Sister!?!

"Wulin, what's going on?"

Tang San drew Tang Wulin's consciousness into his mental space and looked at him with a deep frown.

"Father, you're awake!"

Tang Wulin's voice brimmed with delight. His father had finally woken up.

"Only for a little while. I'll have to go back to sleep soon. But first, Wulin, what did you mean by 'eldest brother' and 'second brother'?"

Tang San's Divine Sense had naturally recognized Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao beside her. That was why he was so confused. Had Da Ming and Er Ming not told Wulin Xiao Qi's identity in the lower realm?

"Oh, that. Eldest Brother Wang Dong wanted to become sworn brothers with me, and then Uncle Da Ming told me to agree. So the three of us became sworn brothers. My second brother is Huo Yuhao."

Tang Wulin honestly recounted how it had happened, then hurried to explain, "But I thought the two of them were good people, so I didn't refuse."

Da Ming!

Tang San quietly clenched his fists. He wanted nothing more than to send Da Ming flying with a punch. He knew Xiao Qi was mischievous, so it was no surprise she had come up with such an idea. But why had Da Ming gone along with it? A sister and brother becoming sworn brothers?

With his traditional outlook, Tang San found it hard to accept.

"Wulin."

Tang San spoke earnestly, though he felt a little guilty. After all, he had been the one to arrange for Tang Wutong to disguise herself as a boy.

"Do you know you have an elder sister?"

"Yes. Both uncles told me. Her name's Tang Wutong, right?"

Tang Wulin looked at Tang San with bright, expectant eyes, but his expression quickly turned glum.

"The uncles said I'd meet her as soon as I enrolled, but I didn't see her name on the student list on the noticeboard."

Tang Wulin really did hope to have an elder sister to look after him.

"Actually..."

"That eldest brother you just made is your elder sister."

Tang San told him the truth, his voice growing quieter as Tang Wulin froze before him.

"What?!"

"Eldest Brother Wang Dong is my elder sister?"

Tang Wulin finally snapped out of his daze and cried out in shock. His hands flailed in front of his chest, and for a moment he had no idea where to put them.

"But Eldest Brother Wang Dong is obviously a boy!"

Tang Wulin lowered his head and racked his brain for any sign that Wang Dong was a girl. He couldn't think of a single one.

"That's because your sister used a Secret Art to disguise herself as a boy. Even the teachers at your academy can't tell, so how could you?"

Tang San explained.

"But why would she disguise herself as a boy to go to school? I saw plenty of girls at Shrek Academy."

Tang Wulin still couldn't understand it. The Outer Court Dormitory was tiny, and they had moved into the boys' dormitory. How was his sister supposed to bathe with Huo Yuhao, a boy, right there?

"Ahem. Obviously, it's so your sister won't be pestered by all those boys. Your sister is very pretty. When boys going through puberty see a girl like her, they're bound to—"

"Ahem. Wulin, you understand, right?"

Tang San coughed twice and put on an air of confidence as he offered his excuse.

He couldn't very well say that he wanted to bring the Child of Luck, nurtured by the Douluo Continent over ten thousand years, under his command and was using his daughter to tie him down. That would ruin his image as a father.

"I don't understand."

Tang Wulin looked at Tang San with clear eyes. Though everything he had been through had made him more mature than an ordinary six-year-old, he was nowhere near old enough to understand that much.

A faint flush rose to Tang San's face. Only then did he realize that a son and a daughter were different. There were some things he was more willing to say to his son.

"All you need to know is that your eldest brother is your biological sister. Don't think too much about the rest."

What if he started putting things together?

"Then is my sister going to keep living with my second brother?"

Tang Wulin rubbed his fingers together, reluctant. They might be sworn brothers, but he had only met Huo Yuhao today. He didn't know him well, and it didn't feel right for his sister to live with a boy.

She could live with me instead.

Tang Wulin imagined it.

"Actually, your second brother is a girl too. You don't need to worry so much, Wulin."

Tang San waved a hand. He had seen through Huo Yuhao's simple disguise at a glance, and he also realized this did not seem to be the same timeline they had known.

Huo Yuhao was supposed to be his son-in-law. How had he become a girl? Was he going to be his daughter-in-law instead?

Tang San did not spell any of that out for Tang Wulin. It would only give him more to worry about.

"My second brother is a girl too?"

Tang Wulin's mouth fell open. Both brothers he had sworn brotherhood with were girls? What kind of arrangement was this?

"Fine. I give up. Let them do what they want."

Tang Wulin felt exhausted. They had agreed to become sworn brothers, but it turned out he was the only one who had taken it at face value.

"Oh, and don't tell them you know they're girls. Don't give them away."

Tang San laughed and added another instruction for Tang Wulin.

"Then should I still call them Eldest Brother and Second Brother? Why?"

Tang Wulin scratched his head. Their relationships were so complicated.

Because that way, Huo Yuhao won't feel any distance between the two of you.

Tang San kept that thought to himself.

For some reason, Huo Yuhao was a girl in this timeline, but the Otherworldly Remnant Soul and That Bug were still there. Huo Yuhao was still the Child of Luck. In that case, his son might as well benefit.

Huo Yuhao seemed well-behaved, so Tang San was willing to accept her as a daughter-in-law of the Tang family. He might even let her become Wulin's principal wife someday.

"There's a very important secret behind all this. I'll tell you when you're older. Knowing it now would only give you more to worry about."

Tang San gently stroked Tang Wulin's head to comfort him.

"I understand, Father."

Tang Wulin nodded obediently. If his father said he would tell him when he was older, then he would wait.

"All right, enough chatting."

"Wulin, next I'll pass on all the profound teachings of my Tang Sect, along with the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the Immortal Herb Catalog. Then your two uncles can take you to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to eat some Immortal Herbs. That will help you grow stronger faster."

Tang San patted Tang Wulin's little head twice. Smiling, he bent down and touched his right index finger to Tang Wulin's smooth forehead.

A vast amount of sealed information flowed into Tang Wulin. The seal let him grasp its general contents at once without the flood of knowledge making his head ache. He could look through it and study it whenever he needed to.

"Thank you, Father."

Tang Wulin gently hugged Tang San, grateful for everything his father had done for him, even though they had only recently recognized each other.

"You are my Qilin Son. It is only right that you inherit everything the Tang family has."

Tang San hugged Tang Wulin in return, tears of excitement running down his face.

The Clear Sky Hammer, the Soft Bone Rabbit, and the Golden Dragon King Bloodline—Tang San, old-fashioned to the core, had already decided to leave the entire family fortune to Tang Wulin.

A capable eldest son with emotional intelligence? Why wouldn't he go all in?

Tang San had been trying to contact his main body all along, hoping Main Body Tang San would pass down the position of Asura God.

Main Body Tang San: Well, thanks a lot.