The fact that the bamboo sea had become so quiet meant that the fellow hidden in its depths was feeling the same as Tang Thirty-Six.
Upon hearing this voice, the viciousness on the Daoist nun's face gradually faded. She coldly glanced at Tang Thirty-Six and seemed to want to say something, but she probably recalled Tang Thirty-Six's previous threat. Those words that she wanted to say ultimately became the simplest snort, and then, with a face brimming with anger, she flicked her sleeves and left.
As he watched the Daoist nun's figure gradually vanish from the mountain path, Tang Thirty-Six yelled, "Hey! If you have the ability, don't leave! Not even a snort! Next year's open-book fee will be halved! "
Those disciples of South Stream Temple who had never been to Mount Han or the capital silently glanced at each other, thinking, could this be the legendary young master of the Tang clan? Why is he different from the rumors? Isn't his temper a little too bad?
"Fine, fine, Martial Grandaunt doesn't care about some open-book fee. She has her own clan to worship. If not for Martial Grandaunt's words, she wouldn't have been threatened by you and would have slapped down with a palm."
Ye Xiaolian raised her small hand and pretended to strike at Tang Thirty-Six's chest. "The open-book fee is for us disciples to use, so don't really refuse."
Tang Thirty-Six clutched his chest and pretended to be injured. He sadly said, "Your small hand and small face are both rather pretty, but how can your heart be so biased? I only stood up for you. "
Ye Xiaolian had long since gotten used to his mischievous appearance and ignored him. "Since Martial Grandaunt wants to see you, you should quickly leave."
Tang Thirty-Six finally reacted and asked in shock, "The Holy Maiden has returned? Then what about Su Li? Could she have been dumped again? "
He was naturally not speaking of Xu Yourong, but of Xu Yourong's teacher, the previous Holy Maiden.
Hu Thirty-Two was also very shocked, but when he heard those last words, his steps became disorderly and he almost fell off the mountain path.
Ye Xiaolian and the other girls were even angrier, glaring at him, wanting nothing more than to take out their swords and chop him into pieces.
"I just saw that the atmosphere was a little heavy, so I was just joking." Tang Thirty-Six smiled apologetically. "Why so serious?"
Ye Xiaolian restrained her temper and explained, "I was talking about the Martial Grandaunt of my branch, the senior sister of that Martial Grandaunt from before."
Tang Thirty-Six said, "I feel like you're talking nonsense."
Ye Xiaolian didn't know what to do with him. "My grandmaster is not the Holy Maiden of the previous generation. You only need to know this. She is an elder of very high seniority in the temple."
"Just what happened to South Stream Temple?"
After making sure that the nun in black had gone far away, Tang Thirty Six stopped smiling and asked seriously, "Who is the grandmaster that the old woman told you about? Why have I never heard of him?"
Ye Xiaolian said, "Please be a little more respectful. Besides … Martial Granduncle's cultivation is extremely high, his cultivation is successful, and he has a technique to maintain his appearance. How is he old?"
"People like them, no matter how young they look, are already old here."
Tang Thirty-Six pointed at his chest and said to the girls of South Stream Temple, "And we're all still very young, so sometimes, we don't need to listen to them."
These words seemed to imply something, and the disciples of South Stream Temple fell into deep thought.
Hu Thirty-Two sighed, perhaps because he was thinking of his own age.
Because of Tang Thirty Six's words, Ye Xiao Lian's heart was moved and her eyes became moist.
A girl of South Stream Temple gathered up her courage and said, "Let me say it."
Before she could speak, a fellow disciple who was familiar with her said, "Martial Granduncle won't be happy."
"There's no need to be afraid. If there's anything, just tell me."
Tang Thirty-Six said to Ye Xiaolian, "If that old woman dares to beat and scold you, I won't give her any money for the books next year."
Ye Xiaolian broke into a smile. "Can you make the decision?"
Tang Thirty-Six's expression did not change as he said, "If deceiving people in order to stand up for you is a crime, then let me be imprisoned in Zhou Prison."
Ye Xiaolian blushed. "Can't you speak properly?"
Tang Thirty-Six very innocently replied, "It's not like I'm a proper person."
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Since ancient times, the cultivators of the south had the habit of descending the mountains to travel after they had succeeded in their cultivation. Scholartree Manor was like this, the Mount Li Sword Sect was like this, and Holy Maiden Peak was even more so.
Xu Yourong had once gone to the Southern Sea, and her teacher, the Holy Maiden, had followed Su Li to that distant continent.
Besides them, Holy Maiden Peak also had a few elders of the previous generation who had been traveling the world and had not returned for a very long time. Because so much time had passed, many people had forgotten about their existence. Even those who remembered believed that they were still traveling, or that they had even returned to the sea of stars.
No one had expected that half a year ago, three elders of the previous generation who had been traveling the world for several decades would suddenly return to Holy Maiden Peak.
These three elders had extremely high seniority. In the current South Stream Temple, it was impossible to find anyone with a higher seniority than them. To put it another way, they were the ancestors of Holy Maiden Peak.
The return of the ancestors was naturally a joyous occasion that the entire world should celebrate, but soon after, everyone realized that there was a very troublesome problem.
When the previous Holy Maiden left, she had not imagined that these senior and junior sisters who had been traveling the world for so many years would return. She had directly left South Stream Temple to Xu Yourong.
When Xu Yourong was in seclusion, she had also not thought about this matter. She had directly handed over the affairs of the temple to these two virtuous and steady senior sisters.
Now that they had returned, just who should manage South Stream Temple?
Logically speaking, it should have been done according to Xu Yourong's orders, but these three elders were far too senior. If they expressed their opinions on the affairs of the temple, would anyone dare to disobey?
If these three martial grandaunts had only devoted themselves to cultivating the Dao and had no interest in the affairs of the temple, it would naturally have been best, but this was not the case.
They did not care about ordinary temple affairs, but on a certain important matter, they very clearly and unyieldingly expressed their stance.
This matter involved the relationship between Holy Maiden Peak and the Li Palace.
It was the important matter of merging the north and south factions of the Orthodoxy.
The three martial grandaunts sternly expressed that this matter could not be carried out, and then they made a decision that was certain to shake the continent.
This decision was the source of Ye Xiaolian and the other disciples of South Stream Temple's gloomy and complex moods.
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After listening to Ye Xiaolian's account, Tang Thirty-Six fell silent, then asked, "There was no news before they returned?"
He could understand, even accept, the fierce opposition of the three elders to the matter of merging the north and south factions of the Orthodoxy.
The ideals of the older generation were often even more unyielding and unchangeable, just like the Old Master of his clan.
What made him wary was the decision that Ye Xiaolian had not clearly stated, as well as the information hidden behind it.
After leaving South Stream Temple, the world's most noble holy land, and wandering the world for several decades, these three martial grandaunts should not have been people who cared about glory, splendor, and wealth. Even if they still could not let go of anything, who would find them on the continent and tell them that they had returned to South Stream Temple to do these things?
"No one expected them to suddenly return, just like …" Ye Xiaolian continued, "Like they were carrying out a surprise attack."
Tang Thirty-Six asked, "What are their names?"
Ye Xiaolian replied, "My martial ancestor is called Huai Ren, and the martial grandaunt you saw before has the Daoist name of Huai Bi."
Tang Thirty-Six felt strange, thinking to himself, I seem to have heard these two names somewhere before.
Ye Xiaolian had no idea what he was thinking and continued, "There is also a martial grandaunt called Huai Shu."
Tang Thirty-Six thought it over, then said, "If they are all the same as that old woman from before, their true personalities and names being completely opposite, then this will be troublesome."
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