In the Star Dou Great Forest
Everything seemed to have changed quietly, yet it also seemed as though everything was proceeding as usual.
Xiao Wu's departure appeared not to have had much impact on Tang San's original path of fate.
After they entered the forest, they still encountered Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran, still clashed over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and ultimately settled the matter through a match.
The next day, although the subsequent events caused by Xiao Wu's presence were absent, Tang San's powerful "protagonist halo" still shone brightly.
While searching for a suitable Soul Ring, he still encountered that Ghost-faced Spider carrying an External Soul Bone.
And as though the plot had been stitched back together, they ran into Meng Yiran again, and a second dispute over a Soul Beast's ownership unfolded over the Ghost-faced Spider.
In the end, the result was still decided by a match.
This time, when Oscar proposed the condition of "an additional kiss,"
the Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch actually welcomed the idea, and Meng Yiran herself did not object.
By then, the Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch already thought highly of the young man named Tang San, and they had also seen through their granddaughter's feelings.
Naturally, Tang San won the match once again.
This time, Tang San still inadvertently accepted that sudden kiss.
It was the "spoils" he had won, and he accepted it gladly.
Still, he thought to himself: if that kiss had come from Xiao Wu, perhaps he would have been happier.
Next, he successfully absorbed the Ghost-faced Spider's Soul Ring and obtained the opportunity that had originally belonged to him—the External Soul Bone, Eight Spider Lances.
Tang San was immensely excited. This External Soul Bone would undoubtedly greatly strengthen him.
With it, the day he became a powerhouse