After a whole day, Xiao Wu felt extremely upset!
It was one thing for Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai to speak ill of Da Ming and Er Ming, but even… Third Brother was doing the same.
And in his words, there was a lingering resentment, a bitterness that seemed to reach the bone.
Back during their trip through the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Wu being captured by the Titan Ape had always been a sore point for Tang San. Even though it had been over half a year, every time Tang San thought of it, he would complain about his own lack of strength, unable to bring Xiao Wu absolute safety.
Tang San had no particular feeling toward the Martial Soul Hall, but this time, their actions gave him immense satisfaction, as if he himself had killed the Titan Ape.
Xiao Wu's young heart had already been pierced by arrows of worry, yet the others continued discussing the matter.
"Leader Dai, who do you think will get the Titan Ape's soul ring?" Ma Hongjun asked.
Dai Mubai shook his head thoughtfully. "How would I know? In any case, this Titan Ape was captured by the Martial Soul Hall's chief, so it must be prepared for someone the chief favors."
Oscar nodded. "I'm starting to envy that person."
"Xiao Wu, why are you still so gloomy?" Ning Rongrong looked at Xiao Wu beside her. This sister had seemed off since the beginning.
Faced with Ning Rongrong's repeated questioning, Xiao Wu grew uneasy, her rabbit fur almost standing on end!
"Nothing. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first," Xiao Wu shook her head.
Ning Rongrong watched Xiao Wu leave in a hurry and nodded suspiciously. "Xiao Wu must be hiding something from us…"
That was Ning Rongrong's conclusion.
After leaving Tang San and the others' sight, Xiao Wu began to run, moving quickly. Once she reached a deserted part of the forest, she began to cry aloud:
"Why? Why is everyone speaking ill of Da Ming and Er Ming? They were innocent! The Martial Soul Hall ambushed them, yet they are blamed… Why? Rongrong, Leader Dai, it's one thing for them, but why even Third Brother…"
Xiao Wu buried her head, sitting alone under a tree, gazing at the sky. Her eyes were red and swollen, clearly having just cried.
"Little girl, do you know why Third Brother speaks that way?"
A sudden, aged voice echoed from the forest, bringing Xiao Wu a slight sense of clarity. She sprang up from under the tree, face full of panic and shock.
"Who? Who is speaking to me?" Xiao Wu looked around cautiously, but no one could be seen.
"From the perspective of a soul master, I should imprison you now. When Third Brother needs you, that would also be the time of your death."
Tang Hao, clad in black robes covering his whole body, concealed his severed right arm from Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu's face turned pale, trembling. At that moment, she was just a small bunny with no strength to resist.
"Y…you are… who? I… I don't know… what are you talking about?" Xiao Wu tensed, not daring to meet Tang Hao's gaze.
Tang Hao remained expressionless. "From the perspective of a father, I would not do such a thing."
He reined in his aura and looked at Xiao Wu.
"You… who are you really?" Xiao Wu lifted her head to glance at Tang Hao, then lowered it again.
"Tang Hao," he said.
"Tang… Hao? You… you are Third Brother's father?"
Xiao Wu froze slightly. The name seemed familiar; she had some memory of it.
Suddenly, she recalled letters always accompanying Tang San, which mentioned Tang San's father, Tang Hao.
"Little girl, I have to say you're quite bold. Even in your formative stage, you dared to come to the human world. Fortunately, you met me. If it had been another封号斗罗 at that time, you would have died long ago." Tang Hao stared at Xiao Wu intently, feeling conflicted.
As Tang Hao had mentioned, this hundred-thousand-year soul beast, the Soft-Boned Rabbit, was still in its youth. Killing it would only release its soul rings and bones.
Normally, Tang Hao would consider Xiao Wu an essential part of Tang San's future growth. Ten-thousand-year soul rings and bones could not be wasted!
From a father's perspective, he could also see that his son had already developed feelings for Xiao Wu, though he expressed it as a "brother-sister" illusion.
This explained why Dai Mubai and the others occasionally teased Tang San as stiff and inflexible. Indeed, Tang San was a blockhead.
In his previous life as a Tang Sect disciple, Tang San had focused on hidden weapons and stealing cultivation techniques, leaving no time for romance.
Now, reborn, Tang San was tasting love for the first time, still a novice!
"You… you are going to take me away?" Xiao Wu sighed softly, giving up resistance.
"Why would I take you away?" Tang Hao countered.
"Because I'm a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Humans would do anything to get a suitable soul ring, right?" Xiao Wu's eyes were red. As a soul beast, she knew humans all too well.
