webnovelfull Chapter 259 Xu Xin: You Want to Quit?
Chapter 259 Xu Xin: You Want to Quit?
"In the end, it was the Tang Clan that broke the rules for the Lü family. The Lü family used the power of the Tang Clan to kill the demon Yingtai and avenge Lü Ren, the eldest young master of the Lü family."
Tang Miaoxing put down the invitation in his hand, and seeing the shocked expressions on the three people's faces, he continued, "So, if we really start from the very beginning, the Lü family owes my Tang Clan a debt."
"But how can you believe that mad dog Lü Ci would accept this favor and needlessly get into trouble with the Thirty-Six Thieves?"
Zhang Wang snapped out of his daze, sorted out the grudges Tang Miaoxing had mentioned, and frowned as he spoke, "Although the Tang Clan stood with the Lü Family in the battle of Tongtian Cave, how could the Lü Family be so easy to deal with?"
"Yes, he will take responsibility for this debt. He may not take responsibility for other things, but if it involves the Japanese, that mad dog will take responsibility more readily than anyone else."
Tang Miaoxing shook his head. "It's true that Lü Ci is a mad dog, but he's more clear-headed than anyone else. Or rather, it's because he's too clear-headed that he seems so crazy."
"In the world of supernatural beings, who doesn't know that the Tang Clan doesn't concern itself with worldly affairs? But now the Lü family has sent the invitation directly to the Tang Clan. It seems that Lü Ci himself wants to settle accounts."
Zhang Wang and Tang Miaoxing exchanged glances for a moment, then looked at Xu Xin, who lay disheveled on the ground, and pondered before asking, "Even if Lü Ci admits to the debt from back then, can the Lü family suppress Xu Xin's status as one of the Thirty-Six Thieves?"
"Hmph, two blockheads."
Xu Xin, lying on the ground, glanced at the two men, pointed at himself, and said sarcastically, "Did you really think only the Tang Clan could handle things involving the living dead?"
"Of the thirty-six of us, how many were actually confirmed dead by the world back then?"
"Having lived in the shadows for so long, you really think everyone is innocent and upright? What a joke!"
Xu Xin looked at his tattered clothes and his almost unrecognizable appearance, sighed, and said with a sneer, "Although it is troublesome for me, Xu Xin, to be brought back to life, it is also simple. All I need is someone of enough importance to support the Tang Clan."
As he spoke, he looked at Tang Miaoxing standing in front of him, staring into the other's calm eyes, and asked coldly, "But Tang Miaoxing, you old fox, do you have other schemes up your sleeve?"
"Although I have been trapped in Tang Tomb for many years and do not know much about the changes in the outside world, I know your temperament. Using my thirty-six thieves as a stage to put on a show, this is going to be a big show. You will stir up the waters of the world of supernatural beings."
"I don't believe that you, the current sect leader, don't want to go up and sing a few lines. After all, it's easier to fish in troubled waters, and it's easier to seize opportunities in chaotic times."
Tang Miaoxing stood calmly in place, letting Xu Xin look him over, while he also carefully examined Xu Xin in front of him.
A silent atmosphere filled the entire Tang Tomb. The Tang Clan disciples who were meditating on the mountain wall opened their eyes and stared at the two people in the center, along with Zhang Wang and Tang Qiushan beside them.
"Heh, it's true that I, Tang Miaoxing, am inferior to you all. I'm not as good as Yang Lie, nor am I as good as you, Xu Xin."
After a long while, Tang Miaoxing lowered his eyes, closed them, and sighed, "Xu Xin, a genius of the outer sect of the Tang Clan a hundred years ago, had mastered all the Tang Clan's methods except for weapon forging by the age of nineteen. Unfortunately, he colluded with his senior brother Dong Chang to form a sworn brotherhood with the Quanxing Demon and became one of the Thirty-Six Thieves."
"Why bring up these old grievances? Are you trying to get revenge on me through these means?"
