SWNOVELXO Chapter 59: Undercurrents Surge
But, seeing through it without exposing it.
Lin Rong offered a perfunctory greeting.
After the greetings, the three parties entered the Tang Sect together.
Not long after they entered, another carriage arrived.
After the carriage stopped, a thin, tall old man emerged.
The old man actually had dark green long hair and emerald green eyes, and his stiff face wore an expression that warned people away.
Immediately after, a woman emerged from the carriage.
The woman was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with emerald green eyes like the thin old man, but her hair color was not the dark green of the old man, but a deep purple.
Her appearance, not stunningly beautiful, paired with her short, deep purple hair, gave her a heroic aura, but the woman's emerald green eyes added a touch of strangeness.
After getting off the carriage, the woman looked down, playing with her nails, which had been dyed emerald green, and said lazily:
"Grandpa, why did you drag me here to attend this brat's birthday celebration?"
"I already made plans with Tianheng to go shopping, Grandpa. You doing this made me break my promise."
"Yanyen." The thin old man reached out and stroked the woman's hair, speaking gently:
"The Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons are quite unique. It's rumored that the famous Zhuge Crossbow is only of middle to upper-tier quality within the Tang Sect."
"Grandpa thought of customizing a set of Hidden Weapons for you, Yanyen, for self-defense."
"However, the Hidden Weapons sold directly by the Tang Sect are all inferior goods. Weapons like the Zhuge Crossbow are not within the scope of direct sales and have only appeared once or twice at auctions."
"And the Tang Sect Master is the nephew of the Moon Xuan Master, possibly even his son. It's not easy for Grandpa to force anything."
"However, it's not easy for Grandpa to step forward, but it's different for you, Yanyen."
"Tang San is just a nine-year-old child, still a novice in that regard. With how charming our Yanyen is, taking him down would be as easy as lifting a hand."
"This way, no matter how many Hidden Weapons you want, or what kind, it's just a matter of you saying the word, isn't it?"
"Grandpa!" The woman said, her face flushed with shyness:
"I already have a boyfriend, and besides, I don't have that kind of preference, liking a kid who hasn't even grown any hair!"
"Aiya~" The thin old man shook his head and said:
"As the saying goes, a woman older than a man by three years is like holding a golden brick. Yanyen, you're so many years older than Tang San, enough for him to hold several golden bricks."
"Besides, Grandpa doesn't think Yu Tianheng is that outstanding. Since that's the case, what's wrong with Yanyen having a backup?"
After hearing this, the woman's face, buried in her chest, turned as red as a ripe apple, and she retorted reluctantly:
"Grandpa, I'm very devoted in relationships. If you keep saying this, Yanyen won't talk to you anymore!"
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Tang Sect, Banquet Hall.
Lin Rong, with the old butler, found a secluded corner in the VIP seating and sat down, awaiting the banquet's commencement.
Not long after sitting down, he saw Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan enter.
After entering, Dugu Bo quickly found Prince Xue Xing in the crowd and directly led his granddaughter Dugu Yan to sit there.
At the same time, elsewhere.
A burly middle-aged man knelt on one knee, reporting to the six people in front of him:
"Sect Master, Esteemed Elders, an uninvited guest has barged in with a woman. That person's strength is immense; just the aura he emitted made the guarding disciples unable to muster any resistance."
"I am incompetent, please make a judgment, Sect Master and Esteemed Elders."
"What is the origin of that person?" Tang Yuehua, who was dressing Tang San, paused slightly in her movements, a ripple appearing in her usually calm tone.
"I'm not sure, but the intruder is an old man with green hair and green eyes."
"Green hair and green eyes?" Tang Yuehua immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought the Spirit Hall had sent someone to cause trouble, but it turned out she was overthinking.
However, Tang Yuehua then said with some displeasure:
"That person is the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo. Why didn't he have an invitation? How did you handle this? You actually overlooked a Titled Douluo!"
"The Tang Sect invited all the influential powers in Heaven Dou City. Not sending him an invitation, and Dugu Bo feeling slighted, aligns with his usual conduct."
