1170 Tang An’s Selfishness (2/2)

Meanwhile, he sensed the Joyous Palace Saintess following him to the second floor. She stood four-plus meters away from him.

A long while passed by and finally, Tang Xiu slowly said, ”You should be dead now, logically speaking.”

The Saintess herself never spoke after coming over. She just used her clear, rippling eyes to watch Tang Xiu's back. At this time, she slowly said, ”I could have been able to escape even without the meddling of your subordinate. Don't look down on the escaping technique of the Joyous Palace.”

Tang Xiu turned around and looked at her beautiful face through the veil. He sneered. ”Heh, sure, sure. But if my guess is correct, the battle over there is not over yet. Those tens of experts that arrived later are not from the Joyous Palace.”

”Arrived later?” Joyous Palace Saintess furrowed her brows and asked, ”What do you mean?”

”An took you away from the battlefield, so you can't sense the aura of the new players. Do you really think Kitagawa is the top leader of Japan?”

Joyous Palace Saintess was not stupid. A look of dread appeared on her face after hearing Tang Xiu's words. ”You mean… General Fukuda?”

”The Joyous Palace has been secretly developing and expanding in Japan for so many years. It's inevitable that you'll give yourself away and be revealed in some aspects, to begin with. The people from a certain agency of Japan must have noticed already, even being wary and guarding against you. Even the person leading Japan's genetic warriors and those experts and ability users see you as a thorn in his eyes. I can tell he has long been wishing to uproot you. You've literally dragged out and exposed many of them this time, so how could they possibly miss this golden opportunity?”

The lady's lip squirmed but eventually didn't make any sound.

Tang Xiu observed her and a faint smile appeared on his face as he asked thoughtfully, ”But then again, are you now still a member of the Joyous Palace?”

”I…”

The Saintess' heart was immediately in a mess after hearing this.

She could get where Tang Xiu was coming from. It seemed that Ki Kitagawa was not the only person who knew that she had been a woman furnace for the Joyous Palace Master. Did Tang know about it too?

”Don't tell me you have the same intention as them?”

Suddenly, the Saintess realized something and stared at Tang Xiu as she asked all of a sudden. Wariness and vigilance were evident in her eyes.

Tang Xiu shook his head apathetically. ”Don't treat me the same as them. Using a woman's body and cultivation to transform their own physique and improve their strength? That's a foul and dirty means I can never do. Chinese cultivators may not be allies of justice or such, but we're not that evil either.”

The saintess inwardly relaxed, but she still vigilantly replied, ”But I still don't get it. Why did you save me?”

”You don't get it at all, huh?” Tang Xiu turned to look outside the window at Tang An, who was still kneeling in the courtyard.

The Saintess stared blankly for a moment and pondered about it for a while. Then, with a surprised look, she blurted out, ”You just punished your subordinate who saved me because… you didn't order her to rescue me?”

Tang Xiu took out a cigarette, lit it up and replied with indifference, ”You're not that stupid.”

She now finally relaxed greatly, and her wariness towards Tang Xiu was mostly gone. She turned around and went downstairs. As she came to the courtyard and stood before Tang An, she inquired. ”May I know whether you were aware that you'd be punished before saving me?”

”Yes!”

While kneeling on the ground, indifference was all over Tang An's face.

The Saintess slightly furrowed her brows and asked again, ”The last question. Why did you save me?”

”Would you believe if I told you that I felt like meeting an old friend the first time I met you?” Tang An hummed coldly. Her figure vanished on the spot, but the ripple of energy in the spot she had been kneeling was evident and everyone in the surroundings knew that she was still there kneeling.

Upon seeing this, the Saintess sighed. ”You refuse to tell me the truth, so I won't ask you anymore. But I'll remember this benevolence for saving my life. I'll pay off this life-saving debt if you ever need Gong Wan'er's assistance in the future. Farewell.”

”You can't go!” Tang An's figure appeared again and said coldly.

The Saintess' expression changed and she asked, ”You refuse to tell me the truth, so why I can't leave now?”

Tang An was silent for a while and then asked, ”I need to take you to my Master, or give you to those Buddhist Sect people as Grand Master said.”

”The Buddhist Sect in China?” Joyous Palace Saintess said in a deep voice, ”The Joyous Palace Master has long issued an order to hide at once if we meet anyone from China's Buddhist Sect, or kill them if we can't avoid them. It's simply impossible for me to meet them. Also, who exactly is your Master?”