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Wang Tianchuan and Gao Lin did not visit Song Cheng and Miss An at the Pearl Mountain Taoist Temple. Instead, they pretended to have just escaped from the canal and went to the An Residence, where Old Master An, the nominal head of the residence, punished them.
But the punishment was just on the surface to establish that "these two simply couldn't endure hardship and, upon hearing about the rise of the An family and the approaching Ghost Tide, secretly ran back." If anyone claimed that "the two were acting on orders," it would be dismissed as slander and opposition to the An family.
In secret, cultivation techniques, resources, and money were awarded to them generously.
Even Gao Lin's wife was transferred to a "comfortable and easy" job within the An household.
The An family never shortchanged those who contributed.
Rewards always followed achievements.