"But you don't need to worry. Given Dugu Bo's status, it's not hard to guess Xiao San's background. You don't need to worry about him doing anything too outrageous at Xiao San's birthday banquet."
The middle-aged man kneeling on the ground found it difficult to speak. He wasn't the one who sent the invitations, so how could he know about this situation?
However, if the Tang Sect disciples who were supposed to deliver the invitations heard these words, they would cry out in injustice.
Dugu Bo rarely stayed at home, and Dugu Yan mostly stayed at the Heaven Dou Imperial Spirit Master Academy.
Therefore, most of the time, the Dugu Manor was empty.
And when the Tang Sect disciples went to deliver the invitation to Dugu Bo's manor, it happened to be unoccupied.
Tang Yuehua's words were reasoned and well-founded, stating the facts, but among those present, only Niu Gao felt uncomfortable after hearing them, secretly complaining:
"What bad luck. The Tang Sect is an independent sect, yet it still relies on the prestige of the Clear Sky Sect."
Among the Tang Sect's four great elders, Titan was fiercely loyal to Tang Hao. Lou Gao was obsessed with Hidden Weapons above all else. Bai He shared an unbreakable blood connection with Tang San.
Only Niu Gao lacked Titan's absolute loyalty to Tang San, didn't have Bai He's blood relation to Tang San, and wasn't as important to the Tang Sect as Lou Gao.
Furthermore, Niu Gao was the only one among the Tang Sect's four great elders who still harbored resentment towards the Clear Sky Sect.
Already seething with anger because Tang Yuehua was present, Niu Gao, now at his limit, used the excuse of going out ahead to maintain order as a reason to leave.
As Niu Gao's old friend of many years, Titan knew exactly what Niu Gao was thinking at this moment.
Watching Niu Gao's retreating back, Titan's mouth opened as if to say something, but in the end, no sound came out.
"Auntie." Tang San, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
"You just said that person was the Poison Douluo, so he must be very skilled with poison!"
"Precisely," Tang Yuehua replied while combing Tang San's hair.
"He's known as the World's Poison Master, and his poison skills are unparalleled."
"Xiao San, I know you have deep attainments in the way of poison, but you must understand that poison, ultimately, is not something that can be brought to the forefront."
"Poison is highly effective against the weak, but against true powerhouses, poison is merely a minor art."
"Even though Dugu Bo's poison skills are the best in the world, among all the Titled Douluo, he's at the very bottom."
"Xiao San, you should spend less effort studying the way of poison in the future."
Tang San listened to her words, his heart unmoved.
As a disciple of the Tang Sect, Tang San naturally knew that poison was not something to be flaunted.
That was precisely why, in his previous life, inner disciples of the Tang Sect learned manual Hidden Weapons, while only outer disciples would apply poison to mechanical Hidden Weapons.
But nothing could be generalized; in Tang San's opinion, this world's understanding of poison was far too shallow.
In various poison pharmacopoeias, there was surprisingly no information about mixed poisons.
Of course, this was Tang San's conclusion before he had encountered the Breaking Clan.
With the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, the top-ranked mechanical Hidden Weapon, as a reference, Tang San had a precise judgment of the power levels of the Tang Sect's various Hidden Weapons in this world.
The highest-ranked among the deadly poison Hidden Weapons was the Soul Chasing Death Sealing Yama's Post, which ranked third among manual Hidden Weapons.
Tang San had absolute confidence that even if a Titled Douluo were poisoned by the Soul Chasing Death Sealing Yama's Post, they would only end up dying from the poison.
"It's a pity that this world's research into poison is so limited, and consequently, it's very difficult to find various precious poisonous herbs."
"If the three great Cornucopias recorded in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record existed in this world, even finding just one would give me the confidence to refine the Soul Chasing Death Sealing Yama's Post using the herbs that grow there."
Seeing Tang San's indifferent demeanor, Tang Yuehua sighed inwardly, thinking that Tang San truly was her brother's son; once he set his mind on something, he was utterly unreceptive to others' advice.
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