After so many twists and turns, in the end, Old Madam Tang's target was not the Seventh Prince, not Prince Yue, and not even Tang Min. From the beginning to the end, she treated me as her prey.
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The target had long been set, and it was me. All the scheming was just foreplay.
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My body's reaction was one step faster than my brain. I gathered some strength in my palm and directly smashed it towards Old Madam Tang's chest. Old Madam Tang didn't dodge and directly took my palm. Her shriveled body was like Mount Tai, motionless.
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I raised my head and looked at her. My heart was like a stone pestle, one strike after another, slow and heavy.
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Old Madam Tang reached out and touched my cheek. "If I can't stand your good fortune of living a long life, then taking your young body is worth it."
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Her touch felt like an iron plow was rubbing against my face. I couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to shake off her claws. But there was nothing I could do. I couldn't move my body at all. I angrily said, "Old witch, what kind of witchcraft did you use?"
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"We are all women from Guan Zhongsheng Village. What qualifications do you have to say that your ancestors' laws are witchcraft?"
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I desperately tried to break free, but I couldn't use any strength. Frustrated, I couldn't do anything. My heart was even angrier. I raised my voice and cursed, "Did your ancestors' laws order you to attack your own people? Did your ancestors' laws order you to harm others for your own benefit? "
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Old Madam Tang scolded, "Idiot!" She didn't say much.
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I sneered and stabbed her. "The Guanzhong Sacred Village has existed for many generations. The hundreds of families have their own happiness. I think the Guanzhong Sacred Village's ancestors must have practiced benevolence, law, and etiquette. Only then could the people live peacefully and peacefully. If they were really as ruthless as you, casually taking people's bodies, the Guanzhong Sacred Village would have been destroyed eight hundred years ago."
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Old Madam Tang's eyes flashed as she evaded the topic: "Ah, if it wasn't for me, the villagers of Guan Zhongsheng would have only been annihilated! It's rare for me to break the etiquette. Let me, the leader, live a little longer. It's beneficial to Guan Zhongsheng Village. I think the ancestors will be happy to see this. "
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I gritted my teeth. "Preposterous!" I continued to charge forward, gathering my strength.
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Prince Yue had already whipped Tang Min to his side. With lightning speed, he hit Tang Min's acupoints, knocked him out, and threw him to the side. Then, he glanced at me. I could roughly guess the meaning in his eyes. He wanted me to stall for time.
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The Seventh Prince also got down from the wooden stake. He opened his eyes and glared fiercely at Prince Yue. Prince Yue felt very helpless. He could neither fight nor kill them. It was fine if there was only one of them, but two of them had come at the same time. It was fine if there were only two of them, but they had chosen the precious body of the Seventh Prince.
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Old Madam Tang smiled and said: "You want to stall for time to trap this old woman, but this old woman only needs a little bit of effort." She directly reached out, grabbed my collar, and threw me into the pond. She even threw me into the deep water. My body sank like a stone block. I couldn't move at all. The water around me poured into my seven orifices. I was suffocating and could only clench my lips.
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There was only a bit of hazy light in my eyes. In this light, I could see Old Madam Tang's horribly ugly face. It really made me angry.
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Old Madam Tang reached out her hand. She laughed and pressed it against my head like a claw. It was as if a needle had pierced through my head and pierced my chest. It was as if my five viscera and six bowels were being torn apart.
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I was in pain. My mind became clearer and clearer, but my vision became more and more blurry. However, this old woman didn't stop. She swam closer to me, opened her mouth, and spat out a series of bubbles.
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My ears were already blocked by water, but in my mind was her slow, old, and hoarse voice.
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"Sleep," she self-righteously tempted me. "Sleep."
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Suddenly, I saw a series of bubbles flash back a few images.
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"Sleep," she continued to tempt me. "Sleep."
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The bubbles gathered around me, tightly surrounding me, as if they wanted to squeeze the water out of me.
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"Sleep," she said. "Sleep."
