Tang San Swore to Kill Gangzi! Tang Hao Revealed the Truth!

"What?!"

"Teacher Zhao Wuji and the others are all dead?"

"No way! No wonder you weren't around, Headmaster. Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were arguing earlier, and you never showed up. We thought you didn't want to get involved!"

"So you discovered the Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo long ago and were beaten this badly?"

"Then... what do we do? Our Shrek can't go on anymore!"

Listening to the children, Flender finally let out a long sigh and spoke with the last of his strength:

"I was pierced through by Chrysanthemum Douluo's soul skill. I do not have long to live..."

"I held on until I returned only because I was worried about you..."

"You are Shrek's final hope."

"Go... go to Heaven Dou City and find Liu Erlong, the headmaster of Blue Tyrant Academy. She is an old friend of mine. She will... she will take you in..."

"Remember, you must avenge Shrek!"

"You must..."

"Headmaster?"

"Headmaster!!"

"No! Don't!!"

In the end, Flender could no longer endure it. Zhao Wuji and the others could not survive—how could he?

He had merely forced himself to endure the final pain because he wanted to see whether Shrek's students were safe.

After all, they were his final concern.

Fortunately, he had made everything clear before he died. At the very least, he had found a way out for Dai Mubai and the others.

Dai Mubai and the others wept bitterly, overwhelmed by grief as they continued shouting around him, calling for his soul.

But the dead could not return to life. Flender and the others were not protagonists either; even in death, they died so abruptly.

In the distance.

Tang Hao took Tang San far away from Shrek, unaware of Flender and the others' deaths.

Or perhaps Tang Hao had seen it long ago and simply did not care.

Only after arriving at a quiet place did Tang Hao set Tang San down. For the moment, they were safe.

Tang San immediately took out a firestarter from his Storage Soul Tool, gathered some firewood, and lit it. Father and son sat beside the fire.

Tang Hao took the initiative to speak. "I know you must have many questions, right?"

Tang San did not ask anything. He merely said calmly, "I can tell that you have your own unspeakable reasons, Father."

"Don't worry, Father. No matter what, Xiao San believes in you!"

Tang Hao nodded and sighed. "There are some things I did not tell you because your strength is not enough yet. I was afraid that if you knew, you would do something rash."

"But you can also see that our family has a grudge against Spirit Hall."

"This hatred can even be said to be irreconcilable!"

"If the Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo had not appeared, I might not have stepped in. When I saw that little girl's letter, I also wanted to see how you would handle such a situation."

"Xiao Wu's letter..." Tang San pondered it and felt that it made sense.

His father was a Titled Douluo. His Mental Power had to be terrifyingly powerful.

When he had opened the letter and examined it, even from a distance, his father should have been able to roughly see it.

Tang San hurriedly asked, "Then, Father, do you know why Xiao Wu suddenly left?"

"And why didn't the people from Spirit Hall come to capture me? Why did they want to capture Xiao Wu instead?"

Tang Hao explained, "They did not capture you because Yu Xiaogang must have informed on you, so they knew I was by your side. They could not defeat me."

"As for capturing Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang likely realized that the girl was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and reported it to Bibi Dong."

"What?"

"A Soul Beast?"

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?! H-how is that possible?!"

Hearing this, Tang San was nearly frightened senseless. How had his perfectly fine Xiao Wu suddenly become a Soul Beast, and even a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

That was not right, was it?

Tang Hao explained calmly, "That is right. Your Xiao Wu truly is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

"Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts can take human form. Once they cultivate to the later stages, they can even become completely human."

"I guess that the reason the girl left this time was because she realized Yu Xiaogang had seen through her identity. She then learned the truth about that trash Yu Xiaogang being in contact with Spirit Hall."

"So she chose to leave, lest Spirit Hall capture her, while Yu Xiaogang likewise went to inform Spirit Hall."

"As for how Yu Xiaogang saw through Xiao Wu's identity as a Soul Beast, perhaps it had something to do with those strange theories of his..."

"But do not worry. Didn't your Xiao Wu want to take you with her before she left? You suddenly got angry for some reason, which frightened her, so she left by herself first."

"However, since she managed to leave beforehand, she should have returned to the Star Dou Great Forest. She is very safe."

"Xiao San, when that girl spoke of theft and passing herself off as someone else, she was talking about Yu Xiaogang. Why did you suddenly get angry and frighten her?"

Tang Hao found it rather strange as he asked this.

Although he had not realized at the time whom Xiao Wu had been Pointing to the Mulberry and Cursing the Locust about, it could not possibly have been Tang San, could it?

What did someone who stole another person's achievements and claimed them as their own have to do with a child like him?

Why had he gotten so angry then? He had nearly caused that girl to drag him away with her.

Tang San felt a little embarrassed and a little afraid upon hearing this.

At the time, he had truly thought that Xiao Wu knew his secret and was hinting at it to warn him.

He could not let anyone know that he had betrayed the Tang Sect and used the Tang Sect's things to show off, which was why he had lost his temper.

Who would have thought Xiao Wu was talking about Yu Xiaogang? She had even spared his feelings and not said Yu Xiaogang's name outright.

Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, if only you had cursed Yu Xiaogang directly back then, perhaps I would have left with you long ago!

Tang San sighed and made up an excuse. "Sigh, I actually vaguely guessed that she was talking about Yu Xiaogang. Since he was my teacher, I wanted to defend him."

"Father, who could have imagined that Yu Xiaogang really was trash..."

Tang Hao nodded without dwelling on the matter and agreed, "Indeed. Even I failed to see it before."

"Of course, that was also because I was too dispirited and irresponsible."

"But at least you no longer need to listen to Yu Xiaogang. And since Xiao Wu escaped in advance, almost nothing will happen to her. I saw it then—the three girls were heading for the Star Dou Great Forest."

"So just cultivate properly. In the future, you can simply go to the Star Dou Great Forest and find that girl."

"And in that letter, the girl said that Yu Xiaogang had led you astray and that you should have followed the Life Route..."

"Only then did I realize that something was indeed wrong!"

At this point, Tang Hao spoke with a grave expression. "Xiao San, there are many things I cannot conveniently tell you right now."

"But I can tell you that your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul came from your mother. Your mother was exceptional in life force back then."

"I should have thought of it sooner. Blue Silver Grass covers the continent and thrives endlessly. The Life Route was the best path for it. Yet after being influenced by Yu Xiaogang, all three of your Soul Rings followed control and poison, suppressing your life force instead."

"Yu Xiaogang has harmed you deeply..."

"What?"

Tang San was also astonished upon hearing this. He had not expected his mother to be a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master who followed the Life Route.

Did that mean he had truly gone down the wrong path?

Tang San's face instantly darkened. Thinking of Gangzi's face again, he said viciously, "Damn Gangzi!"

"He actually made me waste so much effort, and even squandered three whole Soul Ring slots! He is completely unworthy of being a teacher!"

"When I see him again in the future, I will kill him!!"