Chapter 409 Testing
Chapter 409 Testing
After Old Elder Tang became the leader of the Wendao Sect, he no longer lives in Lili Peak.
The current master of Lili Peak has become an elder of the Tang Dynasty.
However, because his father became the sect leader, Elder Da Tang was mostly busy at Wendao Peak.
Most of the daily affairs of Lili Peak are presided over by Tang Zhi.
When Elder Mei came to Lili Peak, Tang Zhi, who was dressed in mourning, was also handling the miscellaneous affairs of the peak, which somewhat surprised Elder Mei.
After all, the Immortal Sect is a big family, but it is a place to seek immortality and ask for the truth. It is better to leave the chores to ordinary people. Besides, Tang Zhi has lost his wife now. Is there anything that cannot be handed over to outsiders in the peak? Why does he need to do it himself?
But Elder Mei didn't come here to ask these questions. He came here to test Tang Zhi's attitude towards Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu. He wanted to make sure that after he left, Tang Zhi would not take revenge on Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu for personal reasons.
"I won't say anything about my condolences. I'll just burn some incense for you, Madam!"
Frankly speaking, it would be somewhat rude if you don't visit as a relative or friend at this time.
But first of all, how could Elder Mei have the time to wait for Elder Wu to finish his mourning period?
Secondly, he also wanted to see if Tang Zhi would get so angry that he would flip the table.
But to Elder Mei's disappointment, Tang Zhi did not look angry at all, and treated him like any ordinary person who came to mourn.
After thanking Elder Mei, he asked him to follow him to the mourning hall.
The small mourning hall was decorated in white everywhere, with a black coffin placed in the middle.
In front of the coffin, besides Tang Haoran kneeling, there were also a few women who looked very similar to Elder Wu.
The women looked at Elder Mei blankly, obviously not knowing him.
But Tang Haoran recognized Elder Mei, and he was not afraid of Elder Mei's Nascent Soul power. He stood up and said, "What are you doing here? Are you here to root out the evil? Okay, come and kill me!"
As he spoke, he walked towards Elder Mei, but was stopped by his father.
Tang Zhi said with a sullen face, "Guo'er, you must not be so rude in front of your seniors!"
Tang Haoran's hatred towards Tang Zhi seemed to be no less than his hatred towards Tian Lin and Elder Mei. He swung his right hand, and the sleeve of his mourning clothes, which was of poor quality, tore apart with a "swish".
Among the women kneeling behind him, a young girl stepped forward and said, "Brother Haoran, don't go against your uncle at this time."
After listening to the girl's words, Elder Mei roughly guessed the identities of these women.
But his attention was all on Tang Zhi at this time. After Tang Haoran's sleeve was torn, Tang Zhi grabbed Tang Haoran's hand again and said in a deep voice:
"Guo'er, didn't you see what Elder Zhang said when your mother signed a life-and-death agreement with others on the stage? Everything is due to personal grudges, and the consequences are borne by oneself and no one else is to blame.
Today, Tian Lin won, so your mother died. If it was your mother who won, then Tian Lin would be on the funeral pyre;”
Tang Haoran asked Tang Zhi angrily, "My mother died, and you didn't avenge her. I avenged her, but you stopped me. What do you mean by saying these words?"
"If you want revenge, go to the life and death arena and fight Tian Lin. I will never stop you! But if you fight him in private, it will be a fight between fellow disciples, and I will never agree to it."
Elder Wu died at the hands of Tian Lin. How could Tang Haoran have the confidence to kill Tian Lin?
"You think I don't dare?"
"You may dare, or you may not! But no matter what, you are still my son."
Tang Zhi said: "If you win, I will celebrate for you. If you lose, I will definitely offer wine for you in front of the funeral hall."
His words made Tang Haoran's face turn red with anger, and Elder Mei at the side was also a little surprised at Tang Zhi's character.
He didn't know whether Tang Zhi was expressing his true feelings or was being treacherous in disguise?
Tian Lin once speculated that Elder Wu's death was caused by Tang Zhi.
But this speculation is just speculation after all, and there is no evidence at all.
If Tian Lin's guess is correct, then Tang Zhi is really a cunning person and must be guarded against!
If Tian Lin guessed wrong, then even if Tang Zhi couldn't be a friend, he didn't have to be an enemy. "Today, in addition to offering incense to the respected lady, I have something else I want to ask you."
Perhaps guessing what Elder Mei wanted to say, Tang Zhi raised his sleeves, took the incense from the maid beside him and handed it to Elder Mei.
Elder Mei originally intended to use words to stimulate the relationship between father and son in front of Tang Zhi's son.
But Tang Zhi obviously didn't want to make his son sad anymore, so he interrupted Elder Mei in time.
This did not make Elder Mei angry. Instead, he felt that Tang Zhi was behaving like a normal father at this moment.
The previous words, "Celebrate the victory if you win and give the first drink if you lose", not only Tang Haoran was confused, but even Elder Mei found it a little unbelievable.
Seeing Elder Mei inserting three incense sticks into the incense burner, Tang Zhi, who was wearing mourning clothes, personally returned the greeting to Elder Mei as a family member, knowing that Tang Haoran would not thank him.
Then he raised his hand and said to Elder Mei, "It's noisy here. Elder, please come to the study with me to talk!"
Although Tang Zhi is in the late Jindan stage, he is also an elder of the Dao Sect.
But his residence seemed a bit simple and he didn't look like a person who cared about material things.
Elder Mei followed Tang Zhi into the study, and Tang Zhi's eyes swept over a memorial tablet in the study.
On the memorial tablet is written "The memorial tablet of my late mother, Tang mother Ai Ruren, whose maiden name was Xiangxiang".
There is an incense burner next to the spirit tablet, and incense wafts out of the burner.
Elder Mei remembered that Ai Xiangxiang was Tang Zhi's biological mother, and she had been dead for many years.
"Elder, have tea."
Tang Zhi walked around the desk and poured a bowl of hot tea from the teapot.
Elder Mei discovered that this teapot was a magical instrument that could keep the water in the tea warm all year round.
But the tea leaves in the teapot are the most ordinary tea.
"Young friend Tang, are you interested in medicine?"
Elder Mei asked after taking a sip of tea.
Tang Zhi turned his head and glanced at the books in the study, and explained: "I was once very interested in the Dao of Alchemy, and the Dao of Alchemy was derived from medical theory, so I studied medical theory for a while. It's a pity that I am not talented and have no talent in the Dao of Alchemy. In the end, I had to give up."
What he said seemed to be true. Although there were many medical books on the bookshelf, it looked like they had not been flipped through for a long time.
"Elder, are you here to ask Mei Xiangu to become a true disciple?"
Tang Zhi took the initiative to point out Elder Mei's purpose of coming. He said, "I have already found a solution to this matter. Elder Zhang, who was on the life and death stage that day, is willing to accept Fairy Mei as his last disciple."
Elder Mei remembered Elder Zhang, who was an elder in the early Nascent Soul stage.
When one reaches the Nascent Soul stage, he can accept a closed disciple. The closed disciple has a high status in the sect and is a true disciple higher than the inner disciples.
"Does Elder Zhang have no disciples?"
There are not many places for true disciples because most people are unwilling to accept them as true disciples.
Who would be willing to pass on their unique skills to others? Unless it was their own offspring.
"Elder Zhang had a last disciple, but he passed away some time ago. It just so happened that he had also seen Mei Xiangu's duel and knew that Mei Xiangu had a good talent, so he was willing to accept Mei Xiangu as his true disciple."
(End of this chapter)