Chapter 119: The Wrath of Wang Sheng, Preparations to Harm Tang San (1)
At night, the moonlight was like water.
"Yu Xiaogang, I saved you—don't you have any reaction? Not even a word of thanks?"
In the Soul Hunting Forest, after killing the Mandrake Snake, Su Mo jumped off the snake's head. After withdrawing his Martial Spirit—the Staff of the Tree of Life—he couldn't help but glance at Yu Xiaogang, shook his head, and said.
Hearing Su Mo's words, Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath and replied with a somewhat unpleasant expression:
"Su Mo, you saved us. I'm truly grateful, but you could've just seriously injured the Mandrake Snake; was it really necessary to kill it?"
"Wasn't necessary to kill it? I had no intention of killing it in the first place. Didn't I say you shouted too late, and I killed it by accident?"
Su Mo chuckled foolishly, shrugged, and said:
"Accidentally killed it..."
Yu Xiaogang frowned, feeling a bit uneasy in his heart.
Just now, Su Mo could have simply struck the eyes of the Mandrake Snake with his Martial Spirit, or hit its head with the Staff to seriously wound it without killing. But instead, he did hit its eyes.
This made Yu Xiaogang suspect that Su Mo did it on purpose.
However, Su Mo had saved both his and Tang San's lives, and he was no match for Su Mo.
Although Yu Xiaogang was suspicious, he didn't dare to confront Su Mo directly.
An accidental death—so what!
"Su Mo, thank you for saving Xiao San and me this time."
Forcing himself to calm down, Yu Xiaogang thanked Su Mo, then turned to his disciple Tang San and said:
"Come, Xiao San, let's return to the camp."
"Wang Sheng, what are you doing here?"
When Yu Xiaogang called for Tang San, he noticed a circle of yellow soul rings around Su Mo. After retracting his Martial Spirit, Wang Sheng revealed his true appearance. Frowning, Tang San asked:
"I..."
Hearing Tang San's question, Wang Sheng opened his mouth.
At first, he had been delighted to help when he saw that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were in danger.
But he hadn't expected Su Mo to "accidentally" kill the Mandrake Snake.
This act had triggered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San's suspicion and discontent.
Would Tang San really believe that he and Su Mo had deliberately killed the Mandrake Snake they had wanted?
Wang Sheng felt a little uncomfortable.
In his view, Su Mo had killed it accidentally.
Because at first, he had launched the first soul skill, Battle Tiger Shaking the Earth, striking the Mandrake Snake, and only then had Su Mo rushed over.
Since the snake's body was sideways when Su Mo attacked,
His Martial Spirit, the Tree of Life Staff, hit the Mandrake Snake in the eye due to the angle.
If the snake hadn't been lying sideways,
Su Mo would've struck its head instead.
But he hadn't expected that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, due to their resentment toward Su Mo, would believe the kill had been intentional.
That actually made Wang Sheng a bit angry.
Because if he and Su Mo hadn't acted,
Yu Xiaogang and Tang San might've been devoured by the Mandrake Snake.
Unexpectedly, not only were Tang San and Yu Xiaogang ungrateful, they even suspected malice in their help.
Thinking about it, Wang Sheng no longer felt sympathy for Tang San—in fact, he felt some anger. He directly said:
"Last night, I broke through the tenth level. Master Su Mo happened to be taking Xiao Wu to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt soul beasts, so he brought me along."
After hearing Wang Sheng's reply, Tang San frowned even more.
In his view, Wang Sheng was part of Dorm Seven and had already acknowledged him as the leader.
Knowing there was bad blood between him and Su Mo, yet still hanging out with him—it was a betrayal!
And if Wang Sheng hadn't scared off the Mandrake Snake with his soul skill,
He would've already dealt with it himself and wouldn't have needed their help.
In short, believing he could have handled the Mandrake Snake, and harboring resentment against Su Mo, Tang San refused to believe Su Mo had saved him and Yu Xiaogang.
"Master Su Mo! It seems Xiao Wu has disappeared!"
But just as he answered Tang San, Wang Sheng suddenly realized that Xiao Wu was missing and quickly informed Su Mo.
"Xiao Wu's gone?"
Hearing Wang Sheng, Su Mo looked surprised—but of course, he had already noticed Xiao Wu sneaking off earlier when he and Wang Sheng rushed toward the source of the commotion caused by Yu Xiaogang's soul skill.
"Xiao Wu's missing?"
Upon hearing that, Tang San was also startled and asked with concern.
Even though he'd only met Xiao Wu once, for some reason, hearing of her disappearance made him feel uneasy and worried.
But Su Mo ignored him, frowned, and said to Wang Sheng:
"It's nighttime. Xiao Wu lost us. We have to find her quickly, or she could be in danger."
"Then let's go look for Xiao Wu, Master Su Mo!"
Wang Sheng replied urgently.
