Leng Yaozhu moved quickly.
Although she did not know what Leng Hanyuan needed these things for, she would not pry into such trivial matters.
They were merely a few century-old spiritual items. For Leng Yaozhu, the vice tower master of the Spirit Pagoda, a superpower that spanned the continent, obtaining them could not have been easier.
She did not even need to put much thought into it; the Spirit Pagoda's treasury held plenty in stock.
The very next day, she had a Spirit Pagoda envoy pilot a mecha and deliver them to Eastsea City.
Looking at the three spiritual items he had received from Leng Hanyuan, Tang Wulin felt incomparably grateful.
For a moment, the three items felt scalding hot in his hands.
He etched this debt of gratitude deeply into his heart.
Secretly, he swore that he would one day grow strong enough to help Teacher Leng and repay his kindness!
A drop of kindness should be repaid with a gushing spring.
That was what Tang Ziran and his wife had taught him.
Steadying himself, he temporarily suppressed the emotions in his heart.
Tang Wulin began absorbing the spiritual items.
Following his intuition, he used Soul Power to activate them.
Then a scorching sensation arose within his body.
Faint golden patterns emerged across his forehead.
The heat left his entire body weak and aching, unable to lift even a finger.
Suddenly.
The voice of the mysterious figure calling himself Old Tang rang out.
There was a trace of surprise in his voice:
"You obtained the spiritual items you needed so quickly?"
Clearly, the divine sense Tang San had left behind had not expected Tang Wulin to acquire these three spiritual items so soon.
Based on what he knew of Tang Wulin, he should not have possessed such ability.
At that moment, Tang Wulin was still enduring the agony caused by the Golden Dragon King bloodline within him.
Hearing the murmur of Tang San's divine sense, his brow twitched.
He had guessed correctly after all.
This mysterious figure truly was no good thing.
At such a critical moment, what he cared about was where Tang Wulin had gotten his spiritual items!
A pained cry rang out.
Only then did the divine sense Tang San had left behind realize the state his own son was in.
Tang Wulin had thought the figure would act to ease his pain.
But instead, what greeted him was a bowl of useless spiritual chicken soup:
"If you cannot endure it, the only result will be death."
"If you persist, you will step into rebirth!"
"Rebirth my ass!"
Usually even-tempered, Tang Wulin could not help cursing inwardly after hearing Old Tang's irrelevant and utterly useless words of encouragement.
Persist?
Of course he had to persist!
He did not want to die!
What use was there in saying such meaningless things?
Having completely given up hope in this so-called Old Tang.
Tang Wulin calmed himself and focused on resisting the pain within his body.
Still, he was the protagonist of the original story.
He possessed the abilities he was supposed to have.
Obviously, he could not possibly fall so easily to the first seal.
After absorbing the energy for some time.
He successfully absorbed the essence released by the Golden Dragon King's first seal.
At last, the first true mutation of his Golden Dragon King bloodline occurred.
Tang San's voice followed, carrying a hint of satisfaction:
"Very good. You have made it through this trial."
"But you absolutely must not relax. The seals ahead will only grow more dangerous. This is merely the simplest threshold."
Tang Wulin rolled his eyes, not even bothering to respond to Tang San.
He understood now.
This so-called Old Tang was completely useless.
Other than making sarcastic remarks, he only created a sense of crisis for him.
He was not even worthy of being compared to a single strand of Teacher Leng's hair!
Thinking of this, Tang Wulin, who had left his parents behind and come alone to Eastsea City to study, could not help envying Gu Yue.
He wanted a teacher like Teacher Leng too!
The divine sense Tang San had left behind was puzzled to see that Tang Wulin had no intention of responding.
But he did not pay it much mind.
Seeing that Tang Wulin had safely finished absorbing the Golden Dragon King's first seal, he returned to slumber once more.
Having absorbed the Golden Dragon King's first seal and recovered from his exhausted state, Tang Wulin's first action was to get dressed, open his door, and run outside.
He wanted to tell Leng Hanyuan about every change that had occurred after the first seal was undone.
Clearly, in Tang Wulin's heart, Leng Hanyuan had become a stabilizing pillar.
He had already begun to depend on him without realizing it.
"Wulin, what are you doing?"
Xie Xie, who had just returned to the dormitory, looked at Tang Wulin hurrying outside and asked in confusion.
"I'm going to find Teacher Leng."
Tang Wulin did not stop walking as he answered casually.
Hearing that, Xie Xie followed after him.
"I'm coming too."
He had encountered some problems in his cultivation recently and had wanted to seek Teacher Leng's guidance as well.
The two walked on.
But they suddenly noticed a disturbance coming from the school gates.
Tang Wulin casually stopped a student and asked curiously:
"Senior, what's happening over there?"
The Eastsea Academy student who had been stopped froze when he saw Tang Wulin and Xie Xie's faces.
"So the people outside the school gates are looking for you two?"
"What do you mean, looking for us?"
Tang Wulin and Xie Xie exchanged glances, both utterly baffled by what he meant.
The Eastsea Academy student pointed outside the gates.
"Outside. A group of people has blocked the entrance."
"They're holding photos of you two and demanding that the academy hand you over."
"You two juniors, don't tell me you caused trouble outside?"
"You'd better not go out. Those people do not look easy to deal with. Wait for the academy leaders to handle it."
The student earnestly tried to persuade them.
Looking for them?
Tang Wulin froze, then suddenly thought of something and sharply turned to Xie Xie beside him.
Xie Xie seemed to have thought of it as well and was looking at Tang Wulin at that very moment.
"Could it be them?"
Xie Xie's expression darkened as he recalled what had happened two days ago when he and Tang Wulin had gone out to eat at that beef stew shop.
"It can only be them."
Tang Wulin's little face grew solemn.
Before this, Tang Wulin had never taken the initiative to provoke anyone since arriving at Eastsea Academy.
Other than that group they had encountered at the beef stew shop who wanted to forcibly collect protection money, he could not think of anyone else who would bring people to block the academy gates and specifically demand Tang Wulin and Xie Xie.
"Come on, let's take a look."
Tang Wulin temporarily changed his destination.
Since they had come for them, they had to face them.
Tang Wulin still had a strong sense of responsibility.
"Yeah!"
Xie Xie nodded heavily.
When all was said and done, he was the one who had started this.
Since Tang Wulin was not running away, Xie Xie had no reason to flee either.
"Thank you for the warning, Senior, but this began because of us. We cannot keep hiding forever."
Giving the Eastsea Academy student a smile, Tang Wulin led Xie Xie toward the outside of Eastsea Academy.
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