"Whether you invite him or not is up to you, but Shrek has no face to ask him back."
Yun Ming adopted a detached, Buddhist-like demeanor. He had already heard about this from Guan Yue, but he chose to act as if he hadn't. In any case, tang sans divine sense was already gone.
Although it was shocking, if it truly was Tang San who personally created the passage from the Abyss Plane to the Douluo Star, then this Ancestral Master was better off unacknowledged.
Guan Yue still said, "I will listen to Senior Brother."
A large patch of black lines twitched on Cao Dezhi's forehead, and his brows furrowed deeply.
Are you two intentionally trying to anger me? Do you believe I'll just throw in the towel and quit too?
When the time comes, our two great organizations will come to a standstill. Feng Zaixing won't even need to attack; we'll collapse from within.
Thinking this way, Cao Dezhi's rationality overcame his emotions after a moment. He pondered for a bit and said, "For now, my Tang Sect must do everything possible to welcome him back. However, Feng Zaixing is as cunning as a ghost; it's absolutely impossible to deceive him with words. The best way is to wait for the people from the Spirit Pagoda to arrive, rescue all the students of the Spirit Pagoda Academy first, and then we'll go negotiate with the Spirit Pagoda."
Yun Ming nodded.
Guan Yue followed with a nod.
Zang Xin was furious at the sight and said crossly, "Looking at this, that idiot Cai Yueer really needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. Yun Ming, if it's hard for you to make a move, you might as well announce to the World that she's gone mad and let that fool provoke the Federation on her own."
"I believe that guy Feng Zaixing will be more than happy to get rid of her."
Yun Ming's expression tightened upon hearing this, and he actually began to seriously consider the feasibility of doing so. After a moment, he nodded and said, "It should be announced that way. She was controlled by the Ghost Emperor and used the Holy Spirit Cult's evil Qi to sneak attack Ya Li. If that's not being mad, what is?"
"Feng Zaixing won't come to kill her for the time being, likely hoping I'll clean up my own house. I'll just have to take some measures after a while."
Guan Yue said, "Senior Brother is right."
Seeing this matter settled, Cao Dezhi continued, "Long Yeyue is dead. What happened to her relics? Was the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud left behind?"
Guan Yue shook his head and said, "Feng Zaixing returned Long Yeyue's other relics to me, but he kept the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. He said it might contain tang sans divine sense and must remain sealed within the Federation; it must never be allowed to harm the Douluo Star again."
Yun Ming rested his face in his hands and sighed, saying, "Although that boy's actions are a forced seizure of my Sea Gods Pavilion's Divine Artifact, tang sans divine sense's actions last night were too atrocious. I don't have a leg to stand on logically. Besides, I have to take care of Ya Li, so I don't have time to go looking for him."
Cao Dezhi's forehead was covered in black lines as he said irritably, "I'm afraid it's not that you feel you don't have time to find him, but rather that you don't want to? Just when did you hook up with him?"
Yun Ming said frankly, "Right when he helped me wake Ya Li last time."
Cao Dezhi was momentarily speechless and sighed, his face showing a look of 'as expected'.
He knew that as long as it involved Ya Li, Yun Ming's 'love brain' would lose all rationality. Since Feng Zaixing could save Ya Li, it was absolutely impossible to expect Yun Ming to put in any real effort against him in the future.
"I really can't help but remind you that since we didn't succeed last night, we might never have another chance."
Cao Dezhi's voice was calm, but his tone was extremely low, and his expression had become solemn to the extreme.
"Our paths are different; we cannot work together. Perhaps in a few more years, he will destroy our two great powers."
Yun Ming nodded, then shook his head, saying, "If I had to do it again, I would still kill Long Yeyue and the Ghost Emperor, even if I didn't cooperate with him."
"Old Cao, I had no choice. Long Yeyue bullied me too much, and I have an even deeper grudge against the Ghost Emperor."
