Chapter 3010 — Wei Zhao's Affairs
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It was only the matter of Wei Zhao being stricken with a strange poison, his meridians and dantian destroyed, that left her deeply alarmed. She knew his body had some self-recovery ability after injury, but with both dantian and meridians ruined, could he still recover?
At least by Tang Zhi's understanding of cultivators, such an injury was beyond recovery—yet Wei Zhao had recovered nonetheless. It came as a relief, and she counted herself fortunate that she had agreed to see Tang Yuyi; at least it had brought her news of Wei Zhao.
Tang Yuyi's words softened Tang Zhi's attitude toward the two men. Perhaps because she was happy for Wei Zhao's sake, she nodded and said, "So that is how it is. I understand now. Then tell me—what is your purpose in coming here?"
Tang Yuyi glanced at Patriarch Tang. The matter of acknowledging kin was naturally best raised by Patriarch Tang himself—after all, Patriarch Tang was Tang Zhi's father, and he, as an elder brother, could hardly be the one to say he had come to acknowledge a little sister.
That would be rather presumptuous. This business was Patriarch Tang's to lead in any case, and Tang Yuyi was not even Tang Zhi's brother by the same mother, but only a half-brother by a different mother.
Patriarch Tang looked troubled, but he knew this matter could only be raised by him. So he said, "It is like this, Tang Zhi. I want... to have you return to the Hidden Tang... to acknowledge your ancestry and return to the clan!"
"Oh?" Hearing this, Tang Zhi found it rather amusing. "Mr. Tang, I have no relationship whatsoever with the Hidden Tang. And you were the one who drove me out back then. Why should I go back?"
"That..." Patriarch Tang was struck speechless. Indeed—what practical benefit was there in Tang Zhi returning to acknowledge the clan? She was already an Elder of Snow Valley, wielding considerable power and prestige, and cared nothing for the status of the Hidden Tang. And secondly, it truly had been he who drove Tang Zhi away back then; to summon her back now was indeed somewhat unreasonable.
"If there is nothing else, then please go back, both of you. Since you will not speak the truth, there is no need for us to talk further." Tang Zhi gave Patriarch Tang a cold glance as she spoke. She certainly did not believe that his conscience had stirred and that he had come to acknowledge kin; there must be some other purpose at work.
"That..." Patriarch Tang looked to Tang Yuyi for help, because he had realized that in front of this Tang Zhi, he had grown somewhat guilty and hesitant. Tang Zhi had not displayed her strength, but her bearing and the attitude of those Snow Valley disciples were enough to show that her power was no trifling matter—otherwise she could not possibly serve as a Snow Valley Elder.
Most likely Tang Zhi's strength had already surpassed Tang Taizhong's, which was why Patriarch Tang scarcely dared to speak in her presence.
Tang Yuyi had no choice but to brace himself and say, "Sister Tang Zhi, I know that after I speak these words, you will surely think worse of me. But sometimes there is no helping it. As a disciple of the Hidden Tang, there are things I must say! So I beg your forgiveness."
Tang Zhi glanced at Tang Yuyi. She was not an unreasonable person. For the covert protection Tang Yuyi had once given her birth mother, Xiao Ming, Tang Zhi was in fact deeply grateful, and through Xiao Ming she had learned a good deal about Tang Yuyi. So her attitude toward him and toward Patriarch Tang were entirely different. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "Brother Yuyi, go ahead. I understand your position."(To be continued.