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My consciousness became clearer and clearer, but I couldn't see a figure in front of me. I only felt my eyes widen. My eyelids seemed to be pushed up to my eyebrows. There was no cotton-like water in my ears. I suddenly heard voices again.
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The bubbles popped and popped.
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The chains clanked as they dragged across the ground.
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Where did the sound of chains come from? Puzzled, I subconsciously opened my eyes wider. Suddenly, Old Madam Tang's flustered and exasperated voice appeared in my mind. "Hurry up and sleep."
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It was supposed to be a decisive moment, but it added a funny touch. Not only did I not feel sleepy at all, but the corners of my mouth also couldn't help but curl up.
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"Bitch!" The old woman, who didn't do as she wished, flew into a rage. I felt a palm hit my forehead. "I can't coax you, so I'll knock you out. Anyway, it's the same."
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I didn't feel any pain at all. Instead, I heard the sound of the chains getting closer and closer. In the hazy white light before my eyes, a figure came from the distance. His head was lowered, his shoulders were hunched, and his hands and feet were shackled. The chains stretched into the depths of the white light, and I didn't know where.
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I remembered him. When I was stung by the fireflies in the Tang mansion and fainted for a few days, I dreamed of him. But that was a fleeting glimpse, and he didn't even show his face.
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I asked him, "Who are you?"
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The man chuckled and repeated my words. "Who am I?"
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I was surprised, but then I heard him continue. "I am your husband, the Emperor of the Hall of Merits and Virtue."
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Generally speaking, when people introduce themselves, they like to put the most resounding title first. This person's self-introduction was very much to my liking. The first sentence he said was my husband, which made me feel a sense of pride that I had been recognized.
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"My husband?" I asked him with a smile. "I don't have a husband like you."
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The man laughed with me. "You do, why don't you? When heaven and earth first separated, we stayed together. You and I lived together, cultivated together, and worked together to establish the foundation for the immortal bestowment. When the order of heaven and earth was established, we joined hands to worship heaven and earth. You and I are husband and wife, so how can you say you don't have a husband like me? "
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In front of my eyes, I seemed to see the clouds and mist, the moon shining brightly, the sun and the stars shining together, and the luans and phoenixes singing in harmony. However, although I was smiling and looking at the glorious scene, I didn't know why, but the corners of my eyes felt sour.
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The man lowered his head, but I heard him sigh. "It's been hard on you."
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My heart was filled with grief, but I didn't know the cause and effect. I just shook my head. "It's not hard, not hard." I wrinkled my nose, but my tears really burst out. The corners of my mouth tasted bitter and salty.
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The iron chain clanged. He raised his hand and pointed up. "He's here. He's here to save you. It's good."
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I asked him, "What about you?"
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"I have to stay here, to protect you, to protect the world."
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My mind was also muddled. I only felt that he was familiar. I shouldn't leave him in this white and desolate place. I pulled him and said, "The common people don't need you to protect them. Come with me."
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"The Emperor of Gongde Hall is responsible for God. He should protect the world."
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I panicked and asked, "Aren't you going to protect me too?"
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The man laughed. He was happy but helpless. "If I protect you, I won't be able to protect the world. He will protect you for me. I'm relieved."
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Suddenly, a very familiar voice called me from above. "Chuizhu!"
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I was overjoyed and unconsciously called out to him, "Your Highness!"
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Suddenly, my feet left the ground, and my waist was lifted up by a strong force. I looked down to see what was going on. I saw my husband, who was tied up in chains, lifting me up with both hands. The chains seemed to be only so long, and they restricted his movements. It was difficult for him to lift me up.
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His arms were shaking as he held me up. But his voice was as gentle as jade. It was more melodious than the sound of large and small pearls falling on a jade plate. He said to me, "Go quickly."
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He was so gentle, as if he was coaxing a rare treasure.
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I was also coaxed into a child by him, and I was surprised at my own childishness, that I would cry at the slightest provocation.
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A large hand with a leather glove grabbed my shoulder and forcefully pulled me back to reality from the void. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw the silver mask on Prince Yue's face. It was so close that it was almost touching my cheek.
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A wave of dizziness came over me, followed by waves of nausea.
