Let You Hang in Limbo Someday Too! Clear Sky Sect Secret Techniques

Ever since waking up, Qian Chengxiao had been unable to process anything—not even Tang Yuehua, sitting beside him with a flushed face as she drank her porridge.

He simply sat there blankly beside Tang Yuehua, staring at the breakfast before him in a daze.

What exactly had happened last night?

Why had he gotten so drunk?

Why did Little Steam Girl know nothing whenever he asked, and why did she turn into Steam Girl and nearly faint whenever he questioned her?

Why had Little Steam Girl's first words upon waking this morning been those words?

Why was she tired? Where was she tired? And why was she tired?

Why had the way Little Steam Girl looked at him changed, becoming somewhat greedy?

And why did she keep glancing at his stomach from time to time?

Whether she was looking at his stomach or somewhere else, Qian Chengxiao and Tang Yuehua both knew perfectly well.

At that moment, Qian Chengxiao had turned into a hundred thousand whys.

"H-Husband, why... why aren't you eating?"

Tang Yuehua, who had shyly finished her breakfast beside Qian Chengxiao, looked at him sitting there in a daze like a fool and asked softly.

"Yuehua, what exactly happened last night?"

Upon hearing Qian Chengxiao's question, Tang Yuehua's already flushed cheeks instantly turned even redder, and it seemed as if steam was about to rise from her Little Head.

"N-Nothing happened!"

"Nothing happened last night..."

"I definitely didn't wipe your body down, and I definitely didn't..."

"Mm~"

Just as she reached the crucial point, Tang Yuehua seemed to realize that she had let something slip. She hurriedly covered her face with both hands, not daring to look at him.

Qian Chengxiao, seated beside Tang Yuehua, was rendered speechless once more by her reaction.

Ancestor, you really are my little ancestor!

With the way you're protesting too much, not a word you say is convincing.

And most importantly...

Miss, you got to the crucial part. Why did you stop there?

Either say it or don't say it.

You've got me hanging in limbo like this. It's killing me.

Little Lass, just wait. Someday, I'll let you experience what it feels like to be left hanging too.

At that thought, Qian Chengxiao's inner gloom vanished, and the corners of his mouth curled upward.

Seeing Tang Yuehua acting like this, he knew that no matter how much he asked, he probably would not get anything out of her.

He might even embarrass the little lass into fainting.

"Brother-in-law, Brother-in-law!"

Just as Qian Chengxiao sorted through those matters, Tang Hao's voice sounded outside the door.

"Eat up. After you're done, Father will take us to practice the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique."

"Father said that ever since you came to the Clear Sky Sect, you've been diligently cultivating to improve your Soul Power. Seeing how hard you worked, he never taught you."

As he spoke, Tang Hao plopped down, grabbed a bun, and stuffed it into his mouth. He took huge bites as he continued, "Brother-in-law, practicing the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique is also greatly beneficial for tempering your Soul Power!"

"Once we're done eating, we'll go train."

"All right, I'll listen to Second Brother."

After hearing Tang Hao, Qian Chengxiao sat there and ate the little buns Tang Yuehua fed him. He smiled faintly at Tang Hao.

"..."

The meat bun that had tasted so delicious suddenly made Tang Hao feel full when he saw his little sister feeding Qian Chengxiao—and especially when he saw the lovestruck look in her eyes as she gazed at him.

The meat bun he was chewing suddenly became tasteless.

"Second Brother, Cheng Xiao is going to practice the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique. I want to go too."

"Go, go. Let's all go."

"You little girl, ever since you got a brother-in-law, you stopped caring about Big Brother and me."

"Ah, what has the world come to? What has the world come to?"

"A daughter married off is like water spilled away."

"That little girl who used to cling to Big Brother and me no longer wants either of us now that she has a little lover."

After hearing Tang Yuehua, Tang Hao put on an injured expression as he looked at her.

He had thought that his words, along with the deliberately sorrowful look on his face, would make his little sister feel guilty.

Instead, after Tang Yuehua heard him, she ignored him completely and picked up another soup dumpling, bringing it before Qian Chengxiao.

In a soft, sweet voice, she said, "Ah~"

"Husband, open your mouth."

"Is it good?"

Tang Yuehua watched as Qian Chengxiao obediently opened his mouth and swallowed the soup dumpling she had fed him in one bite, smiling at him happily.

"It's good. Really good."

Hearing Tang Yuehua's question and seeing the expectant look on her face, Qian Chengxiao smiled faintly. He reached out and pinched her small, adorable nose, his expression full of affection.

