Question: Did Tang the Great Hammer Know That Tang San Was No Longer His Original Child?

"No, I can't run yet. If I run now, that Titled Douluo will definitely discover me."

Xiao Wu quickly thought up a plan with her limited intelligence.

She looked at the group chat, where Bibi Dong's message was particularly glaring.

Captivity—right! Tang San's father didn't kill me now because he wanted to keep me captive and have me provide Tang San with a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring later.

Judging by Tang San's rate of improvement, it'll be at least several more years before he can kill me and take my ring.

At that thought, Xiao Wu immediately relaxed.

But to ensure nothing went wrong, she still had to ask the group owner.

[It's Wu, Not Five: Big Brother Group Owner, there's a Titled Douluo right near me. What should I do?]

[Strongest: Don't worry. Just as Bibi Dong said, Tang Hao has no plans to kill you yet. He intends to keep you captive and have you become Tang San's spirit ring in the future, so you're safe for now.]

[Strongest: Look on the bright side. You have a Titled Douluo secretly protecting you at all times. Isn't that actually a good thing?]

Yang Xiu smiled as he comforted her.

And as he had said, Xiao Wu truly was in no danger at the moment.

On the contrary, Tang the Great Hammer would do everything he could to ensure her safety.

After all, he had already regarded Xiao Wu as something in his pocket.

[Not Little Witch: Pfft! Big Brother Group Owner is way too good at comforting people, hahaha!]

[Motherless Since Childhood: The group owner is right. What you need to do is simple: act as if nothing happened, then run when you get the chance.]

[Bibi Dong: Evil little rabbit, why don't you just come to my Spirit Hall? I guarantee I'll protect you. In any case, neither of us can harm the other, right?]

Although she could not directly obtain Xiao Wu's spirit ring and spirit bone,

luring her over and giving her a ruthless beating would still be immensely satisfying.

After all, that evil spirit beast had been cursing her from the moment she joined the group.

As for why she did not have someone else kill Xiao Wu for her spirit ring...

Heh... Bibi Dong was unwilling to give even a ten-thousand-year spirit bone to others, much less this even more precious hundred-thousand-year spirit beast.

And if she really did that, Bibi Dong might truly be isolated by everyone in the chat group.

That was an outcome Bibi Dong did not want to see.

[It's Wu, Not Five: Get lost! Stinking Bibi Dong, I'd rather die than defect to you! Give up on that idea already!!!]

Bibi Dong's face darkened. "I might as well have Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo slaughter that little rabbit."

Of course, she was only saying it.

Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo together were not enough for Tang Hao to hammer on his own.

[Ah Yin: Xiao Wu, don't hate Brother Hao. Brother Hao must have been bewitched by that little beast! He's a good person! Right, you absolutely must escape. Don't let that beast Tang San obtain your spirit ring and spirit bone.]

Seeing that Tang Hao had actually kept the hundred-thousand-year spirit beast from the chat group captive, Ah Yin immediately came out to apologize for Tang Hao.

As a transformed spirit beast herself, she understood the terror of being targeted by a Titled Douluo.

[It's Wu, Not Five: Hah! I've been watched by a Titled Douluo for six whole years, and now you're telling me not to hate him? Auntie Ah Yin, I think you should go sit at the same table as Bibi Dong!]

Xiao Wu was genuinely a little angry. They were both spirit beasts, yet Ah Yin not only failed to help her think of a solution, she even spoke up for Tang Hao.

She was not the one being watched by a Titled Douluo, yet she kept making insensitive remarks!

It made Xiao Wu feel betrayed.

[Ah Yin: This... I'm sorry, Little Sister Xiao Wu. Perhaps that wasn't Brother Hao's intention. He really is a very good person!...]

In truth, Ah Yin did not have much confidence when she said that.

She might have been love-struck, but she was not truly stupid.

Before her sacrifice, Ah Yin had repeatedly told Tang Hao that plant growth depended heavily on the external environment.

It would have been one thing if Tang Hao did not send her to Bluesilver Forest, but he would not even let her bask in the sunlight outside!

He had kept her in this damp cave for twelve years.

The terrible environment had left Ah Yin's consciousness barely awake, while her true body had remained in the form of Blue Silver Grass.

If she had gone to Bluesilver Forest, relying on the Blue Silver Emperor's endless vitality, Ah Yin was highly confident she could return to the ranks of thousand-year spirit beasts.

Give her another hundred years, and she could recover into a complete Blue Silver Emperor!

Who knew what that bastard Tang Hao had been thinking by locking her, Ah Yin, inside this sunless cave.

Only after the chat group pulled her in did her consciousness fully awaken, allowing her to think through such complicated matters.

That also left Ah Yin faintly dissatisfied with Tang Hao.

Furthermore, that foreign species Tang San was still alive and well, and Tang Hao had even focused on nurturing him...

That made Ah Yin even more dissatisfied.

Now, Ah Yin could only pray that Tang Hao really was an idiot!

That he had no idea of Tang San's true identity and still believed Tang San was the child she, Ah Yin, had borne.

Only then could Ah Yin find some comfort.

Otherwise, she would truly feel that her sacrifice had been a joke!

The reason she still spoke for Tang Hao now was naturally because she still remembered that little bit of old affection.

[World's Greatest Poison: Seriously, you're still trying to whitewash Tang Hao? He's blackened beyond recognition already. Auntie Ah Yin, is there something wrong with your brain? Without Tang San, would he have let this hundred-thousand-year spirit beast go?]

[Motherless Since Childhood: The Tang family is evil by nature. Over the past few years, this Tang Hao has smashed apart quite a few Spirit Hall branches! Many spirit masters and ordinary people who knew nothing died beneath his hammer. How is he any different from a fallen one?]

[Motherless Since Childhood: Let me put it this way! Tang Hao definitely knows Tang San isn't his child, yet he still treats him as his own son. There must be some shameful secret behind it! If you don't believe me, ask the group owner.]

Qian Renxue had clearly been enraged by Ah Yin's constant defense of Tang Hao.

After all, Tang Hao had killed her father with a single hammer blow. Calling it the hatred of a murdered father would not be an exaggeration.

That was why, for the first time, she spoke without holding back.

[Not Little Witch: Group Owner, Group Owner, is what Motherless Since Childhood said true? Does Tang Hao really know that Tang San is no longer his own child?]

Ah Yin was also watching the chat group at this moment, hoping the group owner could reveal the answer.

[Strongest: Before answering that question, let's make an assumption. Suppose you were a Titled Douluo. When your child was only three or four years old, he was already abnormal, often sneaking off to the back mountain to practice strange cultivation techniques and tinker with extremely dangerous hidden weapons. He kept muttering about the way to death, and no one had ever taught him any of this before. What would you think?]

Yang Xiu would bet that Tang Hao had definitely noticed something was wrong with his child.

No matter how depraved he was, he was still a genuine Titled Douluo. It was impossible for him not to notice even that.

[Not Little Witch: Then I'd definitely think there was something wrong with that child! Something seriously wrong!]

[Doctors Can't Treat Themselves: If it were my child, I'd restrain him immediately! Then force him to tell me who he is!]

[Shadow Cat: My thoughts would probably be the same as the doctor's.]

[Bibi Dong: I'd slap the hell out of him right away!!!]