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Prince Yue didn't know how to be considerate. Seeing that I was in pain, he directly pressed his big hand on my lower abdomen, squeezing it with all his might. It was so uncomfortable that I directly spat on his face.
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Fortunately, there was a mask covering it.
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Prince Yue, on the other hand, did not pursue the matter of me offending my superiors. Instead, his eyes were filled with rejoicing as he repeatedly said: "It's good that you spit it out, it's good that you spit it out. It's good that you kept it in your stomach that something happened, something big."
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She repeated the same sentence over and over again, as long-winded as an old woman.
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But then again, where was the old woman who was our enemy, Old Madam Tang?
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Prince Yue picked me up. When I turned around, I saw Old Madam Tang. At this moment, her hair was disheveled and her clothes were soaked through. Her hands were placed on Tang Min's and the Seventh Prince's heads, and her eyes were bloodshot as she glared at us with hatred.
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I found it strange. I, the person who had been plotted against, didn't show much hatred. What was she so resentful about?
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Prince Yue sneered, "You are digging your own grave."
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Old Madam Tang's voice was coarse and hoarse, extremely unpleasant to hear. She snorted angrily and said, "Prince Yue also knows a lot about my Guanzhong Sacred Village's secret technique. Every time I use a trick, you can sense it with a glance."
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Prince Yue said, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles."
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"Haha, then why don't Your Highness tell my shameless granddaughter what I'm doing here?"
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Prince Yue's eyes flickered as he looked at me. I pulled on his sleeve and said, "What are you afraid of? Just tell me. Do you think I will run over to this old witch to deal with you?"
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Old Madam Tang was still laughing like a madwoman. She laughed so hard that the surrounding grass and trees shook.
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Prince Yue's mouth curved up under his mask. He gently smiled at me and said, "That's right. You are now inside my body. You can't run away."
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I pinched him discreetly to avoid provoking my enemy in front of the enemy. "Why aren't you telling me? This old woman is so weird. She even captured the Seventh Prince and her grandson. What is she trying to do?"
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Prince Yue told me, "She is splitting her soul."
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Without waiting for me to raise my doubts, he continued, "The secret method of Guanzhong Sacred Village has two main areas of attack. One is the body, just like those puppet-like skeletons you see. They cannot understand human speech and cannot become humans. They can only listen to the orders of the caster like wooden planks. The second is the soul. This secret method is very difficult. It is to tear one's own soul and place it in another body. It hurts the enemy one thousand but hurts oneself eight hundred."
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I asked him, "Then, what about Suo Chuoluo's assassin dancers and their five thousand bewitched soldiers?"
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Prince Yue coldly glanced at me and said regretfully, "Tang Min can control so many bodies at once. He's a peerless genius in secret techniques. It's a pity that his body was damaged because of the wide range of the technique. Otherwise, with the current cultivation of the Old Madam of the Tang family, she wouldn't have been able to control Tang Min."
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I asked him, "What did Old Madam Tang want to do to me?"
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"Soul Return. She didn't want to put a strand of her soul into your body to temporarily control you. She wanted to put her entire soul into your body and occupy it completely."
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I patted my chest as if I had just survived a disaster. "I'm not afraid of being treated as a monster with two souls."
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"That's why she used water as a medium to extract her soul from your body and destroy it."
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I pointed at her and asked Prince Yue, "What does she want to do now?"
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Prince Yue glanced in that direction, then retreated to the back in awe. Then, he said to me, "She's putting up a desperate struggle. She wants to imbue the rest of her soul into Old Seven and Tang Min. She wants to control them to deal the final blow and kill us."
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I asked him, "Her remaining soul?"
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"Just now, she wanted to stuff her soul into your body. Did you forget?"
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"Oh," I said. Then, I thought to myself, She didn't stuff her soul into my body? Then, didn't that old demonic woman's own soul get drowned in water? Tsk tsk, she tried to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it. No wonder she was so angry when she failed to hypnotize me.
