Tang San and Gangzi Got into Trouble Again

"Is there anything else? If not, I'm going to cultivate."

"Hmph, cultivation maniac. Every day, all I see is you sitting on the bed cultivating. You never even find someone to chat with."

Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips, her tone carrying a hint of implication. She dearly hoped Yun Tian would talk to her more. Spending every day in silence was going to suffocate her.

Who would have thought that as soon as she finished speaking, Yun Tian behind her did not answer a single word. He simply closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and entered a cultivation state.

"Hmph! Stupid Yun Tian!"

Xiao Wu stomped her foot, but in the end, she did not disturb him. If someone in a cultivation state was casually interrupted, it would be easy for them to suffer cultivation deviation.

Inside his mind.

Yun Tian looked at the figure before him. The figure held the Sky-Piercing Spear and continuously spun it, one flourish after another blooming from the spear. The spear intent was restrained, yet overwhelmingly oppressive. The pressure emanating from the figure was like a mountain, and the Sky-Piercing Spear seemed to have merged as one with its wielder.

Cloudbreaker, Sweeping the Thousand Armies, Sky-Supporting World-Subduing.

Every strike sealed off the skies across a vast area, scattering all obstacles with the force of one power breaking ten thousand techniques and suppressing heaven and earth.

Bang!

As Yun Tian stood there in a daze, the spear tip suddenly shot straight toward him. Before he could react, his spiritual incarnation was instantly shattered, and the scenes within his mind broke into fragments.

"Ugh..."

Yun Tian abruptly opened his eyes, his forehead covered in cold sweat from lingering fear. Was this the true function of his rainbow-grade trait, the Sky-Supporting Dao Seed?

It planted the Spear Dao Origin, but for it to truly take root and sprout into a towering giant, Yun Tian himself still needed to temper himself and continuously improve.

"Fortunately, with this trait's support, I won't easily suffer cultivation deviation. If that scene just now had happened to an ordinary person, they would probably have fainted already."

Yun Tian thought to himself. The feeling was simply inexplicably terrifying.

It seemed that if he wanted to fully grasp and activate it, he still needed to comprehend new spear technique principles himself.

He glanced out the window. The sky was already dusky, and the sun was about to set. Seventh Dormitory was completely empty. It looked like everyone had gone to eat.

"I really am a little hungry. I'll go get something to eat first."

Yun Tian rubbed his stomach, rose to his feet, and headed toward the cafeteria. But halfway there, he noticed something was wrong. Why were neither Gangzi nor Tang San around?

Soul Hunting Forest was not far from Notting Academy. Tang San had even planned to absorb a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo under Yu Xiaogang's guidance, so it should have taken even less time.

Thinking of this, Yun Tian quickened his pace toward the cafeteria.

"Yun Tian!"

"Brother Tian."

Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng came walking toward him from not far away.

"Have you seen Tang San? He went to Soul Hunting Forest with me. Why haven't I seen him yet?"

"That's exactly what happened, Brother Tian. The headmaster is gathering people to look for him!"

Wang Sheng looked anxious. In Seventh Dormitory, he called Yun Tian Brother Tian and Xiao Wu Sister Xiao Wu. Whoever was stronger got called brother or sister, except Tang San. Not only was Tang San foul-mouthed, but his attitude was also extremely arrogant.

Yun Tian then followed the two of them to the cafeteria, which had temporarily been turned into a speaking platform.

Headmaster Yuan Hua stood above them with a solemn expression.

"Students, the new student Tang San is missing. Keep an eye out for him within the academy. I will also go out and search for him!"

The headmaster did not mention Soul Hunting Forest. After all, entering it required authorization, and he intended to find Yun Tian before heading there together.

Just in case, he still held a meeting and instructed the students to keep watch within the academy. What if Tang San was merely somewhere on campus?

"Little Tian!"

After signaling that everyone could disperse, Yuan Hua spotted Yun Tian in the crowd at a glance. It could not be helped; Yun Tian's looks and bearing were simply too conspicuous among children his age.

"Tang San is missing, and so is the master. They said during the day that they were going to absorb a Solitary Bamboo, but now it's almost dark and they still haven't returned."

"I suspect... they only said they were going to absorb a Solitary Bamboo. In reality, they still went looking for a Mandala Snake."

As he said this, Yuan Hua's expression turned ugly. He realized that this explanation made far too much sense and perfectly matched Yu Xiaogang's personality.

He would not give up so easily on his first plan. Could a Mandala Snake really be that important?

"Come on. I've also gathered several teachers, and Spirit Hall will send some people to search with us."

Yuan Hua had some connections at the Spirit Hall Branch and could find people to help.

"Yun Tian, do you need us to come with you?"

"No need. You two should head back to the dormitory early. I'll be back later!"

Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng nodded. Looking back with every few steps, they eventually left the cafeteria.

Yun Tian and Headmaster Yuan Hua also hurried toward the entrance of Soul Hunting Forest.

Compared to its daytime bustle, Soul Hunting Forest had few people around as night approached. That was normally the case, but now, many soul masters stood at the entrance.

There were some in their twenties and some in their thirties. The moment Yuan Hua appeared, several people immediately gathered around him. "Headmaster, we found them—a middle-aged man and a child."

"When we found them, they were already lying deep within Soul Hunting Forest. That Mandala Snake had nearly eaten them."

Hearing this, Yuan Hua finally let out a tremendous breath of relief. Yu Xiaogang would have been one thing; he was likely just an ordinary scholar. But Tang San absolutely could not be harmed. If word got out that a genius with Innate Full Soul Power had met with an accident, could his Notting Academy even remain open?

Yun Tian, meanwhile, wore a strange expression, because he was certain Yu Xiaogang had not been joking when he said Tang San would absorb a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo.

Could it really have been Tang Hao who tossed over a Mandala Snake before leaving? With an idol and father like that, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San could only endure it.

"It's good that they're alive. Where are they? Hurry and let me see them!"

As the two figures were carried out, their appearances became clearly visible in the torchlight.

Their lips were purple, their faces deathly pale, and each of their arms bore two small holes pierced through by fangs. Threads of black blood still seeped from them.

Moreover, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San gave off an intense, fishy stench of poison. The moment that smell entered one's nostrils, it brought an instinctive urge to vomit.

"Why haven't they been detoxified?"

"There's nothing we can do. They were poisoned for too long. If we want to detoxify them now, we'll have to wait for the healing soul masters from the Spirit Hall Branch."

After Yuan Hua spoke with the teachers and Spirit Hall staff for a while, he turned to Yun Tian beside him. "Little Tian, go back first. Take my carriage. Since they've been found, you can rest easy."

Yun Tian did not refuse. After nodding, he boarded Yuan Hua's carriage and returned to Notting Academy.

He had never expected Tang San, who was skilled with poisons, to fall in a field he knew so well.

Thinking back to the original story, Tang San only began displaying his true strength—his movement techniques and hidden weapons—after Yu Xiaogang fainted. But now, it was completely different...