The next day, Tang San left Shrek Academy.
He wasn't leaving alone. He departed together with his father, Tang Hao, whom he hadn't seen in several years.
Tang Hao didn't tell him where they were going, but it wasn't difficult to guess that their destination had something to do with the Clear Sky Hammer and Tang San's upcoming training.
Tang San had long since learned his father's true identity, so he was filled with anticipation for what was to come.
Several days later, under Tang Hao's guidance, the two arrived outside an unknown forest.
The moment he reached this place, Tang San immediately sensed a familiar aura.
There was danger within it, yet also a strange trace of intimacy.
Tang Hao stopped in front of the forest and looked at Tang San.
"Before you begin cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer, you must first obtain a fourth spirit ring for your first martial soul and advance to Spirit Ancestor. There may be an opportunity suitable for you within this forest."
I'm finally going to become a Spirit Ancestor?
Tang San couldn't help feeling excited. Su Cheng's figure flashed through his mind.
"Sit down."
As he spoke, Tang Hao pointed toward the ground in front of him.
Tang San froze for a moment, but obediently sat cross-legged. He had no idea what his father wanted him to do.
Tang Hao offered no explanation. He walked beside Tang San and said,
"Release your Blue Silver Grass. Then use your heart to sense your surroundings."
Tang San didn't think much about it and immediately closed his eyes.
His Blue Silver Grass martial soul emerged, surrounding his body. At the same time, he gathered the powerful spiritual force he had developed through cultivating the Purple Demon Eye and slowly spread it outward.
The familiar sense of intimacy he had felt earlier became increasingly intense.
There was an enormous amount of Blue Silver Grass throughout this forest. To Tang San, it was somewhat similar to an exceptionally suitable mimicry cultivation environment.
However, he had experienced similar sensations before.
Aside from the feeling being much stronger here, there didn't seem to be anything particularly special.
"You don't feel anything?"
As time gradually passed, disappointment appeared in Tang Hao's eyes.
Soon, however, his state of mind settled again.
Indeed, Little San's spiritual cultivation was still too weak.
Although his spiritual force was somewhat stronger than other Spirit Elders of the same level, the difference wasn't particularly great.
Tang Hao had already anticipated this, so he wasn't too surprised.
"Forget it. Follow me."
With a quiet sigh, Tang Hao took the lead and rushed into the forest.
That fleeting disappointment on Tang Hao's face hadn't escaped Tang San's eyes.
Tang San couldn't help feeling uneasy. He didn't understand what had just happened.
The father and son traveled one behind the other through the dense forest.
Everywhere they looked, endless Blue Silver Grass stretched beneath towering ancient trees. An ancient aura seemed to permeate the entire forest.
After traveling for more than an hour, an enormous Blue Silver King finally appeared before them.
"Hm?"
Looking at the Blue Silver King before him, Tang Hao was immediately surprised.
He had never personally met the Blue Silver King before. He had only heard Ah Yin mention this place.
However, the aura emanating from this enormous Blue Silver King was far stronger than what Ah Yin had once described.
Tang Hao could vaguely sense that, with the support of this entire Blue Silver Grass forest, even someone of his strength might not necessarily be able to defeat it.
That was extremely surprising.
Ah Yin had no reason to deceive him. The Blue Silver King of the past definitely hadn't possessed the strength of a Titled Douluo.
And increasing a spirit beast's cultivation required enormous amounts of time, especially for a plant-type spirit beast like the Blue Silver King.
Clearly, for some unknown reason, the Blue Silver King must have encountered some extraordinary opportunity during these past twenty years.
What Tang Hao didn't know was that the Blue Silver King was even more surprised than he was.
It had sensed the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline within Tang San.
It carefully examined the father and son before it, countless thoughts flashing through its mind, but it said nothing.
"Are you the Blue Silver King?"
Tang Hao stared at the enormous, aged face formed among the vines, his tone exceptionally cautious and polite.
"I am," replied the Blue Silver King. "Why have you come here?"
Although it was speaking to Tang Hao, its gaze remained fixed on Tang San.
Its previous perception hadn't been mistaken.
That truly was the purest Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.
How strange.
Although plant-type spirit beasts naturally possessed relatively low spiritual intelligence, the Blue Silver King had existed for an incredibly long time.
Unlike Ah Yin, who had lacked worldly experience, the accumulation of countless years had granted it knowledge and wisdom far beyond that of ordinary people.
The moment it saw Tang Hao and Tang San, it understood that an extremely complicated story must lie behind these two.
But none of that had anything to do with it.
The true Blue Silver Emperor had merely left temporarily.
They were no longer children without a mother.
And there could never be two Blue Silver Emperors existing in the world at the same time.
