"Tang... Tang Hao?!!!"
Dugu Bo's expression changed drastically. For this name, he could say that it was as familiar as thunder rumbling in his ears, or rather, just how many people on the continent did not know the name of Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao.
It was simply because the previous incident had caused too much of an uproar.
With one hammer, he smashed the Pope of Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, to death, and then forced Clear Sky Sect to seal the sect.
To put it bluntly without any politeness.
The shift in the situation on the continent in recent years was to a large extent due to this hammer of Tang Hao's.
"How are you so certain that the other party is Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao?!"
Dugu Bo opened his mouth and asked somewhat heavily.
"Because for a certain reason, the other party and I can be considered enemies, so I investigated the other party's identity. In a small village called Holy Soul Village, the father is named Tang Hao, and he is a blacksmith!"
"Yet ever since the other party awakened his martial soul and went to school, this Tang Hao seemed to have vanished, and no one can find him."
"The most crucial point is that the time the other party appeared in Holy Soul Village happened to be right after the former pope died, which is why I suspect the other party is Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao!"
Taichu spoke out a set of talking points he had prepared early on.
Investigation was, of course, out of the question.
If he truly investigated Tang Hao and was thus noticed by the other party, he would be in big trouble, but this did not prevent him from saying so verbally. Besides, only with such a rhetoric would Dugu Bo believe him.
And it would be convenient for him to ask the other party for a favor.
"According to what you say, the other party is very likely Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao!"
After listening to such an analysis by the other party, Dugu Bo also believed Taichu's rhetoric and practically confirmed that this so-called "Tang Hao" was truly the Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao who had smashed the former pope to death with a single hammer a few years ago.
However.
"Wait, since Tang San is Clear Sky Douluo's son, then why is his martial soul Blue Silver Grass? And not Clear Sky Hammer?!"
Dugu Bo grew suspicious.
"What if the other party has two martial souls?"
Taichu uttered this sentence.
This remark.
Caused Dugu Bo to experience a sudden flash of enlightenment. He finally understood why the other party's Blue Silver Grass martial soul could directly reach Innate Full Soul Power; even if the Blue Silver Grass had mutated, it wouldn't be exaggerated to this extent.
Yet once the hypothesis of twin martial souls was brought up, the other party's Innate Full Soul Power also became reasonable.
But upon thinking of what Taichu had said to him just a moment ago, his expression changed as well.
"Could it be that you brat have an enmity with Tang Hao's son, and are therefore planning to invite me to make a move and kill this son of Tang Hao!"
Thinking up to this point, Dugu Bo could not help but widen his eyes.
This was Clear Sky Sect, oh no, the other party had already been struck off the roster by Clear Sky Sect, but the other party was also that Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao who had smashed the previous pope Qian Xunji to death with a single hammer! To kill the precious son of the other party, who was suspected of having twin martial souls—
Wouldn't the other party fight him to the death!
"Of course not."
Taichu shook his head and said.
"Then you couldn't possibly want me to go and kill Tang Hao, right!"
Dugu Bo stated yet another possibility.
Only, as soon as he spoke.
Taichu was truly left speechless.
Could this old poisonous creature please stop thinking about killing and fighting all day long, to the point that he did not even know how to answer.
However.
Letting Dugu Bo go kill Tang Hao? Unless he had brain damage!
Even though Dugu Bo's current martial soul had already undergone evolution, not to mention that his strength had increased quite a bit, Tang Hao had likewise not regressed in the slightest. Furthermore, the other party was still the successor of Clear Sky Sect, wielding Ring Detonation and Great Sumeru Hammer.
If Dugu Bo could withstand that, he would really be seeing ghosts.
"Grandfather, I have learned about some matters through relevant data. For instance, his complete set of soul bones was once displayed in quite a few places. Without any accident, the other party has very likely already gathered a complete set of soul bones."
"And I learned a matter: once upon a time, Qian Xunji made a move against Tang Hao for the sake of a transformed soul beast's soul ring and soul bone. Yet after Qian Xunji made his move, Tang Hao instead obtained his ninth ring on the spot, became a Titled Douluo, and even smashed Qian Xunji to death with a single hammer."
"This matter happened nine years ago, and his son Tang San is currently exactly 9 years old."
"What does this explain?"
"The transformed soul beast that Qian Xunji wanted to hunt was actually the wife who was already carrying Tang Hao's child, and after giving birth to the child, she offered a sacrifice to Tang Hao, which is why Tang Hao became the youngest Titled Douluo."
When Taichu reached this point, he also poured a cup of tea and drank it, moistening his throat.
"So what happens next?"
Dugu Bo listened with growing interest.
Regarding the past incident, there were more or less some bits of information, but they were merely fragmented gossip. To find the true answer from these fragments of gossip was an almost impossible task.
However.
Taichu had actually analyzed it out for him through layers of analysis.
This was gossip about a Titled Douluo. Although this Titled Douluo happened to be Tang Hao, it did not prevent him, a Titled Douluo himself, from being equally interested.
"Before this incident, Tang Hao had already gathered his complete set of soul bones. So grandfather, the soul ring of this transformed soul beast had already been sacrificed to Tang Hao, and under the condition that Tang Hao's soul bone slots were already fully equipped, where did that hundred thousand year soul bone go?"
As soon as this remark came out.
It instantly caused Dugu Bo's pupils to quake violently.
Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!
Thinking of this, his breathing could not help but grow somewhat rapid.
Soul bones were inherently scarce items.
A single ten thousand year soul bone was enough to stir up a sensation on the market, let alone a hundred thousand year soul bone. This would probably drive everyone to lose their sanity and plunge into madness!
Fortunately, he was a Titled Douluo with vast experience. After giving him just a brief moment, he also suppressed the agitation in his heart.
"You couldn't possibly be eyeing the other party's hundred thousand year soul bone, right?"
"Aren't you worried that he has already given this soul bone to someone else to absorb?"
"Perhaps the other party carries this hundred thousand year soul bone close to his body. If that's the case, even if the other party truly has a hundred thousand year soul bone, there is a high probability we won't be able to get our hands on it."
Dugu Bo still possessed self-awareness in his heart.
Putting everything else aside, just looking at Tang Hao's soul power level, after so many years, at worst he must be at Level 93, right? Even though he felt that this way he could fight the other party to a draw, Tang Hao was extremely familiar with the secret techniques of Clear Sky Sect.
Once he used Ring Detonation, followed by a Great Sumeru Hammer coming down—
He wouldn't be able to withstand it either!
Therefore...
Between dying and playing it safe, he simply chose to play it safe.
"No, I have a piece of intelligence: that fellow Tang Hao hasn't kept the soul bone on his person, but rather hidden it in a certain place. Therefore, I need grandfather to help me draw Tang Hao's line of sight, and then I can take advantage of this time to go and retrieve this hundred thousand year soul bone."
Taichu slowly stated his objective.
This Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone—he was going to take it for sure!!!
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