Chapter 3388 — Please Lend a Hand
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Although Old Master Tang Taizhong was an early Heaven Rank expert, being set upon by a gang of fighters comparable in strength to Heaven Rank experts, he not only gained no advantage but was beaten badly. This plunged the hearts of everyone in the Tang family into gloom!
Tang Taizhong lay in a wheelchair, flanked by his eldest son Tang Lingtou, his second son Tang Lao'er, and his grandson Tang Yuyi.
"Let's hear everyone's thoughts—what are we to do? Where did these people come from? A whole pack of Heaven Rank death squads, robbing the Tang family's holdings—if this keeps up, won't they rob us clean? Who's to say they won't come to our family's headquarters one of these days to do murder? I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to stop them even if I wanted to!" Tang Taizhong's face was full of gloom. The Tang family had been a hidden family for over a hundred years—but who could have imagined that a day would come when they were bullied like this?
"I think the most important thing is to figure out where these people come from. If they're from the hidden level, we can contact the Hidden Family Arbitration Association, and also tip off a few powerful ancient sects, asking them to step in..." Tang Lingtou said after some thought.
"The hidden level couldn't possibly have so many Heaven Rank experts. If it did, it wouldn't be the hidden level anymore—they'd all have moved up to the ancient level!" Tang Taizhong shook his head. "Besides, that Hidden Family Arbitration Association exists in name only. It's utterly useless—reporting to them would be a waste of time."
"Then why don't we go to Snow Valley and ask Elder Tang Zhi for help?" Tang Lao'er suggested after a moment's thought. "When all's said and done, Tang Zhi is Big Brother's daughter and my niece. She couldn't just stand by and watch the Tang family fall, could she?"
"That won't do... You didn't see the way Xiao Ming looked at me. Last time we went with Yuyi—if not for Yuyi's sake, I reckon they'd have thrown us out. They've already done all that could be expected of them; how could they possibly step forward for our sake now?" Tang Lingtou was self-aware enough to know that appealing to Tang Zhi at this point would do little good. "Besides, Tang Zhi is only an elder of Snow Valley—when it comes down to it, she still answers to the Grand Elder and the Valley Master. Given her current strength, even if she did step in, she wouldn't be a match for those people!"
"That's true..." Tang Lao'er nodded. "But if this won't work and that won't work, isn't the Tang family in mortal danger?"
"What if..." Tang Yuyi hesitated a moment. "We ask the Mystery Investigation Bureau for help?"
"The Mystery Investigation Bureau?" Tang Taizhong shook his head immediately. "The Mystery Investigation Bureau only governs and coordinates the great families—with their strength, they're in no position to meddle in hidden-level affairs at all. What use would it be to go to them?"
"I think the Mystery Investigation Bureau is, after all, an official special agency—their connections should be broader than ours. Even if they can't help directly, they should at least be able to find out about these people's backgrounds and identities. Once we've uncovered that, we'll know what medicine to prescribe," Tang Yuyi suggested. (To be continued.)