"Th-this can't be real, can it? Am I seeing things? Why is Black World Tang Chuan's first Spirit Ring a fifteen-hundred-year purple Spirit Ring?"
"Wasn't the maximum age for a first Spirit Ring four hundred and twenty-three years?"
"And what's with that black Blue Silver Grass? How is it different from ordinary Blue Silver Grass?"
"What the hell? Blue Silver Grass can be used as an assault-type martial soul? Is he planning to whip people with vines? Or did Black World Tang Chuan add a Spirit Ring to the Clear Sky Hammer first?"
"Damn it, why are these five minutes taking so long? I want to see how he got a thousand-year first ring already!"
Discussion erupted throughout the Spirit Hall Arena.
The sheer intensity of the debate was astonishing.
Everyone vaguely sensed something.
Black World Tang Chuan's life experience would most likely bring them an enormous surprise.
As long as they could uncover the secret behind Tang Chuan's ability to absorb high-year Spirit Rings,
the younger generation of their clans and factions would surely benefit from it.
Yet within the crowd,
Yu Xiaogang stared blankly, his face pale as he struggled to accept reality.
Could the Yu Xiaogang of the Black World be even more outstanding than him?
Otherwise, why would that man have Tang Chuan follow the assault-type path and even allow him to absorb a Spirit Ring beyond his level?
Tang San had only achieved a ten-thousand-year fourth ring thanks to the enhancement of Immortal Herbs.
But the physical constitution of a six-year-old child
should have made absorbing a thousand-year Spirit Ring absolutely impossible.
How had he done it?
If I could also absorb Spirit Rings beyond my level,
could my martial soul still have a chance to evolve?
Hope flared in Yu Xiaogang's eyes.
Oscar carefully examined the information on the two of them again and again, then suddenly noticed something wrong!
"Damn, this isn't right. Why does this Tang Chuan have two spouses?"
"And there's an ellipsis after that. Does that mean there are more than two?"
The moment the topic came up, Ma Hongjun was instantly energized.
"Holy shit, Tang San's got a King of the Sea version."
"So many spouses... That's way too enviable."
"Do you think Third Brother might become a scumbag too in the future..."
Before Ma Hongjun could finish, Xiao Wu and Tang San immediately shot him vicious looks.
He gave an awkward, fawning laugh and shut his mouth.
Still, a trace of jealousy and resentment inevitably flashed through his heart.
Looking at Tang San's utterly ordinary face,
Ma Hongjun secretly thought, Why the hell does Third Brother in the parallel world look like this and still have so many beautiful women liking him?
Meanwhile, he, the owner of a Phoenix martial soul, could only visit brothels every day.
That was far too unfair.
Seeing how angry Tang San and Xiao Wu were, Ning Rongrong immediately spoke to comfort them.
Yet compared with the others, her reaction, along with Dai Mubai's and Zhu Zhuqing's, was clearly much calmer.
After all, one had been born into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect,
while the other two came from Star Luo's royal family and the Zhu Clan.
They had long been accustomed to the matter of multiple spouses.
Thus, their attention was focused on how to obtain methods for absorbing high-year Spirit Rings.
And so, beneath the expectant gazes of the masses,
the Heavenly Screen of the Black World officially opened.
[The time was immediately after Ah Yin's sacrifice.] [During this period.] [Lan Yin buried Ah Yin and Tang Hao, the married couple, within the Blue Silver Forest.] [She then absorbed the Life Origin they had left behind and successfully completed her breakthrough.] [She became a genuine hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor.] [However, she did not choose to rebuild herself as a human.] [Instead, like the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts ten thousand years later, she chose to take on a mimetic human form.] [In that transformed state.] [Lan Yin not only retained the full strength of her hundred-thousand-year cultivation, but could also walk among humans in a human form.] [Combined with her innate ability to conceal her aura.] [Even a Title Douluo standing before her would be unable to see through her true identity.] [After Lan Yin broke through, in order to keep Tang Chuan from becoming disconnected from the human world.] [She brought Tang Chuan to a border village in the Heaven Dou Empire and entrusted him to a kind old man.] [She herself took root in the mountain behind the village.] [Silently watching over Tang Chuan.]
