Chapter 193: Tang Yuehua's Choice
At present, in Lin Yuan's heart, Tang Yuehua was more or less positioned like this.
On Lin Yuan's harem map, her status was definitely far inferior to that of core girls like Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.
It could even be said that, to him, taking Tang Yuehua was more like collecting a stamp—just something done along the way.
After thinking through all of this, Lin Yuan no longer hesitated and issued his first task.
"System, lock onto the target Tang Yuehua and release the task!"
"Task requirement: From now on, Tang Yuehua must completely cut off all ties with the Clear Sky Sect and must no longer provide any material support to it!"
"Additionally, she must publicly announce in Heaven Dou City that she has completely withdrawn from the Clear Sky Sect."
"Time limit: A decision must be made within three days, choosing to accept and execute this task."
"As long as she accepts and fully completes the task, she will receive generous rewards issued by the system."
For Tang Yuehua's first task, this would suffice for now.
Lin Yuan intended to force her to take a stance, drawing a clear line between herself and the Clear Sky Sect.
Only by severing her ties with Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect could she be considered worthy of the rewards she had previously obtained.
And this was merely the first step.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side,
The recipient of the system reward today was Zhu Zhuyun.
She obtained an extremely profound movement technique capable of greatly enhancing the speed of the agility-attack system soul masters: the "Floating Light Glimpse Steps."
Moreover, under the system's empowerment, this movement technique directly reached the small success stage.
This caused Zhu Zhuyun's speed to surge to an extremely terrifying level.
At this moment, inside the dormitory, Zhu Zhuyun took a deep breath, completely not expecting that she would be the one to receive the reward this time.
After all, in today's diary content, Lin Yuan had also mentioned her younger sister.
Logically speaking, each of them had a fifty percent chance.
Yet it was she who received this reward. This could only mean that her luck today was quite good, making her very fortunate.
...
At this moment, in the Moon Pavilion, inside Tang Yuehua's bedroom.
On Tang Yuehua's diary interface, a message suddenly popped up.
It clearly displayed the task Lin Yuan had just issued through the system.
However, the task presented to Tang Yuehua differed slightly from the original one issued by Lin Yuan, because the diary system had added a failure penalty in between.
[Task Penalty: If you do not accept or fail to complete the task, you will completely lose the qualification to possess the diary copy.]
[Additionally, the system will forcibly reclaim all previously issued rewards and erase all memories from the period of possessing the diary copy.]
Correspondingly, if she accepted and completed the task:
[If the task is completed, the following generous rewards will be granted:
- Reward 1: Advanced Aura Concealment Technique: perfectly hides one's soul ring, alters soul ring color, and masks one's soul power fluctuations. Even a Titled Douluo will be unable to see through it.
- Reward 2: Soul Power directly increases by five ranks!
- Reward 3: The age limit of the first soul ring is raised to the thousand-year level!]
Upon seeing these extremely generous rewards, Tang Yuehua's breathing became rapid.
It could be said that, for her current self, these rewards were already so abundant that they were impossible to refuse.
Not even mentioning that aura-concealing reward.
Just the solid five-rank increase in soul power and the enhancement of her first soul ring's age...
Were enough to completely transform her from her former useless self.
Given her current cultivation speed, relying solely on bitter training to raise her soul power by five ranks would require at least two years.
And if the system directly raised her first soul ring to the thousand-year level, it meant that when she obtained her second soul ring in the future, she could start directly from a thousand-year soul ring!
This was equivalent to indirectly enhancing her physique and future potential!
However, the content of this task made her feel extremely conflicted and deeply troubled.
Previously, after seeing through Tang Hao's hypocrisy, she had secretly decided to support Lin Yuan and not care about Tang Hao's fate. Morally, she could barely convince herself to do so.
But now, this task was not merely about distancing herself from Tang Hao.
It was forcing her to withdraw from the Clear Sky Sect entirely!
One must know she had only just come out of the Clear Sky Sect.
Her first soul ring had even been personally obtained with Tang Xiao taking her to the Star Dou Great Forest!
And now, right after that, she was supposed to declare her betrayal of the sect publicly?
She simply did not dare to imagine what kind of massive upheaval would occur within the Clear Sky Sect once she truly announced her withdrawal to the outside world!
Would Tang Xiao or those hot-tempered elders secretly send people to Heaven Dou City to interrogate her?
Or worse, in a fit of anger, would they directly come after her, forcibly take her back to the sect, and hold her accountable?
Just as Tang Yuehua was filled with fear and at a loss for what to do, the system's mechanical voice seemed to fully understand her concerns.
[Ding! System Prompt: If the host is worried that people from the Clear Sky Sect will cause trouble after the announcement,]
[The host can seek personal protection from Lin Yuan of Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He has the ability to ensure your safety.]
Hearing this extremely blunt suggestion, Tang Yuehua could not help but ask curiously in her mind,
"But system, if I suddenly and rashly announce my withdrawal from the Clear Sky Sect like this…"
"Won't Lin Yuan suspect that something is wrong with me?"
"After all, this kind of action should completely deviate from the original storyline, right?"
Facing Tang Yuehua's concern, the system replied in an extremely irresponsible manner:
[That is your problem. This system does not concern itself with it. Solve your own explanation.]
Hearing this blame-shifting answer, Tang Yuehua immediately felt a deep sense of helplessness.
She slumped into her chair, letting out bitter laughter.
However, when she calmed down and thought it through carefully, she quickly felt relieved.
"Heh, what am I even worrying about?"
Tang Yuehua mocked herself inwardly.
For this task, she actually had very little choice.
So why bother thinking so much?
And in truth, since this task was issued by Lin Yuan, her worries were unnecessary.
When the time came, Lin Yuan would surely just play dumb and never take the initiative to expose anything.
After struggling internally,
Tang Yuehua's gaze gradually became firm. For the sake of this heaven-defying power, for the sake of no longer being just a decorative vase, the Clear Sky Sect… she could only say sorry!
Within just a few days of this task being issued, an earth-shattering piece of news exploded in Heaven Dou City, shocking the entire soul master world.
Tang Yuehua, the master of Moon Pavilion, who had always been known for her gentle elegance and noble grace, unexpectedly and abruptly announced that she would completely withdraw from the Clear Sky Sect!
In addition, she personally wrote a letter and had it delivered to the Clear Sky Sect.
As soon as this matter came to light, it triggered a massive and violent upheaval among all major forces outside.
No one could understand why this direct-line young lady of the Clear Sky Sect would suddenly make such an incomprehensible decision.
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