Su Mo had helped him hunt a hundred-year-old soul beast for his first soul ring, so Wang Sheng was very grateful.
Xiao Wu was Su Mo's adopted sister, and Wang Sheng didn't want anything to happen to her—he would feel terrible for Su Mo.
"Alright, let's go!"
Su Mo nodded solemnly and immediately dashed in the direction Xiao Wu had gone.
Wang Sheng quickly followed.
"Master, let's go have a look!"
Seeing Su Mo and Wang Sheng leave, Tang San said to Yu Xiaogang:
"Then... let's go have a look too."
Hearing Tang San, Yu Xiaogang hesitated.
Because of the special limitations of his Martial Spirit, Luo Sanpao, each of its abilities could only be used three times in a short period.
He had already used up three uses of two abilities.
At first, he wanted to refuse Tang San's suggestion to follow them.
But then he thought—as long as they stayed close to Su Mo, there shouldn't be any danger.
And he didn't want to look cowardly in front of his disciple either.
Wouldn't that ruin his image?
So, after some thought, Yu Xiaogang agreed to go with Tang San.
Thus, as Su Mo and Wang Sheng rushed back to find Xiao Wu,
Tang San and Yu Xiaogang quickly caught up.
The group then began searching the Soul Hunting Forest for Xiao Wu.
However, after over an hour of searching—before they found her—Xiao Wu found them!
"Are you looking for me?"
After they had been searching for a while, Xiao Wu appeared out of nowhere with a surprised expression and curiously asked if they were all looking for her.
Everyone: "..."
"Xiao Wu, where were you? Why did you suddenly disappear just now?"
Seeing Xiao Wu return, Su Mo frowned slightly and asked:
"Well... When you and Wang Sheng rushed off toward the yellow smoke, you were too fast. I couldn't keep up, so I got lost."
"But by accident, I found a wounded Soft Bone Rabbit that had cultivated for hundreds of years. I killed it and absorbed its soul ring, so I was delayed."
Xiao Wu stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, fidgeting with her index fingers as she explained.
Then she summoned her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Spirit and showed Su Mo the 100-year soul ring she had "absorbed."
"You're so lucky!"
Upon hearing that Xiao Wu had unexpectedly encountered and absorbed a 100-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit soul ring, Wang Sheng felt envious.
That same day, Su Mo had helped both him and Xiao Wu in the forest.
He had found a 200-year-old Earth-Shaking Tiger for Wang Sheng.
Now that Xiao Wu also had a 100-year soul ring—and so did he—
Tang San suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
For some reason, he didn't want to fall behind in front of Xiao Wu.
Even Wang Sheng had a 100-year soul ring, so if he didn't get one too,
It would be humiliating!
Likewise, to train Tang San into a high-level Titled Douluo and prove his own worth as a Martial Soul theorist,
Yu Xiaogang also wanted perfection—he wanted Tang San's first soul ring to be a 100-year one.
After all, soul ring configuration was extremely important for soul masters.
Among all the Titled Douluo Yu Xiaogang knew, none had poor soul ring configurations.
While that didn't mean you couldn't become a Titled Douluo with weaker rings,
Yu Xiaogang didn't want to take any risks!
"Alright, since you're safe, let's go back to camp."
Seeing that Xiao Wu had returned safely, Su Mo couldn't help but pat her little head, pretending to be helpless, then prepared to take Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng back to the previous camp.
Seeing Su Mo preparing to leave, Yu Xiaogang opened his mouth, wanting to ask him to help hunt a soul beast for Tang San.
But recalling his grudge and his earlier complaint about the Mandrake Snake's death—
Regardless of whether Su Mo had done it on purpose,
It was now impossible to ask him for help again.
So in the end, Yu Xiaogang sighed silently and said nothing. Instead,
He led Tang San away, heading back to their own camp.
Tomorrow, he would continue helping Tang San find a suitable 100-year soul beast!
On the other hand, as they left,
Su Mo couldn't help but glance at Tang San and Yu Xiaogang with a faint, mischievous smile.
Killing the Mandrake Snake "accidentally" wasn't the only part of his plan!
Besides killing it, Su Mo also planned to prepare an ideal 100-year soul beast for Tang San.
At present, Su Mo had already sent out many birds as scouts and had found a perfect 100-year-old snake soul beast for Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
Tomorrow, he would let it "coincidentally" encounter them!
So Tang San could absorb the ring from this beast—prepared by Su Mo himself.
When Su Mo was out "searching" for Xiao Wu, he secretly planted several Seeds of Original Sin, condensed from the Fallen Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Spirit's emotional control ability, into Yu Xiaogang's body!
These Seeds of Original Sin were seeds of Pride, Envy, and Wrath!
Tomorrow, those seeds would help Su Mo complete his plan to harm Tang San—and even to separate him from Yu Xiaogang!
(End of Chapter)