"Hehe~"

"If Husband likes it, Yuehua will feed you more."

"I love feeding Husband the most."

As Tang Yuehua spoke, she picked up another soup dumpling and fed it into his mouth.

The two acted lovey-dovey right in front of Tang Hao. One fed him, and the other opened his mouth to be fed.

"..."

Tang Hao looked at his sister. After hearing what he had said, she had focused entirely on feeding her little lover and had ignored him completely.

He had only been pretending to be hurt before, but seeing this scene, he was genuinely wounded.

He wanted his little sister to be happy, but he did not want her to be this happy.

Watching the two of them fawn over each other in front of him felt worse than killing him.

Finally, after half an incense stick's worth of time, Tang Yuehua and Qian Chengxiao, who had been snuggling sweetly together, finished their sugary breakfast.

Tang Hao, sitting across from Tang Yuehua and Qian Chengxiao, wore an expression uglier than constipation.

"Second Brother, what's wrong?"

"Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

After Tang Yuehua and Qian Chengxiao finished their sweet breakfast, they finally noticed that there was apparently another person here.

When Tang Yuehua saw Tang Hao's constipated expression, she blinked her innocent, wide eyes at him, looking utterly blameless.

"..."

"I'm fine. I just ate too much and got a stitch in my side."

Hearing Tang Yuehua's question, Tang Hao gritted his teeth and forced the words out of his throat.

"Since you're fine, let's hurry and find Father."

"Didn't Father say he was going to teach Cheng Xiao the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique?"

As soon as Tang Hao finished speaking, Tang Yuehua grabbed Qian Chengxiao's hand and ran toward the door, speaking to herself as she dragged him away.

"Second Brother..."

Being pulled along by Tang Yuehua, Qian Chengxiao turned back and looked helplessly at Tang Hao, who sat at the table with an expression that kept changing by the second.

Thump, thump.

Hearing Qian Chengxiao call to him, Tang Hao raised his head. Seeing the helplessness in Qian Chengxiao's eyes, he clenched his hand into a fist and thumped his chest twice.

He then raised an eyebrow at Qian Chengxiao, pointed at him, and said, "Good brother, you don't need to say it. I understand!"

"Brotherhood is held in the heart!"

Seeing Tang Hao like that and hearing his final words, Qian Chengxiao silently added in his heart, If you're my brother, come chop me down.

Led by Tang Hao, Qian Chengxiao and Tang Yuehua made their way from the Clear Sky Sect to the sect's Back Mountain.

"If you'd come any later, it'd be time for lunch!"

Tang Tian laughed heartily as he watched Qian Chengxiao and Tang Yuehua approach behind Tang Hao.

"???"

Tang Hao had already prepared himself to be scolded. After all, Father hated people who were not punctual.

And they had arrived so late. He had expected Father to fly into a rage.

Yet after Tang Hao brought Tang Yuehua and Qian Chengxiao here, he saw the smile on his father's face and his father's cheerful mood, leaving him completely dumbfounded.

So in the end, he was the clown.

He had originally planned to shield his little sister and brother-in-law from the blame, but seeing the smile on Father's face, he instantly felt terrible.

In the end, he was the outsider.

Seeing the proud, satisfied look in his father's eyes as he gazed at Qian Chengxiao, Tang Hao felt even more wounded.

Father, my dear old father, Hao'er is your biological son.

But now you've made it seem like I'm the one you picked up somewhere.

This was a world where the whole family was happy, and only he was hurt.

"You brat, what are you spacing out for?!"

"Come on, watch as I demonstrate the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique once more, as well as our Clear Sky Sect's secret technique—the Great Sumeru Hammer!"

"And since Cheng Xiao has yet to learn our Clear Sky Sect's secret technique, Ring Detonation, I'll teach you both the secret method of Ring Detonation this time as well."

At that, Tang Tian looked at Qian Chengxiao and Tang Hao with a stern expression. "Remember this: unless you have absolutely no other choice and stand at the brink of life and death, never use Ring Detonation."

"Do you understand?"

Tang Hao, who had been immersed in his own wounded little world, had his eyes light up slightly upon hearing Tang Tian's words.

The Great Sumeru Hammer! That's the Great Sumeru Hammer, the Clear Sky Sect's strongest offensive secret technique.

Combined with the secret method of Ring Detonation, its attack power is absolutely insane!

Qian Chengxiao, standing beside Tang Yuehua, also had his eyes light up slightly when he heard Tang Tian mention the Clear Sky Sect's secret method of Ring Detonation.

If I had mastered Ring Detonation back then, along with that final bloom, I definitely could have perished together with that bastard Tang San.

