Besides the strength represented on the mahjong table, there was also a great deal of strength hidden beneath the table that would often play the most important role in the most crucial of moments.
For instance, three years ago at the coup of the Mausoleum of Books, if the Tang clan had not acted, Shang Xingzhou truly would have found it very difficult to bring the situation in the capital under control.
"You are a descendant of the Tang clan. You should understand just where the Tang clan is strongest."
The Tang Old Master looked at Tang Thirty-Six and said.
"Is it that toothless, old phrase again?"
Tang Thirty-Six, his face a picture of unconcern, said, "Back in the capital, Second Uncle kept prattling at my ear, saying that I had to learn respect, and the thing most worthy of respect in our Tang clan was history. In other words, it's because our Tang clan is the oldest clan on the continent."
