As soon as Oscar said these words, the gazes of the gods in the Divine Realm all fell upon Tang San.
Tang San stood there, his face still maintaining that calm expression, but in his heart, he had already cursed Oscar into a bloody mess.
This guy doesn't even use his brain when he speaks.
He himself was pure and untainted, the dignified Sea God and Asura God, how could he possibly have any ties with an Evil Soul Master organization?
To put it nicely, Oscar's words were unintentional; to put it harshly, he was pushing him into a fire pit.
Tang San felt secretly displeased. Over these years in the Divine Realm, he had always meticulously maintained his image—gentle, refined, magnanimous and tolerant, never making enemies with anyone.
But look at Oscar; the moment he opened his mouth, he dragged Tang San together with that filthy thing, the Holy Spirit Cult. If this were to spread, how would other Divinities view him?
Could it be that the Divine Realm was too peaceful, making Oscar forget the weight of his words?
Tang San sneered inwardly, but remained expressionless on the surface. He slowly raised his head, calmly glanced around at the surrounding gods, and then spoke in a gentle voice carrying his usual composure.
"This matter has nothing to do with me."
He paused for a moment and continued.
"Everyone should still remember that ten thousand years ago, when I was still traveling on the Douluo Continent, I personally destroyed Slaughter City. That place was the lair of fallen Spirit Masters. Since I already destroyed it, how could I be involved with Evil Soul Masters?"
His tone sounded open and aboveboard. After finishing, Tang San's gaze calmly swept across the surrounding gods.
Although Slaughter City was the Legacy grounds of the previous Asura God, Tang San had already inherited the Asura God Position after all, so destroying it meant destroying it.
Ma Hongjun spoke up at this moment as well.
"This matter indeed has nothing to do with Third Brother."
"We know best what kind of person Third Brother is; how could he possibly collude with Evil Soul Masters? Oscar, what you said is somewhat inappropriate."
Hearing these words, Tang San nodded with satisfaction in his heart.
As expected of someone he had spent a lot of effort to bring to the position of a Second-Class God, Ma Hongjun standing up to speak for him at this time was indeed the right thing to do.
The expression on Tang San's face relaxed slightly, and the gaze he cast toward Ma Hongjun carried a hint of approval.
However, right at this moment, a frigid voice rang out.
"Does it truly have nothing to do with Tang San?"
The speaker was the God of Destruction, those purple eyes filled with a chilling luster. His gaze landed directly on Tang San, with no intention of dodging whatsoever.
Tang San was slightly startled, then flashed a smile, intending to speak up again and bring up the matter of Slaughter City to cope with it. However, the God of Destruction did not give him this chance and continued speaking.
"I have always known that Tang San did quite a few sneaky things on the Douluo Continent."
"Even though they were all petty actions that couldn't see the light of day, the number of times he did them was not small."
Tang San's brows twitched slightly, but he quickly returned to normal. He spoke again, his tone a few points heavier than before.
"God of Destruction, you are mistaken. I, Tang San, have always acted in an open and aboveboard manner. After all, the Douluo Continent is my place of origin; I would only take good care of it and could never do anything harmful to my original World."
"Besides, ten thousand years ago before my Ascension, I had already destroyed Slaughter City, with the intention that fallen Spirit Masters would no longer appear on the mainland. Then how could I do something to cultivate fallen Spirit Masters and harm the mainland? Ten thousand years ago I was a hero who saved the Douluo Continent from dire straits, and ten thousand years later I am no longer one?"
However, after hearing this, not only did the suspicion in those purple eyes not diminish, but another layer of chill was added.
"If I remember correctly, before your Ascension, there weren't that many fallen Spirit Masters on the Douluo Continent. Yet now, merely ten thousand years have passed, why are Evil Soul Masters already running rampant?"
As soon as these words came out, Tang San's entire person felt somewhat bad.
Although a smile still hung on his face, he could hardly hold it together anymore. This guy, the God of Destruction, was actually targeting him so openly.
