1266 Culling Out Future Troubles (1/2)

Facing unknown enemies would make anyone be on guard. The black-masked big man shot a fierce look and raised the tip of his saber slightly. Then, he asked again in a fierce tone, ”One last time, who are you and what have you secretly been researching in this desert?”

Tang Xiu didn't bother to waste time talking. He calmly glanced at Zhu Long before vanishing. The moment after, heads flew and blood pillars streaked into the air. In nearly the blink of an eye, tens of Pyramid experts who chased down the fleeing Zhu Long's team had been completely massacred by Tang Xiu.

This…

Zhu Long and the two Special Abilities Bureau's experts stared dumbly and tongue-tied at the scene in front of them. They were unphased by the bloody scene but the thing that made them unable to believe their eyes was Tang Xiu's unfathomable might. It only took him a flash to kill all the tens of experts. How did he become so terrifying?

”Am I dreaming?”

One of the Special Ability Bureau's experts mumbled to himself. But he immediately found that Zhu Long and his other companion were also looking at him with complicated eyes.

Inside the underground base.

Duanmu Lin stood still with hands crossed behind his back inside the surveillance room in the base. The huge monitoring room was as big as a basketball court, and the big screen in front of him showed the situation in the desert above.

”All of them… were killed… so easily?”

Duanmu Lin's current strength was not as before. He was able to judge the strength of the tens of Pyramid experts that chased Zhu Long's team. He could tell that the mysterious hulking man who led them was very likely to be even stronger than him. And yet, they were so easily killed by Tang Xiu alone?

The current Tang Xiu… what realm had he reached?

Regret filled Duanmu Lin's eyes. He knew that he had been a frog viewing the sky from the bottom of a well. Even if he knew how vast the outside stage was, he was still standing still, conceited and complacent with no desires to explore further. What he regretted the most was that he had also thrown away a huge chance that had been presented before his eyes due to his stubbornness and the feeling of glory brought to him by this base, all of which made his attitude towards Tang Xiu change.

It was due to his changed attitude…

It was only when he stated such improper remarks that he finally realized that he had made the wrong choice.

Immortal World! Immortals and the myriad of races!

Recalling how wonderful that incomparable world was, regrets filled Duanmu Lin's whole being. Countless impulses drove him mad and made him want to chase Tang Xiu and apologize to him, yet he halted every time in the last moment, thinking that he must reserve the dignity he still had left.

”I can still do well without relying on him in the future, can't I?”

Duanmu Lin fell into silence for a long while before he finally let out a deep sigh, closing his eyes and suppressing his regrets and unwillingness.

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Amid the dreadful heat waves that made the desert like a steamer, Tang Xiu easily traversed it and the expression on his handsome face was very calm. Prior to this, he taught a set of cultivation techniques to Duanmu Lin, in the hope that he would pledge loyalty and work for him in the future. However, it was obvious that the increase in strength and the long years on the top position had swayed this man's heart.

Tang Xiu himself had encountered such people countless times. Back when he was in the Immortal World and had countless men under him, such a case happened frequently. Some of them were subordinates he rescued from their enemies. But after they faced great opportunities and their strength skyrocketed, their attitude towards him then changed. Even some of them went so far as to tear all decorum with him and turned their faces away.

One's character was indeed the factor that would decide one's future.

Although he felt slightly regretful, it only brought a minuscule regret to Tang Xiu. Even though he had already taught the man a cultivation technique, regardless of whether this man would still remember his grace or no matter how far he could go in the future, that would be his own business and had nothing to do with him anymore.

He even didn't bother about anything else. After he left, he would still hand over the intel network of the Great Tang Empire and its ordinary personnel to the Chinese authority and this man. It was his hope that China would become more and more powerful in the future in order to be able to lead mankind smoothly to set foot on the Milky Way and start the era of interstellar voyage, while at the same time having the ability to protect themselves.

”You seem to have some concerns in mind, Master.”

Tang Ahlang, who kept following at Tang Xiu's side, wore a thoughtful look on his delicate face.

”I do have some concerns in mind, indeed.” Tang Xiu nodded.

”Is it about Duanmu Lin?” asked Tang Ahlang.

”You got a good insight, Boy.” Tang Xiu smiled. ”That makes me feel more optimistic about you.”

Tang Ahlang said, ”I've read hundreds of books and gleaned much of their essence. No matter how stupid I am, I can still see how people behave and grasp the psychological aspect of people's conduct. In fact, I'm sure Duanmu Lin is filled with regrets now. But you didn't give him another chance.”

”Regardless of whether I choose to regress this time or not, he will still show his current attitude if he makes significant achievements in a certain aspect in the future,” Tang Xiu calmly explained. ”One's character is something deeply ingrained in their bones. Such people are bound to have changes in attitude no matter whether they are mortals or immortals. But some may change for the better and improve, whereas some others will just get worse.”

Tang Ahlang nodded in response and said, ”Each and every person does have their own respective path in front of them. But they can only resort to schemes when the path they choose is heading to nowhere.”

Tang Xiu faintly smiled in response. He stretched his hand to grab Ah Lang's shoulder. His figure suddenly streaked up into the sky while wrapping Ah Lang with his power. In just a short moment, both of them had already arrived at the road they took two days to traverse previously. It then took another ten minutes or so before they appeared in a city several hundreds of kilometers away.