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Chapter 164: Chapter 160: Paying Homage to the Mountain Gate

Often, people are like this. After living a life of plenty, they tend to stop striving. The so-called pursuit of success is no more than indulging in lustful fantasies once their basic needs are met.

If this conversation had taken place twenty years ago, when Gong Zheng was a ruthless, penniless young man, had a woman appeared before him, he would likely have simply sold her to a brothel. There would have been no love, no marriage, no children.

Material wealth shapes the contours of emotion.

As these people grow wealthy, some of those who gained their riches through cunning tactics begin to recapture their conscience. They selectively bestow their kind-heartedness upon a select few, such as their kin or lovers.

So even a despicable villain can be seen as a loving father in the eyes of his child. There’s no contradiction between these two identities coexisting in the same person.

Tang Luo smacked his lips, pleased with the subtle bitterness of his tea that left a sweet aftertaste. He maintained a frown as he watched Gong Zheng sobbing and prostrate on the ground. Setting down his cup, he critiqued, “I’m teaching you how to make a comeback, and this is the face you wear?”

“Does making a comeback mean abandoning my wife and child?” Gong Zheng, his eyes rimmed red, raised his head in defiance, a ferocious glare briefly passing over his face.

“It’s better than losing your life,” Tang Luo quipped, leaning back in his chair, toying with his tea cup in a carefree manner.

“Why are you telling me all this?” Confusion and pain etched across Gong Zheng’s face as he asked Tang Luo.

“Heh.” Tang Luo casually placed his tea cup on the table with a “clink”.

“Just thought you didn’t consider it, so I’m suggesting it. Why not give it a try?”

Tang Luo’s provocation only intensified Gong Zheng’s pain. While anyone would choose life over death, few could casually accept the cost of their revival to be the suffering or even death of their wife and children.

Gong Zheng’s internal struggle was written all over his face, his expressions ranging from indignation, pain, fury, determination, to gentleness. These contrasting sentiments sent his facial muscles into a spasmodic twitch. Nonetheless, his eyes remained clouded in confusion.

He found himself torn between making a comeback and protecting his family, his resolution wavering. As Tang Luo mentioned, he could start anew if he escaped Xiling. Staying, on the other hand, was tantamount to choosing death.

a bad idea. But the vision of his

prompted such monstrous thoughts was none other than the so-called Pride of Xiling, the scion of the Tang Clan. His eyes were murderous as they bore into Tang Luo, who merely observed Gong Zheng with amusement as he leisurely poured himself another cup of

he balled his fist and took a swing at the ground. He was

“Oh, by the way.”

should be returning soon. Time is not on your side,” Tang Luo reminded him casually, raising his teacup in salutation before draining it in one

sudden

no other opportunities. As this voice slowly shook his resolve, tempting him to flee, he closed his eyes, only to be greeted by the images of his wife and daughter, and their affectionate

Enough! Just Stop!

face, accompanied by

bones beneath the torn flesh. Blood flowed freely, streaked down his

you made up your mind?” Tang Luo asked

Gong Zheng could only open his right eye. Meeting Tang Luo’s gaze with an infuriated look, he said, “What’s

ultimate decision, Tang Luo’s previously excited face faded into a calm expression. In a flat tone, he said, “If you’re not

behind Gong Zheng, his face covered in blood,

building into the street, he

facing him, he discovered something

asked, his eyes sparkling with an inexplicable

and replied:

and didn’t do anything else?” Tang Luo walked around Master Xu, clicking

carrying the scent of rouge from the brothel women, so he probably wouldn’t

he should have had 9999 (12856) points

spiritual power had already reached 9999 (12857), and all he did was visit the brothel – he didn’t

that the Xu Clan had a way of naturally increasing spiritual power or possessed a

was able to reach such a level at just

same thing. A secret technique or a combat skill can significantly increase combat power,

so he replied, “What else

Tang Luo chuckled, his eyes shimmering curiously as a plan formed in