Tang Hao and His Siblings

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

"Is that Heaven Dou City?"

Deng Tianxin looked at Heaven Dou City in the distance and curiously asked Liu Erlong behind him.

Riding on the bear's back, Liu Erlong held Deng Tianxin's waist with one hand and shaded her eyes with the other as she looked in the direction he pointed.

On the horizon, a majestic city gleamed beneath the afternoon sun, its walls stretching on without end.

"Yes, that's Heaven Dou City." There was a trace of anticipation in Liu Erlong's voice.

She had long wanted to see this most prosperous imperial capital on the continent, though she had never expected to arrive this way.

Riding a One-Eyed Violent Bear with seven thousand years of cultivation, with a little rascal who had ambushed her with a kiss in her arms.

Thinking of that sudden kiss on the cheek a few days ago, Liu Erlong's ears grew faintly warm again.

She had deliberately avoided mentioning it these past few days, but that did not mean she had forgotten.

This little rascal was getting bolder and bolder. He actually dared to use his mouth on her.

Yet after kissing her, he ran off and hid faster than a rabbit, leaving her unable to find a suitable chance to flare up.

"Let's go. Into the city." Liu Erlong patted the bear's back and temporarily suppressed the thought.

She had this debt recorded, anyway. There was no rush.

The One-Eyed Violent Bear broke into a run toward the city gates. Pedestrians and merchant caravans on the official road hurriedly moved aside, while the soldiers guarding the city nearly sounded the alarm when they saw a giant bear the size of a small mountain charging over.

Fortunately, Liu Erlong displayed her Soul Master badge beforehand and explained matters. Only then were they allowed into the city under the soldiers' uncertain, astonished gazes.

After entering the city, Deng Tianxin and Liu Erlong rode the One-Eyed Violent Bear through its streets.

Once inside, the two wandered around without any particular destination.

Seeing Deng Tianxin and Liu Erlong riding the One-Eyed Violent Bear, the passersby whispered among themselves.

"Brother Xiao, Brother Hao, look! There are two people riding a soul beast over there."

At that moment, a young girl's voice rang out.

Deng Tianxin looked toward the voice and saw a young woman staring at them.

The young woman was very beautiful. She was somewhat inferior to Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong in appearance, but her temperament surpassed Liu Erlong's and could be compared to Bibi Dong's.

Two burly men stood beside her. One of them was fairly handsome and appeared to be in his twenties, though his body was exceptionally tall and robust.

The other stood over two meters tall, broad-shouldered and powerfully built, with a lofty bearing and a face that looked as though it had been carved with blades and axes.

Deng Tianxin sensed a God of Love Fragment within the young woman. It was considerably smaller than the fragments inside Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong.

From the way she had addressed them just now, Deng Tianxin guessed their identities: Tang Yuehua, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao.

Judging by their current appearance, they should have come out to gain experience.

Deng Tianxin recognized them, but Tang Hao and Tang Xiao's gazes had not fallen on him at all.

The brothers' eyes were both fixed on the One-Eyed Violent Bear. Deng Tianxin knew that look all too well.

It was exactly the same look Liu Erlong had worn when she first discovered that holding him could accelerate her cultivation—burning and focused, as if they were appraising some priceless treasure.

Tang Hao paused, finally shifting his gaze from the Violent Bear to the little boy with dragon horns atop his head on the bear's back. A flash of barely concealed surprise crossed his eyes.

He had assumed that someone capable of taming such a soul beast had to be some deeply cultivated senior expert. He had never expected it to be a child who looked no older than seven or eight.

Although the young woman behind the child did not seem weak, Tang Hao could tell that she absolutely could not have made a Violent Bear nearing eight thousand years of cultivation submit so obediently through her own strength.

"Interesting." An intrigued smile appeared on Tang Hao's face. "Taming a Violent Bear that's nearly eight thousand years old isn't something an ordinary person can do. Little brother, how did you get this mount?"

If possible, he wanted to get one to play with as well.

Deng Tianxin scratched his head. "I got lucky. I just fed it some food."

Tang Yuehua, however, had different thoughts from her two brothers.

After her gaze lingered briefly on the Violent Bear, it drifted uncontrollably toward Deng Tianxin, who sat at the front of the bear's back.

A pair of rounded little dragon horns grew from the child's forehead, gleaming gently beneath the sunlight. His features were delicate and adorable, but those were not what drew her attention.

From the very first moment she saw him, an indescribable feeling had risen in her heart. It was as if something had lightly plucked the softest string within her, making her inexplicably want to look at Deng Tianxin more and grow closer to him.

The feeling had come suddenly and was entirely unfamiliar. In eighteen years of life, she had never felt such emotions toward any stranger.

Tang Yuehua faintly furrowed her brow, quietly suppressing the inexplicable emotion. She stepped forward and gave the two people on the bear's back a standard noble's salute.

Tang Yuehua's movements were elegant and proper, every detail flawless. Her voice was gentle and pleasant as well. "My name is Tang Yuehua. These two are my elder brothers, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao. We are from the Clear Sky Sect and have come down the mountain this time to gain experience. May I ask how the two of you are addressed?"

Deng Tianxin said, "My name is Deng Tianxin, and I'm from Spirit Hall. Her name is Liu Erlong. She's my friend."

At this time, the relationship between the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall was still fairly good.

This was mainly because of Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, though after Ah Yin's sacrifice, the relationship between the two factions would deteriorate.

"Spirit Hall?" Tang Hao raised his thick brows slightly and examined Deng Tianxin again, undisguised surprise in his voice. "Since when did Spirit Hall produce someone like you? Taming a One-Eyed Violent Bear that's nearly eight thousand years old at seven or eight years old—if word gets out, all those Soul Masters on the continent who call themselves geniuses will probably want to crawl into a crack in the ground."

Though his tone was casual when he said this, the seriousness in his eyes was completely genuine.

The Clear Sky Sect was the number one tool martial soul sect in the world, and Tang Hao himself was one of the most outstanding twin stars of his generation. Few people could earn his regard, but this little fellow truly made him want to befriend him.

Making a Violent Bear with nearly eight thousand years of cultivation behave as obediently as a guard dog could not possibly be explained merely by feeding it some food.

"Luck. It really was luck." Deng Tianxin waved his little arms, his expression utterly sincere, while inwardly grumbling.

I can't exactly tell you this stupid bear treated me as its dead wife and licked me for more than half an hour, then inexplicably acknowledged me as its master after it finished, can I?

If I said that, would I have any face left?

Tang Yuehua stood before her two brothers, her gaze shifting from the Violent Bear to Liu Erlong, then from Liu Erlong back to Deng Tianxin.

From beginning to end, her attention had never been completely drawn away by the imposing Violent Bear. That little boy was what she truly cared about.

The closer she came, the clearer that inexplicable feeling of closeness became, like an invisible thread gently tugging at her heart, making her want to look at him a few more times, speak with him, and learn more about him.