Tang San Endured a Crushing Sense of Disparity

"Big Brother Bei, Sister Xiao Ya, what exactly happened to you?"

Huo Yuhao stepped forward and asked with concern.

Although he remained somewhat wary of the two before him,

they had, after all, taken good care of him along the way.

Seeing "Tang Ya" like this, Huo Yuhao naturally could not remain indifferent.

"It's nothing. I just suddenly felt a little unwell. All right, we've already delayed long enough. Let's continue looking for suitable spirit beasts and hunt spirit rings."

Tang San rose from Beibei's arms without asking Huo Yuhao what had happened.

Beibei's entire attention was focused on Tang San, so he naturally cared even less.

This inexplicably made Huo Yuhao feel relieved.

While he had been unconscious, he had had a dream.

In the dream,

a fat bug that called itself a million-year spirit beast had sacrificed itself to him.

It had also told him that Grandmaster Yu Gang, who had nurtured Sea God Tang San ten thousand years ago, had most likely appeared in his Spirit Sea as well.

However, his soul was too weak, so he had fallen asleep.

Huo Yuhao had initially thought it was only a dream.

But just moments ago, he discovered that the Soul Power within him, which had already reached a bottleneck, had undergone a qualitative transformation.

Even his physical strength had increased greatly.

Gentle Soul Power surged forth.

Everything his Spirit Eye could see became clearer.

Four soul skills had also appeared in his mind: Spirit Detection, Spirit Sharing, Spirit Interference, and Soul Shock.

Only then did Huo Yuhao realize that it had not been a dream. It was real.

He had truly become a soul master and truly received the sacrifice of a million-year spirit beast.

If "Tang Ya" had not suddenly fallen unconscious just now, he would probably have been so happy that he nearly jumped up.

"All right, don't get happy too soon."

"Those two friends of yours may not have said anything, but they definitely have some suspicions in their hearts. Find an opportunity to leave the group later."

"Kill any ten-year spirit beast you find and pretend to absorb its spirit ring, so he doesn't grow suspicious."

The voice of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suddenly rang out in Huo Yuhao's mind.

Huo Yuhao was both shocked and delighted when he heard the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm continue, "Also, if you don't know how to transmit your voice mentally, then don't speak to me aloud. If I need you for something, I'll pull your consciousness into the Spirit Sea."

Huo Yuhao nodded heavily.

The three of them continued deeper into the Star Dou Forest.

With the "fortune boost" of Huo Yuhao, the Child of Destiny, Tang San got his wish and found a Poison Spider of roughly two thousand years to serve as his third spirit ring.

His third soul skill was still Spider Web Restraint, but its poison and the toughness of its Blue Silver Grass were far inferior to the Spider Web Restraint of the Blue Silver Emperor from his previous life.

It could not be helped. After all, God King Tang had already killed every Man Faced Demon Spider.

Its only advantage was perhaps that, due to the devouring nature of the Dark Blue Silver Grass, this Spider Web Restraint could absorb the Soul Power of those trapped within it.

To a certain extent, its restraining ability was actually superior.

Unfortunately, it had not produced an External Soul Bone.

This left Tang San deeply frustrated.

He simply vented his anger on the Poison Spider's corpse, activating the Blue Silver Thorn Formation to devour every scrap of flesh and blood the Poison Spider had consumed, leaving behind only an empty shell.

Furthermore, after continuously devouring the life force of trees over the past year,

along with all the life force and Soul Power of the ten-year Wind Baboon, as well as the Poison Spider's corpse,

Tang San's Soul Power naturally broke through to level forty after he absorbed his third spirit ring.

This gave Tang San a little psychological comfort.

Thus, the three of them continued on their journey to find spirit rings.

With Huo Yuhao's fortune enhancing him, Tang San encountered another seven-thousand-year Crypt Demon Spider.

After joining forces with Beibei and putting in quite some effort,

Tang San still managed to kill the Crypt Demon Spider,

though he was not particularly satisfied.

This was because its age was a full half lower than the fourth ring he had obtained in his "previous life."

But he also knew

that he had neither the Ice and Fire Body Tempering, nor an External Soul Bone, nor the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

A seven-thousand-year spirit ring was already his limit.

After all, it had been selected for him by the fortune around Huo Yuhao.

It was already the spirit ring best suited for him.

Thinking of how he had replaced spirit rings in his previous life, Tang San could only comfort himself inwardly. He would make do for now, and once he obtained a divine trial, he would find a way to replace these first four trash spirit rings.

While Tang San was absorbing the Crypt Demon Spider's spirit ring, Huo Yuhao used relieving himself as an excuse to leave the group.

He never returned.

This made Tang San frantic.

After absorbing the spirit ring and seeing that Huo Yuhao was gone, he immediately asked Beibei where Huo Yuhao had gone, then rushed nonstop in the direction Huo Yuhao had left.

The result was that he found Huo Yuhao sitting cross-legged beside the corpse of a ten-year Three-Eyed Demon Fox.

He looked as though he had just finished absorbing its spirit ring.

"Yuhao, did you kill this spirit beast yourself?"

Tang San revealed an inscrutable expression.

Huo Yuhao clearly did not know how to lie. After a flicker of guilt passed through his eyes, he forced himself to say,

"Yes, Sister Xiao Ya. While I was relieving myself, this spirit beast suddenly ran out and attacked me."

"I also had to put in a great deal of effort before I could kill it and absorb its spirit ring."

"Unfortunately, it was only a ten-year spirit beast."

As he spoke, a white spirit ring slowly rose beneath his feet, clearly marking him as a soul master.

Such a clumsy lie... Tang San sneered inwardly. He did not choose to expose him, instead saying,

"Since that is the case, in my capacity as the sect master of the Tang Sect, I formally invite you to join the Tang Sect."

"Would you be willing to accept?"

"If you agree, I can give you Shrek Academy's exemption quota for this year and bring you into Shrek Academy."

This was Tang San's only bargaining chip that could currently move him.

His year-long leave of absence had also just ended.

If Huo Yuhao refused, then in order to steal his opportunity,

Tang San could only withdraw from Shrek and continue pestering Huo Yuhao relentlessly.

Over the course of their journey, Huo Yuhao felt that he could basically confirm that the two before him harbored no ill intentions.

But the psychological trauma Dai Mubai had left him still refused to fade.

So he instinctively wanted to refuse.

However, Tian Meng suddenly said in his mind,

"Yuhao, agree to her. This is a perfect chance for us to confirm whether that Grandmaster in your Spirit Sea is real or not."

"If he's fake, I can help you eliminate this intruder."

"If he's real, then we'll have struck it rich."

"Grandmaster once raised Sea God Tang San. With Grandmaster's guidance, you'll definitely be able to avoid many detours in the future."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao reluctantly agreed. "I'm willing to join the Tang Sect."

A smile finally appeared on Tang San's face. "Good. Starting tomorrow, I'll have Beibei formally teach you the Tang Sect's secret arts."

Meanwhile,

while Huo Yuhao joined the Tang Sect,

Gu Yuan had also begun communicating with Electrolux.

"Wait, you said that you sensed the intense energy fluctuations produced when a fat bug sacrificed itself to a human youth, and that was what drew you here through space?"

Within the Spirit Sea,

Gu Yuan's mouth twitched as he secretly clicked his tongue. Could that Gang's remnant soul have been transferred into Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea?

Electrolux said, "Yes. Yet after I entered that human youth's Spirit Sea, I suddenly appeared here."

"My sliver of divine consciousness was too weak. I originally wanted to enter your Spirit Sea and sleep, but... that little girl beside you nearly destroyed me."