"Finally, I've arrived."
In Nuoding City, Tang Chuan could not help but sigh as he watched the vendors hawking their wares and the crowds passing through the city gates.
It had been sixteen years since he transmigrated to Douluo Continent, and as a transmigrator, Tang Chuan had a system.
This was undoubtedly a wonderful thing for Tang Chuan. With a system, he could bully that idiot, unify Douluo Continent, then ascend to the Divine Realm with his beauties. Just thinking about it felt marvelous.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. After leaving behind a character template and an interface for checking his status panel, the system vanished without a trace.
That was practically betrayal! What kind of transmigrator's system ran away right at the start?
Fortunately, with the template, Tang Chuan had successfully cultivated to Level Sixty through his Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer martial souls. He was a Soul Emperor now; in a place like Nuoding City, that was an overwhelming advantage.
Moreover, this template had a particularly useful feature: upon reaching the corresponding level, it would unlock soul rings. In other words, Tang Chuan's setup was completely modeled after Tang San's.
By now, he had already advanced the template to the point where all of the Blue Silver Emperor's soul rings were black. All that remained was unlocking the Sea God divine position later.
[Tang Chuan] [Template: Sea God/Asura God Tang San] [Blue Silver Emperor Soul Ring Configuration: Black Black Black Black Red Black] [Clear Sky Hammer Soul Ring Configuration: Unlock after the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul configuration is complete] [Domains: Unlocked: Blue Silver Domain Locked: Divine Slaughter's Domain, Sea God's Domain, Asura Domain] [Abilities/Soul Skills: Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, Binding, Parasitism... Power of Earth (Locked), Titan Hammer (Locked)... Clear Sky Nine Absolutes (Locked), Golden Thirteen Halberds (Locked)] [Soul Bones: Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Torso Bone (Locked), Sky Azure Bull Python Right Arm Bone (Locked), Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone (Locked), Evil Orca King Left Leg Bone (Locked), Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, Spiritual Condensation Wisdom Skull, Eight Spider Lances]
Looking at the long list of locked soul skills on the panel, Tang Chuan felt deeply helpless. Still, those would all come sooner or later. His top priority was to trick Tang San over first.
After arriving in this world, Tang Chuan had never intended to become enemies with Tang San. Taking Tang San as his disciple—that would be far more interesting.
What was Tang San's personality like? To put it harshly, he was blindly loyal. To put it nicely, he was a powerful feudal warrior!
Filial piety, loyalty, and righteousness were the most important bottom lines in his eyes. Offend them, and one had earned a death sentence.
Although Tang Chuan possessed the Tang San God King template, he was not Tang San himself. Naturally, his way of thinking was normal.
As for whether he could successfully bring Tang San under his wing, Tang Chuan had his own methods. Hadn't that idiot in the original story managed to take disciples just by spewing nonsense?
That kind of trash could not become a god even after absorbing divine blood and could only stop at the rank of Titled Douluo. Clearly, it was not that Tang San treated his teacher poorly.
Tang Chuan was brimming with confidence when it came to teaching Tang San. The same Blue Silver Emperor, the same Clear Sky Hammer, and he even knew the same Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. Even the Blue Silver Emperor would not take up Tang San's slot, because Tang Chuan's was provided by the template.
Tang San had not seen much in his previous life, and it was the same after coming to Douluo Continent. But one was sixteen years old and Level Sixty, while the other was fifty years old and Level Twenty-Nine.
Even a stupid pig would know whom to choose.
Besides, Tang Chuan had come to intercept him right outside Nuoding City in advance.
With the Blue Silver Domain's disguise, Tang Chuan would not expose his absurd soul ring configuration so early.
Just then, a carriage slowly entered through the city gates. Tang Chuan immediately sensed that resonant feeling. The people inside had to be Tang San and Old Jack.
After the two got down, Tang Chuan did not immediately step forward. Being too abrupt could easily cause misunderstandings; it was better to let things unfold naturally.
"Brother, we're here to enroll. This is our martial soul certification. Please take a look. We're work-study students from Holy Soul Village."
"Innate Full Soul Power? Blue Silver Grass? Are you kidding me? Even forging documents has its limits!"
Just as expected, the gatekeeper began making things difficult for them. From his gestures, it was not hard to see that he was hinting at something.
Unfortunately, both Old Jack and Tang San came from the village and had no idea what he wanted.
"Forget about this Holy Soul Village nonsense. I think you should leave obediently. Nuoding Academy doesn't accept frauds!"
"Wait. Did you just say you have Innate Full Soul Power?"
Just as the gatekeeper prepared to drive the two away, a blue-clad figure slowly approached.
He had blue hair and blue eyes, a handsome face, and a gentle yet dashing temperament. He wore luxurious clothing that seemed woven from Blue Silver Grass, edged with golden patterns.
Upon closer inspection, one could even detect a faint trace of divinity around him.
The moment Tang Chuan appeared, Tang San's eyes widened.
He could actually see his own shadow in this man, as though they were the same person.
What a handsome man. I can somehow faintly see my future self in him. Is it an illusion?
After all, our appearances are worlds apart...
An involuntary tremor rose within Tang San's heart. It was the suppressive force of a superior being over one beneath him.
Tang Chuan's martial soul had already become the Blue Silver Emperor. Every stalk of Blue Silver Grass on the continent was his subject. Although Tang San possessed Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, he was still merely Blue Silver Grass at present.
Yet the closeness in their bloodline and the stirring of his martial soul could not be faked. Tang San suddenly felt an urgent need to know what relationship he had with the man before him.
After seeing Tang Chuan's attire, the gatekeeper immediately chose to play dead like an ostrich. He secretly retreated several steps and moved aside.
This young master clearly had extraordinary status. He was just an ordinary gatekeeper. Since these two country bumpkins knew him, naturally he did not dare say anything more.
"Child, is your martial soul Blue Silver Grass? Could you let me see your martial soul certification?"
Old Jack bent down, picked up the martial soul certification that the gatekeeper had casually thrown onto the ground, and tremblingly handed it to Tang Chuan.
"Tang San, martial soul Blue Silver Grass, Innate Full Soul Power."
"Not bad. Little San, may I call you that? I somehow feel familiar with you, as though we have met somewhere before."
Tang Chuan casually glanced over the certification, then crouched down and looked warmly at Tang San.
As the man's face drew so close to his own, Tang San could not help becoming excited. This feeling—he was practically looking at himself!
But why did they feel so close? The other party was much older than him, which meant there was only one possible explanation. Could this truly be my father, Tang San's father?
"O-of course you can!"
"You can call me Little San!"
"My name is Tang Chuan. We even share the same surname. What a coincidence!"
Tang Chuan looked at the excited Tang San, reached out to stroke his head, then explained things to Old Jack at the side before preparing to take him to enroll.
This time, the gatekeeper did not step forward to stop them. He merely stood silently to one side, and thus was not marked by Tang San as someone with a death sentence hanging over him.
As the two walked along, enhanced by the Blue Silver Domain, Tang Chuan could sense a black-robed figure rapidly approaching from not far away. The hurried panting was enough to reveal how unsettled the other person was.
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