After a brief silence, Tang Hao said solemnly,
"This child carries the bloodline of the Blue Silver Emperor. I hope you can help him complete the true awakening of his martial soul."
"Blue Silver Emperor? True awakening?"
Before the Blue Silver King could respond, Tang San's heart was already surging with shock.
Amid his surprise was intense excitement.
Tang San's mind worked quickly. From Tang Hao's single sentence, he immediately realized that his martial soul was definitely not as simple as ordinary Blue Silver Grass.
In truth, he had suspected this for quite some time.
Although his martial soul wasn't particularly domineering, it was still far superior to ordinary Blue Silver Grass, which was considered a useless martial soul.
He simply hadn't expected that it possessed the possibility of evolving even further.
However, the Blue Silver King's response poured cold water over his excitement.
"I'm sorry. There is nothing I can do."
Tang Hao frowned, but he wasn't overly disappointed.
This outcome was still within his expectations.
"So his spiritual force really isn't sufficient…"
"…"
The Blue Silver King merely remained silent in response to Tang Hao's muttering.
After a moment, Tang Hao asked again,
"When his cultivation reaches rank sixty or seventy, will he possess the qualifications to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor?"
"…"
The Blue Silver King paused.
After hesitating briefly, it decided to speak frankly.
"It has nothing to do with his cultivation. He can never awaken the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul."
"What?!"
Tang Hao's eyes widened in shock.
"What do you mean, impossible? His body clearly possesses a pure Blue Silver Emperor bloodline! How could he possibly be unable to awaken it?!"
"There are other reasons involved. But your son truly does not possess the qualifications necessary to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor."
After slowly finishing those words, the Blue Silver King refused to explain further.
In its heart, no one could possibly be more important than Ah Yin.
She was the true emperor of the Blue Silver Grass race.
Since Ah Yin hadn't said anything about these two when she had been here, the Blue Silver King naturally wouldn't reveal anything on its own.
Faced with Tang Hao's questioning, it simply remained silent.
The Blue Silver King could sense the tremendous strength of the man before it, but it wasn't afraid.
After Su Cheng had condensed his fifth spirit ring and advanced here previously, the Blue Silver King had benefited enormously from the insights gained during that event.
And it wasn't only the Blue Silver King.
All the other plants throughout the Blue Silver Grass forest had also improved to varying degrees.
Under these circumstances, it had nothing to fear even from a peak-level Douluo.
Moreover, the Blue Silver Grass race was famous for its tenacious vitality.
This entire forest was faintly connected as a single entity.
Forget someone whose strength was merely comparable to its own—even someone somewhat stronger would find it nearly impossible to harm it.
Looking at the silent Blue Silver King, Tang Hao hesitated.
His knowledge regarding martial souls was rather shallow. He only knew from Ah Yin that something called the awakening of the Blue Silver Emperor existed.
But whether martial souls differed from spirit beasts in this regard, or what level Tang San's bloodline had reached, he knew practically nothing.
And now the Blue Silver King was acting as though there were some great secret it refused to reveal.
Tang Hao felt powerless.
It wasn't that he hadn't considered forcing the Blue Silver King to reveal the truth, or even forcing it to conduct an awakening ceremony.
For Ah Yin's sake, he maintained a degree of respect toward the Blue Silver King.
But when Tang San's future development was involved, whether that respect outweighed his willingness to use force was another matter entirely.
The crucial problem was—
Tang Hao wasn't confident he could defeat it.
If he attacked and failed to suppress the Blue Silver King, the two sides would become mortal enemies.
Tang San would then have even less hope of advancing further in the future.
Thinking of this, Tang Hao abandoned the idea of using force.
"I understand."
He turned around.
"Little San, let's go."
Tang San's emotions had gone from anticipation, to confusion, and finally disappointment, like a violent roller coaster.
Seeing Tang Hao turn away with such a gloomy expression, resentment quietly arose in Tang San's heart.
But he said nothing.
He merely cast the Blue Silver King a cold glance before following Tang Hao out of the ancient forest.
After leaving the ancient Blue Silver Grass forest, Tang Hao gradually began explaining Tang San's origins to him.
However, he didn't immediately mention the Blue Silver Emperor.
Instead, he began with something else.
"Little San, do you know that the little sister you acknowledged, Xiao Wu, isn't actually human? She is a transformed hundred-thousand-year spirit beast."
"What?!"
Tang San abruptly stopped walking, completely stunned by this revelation.
Tang Hao glanced at him.
"Now that you know the truth, what do you think? Are you still willing to regard her as family? Or do you intend to imprison and raise her so she can become your reserved spirit ring and spirit bone in the future?"
"…"
Tang San fell silent for only a moment before his expression became resolute.
