Chapter 857 – The Most Outstanding Prodigal Son (1/2)
Chapter 857 – The Most Outstanding Prodigal Son
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Besides the strength represented on the mahjong table, there was also a great deal of strength hidden beneath the table that would often play the most important role in the most crucial of moments.
For instance, three years ago at the coup of the Mausoleum of Books, if the Tang clan had not acted, Shang Xingzhou truly would have found it very difficult to bring the situation in the capital under control.
”You are a descendant of the Tang clan. You should understand just where the Tang clan is strongest.”
The Tang Old Master looked at Tang Thirty-Six and said.
”Is it that toothless, old phrase again?”
Tang Thirty-Six, his face a picture of unconcern, said, ”Back in the capital, Second Uncle kept prattling at my ear, saying that I had to learn respect, and the thing most worthy of respect in our Tang clan was history. In other words, it's because our Tang clan is the oldest clan on the continent.”
The Tang Old Master said, ”It's truly an old and toothless phrase, but the old phrases are often correct.”
”I didn't say that this phrase was wrong. Time and history are naturally worthy of respect. One even feels dread just thinking about it.”
Tang Thirty-Six looked at the Tang Old Master and said, ”The longer you live, the more secrets you know. The Tang clan has existed in this world for countless years, so it must know countless secrets, concealing many hidden moves. I suppose that this is what's called foundational resources?”
The Tang Old Master replied, ”It's not that simple, but you can understand it this way.”
Tang Thirty-Six calmly said, ”If we take time as the measure, not the Qiushan clan, the Wu clan, the Mutuo clan, or even the Liangs, Chen, Wangs, and Zhus of these past thousand years measure up to the Tang clan. The tiles that I have played are also no match, but you've forgotten one thing.”
”What thing?”
”I have a friend.”
Tang Thirty-Six patted Chen Changsheng's shoulder, then continued, ”History, time, foundational resources… everyone in the Tang clan repeats these words day after day, and I've truly gotten tired of them. Do you really think that no one in the world can contend against you like this? Have all of you forgotten about that place called the Daoist sect?”
The Daoist sect was the Daoist faith and was not any sort of place. At present, it was the Orthodoxy.
The Orthodoxy was not a noble clan, but it was older than all noble clans, including the Tang clan.
The Orthodoxy was not a sect, but it was largest of all sects, including the Longevity Sect.
Who could have existed for longer than the Orthodoxy, have a lengthier history, have deeper foundational resources?
The Tang clan? When saying such things in front of the Orthodoxy, was this not a joke?
”You imprisoned me in the ancestral hall for half a year, allowing me to ponder a few problems.”
Tang Thirty-Six took out a scroll and placed it on the table, saying to the Tang Old Master, ”Some problems needed to be clarified and have now been clarified. Some problems needed to be prepared for in the future, and these are my preparations. Take a look.”
The scroll was densely covered in words, at least ten thousand.
As the Tang Old Master looked at these words, his expression turned colder and colder, his eyes narrowing more and more.
The room was quiet, the only sound that of the scroll being unrolled.
Chen Changsheng glanced at Tang Thirty-Six, wondering, just what did he write?
Tang Thirty-Six ignored him. He continued to quietly stare at the Old Master, his hands subconsciously clenching, his fingers slightly pale.
”You think that the situation will develop as you imagine?”
The Tang Old Master finally finished reading the scroll. He slowly raised his head and gave Tang Thirty-Six an emotionless gaze.
Tang Thirty-Six replied, ”I am the sole grandson of the Tang clan. No one understands the Tang clan more than me. If I'm responsible for attacking the Tang clan, things will more or less develop in this fashion.”