"Tomorrow, we will set up an assessment site here and organize an elimination round. Only the last three will be accepted! I hope that the two of you can put aside your hatred for now. If you get injured now, it will be disadvantageous for tomorrow's assessment! "
Said the seventh elder of the Heavenly Star Sacred Sect. He smiled at the two of them and turned to leave.
After a short period of silence, there was a sudden uproar. Everyone was in an uproar once again.
Qin Yueshuang stood motionless on the stage for a long time. She seemed to be thinking about something. However, there was an almost imperceptible trace of excitement in the depths of her eyes.
"If you dare to come to the assessment tomorrow, I will kill you!" Qin Yueshuang said fiercely. Her eyes were about to spit fire when she recalled Tang Ao's smirk when he called her a broken shoe.
However, to be safe, she chose to call a truce.
"We'll fight again tomorrow!" Tang Ao did not say much. He turned around and left, but the meaning of his words was clear.
"Hmph!" Qin Yueshuang's beautiful face turned cold as she watched him disappear into the crowd. Qin Xinghuo and the others followed her and disappeared into the distance.
The battle had ended just like that!
Although it was exciting, they did not get to see the real ending. The crowd felt a little regretful.
However, when they thought about how the assessment tomorrow would be even more exciting than this, their hearts were filled with anticipation.
The crowd gradually dispersed. In just an hour, the news that the major sects had come to Bluestone City to recruit talents had spread throughout the streets and alleys.
"Haha, this is great! Brother Tang is not inferior to that broken shoe. I, Nangong Xue, am happy for you! "
In a private room of a restaurant, Tang Ao and fatty Nangong were drinking and chatting merrily.
As for Nangong Xue's two attendants, they were called to an inn by him to wait for his return.
"Oh right, Brother Tang, I heard that the reason that girl from the Qin family was able to awaken the Destiny Crepe Myrtle Dao Physique was because of the Destiny Stone you gave her?" Nangong Xue looked at him strangely.
Tang Ao nodded his head, appearing very calm. But when he thought about it carefully, he felt that it was a pity. Although the destiny stone was useless to him, he was still unwilling to let it go to Qin Yueshuang.
However, Qin Yueshuang had completely fused with the Destiny Stone, so it was impossible for her to get it back. Even if he killed her, the destiny stone would disappear with her.
"Brother Tang is really magnanimous!" Nangong Xue said with a smile, but it was not difficult to see that there was a trace of sarcasm in his words.
Tang Ao shook his head and smiled helplessly.
Nangong Xue poured a cup of wine for herself and said, "I heard that there has been some chaos in the foreign battleground recently. Our family also has a batch of goods that needs to pass through there. I hope nothing bad happens!"
Tang Ao's heart stirred as he asked, "Outer realm? You mean those areas that don't belong to any country? "
Nangong Xue nodded and explained, "The Black Yellow Continent is so vast that it's difficult for ordinary people to reach the end of their lives. If we don't use the Teleportation Formation, even cultivators who can fly in the air will have to work their whole lives to reach the end.
"The continent is too vast, but we don't have that many people. Therefore, many areas don't belong to any country. They are considered ungoverned areas, and wars happen all year round."
Tang Ao nodded. He was very familiar with the Black Yellow Continent. The only difference was that some of the areas that belonged to his era no longer existed.
Time was the most merciless. As the years passed, one era after another was eliminated. Beauties turned to bones, and geniuses turned to dust.
The two of them talked for a long time, and Tang Ao had a deeper understanding of the Nangong family's power. This not only shocked him.
Not only was the Nangong family one of the wealthiest business families on the continent, but their capital was also comparable to a small country on the Black Yellow Continent.
Moreover, they had the most famous information network on the continent, which spread across the five regions. They even had informants in some of the outer regions.
Although they were not a martial arts family, their foundation was not something that ordinary forces could violate!
"Brother Tang, what are your plans? Are you going to participate in the assessment tomorrow? "Nangong Xue asked.
Tang Ao thought for a while and finally nodded. "If I can pass the assessment, I might join the Seven Kills Sect!"
Although the chubby Nangong seemed careless, he was very shrewd. He was born into a business family, so how could he not have any schemes?
As if she could read Tang Ao's mind, Nangong Xue smiled and said in a low voice, "Brother Tang, are you going for the Seven Kills Art?"
Tang Ao was startled. Although the Seven Killing Art wasn't a secret, Nangong Xue being able to guess his thoughts so quickly still made him a little surprised.
Tang Ao nodded and did not explain further. He began to eat.
Only when it was evening did the two of them slowly walk out of the restaurant. They came to the street and were about to part ways when a figure suddenly rushed over.
Looking closely, it was one of Nangong Xue's attendants.
After seeing Nangong Xue walk out of the restaurant, the attendant hurried to his side, whispered something in his ear, and then left.
"Brother Nangong, what's wrong?" Tang Ao asked, noticing that Nangong Xue was looking at him strangely.
"Brother Tang, is my father in the city?" Nangong Xue suddenly asked this strange question.
Tang Ao was stunned at first, but then as if he thought of something, an ominous feeling welled up in his heart.
"You have to be mentally prepared!" Nangong Xue looked at Tang Ao with a complicated expression and said, "Our family just sent news that our goods have arrived safely. However, they also sent another piece of news."
Tang Ao did not say anything and waited for Nangong Xue to continue. At the same time, the haze in his heart darkened.
"Bluestone City's City Lord was ambushed in the outer region battlefield. His fate is unknown!" Nangong Xue said. Although the two of them had not known each other for long, they understood each other's family background.
"Boom!"
Like a bolt from the blue, Tang Ao's body became unsteady and his vision darkened, nearly falling to the ground.
In that instant, he thought of something and pieces of fragmented memories began to piece together.
"So Uncle Fu already knew." Tang Ao muttered to himself, his voice trembling. He thought of the time when he went alone to find the Qin Family, Qin Wudao suddenly gave the order to kill him without any hesitation.
He also thought of the scene from a few days ago, when the City Lord's Mansion's soldiers neatly lined up and disappeared at the city gates.
"Brother Tang, are you alright?" Seeing Tang Ao in such a state, Nangong Xue couldn't help but sigh and comfort him.
Tang Ao was a bit absent-minded. He instinctively bade farewell to Nangong Xue, then turned around and left in a daze.
"Father is dead … Father is dead …"
Along the way, Tang Ao only had these words in his mind. Only when he arrived at the City Lord's Mansion did he slowly wake up.
"Young Master, you're back!" Uncle Fu came to greet him from afar.
Tang Ao raised his head to take a look. Suddenly, he discovered that Uncle Fu seemed to have aged a lot in the past few days. His white hair was even thicker and his pair of swollen eyes indicated that he had not slept for several days.
"Uncle Fu, where's Father?" Tang Ao's voice was somewhat hoarse and his eyes had lost their luster as he stared blankly at Uncle Fu.
Hearing this, Uncle Fu's body trembled. After a long time, his eyes reddened and he said, "Young Master, you already know …"
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