"Now, it's up to you to pay and then find people to start construction."
Hearing this, a look of pleasant surprise appeared on Tang Chuan's face. He took the map, examined it carefully, and couldn't help but shake his head in admiration:
"It seems that hiring Senior as a bodyguard was an extremely wise decision. See, I don't have to worry about anything, hehe."
Dugu Bo merely curled his lips at Tang Chuan's praise, not paying much attention.
"Let's go, to buy the land."
Tang Chuan examined the map again, carefully put it away, then waved to Dugu Bo and Xiao Ruier, smiling.
Immediately after, he turned and walked out of the alley. Behind him, Dugu Bo and Xiao Ruier exchanged glances, shrugged helplessly, and followed him out of the alley.
… … … …
A few days later, Shrek Academy.
When Tang San awoke from his coma, he found himself lying on a bed in the dormitory.
He first took a light breath, then activated the Mysterious Heaven Skill within him, allowing his Internal Energy to circulate once before slowly opening his eyes and scanning his surroundings.
Tang San then noticed that his left hand was being held tightly by a warm, small hand.
Looking down, he saw that the owner of that hand was Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu was currently lying on him, her breathing even, sound asleep.
"Xiao Wu." Seeing this, Tang San's heart warmed slightly. After a moment of silence, he reached out his right hand and gently poked Xiao Wu's cheek, calling out softly.
A moment later, Xiao Wu stirred slightly, groggily opening her eyes. When she saw that Tang San had woken up, she instantly became alert, her eyes reddening, and she urgently called out:
"Brother… you're finally awake?"
Tang San nodded, revealing a comforting smile, then turned his head to look beside him.
But that one glance made his smile vanish instantly.
On a nearby bed, Master's face was pale, his breath faint, his lower abdomen thickly wrapped in layers of bandages, and he was completely unconscious.
"Xiao Wu, what happened to Master?"
His heart tightened, Tang San sat up abruptly, a sharp light flashing in his eyes, and he demanded.
Hearing this, Xiao Wu's expression was slightly complex. After a sigh, she meticulously recounted the events of how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had come and crippled Master to Tang San.
"Bastards! This Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is truly courting death!"
"Master, don't worry, when I become a Titled Douluo in the future, I will definitely avenge you!"
Upon learning that Master had been castrated, Tang San's heart immediately surged with rage.
Then, his expression suddenly froze, as if he remembered something. His brows furrowed tightly, his gaze flickered, and he muttered to himself in a low voice:
"I remember before I passed out, I seemed to vaguely hear Dean Flender say to Dugu Bo… that my father was someone he couldn't afford to offend?"
The next second, Tang San's mind was flooded with images of Tang Hao's usual drunken, slovenly appearance. His face was filled with doubt and confusion, and even a hint of bewilderment appeared in his eyes.
"Isn't my father just a blacksmith from a remote village? How could he be someone even a Titled Douluo couldn't offend? Could it be… he has some other identity?"
Thinking of this, Tang San flipped out of bed, his movements showing a hint of urgency.
Seeing this, Xiao Wu quickly reached out to stop him, asking anxiously:
"Brother, you just woke up, where are you going?"
Tang San's gaze was firm, but his tone carried a hint of heaviness as he explained: "I need to find Dean Flender. There's something… I need to ask him personally."
At the same time, outside Saint Spirit Village, in a quiet small forest.
A very burly middle-aged man was walking slowly with heavy steps, each step feeling as if it carried a thousand catties of weight, his breathing becoming increasingly rapid.
As he walked, his body suddenly stiffened, and his face instantly turned pale.
"Thud——"
The middle-aged man could no longer support himself and fell heavily to the ground. The withered yellow fallen leaves were quickly soaked by the blood from his chest, turning crimson, and a bloody smell permeated the forest.
The person lying in the pool of blood was none other than the Clear Sky Douluo—Tang Hao.
Directly in front of him was a towering mountain cliff that reached into the clouds.
A huge waterfall cascaded down the cliff, the water roaring like ten thousand galloping horses, its momentum vast, and the mist obscured everything below.
At this moment, Tang Hao was covered in blood.
He lay sprawled on the ground, looking disheveled. After a moment, he laboriously lifted his head, his gaze piercing through the swirling mist, fixed on the stone gate behind the waterfall, his eyes filled with endless regret.
"Ah Yin…"
"Are you still inside? I've come to see you."
"So many years have passed, and I never came once, not because I didn't miss you, but because I had no face to see you. I truly… I'm sorry."
"I was wrong…"
"What I owe you, I can never repay in this lifetime…"
"I shouldn't have brought you back to the Clear Sky Sect when you were about to fully transform into a human. Instead, I should have taken you to hide and Cultivate in the Star Dou Great Forest, never venturing out."
"I… I shouldn't have had such thoughts back then!"
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