The gears of fate quietly shifted. As the Heavenly Screen's perspective gradually rose,
everyone clearly saw the village's name.
This place was none other than Holy Soul Village.
[Inside an old temple in Holy Soul Village.] [Two men had their arms around each other's shoulders, drinking strong liquor. As they chatted, they decided to become sworn brothers, then knelt before a dilapidated stone statue at the very back of the temple and kowtowed.] [At that moment, a tiny figure held onto the threshold and poked his exquisitely adorable little face inside.] [He had a pair of large, dark, gleaming eyes, like obsidian soaked in clear water, blinking brightly.] [Seeing the two men's actions, intense curiosity filled his eyes.] [His adorably innocent appearance was enough to melt anyone's heart.]
Th-this...
Was that Tang Chuan?
White World Tang San's counterpart?
Everyone looked at Tang San's ordinary appearance, then at the unbelievably beautiful child on the Heavenly Screen.
Their eyes were filled with shock and astonishment.
"Wow, this kid is seriously handsome!"
Xie Yue could not help praising him, then teasingly smiled at his younger sister beside him.
"Nana, what do you think? I told you Tang Chuan would definitely be your type... Huh? Nana, why is your face so red?"
"Ah!!"
Hu Liena snapped back to her senses, feeling her cheeks grow warm. She raised her little hands and lightly fanned both sides of her face. "I-is it? Is my face really that red? Maybe it's just too hot today, hehe."
Yet Xie Yue said nothing, his eyes brimming with teasing amusement.
The moment Hu Liena saw that, she crossed her arms and gave a proud little snort, stubbornly saying, "Come on, he's a child. Children are likable when they're cute. So what if I like him? Can't you see that even my teacher's expression has softened?"
"Besides, just because he looks good as a child doesn't mean he'll look good when he grows up. Maybe he'll grow ugly."
Suddenly,
Yan, who had left at some point, came running back while carrying an umbrella.
Xie Yue instinctively asked, "Where did you go just now?"
Yan gave a foolish grin. "Didn't Nana say it was too hot? So I went to find an umbrella."
Hu Liena: "..."
Xie Yue: "..."
He helplessly shook his head.
Brother, simps don't get houses.
[Little Tang Chuan seriously memorized the conversation between the two men, then quickly ran toward the back mountain.] [Lan Yin, who had long sensed Little Tang Chuan approaching, returned to her Blue Silver Emperor form and waited at the entrance of the cave for him.] ["Blue Silver Grass, Blue Silver Grass!" Tang Chuan quickly ran to Lan Yin's side, panting heavily from exhaustion.] [Lan Yin had intended to fetch him some tea from nearby.] [But Tang Chuan gave her no chance at all. He directly dragged the bewildered Lan Yin into the cave, then arranged some stones into the shape of a little person.] [Lan Yin was utterly confused.] [She had no idea what Tang Chuan intended to do!] ["Lan Yin, I heard that the best of friends become sworn brothers. I want to become sworn siblings with you too."] [Lan Yin was greatly alarmed and wanted to turn around and leave, but Tang Chuan held tightly onto her. She did not dare use force to break free and could only keep shaking her head.] [Tang Chuan tilted his head in confusion, but quickly understood.] ["I get it. You're a girl, so we can't be sworn brothers. We'll be sworn siblings instead, right? Then let's begin."] [Lan Yin shook her head even harder.] [Unfortunately, Tang Chuan ignored her completely.] [He directly pressed her shoulders down and had her kneel before the stone figure, then began kowtowing with her.] ["Heaven above, earth below bear witness."] ["I, Tang Chuan, and my good friend, Blue Silver Grass."] ["Though we bear different surnames, we are now sworn siblings."] ["We shall work together, aid the poor and rescue those in danger, serve our country above, and bring peace to the common people below."] ["We do not ask to be born on the same year, month, and day."] ["But we ask to die on the same year, month, and day."] ["Should either of us betray this oath, we shall be condemned by both heaven and man."] [After completing the sworn sibling ritual.] [Tang Chuan looked contentedly at the Blue Silver Grass beside him, only to find her standing there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.] [Seeing this, Tang Chuan could not help sighing inwardly: *Look how happy she is. She's too happy to even speak.*]
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