The Enraged Tang Hao and the Considerate Nezha

"That's right."

Xiao Wu froze for a moment, then looked at him as if he were an idiot.

Nezha paid no attention to her expression and merely warned, "Don't tell anyone about this. If people find out I'm raising a Blue Silver Emperor, it'll cause a lot of trouble."

Although Xiao Wu felt that Nezha might be making a fuss over nothing, she still nodded.

"Fine, I promise."

She agreed readily enough, but she was thinking something entirely different. Was Nezha afraid people would find it embarrassing that he was raising a wilted little weed?

Yeah, that had to be it. Still, since she had promised, she would not tell anyone.

Nezha could tell that Xiao Wu did not take the Blue Silver Emperor seriously, but he could not be bothered to explain.

Sooner or later, she would find out.

As for how to raise this Blue Silver Emperor, he already had a plan.

He definitely could not keep it at Notting Academy. Tang Hao might show up around here again at any time, and if they ran into each other, it would be a huge problem.

At most, he could find an empty place during the day, take the Blue Silver Emperor out of the Soul Tool to let it bask in the sun, but no more than that.

After settling the matter of the Blue Silver Emperor, Nezha remembered something else he had not told Xiao Wu.

"Oh, right. I've broken through to level twenty."

Xiao Wu was stunned at first, then her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Level twenty? Doesn't that mean you can obtain your second soul ring now?!"

She excitedly stood up, then seemed to think of something, and a trace of anticipation entered her voice.

"Does that mean we're going back to the Star Dou Forest? To ask Da Ming and Er Ming for help?"

Though she had only left the Star Dou Forest a few days ago, Xiao Wu was already starting to miss those two.

She had lived with Da Ming and Er Ming for tens of thousands of years and had never been apart from them for this long. It would be a lie to say she did not miss them.

Nezha nodded. "That's right. I'm planning to ask Da Ming and Er Ming to help me hunt for my second soul ring. You can also go back and condense your first soul ring."

Xiao Wu's eyes brightened. "Then let's ask for leave and go back together! We'll say we're going to obtain my first soul ring. It's completely justified, and no one will suspect anything."

"Smart." Nezha smiled.

Xiao Wu could no longer wait. She turned around and began packing her things.

Early the next morning, Soul Hunting Forest.

Tang San followed a grimy, disheveled man out of the forest.

His first soul ring was already firmly set around his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. The four-hundred-year Mandala Snake soul ring had directly raised his Soul Power from level ten to level eleven.

Yu Xiaogang, walking ahead of him, did not look nearly as well.

He had been knocked to the ground by the Mandala Snake's venom and spent the entire battle lying on the ground, leaving his disciple to fight alone. If word got out, where would he put his old face?

The two said nothing on their way back to Notting Academy.

Behind them, in the distant woods, Tang Hao watched Tang San safely enter the academy gates before turning away.

He did not remain in Notting City to continue protecting Tang San. Instead, he rushed toward Holy Soul Village. He had been away for several days; it was time to check on Ah Yin.

The waterfall still thundered as before. Tang Hao passed through the curtain of water and entered the cave.

The stone chamber was completely empty.

Tang Hao froze. He rubbed his eyes and looked again.

It was still empty.

The raised mound was still there, but the slender Blue Silver Grass growing upon it—the only thing his wife had left behind—was gone.

Tang Hao's pupils suddenly contracted.

He lunged at the mound, clawing frantically through the earth with both hands as though searching for something buried beneath it.

Nothing. There was nothing.

"Ah Yin—"

Tang Hao abruptly rose to his feet and, in a single stride, rushed to the stone wall on the right. He slapped the slightly lighter-colored spot with his palm.

The mechanism clicked, but nothing fell from the crack in the ceiling.

The lead box was gone.

The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was gone too.

Tang Hao stood there as his rough hands began to tremble, from his fingertips all the way to his shoulders.

His breathing grew harsh and heavy, veins bulging one by one across his forehead.

"Who..."

His voice was as low as muffled thunder from beneath the earth.

"Who... stole Ah Yin..."

In the next instant, an utterly terrifying aura exploded from his body.

The Clear Sky Hammer suddenly expanded in his hand as nine soul rings surged wildly up from beneath his feet—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red.

"Who—!!!"

Tang Hao's eyes were bloodshot as he swung the Clear Sky Hammer and smashed it into the stone wall with all his strength.

Boom—!!!

The entire mountain shook violently beneath that blow.

The rocks at the top of the stone chamber collapsed with a deafening crash. Cracks spread like a spiderweb from the point of impact in every direction, while stones rained down from above.

Tang Hao ignored everything and brought down a second blow.

Then a third.

A fourth.

The waterfall was cut off, the mountain collapsed, and shattered rocks rolled down the mountainside, flattening half the forest below.

Soul beasts within several miles fled in terror, while even the birds in the sky kept far away from the area.

By the time the dust settled slightly, the mountain that had hidden Ah Yin for six years had already collapsed on one side.

Tang Hao stood amid the ruins, his chest heaving violently and veins bulging on the hand gripping the Clear Sky Hammer.

Ah Yin, his Ah Yin!

"No matter who you are..." Tang Hao's voice was hoarse, as if squeezed out through clenched teeth. "Even if I must scour heaven and hell, I will kill you."

At the same time, on the main road outside Notting City.

Nezha and Xiao Wu were traveling toward the Star Dou Forest.

The sunlight was perfect. A few carriages occasionally passed along the road, kicking up clouds of dust that quickly dispersed.

Xiao Wu walked ahead with light steps, unable to suppress the smile at her lips. At the thought of seeing Da Ming and Er Ming soon, joy kept bubbling up inside her.

Nezha followed behind, his pace no slower.

He had no idea that Tang Hao had already discovered Ah Yin and the soul bone missing from Holy Soul Village and was currently going mad amid the ruins.

But even if he knew, he would not care.

Tang Hao had planted the Blue Silver Emperor in that pitch-black cave for six years, letting it wilt into the state of a skinny little sprout. Clearly, he did not know how to raise it.

He had left the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone sitting in a lead box gathering dust, preferring to let it rot in the cave rather than take it out and use it.

Since you weren't going to use it, I could only reluctantly accept it.

Of course, Nezha was a considerate person.

If he took someone else's soul bone, he had to show some consideration.

So he decided to plant Ah Yin at his residence in the Star Dou Forest.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth there was not as abundant as at the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Eyes or the Lake of Life, but it was countless times better than that broken cave.

As for why he chose his own residence in the Star Dou Forest rather than somewhere else, firstly, it lay on the edge of the Star Dou Forest's core region, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was plentiful and Da Ming and Er Ming stood guard, so no high-level soul beasts would come over.

Secondly, if he planted the Blue Silver Grass near the Lake of Life, Tang Hao would never find it, no matter how capable he was.

You have a seed, and I'll help you plant it.

You have a soul bone, and I'll help you use it.

I'll help your seed grow up. Once your wife grows up, we can discuss the next soul bone.