Tang San was silent for a moment, then spoke up, his tone carrying a bit of grievance and indignation from being misunderstood.
"What does the God of Destruction mean by these words?"
Tang San's gaze stared straight at the God of Destruction.
"Could it be that you want to pin all these faults entirely on me?"
"Yes."
Tang San's face couldn't help but sink. This was openly going against him.
Seeing this, Dai Mubai, who was to the side, frowned.
He glanced at Tang San's gloomy expression, then looked at the God of Destruction's icy demeanor, and ultimately stepped forward.
"God of Destruction, as an Enforcing God of the Divine Realm, you should have evidence for what you do."
"You cannot jump to conclusions arbitrarily; such actions are not conducive to the unity of the Divine Realm."
The God of Destruction glanced at Dai Mubai and said nothing, but the chill in that gaze did not recede.
Seeing that he didn't refute, Dai Mubai continued speaking. His tone sounded like he was smoothing things over according to Tang San's previous statement, but the words he spoke made Tang San's expression turn several points uglier.
"Even if this Holy Spirit Cult truly has a relationship with Evil Soul Masters, it has a relationship with the Clear Sky Sect, and has nothing to do with Tang San."
When Tang San heard the first half, his heart stirred slightly, thinking that Dai Mubai certainly knew how to speak.
But immediately following that, Dai Mubai uttered the second half.
"It's not out of the question that some fellows from the Clear Sky Sect joined the Holy Spirit Cult and then passed this method on, turning it into a secret technique of the Holy Spirit Cult."
Tang San's face turned completely dark. The second half really didn't need to be said out loud.
The Clear Sky Sect was under his control now, a matter he had never mentioned to anyone else, at most mentioning it once to Xiao Wu and then having Da Ming and Er Ming go preside over the Clear Sky Sect.
If people took Dai Mubai's words seriously and really went to investigate the Clear Sky Sect, wouldn't that be equivalent to dragging him into it?
If it really was passed down by the Clear Sky Sect... wouldn't that mean he had authorized it?
Various thoughts surged in Tang San's heart, but on the surface, he could only barely maintain his composure.
In fact, he had indeed meddled a bit within the Holy Spirit Cult.
For instance, upgrading things like the Spirit Ring age. Otherwise, how could a mere Holy Spirit Cult have fellows surpassing ordinary Spirit Ring configurations? Those configurations that ought to be six blacks and three reds, or three purples, five blacks and one red, far exceeded the upper limit that a normal Spirit Master could achieve.
Tang San naturally had his considerations for doing this; he needed to create turmoil on the mainland.
Too weak villains had no way of causing trouble for the Child of Destiny. Without major trouble, the role played by the Child of Destiny would be small, and the fate wrapped up with him would also become weaker.
By then, when he had his father devour the plane consciousness of the Douluo Continent, the process would also become slow.
For all of this, Tang San secretly upgraded the Spirit Ring ages of some Holy Spirit Cult members.
It's just that the abilities he exposed were merely manipulating Souls and destroying Souls. (The original work stated that the Holy Emperor's abilities are related to Souls; it's either Electrolux or Tang San, since Tang San also knows Soul division and has the ability to upgrade Spirit Ring ages.)
He hadn't exposed a single bit of his abilities as the Sea God and the Asura God; no one could trace it back to him.
As for that Ring Explosion secret technique, it was also passed out only after he modified it himself, precisely to make the methods of those Evil Soul Masters even more evil, so as to plunge the entire mainland into deeper turmoil.
Anyway, as long as he didn't admit to it, everything would be fine.
In the Divine Realm, apart from him, nobody was paying attention to the Douluo Continent at every moment. Only he was watching that piece of land uninterruptedly; they didn't know as much as he did.
Thinking of this, Tang San's heart settled down a little bit.
He readjusted the expression on his face, suppressed that gloominess, and put on an open and calm appearance.
And right at this moment, the gazes of everyone had once again fallen upon the screen of light.
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