Tang San: The Clear Sky Sect Is No Good! (Request Monthly Ticket)

Through the feedback from his Martial Soul Origin, Lu Duzhou could clearly determine a Martial Soul's potential for growth.

The Ninth Grade Purple Zhi indeed had a transformative effect, directly raising Qiao Anna's Phantom Dream Flower Martial Soul potential to the level of Innate Level Nine.

It granted Lu Duzhou a domain-type Soul Skill.

A domain-type Soul Skill and a true domain Soul Skill were two different things.

The former merely resembled a domain. It had an area of effect, and its effects were similar to those of a domain, but they differed in essence.

The greatest difference lay in their potential for growth.

True domain Soul Skills, such as the Blue Silver Domain and Diamond Domain, would gain more functions and become stronger as Lu Duzhou grew more powerful.

So-called domain-type Soul Skills, on the other hand, had only a single effect.

This Soul Skill was called Phantom Dream Sea.

Once activated, it formed a sea of Spiritual Power centered on the user, spanning a hundred meters in every direction.

It captured drifting Spiritual Power and condensed it into fragments of memory.

When enemies came into contact with these fragments, they could fall into one dream after another, losing their perception of the outside world and sinking into dreams of either joy or pain.

Although this Soul Skill had a large attack range, the memory fragments could easily be blocked by Soul Power.

It also consumed an enormous amount of energy.

Ordinarily, one needed at least the Soul Power of a Soul King to activate this Soul Skill.

Even a Soul King could only maintain it for less than two minutes.

Compared with the hallucinatory effects of the memory fragments, Lu Duzhou cared more about this Soul Skill's additional effects.

Once the Soul Skill was activated, his spiritual perception and control would increase severalfold, even dozens of times over. This would be tremendously useful in battle.

Combined with precise computational ability, it could even allow him to predict an opponent's actions.

At the same time, this Soul Skill could capture drifting Spiritual Power and slowly strengthen his own spiritual power.

This was exactly what Lu Duzhou needed.

For others, this Soul Skill consumed tremendous Soul Power. Releasing it for a few minutes required an entire day to recover that Soul Power.

Yet the increase in spiritual power gained during those few minutes was truly limited.

But Lu Duzhou had the Soul Skill Earth Vein Breathing, which could replenish Soul Power without end. With his Third Soul Ring already being ten thousand years old, the quality of his Soul Power had reached the level of a Soul King.

This meant he could keep Phantom Dream Sea active at all times, improving his spiritual power around the clock.

With this ability, his Ninth Grade Purple Zhi had not been wasted!

"Xiao Zhou, how was it? How useful is the Soul Skill you gained?"

Qiao Anna asked.

Lu Duzhou smiled and nodded.

"Very good. I'm very satisfied."

"This trip to Star Luo City was not in vain."

"By the way, Anna Sister, you'll be leaving with me from now on. You may not return for a very long time."

"Take these next two days to say a proper farewell to your family!"

Qiao Anna nodded seriously.

After leaving the hotel, she went directly to the Netherworld Duke Manor. As soon as she entered a small courtyard, a figure rushed toward her and threw herself into her arms.

"Aunt!"

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Qiao Anna joyfully, her eyes full of sincerity.

Qiao Anna affectionately rubbed Zhu Zhuqing's head.

In the entire Star Luo Empire, the one she worried about most was this niece.

When women of the Payne Family entered marriage alliances with the Zhu Clan, they could at least survive.

But when women of the Zhu Clan married into the imperial family, just as the Dai Family brothers had to fight one another to the death, only one sister could survive as well.

Zhu Zhuqing had the most similar temperament to hers. Unwilling to become a plaything of fate, she trained desperately and strove to increase her strength.

But Dai Mubai, that coward, had already fled. Zhu Zhuqing's fate was almost certainly destined to be incomparably miserable.

She had no way to interfere in the imperial struggle.

