First Meeting Tang San, Cannot Kill, But Can Still Mess With Him

Xiao Chenyu closed the chat screen.

He walked over to the wilted Blue Silver Grass, crouched down, and rummaged through his backpack for a small shovel and a clay pot.

His father, Xiao Chengkun, had prepared these before he set out.

He had said that when one is away from home, one might stumble upon rare medicinal herbs and should be ready to dig them up.

At the time, Xiao Chenyu had thought his old man was making an unnecessary fuss, as he wasn't going out to forage.

He just hadn't expected to actually put them to use.

Though, he wasn't digging up herbs, but Tang San's mother.

Xiao Chenyu carefully cleared the soil around the Blue Silver Grass while keeping a close watch.

The affinity of the Heart of Blue Silver seemed to be working.

A-Yin's seedling trembled slightly in his hands, a faint blue light flickering across its leaves as if responding to his touch.

Those wilted leaves actually unfurled a little, as if stretching after a long nap.

"Let's go, I'll take you somewhere you can soak up the sun."

"My backyard has plenty of sunlight; it's ten thousand times better than this godforsaken place."

Xiao Chenyu placed the Blue Silver Grass securely into the clay pot, sprinkled a little water on the surface, and carefully tucked it into his backpack.

He took one last look at the cave that had trapped A-Yin for six years.

Dark, damp, devoid of sunlight—even the moss here grew thinner and weaker than it did outside.

"Tang Hao, oh Tang Hao, you claim to love A-Yin, yet you left her in a hellhole like this to fend for herself."

"She's treated worse than a potted plant; at least flowers get to sit on a windowsill and catch some sun."

He shook his head, his tone laced with disdain.

"No wonder the Will of Douluo Planet called you scum. I thought she was slandering you at first, but now it seems she was being conservative."

Everything was packed.

He walked to the cave entrance.

The sound of the waterfall was deafening, and the air was thick with mist.

He activated the flight ability of the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

The next second, his body was enveloped in a pale blue light, and he shot out from the waterfall like an arrow released from a bow.

The water curtain exploded behind him, the spray refracting a brilliant rainbow in the sunlight.

He steadied himself in mid-air, savoring the thrill of the wind rushing past his ears.

Beneath him lay rolling mountains and dense forests, and above him, a cloudless blue sky.

"The feeling of flying—it's fucking awesome!"

He spread his arms wide and took a deep breath of the cold, high-altitude air.

This sensation of soaring freely was even more exhilarating than riding a roller coaster in his past life.

Plus, it was free—no fuel, no tickets, all thanks to a spirit bone stolen from someone else's father.

Just as he prepared to change direction and head back to Nuoding City, his peripheral vision caught something moving in the distance.

"Hm?"

He narrowed his eyes to look.

It was a small figure.

In the dense forest behind Holy Soul Village.

A child of about five years old was moving through the trees at an incredible speed.

His figure was erratic, his footwork bizarre and unpredictable.

Every step landed in a spot no normal person would ever choose—on protruding tree roots, the sharp edges of jagged rocks, or slippery patches of moss.

He darted and weaved between the rocks and roots, every landing precise to the millimeter.

At times, he slid sideways through two nearly touching tree trunks; at others, he tapped off a loose stone in a stream to vault into the air.

These were not movements a normal five-year-old could perform.

Even a typical adult spirit master might not possess such agility.

It looked like an instinct honed through thousands of trials.

High above, Xiao Chenyu's pupils constricted as he instantly recognized what it was.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step!

Tang San's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step!

One of the Tang Sect's ultimate arts, a top-tier movement technique known for "passing through a thousand flowers without a single petal touching the body."

Across the entire Douluo Continent, only one person knew this technique.

That was—

[Xiao Chenyu]: @All members, come out and watch the show.

[Will of Douluo Planet]: What is it, Avenger? Any new discoveries?

[Xiao Chenyu]: Take a look at who is down there.

The Chat Group went silent for two seconds.

Then, it exploded.

[Will of Douluo Planet]: Holy crap!!! It's Tang San! Five-year-old Tang San! He's practicing the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step! (°ο°)

[Will of Douluo Planet]: I know this movement technique too well; it's a Tang Sect masterpiece. I'd recognize it even if it were burned to ashes!

[Human-Faced Demon Spider]: Tang San! Kill! Kill! Kill!!!

[Human-Faced Demon Spider]: Tear him apart! Tear him apart! Tear him apart!!!

[God of Destruction]: Hmph, a soul of an adult who transmigrated from another world resides within the body of a five-year-old child.

Asura, oh Asura, you truly went to great lengths.

Stuffing an adult soul into an infant's body—how can you even claim this is fair?

[Goddess of Life]: Chenyu, don't be impulsive.

[Goddess of Life]: Although he is only five years old now, he is, after all, the Child of Destiny. You cannot kill him; acting rashly might instead result in a backlash from his destiny.

[Goddess of Life]: You carry more than just your own hopes on your shoulders now.

[Will of Douluo Planet]: Exactly, exactly. Avenger, stay calm. Destiny is no joke!

[Will of Douluo Planet]: If you strike now, you might get hit by a falling meteorite or suddenly slip on a banana peel and fall off a cliff—the power of destiny is just that unreasonable!

Xiao Chenyu hovered in mid-air, watching the tiny figure training diligently in the woods below, and narrowed his eyes.

Tang San.

The future Sea God, the Asura God.

The most hypocritical Child of Destiny in the history of the Douluo Continent.

The patriarch of the Tang family who spanned the first through fifth installments of the series.

He was also the collective target of revenge for all members in the group, including the Will of Douluo Planet, the God of Destruction, the Goddess of Life, and the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

At this moment, he was just a five-year-old child.

To be precise, a Tang Sect transmigrator wearing the skin of a five-year-old.

A soul that had lived two lifetimes was currently attempting to reclaim the pride of the Tang Sect in this strange world.

Diligence, hard work, self-discipline—these qualities were worth praising in any child.

But Xiao Chenyu knew what this diligent, hardworking child would do in the future.

He would stand on the moral high ground to judge everyone.

He would turn the Douluo Planet and the God Realm into the private property of the Tang family.

He would split his own daughter's soul into three parts for the sake of his ten-thousand-year grand plan.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Chenyu suddenly grinned.

[Xiao Chenyu]: I know I can't kill him.

[Will of Douluo Planet]: Then what do you plan to...

[Xiao Chenyu]: But who said I couldn't mess with him?

[Xiao Chenyu]: You can't kill the Child of Destiny, but can't the Child of Destiny be humiliated? Can't he be made to look foolish? Can't he be scared to tears?

He pulled open the backpack his father had prepared for him and rummaged through it.

Xiao Chengkun was so afraid his son would suffer while away that he had practically stuffed the entire City Lord Mansion inside.

Dry rations, water flasks, spare clothes, ointments, bandages, a small shovel, fire starters... and a whole heap of miscellaneous items.

Soon, he felt a small, heavy cloth bag.

Inside was a white powder, as fine as flour.

Xiao Chenyu looked at the bag in his hand, then down at the five-year-old Tang San who was focused on his training, the curve of his lips growing increasingly dangerous.

[Xiao Chenyu]: Everyone, I have a great idea for messing with Tang San.

[Will of Douluo Planet]: ?

[Human-Faced Demon Spider]: ?

[Goddess of Life]: ?

[God of Destruction]: ?