"What does it matter whether she's human or a spirit beast? All I know is that she is my little sister."
And the person I love.
He silently added those words in his heart.
"Is that so? I understand."
A complicated emotion flashed through Tang Hao's eyes.
His reaction surprised Tang San.
"You don't object?"
"I only object to her recklessly exposing herself before the world. As for the feelings between the two of you, I will only support them."
Tang Hao sighed emotionally.
"Still, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan truly is impressive. After that little girl used the cultivation-concealing medicine they sell, even I could no longer see through her true form."
"So that's why."
Tang San suddenly understood.
No wonder Xiao Wu had been so excited after trying that aura-concealing potion.
"Without it, she absolutely could not participate in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament. In the eyes of a Titled Douluo, a transformed spirit beast is as conspicuous as the bright moon in the night sky."
"But if Xiao Wu is a transformed hundred-thousand-year spirit beast, why is her strength so weak?"
"That involves the secrets of transformed spirit beasts."
As he spoke, Tang Hao looked toward Tang San beside him.
Reminiscence and emotion filled his gaze as he slowly began recounting his past.
"Actually, your mother was also a transformed hundred-thousand-year spirit beast.
"She was the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor…"
"…"
By the time Tang Hao finished telling his story, Tang San's initial shock had transformed into a somewhat ferocious expression.
"Spirit… Hall!"
Although his teacher, Yu Xiaogang, had returned to the academy half a month earlier and specifically warned him not to become enemies with Spirit Hall in the future…
How could he possibly ignore the hatred of his mother's death and his father's suffering?!
This had nothing to do with his teacher.
Tang San would bear all the consequences himself.
"Keep that hatred in your heart for now. Spirit Hall is too powerful at present. You cannot confront them directly. Once your cultivation reaches sufficient heights in the future, you can make your plans."
"I understand."
Tang San nodded, his expression cold.
For the next several days, the father and son continued traveling while cultivating.
Tang Hao never revealed their final destination, and Tang San wasn't impatient.
He trusted that his father had his own arrangements.
During their journey, Tang San had already obtained a spirit ring of more than seven thousand years for his Blue Silver Grass martial soul, advancing it to its fourth spirit ring.
Just like his third spirit ring, this one also exceeded the conventional age limit for absorption.
With this experience, Tang San became even more confident about attaching ten-thousand-year spirit rings to his Clear Sky Hammer in the future.
Several days later, the two arrived before an enormous waterfall.
"Follow me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Hao leapt upward and quickly landed on one of the rocks within the waterfall.
He then used his Clear Sky Hammer to force the cascading water aside before rushing into a cave hidden behind the middle section of the waterfall.
With Tang San's current strength, reaching that position easily was still difficult.
However, with the assistance of his external spirit bone, the Eight Spider Lances, along with his Flying God Claw hidden weapon, and Blue Silver Grass to maintain his balance, he still managed to follow.
After considerable effort, Tang San entered the cave behind Tang Hao.
Before he even had time to examine his surroundings—
His entire body suddenly trembled.
Bone-chilling killing intent swept toward him from every direction.
Tang San felt as though his clothes had been stripped away and he had been thrown naked into a frozen wasteland.
His body stiffened.
He couldn't move.
"Ah Yin!"
Tang San saw a figure kneeling before a small mound of earth not far ahead, his body trembling.
It was Tang Hao.
Tang San had never seen his father display such a vulnerable posture.
What Tang San couldn't see was Tang Hao's face.
With his back turned toward his son, Tang Hao's expression had already become horribly distorted.
Tears covered his entire face.
"Who… did this?!"
A grief-stricken growl squeezed through his clenched teeth.
Tang San immediately felt the killing intent around him grow even more terrifying.
Cold.
Sinister.
Malevolent.
Horrifying.
The immense killing intent was so powerful that it seemed to transform into a vicious beast lunging directly toward him.
Tang Hao wasn't consciously directing it at Tang San.
It was merely leaking from him unconsciously.
Yet under the assault of that incomparably cold killing intent, Tang San already found it difficult to breathe.
He had experienced something somewhat similar before.
Su Cheng's sword intent had also placed tremendous spiritual pressure upon him.
But the concepts behind the two were entirely different.
At least to the current Tang San, this killing intent felt far more terrifying and direct.
Enveloped by it, Tang San felt as though he had fallen into an ice cellar.
Every hair on his body stood on end, and even his thoughts seemed to slow.
What happened to Dad?
And is this… killing intent becoming tangible?
Yu Xiaogang had once explained to him that when someone's strength reached an exceptionally terrifying level, their killing intent could become almost tangible, transforming from something invisible into something practically physical.
But even among Titled Douluo, people capable of achieving such a feat were exceedingly rare.
Nearly half an hour passed.