Unless one day she could become a Title Douluo.

"Zhu Qing, I'm leaving."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing's body trembled.

Qiao Anna had always been her spiritual pillar. If she left, Zhu Zhuqing did not know whether she could keep going.

"Aunt, where are you going? Why are you leaving?"

Qiao Anna then told her about Lu Duzhou choosing her to accompany him, including Lu Duzhou's identity and his Soul Rings. Naturally, she did not mention the secret of the Immortal Herbs.

Tears welled at the corners of Zhu Zhuqing's eyes as she said:

"This is a good thing!"

"Following a Title Douluo and focusing fully on cultivation, Aunt, you will definitely become a powerful Soul Master in the future."

"Congratulations!"

Qiao Anna first wiped away her tears, then pulled her into an embrace.

"Zhu Qing, I believe in you. You can definitely break free from fate. Keep working hard in your cultivation!"

"I promise you, once I become strong enough, I'll come back and take you away."

"But remember one thing: people must always rely on themselves."

Zhu Zhuqing nodded firmly, some thoughts forming in her heart.

The next day, Lu Duzhou helped several people plant their own Martial Souls within his Land Martial Soul.

He also befriended a group of nobles from the Star Luo Empire.

Another day later, the group left Star Luo City for Gengxin City.

After entering the Star Luo Empire, Tai Tan had parted ways with them. He first found Yang Wudi, then brought him to Gengxin City.

Therefore, on the very night Lu Duzhou arrived in Gengxin City, he brought Tang San to meet Yang Wudi.

Tai Tan had not introduced Tang San's identity beforehand. He had only said that Dugu Bo's student wanted to discuss a partnership with him.

After Tang San appeared that night, Tai Tan first introduced Lu Duzhou, then said solemnly:

"Old Goat, let me introduce someone. This is Master Tang Hao's son, our Young Master, Tang San!"

Upon hearing the two words "Tang Hao," Yang Wudi abruptly stood up, glaring furiously as he said:

"You said he is Tang Hao's son?"

The moment Tai Tan nodded, Yang Wudi headed straight for the door.

"Don't be so hasty!"

Tai Tan quickly blocked Yang Wudi's path.

Yang Wudi stopped and snorted coldly.

"You have all compromised with the Clear Sky Sect. What else is there for me to say?"

"Old Gorilla! You know perfectly well how miserably we suffered back then!"

At that moment, Tang San suddenly knelt on the ground.

"Senior! Tang Hao wronged you! The Clear Sky Sect is no good! I did not come to ask for your forgiveness!"

"Today, my Big Brother wishes to work with you. You may treat me as though I do not exist."

Seeing Tang San kneel, Tai Tan was greatly shocked. He immediately knelt beside Tang San and glared angrily at Yang Wudi.

"Old Goat! The Young Master is of such noble status, yet he has knelt before you. Are you still not satisfied?"

In the eyes of this old servant, the belief that a servant must die if his master was humiliated was deeply ingrained.

He would rather die himself than see his master suffer humiliation.

Yang Wudi had actually made Tang San kneel before him. Tai Tan wished he could challenge Yang Wudi to a duel immediately.

Ordinary people found it difficult to understand such feelings.

At the very least, Yang Wudi could not.

Originally, seeing Tang San kneel before him had moved him somewhat. After all, Tang San was the son of his former master, Tang Hao, and subconsciously, he also considered Tang San's status exceedingly noble.

But Tai Tan's words reignited his anger.

Because of the Clear Sky Sect's betrayal and the calamity Tang Hao had brought about, countless members of the Yang Family had died or been injured. Even his own son had died.

Tang San had merely knelt before him, and that was supposed to make him satisfied?

How could there be such logic in the world!

At that moment, Lu Duzhou suddenly spoke.

"Senior Yang, my third brother is now a student of Poison Douluo's. Your Excellency is resting. You wouldn't want Your Excellency to lose temper, would you?"