"Let me think, let me think it over."

Initially, Chen Tuan didn't agree to let Tang Rao find the Corpse Emperor because he wanted to protect the Corpse Emperor and avoid falling out with Tang Rao.

"What are you still thinking about? If you don't protect Xiao Yun, don't even think about wanting the one in my belly!"

Liu Mingyue was ready to sever ties with Chen Tuan, not caring if he wanted a child or wanted to choose anew.

Hearing Liu Mingyue mention the child, Chen Tuan became anxious.

"Mingyue, I'll help, I'll go find the Corpse Emperor old man. Please just stay in the sect and keep the child safe for me."

For the sake of the child in Liu Mingyue's belly, Chen Tuan chose to compromise with her.

With Chen Tuan's promise, Liu Mingyue stopped crying and returned to Kao Shan Sect with him.

"Sister Mingyue, have you been crying? Did Grandmaster make you cry?"

Tang Rao, who was arranging flowers in the sect, noticed Liu Mingyue's red-rimmed eyes and circled her to find out what happened.

"By the way, weren't you looking for Xiao Yun? Where is she?"

The girl would be mad one minute and calmed the next. Even if Tang Rao upset Xiao Yun, he wouldn't console her, thinking she would come to him once she calmed down.

"Xiao Yun was captured by the Corpse Emperor."

"Xiao Yun is fine."

...

Chen Tuan and Liu Mingyue had calculated everything but forgot to synchronize their statements, leaving them with nothing more to say.

"So what exactly happened to Xiao Yun?"

Tang Rao silently thought this was not good.

If Xiao Yun just acted up a little, it would have been okay. But of all things, something had to go wrong... That girl was careless with little sense of self-preservation. What if something really happened to her?

"Xiao Yun went to the Forbidden Cave, who would have thought someone was there all along, and that person took her away!"

Of course, Chen Tuan wanted to brush past it, but Liu Mingyue knew him too well. She understood that Chen Tuan was trying to fool her.

Now that it's being told to Tang Rao, Chen Tuan at least knew he could still rely on Tang Rao.

As Liu Mingyue and Chen Tuan expected, upon hearing that Xiao Yun was taken by the Corpse Emperor, Tang Rao was not happy.

"Chen Tuan, to think I always trusted you, and you wanted to hide something this big from me because of the Corpse Emperor."

Tang Rao had no choice but to be angry.

After all, Xiao Yun was someone from Kao Shan Sect. You've been enjoying free food and shelter for such a long time, yet you couldn't even tell us when Xiao Yun was captured for the sake of a Corpse Emperor.

"Tang Rao, I was worried that with your current strength, you weren't a match for the Corpse Emperor, so I hid it from you to spare you the mental burden. Do you understand your master's good intentions?"

Chen Tuan gazed at Tang Rao with such sincerity that it almost made Tang Rao believe him.

But...

"Do you think I'm a three-year-old? If I believe that, how could I still claim to be smart in Kao Shan Sect?"

Tang Rao immediately walked up to Chen Tuan and grabbed him by the collar: "Spit it out, what's your relationship with the Corpse Emperor, and why did he kidnap Xiao Yun?"

He gripped so hard that Chen Tuan thought Tang Rao was serious this time.

Luckily, Tang Rao didn't have the heart to use real force in the end.

"Tang Rao, I am your Grandmaster, and it's not the time to tell you everything, but you have to trust that I harbor no malice toward you."

If he did, Tang Rao wouldn't still be standing here alive.

"I don't want to hear this nonsense. Where's Xiao Yun? If you are on good terms with the Corpse Emperor, then get him to return her. If not, I'll find him myself!"

If Tang Rao goes personally, it will inevitably lead to a fight to the death.

Whether it's Chen Ajiu or Xiao Yun, they are cherished women, and Tang Rao refuses to give up on either.

"You can't go to him now; the cost is too great!"

Chen Tuan won't reveal the reason, only the cost.

Now Liu Mingyue realizes that Chen Tuan has been fooling her all along, and she flares up in anger.

"The cost is too great, so all your previous words were to fool me?"

Furious, Liu Mingyue slapped Chen Tuan on the face, and he didn't even have the courage to groan.

"No, no, no, what I mean is we should take our time to plan instead of rushing things, don't you think?"

Chen Tuan had to swallow his pride as he spoke; right now, he was the lowest in the entire Kao Shan Sect.

"I think it's better for me to discuss this with Tang Rao."

Chen Tuan was a person with no backbone, swaying with the wind. Placing hope on him was like snuffing out the flame of hope.

"Grandmaster, you've been living off our Kao Shan Sect for so long, eating and drinking well without contributing any value. Perhaps it's time you look for another place?"

Tang Rao was not joking with Chen Tuan.

He could even tolerate idlers, but not idlers who bite the hand that feeds them.

Chen Tuan had already somewhat admitted that he had connections with the Corpse Emperor from the very start.

To maintain this connection, he was willing to tell Tang Rao that the Corpse Emperor and he weren't close, even suggesting not going after Chen Ajiu to avoid harm.

Every time an issue arose, Chen Tuan had a grand-sounding excuse to brush it off.

How could Tang Rao believe that Chen Tuan was wholeheartedly for him and the entire Kao Shan Sect?

"Tang Rao, you can't joke with your Grandmaster, he can't take a scare, and it would be terrible if something happened."

"I'm not joking, I'm giving you two choices: find the Corpse Emperor and Xiao Yun and bring the Corpse Emperor to justice on the spot, or you leave Kao Shan Sect and I'll go after the Corpse Emperor myself. You can choose one of the two options."

Tang Rao was serious.

Although he didn't want Chen Tuan to leave, Chen Tuan was reluctant to part with the unique atmosphere within Kao Shan Sect.

"Fine, I'll go find the Corpse Emperor, I'll personally bring Xiao Yun back."

To avoid being expelled by Tang Rao, Chen Tuan gritted his teeth and agreed.

"That's right, if Xiao Yun isn't back in three days, I'll personally go to find the Corpse Emperor!"

That was Tang Rao's lowest limit.

"Alright, alright, I promise, I'll definitely bring Xiao Yun back."

Chen Tuan vowed.

"And Chen Ajiu, try to bring her back too... never mind, with Chen Ajiu's Divine Sense being controlled, she'd just be a puppet baby if brought back. Who knows, after being controlled by the Corpse Emperor, Chen Ajiu might see me and want to kill me."

After much deliberation, Tang Rao finally stammered his thoughts out.

Chen Tuan thought of mocking Tang Rao, but considering he'd just offended Tang Rao, doing so again might cost him half of his life.

Having made a promise, Chen Tuan had to follow through.

He disappeared into thin air.

He didn't even finish talking, yet he was already gone, what's that about?

What Chen Tuan used wasn't space tearing, but Earth Shield, a level of technique allowed to utilize only by those at their level. Unlike space tearing, Earth Shield allows you to go wherever you want effortlessly.

Most importantly, Earth Shield isn't restricted by any Array, with the Corpse Emperor being a prime example.

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