"Twenty-three dishes, twenty-four dishes..."
Xiao Xiao looked blankly at the tall stack of empty plates in front of her. How on earth could Tang Wulin eat so much?
They were having hotpot today. This restaurant was quite famous; it served generous portions of meat, was quick with the dishes, and tasted good, too. Over the past few days, she had found out it was a must-visit spot for Shrek students.
She had originally intended to play host and treat them to a meal to close the distance between them, but Tang Wulin had eaten over twenty plates of meat all by himself. It genuinely shocked her, as she had only managed to consume two plates herself.
Touching her small purse, Xiao Xiao was on the verge of shedding heartbroken tears. Her precious little money~~~
"Don't worry, third brother will treat us later."
Wang Dong caught Xiao Xiao's expression and leaned over to comfort her. How could they possibly let Xiao Xiao pay? It wasn't like they had no money. For Tang Wulin to have such a huge appetite and still let her pay would be deliberately taking advantage of her.
"No way, I said my treat means my treat."
Instead, a look of determination appeared on Xiao Xiao's face. You have to risk a sheep to catch a hawk; she would sacrifice her little money to hook a major genius.
"Am I eating a little too much?"
Tang Wulin ate the last piece of meat in the dish before speaking with some embarrassment.
This was his first time having hotpot, and he felt it was quite interesting, especially the dipping sauce he had mixed himself, which tasted even better. He just hadn't quite controlled his mouth, making Tang Wulin feel somewhat annoyed.
"N... nothing."
A smile appeared on Xiao Xiao's face. In order not to continue dwelling on this topic, she brought up another one instead.
"Speaking of which, Wulin, aren't your Martial Souls the Soft Bone Rabbit and the Clear Sky Hammer? How come you have so much strength?"
At the thought of Zhou Yi's miserable state, Xiao Xiao couldn't help covering her flat chest. It was simply too terrifying.
"You could consider that a kind of bloodline power of mine. As for my Martial Soul, the move I used right behind that teacher just now was indeed the soft bone rabbit soul skill."
Tang Wulin briefly explained the effect, which once again caused the others to gasp in repeated astonishment. This was the first time they learned the effect of Tang Wulin's soul skill.
"Too overpowered, how on earth can anyone fight against that?"
Xiao Xiao shook her head, a trace of reluctance vaguely showing on her face, yet she still spoke with some disappointment.
The opponent had blasted a Soul Emperor away with a single punch; blowing her up would be even less of an issue.
No wonder he could get right behind that teacher-how on earth was anyone supposed to deal with a method like that?
"Hehe."
Tang Wulin scratched his head and smiled modestly.
"However, Wulin, your Martial Soul sounds so familiar. Could it be that Lord Sea God left his bloodline on the mainland back then?"
Xiao Xiao had a sudden flash of wild imagination. Unlike ordinary soul masters who thought of the combination of a Clear Sky disciple and a Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul, Xiao Xiao directly guessed that Tang Wulin was the bloodline descendant of Sea God Tang San and Xiao Wu.
Though the process was a hundred thousand miles off, the conclusion was indeed correct.
Tang Wulin and Wang Dong exchanged a smile for a moment, not daring to take up the conversation.
"That's right, Xiao Xiao, big brother and I will probably be going out for a while, so we won't be able to practice with you for the time being."
An apologetic expression appeared on Tang Wulin's face. Teacher Wang Yan had already told them there would be a freshman assessment in three months. If they could practice team coordination in advance, the probability of winning would increase by quite a bit.
Yet Tang Wulin's mind also held the location of that miraculous place. His rank was still a bit too low; if he could go in and gather those heavenly treasures, his subsequent cultivation speed would definitely increase drastically, allowing him to find his mom and dad even faster.
"Ah, you're leaving too, Wang Dong?"
Hearing this, Xiao Xiao felt somewhat disappointed. She had originally planned to use these three months to cultivate feelings with Wang Dong and fly away together like bonded birds.
"Ah, am I leaving too?"
