Why Was She a Soul Beast, and Why Did Qian Xunji Come Here?

Tang Xiao dragged Tang Hao by the arm as they fled the forest in disarray like beaten dogs, eventually returning to the tavern they had left earlier.

The tavern reeked of ale. Tang Xiao and Tang Hao sat where they had originally been seated, but the young girl was no longer across from them.

"Why was she a soul beast? A Yin... why was she a soul beast? And why did we run into the Pope of Spirit Hall here?"

Tang Hao's eyes were vacant, as though his soul had left his body, and he kept muttering those same words.

From the moment he first saw A Yin, he had believed she was the one destined for him, the girl he would protect with his life!

But in the blink of an eye, that gentle young girl had turned out to be a hundred-thousand-year transformed Blue Silver Emperor? Why was she a soul beast? This absurd twist dealt Tang Hao an enormous blow!

"Brother Hao... Brother Hao... Wake up!" Tang Xiao's voice exploded beside Tang Hao's ear.

Tang Hao stiffly raised his head and looked at his elder brother.

His once-resolute face was now filled with bitterness, his eyes vacant as if he had lost his soul.

"Brother..." Tang Hao swallowed, then said hoarsely, "Why is A Yin a soul beast?"

"My heart feels so empty right now. It hurts so much I feel like dying."

Tang Xiao frowned at the sight of his younger brother's half-dead state, feeling a nameless rage burn within him.

"You can't accept it?" Tang Xiao's voice was icy. "You like that hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast?!"

"Brother Hao, wake up! Even counting everything, we traveled with her for less than half a month!"

"In less than half a month, you've already fallen for her? Brother Hao, you and she were never meant to be!"

Tang Hao gave a miserable laugh, mocking himself. "What do you know, Brother? You don't understand anything! You don't understand her!"

"The moment I first met A Yin, my heart was thrown into complete chaos. I didn't even know her background, yet I had a powerful feeling. My instincts told me that she was the woman I was meant to marry in this life!"

"Perhaps this is what they call love at first sight!"

"Bullshit!" Tang Xiao could not help cursing. "What love at first sight? You've been bewitched!"

"Her identity as a soul beast has now been confirmed, and she has fallen into the hands of Qian Xunji, the Pope of Spirit Hall."

"Give up, Brother Hao! From the moment she fell into the Pope of Spirit Hall's hands, her fate was already decided."

What would happen to a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast after falling into Spirit Hall's hands? Nothing more than becoming a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and a hundred-thousand-year soul bone.

"No!" Tang Hao slammed his hand against the table. Like a crazed beast, he stared at his elder brother, his eyes filled with madness and unwillingness!

"Brother, why did you drag me away back then? You know my talent, and I have the secret techniques of our Clear Sky Sect!"

"If we joined forces, and I detonated all seven of my soul rings, I could definitely risk my life to hold Qian Xunji off for a while!"

"As long as we could take A Yin away, I'd accept it even if Spirit Hall hunted me across the entire continent!"

"Nonsense! Idiot!" Tang Xiao was so furious by those words that he nearly spat out blood.

"Brother Hao, is your brain full of mush? Can't you use your head for once? Detonate your rings against the Pope?"

"Even if you held Qian Xunji back for a moment and fled with A Yin, do you think Spirit Hall is helpless?"

"The moment you attack Qian Xunji, this will no longer be a personal grudge between the two of you. It will be the Clear Sky Sect declaring war on Spirit Hall!"

"When that happens, the thousands of lives in the Clear Sky Sect will all be buried alongside you because of your stupidity!"

Tang Xiao's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Tang Hao's head, but Tang Hao looked as though he was about to go mad.

His eyes were bloodshot as he panted heavily. "I don't understand all those twists and turns. I only know that ever since I left that forest, I've felt as if I lost everything!"

"After losing A Yin, I feel as though I've lost the most important, most precious thing in my life. Do you understand, Brother?"

As he spoke, Tang Hao disregarded everything and rushed toward the tavern entrance.

"Brother, don't stop me! I'm going back to save her! I can't just watch A Yin die at Qian Xunji's hands!"

"Sit down!" Tang Xiao had finally reached the limit of his patience, and his rage could no longer be restrained.

This disappointing younger brother was actually pushing the entire sect into a pit of fire for a woman he had known for less than half a month?

Smack...

Tang Xiao did not hesitate. He swung his thick arm and slapped Tang Hao across the face, a violent gust from his palm flashing past.

Tang Hao did not even have time to react before the slap sent him flying through the air. He crashed hard into the tavern wall, smashing a huge hole through it.

The enormous commotion instantly drew everyone's attention in the small tavern. Even the innkeeper beside them was so frightened that he nearly wet himself, clutching his head as he crawled beneath the counter.

Tang Xiao stood where he was, eight soul rings flashing beneath his feet. The aura of a Soul Douluo appeared, then vanished at once.

He casually glanced at the tavern owner, then took out several gold soul coins and tossed them over. "We'll pay for the damage. Don't ask what you shouldn't!"

With that, Tang Xiao stepped forward, lifted Tang Hao as easily as a sack of grain, and flashed away in a blur, swiftly leaving the small town.

The gale howled past their ears as Tang Xiao brought Tang Hao to the summit of a desolate mountain strewn with jagged rocks.

Then he brutally threw the dazed Tang Hao onto the ground.

"Tang Hao! Look at the pathetic state you're in! Do you have any of the bearing expected from a prodigy of the Clear Sky Sect?!"

Tang Xiao's face was livid as he glared at Tang Hao, who sat collapsed on the ground. He scolded him in frustration, "What kind of bewitching potion did that transformed soul beast feed you? In less than half a month, she made you disregard even the lives of the sect and Father?"

Tang Hao covered his slightly swollen cheek, a streak of blood hanging from the corner of his mouth. The physical pain cleared his mind a little.

Yet he still looked distracted as he murmured, "Brother, you simply can't understand this feeling!"

"From the moment we left that forest without saving A Yin, it felt as though a piece of my heart had been torn away!"

"My instincts tell me that if I lose her, I'll lose everything in my future. My entire future will be ruined!"

Seeing that Tang Hao was still so stubbornly obsessed, Tang Xiao took a deep breath and could only let out a long sigh in the end.

With a bitter expression, he said, "Brother Hao, stop being foolish. Let's just pretend we never met her during those past half a month."