Chapter 856: Big Brother, Dont You Recognize Me?
The woman froze for a moment. "Big Brother Miaolin, don't you recognize me? It's me, Miaosen!"
Upon hearing this, Tang San couldn't help but inwardly praise her. She was practically a treasure trove of information that she simply presented to him on a golden platter.
"Miao... Miaosen?" His face remained a mask of confusion.
Miaosen suddenly became anxious. She took a step forward and grabbed Tang San's sleeves with both hands. "Big Brother, look at me carefully! What's wrong with you? How could you not even recognize me? Where have you been all these years? We couldn't find you no matter how hard we tried."
Tang San stared blankly at her. "I... I went to the Empyrean Dominion. Before that... I can't remember anything. I just remember being ambushed, maybe I fell off a cliff? Then I ate something, and then... I forgot everything. But I kept feeling like something was waiting for me, so I kept walking, walking until I got here. Do you... know me? Miaolin? Is that really my name?"
With Tang San's quick wit, he had already deduced from the woman's exit from Skytree City's inner part, combined with the guards' deference at the gate, that her clan held a high status here. What better way to gather information and get benefits than to infiltrate an elite clan? Naturally, he went along with it. But how could he avoid suspicion? The simplest solutions were often the best—feign amnesia. No matter what she asked, he could use his "memory loss" to explain it all.
Miaosen stared blankly at Tang San. Amnesia? She could never have imagined that after all these years of waiting, her long-lost and apparently evolved brother would return with no memory. Her tears began to flow even more heavily, and the spiked vines entwined with Tang San's vines trembled, emitting waves of intense emotion.
Tang San gently sent soothing emotions back through his vines and murmured, "Can you tell me who I am? And what is this place?"
The blue-haired woman's voice trembled as she spoke. "You... You're my older brother. You're the heir of our clan, the hope of the clan, Jin Miaolin! This is Skytree City, the main city of the Blue Gold Tree clan. Ever since our father fell, our clan has been without an Emperor, and we've been oppressed. Big Brother, didn't you swear to restore our clan and revive Skytree City? How could you forget all of this?" By now, she was sobbing uncontrollably.
Outwardly, Tang San still appeared dazed, but had carefully committed every word of this nymph princess's explanation to memory. Thanks to her, Tang San now had a general understanding of Skytree City and the Blue Gold Tree clan.
Skytree City was, just as he had expected, a remote main city, similar in status to Kali City. What made it even more similar was that their Emperor had also fallen, and no new Emperor had arisen. It seemed that Jin Miaosen's older brother had left home years ago, seeking opportunities to grow stronger, become an Emperor, and revive their clan. It was likely due to their long separation that she had mistaken Tang San for him. The eight vines on his back were probably a key reason for the mix-up—it was possible that the number of spikes that appeared on a Blue Gold Tree clan member's back was proportional to their power. Since she had six spikes, while he had eight, she probably believed he was stronger than her even though she couldn't tell his cultivation.