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"It's meaningless..."
Nangong Ming shook his head, his face showing a hint of bitterness, "I came out from the Main Sect of Wan Dan Sect, leaving the Nangong Family Clan behind and forgoing all the assistance from the family, all to prove my own abilities. I wanted to show that I am not inferior to anyone."
"If, at this moment, I have to rely on the power of the Nangong Family Clan after facing some setbacks,"
"then what was the point of everything I did before?"
"Was everything I did just a joke?"
...
Inside the palace, Nangong Ming's voice slowly echoed.
The middle-aged man in black, standing behind Nangong Ming, was slightly bowing his head, silent.
"You may leave as well."
"Let me be alone for a while..."
After a long while, Nangong Ming said to the middle-aged man behind him, his voice slightly hoarse.
The man in black nodded,
then, like a gust of wind, suddenly disappeared within the palace,
as if he had never been there at all.
...
