Chapter 825 – A Prayer Mat (1/2)

Chapter 825 – A Prayer Mat

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Since hostilities would break out sooner or later, why not open with the most unyielding position?

If this were a chessboard, the Mount Song Army headquarters was just a casual move meant to symbolize the Li Palace's renewed voice to the continent.

The second move in Wenshui City was a deciding move, a move that would determine life and death.

The letter writer wanted to use the matter of Tang Thirty-Six to have Chen Changsheng take the toughest posture possible.

This attitude was for the Tang clan to see, but not for the Tang Second Master to see.

Although the chief branch had already lost power, the Tang clan was still the Tang Old Master's Tang clan.

The letter writer was gambling on the decision the Tang Old Master would make towards the Orthodoxy's most unyielding stance.

The greatest problem at the moment was that the circumstances of the Tang clan over the past two years already proved that the Tang Old Master supported the second branch. To put it another way, he had already made a decision between Shang Xingzhou and Chen Changsheng, and how could a figure like the Tang Old Master change his stance just because of the Orthodoxy's tough stance?

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Before the Tang Old Master, the Orthodoxy first had to confront the Tang Second Master.

The middle-aged man rumored to already be in complete control of the Tang clan was unquestionably one of the most powerful men on the continent.

But in front of the quiet Daoist church, he looked like an ordinary middle-aged man.

Perhaps it was because the Archbishop of Wenshui was not as meek as usual, much less flattering him.

The archbishop seemingly treated him as an ordinary middle-aged believer that had come to pay respects to the Pope.

In the early morning, three Prefects of the Orthodoxy and one hundred cavalry had entered Wenshui City.

Afterwards, a great deal of noise had come from the Daoist church.

It was at that moment that the Tang Second Master came to the stone steps and communicated that he wished to pay respects to the Pope.

The archbishops had delivered the message for him, and then he had said that the Pope had just woken up and was still washing up, necessitating a wait.

This was a very commonplace matter. Although the Tang Second Master knew that it was just an excuse, he still needed to wait at the bottom of the stone steps.

But he didn't expect that he would have to wait for half a day. The morning light had driven away the mist in the forest and then transformed into the rare warm sunlight of the winter sun.

As time passed, the two Guardians and several followers standing behind the Tang Second Master gained rather nasty complexions.

Since the Pope had come to Wenshui, the Tang clan naturally had to send someone to meet him, but why did the Second Master have to wait so long? Were they showing off their power to the Tang clan?

If not for the fact that the Tang Second Master had remained quiet this entire time, they probably would have already started to make a ruckus.

This was Wenshui City after all. From a certain perspective, the head of the Tang clan was the true emperor here.

Whether it was Emperor Taizong or the infamous Tianhai Divine Empress, in this city, their decrees were never as effective as a single sentence from the clan head.

In their view, the Second Master represented the Tang clan, so not even the Pope could humiliate him so!

The Tang Second Master, his hands held behind him, had waited beneath the stone steps for half a day. Let alone anger, not even impatience could be seen on his face.

But this did not mean that his mood was so serene.

In reality, his mood was quite terrible.

In the coup three years ago in the Mausoleum of Books, he had played an extremely important role. The common people did not know of it, but everyone who had the right to know knew of it.

From that moment, he became an important character of the continent with the ability to tip the scales.

Although he had not yet become the master of Wenshui City, everyone knew that the day was not far.