Cao Dezhi was so angry he was at a loss for words. He gave a small smile, stood up, and left directly.
Zang Xin gave a helpless smile and changed the subject. "I think those Kings from Monster Academy are pretty good. Once the competition is over, I'll take them and secretly return to the continent to go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to seek their Opportunity."
Yun Ming and Guan Yue were noncommittal, indicating they had no objection.
Time reached the evening.
Feng Zaixing walked into the Star Luo City branch of the Spirit Pagoda for the second time, and the scene he saw was completely different from the last.
In the prison, the experts from the Spirit Pagoda headquarters and the geniuses from the Spirit Pagoda Academy were packed together, head to toe. The living conditions were terrible, and occasionally, people could be heard crying out about being tired, in pain, or innocent.
Feng Zaixing's gaze fixed on Tang Wulin, who was still able to sleep soundly at this time. He said to Xie Xie beside him, "I have business with him. Help me wake him up."
——
Seeing it was Feng Zaixing, Xie Xie immediately began to wail and complain, shouting, "Great God, we are innocent!"
Feng Zaixing nodded and said, "I know you weren't involved in those filthy matters, but you were all caught and locked up by the Dean. It's not appropriate to release you right now."
"Once the exchange representatives from the Spirit Pagoda arrive, you students will be able to leave. It's not that I can't let you out alone, but it would be useless; you'd just be isolated for nothing."
Xie Xie finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked in confusion, "Then why are you looking for Wulin?"
Feng Zaixing said, "He has a special background and can come out early. The Tang Sect will soon come knocking on the door to ask for him."
Xie Xie: "—"
Great God, couldn't you come up with a better excuse? I grew up with Wulin; how could I not know if he had some special background? And the Tang Sect coming to ask for him? We were all kicked out of the Tang Sect.
However, he was wise enough not to argue with Feng Zaixing and instead slowly shook Tang Wulin awake.
A faint smile played on the corners of Feng Zaixing's mouth.
A moment later, in a reception room of the Spirit Pagoda.
Feng Zaixing informed him of everything that had happened the previous night and said slowly, "If my guess is correct, you are the biological son of Tang San by Bloodline. Dragon Butterfly Douluo Tang Wutong is likely your older sister."
Tang Wulin looked dazed, still finding it hard to accept this fact. "Impossible. My Spirit is so weak; how could I be the son of Sea God Tang San? And if he really did so many bad things, helping an outside plane invade the Douluo Star, then how is he anything like the stories I've heard since I was a child?"
"Sea God Tang San... Could the Old Tang who talks in my head be Sea God Tang San's Divine Sense?"
Feng Zaixing said calmly, "Most major powers will promote their own ancestors. I can tell you that whether it's the First Generation Shrek Seven Devils like Tang San's group, or the legendary second generation like Huo Yuhao's bunch, if you look closely, they all have their own problems."
"But Shrek, the Tang Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda will all avoid talking about those and only promote their contributions, even fabricating non-existent legendary experiences. My Body Sect hasn't promoted our ancestors much, but there are plenty of people with flaws in our history too."
Tang Wulin was stunned for a while. Is this the World of top-tier powers?
Then he heard Feng Zaixing continue, "Within your body is sealed the energy essence of a Golden Dragon King that escaped from the God Realm. There are eighteen layers of the Seal in total, and fourteen layers have been unraveled so far."
"The presence of this Golden Dragon King suppressed your Blue Silver Grass's life attribute talent; otherwise, you should have been able to inherit Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor and awaken the Blue Silver Domain."
"But now, part of the Golden Dragon King's energy is leaking out, and your Spirit is benefiting. You've probably felt it too, haven't you?"
Tang Wulin listened and lowered his head to release his Spirit. Flexible vines, their surfaces adorned with small golden snake-like patterns, rose from the ground.
"No wonder I've been so sleepy; it must be the influence..."
He looked up, gazing at Feng Zaixing, and asked, "Then what should I do next?"
