Chapter 51: The Hunt Begins
Qian Xunji naturally did not know about Tang Zhen's plan.
Nor did Su Mo expect it.
After pressuring the Clear Sky Sect and obtaining their promise not to help Tang Hao and his wife, Qian Xunji returned to Spirit City satisfied.
Although this time he had gone to the Clear Sky Sect to pressure them, he failed to achieve his ideal goal — to get the Clear Sky Sect's help, or even force them to hand over the 100,000-year-old shape-shifting soul beast Ah Yin.
But he hadn't placed much hope in that.
After all, no matter what happened, the Clear Sky Sect was once the leading sect of the Spirit Hall under Tang Chen's leadership, though now, with Tang Chen missing, the Clear Sky Sect was deteriorating more and more.
One thing was disapproving of Tang Hao marrying a 100,000-year-old shape-shifting soul beast.
But it was another matter entirely to take the initiative to capture Tang Hao, or even help capture him and hand over Ah Yin, the 100,000-year-old transformed soul beast.
After all, Ah Yin — the 100,000-year-old transformed soul beast — was also Tang Hao's wife. For the Clear Sky Sect, standing by was already the limit.
If they helped the Spirit Hall capture Tang Hao and his wife, the Clear Sky Sect would probably lose Tang Hao, their genius disciple, entirely!
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On the other hand, after returning to Spirit City, Qian Xunji immediately ordered a mobilization of the entire Spirit Hall's power.
From Spirit Halls at the Imperial City level down to those at village level, wherever the Spirit Hall held power, they would spare no effort to search for Tang Hao and his wife.
However, even if the Spirit Hall decided to mobilize all its forces to find them, the Douluo Continent was still an ancient world after all.
This world did have spirit guides, which were like magical guides or GPS systems.
But these spirit guides were inherited legacies from an earlier era and had not developed modern technology.
The spirit guides on the continent were far less advanced than those of later generations of the Unparalleled Tang Sect, or even during the Legend of the Dragon King era.
This was because messages still had to be delivered by letters.
Therefore, it took the Spirit Hall more than half a month to send orders from Spirit City to the major Spirit Halls across the Douluo Continent.
Finally, a subordinate Spirit Hall found the whereabouts of Tang Hao and his wife and reported back to Spirit City.
By then, more than a month had passed since Tang Hao fled with Ah Yin, who was pregnant.
During that time, Ah Yin had given birth to the future Tang San.
But unfortunately, due to their casual mindset and the pregnancy, the two ended up staying where they had been before, and were eventually discovered by the Spirit Hall.
"What's that, Sister Dong'er? Are you planning to leave for a while?"
In the Spirit Hall's Holy Mansion, Su Mo, playing with little three-year-old Qian Renxue, couldn't help but show surprise when he learned that Bibi Dong was going to leave for some time.
"Well, I recently made a great breakthrough and need to go to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt spirit beasts and absorb spirit rings. Meanwhile, Xiaoxue will be under your care, Xiaomo."
Faced with Su Mo's surprise, Bibi Dong's already noble and beautiful face remained calm.
"Then, Sister Dong'er, please be careful and remember to bring more spirit masters with you when you leave."
"Now that the whereabouts of Tang Hao and his wife have been discovered, His Holiness the Pope has sent the elder Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo to hunt them down. There are no powerful spirit masters in the Spirit Hall now who can help you, Sister Dong'er, with hunting spirit beasts."
Upon hearing that Bibi Dong was going to hunt spirit beasts, Su Mo couldn't help but worry, but in the end, he shook his head with some regret.
"Well, I can only trouble you, Xiaomo, during this time."
Su Mo's concern deeply moved Bibi Dong. She couldn't help but reach out and touch Su Mo's head, whose height was almost up to her shoulders.
Bibi Dong still felt somewhat guilty about her deception.
But in the end, she sighed silently, managed to calm her mood, and with a bit of excitement and heaviness, she turned and left the mansion.
After Bibi Dong left, Su Mo joked with the beautiful and cute blonde loli Qian Renxue, but couldn't help falling into deep thought.
He knew exactly what Bibi Dong was really going to do this time.
Bibi Dong said she was going to hunt soul beasts, but Su Mo felt that, given her cultivation level when she was with him day and night — and now that she had surpassed the Douluo Title — combined with her influence, the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Eyes Fairy Grass, and the Martial Spirits of the Death Emperor Spider and Soul Devouring Emperor Spider having evolved,
Bibi Dong now feared that even Tang Hao, who had absorbed the Yin spirit ring, was no match for her.
As for Qian Xunji, that was obvious.
However, since Bibi Dong left Spirit City this time under the pretext of hunting soul beasts, and had been hiding her true cultivation level before,
it was clear Bibi Dong intended to secretly kill Qian Xunji and then take control of the Spirit Hall.
However, according to what Su Mo knew, Qian Xunji only brought Ju Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and a group of red-clad cardinals from the Spirit Hall to hunt Tang Hao and his wife this time.
The final outcome of the hunt should be the same as in the original story.
As long as Bibi Dong is patient, it's entirely possible she will secretly kill Qian Xunji in the end.
But considering that Qian Daoliu might secretly send someone to follow and protect Qian Xunji, Su Mo decided to go check it out after thinking it over for a while.
Hopefully, he could gain something from it.
Just do it!
After deciding to watch the drama of Qian Xunji chasing Tang Hao and his wife, Su Mo immediately found a maid to take care of Qian Renxue and left quietly.
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On the other side, in a remote village in Fanos Province of the Tiandou Empire,
Qian Xunji, along with Ju Douluo and a group of red cardinals, had found the location of Tang Hao and his wife.
At that moment, Ah Yin had just given birth to a child.
When they discovered that people from the Spirit Hall had arrived at their door, Tang Hao and Ah Yin knew they had been found, leaving them very vulnerable.
If not for the child, the two would have fled to a remote place, making it difficult even for the powerful Spirit Hall of the Douluo Continent to find them.
But since Ah Yin was pregnant and about to give birth, to provide her with a stable environment during delivery, Tang Hao could only endure and keep living in the same place as before with Ah Yin.
He only hoped that the Spirit Hall people would find them later.
But unfortunately, although Ah Yin had already given birth when the Spirit Hall found them, the child was still very young, and their escape route seemed very tortuous.
"Tang Hao, you have no way out! Hand over this 100,000-year-old shape-shifting soul beast, and we of the Spirit Hall will do your Clear Sky Sect a favor and spare you and your child!"
After the people surrounded the wooden house where Tang Hao and Ah Yin lived, Qian Xunji immediately stepped forward and shouted coldly at Tang Hao.
(End of this chapter)