Tang Miaoxing ignored Xu Xin's questioning and continued, "After the Jia Shen Rebellion broke out, facing the torture of the Tang Clan, Xu Xin was cowardly and repentant, while Dong Chang did not repent. The sect leader, Tang Bingwen, used the Dan Shi inheritance as a reason to pass on the Dan Shi to the two of them."
"Xu Xin learned the Dan Shi technique, thus saving his life. He died outside the Tang Tomb but lived within it for the rest of his life, and was never allowed to step out of the Tang Tomb."
As Xu Xin listened to Tang Miaoxing's recounting of his past, his expression remained unchanged, but a hint of reminiscence appeared in his eyes.
"What exactly are you trying to achieve by saying all this?"
In his early twenties, he became a living dead, spending most of his life imprisoned within the Tang Tomb, serving as a tool for passing on the Dan Shi technique.
Decades have passed, and he has naturally reflected on his past experiences, and has also regretted and complained. But with the passage of time, his past feelings have almost faded.
Tang Miaoxing stood before Xu Xin again, bent down, and placed her hand on Xu Xin's bony shoulder. She said in a deep voice, "Xu Xin is completely dead outside, but Tang Xin can walk out of Tang Tomb alive, can't he?"
"you!"
Zhang Wang, Tang Qiushan, and Xu Xin looked at Tang Miaoxing in astonishment upon hearing this, only to see the serious expression on his face; he was indeed not joking.
The Tang Clan evolved from a clan. Initially, it was a single family with a single surname. Gradually, it developed a distinction between inner and outer factions, and over time, this distinction gradually became more relaxed.
Nowadays, the distinction between the inner and outer sects of the Tang Clan is almost non-existent, but there are still some differences. With both sects mastering the Dan Shi technique, the Tang Clan leader is usually a member of the inner sect with the surname Tang.
If an outer disciple wishes to change their surname to "Tang", they must possess inner disciple blood.
Tang Miaoxing wanted Xu Xin to leave alive, but not under the identity of "Xu Xin," but under the identity of "Tang Xin," which included the surname Tang.
Because of his identity as "Xu Xin," he had already been expelled from the Tang Clan as one of the Thirty-Six Thieves. This method of deception was also the Tang Clan's way of explaining themselves to the outside world.
Zhang Wang and Tang Qiushan quickly realized what was happening, frowning but saying nothing. However, Xu Xin's eyes darted around, and a flash of inspiration struck him, as if he had thought of something.
"No, it's not that simple. You're thinking of quitting!"
Xu Xin, his emaciated body skeletal, suddenly stood up from the ground. He brushed the hand off his shoulder and shouted at Tang Miaoxing, "After changing my surname, I transferred from an outer disciple to an inner disciple. In addition, with the mastery of Dan Shi, I will be the next sect leader."
"You want to hand over the Tang Clan's mess to me, a sinner of the Tang Clan?"
"Tang Miaoxing, what are you planning to do?"
Through Xu Xin's words, Zhang Wang and Tang Qiushan realized that Tang Miaoxing had exploited a loophole in the Tang Clan's rules. They stepped forward and stood with Xu Xin, looking at Tang Miaoxing, who had his back to everyone.
"What to do? I just found the answer to that question myself."
Tang Miaoxing toyed with the invitation in his hand, his back to the three old Tang Clan members, and said in a deep voice, "I want to do what I want to do, and do what I should do, nothing more."
He turned around and, following the positions of the three people, began to speak in turn.
"Zhang Wang, I know you've always been unconvinced by me, thinking I'm inferior to the old sect leader and Yang Lie."
"Akiyama, I know you don't think highly of me either, and you think I'm not as good as them."
"As for you, Xu Xin, after Yang Lie passed away, you looked down on the three of us even more."
The three people whose names were called were stunned for a moment, opened their mouths, and looked at Tang Miaoxing for a moment, but hesitated to speak.
"But we're all getting old. We always talk about the old Tang Clan, but the Tang Clan is old enough now that it can no longer find its place on the ship of the new era."
"Assassins? They were swept into a corner long ago."
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