Preparations Before the Operation

Zhuang Xingyu was now five years old. Based on their ages, Tang San should also have been five. According to the novel's records, during this period, Tang San would go to the deserted back mountain of Sacred Soul Village at dawn to train, while Tang Hao was still sleeping soundly.

Zhuang Xingyu planned to use the Chaos Bead's teleportation ability during this period. He would first intercept the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, then get rid of Tang San. If he succeeded, everything would be perfect. If not, it did not matter. Once he reached the Taiqing Realm, he could still destroy him.

Besides, this ability of the Chaos Bead could not be accumulated. If he did not use it now, it would go to waste.

To outsiders, he was merely a little child with no particular value. No one would try to assassinate him, and with his family's protection, he would not face any danger before turning six. He had no need to rely on the Chaos Bead's ability to protect himself.

Moreover, this was when Tang San was at his weakest. During this period, he had not yet drawn the attention of the Sea God or others. Before awakening his martial soul, Tang Hao barely cared about him.

At this point, Tang San did not even know what a soul master was. He only had the Mysterious Heaven Skill, could barely eat or dress warmly, and his physique was no match for Zhuang Xingyu, who ate soul beast meat every day. Besides, Zhuang Xingyu was already infinitely close to the Yuqing First Layer.

Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao was an immortal cultivation technique, while Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill was a martial arts technique. At the same realm, Zhuang Xingyu's Combat Power far surpassed Tang San's.

With Tang San's level of Hidden Weapons mastery, and without any materials at hand, at most he could steal a few iron sheets from his father's smithy and fling them around. He posed no threat at all! After all, according to the original course of history, Tang San only forged his first Hidden Weapon after awakening his martial soul.

More importantly, Zhuang Xingyu's cultivation technique was righteous and radiant, suppressing all evil energies. On top of that, Great Bamboo Peak's Pill Refining arts were no joke. Tang San's little Poisonous Arts were simply not worth mentioning.

As long as he prepared thoroughly, there was a high chance of success. If he waited until after Tang San awakened his martial soul, things would become troublesome.

Zhuang Xingyu had not told anyone about his revenge. First, he could not expose his secrets. It was not that he did not trust them, but the Chaos Bead involved far too much. Even in the Supreme Prehistoric Realm, it was an enormous secret. Once exposed, even if it was only a fragment, the myriad worlds would be thrown into turmoil.

Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao was also a technique that could be cultivated all the way to the Creation God. He had the Chaos Bead to conceal heavenly secrets, so he was not afraid of the gods seeing him. But his parents did not have that protection. Therefore, he would wait until he had the ability to protect them before telling them.

Second, he feared his parents would not be able to restrain themselves. Before, they had had no opportunity for revenge. Now that Tang Hao was alone and Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect had fallen out, they had a chance. If his parents told Spirit Hall Tang Hao's location in an attempt to kill with a borrowed knife—

Never mind whether Bibi Dong would be willing to intervene. After all, Tang Hao had severely injured Qian Xunji, which could be considered an indirect favor to Bibi Dong. Who knew what that madwoman was thinking?

Even if she was willing, could she kill Tang Hao? Could the Clear Sky Sect be wiped out entirely? If not, his family would suffer endless retaliation. He could not gamble on it.

Unless those old fellows from the Worship Hall acted. But was that possible? In the original work, after the Youth Soul Master Competition, Tang Hao had fought all the way to Spirit Hall's doorstep, yet Qian Daoliu still hid like a turtle and never showed his face from beginning to end.

He did not know what Qian Daoliu was afraid of. Could it really have been because of the agreement he had made with Tang Chen back then? But their agreement had only been that Qian Daoliu would not attack the Clear Sky Sect!

Zhuang Xingyu did not think so. Qian Daoliu was not truly a gentleman. As Spirit Hall's de facto ruler for nearly a century and its former Judgment Elder, countless people had died at his hands, Chen Jianjun among them. Qian Daoliu could not possibly have been that foolish.