Wang Dong scratched his head, his eyes full of bewilderment. How come he didn't know he was leaving?
"Probably."
Tang Wulin said somewhat uncertainly. Actually, Tang San had only instructed the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape to take Tang Wulin, but Tang Wulin was concerned about his older sister and thought of bringing her along as well.
"Wulin, are you leaving?"
Huo Yuhao felt somewhat distressed inside. Once Tang Wulin left, his cultivation speed would return to crawling like a tortoise.
Saying it like that made it sound as though he stayed close to Tang Wulin purely out of interest. This thought made the aura around Huo Yuhao even more oppressive.
"Why don't you come along too, second brother?"
Tang Wulin said somewhat hesitatingly. Tang San hadn't given any instructions at the time, but at worst, he could just knock Huo Yuhao unconscious and be done with it-that way, the location of the treasured land wouldn't be exposed anyway.
After all, he knew that Huo Yuhao's Innate Soul Power was exceptionally low, and his soul master rank hadn't reached the admission standard yet. He didn't even know if he would be able to pass the advancement assessment a year later.
If push came to shove, if absolute push came to shove, he would just go beg Mu En.
He was doing this for the sake of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, yes, that was it.
A trace of a blush quietly crept up Tang Wulin's face.
"Can I? Will it affect what you need to do?"
Huo Yuhao widened his eyes, disbelief written all over his gaze, and then hurriedly waved his hands to indicate that he had better forget it.
"It's fine, we'll talk about it when the time comes."
Tang Wulin comforted him, though in his heart he had already resolved to speak with his two uncles as soon as he got back.
"Can I tag along too?"
Xiao Xiao edged closer and asked cautiously.
In her view, since Huo Yuhao could go, perhaps she should be able to go as well.
"This..."
Tang Wulin grew somewhat uncertain as well. After all, Huo Yuhao could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him, whereas they had only met Xiao Xiao today. To put it bluntly, she wasn't trustworthy yet.
"Xiao Xiao, second brother and I have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and big brother is family..."
Tang Wulin didn't finish his sentence, but anyone could hear the intent of rejection within it.
Xiao Xiao sat back down with a sense of disappointment, though she held no real grievance. Their relationship was naturally close to begin with, so not bringing her along was completely normal.
"You can, on the condition that she becomes your concubine in the future, Wulin."
Tang San's voice rang in Tang Wulin's ear. Even though he always exhausted a good deal of power whenever he intervened and needed to sleep to recover, whenever it concerned certain moments for Tang Wulin, he could always elbow that exhausted and useless self of his aside, "raising the corpse" to wake up and offer Tang Wulin a tiny bit of advice.
Father, you're awake?
Tang Wulin was exceptionally excited inside because he knew that this biological father of his truly treated him extremely well, and every time the latter fell into a slumber, he would grieve for it.
As for a concubine, Tang Wulin indicated that he didn't understand that gadget. Both pairs of his parents were lifelong couples of one man and one woman; nobody had ever taught him what a concubine was, nor what a legal wife was, and it was even more impossible to have heard of such a thing in the spacetime of ten thousand years later.
"I am about to fall into a slumber very soon, but I woke up because I sensed certain matters."
"Wulin, you can ask that girl. If she is willing to become your concubine, then you may bring her along. That is the most important treasured land of our Tang family; every single immortal herb inside possesses the power to seize heaven and earth's creations, so it cannot be given away casually."
Tang San's tone was somewhat hurried. The time he had bought by elbowing his way through wasn't long, and he hadn't fully recovered yet-he would still need to sleep shortly.
"But Father, what is a concubine?"
Tang Wulin instinctively sensed unease and questioned Tang San.
Tang San remained wordless. He had to find an excuse to make Wulin accept this matter as much as possible; after all, spreading branches and leaves for the Tang family relied entirely on Wulin.
As a thirty-year-old pure ancient human and an ancient Douluo Continent human of over ten thousand years ago, Tang San still placed great importance on the bloodline inheritance of the Tang family.
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