Tang Hao, Master of Changing Faces (Seeking Readership)

Zhu Ming continued, "Yichen personally tested this. The first time you take it, use lower-year Whale Rubber, such as a few decades or a century old. Add a little to your meals when cooking, then combine it with proper exercise, and the so-called side effects won't appear."

"Once your body gradually adapts, you can increase the dosage or even absorb it directly. That is the most efficient way to improve your physique."

As Zhu Ming explained, Zhu Zhuqing also walked over to the two of them.

Zhu Ming said, "Zhuyun, while you haven't reached level thirty yet, you can take some during this period. That way, the age of your Third Soul Ring can also be higher."

"Father, Sister has already reached level thirty Soul Power. She just told me," Zhu Zhuqing said at the right moment.

Zhu Ming: .

Zhu Zhuyun nodded somewhat helplessly. "Yes, Father. I was chatting with Zhuqing in my room while waiting for you to return because I wanted to tell you that I'd reached level thirty. I wanted to ask when would be appropriate to go to the Royal Soul Hunting Forest or the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring, and hear your opinion."

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Ming said, "How about this? Having you directly absorb thousand-year Whale Rubber right now is too risky, but you can start directly absorbing Whale Rubber that is only a few decades old. For the next few days, I'll have the kitchen add some thousand-year Whale Rubber to your meals. Once I'm done with my work in a few days, I'll personally take you to obtain your Third Soul Ring!"

Zhu Zhuqing silently remained to the side, blinking her big eyes as she looked at her father. Her father had seemed a little different since returning. He had become much more talkative!

Zhu Zhuqing was not the only one who noticed it; Zhu Zhuyun did as well. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Father, it isn't quite appropriate for you to be like this. As for Second Sister..."

Zhu Zhuyun stopped there. She had already learned from the diary why her father had gone to the palace today, and she had also guessed the reason for the change in his attitude and behavior. He was happy, wasn't he?

"Ahem." Zhu Ming coughed twice to conceal his embarrassment. Zhu Zhuyun could not be allowed to know about that plan yet. He had gotten a little too excited, completely lacking the calm composure a duke ought to have!

Who could understand the feelings of an old father who could only watch his three daughters grow further and further apart each day, powerless to do anything?

Although Zhuyun and Zhuqing were close now, it was only temporary.

Before Zhuyu underwent Martial Soul Awakening, the two sisters had been just as close.

Zhu Ming quickly composed himself and said flatly, "Naturally, I will not favor one over another. All three of you sisters will have a share. Enough of this. I still have much to do, so I'll get back to work first."

Watching her father's retreating back, Zhu Zhuyun could not help but smile. It did not look like he was going to handle official affairs at all. It looked more like he was fleeing in defeat.

But she was used to it. Her father was somewhat insincere. In private, he cared deeply about all three sisters, but because of that system, he was not allowed to show greater closeness to any one of them. Otherwise, it would certainly provoke the dissatisfaction of the other two. It was difficult for him as well.

Zhu Zhuyun also rubbed Zhu Zhuqing's head. If Zhuqing began taking Whale Rubber now, then when the time came, the age of her First Soul Ring would probably exceed six or seven hundred years.

At that moment, the diary before their eyes continued.

Tang San's precocious and strange behavior since childhood might have escaped Ah Yin's notice, blinded as she was by love, but as a Titled Douluo powerhouse, Tang Hao had probably noticed some clues as well.

At such a young age, Tang San washed clothes, cooked, and took care of his father because of his circumstances. That could still be considered fairly normal. But he openly went to the Back Mountain to cultivate every day. Unless Tang Hao was an idiot, he could probably see that something was wrong. Tang San calculated everything, yet never imagined that his father was actually one of the powerhouses of this world.

I remember that, in the beginning, Tang Hao had not planned to let Tang San undergo Martial Soul Awakening at all. Over the years, he had not taught him any knowledge related to Martial Souls either. It was only a few days before the awakening, when Old Jack came to persuade him and pointed at Tang Hao's nose to curse him out, that Tang Hao finally reluctantly agreed. Perhaps he also wanted to use the Martial Soul to see whether this was truly his son.

Yet Tang San's response to Old Jack's kindness was rather chilling. Old Jack clearly meant well for Tang San, but Tang San still stood in front of Tang Hao protectively and said with great coldness that this was his father, and Old Jack had no right to criticize him. He even said that he would not go through Martial Soul Awakening.

Perhaps it was because of Tang San's actions that Tang Hao felt a trace of sympathy and decided to take a gamble. Otherwise, how could a Titled Douluo be persuaded by a village chief with no Soul Power at all?

After the awakening ended, Tang San released his First Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass, before Tang Hao. At that instant, Tang Hao's expression was extremely cold, and he immediately turned to return to his room. At that time, he had probably concluded that this was not his child.

After all, according to the theory of Martial Soul inheritance, Tang San should have awakened Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul. Tang Hao still had his pride. Between the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Grass, he had his own judgment as to which possessed the higher quality. Perhaps if Tang San had directly awakened the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, he would not have been so cold.

But after being with Ah Yin for so long, he had learned some secrets concerning the Blue Silver Clan. There could only be one Blue Silver Emperor in this world. Only when the current Blue Silver Emperor died or voluntarily abdicated could a new generation of Blue Silver Emperor be born. In other words, he had known from the start that his son could not possibly awaken the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.

Then the only possibility was the Clear Sky Hammer. Even if it was a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul containing the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, its quality could not possibly compare to the Clear Sky Hammer in his eyes. The Clear Sky Hammer was the Number One Tool Martial Soul in the world!

That left only one possibility: Tang Hao suspected that Tang San might not be his child, that he had most likely been cuckolded! But he never considered that Ah Yin had been with no one but him at the time. He was merely being suspicious and imagining things.

However, when Tang San said that he had a Second Martial Soul and displayed the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul in his hand, Tang Hao immediately demonstrated what it meant to change faces. He directly pulled Tang San into a tight embrace, murmuring that he truly was his son. His attitude before and after could not have been more different!

He even told his son, "In the future, you must use the hammer in your left hand to protect the grass in your right." I had thought that was so moving at the time. But his next sentence nearly made me lose it. He actually said, "Little San, unless it is absolutely necessary, you must never reveal your hammer Martial Soul in front of anyone else!"