I'd Rather Starve to Death Than Ever Like Tang Chuan (Please Read On)

[After soothing the child, Ah Yin shot Tang Hao a fierce glare. "Don't let him take after you. If he does, how will he ever find a wife?"]

[When she looked back at little Tang Chuan, the boundless adoration in her eyes seemed capable of pouring all the tenderness in the world into him. "He should look more like his mother. Your mother has nothing else, but she is beautiful."]

["And when you grow up, it would be best if you could make some Spirit Hall Saintess, some little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, some foolish and gullible Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, some nationally selected goddess of the royal family, some heir to a divine inheritance, some little granddaughter of a Titled Douluo, and even the continent's greatest beauty sleeping deep within a forest... all fall head over heels for you."]

[Like she was reciting a menu, Ah Yin named every beautiful young woman of high status and standing that she knew of in the human world.]

[If Xiao Chuan can marry even one of those girls, he should be set for the rest of his life, Ah Yin thought.]

[Clearly, as his mother, she was already worrying about her child's life twenty or thirty years down the road.]

White World, Spirit Hall Arena spectator stands.

"Th-This... what is that woman saying? What does she mean, hoping her child will make me fall head over heels for him? Who does Tang San think he is? He's so ugly—does he deserve it?"

In a corner of the spectator stands, Hu Liena, her face pale, flashed with embarrassment and anger. Unable to contain herself, she rose to her feet and retorted.

She had just gone through the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Not only had she suffered a crushing defeat at Tang San's hands during the tournament, but she had even needed him to remove the deadly poison of the Eight Spider Lances for her to survive.

When had Hu Liena ever suffered such humiliation in her life?

Thus, Hu Liena now wanted nothing more than to cut Tang San into a thousand pieces. How could she possibly fall head over heels for him?

"Calm down, Nana. Your injuries haven't healed yet, so don't get too worked up. Besides, the one being shown on the sky screen is Tang Chuan from the Black World, not Tang San of the Shrek Seven Monsters. His mother was obviously joking. There's no need to take it to heart. And didn't you quite like that child just now?" Xie Yue's face was equally pale.

But he clearly understood that this Tang Chuan of the Black World was the future Holy Son of Spirit Hall.

That meant Tang Chuan would likely be their companion in the Black World, so Xie Yue did not bear much hostility toward him. Instead, he tried to comfort her.

"Please. No matter how cute he was as a baby, it means nothing if he grows up ugly."

After hearing her brother's words, Hu Liena gradually calmed down. Still dissatisfied, she crossed her arms and sat back down in a huff.

As the Saintess of Spirit Hall, Hu Liena held an esteemed status. The people she encountered on a daily basis were all nobles and elites from the foremost powers, including no shortage of gifted young talents.

Yet not one of them had ever sparked her interest, which showed just how exacting this Saintess's standards were.

"Cough, cough. Nana, then what requirements do you have for your other half?" At that moment, Yan, who had somehow moved over to stand beside the siblings, coughed twice as if casually.

"At the very least, he can't be uglier than Xie Yue." Hu Liena answered calmly, instantly making Yan's heart sink halfway.

Hu Liena did not deny that she cared about appearances.

That was why she understood even more clearly that an ordinary person like Tang San, someone who might not even be found if tossed into a crowd, could never catch her eye.

Hearing that, Xie Yue teasingly said with a helpless laugh, "Don't be so certain, Nana. The life experiences in the White World and Black World are so different. You hate Tang San so much in the White World, but maybe you'll fall for him in the Black World."

"Impossible!" Hu Liena immediately retorted.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Xie Yue, don't talk nonsense. How could some country bumpkin like Tang San ever catch our Nana's eye?"

Yan was even more agitated than Hu Liena. After speaking, he viciously glared in the direction of the Shrek Seven Monsters.

"Even if the Black World's me has different life experiences from the current me, we are fundamentally still the same. If I don't like someone, I don't like them. If I look down on someone, I look down on them. I have complete faith in my parallel-world self. Even if she starves to death, dies outside, or jumps from here, she will absolutely never like Tang Chuan, the Holy Son of Spirit Hall."

Hu Liena solemnly made that promise on behalf of the Black World's Hu Liena.

[After Tang Hao and Ah Yin rested briefly, they cleared away the traces they had left behind. Before departing, Ah Yin glanced toward the forest out of the corner of her eye.]

[She could not help but marvel at how skilled that little fellow hidden nearby was at concealing its aura.]

[Even Tang Hao, a peak Soul Douluo with rank eighty-nine cultivation, had failed to notice it. If she were not the Blue Silver Emperor, she likely would not have detected the little fellow either.]

[As their figures disappeared, a petite Blue Silver Grass with golden veins and a dense aura of life cautiously poked out its little head, watching the direction in which the two had left.]

[After hesitating for a moment, she finally made a decision. Little did she know that this small decision would become the place where her dream began.]

[Only a few seconds had passed in the footage.]

[But in reality, Tang Hao and Ah Yin had fled at full speed for nearly two and a half days.]

[Only then did they reach the border region where the Heaven Dou Empire met the Star Dou Great Forest.]

[Their destination, the Blue Silver Forest, was now less than a thousand kilometers away.]

[Yet the closer they drew to their destination, the less at ease Tang Hao and Ah Yin became.]

[Instead, the sense of impending danger grew increasingly intense.]

[This was the border. The fewer humans there were, the more likely Soul Beasts were supposed to appear.]

[But after so much time had passed, they had not seen even a single Soul Beast, not even a hair. Something was clearly wrong.]

[Moments later, Tang Hao and Ah Yin exchanged a glance and stopped at the same time.]

[Tang Hao directly summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and pointed into the depths of the dense forest, his tone icy. "You rats skulking in the shadows, since you've followed us here, get out here already."]

["Tsk, tsk. As expected of one of the Clear Sky Sect's Twin Stars. Such imposing dominance truly lives up to your reputation." Several figures applauded as they formed a fan-shaped encirclement around the pair.]

[The leader was one of the agility-type Titled Douluos who had pursued Tang Hao and Ah Yin in the White World.]

[He sneered coldly, his expression filled with contempt. "But no matter how great your reputation is, you will not escape today. Hand over that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then cripple your own martial soul. I don't mind sparing you and your child."]

"You?" Tang Hao nearly laughed when he heard that.

[Judging from this fellow's aura, he had obviously only recently broken through to Titled Douluo and was already acting like he ruled the heavens.]

[Had he never fought a Soul Master with the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul before? Did he not know that the Clear Sky Hammer specialized in curing all forms of arrogance?]

["If he alone isn't enough, what about me?" As he spoke, another power-attack-type Titled Douluo walked through the air and looked down upon the pair from above.]

[Two Titled Douluos, along with dozens of Soul Sages and Soul Douluos!]

[Though the situation was equally perilous, it was definitely much better than the situation in the White World.]

["Only twenty? Then why don't you all come at me together? I'm not afraid of taking on thirty!"]

[Even in such a desperate situation, Tang Hao showed not the slightest fear. Instead, his fighting spirit surged. Honestly, if he had not been worried about his wife and child's safety, with Tang Hao's impulsive temper, he would have charged in and gone all out against them long ago. Why would he waste so many words?]