Coming Clean

At this moment, Xiao Wu realized that Tang San was actually Twin Martial Souls possessor who had inherited both his parents' Martial Soul.

"You've been keeping this from me all this time!"

The advice from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is still vivid in her mind, but she is still a little angry that Zhou Qing and Tang San both hid this from her.

Could it be that because I didn't tell them everything, they were also hiding something from me?

Really—

I'm a little annoyed!

"Now that we're not hiding it anymore, aren't we?" Tang San stopped hiding it at this moment not only because Zhou Qing had asked him to, but also because he felt that although Xiao Wu's identity was a mystery, she was sincere and trustworthy.

Moreover, if one is to achieve great things, the fact that Twin Martial Souls will inevitably be exposed sooner or later, so it is not unreasonable for the other members of the team to know about it in advance.

"Hmph, never mind. Actually, I also have something to hide from you." After much deliberation, Xiao Wu Sister Xiao Wu decided to reveal her identity as Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit in human form.

Tang San was dumbfounded, never expecting that Xiao Wu was actually a "demon" who had transformed into human form.

But Zhou Qing's focus was different. "That explains why you said the first six Soul Rings had to be from the Soft Bone Rabbit. It means you used your original Hundred-Thousand-Year of cultivation to condense Soul Ring and skills... So, your two younger brothers are also Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit?"

"No, they are Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python," Xiao Wu said. "My initial purpose in coming to the human world was actually to seek revenge on the person who killed my mother."

"And now?"

Zhou Qing asked, "I think you should understand why Soul Master pursue Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and your current cultivation is the same as that of humans."

"You can't take revenge with just the Soul Emperor title. To break through to the Titled Douluo Ninth Soul Ring, you need to hunt down Soul Beast to obtain your seventh, eighth, and ninth Soul Rings... The person who killed your mother must have been after her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, proving that their strength was at least at the Titled Douluo Soul Douluo. If your last three Soul Rings are not all Hundred-Thousand-Year, you may not be able to defeat them."

"When hunting Soul Beast, can you really bring yourself to do it?"

Xiao Wu snorted and said, "It doesn't matter. It's not like it was the Soft Bone Rabbit that died... Besides, maybe my father died at the hands of those Ferocious Beasts."

[Xiao Wu's father, the Xiao Wu who's going to experience life as a high-level Soul Beast... No wonder Xiao Wu didn't seem to care much about the lives of those Ferocious Beasts in the original series...]

"Okay, do you see yourself as a human or a Soul Beast now?" Zhou Qing wanted to truly ascertain Xiao Wu's thoughts at this moment.

"People."

Xiao Wu pondered for a moment, then uttered a single word, tinged with melancholy, and said, "When Soul Beast chooses to transform into human form, it can only walk the path of being human to the end, and can never return to its identity as Soul Beast."

"That's good."

Zhou Qing breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he had managed to rebuild Xiao Wu's values during this period.

"What if I said I was Soul Beast?" Xiao Wu was a little curious. If she thought she was Soul Beast, how would Zhou Qing treat her?

"Observe for a while longer. If you are going to harm humanity, we'll team up with Tang San to control you and use you as a research subject for human evolution. If that doesn't work, we'll kill you; your Soul Bone is quite delicious." Zhou Qing spoke frankly, and this was his attitude towards "non-humans."

In fact, he felt that his definition of "human" was already quite broad. As long as one considers oneself a human being on a mental level and does not harm others or disrupt people's production and lives without cause, one can be categorized as a "human being".

At least, this approach is much more inclusive than relying on bloodlines or races.

In his previous life, the country he lived in was a highly inclusive nation with dozens of ethnic groups. In short, it was a country that All Rivers Flow to the Sea and was magnanimous.

Rather than the barbaric Western approach of distinguishing races by skin color.

In the Douluo Continent, the distinction between races is not so obvious, perhaps due to ancient times; it's just that the world is not enlightened enough.

We must strive for all available resources, including Soul Beast.

Like Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Like Xiao Wu, a person who can take human form.

"You really want to kill me?" Xiao Wu pouted and glared at Tang San. "Is that what you're thinking too?"

Tang San's eyes darted away, and he turned his head away, not daring to look Xiao Wu in the eye.

Clearly, their thoughts were similar to Zhou Qing's.

After all, Tang San's relationship with Xiao Wu is not as close as it was in the original story. Although they are friends, if his friend were to lose her mind and betray humanity one day, he would have no choice but to put aside his own family for the greater good.

Unless Zhou Qing does the same.

He believed in Zhou Qing!

After all, if Zhou Qing ever had the idea of betraying humanity, there would only be one possibility: humanity is truly beyond saving.

Only then will he go along!

"Don't get agitated, Grandma Wu, we won't hide anything from you now," Zhou Qing reassured her.

"Yes, yes, we definitely won't hide it anymore," Tang San replied.

But in reality, both Zhou Qing and Tang San were hiding a secret:

He was born twice.

"Honestly, it's better to keep this from me." Xiao Wu snorted again, then realized what she meant, squinted at Zhou Qing, and asked, "What did you just call me? Grandma Wu? Am I that old?"

"You must be at least 100,000 years old, right?" Zhou Qing replied quite seriously. "Isn't it normal to call you grandma?"

"Wow, you've grown so much! Grandma Wu!" Tang San joked back, then—

Thump!

Xiao Wu suddenly threw a punch, which hit Tang San's right eye socket directly, as he had not yet recovered his Soul Power from the experimental Perception Qi Field and the Armament Qi Field, turning his right eye into a panda eye.

"Let me tell you! After Sister Xiao Wu transformed, her age according to human standards is only six years old this year. If we count the day she completes her transformation as one year old, then she'll be seven!"

Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips, glanced at Tang San who was covering his right eye socket, and then looked at Zhou Qing who had taken a big step back. She then reverted to the willful attitude she had when she first arrived at Dorm Seven, "From now on, call me Sister Xiao Wu! Do you hear me?"

Zhou Qing: "Okay, Grandma Wu!"

Tang San: "No problem, Grandma Wu!"

"You son of a bitch! You're asking for it!"

Xiao Wu darted out, startling Zhou Qing and Tang San, who hurriedly turned and fled into the woods.

"Don't run!"

"If you don't run, you'll get beaten up!"

"If you stop, I won't hit you!"

"I'd never believe you!"

Zhou Qing ran—

It felt like my feet were covered in ice; I was sliding incredibly fast!

Tang San escapes—

Despite the significant depletion of his Soul Power, he still used the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, fearing that his left eye socket would also turn black.

Xiao Wu Chases—

With her Martial Soul Possession, a golden light emanated from her spine, further strengthening her body and increasing her speed by seven-tenths.

"Don't let me catch up with you!"