The Great Stage of Douluo, My Name is Qian Xunji

You ask why Tang Hao knew the information came from Martial Soul Hall?

Because only Martial Soul Hall knew!

Tang Hao personally led Ah Yin to wander around Martial Soul Hall's territory, so of course he knew that only Martial Soul Hall was aware of Ah Yin's true identity.

Otherwise, he would have to be bored out of his mind to take a pregnant Soul Beast wife, whose true form could be exposed at any moment, out for a stroll.

After all, the world is vast, and there are so few Title Douluo; if one were careful, they would never run into one.

What was he thinking back then?

He just wanted to try it out; if it didn't work, so be it, and if it succeeded, it would be a stroke of luck, a matter of destiny.

Without consulting his father or brother, he acted on a whim.

The result, however, was that the situation spiraled out of control.

Ah Yin's identity was exposed, and Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect became the targets of everyone's ire.

Martial Soul Hall did not play by the rules at all.

Tang Hao was always conflicted and frustrated, wondering if he truly loved Ah Yin or not, while feeling guilty toward his wife and his clan from time to time...

In the end, Tang Hao chose to push all the blame onto his enemies, such as Martial Soul Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and so on.

Once he had targets for his hatred, he naturally wanted revenge, but Tang Hao lacked the strength, so he eventually gave up on himself and holed up in a small mountain village as a drunken blacksmith.

It wasn't until Tang San awakened his martial soul that Tang Hao finally found hope for revenge again.

Yes, pinning the wish of becoming an enemy to the entire continent and seeking revenge against all the major powers on a child who had just awakened his martial soul.

Title Douluo Tang Hao really has some interesting ideas.

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Also having some interesting ideas was the master of theory, Yu Xiaogang.

After seeing the effects of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul after absorbing a Soul Ring, he became even more convinced that his theories were correct.

He even began planning what kind of Soul Beast Tang San should use for his second Soul Ring.

He didn't care why Tang San, a mere child, was able to kill a four-hundred-year-old Datura Snake after he himself had passed out; after all, with Tang Hao watching over him, how could anything go wrong?

However, the other party was truly ruthless, completely disregarding the danger to his own child, only willing to intervene after he had fallen unconscious.

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On the other side, Tang San also began looking for a blacksmith shop, intending to practice according to Tang Hao's teachings.

However, the experience was quite bumpy; seeing his age, the people at the blacksmith shops all refused him one after another.

A child who wasn't even as tall as the furnace coming to a blacksmith shop to be an apprentice?

Wasn't that just a joke?

It wasn't until Tang San revealed his identity as a Soul Master and displayed his strength that the blacksmith shop finally accepted this Soul Master blacksmith apprentice.

But in private, everyone thought this little Soul Master had something wrong with him.

"Shouldn't a child this age be studying in school instead of running around here causing trouble?"

"The childhood stage is when soul power is easiest to improve. I didn't work hard in school back then, which is why I couldn't graduate successfully. I regret it now, sigh!"

"Should we go and persuade him? A good kid shouldn't be ruined like this!"

"This kid has quite a temper. When the boss tried to persuade him back then, he took out his Soul Ring right away. It was so scary; I almost thought something bad was going to happen."

During their break, the blacksmiths couldn't help but discuss the new kid.

"Could it be that the kid has no money and came here to earn a living?"

Someone nearby laughed, "How is that possible? These Soul Masters who have Soul Rings can go to Martial Soul Hall every month to collect a subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin. How could he have no money?"

"That's true."

The break ended, and everyone went back to forging iron with great enthusiasm.

As for Yu Xiaogang, after learning of Tang San's behavior, he also chose to indulge him and even provided a lot of help.

Chapter 41: Seriously Exceeding Standards

With Yu Xiaogang's help, Tang San's life at school became even freer.

Except for some courses he deemed necessary, he was nowhere to be found the rest of the time, and skipping classes was a common occurrence.

He had to attend cultural classes to understand knowledge about Soul Beasts and Soul Masters, go to the blacksmith shop to forge iron, and also find time to cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Purple Demon Eye...

To be honest, it was only because the Mysterious Heaven Skill was effective; otherwise, with this method of time management, his cultivation would definitely lag far behind geniuses of the same level.

The school teachers would ask where Tang San went at first.

But after the Grandmaster stepped in and said that Tang San was his disciple and was being taught by him, the teachers looked at each other and stopped interfering.

They really couldn't understand this child. At first, seeing that he didn't graduate early after obtaining a Soul Ring, they thought he wasn't graduating early because he wanted to complete his knowledge of Soul Beasts.

After all, the content taught in intermediate Soul Master academies is more advanced, and knowledge like the weaknesses of Soul Beast species and identifying their age is no longer taught; they mainly teach how to cultivate and break through.

Kai, who also had Innate Full Soul Power and could have graduated early, was busy hitting the books, intending to learn all this important foundational knowledge before graduating early.