The Titan Ape and Sky-Blue Bull Python's capture had already devastated her. Now, it seemed her turn had come.
"Heh heh heh…"
Tang Hao laughed coldly. "The Martial Soul Hall! Such grand schemes! Sending all out to capture the Sky-Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape, boasting about it while recruiting tens of thousands of soul masters…"
Both the Titan Ape and Sky-Blue Bull Python were hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. Their capture pained Tang Hao as well.
Partly for personal revenge against the Martial Soul Hall, partly for the grudge between Haotian Sect and the Martial Soul Hall. His wife's matter had always been a sore spot, tied to the Martial Soul Hall.
"Is my life destined to never see revenge?" Tang Hao murmured, gazing at the captured soul rings and bones. But fortunately, fate remained fair. A hundred-thousand-year soul beast—Xiao Wu—still stood alive before him.
Tang Hao observed Xiao Wu for a while. The young soul beast feared he might take her away.
After some time, Tang Hao lowered his head, shook it, and sighed bitterly. "I am unworthy as a father. I have not considered my son's feelings."
Ultimately, Tang Hao abandoned the plan to capture Xiao Wu. If his son knew, he would surely resent him.
"Little girl, do you know? Tang San's mother… was also a hundred-thousand-year soul beast," Tang Hao said with difficulty.
"What? Third Brother's mother was also…"
Xiao Wu covered her mouth in disbelief. It was hard to imagine her elder brother having soul beast blood.
"When I was with her mother, she had already matured. And you, little girl, are quite bold." Tang Hao glanced at Xiao Wu and sighed. His involvement with a soul beast was one thing, but now his son too? Xiao Wu felt uneasy and lowered her head in guilt.
Then, slowly shaking her head, she asked Tang Hao, "Uncle… how did you see through my identity?"
Ordinarily, only a封号斗罗 could see through such things. As a hundred-thousand-year soul beast disguised as a human, only Tang San and those familiar with her knew. Tang Hao was an exception.
During the Star Dou Great Forest trip, when Xiao Wu escaped the Titan Ape and inexplicably gained a third soul ring, she had to explain at length. Fortunately, the situation was urgent, and everyone just wanted to leave the forest.
"Could it be… you are a封号斗罗?" Xiao Wu was shocked again.
Tang Hao neither nodded nor shook his head, tacitly confirming it.
"Uncle, can you help me?" Xiao Wu pleaded sincerely, tears in her eyes.
Seeing this, Tang Hao shook his head decisively. "Little girl, I know what you mean. You want to rescue the Sky-Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape? You know them?"
"I grew up with Da Ming and Er Ming. We were close. But the Martial Soul Hall…" Xiao Wu gritted her teeth. Her face twisted. "They cruelly captured Da Ming and Er Ming! How could they do this?"
As a soul beast familiar with them, she could not understand why humans had to hunt soul beasts.
"Why shouldn't they?"
Tang Hao's words left Xiao Wu stunned.
"Little girl, you haven't grasped what I said. Soul masters need soul rings to cultivate. Naturally, hunting soul beasts is essential. If I had the strength, I would personally take Third Brother to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt the Sky-Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape when the time came. That is human nature. From my perspective, the Martial Soul Hall did nothing wrong—they need soul rings, so hunting is necessary."
Xiao Wu fell silent, her hands weakly clenching. So Da Ming and Er Ming would…
Tang Hao sighed. "I advise you not to oppose the Martial Soul Hall. Not for yourself, but for Third Brother."
"Third Brother?" Xiao Wu looked up in confusion. "How does this concern him?"
"Can't you see? Third Brother… likes you," Tang Hao said.
"Third Brother… likes me? But… we are like siblings!" Xiao Wu blushed and shook her head.
"You have no blood relation. And growing up together, you could be considered childhood sweethearts."
Tang Hao continued, "That's why Third Brother criticized Da Ming and Er Ming. It was for your sake. Half a year ago, when the Titan Ape captured you, have you considered Third Brother's feelings? He always treated you like a true little sister. Now the Titan Ape is gone, his resentment is mostly resolved."
Xiao Wu fell silent again.
Seeing this, Tang Hao pressed on. "Remember my words today. Use your abilities according to your capacity, not chasing unrealistic fantasies. Otherwise, you'll only harm yourself."
In other words, the Sky-Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape's soul rings and bones were lost to others.
Even Tang Hao himself might not be able to change that. And as the one-armed Tang Hao, having lost a soul bone, he was only a Soul Douluo at level eighty-nine, posing no threat to the Martial Soul Hall.
He could only live on, placing hope in his son.
After Xiao Wu left, Tang Hao shook his head. "I truly hope you and my son do not get involved. Humans and soul beasts… seldom end well."
