That Damn Woman Was Unforgivable!

The moment Salas stepped into the secret chamber, he felt like his whole world had fallen apart.

Dead silence.

A suffocating silence.

Two faint yet tangible gazes locked coldly onto him.

Snake Lance stood on the left and Pufferfish on the right. The two Title Douluos had their arms crossed, their expressions blank as they stared at him as though examining a corpse that had long gone cold.

Salas felt cold sweat instantly soak his back, and a bone-chilling chill shot straight to the top of his head.

But what truly terrified him was the Young Master sitting at the head of the chamber, expressionless.

Salas did not dare hesitate and quickly blurted out everything related to Lin Nuo.

"You mean..."

Qian Renxue's voice was soft, but it carried an indescribable chill.

"The tiny branch hall in Nuoding City sat on Lin Nuo's information for nearly three whole years before it reached your desk?"

Salas's knees went weak, and he nearly dropped to the floor.

"Y-Young Master, please calm your anger! Those fools beneath me were blind, and this old man only just received the news..."

Qian Renxue laughed in fury.

Three years? A full three years!

Was this Spirit Hall the Spirit Hall of the Angel Qian Family, or Bibi Dong's Spirit Hall?

"Since he took the initiative to approach Spirit Hall, what does he want?"

"Young Master," Salas answered tremblingly.

"That child wishes to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy for further study, but he has no noble recommendation letter. That is why he sought help from the branch hall..."

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue was first stunned. Then, a subtle gleam flashed through her eyes.

He wanted to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy?

Wasn't this like being handed a pillow just as she was getting sleepy?

She had been worrying over how to approach him without drawing attention, yet that brat had charged straight into her line of sight.

This was exactly what she wanted!

Qian Renxue leaned forward slightly and looked down at Salas from above.

"Salas, listen carefully.

From this moment onward, everything concerning Lin Nuo is to be classified as top secret.

If Pope Palace hears even half a word..."

Qian Renxue paused, then said each word distinctly, "I guarantee that your head will hit the ground before the information does."

Salas shuddered violently. "Rest assured, Young Master! Even if this old man is ground to dust, I will not let a single word leak!

This old servant will personally go to Nuoding City at once and bring him back safely. I will never let Pope Palace notice!"

"Get to it."

Qian Renxue waved her hand irritably. "Snake Lance, Pufferfish, you may leave as well."

"Yes."

The three of them hurried from the secret chamber as if they had been granted amnesty.

The heavy stone door closed once more, shutting out all light and noise.

Only Qian Renxue remained in the secret chamber.

Almost the instant everyone left, her straight back sagged slightly.

Her disguise fell away. The Angel Young Master, who had been decisive and intimidating just moments ago, now had undisguised grievance and bitterness welling up in her eyes.

She bit her lower lip hard as the outline of that possibly existing "younger brother" surfaced uncontrollably in her mind.

What if it was true?

What if that woman had secretly given birth to a child behind everyone's backs?

Qian Renxue clenched her fists. Her reason screamed that this was a scandal, a disgrace. As the future master of the Qian Family, she should mercilessly erase this stain the moment his identity was confirmed.

But could she truly bring herself to kill that child she had never even met?

She slowly loosened her clenched hand, her fingertips trembling faintly.

She truly could not do it.

Since childhood, in that cold and lifeless Pope Palace, she had never received even the slightest trace of maternal love.

Someone deprived of familial affection from childhood, someone who yearned for it to the point of despair, actually treasured blood ties more than anyone else.

Even if those ties were tainted, she realized that she simply could not bring herself to deliver the killing blow.

"Forget it. He... is innocent too..."

Qian Renxue thought to herself.

Meanwhile, before the waterfall at the back mountain of Holy Soul Village.

Tang Hao, his eyes bloodshot, charged headfirst into the hidden stone chamber behind the waterfall.

"Damn thief! Whoever you are, if you dare touch something from the Tang Clan, I will tear you into ten thousand pieces!"

Accompanied by an earth-shaking roar, the Clear Sky Hammer, weighing several thousand jin, was fiercely summoned.

At that moment, Tang Hao's killing intent was so thick it seemed ready to drip from his body.

If that suicidal little thief still dared to remain in the cave and absorb the Spirit Bone, he would not hesitate to swing his hammer and send the bastard straight into reincarnation.

Even if the thief had already fled, Tang Hao swore that he would dig three feet into the ground and pursue him to the ends of the earth!

Storming deeper inside with his hammer in hand, Tang Hao's gaze instantly locked onto the hidden compartment at the top where the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone had been stored.

The compartment stood wide open, completely empty inside.

In an instant, a surge of blood rushed to Tang Hao's head, and the frustration and fury he had suppressed for years erupted completely.

"Ahhh! Damn it! They all deserve to die!"

In his rage, the Clear Sky Hammer swelled wildly in the wind!

He began smashing the innocent stone walls around him in a frenzied outburst.

The booming thunderous crashes made the entire cave shake violently. Broken stones rained down, as though it might collapse at any moment.

Just as he had smashed more than half the stone chamber into a pitted mess, Tang Hao suddenly sucked in a cold breath, and the hammer hanging in midair froze.

Oh no! His wife was still growing beside him!

Breaking out in a cold sweat, Tang Hao hurriedly threw down his hammer.

In his field of vision, atop the familiar little mound in the center of the stone chamber, a stalk of Blue Silver Grass was quietly growing beneath the faint light streaming down from the hole in the ceiling.

Seeing that "Ah Yin" was unharmed, Tang Hao's heart finally settled back into his chest.

"Ah Yin, I'm sorry. I came too late..."

Tang Hao's eyes grew warm. He dropped to one knee before the mound and extended his rough hand as though tending to an incomparable treasure.

"But don't worry. No one will ever lay a finger on what you left for Xiao San!

I swear, I will catch that little thief and make him pay the most painful price!"

Perhaps thinking that since he was already here and his emotions had reached this point, Tang Hao got himself off right there.

Only after a full three minutes did he pull himself together again.

Drawing upon the immense Soul Power of a Title Douluo, Tang Hao set up layers upon layers of restrictions around the cave entrance, far more stringent than before.

Only after finishing all of that did he reluctantly leave the cave, looking back every few steps.

Standing once more on the cliff above the waterfall, Tang Hao's mind began racing.

Relying on his astonishing wisdom, Tang Hao quickly arrived at a perfect conclusion that seemed utterly flawless.

In all the world, who besides those Spirit Hall bastards could know Ah Yin's identity and possess the ability to silently locate such a remote place as the back mountain of Nuoding City?

Since that was the case, the murderer's escape route was obvious.

All he needed to do now was follow the main road from Nuoding City to Spirit City, killing and investigating all the way!

At that thought, killing intent surged in Tang Hao's eyes.

Without the slightest hesitation, he stomped down hard. His entire body turned into a streak of black light that tore through the sky and shot toward Spirit City.