Analyzing Tang San's Character
[Loves Eating Carrots: Please tell me more about the future, Group Owner. I want to know what kind of person Tang San is!]
[Love-Starved Little Angel: Hmm, what kind of person is Tang San?]
[Spirit Hall Saintess: This Tang San seems a bit disjointed, why do so many people inexplicably like him?]
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: I don't know about that; I only know some of Tang San's deeds.]
[For example, there's a double standard—because his mother, Ah Yin, and his lover, Xiao Wu, are both Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast, Tang San characterizes the Spirit Hall's hunting of Soul Beast as brutal and inhumane.]
[They vehemently condemned the Spirit Hall for indiscriminately killing innocent people for Soul Ring and Soul Bone, asserting that Soul Beast also have the right to live, and using this as one of the core Justice for opposing the Spirit Hall.]
Xiao Wu frowned when she saw this.
That makes perfect sense; Soul Beast also have the right to live, and everyone would agree with that.
But she always felt that something was off.
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: But he never felt any guilt about hunting Soul Beast. From the early Mandala Snake, Man Faced Demon Spider, and Cave Demon Spider, to the later one-time killing of three nearly 90,000-year-old Ant Emperor Qian Jun, Evil Orca King, and Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, he used all of it to farm Soul Ring and replenish Soul Bone for himself and his teammates, all without a care in the world.]
[He always finds a Justice justification for each hunt: when he kills the Ant Emperor Qian Jun, he claims they are robbing other Soul Beast of their territory and are inherently cruel;]
[The Evil Orca King was said to be the overlord of the ocean, indiscriminately slaughtering sea creatures; the Man Faced Demon Spider was said to have attacked him first.]
[But in essence, it's no different from the Spirit Hall hunting Soul Beast —both are for increasing strength. It just so happens that he chose Soul Beast with blemishes, allowing him to package it as eliminating a cancer.]
[When reviving Xiao Wu, in order to fill the gaps in his own Soul Ring, he hunted down high-level Soul Beast on a large scale, completely disregarding the Soul Beast' right to survival.]
[Moon Palace: That despicable Tang San, how dare he apply such double standards! It's disgusting!]
[Loves Eating Carrots: Tang San is really hypocritical! But it's understandable, since killing someone himself is different from being killed by someone else.]
After posting this, Xiao Wu paused for a moment, stunned.
She felt something was wrong as soon as she typed that line; her finger hovered over the screen, wanting to delete it but not quite.
Why is she speaking up for Tang San?
She was still feeling scared when people in the group were talking about Tang Hao's scheme against her, but now that they're talking about Tang San hunting Soul Beast...
Her first instinct was to defend him.
[Love-Starved Little Angel: Differences are differences, but such double standards are unacceptable.]
[Spirit Hall Saintess: This is just so-so. Who isn't selfish? Group Owner, please continue.]
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: The Slaughter City Arc, Tang San goes undercover under the alias Tang Yin. Hu Liena falls in love with him at first sight and treats him sincerely. She takes the initiative to team up with him to brave the Hell Road and risks her life to protect him on many dangerous occasions.]
[Tang San was fully aware of Hu Liena's feelings throughout, but he maintained a disguise, using her trust and her status Spirit Hall Saintess to successfully pass through Hell Road and obtain the Divine Slaughter's Domain.]
[In the subsequent Soul Hunting Operation in the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San once again used Hu Liena's favor to infiltrate the Spirit Hall team, uncover the tactical flaws of Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo, and finally revealed his true identity to turn the tables and kill them, indirectly leading to the sacrifice of Da Ming and Er Ming.]
[Hu Liena was trapped in this relationship her entire life, unable to bring herself to kill Tang San even in death; while Tang San never felt the slightest remorse, always regarding her only as an enemy of the Spirit Hall.]
[To achieve one's goals by stepping on others' sincerity, and then standing on moral high ground to despise them for being from the Spirit Hall —this is both hypocritical and cold-hearted.]
[Loves Eating Carrots: Tang San really knows how to make use of things!]
Xiao Wu stared at the message, her fists clenched.
She recalled how good Tang San had been to her at the Nuoding Academy, treating her with utmost care and attention.
But how much calculation was actually mixed into that goodwill?
She dared not think about it further.
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Haha, Tang San only saved you so you could sacrifice yourself.]
[With Da Ming Er Ming around, Xiao Wu would actually have been fine.]
[But when Tang San went, he was in danger. Tang Hao, who was hiding in the shadows, didn't help. Then Tang San pretended to be pitiful, saying he had his leg broken while saving you, and gave you a Soul Bone that would take a long time to absorb, telling you to absorb it and then escape.]
[It's all to gain your sympathy.]
Xiao Wu's eyes widened in surprise when she saw this.
She sat by the window, the night wind making the curtains rustle, but she remained motionless, as if nailed to a spot.
The Da Ming Er Ming.
They were perfectly fine in the Star Dou Great Forest when Tang San came to rescue her, but Da Ming Er Ming ended up sacrificing themselves instead?
What kind of rescue is this? This is clearly using her as bait, Da Ming Er Ming as stepping stones.
[Loves Eating Carrots: Tang San... did he deliberately put himself in danger?]
[A Leaf Knows Autumn: Yes. If he truly cared for you, he should have immediately called Tang Hao to help, or taken you deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest. Da Ming Er Ming have a geographical advantage there, and the Spirit Hall people might not be able to catch up.]
[But he didn't do that. He chose the most dangerous path, then had his leg broken in front of you, and gave you a Soul Bone that would take a long time to absorb, so you could watch him risk his life for you, making you feel guilty and moved.]
The more moved you are, the less hesitant you will be when you offer your sacrifice in the future.
[The Spirit Hall Saintess: This Tang San is a better actor than me.]
[Love-Starved Little Angel: Young Stepmother, yours is just being genuine, his is just Sinister. How can you call them the same?]
[The Little Cat Who Loves Fish: Xiao Wu, don't be soft-hearted anymore. He saved you once, so you owe him your life. If he's in danger again, you'll have to pay with your life. He's calculated this better than anyone else.]
Xiao Wu squatted under the windowsill, her back against the wall, her knees tucked up to her chest, and her hands hugging her calves.
She remembered the days when Tang San bought her carrots, the punishments he took for her, and his earnest face when he said, "You are my sister, if I don't protect you, who will?"
She thought he was a really nice person.
Looking back now, every single one of those good things seems like a foreshadowing planted in advance.
[Seven Treasure Little Princess: Xiao Wu, don't be sad. Now that you know, you won't fall for it again.]
[Loves Eating Carrots: I'm not sad. I just feel... a little nauseous.]
[Love-Starved Little Angel: Disgusting! Xiao Wu, you're finally awake!]
[Everlasting Life: Tang San is fundamentally flawed. His father schemed against his mother, he schemed against his sister; the whole family is like this.]
After posting this, Ah Yin sighed.
She hadn't even met Tang Hao Tang Hao yet, but the group chat had already thoroughly exposed everything about him.
She looked down at her hands, thinking that if she ever really encountered those two brothers, she would definitely have to avoid them.
Xiao Wu closed the Chat Window, jumped down from the windowsill, and stepped barefoot onto the cold floor.
She walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, looking down at her toes, her mind a jumbled mess.