With Ring Detonation, he would gain another trump card.

The Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique and Great Sumeru Hammer were secondary reasons for his coming to the Clear Sky Sect.

The secret method of Ring Detonation was one of his true goals.

And now, before he even had to ask, Tang Tian was already handing it to him.

Furthermore, Tang Yuehua was now completely his.

And he had already become friends with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao. If those two put on an act with him, he could play along too.

At the very least, Tang Hao's entire family was very satisfied with him now.

In a few years, those two brothers would probably go out to gain experience and encounter A Yin.

For him to go out and gain experience alongside the Tang Hao brothers, he needed to raise his Soul Power to at least Soul King within the next two or three years.

Just as Qian Chengxiao settled on his next goal, he felt pain at the back of his head.

"What are you two brats thinking about? I've been talking here for ages, and neither of you gave me any reaction at all. What's that supposed to mean?"

Seeing Qian Chengxiao and Tang Hao zoning out, Tang Tian immediately flared up. He walked over and gave each of them a knock on the back of the head.

"Huh?"

Tang Hao, having received a knock on the head from Tang Tian, raised his head and looked at Tang Tian with a face full of question marks.

As for Qian Chengxiao, he came back to his senses and looked at Tang Tian apologetically. "Father-in-law, I'm sorry. I was thinking of Chihiro Ji."

"As long as I work hard and become stronger, I can avenge my parents."

"Good child, don't rush. Take things steadily, and we will definitely destroy Spirit Hall."

Hearing Qian Chengxiao's words, Tang Tian reached out and patted him on the shoulder in consolation.

Then, seeing Tang Hao looking at him with a bewildered expression, Tang Tian irritably gave Tang Hao another knock on the forehead.

"..."

You biased old bastard. Am I your son, or is he your son?

Didn't you forbid Big Brother and me from going out to gain experience? Just wait, old bastard.

Once I become a Soul Emperor, Big Brother and I will run off to gain experience. We won't come back, and we'll anger you to death.

After being treated differently once again, Tang Hao silently schemed in his heart.

"All right, you two brats, watch carefully."

"Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique!"

As Tang Tian took out the Haotian Hammer, Qian Chengxiao still felt an oppressive pressure from it even though Tang Tian had not released his Soul Power pressure.

Qian Chengxiao narrowed his eyes as he watched the nine Soul Rings beneath Tang Tian's feet—two yellow, two purple, and five black.

The oppressive force Qian Chengxiao felt from Tang Tian indicated that Tang Tian's Soul Power had to be at least level ninety-two or ninety-three.

Qian Chengxiao's eyes flickered slightly as he watched Tang Tian perform the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.

"You two brats, watch closely! This is the Great Sumeru Hammer after eighty-one strikes of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique!!!"

Following Tang Tian's roar, he swung his hammer viciously forward.

As that hammer strike blasted out, a black dragon dozens of meters long surged toward the trees ahead.

Wherever the Black Dragon passed, not a blade of grass remained. Every tree was shattered, and a deep scar was left in the ground.

Although Tang Hao had seen it once before, his eyes were still filled with excitement when he watched Father use the Great Sumeru Hammer again.

A real man should swing a giant hammer!

Father looks unbelievably cool swinging that huge hammer!

As for Qian Chengxiao, seeing the power of Tang Tian's strike, to be honest, he felt nothing.

After all, this had nowhere near the appeal of Ring Detonation for him.

Still, in the early stages, this secret technique was a pretty good trump card.

And most importantly, Qian Chengxiao glanced at Tang Hao beside him, who had turned into Tang Tian's little fangirl—no, fanboy—and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Since Tang Hao had already become Tang Tian's little fanboy, it would be far too unreasonable if he did not put on a proper performance.

Thus, Qian Chengxiao, standing beside Tang Hao, immediately became Tang Tian's little fanboy as well. His eyes shone as he looked at Tang Tian with utter admiration.

Anyone who did not know better, judging only by Tang Hao and Qian Chengxiao's expressions, would definitely pick Qian Chengxiao if they had to choose which one was the fanboy.

Tang Hao had merely become Tang Tian's little fanboy, while Qian Chengxiao's performance was that of a crazed, die-hard fanboy.

After Tang Tian finished using the Great Sumeru Hammer, he turned to look at the expressions on Tang Hao and Qian Chengxiao's faces.

When Tang Tian saw Qian Chengxiao transformed into an ardent fanboy, he felt immensely pleased with himself.

Haha, this old man's charm hasn't faded in the slightest.

Just a little display in front of you brat, and I've already won you over.