Guiding the Truth

Xiao Yun composed himself and began his performance. "Does Your Highness the Crown Prince know that there is someone named Tang San at Shrek Academy?"

"Yes, that is correct. Is there a problem?" Xue Qinghe asked in return.

"Then does Your Highness have any information on him?" Xiao Yun immediately pressed.

Xue Qinghe answered directly, "Tang San, fourteen years old, was born in a blacksmith shop in Holy Spirit Village near Nuoding City. At the age of six, he awakened his Martial Soul under Spirit Hall deacon Su Yuntao. His Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass, and he possesses Innate Full Soul Power. He later enrolled in Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, where he became the disciple of Master Yu Xiaogang as soon as he entered and met his little girlfriend, Xiao Wu. After graduating from the junior academy, he joined Shrek Academy outside Suotuo City. His First Spirit Skill is Blue Silver Bind, his Second Spirit Skill is Parasitism, and his Third Spirit Skill is Spider Web Restraint. He also has some fairly impressive weapon-crafting abilities."

As expected of the Crown Prince of the empire—and also the Young Master of Spirit Hall. Only she could have obtained such detailed information on Tang San in such a short time.

Xiao Yun immediately said, "Your Highness, although I am not a Soul Master, I have heard quite a bit of news. Yet I have never heard of anyone whose Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass and who possesses Innate Soul Power, much less Innate Full Soul Power. Why do you think that is?"

Prompted by Xiao Yun, Xue Qinghe immediately understood. "You mean..."

Xiao Yun immediately took over, "Yes, exactly what you are thinking."

But Xue Qinghe suddenly said, "I never expected a mere Spirit Hall deacon like Su Yuntao to dare forge a Soul Master awakening certificate. It seems the people below need to be properly cleaned up."

Xiao Yun had not expected Xue Qinghe to say that. He hurriedly interrupted, "Your Highness, that is not what I meant."

Xue Qinghe became somewhat angry. "Then what do you mean? You just said it was exactly what I was thinking, and now you say that was not what you meant. What exactly do you mean?"

Xiao Yun had not expected Xue Qinghe to pull this on him either. He hurriedly said, "I mean, could Tang San have hidden something?"

Xue Qinghe still did not understand and asked in confusion, "What could he be hiding?"

Xiao Yun could only be direct. "Could he have hidden a Martial Soul?"

Only then did Xue Qinghe understand. "You mean he has Twin Martial Souls, which is why he possesses Innate Full Soul Power."

Seeing that Xue Qinghe had finally caught on, Xiao Yun quickly confirmed, "Yes, that is exactly what I mean."

Thinking of Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, Xue Qinghe immediately thought of her mother—the Pope, Bibi Dong. She had not expected that another genius like her mother, one with Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, might have appeared here.

Still, she did not understand why Xiao Yun was telling her this, so she asked, "Even if he does have Twin Martial Souls, so what? He is still only a Soul Master in his thirties. There is nothing to fear."

Xiao Yun continued to remind her, "Your Highness, think about it. His surname is Tang, he may have Twin Martial Souls, he has Innate Full Soul Power, and he is exactly fourteen years old. His father is a blacksmith, and his surname is Tang as well. When you put all that together, what do you think of?"

Xue Qinghe immediately began to ponder. A Tang? What was so strange about that? Then inspiration struck her, and she asked uncertainly, "Xiao Yun, do you mean the Clear Sky Sect?"

"Yes." Xiao Yun admitted it outright.

"Could it really be such a coincidence?" Xue Qinghe could not quite believe it.

Xiao Yun said very seriously, "With the surname Tang and Innate Full Soul Power, I can only think that his Martial Soul might be the Clear Sky Hammer."

Xue Qinghe immediately recalled events from fourteen years ago. After all, that man was the chief culprit behind her father's death. Naturally, she had investigated information about him and knew nearly everything there was to know.

Then she began connecting the clues Xiao Yun had pointed out one by one. Rumor had it that Tang Hao's wife had been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, a transformed Blue Silver Emperor. According to the records of the Soul Masters from Spirit Hall who had participated in the siege against Tang Hao and his wife, Tang Hao's wife's Martial Soul had indeed been the Blue Silver Emperor. If Tang San truly possessed the twin Martial Souls of the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Grass, and his age matched as well, then his father being a blacksmith also fit Tang Hao's former identity as a Divine Craftsman.

By that reasoning, there was a very high chance Tang San was the son of her enemy. Should she inform her grandfather and have them send over Titled Douluo? If he truly was Tang Hao's son, she could avenge her father.

Xue Qinghe's imagination immediately ran wild. If Tang San was the son of the Clear Sky Douluo, then things were rather troublesome. His teacher was Yu Xiaogang, who came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Among his companions, Ning Rongrong was from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Dai Mubai was the second prince of the Star Luo Empire, and Zhu Zhuqing was the legitimate daughter of the Zhu Family, the foremost noble family of the Star Luo Empire. Did the remaining few also have special identities? And with all these second-generation heirs gathered together, were they secretly forming an alliance? What was their target? Could it be the Heaven Dou Empire, or Spirit Hall...

Watching Xue Qinghe sink into thought, Xiao Yun did not interrupt. He simply sat quietly, drinking tea and reading a book.

The more Xue Qinghe thought, the more her head hurt. She suddenly looked up and saw the utterly relaxed Xiao Yun, immediately becoming annoyed. "Xiao Yun, you sure have it easy. You dumped such a huge problem on this Crown Prince, yet you are leisurely drinking tea. What are you really up to?"

Xiao Yun put down his book, rolled his eyes at Xue Qinghe, and said, "I am merely an Ordinary Person. I have already passed the information to Your Highness. How Your Highness handles it is Your Highness's own matter. I have no right to interfere."

Although Xiao Yun's words were correct, Xue Qinghe still could not help complaining, "You really have given me a difficult problem. If this is truly as we suspect, it will be quite troublesome. Whether it is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Clear Sky Douluo, or the Star Luo Empire, none of them will be easy to deal with."

Xiao Yun had not expected Xue Qinghe to want to handle everything at once. No wonder she had a headache. He still reminded her, "Your Highness, there is no need to settle everything at once. You can proceed step by step and deal with them one at a time. The first should naturally be Dai Mubai, the second prince of the Star Luo Empire. After all, the Star Luo Empire and our empire are still enemies. You can use the banner of righteousness to seize him as a bargaining chip for exchanging benefits with the Star Luo Empire—or, more simply, expel him from the country. That would split their little group apart."

"Furthermore, once Dai Mubai is dealt with, Zhu Zhuqing will very likely leave Shrek's group as well. As for Ning Rongrong, Your Highness, is not your teacher Lord Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? Simply write him a letter explaining that Shrek Academy is suspected of colluding with enemies and betraying the state, and he will naturally bring Ning Rongrong back to the sect. The rest will be much easier to handle."

After Xiao Yun's analysis, Xue Qinghe immediately felt that matters had become much simpler. She greatly admired Xiao Yun's wisdom and joked, "Fortunately, you are only an Ordinary Person. Otherwise, you would certainly be an extremely troublesome opponent."