Feng Zaixing said, "This Golden Dragon King Seal is a ticking time bomb where crisis and Opportunity coexist. The danger lies in the fact that the Golden Dragon King sealed within could take your life at any time. The Opportunity lies in the fact that by absorbing the essence of the Seal, your strength will improve."
"For now, the final four layers of this Seal are all extraordinary. I don't have time to break them for the moment. It would also be very difficult for you to break them because your body simply couldn't withstand it. But within twenty years, you don't have to worry about the Seal endangering your life."
Tang Wulin was startled and said, "This thing can be fatal? Then you should get rid of it as soon as possible. It's too dangerous; I still need to find my mom and dad."
Feng Zaixing shook his head and said, "It's not that easy, though it's not too difficult either. The Golden Dragon King finds it hard to stir up trouble now; my actions last night probably scared him."
As the words fell, the Golden Dragon King inside Tang Wulin's body sneezed violently and cursed in his heart, "Yes, yes, yes! With the way you were sucking and absorbing so wildly, treating this King's essence as energy to boost your own strength, I'm surprised you didn't choke to death!"
Tang Wulin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I'm relieved."
Feng Zaixing nodded slightly and continued, "Once the Tang Sect people know your origin, they might come to your door very soon to ask you to return."
Hearing this, Tang Wulin fell silent for a long time. He shook his head and smiled, his tone desolate as he said, "I've already been kicked out, so why go back? And in what capacity would I return? I've never known anything about being some Son of the Sea God."
Feng Zaixing smiled and said, "That's up to you. However, finding your foster parents won't be difficult. They are currently working in a classified location of the Federation."
Tang Wulin's expression turned urgent, and he leaned forward, asking, "You know where my mom and dad are?"
Feng Zaixing nodded. "To get you some living expenses, they agreed to the requests of certain people in the Spirit Pagoda to help them research drugs. At that time, the Spirit Pagoda was already colluding with Evil Soul Masters."
"My people tracked the Evil Soul Masters to a point where the Spirit Pagoda was trying to send a whole cargo ship of people to the Douling Empire. We intercepted that ship, and your parents were among them."
"Considering it involved the Spirit Pagoda and the situation was too significant, I feared for their safety if they were released. I arranged classified work for them within the Federation. Aside from not being able to contact the outside World, everything else remains the same."
"Now, I have forced the Master of the Spirit Pagoda, Qiangu Dongfeng, to take responsibility for this, and I've cleared out the internal faction that was colluding with Evil Soul Masters. So, congratulations. You'll be able to see your foster parents when you return."
Tang Wulin suddenly gasped. He grabbed Feng Zaixing's hand, thanking him repeatedly in his excitement.
"Thank you, thank you for saving my parents. No wonder the Spirit Pagoda and the Holy Spirit Cult want to kill you—er, Senior Brother, you know me, I'm just clumsy with words, I didn't mean it like that."
Tang Wulin gave an innocent, sheepish smile. Feng Zaixing didn't bother to argue over such a small thing and said with a light smile, "Since you're so close to your foster parents, does that mean you don't want to acknowledge the relationship with Tang San?"
Tang Wulin pondered for a moment, then nodded heavily, saying in a deep voice, "Perhaps I was born in the God Realm, and I don't know why he threw me down here."
"But if it's like what you said about Dragon Butterfly Douluo, relying on absorbing all of Huo Yuhao's opportunities to improve one's own strength and foundation, that would be far too pathetic."
He gave a sunny smile and spread his hands. "I grew up with my mom and dad. I'm still used to being a child of an ordinary family. I'm not worthy of being the son of a God King. I said when I was little that I would buy a car for my mom and dad and take them to see the whole Federation."
"Now I have the ability, but they've disappeared. What I want to do most now is return to their side. It's better not to return to the Tang Sect."
To put it simply: I, Tang Wulin, am not the Son of the Sea God, and I will definitely not return to the Tang Sect.