Perhaps the Blue Silver King's resentment was simply too great, but as Qian Renxue absorbed the soul ring, she kept sensing a cloud of bitterness around it.
Still, Qian Renxue was powerful, and absorbing the Blue Silver King's eighty-five-thousand-year soul ring took no effort at all. She finished in just four hours.
Looking at the Blue Silver Forest, now drained of life, Shangguan Li could not help laughing gleefully to herself. Sure enough, stealing Tang San's resources was a job best done with his enemy, Qian Renxue.
"It looks like this soul ring suits you quite well." The Blue Silver King was a neutral soul beast to begin with, making it suitable as anyone's soul ring. Its age was also exceptionally high, making it a rare, high-grade soul ring.
Qian Renxue smiled as well. "Thank you for your help, Senior. Now Tang San won't be able to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline."
Shangguan Li nodded in agreement, while wondering what Tang Hao would think when he arrived and found the Blue Silver King already dead.
And tonight was the night Shangguan Li planned to witness Tang Hao's reaction.
When she noticed Tang Hao and his son making their move, Shangguan Li went to the Crown Prince's Palace. "That father and son are on the move. Let's go take a look."
Qian Renxue was more than happy to enjoy her enemies making fools of themselves. With nothing else to deal with at the moment, she gladly followed Shangguan Li to watch the spectacle.
By the time Shangguan Li and Qian Renxue arrived, Tang Hao was actually going berserk, pounding away at the Blue Silver Grass in the Blue Silver Forest.
"Why? Why is the Blue Silver King dead? Who killed him? Ah Yin, I've failed you. If I'd brought you here sooner, would you already have used this energy to come back to life?"
"It's all my fault for being selfish. I wanted to save this power for Xiaosan, but in the end, neither you nor Xiaosan benefited. I regret it. I regret it so much!"
Shangguan Li held nothing but contempt for Tang Hao's after-the-fact wisdom. Sure enough, this man was a scumbag.
Shangguan Li had already lost interest in watching, but Qian Renxue was still thoroughly engrossed, so she could hardly leave early.
"Sure enough, Tang Hao is a scumbag. Poor Ah Yin, though. Her love was so pure, yet she was deceived by a scumbag like him."
Qian Renxue felt sorrow over everything Ah Yin had given. As a fellow woman-or rather, a fellow woman who had been deceived-perhaps Qian Renxue saw her future self in Ah Yin: the foolish girl who loved Tang San.
But this time, she would not make any more mistakes. She would never fall for Tang San, an enemy of Spirit Hall. If she could get rid of him, she would probably choose to kill him without hesitation.
Yet for some reason, whenever she came within a certain distance of Tang San, Qian Renxue felt as though several chains had been fastened around her. Why? Was she the only one who experienced this?
To verify this phenomenon, Qian Renxue had also sent many soul masters from Spirit Hall to assassinate Tang San, but every attempt had failed without exception.
At that point, Shangguan Li told her that Tang San's destiny power was protecting him. He was the Son of Destiny, someone who could not easily be killed. Only at the very end could they kill him.
"Do I have to wait until he becomes the Sea God? I can't wait that long."
Qian Renxue did not understand. The best way to deal with an enemy was to wipe him out while he was still weak.
But Shangguan Li did everything she could to stop her. "Have you forgotten? I told you before that a deity stands behind Tang San. Sooner or later, he will become a god. If you recklessly interfere with the course of his growth, you might make him become a god ahead of time. If you haven't become a god yourself by then, you'll be at a disadvantage."
"Besides, it's not that you can only kill Tang San once he becomes a god. As long as his allotted fortune has run dry, you can kill him."
Shangguan Li's words left Qian Renxue baffled. She did not know how this so-called destiny power manifested, either, so she chose not to obstruct Tang San's growth for the time being.
As for confirming whether that destiny power remained, she only needed to keep sending people to assassinate Tang San. If someone succeeded, wouldn't that mean he no longer had it?
Meanwhile, Tang San was furious that he had failed to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor. But seeing how angry his father was, he did not dare show his own rage.
Tang San asked cautiously, "Dad, what happened? Who exactly was that big soul beast?"
Hearing Tang San's voice, Tang Hao calmed down. "This soul beast was the Blue Silver King, an important soul beast who could help you awaken your mother's bloodline. But now he's been killed. In this world, aside from the Blue Silver King, the only one who can help you awaken your bloodline is your mother herself."
But Ah Yin had not even regained consciousness yet. How could she possibly help Tang San?
Tang San was furious. The Blue Silver King had clearly only been killed recently. Why hadn't Tang Hao brought him here sooner to awaken his bloodline?
Who had killed the Blue Silver King, cutting off his path so precisely?
The Blue Silver King's death also confirmed one thing for Tang Hao: Tang San could no longer cultivate his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
"Xiaosan, listen to me. You can't cultivate your Blue Silver Grass martial soul anymore. Haven't you already reached rank fifty? Dad will find you two more soul beasts and fill the soul ring slots on your Clear Sky Hammer, all right?"
Tang San froze for a moment. "Why, Dad? Didn't you tell me when I awakened my martial souls that I had to fill all the soul ring slots on my Blue Silver Grass before cultivating my Clear Sky Hammer?"
Yet hadn't Tang San himself already broken that agreement? He did not think breaking it had been an irresponsible act at all.
Tang Hao cleared his throat. "Do you know the conditions for cultivating twin martial souls? Take the current Supreme Pontiff, Bibi Dong. Her twin martial souls are two Spider Emperors, two martial souls of comparable quality."
"And your two martial souls are the Blue Silver Emperor and the Clear Sky Hammer, which are also of comparable quality. But now your Blue Silver Emperor can no longer awaken. That means your Blue Silver Emperor has become Blue Silver Grass."
"The quality of the Blue Silver Grass martial soul is inferior to the Clear Sky Hammer. If you want to keep being a soul master, you'll have to choose either Blue Silver Grass or the Clear Sky Hammer as your martial soul."
Tang San did not want to give up the advantage of twin martial souls. "Dad, couldn't I cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer first, then add soul rings to the Blue Silver Grass?"
"Xiaosan, why haven't you understood what Dad is saying? Even if you fill all the soul ring slots on your Blue Silver Grass, adding soul rings to your Clear Sky Hammer afterward could easily make your body explode."
"My body explode?" Tang San understood now. The difference in quality between his two martial souls was too great. If he continued cultivating Blue Silver Grass, his soul power would grow exceptionally slowly, and he would gradually fall behind his companions.
"I understand, Dad. Then I'll choose the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul."
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