After shifting his gaze away from Qian Renxue, Lu Chen routinely glanced over at Holy Spirit Village. That one look was astounding—he saw something incredible.
Tang San!
A baby less than half a year old had actually already learned to walk!
Ridiculous!
"He learned to walk so quickly? He hasn't even been born for half a year, right? His growth rate is this astonishing?"
Lu Chen wondered whether he ought to cause some trouble for Holy Spirit Village. Seeing Tang San develop so peacefully always left him a little unhappy.
So...
Holy Spirit Village.
Tang the Blacksmith's house.
Tang Hao, drunk beyond measure and covered in stubble, lay sprawled on a wooden bed, snoring away. Just as he slept soundly, a vague sensation made him open his eyes.
"Hmm?"
Tang Hao woke up reeking of alcohol. He raised a rough hand to rub his bleary eyes, then looked in the direction of that feeling. When he saw his youngest son walking, a powerful desire suddenly surged up within him.
Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!
As long as you kill the child in front of you, you can have everything you want!
As long as you kill the child in front of you, your wife can come back to life!
The feeling had come extremely abruptly, yet it was incomparably real. Tang Hao's eyes instantly turned bloodshot!
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Tang Hao panted heavily as he glared viciously at his "son," that thought continuously rising within his heart.
Killing him would bring Ah Yin back to life!
Killing him would bring Ah Yin back to life!
Killing him would bring Ah Yin back to life!
Kill him!
"Da... Dad..."
Tang San turned around and saw his father suddenly sitting up, his eyes blood-red as he panted heavily. His own eyes were filled with confusion.
No, why could he sense killing intent coming from his father?
His father... wanted to kill him?
Bang!
Before Tang San could react, Tang Hao, who had just awoken, abruptly collapsed back onto the bed and fell into snoring sleep again.
Little Tang San stared in complete confusion.
"Damn it! Tang Hao really does have a contingency left behind by the Asura God."
Lu Chen looked displeased. He had merely used the authority of the Heavenly Dao to give Tang Hao a small bit of guidance.
As long as Tang Hao smashed the pot, threw away the rice, and deliberately starved Tang San for ten days or half a month, he would be able to see Ah Yin in his dreams and speak with her for one minute.
But who could have expected that the moment this guidance landed on Tang Hao, it would immediately change flavor.
Starving Tang San for ten days or half a month became killing Tang San. Seeing Ah Yin in a dream and talking with her became reviving Ah Yin.
Then, that guidance full of killing intent and desire directly became nourishment for Divine Slaughter's Domain and was naturally devoured by it.
After understanding how Tang Hao's mechanism worked, Lu Chen felt extremely vexed. The method the Asura God had left behind was too disgusting. No matter the reason, as long as Tang Hao developed any negative thoughts toward Tang San, the Divine Slaughter's Domain within him would transform them into extreme killing intent before devouring it.
In other words, it was completely impossible to discipline little Tang San by starting with Tang Hao. He could only think of other approaches.
Of course, Tang Hao unconsciously tormenting Tang San—for example, making him cook porridge at three and care for children at four—would not be recognized by Divine Slaughter's Domain. That counted as normal child-rearing.
"Isn't the Asura God afraid that one mistake could really make Tang Hao kill Tang San?" Lu Chen thought maliciously.
Any bad thought would turn into killing intent. Was the Asura God really not afraid of things going wrong? If Divine Slaughter's Domain malfunctioned and directly killed Tang San, that would be amusing!
"Forget it. I'll ignore Tang San for now. What a pain!"
"Grandfather, does that mean that if I want to inherit the Angel God's Godhood, I can only absorb Soul Bones from our Angel Clan? Xiao Xue can't absorb this Soul Bone, right?" Qian Renxue asked in a somewhat dejected tone.
Didn't that mean the 50,000-Year Spirit Bone in her hands was truly completely useless?~
She had obtained this Soul Bone at such a huge cost, after scolding her mother and challenging her to a fight, yet she herself could not even use it.
So sad, so sad!
Qian Daoliu naturally saw Qian Renxue's mood. He comforted her softly, "There's nothing bad about being unable to absorb this Soul Bone. Even better Soul Bones are waiting for you!"
"Xiao Xue, you must know that the Soul Bones of our Angel Clan are not only a complete set, but every single one is also 99,999 years old!"
