Chapter 152: 169. Six Years After Tang San's Birth
It turned out that when Prince Xue Xing learned that Dugu Bo had advanced to Titled Douluo and was going to Spirit Hall to complete the conferment ceremony, he made the following deduction.
After learning of Dugu Bo's advancement to Titled Douluo, Spirit Hall would inevitably invite Dugu Bo to join them, but Dugu Bo, accustomed to wandering alone, would surely refuse. Spirit Hall, concerned about face, wouldn't make trouble in the Pope's Hall, but once Dugu Bo left Spirit City, Spirit Hall would surely use force against him.
He only needed to wait at the key pass where Dugu Bo left, and he could harvest a favor from a wild Titled Douluo.
Spirit Hall would also covet his status in the Heaven Dou Empire and give him face.
Prince Xue Xing had the entire script planned out. When Dugu Bo arrived, he would invite Dugu Bo onto his carriage for a chat. When Spirit Hall's pursuers arrived, he would step forward, invoke his status as a Heaven Dou Empire prince, and politely say, "Give me some face."
Then, Spirit Hall, unwilling to go to war with the Heaven Dou Empire, would surely give him face.
Wouldn't that mean he could effortlessly bring Dugu Bo under his wing without lifting a finger?
Prince Xue Xing happily planned everything, just waiting for the desperate Dugu Bo, hunted by Spirit Hall, to deliver himself right to his door. But the result—
Dugu Bo did appear, but he didn't look like someone who had been chased at all.
Dugu Bo merely glanced at Prince Xue Xing's convoy and then left.
The plan deviated so much that the furious Xue Xing wanted to curse: Spirit Hall, shouldn't you be overbearing and domineering, chasing down Dugu Bo who doesn't want to join and forcing him into Spirit Hall? How could you just let Dugu Bo go like this? If you don't pursue Dugu Bo, how can I earn his favor? Damn it.
In the end, with no other choice, Xue Xing had to withdraw. Pulling in Dugu Bo would have to be planned another time.
In the Star Dou Great Forest.
Xiao Wu had long since transformed into human form, and now it was time for her to head to the human world.
Behind Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape gazed at her foolishly, hehe, Xiao Wu is so cute.
"Er Ming, I'm about to head to the human world to find the killer who murdered my mother," Xiao Wu said.
"Sister Xiao Wu, isn't doing this very dangerous? Should I transform and go with you?" the Titan Giant Ape asked.
"No need, Er Ming. Before transforming, you're a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, but if you transform, you'll lose all your cultivation," Xiao Wu said. "How would you protect me then?"
Er Ming scratched his furry head and said, "That's true."
Xiao Wu suddenly asked, "Er Ming, if one day many people want to kill me, and you can't beat them, what then?"
Er Ming patted his chest and said, "Then let them step over my corpse."
Xiao Wu smiled brightly and said, "Thank you, Er Ming. You're really a good person."
And so, under Er Ming's reluctant gaze, Xiao Wu bid him farewell and headed to the human world.
Xiao Wu, traversing the forest, would never forget that night when her mother fell in a pool of blood. A greedy, burly, robust human, wielding a large iron hammer, killed her mother, absorbed her soul ring, and took away her soul bone.
His name was Tang Hao.
Mother, wait for me. I will definitely avenge you. A flash of hatred gleamed in Xiao Wu's eyes.
As the sun set, a little devil child completed his final training.
He sat cross-legged, circulating the Mysterious Heaven Technique to heal his injuries, and exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.
The little devil child was named Tang San, the very Purusha Tang San from the future who was born with a Brahmin mouth, a Kshatriya arm, a Vaishya leg, a Shudra foot, stepping on the Dalit untouchables.
"Tomorrow is the day of martial soul awakening," excitement flickered in Tang San's eyes. "Xiao Wu, are we finally going to meet again?"
Tang San thought of the previous life, where Xiao Wu gave birth to a precious son for him, and the warm scene with a money-losing good.
He thought of how Xiao Wu sacrificed herself for him in the previous life, bringing a dowry of two hundred-thousand-year soul beast soul rings, and how she endured the killing intent of the Asura Sword for him, firmly grasping that divine position that lingered outside himself.
He thought of how Xiao Wu, for his sake, preferred her soul to be obliterated just to help him escape Huo Yuhao's clutches.
Tenderness couldn't help but flash in Tang San's eyes.
Xiao Wu, rest assured. In this lifetime, I won't let anyone hurt you—of course, except that time with Spirit Hall. But don't worry, I won't let a single person who hurts you go.
After saying that, Tang San looked toward the back mountain, where his mother was, and the precious hundred-thousand-year soul bone his dear mother had left for him.
Thinking of that hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor soul bone, Tang San felt a surge of excitement in his heart. That was the soul bone most suitable for him.
But one must not forget the well-digger when drinking water. Tang San thought to himself:
Mother, rest assured. In the previous life, I avenged you. In this life, I will also make Spirit Hall pay with blood for blood.
After packing everything up, Tang San descended the back mountain.
This time, his foot accidentally stepped on the golden-patterned blue silver grass beneath him again.
He didn't notice the faint black aura emanating from this stalk of golden-patterned blue silver grass.
Inside the blue silver grass, Ah Yin had nearly gone mad.
Over these five years, she had seen Tang San climbing this hillside almost every day to cultivate some unknown technique soul skill, forging things called hidden weapons, and muttering a bunch of unknown information. Over time, she pieced together Tang San's origins.
He came from another world's Bashu Tang Sect, and because he stole the sect's secret arts (Tang San: Stealing techniques isn't stealing; stealing techniques—how can the affairs of us Tang Sect people be called stealing?), he was chased by Tang Sect members to a place called Ghost See Sorrow, where he jumped off a cliff and died, only for his soul to arrive on the Douluo Continent and possess her child.
Because the emotional line had been severed by Huo Yuhao, although Ah Yin's soul still retained memories of once loving Tang Xiao, Ah Yin now felt nothing for Tang Xiao. The only remnants were hatred for Tang Hao and complex emotions toward her son.
But...
Now you're telling Ah Yin that even her own son has been possessed by a shameless scoundrel. How could Ah Yin accept that?
"Tang San, you shameless villain, return my son's soul!" Ah Yin said resentfully.
"Jie jie jie." A strange laugh echoed deep into Ah Yin's soul.
"Who?" Ah Yin's soul alertly looked around.
"Jie jie jie, do you want to know what happened to you?" that eerie voice asked.
Ah Yin remained silent; this unfamiliar voice made her extremely wary.
"You can guess that Tang Hao destroyed your love with Tang Xiao, forcing you to give birth to Tang San for him, but you don't know why this child is so important to Tang Hao. Do you want to know the reason? I can tell you everything," that eerie voice said.
(END CHAPTER)
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