Throughout that entire period, Tang San silently endured the terrifying pressure without making a sound.
By the time Tang Hao finally regained control of himself, Tang San's face had already turned pale, and his body was on the verge of collapse.
"…Little San. Come here."
The freezing killing intent receded like a tide.
Tang Hao's exhausted voice pulled Tang San out of his numb state.
Tang San used what little strength remained in his body to slowly drag himself forward.
He looked at Tang Hao and wanted to ask what had happened.
But after seeing his father's expression, he didn't dare speak.
Once Tang San reached him, Tang Hao stared blankly at the empty mound of earth for another moment.
Then he suddenly turned and slapped the stone wall beside him.
Nothing happened.
Tang Hao fell silent.
He had actually already prepared himself for this possibility.
If someone had discovered this place and the Blue Silver Emperor seedling had disappeared, then the hundred-thousand-year spirit bone hidden here had most likely been taken as well.
"…Dad, what is this?"
After a long silence, Tang San finally couldn't resist asking.
Tang Hao sighed.
"I told you before that after your mother sacrificed herself, she left behind a seed. I originally planted it here."
As he spoke, Tang Hao pointed toward the empty mound before them.
Tang San froze.
Then realization struck him.
His confusion transformed into shock, and finally into overwhelming fury.
"My mother… she…?"
"That isn't all.
"After Ah Yin sacrificed herself back then, she also left behind a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone. I had originally intended to give it to you.
"Once you absorbed it, it would strengthen your physical foundation and make it easier for you to attach higher-age spirit rings to your Clear Sky Hammer."
Tang Hao looked at the stunned Tang San and sighed again.
"That spirit bone has also disappeared."
Tang San's heart sank.
By now, he naturally understood exactly what a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone represented.
His expression became increasingly gloomy.
"Despicable thief!"
"Enough. Go outside for now. Let me be alone for a while."
After saying this, Tang Hao ignored Tang San.
He simply stared blankly at the empty mound before him.
Truthfully, Tang Hao didn't care that much about losing the spirit bone.
He had never intended to absorb it himself anyway.
But the disappearance of the Blue Silver Emperor seedling was something he simply couldn't accept.
If it had merely been stolen, that would still be tolerable.
What truly terrified him was the possibility that whoever discovered it had directly destroyed the seedling—or perhaps regarded it as some precious medicinal herb and consumed it.
Every time that possibility crossed his mind, Tang Hao felt as though his heart were bleeding.
The following day, Tang Hao walked out of the cave.
His expression had returned to its usual calmness.
However, compared to before, he now appeared even gloomier and more dispirited.
He looked toward Tang San, who was sitting cross-legged beside the pool beneath the waterfall.
"I will investigate what happened here. For now, follow me. We'll obtain spirit rings for your Clear Sky Hammer."
Hearing his father's voice, Tang San immediately stood and walked over.
"Dad, that aura you released yesterday…"
Even now, remembering that terrifying killing intent made his heart palpitate.
Tang Hao thought for a moment.
Although he had no intention of letting Tang San come into contact with the Deathgod Domain yet, since his son had asked, he decided to explain.
"That was killing intent.
"The purest form of killing intent."
A sharp gleam flashed through Tang San's eyes.
He recalled the scene where Su Cheng's sword intent had suppressed him so completely that he couldn't move.
In Tang San's opinion, that sword intent seemed far less powerful than this almost tangible killing intent.
"With such powerful killing intent, wouldn't you be able to completely overwhelm your opponent through sheer presence during battle?"
Tang Hao shook his head.
"Wrong.
"The greatest purpose of killing intent isn't to influence your opponent.
"It is to help yourself.
"It allows you to disregard life and death. It allows you to attack faster. It allows you to bring out the greatest possible extent of your strength—even enabling you to perform beyond your normal limits.
"Possessing powerful killing intent proves that you have crawled out from mountains of corpses. It proves that you have experienced countless struggles on the boundary between life and death.
"Even when facing an opponent vastly stronger than yourself, you will feel no fear.
"Killing intent is a form of presence.
"In certain respects, it can even be considered equivalent to courage.
"Or rather—
"Killing intent is the sublimation of courage."
If Su Cheng had heard Tang Hao's explanation, he would undoubtedly have scoffed at it and mocked Tang Hao for his shallow understanding.
Tang San, however, clearly admired and trusted his father immensely.
His gaze immediately became determined.
"Dad, please teach me how to obtain this kind of killing intent."
Tang Hao waved his hand, rejecting the request.
"There's no need to rush.
"Your task this month is to strengthen your Clear Sky Hammer.
"As for everything else…"
Tang Hao looked at him calmly.
"After this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament ends, I'll take you somewhere to cultivate for a while."
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