Chapter 310 – Escaping the Age of Turmoil, Comprehending the Blade Amid Mortal Dust - Part 3
“Ow, yeowch! I’m the reclusive master of Tang Sect. Out there. they call me Great Matron Tang, you know. Can’t you show me some respect?” Tang Nian grumbled, rubbing her head.
“Great Matron Tang?” Li Yuan glanced at the crimson-robed enchantress and couldn’t help laughing. “They’ve never seen your face?”
“Of course not. Outside the sect, only a few clan elders even know what I look like.”
Li Yuan pondered. “Anything you actually need to do these days?”
Tang Nian ticked items off on her fingers. “Inside, cultivation, research, and personnel. Outside, trade, arbitration, and social ties.
“Families want me to witness weddings; factions beg me to referee their gambling duels; merchants fear being cheated and beg for my seal of approval.
“Then there are promotions, disciples’ questions... Pops, I’m actually quite busy, you know?
“Still, anything I can dodge, I shove onto my direct disciples.
“Don’t be fooled by how fresh-faced my direct disciples look,” Tang Nian said with a grin. “Every last one of them comes from a major clan. Out in the world, they’re movers and shakers.”
“Hmm...” Li Yuan rubbed his chin, then turned to Sheng’er. “Why not let your big sister’s disciples take you along on their errands? Weddings, duel arbitrations, guarding a big deal...just keep your veil on and see the world.”
Then he asked Tang Nian, “Is that ebony kinghound still around?”
“Fat and happy,” she replied. “A sixth rank demonic beast can strut anywhere in Cloudpeak Province these days.”