To put it nicely, he was out there exorcising demons for these people; to put it bluntly, he was still doing it for himself.
As long as Yan Lin was alive for one more day, he'd be out there ruining Tang Rao's reputation for one more day.
Luckily the casualties and losses so far weren't too serious. If Tang Rao had co back any later, his own na would have been rotten across all of Tingzhou, maybe even the whole North Island.
"Boss, this whole ti it's my fault for not handling things well. I thought since he wasn't one of our Kao Shan Sect people, if we rushed in it'd seriously affect the reputation of the entire Kao Shan Sect. I never expected that by not thinking of a way to intervene, I'd still drag our Kao Shan Sect and you into so much trouble."
Cha Xiangzi ca forward to admit his sins.
He knew Tang Rao far too well. Rather than wait for Tang Rao to personally co question him, taking the initiative, being honest, and admitting his mistakes was the smartest move.
"This has nothing to do with you. If I'm not wrong, Yan Lin should have received so kind of blessing—he's completely different from before. That's why those experts the common folk hired were helpless. Since even those big shots couldn't do anything, taking the Kao Shan Sect brothers out with you would've been pointless, maybe even caused greater losses for Kao Shan Sect."
Tang Rao's mind was completely on Yan Lin. He'd thought for a long ti but still couldn't figure out where Yan Lin had shown up, or where he was hiding now. At a ti like this, he had no ti to pursue responsibility with Cha Xiangzi.
"I also feel there's sothing off about this. How about we issue a capture order and get everyone on the North Island moving? Once anyone finds where Yan Lin is, we imdiately go after him. How's that?"
Cha Xiangzi's train of thought made so sense, but it had its limits.
Yan Lin was like a Madman now. If soone noticed him, he'd definitely notice them too. Before any intel could be sent back up the chain, their life would already have been cut to pieces by Yan Lin.
"Let think it through a bit more. Right, in a bit I'll introduce soone to you. Help guide him properly for for the ti being. If there's anything he doesn't understand, he'll ask you. Do your best to bring him up. For and for the whole Kao Shan Sect, he's going to be a very important person in the future."
Tang Rao hadn't even brought Li Qi over for Cha Xiangzi to et yet, but he had already started praising Li Qi to the skies in front of Cha Xiangzi. With the hype work done so thoroughly in advance, Cha Xiangzi couldn't help but make a ntal note to treat this Li Qi with special attention later.
"Boss, where'd you dig this guy up from? Does he have any special talents? Know your ally and know yourself—I'll tag along and improve with him."
Cha Xiangzi's little sches were completely transparent to Tang Rao.
"He's not as aweso as you, but he's different from all of us. Our strength is built up by accumulating Immortal Energy bit by bit. He, on the other hand, cos from a mysterious place. People from that place never rely on Immortal Energy; they're born with strength."
When it ca to Innate Divine Strength, even Tang Rao felt a bit of envy. After all, this was the first ti he'd seen soone who could live just fine in the Divine Realm without relying on Immortal Energy.
"A mysterious place? Don't tell it's where your two ladies are living in seclusion? Which island does that place belong to?"
As soon as Cha Xiangzi heard "mysterious place," he perked right up.
"Peach Blossom Spring. It's within the North Island's territory, but it doesn't fall under any island's jurisdiction. As long as they don't do anything heinous, even the Heavenly Dao turns a blind eye. You think people from a place like that could be simple?"
No wonder Tang Rao was so serious when talking about Li Qi—just that background alone was enough to make him take Li Qi seriously.
And not just Tang Rao. Even Cha Xiangzi, after hearing Tang Rao's introduction, found himself very intrigued by this person.
"Man, so people's strength is just sothing we can't envy our way into. If I were that strong, I'd probably wake up laughing in my sleep!"
Cha Xiangzi took a solid smack on the head. No need to guess—the one who hit him was definitely Tang Rao.
"Wake up. Can you not be so naive?"
Was this kind of cold-water treatnt really okay?
Tang Rao didn't give a damn about Cha Xiangzi's fragile ego. He took money to ward off disasters for others; right now, the most important thing was still to find Yan Lin. When he went out, he swung by to call Li Qi in.
"You're that Innate Divine Strength genius the boss was talking about, right?"
Cha Xiangzi had thought it would still be a while before he t Li Qi. He hadn't expected that Tang Rao would walk out the front door and Li Qi would walk in right behind him. Seeing Li Qi's honest, straightforward smile, Cha Xiangzi grew even more wary of his Innate Divine Strength.
"I do have Innate Divine Strength, but I probably don't count as a genius. You flatter ."
Li Qi offered Cha Xiangzi a polite greeting. Seeing that this kid was a talent, had good strength, and was well-mannered, Cha Xiangzi's attitude toward Li Qi softened even more.
"Anyone the boss personally brings in can't be wrong. Kid, if you're free later, how about we go spar on the training ground?"
Cha Xiangzi wasn't deliberately looking to get beaten up. For soone like him, who already had one foot into the late Upper God stage, finding a sparring partner wasn't hard. One look at an opponent's strength and he knew his odds.
Li Qi was different. The guy had Innate Divine Strength—looking with the naked eye was useless. The only way to know was to face off on the training ground.
"The boss just told to co find you and follow your arrangents."
Li Qi neither agreed nor refused. He really did treat himself as a little brother; whatever the big brother said, he'd do. That way, not only did he not co off as arrogant, he actually seed quite sensible.
A sensible newbie could save Cha Xiangzi a lot of trouble.
"Then it's settled. We're heading to the training ground right now! I've been in the Divine Realm this long and I've never fought a non-cultivator before. We'll just go for a light spar. Don't worry, I'll watch my strength and try not to hurt you."
Li Qi didn't say anything, just lowered his head. No one could tell what he was thinking. It wasn't until after the sparring that Cha Xiangzi finally understood why Li Qi had kept his head down and stayed silent—but by then, it was already too late.
Of course, that's getting ahead of the story.
The training ground was crowded; the Kao Shan Sect brothers liked to co here and practice whenever they were free.
After Xiao Yue took away four hundred people, the remaining few hundred might not have been elites, but with more cultivation resources, their rate of improvent had still sped up a lot.
"Vice Sect Leader, this is… a newbie?"
On the training ground, Liu Da, dressed in practice clothes and drenched in sweat, walked up to Cha Xiangzi and leaned in, wanting to ask about the newcor's identity.
"Soone the boss brought back. Innate Divine Strength. Liu Da, I'm telling you, the last few newbies were always challenged by you first. This ti the newbie is mine. I challenge him first, then you. You're not allowed to steal him from !"
Cha Xiangzi seed traumatized from having newcors snatched away. The way he looked at Liu Da was full of guarded wariness.
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