Under One Person: The Seeker of the Dao in the Lü Family

Chapter 260 Xu Xin: Tang Miaoxing, damn it...

Inside the Tang Tomb, Tang Miaoxing looked at the Tang Clan disciples cultivating on the surrounding mountain walls, scrutinizing their expressionless faces, before turning to look at the other three old Tang Clan members.

"You've probably guessed it by now, right? These disciples entered the Tang Tomb under my arrangement for why."

"Dan Shi, Tang Miaoxing, haven't you let go yet?"

Zhang Wang looked around and took in the condition of his disciples. In his eyes, the disciples who were once full of vitality and could be called the future of the Tang Sect now seemed to have their potential exhausted and had become as listless as rotten wood.

"For the sake of Dan Shi, you've made these disciples abandon their cultivation, wasting their youth in the Tang Tomb. Tang Miaoxing, you've put the cart before the horse!"

"Ha, put it down? Our sect leader has long since gone mad."

Xu Xin shook his head and slowly recounted his experiences over the years, "The Dan Shi is dangerous. If you fail, you will be doomed. Over the years, many promising talents have died on the path of cultivating Dan Shi."

"Sometimes I want to ask Tang Miaoxing, is it worth it?"

Since learning that Tang Miaoxing planned to give up the position of sect leader and hand over the Tang Sect to him, a sinner of the Tang Sect, Xu Xin has finally come to his senses.

Tang Miaoxing was not only crazy before, but now he's completely insane. It's impossible to understand what he's trying to do. All we can do now is try to provoke him and see if we can get any information out of him.

It's not that I'm afraid of honest people going crazy, it's that I'm afraid of honest people suddenly going insane.

Although Tang Miaoxing was a veteran of the Tang Clan, his thoughts were quite clear: simply put, it boiled down to four words—for the sake of the Tang Clan.

Such an honest man who would risk everything for the Tang Clan has now gone mad for some unknown reason, which is not a good sign.

Seeing the loss of his disciples, Tang Qiushan, who was trying to smooth things over, was heartbroken. He looked at Tang Miaoxing along with the other two and hesitated before speaking, "Sect Leader, what exactly do you want to do? Tell us and we can discuss it together."

Standing opposite the three, Tang Miaoxing looked at the somewhat clearly divided situation and smiled, saying with a sense of relief, "From beginning to end, my goal has never changed, which is to make the Tang Clan better."

"In the past, I felt that I was not perfect enough as the sect leader, and that I was unworthy of the position because I, Tang Miaoxing, had not mastered the Dan Shi technique!"

As he spoke, Tang Miaoxing ripped off his outer garment, revealing his muscular physique. He patted his chest, lamenting his own inadequacy.

"The position of Tang Clan leader has always been held only by Tang Clan disciples who have mastered the Dan Shi technique. Although the former leader Yang Lie was an outer disciple, he was the only living person in our generation who had mastered the Dan Shi technique."

"I admire Yang Lie as the sect leader, not only for his alchemy skills, but also for his ability to lead the Tang Sect better."

"But he is dead, and I, Tang Miaoxing, was just a nobody who took advantage of my status as an inner disciple."

He shrugged self-deprecatingly, then smiled and pointed at Zhang Wang opposite him, saying, "Zhang Wang, isn't that precisely why you've always been unconvinced of me?"

"Over the years, as the leader of the outer sect, all you've ever said is 'Old Tang Sect,' and the only other thing you've talked about is the distinction between inner and outer sects."

"And then there's Akiyama, who, as the leader of the inner sect, has always acted as a peacemaker, mediating the conflicts between the two of us over the years."

"Sigh, being the sect leader for the past ten years or so has been really meaningless. The once mighty Tang Sect has long since crumbled into a pile of loose sand."

Tang Miaoxing sighed, then bent over and slumped to the ground. "Before, I thought it was because I didn't know how to use the Pill Devouring technique, that I couldn't subdue everyone, and that I couldn't lead the Tang Clan to a better future."

"Therefore, I did my best to pursue the Dan Shi technique. Not only did I force myself to learn it, but I also arranged for all the elites of the inner sect to learn it."

He sat cross-legged, with his feet resting on his thighs, his hands clasped together and resting in the crook of his legs. He shook his head and said regretfully, "It's a pity that despite such a relentless investment, no one has yet mastered the Dan Shi technique."

"Stop. If you cultivate the Pill Devouring Technique now, you will most likely die."

Seeing Tang Miaoxing assume the pose of facing upwards with her five hearts facing the sky, Xu Xin's tightly furrowed brows relaxed. He reached out to stop her, but Tang Miaoxing was already radiating a faint aura.

Tang Miaoxing launched the final challenge against Dan Shi.

Dan Shi is a unique skill of the Tang Clan. It is difficult to learn but easy to master. Once you can master it, you will naturally understand and apply it.

To master the Dan Shi technique, one needs not only to take medicine and recuperate, but also to forget about life and death and have sufficient mental cultivation to support it; otherwise, one will die in unbearable pain.

Throughout history, the vast majority of challengers have fallen at the brink of death; they have failed to take that step.

Forgetting life and death is incredibly difficult; even those in the Xuanmen sect with complete guidance can only manage a handful, let alone the Tang Clan assassins.

Tang Miaoxing was obsessed with the Dan Shi (a type of medicinal pill), and decades of cultivation were spent preparing for that final life-or-death challenge, but he never dared to take the last step.

But now, right here in this Tang Tomb, in front of his former sworn brothers, he was actually taking that step with a relaxed expression.

This shocked the other three elders of the Tang Clan, but it was too late for them to stop it. Once the Pill Devouring technique started, there was no turning back.

"Tang Miaoxing, I'll curse your ancestors!"

Xu Xin's eyes widened as he stared at the Pill Devouring Diagram gradually emerging on Tang Miaoxing's body. He staggered a few steps, "If you really want to die, go die somewhere else. Starting cultivation so hastily, do you think you're the Tang Clan's ancestor who created the Pill Devouring Diagram?"

"Tang Miaoxing, have you gone mad?"

Zhang Wang and Tang Qiushan rushed forward anxiously. They had asked each other this question countless times today, but none of them had ever been as shocking as what they were seeing now.

That's the Dan Shi, a Dan Shi where very few succeed and those who fail die in despair!

The three of them watched the increasingly clear path of the pill-devouring process on Tang Miaoxing's body with great anxiety, but they dared not go forward to disturb her, for fear that the slightest mistake would cause Tang Miaoxing to fail.

"Hehe, you guys are quite amusing."

Wearing only a vest, Tang Miaoxing looked at the three people's fear and anger, but instead smiled calmly, "Xu Xin, no, Tang Xin, the future of the Tang Clan is entrusted to you."

"Fuck your ancestors, you son of a bitch, you can't play games with me like this."

Xu Xin's chest heaved violently, his withered and emaciated body swelling as if inflated. He pointed at Tang Miaoxing, his lips trembling, but in the end, he remained silent and did not utter a curse.

Upon seeing this, Tang Miaoxing's smile deepened, and the aura emanating from her body shone even brighter. "I still have some last words to say."

"My obsession used to be Dan Shi, and it still is, but it's a little different now."

"I used to want to cultivate the Pill Devouring Technique for the sake of the Tang Sect, but now I want to cultivate it for myself, just for my own dream."

"Alright, that's enough with the last words. It's time for me to take that final step!"