He wanted to graduate early, but that didn't mean he wanted to graduate as an illiterate.

His intellect was sharp and his memory strong; he had nearly finished memorizing the encyclopedia of Soul Beasts at Nuoding Academy and had already begun looking over the foundational knowledge for Soul Masters that followed.

Kai had already settled the timing for his early graduation with the dean, who would provide a recommendation for him to enter an intermediate Soul Master Academy.

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In Nuoding Academy, was Kai low-key? He was indeed quite low-key in his daily life.

But he wasn't that low-key.

He didn't like to show off, he didn't flaunt his Soul Rings everywhere, and he certainly wouldn't go out of his way to stir up trouble.

However, right at the start of the school year, he had pulled a ruthless move, giving those aristocratic students who came to cause trouble a severe beating. It was a one-and-done solution, and no one had dared to bother him since.

These children might have looked naive, but in reality, they were bullies who feared the strong and picked on the weak; seeing that Kai was a tough nut to crack, they kept their distance.

Wang Sheng and the other Work-Study Students breathed a sigh of relief; having a reliable new boss was a good thing.

After witnessing Kai's combat, Xiao Wu had been very interested in him for a long time, always finding excuses to get close.

"Instead of making friends with me, I think you should be more concerned about your own cultivation." Kai sat on his dormitory bed, pulling himself out of a meditative state, and looked at the pretty, cute girl.

"What is that supposed to mean! I'm taking the initiative to be friends with you, and you're not happy about it? And what's wrong with my cultivation?" Xiao Wu sat by the table, munching on her favorite carrot.

"Pardon my bluntness, but I don't see the mindset or determination of a powerhouse in you. You aren't very concerned about your cultivation, or perhaps I should say, you aren't very urgent about it." Kai continued to twist the knife.

"From the start of the term until now, aside from the cultivation during class, you spend all your time playing. Even Wang Sheng and the others are incredibly diligent, cherishing every moment of cultivation time at the academy."

Xiao Wu didn't care at all. "They were still accompanying me to the streets yesterday."

"There are so many of them taking turns to accompany you; it doesn't take up much of their time."

Xiao Wu sat gloomily on her bed and glanced around. Sure enough, Wang Sheng and the others were nowhere to be seen.

"Don't look; they've all gone to the cultivation room."

Xiao Wu felt even more uncomfortable.

As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she didn't really care about the passage of time.

This was the dullness of a long-lived species toward the flow of time.

She didn't know how short human lifespans were.

Nor did she understand the preciousness of the golden age for human cultivation.

When she was a Soul Beast, she spent her days eating and playing, occasionally cultivating, and with the protection of her mother, Da Ming, and Er Ming, she had never encountered any life-or-death crises, drifting along until she became a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

At Nuoding Academy, she felt no sense of urgency either. Aside from losing to Kai, she had won against everyone else.

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When a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast takes human form, it discards its powerful strength and physical body in exchange for top-tier human cultivation talent, possessing the potential to become a god.

In other words, the potential of Xiao Wu's current body had the capacity to reach godhood.

Yet, this potential, during the entrance exam for Shrek Academy in the original story, was only two levels higher than Zhu Zhuqing, who had Innate Full Soul Power at the same age (Xiao Wu was level 29, Zhu Zhuqing was level 27).

When they first awakened their Soul Power, she had been 3 levels higher than Zhu Zhuqing. After six years, the gap between these two geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power and Zhu Zhuqing hadn't widened much.

Beyond her own laziness, there was also the reason that Zhu Zhuqing was cultivating with all her might.

This is what happens when one lives in hardship and dies in comfort.

Without competition, there is no motivation.

Xiao Wu's peer competitor, Tang San, was a "time management master" who didn't put all his energy into cultivation. Comparing Xiao Wu and Tang San, their cultivation levels were similar, so naturally, there was no motivation.

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But Kai didn't have this problem.

His colleagues were all incredibly competitive.

Xiang Yu was already approaching level 24.

After all, absorbing two consecutive Soul Rings provided enough feedback for Xiang Yu to level up once, and combined with his own god-tier talent, his cultivation was like riding a rocket.

Kai was worried that by the time the Advanced Soul Master Tournament arrived, his colleague might participate with the cultivation of a Soul Emperor or even a Soul Saint.

This wasn't an exaggeration by Kai, but a reasonable prediction.

With Innate level 20 Soul Power and top-tier talent, his current leveling speed was about one level every two months, though the speed would slow down as his level increased.

However, there were still nine years until the Advanced Soul Master Tournament at age 15. Leveling up four or five times a year would likely make him a Soul Saint.

This wasn't difficult. As their cultivation increased, their reputation would rise, and these heroes could use their reputation to exchange with Qian Xunji for equipment and double experience cards.

By the way, Qian Xunji had already successfully taken down Old Poison.

Added to the boost from immortal herbs, Kai felt he could treat the Martial Soul Hall team like a boss fight.

They were severely overpowered; who knows, they might even have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!