you in touch with someone!"
Chang Er was clearly tempted by Liu Mang's coaxing, but he still wouldn't agree.
"Senior Brother Youming, you know what things are like