"Tang Chen... I wonder if he still looks the way he did back then.
"If you'd understood what I meant back then, perhaps you wouldn't have been so foolish. You wouldn't have been ambushed by the Rakshasa God at the Asura God's inheritance site and ended up becoming the King of Slaughter."
Bo Saixi truly had loved Tang Chen. She could say that the reason she'd spoken those words to the two of them was that she'd hoped Tang Chen would understand what was in her heart. But Tang Chen had been far too dense.
He hadn't picked up on the meaning hidden in Bo Saixi's words at all. It could only be said that Bo Saixi had never considered how a brawny man might think.
She'd also overestimated Tang Chen's intelligence. Although he was a cultivation genius who had reached level 99, becoming a Limit Douluo through his own efforts, that was a different matter from his intelligence in other areas. The problem was that he really wasn't very bright.
Qian Daoliu had understood what Bo Saixi meant back then, and he'd also realized that she had chosen Tang Chen. But Tang Chen himself hadn't understood.
Tang Xiao also felt that his grandfather really was a little foolish. His nephew Tang San had picked up on the meaning hidden in Bo Saixi's words at the time, too. Bo Saixi had even complained that if Tang Chen had been half as clever as his great-grandson, he would've understood the meaning behind her words—and realized that Bo Saixi had chosen him back then.
"Senior, we'll be at the Clear Sky Sect soon."
Before long, the two of them arrived at the mountain range where the Clear Sky Sect was located. A great many Soul Masters guarded the area. They were either outer disciples of the Clear Sky Sect or members of the Four Single-Attribute Clans.
"Go report that I've brought Senior Bo Saixi back."
"Yes."
Soon, the two of them entered the Clear Sky Sect. The sect's seven elders and its leader were waiting in the main hall for Bo Saixi and Tang Xiao to return.
"Senior Bo Saixi, I imagine my son has already told you what happened. Whether my father can be saved depends entirely on you. I'm truly sorry to trouble you, but the situation is urgent. To save my father, I have no choice but to ask you to help."
Tang Zhen had no other option. If they'd had any way to save Tang Chen themselves, they wouldn't have gone all that way to ask Bo Saixi for help.
But they had no way to save Tang Chen, so they could only turn to Bo Saixi.
"Don't worry. Saving your father is my responsibility. I love him. Although he was married before, that doesn't bother me. He's an exceptional man, and I'll definitely save him. However, since this will take place in Slaughter City, it'll be very difficult. So I hope to enlist the help of your Clear Sky Sect elders to save your father together.
"Soul Skills can't be used in Slaughter City, so I'm afraid I'll have to rely on the power of a divine artifact to restore your father to normal. While I'm doing that, I can't be disturbed. Someone will have to protect me during that time, so I'll need you to keep me safe."
After Bo Saixi explained, the Clear Sky Sect elders all agreed. They regarded Tang Chen as the spiritual pillar of their sect. Those elders who had lived through his era were even more eager to see the Clear Sky Sect return to its former glory.
They wanted the Clear Sky Sect's glory restored. Back then, even Spirit Hall had greatly feared the sect's power.
"Don't worry, Senior Bo Saixi. If you need help, all seven of us elders will lend a hand. We're all basically Soul Douluo-level experts, and even if we can't use Soul Skills, we can still use the Clear Sky Hammer formation."
The Clear Sky Sect's Second Elder spoke up. The First Elder usually didn't like to get involved in matters, so the Second Elder handled most of them.
"Exactly. If we can save Uncle, we'll gladly help. We wouldn't mind even sacrificing our lives. Uncle is the spiritual pillar of the Clear Sky Sect. If he dies, what will become of us? Even if we die, we have to bring him back."
The speaker was the Seventh Elder, Tang Lie. Although the Clear Sky Sect still had its internal conflicts and problems, everyone more or less revered Tang Chen.
And if Tang Chen returned, a great many Soul Masters would join the Clear Sky Sect. That would strengthen their faction and bring them more resources and supplies.
"Then I'll be counting on you. Please protect me during this time. We'll set out for Slaughter City now."
"Little Phoenix, we're going to forge a weapon for you now. It'll be a staff. Do you remember the cultivation technique I told you about, Victorious Fighting Buddha? Its accompanying Dou Technique is the Ruyi Staff Technique. With this technique and its matching Dou Technique, I'm sure you're destined to surpass those so-called God Kings. You might even become a high-tier Dou Zun.
"You're a Heavenly Demon Phoenix, one of the Three Great Magical Beast Clans. You're sure to become a Dou Zun, but becoming a high-tier Dou Zun will still be difficult.
"I just don't know if this world will allow you to become a high-tier Dou Zun. I've always felt that this world has a limit to how much power it can withstand, so becoming a Dou Zun might be very difficult."
"Teacher, let's try first. For now, the best thing we can do is forge a weapon that suits me."
Phoenix King said.
"In this world, weapons like Super Divine Artifacts exist. I don't understand how powerful the Divine Realm's divine artifacts are, but I don't think they're all that impressive. After all, how powerful can a Dou Zong's weapon really be? Do I even need to ask? I've seen the strongest Dou Zong, and he was nothing special."
Medicine Elder wasn't looking down on Dou Zuns. In some remote regions of the Dou Qi Continent, a Dou Zong was already considered extremely powerful. But compared with a Dou Zun, there was still a huge gap.
So in Medicine Elder's eyes, these so-called Super Divine Artifacts and divine artifacts from the Divine Realm probably weren't all that powerful either.
"Senior Medicine Elder, if you need help forging a suitable staff for Little Phoenix, I can lend a hand. We have many Spirit Bones from Soul Beasts that died in the Star Dou Forest, as well as many special metals. We can use them to forge a suitable staff. We might even be able to make a weapon that approaches the level of a divine artifact.
"Besides, there's a way to elevate an ordinary weapon into a divine artifact in this world. Some gods in the Divine Realm turned ordinary weapons into divine artifacts—for example, the Angel God's former ordinary sword was elevated into a divine artifact, the Angel Sword."
"Then if Little Phoenix becomes a god, her weapon can be elevated into a divine artifact too, right?"
Medicine Elder said. He'd seen Spirit Bones before, and they seemed like suitable materials for forging weapons.
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