Xiao Wu and Tang San! (Thanks to Yuzhong Zhi Shi for the recommendation vote~)

Zhuge Ming and Taishi Ci hovered above Holy Soul Village for a moment, trying to find Tang San.

Tang San should have been around ten years old at this point.

Of course, Spirit Masters generally developed physically rather quickly.

Internally, he might have been ten, but he could have looked thirteen or fourteen.

By now, Tang San should already have been a Grand Spirit Master.

In another year or two, when he went to register at Shrek Academy, he would already have been level 29.

Zhuge Ming had Taishi Ci use his spirit power to search directly for Spirit Masters or Grand Spirit Masters within the village.

Yet they did not find anyone with the spirit power level of a Spirit Master or above.

Instead, they found someone with the spirit power of a Spirit Scholar.

It seemed Holy Soul Village had gotten lucky and produced another person who had awakened innate spirit power.

But that Spirit Scholar definitely was not Tang San.

If Tang San was not here, then Tang Hao naturally was not here either.

Just then, Zhuge Ming suddenly noticed an old man leaning on a cane and walking with difficulty toward a shabby house. He shouted at the house:

"Tang Hao! Tang Hao! Are you home?"

He shouted for ages, but no one answered.

The old man angrily struck the ground with his cane.

"Seriously! Xiao San is gone, and now even an old bastard like you has left?

"Without you, where are our village supposed to buy ironware that's both cheap and good quality? Seriously..."

Zhuge Ming looked at the spirited old man, whose hair had been combed immaculately.

Combined with his attitude toward Tang Hao, Zhuge Ming could basically confirm that this man was the village chief of Holy Soul Village—Old Jack.

Though he was an ordinary person without spirit power, he appeared at both the beginning and end of the original story... He could be considered some sort of "concept god."

However, Zhuge Ming had no interest in such a minor character and directly had Taishi Ci take him flying toward Notting City.

Since Tang San was not in Holy Soul Village, there was a high chance he was in Notting City.

Notting City was not far from Holy Soul Village. In only a short while, the two arrived above the city.

Compared to Langya City, Notting City was only half its size and counted as a small city.

However, it was also close to the Star Luo Empire, and unlike the Pelagi Kingdom, it did not constantly clash with the Star Luo Empire. Its prosperity was no less than Langya City's.

Because the entire city covered quite a large area, there were also many Spirit Masters within it.

Even Taishi Ci found it difficult to accurately locate Tang San with spirit power detection.

So they decided to visit the junior spirit master academy in the western part of the city. There was a high chance Tang San was there.

Soon, the two arrived within a cluster of buildings that was clearly far more magnificent than the surrounding areas.

It was the Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy!

The academy was not particularly large, comparable to a middle school from his previous life.

However, it had all the necessary facilities: teaching buildings, a field, dormitories, a cafeteria, and more.

With the search area obviously narrowed, it became much easier for Taishi Ci to use spirit power detection.

The two directly flashed onto the rooftop of a dormitory building.

Taishi Ci spread his spirit power detection to its fullest extent and soon discovered the presence of several Grand Spirit Masters.

Several of those auras were inside buildings, while only one was outside.

"Come on. Let's see who that one outside is."

Zhuge Ming had only come here out of curiosity, wanting to see what the legendary Tang Buddha and Xiao Wu actually looked like.

With Taishi Ci, a Super Douluo, alone, he certainly would not make a move against Tang San.

Tang Hao might have been hiding somewhere right now, secretly watching them.

So he was merely curious and planned to leave after one look.

As for the few Grand Spirit Masters inside the buildings, forget it.

He did not intend to waste time searching for them one by one. Gathering immortal herbs and returning to defend Langya City were more important.

Led by Taishi Ci, the two appeared near the entrance of a two-story cafeteria.

It was already noon, the time when students ate lunch.

Following the direction Taishi Ci pointed, Zhuge Ming quickly spotted a beautiful figure.

The moment he saw her, his eyes lit up!

She was a girl who looked around thirteen or fourteen.

She wore a pink-and-white dress, with soft rabbit fur trimming the collar and cuffs.

A scorpion braid hung down from the back of her head, nearly reaching the backs of her knees.

As she looked around, the scorpion braid swayed gently as well.

Sunlight spread a soft, fuzzy glow across her face.

It made her already delicate features seem less childish and more lovely.

She was like a pure little white rabbit!

In terms of looks alone, even Zhuge Ming's mother and sister could not compare to this girl.

Together with her signature scorpion braid and the little rabbit hair clip on her head...

Zhuge Ming could confirm that she was Xiao Wu, the female lead of Douluo Continent, who would later become Tang San's sword sheath!

She really was beautiful.

Though she was still somewhat immature, she was already the makings of an exceptional beauty.

Unfortunately, he had been reborn a little too late.

If he could have gotten to her before Tang San, he might have had a chance to turn her into his rabbit and sword sheath.

By now, Xiao Wu had probably already been more or less brainwashed by Tang San, making it difficult for Zhuge Ming to trick her away.

Besides, she was still too young.

Though she looked thirteen or fourteen, her actual age was only one hundred thousand and ten years old.

Setting aside the hundred thousand years she had spent as a spirit beast, she was merely a ten-year-old human girl, far less alluring than those mature beauties in their twenties.

He could only set his sights on other beauties who were still unattached.

Zhuge Ming waited quietly for a while, wanting to see whether the person she was waiting for was Tang San.

Yet a moment later, several thin boys and girls came over and handed her a fruit salad.

Zhuge Ming swept his gaze over the faces of those boys and girls, but did not spot anyone who looked like Tang San.

It seemed Tang San was not at the academy, or perhaps he had something else to do.

Otherwise, given their relationship, they should have eaten together.

Perhaps Tang San was receiving Yu Xiaogang's "Gang teachings" right now...

Zhuge Ming gave Xiao Wu one last look, then did not linger. He and Taishi Ci vanished from the spot.

At that moment, Xiao Wu suddenly sensed something and hurriedly looked toward where Zhuge Ming had just been standing.

She remembered that there seemed to have been two people standing there just now, right?

How had they suddenly disappeared?

How strange...

Meanwhile.

At the top floor of the staff dormitory building.

The door to a room was pushed open, and a slender yet tall boy walked out.

He looked about the same age as Xiao Wu, with short-cropped black hair.

The breeze lifted the loose strands over his forehead, revealing a smooth brow and a pair of eyes as tranquil as deep pools.

He looked up at a black dot in the sky. Purple light drifted through his eyes as his vision rapidly zoomed in like a telescope!

But just as he was about to see what the black dot was.

One of the figures within it suddenly turned around.

A fierce gleam burst from those hawk-like eyes, instantly sending sharp pain through the boy's eyes and making him grunt despite himself!

A metallic sweetness surged into his throat, but he forcibly swallowed it back down...

"What a terrifying soul attack! Just one glance nearly killed me..."

The boy muttered, hurriedly circulating the Mysterious Heaven Technique to calm the chaotic spirit power within his body.

He was none other than the Child of the Plane of this world, the future wielder of the dual god positions, the Tang God King—Tang San!