Tang Hao and A-Yin were a living example.
Xiao Wu returned home, unable to eat or focus, still plotting how to rescue the Sky-Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape. Tang Hao had underestimated their bond.
"Da Ming, Er Ming, I will definitely save you!"
Alone in the wooden cabin, Xiao Wu silently vowed.
…
Five days later, on the bustling streets of Tian Dou City, Zhou Sidong, wearing a straw hat, entered the city quietly.
"Finally home." Zhou Sidong had returned from the Martial Soul Hall without incident.
First, he took a secret passage to Qian Renxue's mansion. Having been away for nearly a month, he wondered if his mother missed him.
In the hall, Bibi Dong sat with legs crossed, holding a sulky Xiao An. Since Bibi Dong arrived, Xiao An had never had a peaceful day.
Having lived in the Star Dou Great Forest for ten thousand years, Xiao An had seen many soul beasts: fierce, gentle, timid.
But this woman was simply terrifying.
Bibi Dong stroked the cat with one hand and observed the Martial Soul Hall's events with the other.
"Nana did not disappoint me. The Martial Soul Hall is well managed. Truly the heir I chose," she said, burning a letter and standing slowly.
"Click~"
The mural on the wall moved!
Bibi Dong had just thought to leave with Xiao An, when a familiar figure appeared, making her change her mind.
"Meow~~"
Xiao An: (;）
This woman was terrifying!
"Mom, I'm back…" Zhou Sidong entered the hall, seeing his mother's slightly stern face first.
His heart skipped a beat as he glanced at the cowering Xiao An under the desk.
"Meow~" (Good luck, buddy.) Xiao An's final words, then it leapt onto the roof, relieved.
"Mom, g…good morning!"
"Morning?" Bibi Dong flashed to her son, patting his shoulder, smiling ambiguously. "Playing big, huh? You captured the Sky-Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape."
"Mom! I… let me explain!"
Zhou Sidong swallowed and collapsed into a chair.
An angry mother was terrifying. Bibi Dong was now in full alert!
"How did you promise me to only capture the Evil Orc Whale King? I thought Xue would accompany you. And yet… the Sky-Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape?"
Zhou Sidong smiled awkwardly. "Uh… it was on the way, just happened…"
"On the way?"
Bibi Dong's forehead veins bulged. "If I went to Tian Dou City on the way to see you and Xue, should I also have killed the Snow Night Emperor?"
Only Bibi Dong could say that.
"Mom, be careful what you say!"
"Careful? I just said it. That emperor… I don't even care."
On Douluo Continent, power is the only truth.
To Bibi Dong, already at peak Soul Master level, a nation was insignificant.
"Mom, are you angry?"
It was Zhou Sidong's first time seeing his mother angry.
"Angry? Am I?" Bibi Dong smiled.
Zhou Sidong noticed her hand pressing harder on his shoulder.
"You're not hurt, right?"
She scrutinized him carefully.
"I'm fine. The Sky-Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape are strong, but not unbeatable. Don't forget, Xue and I can perform the Martial Soul Fusion Technique."
"That's good. Don't be so reckless in the future. Always discuss with me first. With my strength, handling the Sky-Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape is more than enough," Bibi Dong instructed.
"Noted," Zhou Sidong felt warmth in his heart.
"Putting the Sky-Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape into the Martial Soul Hall was a wise move. Since then, 25,478 free soul masters have joined us, and there are still many strong ones," Bibi Dong said proudly.
"I bet the Tian Dou and Xing Luo royal families are jealous, and so are the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect…" Zhou Sidong smiled.
"Recently, Xue said the Snow Night Emperor was still furious, even coughing blood. I hope he dies from anger! Then Xue can inherit the throne, completing her mission," Bibi Dong said with regret.
"By the way, besides capturing the Evil Orc Whale King, Sky-Blue Bull Python, and Titan Ape, you must have other gains, right? Other soul beasts?" Bibi Dong knew her son too well.
Zhou Sidong nodded. "Yes, the Guardian Sea Soul Beast of Sea God Island, the ten-thousand-year Great White Shark King, the nearly ten-thousand-year three-headed Ant Emperor, and…"
He glanced at Xiao An on the beam. "I brought you a brother. No… that's you!"
Xiao An: (Д)ノ
It leapt down, landing steadily.
Knowing another version of itself existed, it was surprised they were about to meet.
"Excited? You'll soon meet your second self," Zhou Sidong said.
Xiao An: "Meow~" (Excited my foot, I'm going to lose favor! (=Д=))
Zhou Sidong: "..."
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