The most likely reason was that Tang Chen had already obtained the Asura God's inheritance at the time, and Qian Daoliu had sensed that aura. He did not dare act rashly.

Just as Qian Daoliu did not touch Bibi Dong, the real reason must have been that he sensed the Rakshasa God's aura on her, not because, as he claimed, Bibi Dong was Qian Renxue's mother.

For the sake of revenge, Zhuang Xingyu had made ample preparations!

There was a homemade anesthetic to knock Tang San out, which he could pour directly into Tang San's mouth; a sack woven from thin iron wire; and handcuffs forged from refined steel. After two and a half years of practice, Zhuang Xingyu could cuff an enemy within a second.

There was also a dagger coated in deadly poison; a completely black night outfit; gloves that left no fingerprints;

And, more importantly, this: Moon Gazing Sand, Left Coiling Dragon, Xufu Rice, and Hundred Herbs Pill, made into a paste with honey. The fragrance and stench blended together into an utterly unforgettable smell. When the time came, he would stuff it into Tang San's nostrils, so he would not have to worry about Tang San remembering his scent.

After all, Zhuang Xingyu had a body fragrance similar to Yang Guo's in The Return of the Condor Heroes. Girls who smelled it would become more favorably disposed toward him. It was far too distinctive.

Zhuang Xingyu had secretly prepared all these things inside the Chaos Bead. No one knew about them, and none of the items bore any identifying marks.

Preparing these things had not actually been difficult. His family had businesses in this field and plenty of raw materials. Taking a little unnoticed was easy. To make it more discreet, Zhuang Xingyu had spent half a year gathering the raw materials since the age of four, taking only tiny amounts at a time.

Secondly, Zhuang Xingyu was a child, and children liked to run around everywhere, which gave him plenty of time.

Furthermore, Zhuang Xingyu had already cultivated to the perfected first layer of the Yuqing Realm. With the memories of his previous life, he had the strength and ability to make these things.

Even if he could not deal with Tang San, even if he encountered Tang Hao, he could still retreat unscathed through the Chaos Bead without letting the other party discover his identity.

At four thirty in the morning, Zhuang Xingyu tightly shut his room door and stood in the secret chamber. He imagined the cave where the Blue Silver Emperor and the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone were hidden, along with the surrounding scenery, then poured spiritual energy into the Chaos Bead fragment. Purple light immediately flashed from the Chaos Bead, no longer as dim as before, revealing a trace of the bearing of a Chaos spiritual treasure. It wrapped around Zhuang Xingyu, tore through space, and fled into the distance.

According to descriptions in the novel from his previous life, Sacred Soul Village and its surrounding areas produced abundant grain and vegetables. There were also small hills and rivers nearby. This indicated that the terrain should have been an alluvial fan at the foot of mountains, similar to the Ningxia Plain in northern Yongzhou of Blue Star's Nine Provinces Kingdom, though at a much lower elevation.

The original work recorded that the cave where Ah Yin was located was not far from Sacred Soul Village. It lay behind a waterfall, surrounded by mountains, with no people living in the basin.

Combined with what had been mentioned before, Fasnuo Province was an important grain-producing base of the Heaven Dou Empire. After paying their heavy taxes, the local people still had a fair amount of money left over. This showed that the soil was fertile and the area was vast. It definitely was not karst terrain, so the possibility of underground rivers was extremely low.

Therefore, the place where Ah Yin was located could not have been a completely enclosed basin. It should have been a V-shaped river valley, one at an early stage of development, where downward erosion and headward erosion were not especially pronounced. The terrain was high on all sides, but one spot was slightly lower, allowing the waterfall's water to flow out.

In summary, he only needed to follow the river near Sacred Soul Village upstream for a while. Once he reached the river's upper reaches, he could find that cave by judging from the terrain and population density.

With this information, he could roughly determine the Blue Silver Emperor's location. Since Zhuang Xingyu knew the surrounding environment, he could teleport precisely near the cave based on the descriptions in the novel and animation.

Blue Silver Emperor, I'm here to "save" you! Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, I'm fucking coming for you!