Then Came a System

After Tang San returned, Tang Hao looked at the two brothers indifferently and said, "Are you two disappointed that you couldn't become Spirit Masters?"

"It's fine. Can't we still make a living as blacksmiths? Besides, Dad, didn't you promise to teach me how to forge farm tools?" Tang San said.

Then, Tang Liu spoke up, staring straight at Tang Hao. "Yes, I am very disappointed."

"Xiao Liu..." Tang San looked at him in surprise.

Tang Liu glanced at him to signal that he was fine, then looked back at Tang Hao. "I am very disappointed in you."

He said nothing more after that.

Tang Hao also looked at him, his tone seemingly laced with ice. "What use is a Spirit Master? Never mind a trash spirit; even if it were a top-tier spirit, what use is the strongest Spirit Master? They are nothing but trash."

Vaguely, Tang San and Tang Liu seemed to see a glimmer of moisture in Tang Hao's eyes.

Tang San ran over and grabbed Tang Hao's hand. "Dad, don't be angry. We just won't be Spirit Masters. Xiao Liu and I will always stay with you, and I'll keep cooking for you." He then glared at Tang Liu. "Xiao Liu, stop talking!"

But Tang Liu ignored Tang San; he had decided that he must give Tang Hao a wake-up call today. "The strongest? You aren't the strongest, so how do you know the strongest Spirit Master is also trash? Have you seen the scenery up there? If you were the strongest, would you still be like this? Would you still be so decadent?"

Because it was difficult to explain, he could not speak directly about Ah Yin, but that did not stop him from beating around the bush.

"The strongest must be the strongest. There is no such thing as the benevolent being invincible; only the invincible are truly invincible. If you were invincible in this world, who would dare to provoke you or take what is yours?" Tang Liu's expression became incredibly serious at this moment.

But his words infuriated Tang Hao. Tang Hao stood up abruptly, pushing Tang San aside so hard he stumbled. He looked down at Tang Liu, his gaze icy and his anger suppressed. "What do you know?!"

"I don't know, but I can probably guess." Tang Liu took a few steps forward, coming almost face-to-face with Tang Hao, and looked up at him. "You are just an old! geezer! who only knows how to run away instead of trying to push forward!"

Tang Liu's words pierced deep into Tang Hao's heart, tearing open old scars.

A cold light flashed in the depths of his eyes, and a wave of pressure descended upon Tang Liu.

He was going to teach this little brat a lesson!

As the pressure fell, Tang Liu's body visibly bent, and he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.

"Dad, what are you doing!" Tang San watched from the side and exclaimed.

"Stay out of it!" Tang Hao snorted coldly.

"But..." Tang San wanted to say more.

"Or I'll beat you too!" Tang Hao turned his head to look at him.

Tang San gritted his teeth. "Then beat me as well."

These two little brats, are they trying to defy me on purpose?

Tang Hao thought gloomily, intending to make Tang San suffer the pressure as well.

But at this moment, Tang Liu, who had been nearly immobilized by the pressure, slowly raised his left hand.

A brilliant blue light bloomed, and phantom blades of Blue Silver Grass quietly appeared, growing rapidly under the weight of Tang Hao's pressure!

The grass blades grew to Tang Hao's height in an instant, then spread out, wrapping around Tang Liu like a silkworm cocoon.

Because the Blue Silver Grass was translucent, Tang Liu could still be seen inside.

Moreover, unlike ordinary Blue Silver Grass, there was a golden thread on Tang Liu's grass that spread from the roots, tracing every vein of the leaves and radiating a faint sense of majesty.

"This is..." Tang Hao stared at the sprouting Blue Silver Grass, lost in a trance, and the pressure he was emitting vanished.

He reached out, carefully stroking a blade of grass, but his hand passed right through it.

"Exactly like her..." he muttered.

Tang Liu, wrapped in the Blue Silver Grass, could now move normally. He retracted the grass that had enveloped him, letting it exist only in the palm of his hand.

"This is one of my spirits, a mutated spirit: Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor." Tang Liu looked at Tang Hao and said, "An auxiliary-type spirit."

As for how he knew this, it started from the moment he arrived home after the spirit awakening.

At that time, a crisp voice had rung out in Tang Liu's mind.

Yes, that's right!

"Ding! System restoration complete, loading now!"

It was a system!

But this system was a little different.

"Assistant System activated and bound. Host: Tang Liu."

"Assistant System: all-knowing, problem-solving, an encyclopedia-like experience!"

"We do not issue gift packs, we do not provide lucky draws, we do not sell goods, and we do not support exchanges. What we have is the ability to solve any doubt or difficulty anytime, anywhere, and provide the most comprehensive information across the myriad worlds!"

"Assistant System, your strongest assistant!"

Tang Liu: "..."

Host: Tang Liu (Male)
Age: 6
Spirit Power: 20

Martial Soul 1: Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor (Top-tier plant-type support tool martial soul. Mutated from the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul; it has lost its control and attack capabilities, but has birthed powerful support, defense, and healing abilities.)

Martial Soul 2: Clear Sky Hammer (Top-tier attack tool martial soul. The inherited martial soul of the Clear Sky Sect direct lineage, the tool martial soul with the strongest attack power on the Douluo Continent.)

Martial Soul 3: ??? (Unknown martial soul, strength unknown. It appears to be in a state awaiting awakening. Or, perhaps absorbing a spirit ring will allow it to awaken?)

Current physical strength can withstand a spirit ring age of: 356 years.

Overall evaluation: Powerful talent, weakling body, requires increased training.

This was the system that had suddenly appeared.

Tang Liu did not discover any system interface.

This was just a Baidu Encyclopedia!

Tang Liu: "..."

"Blue Silver Emperor..." Tang Hao's expression turned dazed, his eyes filled with nostalgia.

"Just because you couldn't do it doesn't mean Brother and I can't," Tang Liu said.

Tang Hao sat back down, his expression carrying a sense of melancholy.

"You say this is one of your martial souls?" After a moment, Tang Hao looked at Tang Liu and asked aloud.

Tang Liu raised his right hand, and condensed black light surged, converging into a small hammer that was pitch-black all over but bore archaic patterns.

"This is my..." Tang Liu gripped the hammer handle, "Second one!"

Before he could finish his sentence, the moment he gripped the handle, he stumbled and was dragged down to the ground by the hammer.

"Holy crap, it's so heavy!" Tang Liu only had time to exclaim before he face-planted into the dirt.

Tang Hao: "..."

Tang San: "..."

Tang Hao looked at Tang Liu, who had fallen right in front of him, and for some reason, his mood suddenly improved quite a bit; he even felt a little like laughing.

Serves you right, making you talk back to your old man every day—you got your retribution!

Tang San, on the other hand, still had a conscience and hurriedly went over to help up Tang Liu, who had already retracted his martial soul. Although, looking at his younger brother with a big red mark on his face, he also really wanted to laugh.