Chapter 822

Tong Bo: "Alright, I spoke out of turn."

Ouyang Mingri: "I know a bit of medicine; perhaps I can cure the clan chief's illness."

Tong Bo: "Young Master Ouyang, have you read my story? The clan chief's illness is severe—it's a backlash from peering into the Mandate of Heaven."

Ouyang Mingri: "I'm sorry, I was… too arrogant."

Su Xiao: "I'm dying laughing—the Divine Doctor Sai Huatuo just made a fool of himself."

Ouyang Mingri: "I need to correct my mindset. This isn't a martial world anymore—it's a world of gods and magic. Even a Divine Doctor has little use here."

Tong Bo: "Young Master Ouyang, no need to apologize—you meant well. Since all of you are immortals, I have a question I'd like to ask. May I?"

Su Xiao: "Go ahead, I'm bored anyway!"

Chihen Aoru: "+1"

"+1"

Tong Bo: "In ancient times, the Tong clan communicated with Heaven and Earth, and both responded without fail—they were called the Spirit Clan. But why, in recent years, has the Tong clan's communication with Heaven and Earth often brought down heavenly punishment?"

"Why?"

Su Xiao: "A problem with Heaven and Earth?"

Xiao Mai: "This question is tricky. Only Grandmaster Taixuan could explain it."

Ye Hei: "Why not ask Ye Tiandi?"

Su Xiao: "Oh? Ye Hei, you've finally woken up—you actually know this question?"

Ye Hei: "I don't know either!"

Su Xiao: ".. Then what the hell did you just say?"

Han Paopao: "Ye Brother's been too cheeky lately. Watch out—you'll get beaten up on the arena."

Ye Hei: "No worries. I just won't step on the arena against anyone stronger than me."

Xiao Mai: "That actually makes a lot of sense!"

Su Xiao: "Enough joking—where's Grandmaster Taixuan? He wasn't talking just now."

Zhang Taixuan: "You're the only one in a rush. This question is simple—the Tong clan only takes benefits without doing any work. Naturally, there's backlash."

Tong Bo: "Only takes benefits without doing work? What does that mean?"

Zhang Taixuan: "In ancient times, the Tong clan could communicate with Heaven and Earth effortlessly because they controlled the rites—they were the ones who directly spoke to Heaven and Earth. Heaven and Earth needed the Tong clan to guide humanity, to help human civilization flourish."

"They needed the Tong clan to guide humanity, to help human civilization flourish."

Zhang Taixuan: "But what happened? Halfway through guiding them, the Tong clan went into seclusion. If you've abandoned your heavenly mandate, yet still wield Heaven and Earth's authority, aren't you just taking benefits without doing any work?"

"Aren't you just taking benefits without doing any work?"

Tong Bo: "We went into seclusion out of necessity!"

Zhang Taixuan: "Heaven and Earth don't care about your excuses. All they see is the Tong clan taking benefits without doing any work. In ancient times, how great was the authority granted to the Tong clan? Magical abilities, communication with Heaven and Earth. Yet they were still hunted down until they fled into seclusion—wasn't that their own fault?"

They could commune with Heaven and Earth, yet in the end the Tong clan was still hunted until they fled the world to live in seclusion—how could that not be the Tong clan's own fault?

Zhu Yuanzhang: "I've read it. The Tong clan really does have problems. Though their clan rules forbid killing, which is good, such immense authority—and yet they were still hunted to the point of fleeing into hiding. Wasn't that their own fault?"