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Prince Yue was unperturbed. Affected by his mood, I was also unperturbed in his embrace. However, when I swept my gaze around, I saw the seventh prince, who had suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck today. I suddenly panicked. I grabbed his hand and asked, "The seventh prince is being controlled by her. Will he end up like Suo Chonluo and his soldiers? Once he escapes her control, he will be stripped of his skin and his bones will be ground to dust, dying a miserable death."
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Prince Yue muttered, "Logically speaking …"
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I was so anxious that I jumped out of his arms and said, "Logically speaking? Hurry up and save him!"
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The Seventh Prince's Empress mother wasn't someone to be trifled with. If we hurt her precious son, who knows what kind of trouble she will cause for Prince Yue in the imperial court. Prince Yue was too careless!
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I rolled up my sleeves and was about to rush forward to fight, but Prince Yue grabbed my arm and said, "Don't rush."
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"Why isn't he busy? He …" I looked back and saw that one of the two men who had been standing with his hands hanging by his sides had opened his eyes.
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It was Tang Min. Although he was being controlled by Old Madam Tang, his eyes were still very clear when he opened his eyes.
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He looked at me. When he confirmed that I was looking at him, he was very happy. The corners of his mouth curled up and he gave me a happy smile.
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I was stunned.
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In my eyes, Tang Min was a complete pervert. He was the main culprit who tortured the original Tang Chuizhu until she didn't look like a human anymore. He was the real culprit who made her throw herself into the river because she couldn't bear the humiliation. After humiliating the previous Tang Chuizhu, he still wanted to humiliate the current me. Fortunately, I had a falling out with him. He saw how fierce I was and didn't dare to be so presumptuous. If a weak soul was placed in this body, I'm afraid it would still end up like a suicide.
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But now, he had this kind of smile on his face, like a simple and happy brother and sister in their youth who forced a smile and said goodbye.
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Goodbye/p
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I didn't know why I thought of this word.
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Suddenly, Tang Min clenched her teeth and turned around. With a palm strike, she knocked away Old Madam Tang's claw that was controlling the Seventh Prince. The Seventh Prince broke free of her control and slowly fell to the ground. The Prince of Yue then swung his whip and directly pulled him to our side.
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Old Madam Tang lost a puppet. She pointed at Tang Min and angrily said, "You! You! Good Tang Min, you really deserve the name of Guan Zhongsheng Village. "
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Tang Min smiled weakly and said carelessly, "Guan Zhongsheng Village knew early on that he would get into trouble because of his wealth, so he simply found a place and hid in the mountains to meditate. He no longer cared about the disputes of the world. Old Madam, the person who brought the dispute to Guan Zhongsheng Village was you. Now, the person who raised his hand and shouted that he had found peace again was also you. Looking at the whole story, it was you who slapped your own mouth over there. "
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Old Madam Tang's grandson and granddaughter were mercilessly undermining her. She was so angry that her fingers trembled, her eyelids trembled, and her mouth trembled. She couldn't even speak clearly. "Good, good Tang Min. Is this why you betrayed your ancestors and sought refuge with the imperial court?"
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Tang Min's mouth was full of thorns. He bit whoever he grabbed and didn't let go. He stared at Old Madam Tang and bit her, and said mercilessly, "Old Madam, I respect you as Old Madam, but you married my grandfather and married into the Tang family. In the end, my surname is Tang, and my ancestors are also surnamed Tang. My relationship with the Zou family in Guan Zhongsheng can only be regarded as a cousin. How can it be related to recognizing my ancestors?"
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These words made Old Madam Tang so angry that she almost fainted. "If it weren't for Guan Zhongsheng Village nurturing you, could you have cultivated your current body?"
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"Grandson is naturally grateful for Guan Zhongsheng Village's nurturing," Tang Min laughed self-deprecatingly and said coldly, "Grandson is grateful for Guan Zhongsheng Village's ruthless strength in splitting tendons and dislocating bones. Grandson is grateful to Old Madam for tempering my body with poisonous wine every day. I'm even more grateful to Mother for training endlessly. Now, grandson has become like this. It's all thanks to Old Madam and Guan Zhongsheng!"
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