"Once all of them are equipped, they can resonate and all ascend into Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones!"
"After becoming a god, they can even evolve into divine equipment!"
"Xiao Xue, being unable to absorb this 50,000-Year Spirit Bone isn't your problem. It simply isn't worthy of you!"
Hearing her grandfather say that made Qian Renxue feel a little better at last. "I understand, Grandfather. It's just a shame about this Soul Bone."
She held the Soul Bone in her hand. After a trace of struggle flashed through her eyes, she raised it and looked up at Qian Daoliu reluctantly.
"Since this Soul Bone is useless to Xiao Xue, then Xiao Xue will give it to Grandfather. If Grandfather doesn't need it, you can give it to one of the uncles or grandfathers who doesn't have one yet."
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Qian Daoliu looked at the Soul Bone Qian Renxue held out before him. Surprise flashed through his eyes before it was replaced by gratification.
"Xiao Xue has grown up!"
Qian Daoliu gently pushed the Soul Bone back. "But Grandfather doesn't need this Soul Bone. Xiao Xue should keep it and store it properly. When Xiao Xue grows up, you can give it to someone who needs it according to your own wishes."
"Grandfather, you can..."
"Put it away. You need to give this Soul Bone away yourself."
Seeing the resolute look in her grandfather's eyes, Qian Renxue nodded as though she understood, though not entirely. She stopped insisting and carefully placed the Soul Bone into her storage Soul Tool.
She had just made a tremendous decision to give away that Soul Bone!
She had paid such an "enormous" price to obtain this Soul Bone. If Grandfather and the uncles and elders of the Worship Hall had not all treated her so well, she would never have been willing to give it away~
Watching Qian Renxue skip away, Qian Daoliu ultimately swallowed the question he had wanted to ask.
"Three ten-thousand-year soul beast sacrifices, along with this Soul Bone from a Holy Light Unicorn... Has some god taken a liking to Xiao Xue again?"
Qian Daoliu sighed softly. Being able to forcibly control ten-thousand-year soul beasts into sacrificing themselves, and forcibly strip away their Soul Bones during the sacrifice, was not something an ordinary god could accomplish.
At the very least, it was an existence on equal footing with Lord Angel God.
Should he...
He hesitated. As the Angel God's high priest, the strongest member of the Angel Clan, and the Angel God's inheritor, he ought to safeguard Lord Angel God's interests. He also hoped even more that Qian Renxue would inherit the Angel God's Godhood.
But Xiao Xue was his granddaughter.
"I hope Xiao Xue can inherit Lord Angel God's Godhood in the future. If she cannot..."
"Lord Heavenly Dao, Grandfather told me everything about the Soul Bone. Do you want Xiao Xue to tell you again?" The moment Qian Renxue returned to her bedchamber, she swiftly communicated with Lu Chen.
"No need. I already know this information. I only had you ask your grandfather because explaining it myself would have been a little troublesome."
"Okay!"
"Oh, right, Lord Heavenly Dao. I suspect my grandfather also knows that Lord Heavenly Dao is behind me. He probably doesn't know it's you, though. He likely suspects someone else."
"Oh, I know."
"Lord Heavenly Dao is amazing. You know everything!"
"Is there anything else? If not, go cultivate first and strive to obtain your first Soul Bone as soon as possible."
"Okay, okay! Xiao Xue will listen to everything Lord Heavenly Dao says!"
Qian Renxue immediately assumed a proper posture and prepared to circulate her Soul Power. However, before cultivating, she asked one more question.
"Lord Heavenly Dao, you said earlier that you had already planned to have me see my grandfather. Does that mean when you said I had 'hurt you'... you were... joking?"
"Lord Heavenly Dao, Xiao Xue absolutely didn't mean to offend you! It's just... it's just that Xiao Xue was truly upset over hurting you. If it was a joke, Xiao Xue would feel better."
"..."
"..."
"Lord Heavenly Dao, Xiao Xue is going to cultivate!"
Lu Chen: "..."
Was this girl pretending to be stupid, or was she genuinely stupid?
Had she just been sarcastically mocking him?
He clearly felt like she was being sarcastic, so why couldn't he sense even the slightest sarcastic emotion from her?
Speechless...
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