Even a Dog Wouldn't Join the Tang Sect (1 / 2)

When he heard that Tang Ya wanted to recruit him into the Tang Sect—

Chen Mo frowned and flatly refused. "The Tang Sect? Never heard of it, not interested. Goodbye!"

Join the Tang Sect? What a joke!

Even a dog wouldn't join the Tang Sect!

He already wanted to avoid catching God King Tang's attention. Why would he walk straight into the net?

"Hey, hey, hey, don't be so quick to refuse! Our Tang Sect was founded ten thousand years ago by our illustrious ancestor Tang San. It was the greatest sect on the continent! It's incredibly powerful. You definitely won't lose out by joining..." Seeing that Chen Mo knew nothing about the Tang Sect, Tang Ya immediately began explaining its origins.

She hoped to win Chen Mo over with the Tang Sect's glorious past.

She had no choice.

The Tang Sect really was too impoverished now.

Unfortunately, her carefully laid plans came to nothing.

Chen Mo wasn't as easy to fool as Huo Yuhao. He was a man who knew the script!

The greatest sect on the continent? That was ancient history.

The current Tang Sect existed in name only!

"Enough, miss. Give it up!"

"First of all, I already have a sect's legacy. Even if I didn't, with my talent, I would never join a sect I've never even heard of."

"Of course, this Tang Sect you mentioned might once have been glorious. But now there are only three of you out hunting a soul ring, without even a powerful expert to lead you. Clearly, it's long since fallen into decline."

"If I joined a declining sect, I'd just be saddling myself with dead weight!"

Every word Chen Mo spoke struck home. With each sentence, Tang Ya's expression grew a little stiffer.

Every time she started to argue back, she realized she had no rebuttal.

Because everything he said was true.

It all reflected the Tang Sect's current state.

Noticing the change in Tang Ya's mood, Bei Bei stepped forward to support her.

After hearing Chen Mo's words, Huo Yuhao stood rooted to the spot like an NPC.

"Lastly, I hope you understand this: the march of time only moves forward. If things from the old era don't keep pace, things from the new era can replace them at any moment!"

With that, Chen Mo paid the three of them no further attention.

He turned and walked straight away.

Endless sorrow filled Tang Ya's eyes. Unable to hold back any longer, she buried her head in Bei Bei's chest and began to cry.

Bei Bei comforted Tang Ya in a soft voice.

"That guy is despicable!"

"How dare he treat Sister Ya like that!"

"Brother Sky Dream, help me track him down! I'm going to beat him, make him take back what he said, and apologize to Sister Ya!"

Huo Yuhao communicated with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his mental sea.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had witnessed everything that had just happened.

He tried to dissuade him. "Yuhao, bear with it for now. With your current strength, I'm afraid you're no match for that fellow."

He knew exactly how much Huo Yuhao was capable of right now.

Aside from having somewhat stronger spiritual power than other soul masters and a few more first soul skills, he was very weak in every other respect.

That young man, on the other hand, could kill a thousand-year soul beast all by himself.

Moreover, when he glanced at the thousand-year Mandala Snake's corpse earlier, he had noticed traces of spiritual power on the neck where its head had exploded.

From that, he could deduce that the young man's martial soul was very likely related to spiritual power.

If they really fought, Huo Yuhao would be no match for him.

"Please, Brother Sky Dream!"

"Sister Tang Ya and Brother Bei Bei have been so good to me. I have to help them vent this anger!" Huo Yuhao was adamant.

Seeing this, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stopped trying to dissuade him. "All right! That fellow went southwest."

"Thanks, Brother Sky Dream!" After locating Chen Mo, Huo Yuhao looked at Tang Ya. "Sister Tang Ya, I'll go beat that guy right now and make him apologize to you and the Tang Sect!"

Bei Bei hurriedly spoke up. "Yuhao, don't be rash!"

Unfortunately, as soon as the words left his mouth, Huo Yuhao was already running southwest.

[Ding! Detected protagonist Huo Yuhao charging toward the host in a rage. Challenge mission triggered!]

[Mission name: The Child of Destiny's Challenge!]

[Mission objective: Defeat Huo Yuhao.]

The mechanical voice that quietly sounded in his mind made Chen Mo stop after walking only a few hundred meters. He stared at the mission issued by the system, utterly baffled.

"What the heck?"

"Why is Huo Yuhao coming after me out of nowhere? And in a rage?"

"I don't think I even provoked him..."

No matter how Chen Mo thought about it, he couldn't figure it out.

He simply found a shady spot beneath a tree and sat down to wait for Huo Yuhao.

Before long—

Huo Yuhao caught up, panting heavily and drenched in sweat.

His eyes locked onto the figure ahead.

His face darkened. "Stop!"

"Are those eyes of yours just for decoration? Can't you see I'm sitting?"

"What do you want with me?"

After snapping back at him, Chen Mo asked his question.

Huo Yuhao froze for a moment.

Then he said, "Come back with me and apologize to Sister Ya and the Tang Sect!"

Chen Mo gave a wry laugh. "Apologize? Why should I?"

"Because what you said insulted the Tang Sect and hurt Sister Ya!" Huo Yuhao declared self-righteously.

"I only told a few truths."

"How does that insult the Tang Sect or hurt anyone?"

"If your hearts are all that fragile, like glass, you should disband sooner rather than later!"

He finally understood.

No wonder Huo Yuhao would later be trained into a dog by Tang Buddha.

So the servility in his bones really ran that deep.

"Since you refuse to apologize, I'll have to use force!"

A golden gleam flashed through Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes.

A white soul ring appeared beneath his feet.

But Chen Mo knew that Huo Yuhao's soul ring was no ten-year Wind Baboon soul ring.

It was a Million-Year Soul Ring!

"Use force?"

"Fine. Let me see just how much weight you can throw around." Chen Mo slowly rose to his feet.

"First Soul Skill—Soul Impact!"

"Yuhao, wait! Don't use that move!"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hurriedly called out a warning.

Unfortunately, he was a step too late.

Huo Yuhao had already unleashed one of the four soul skills the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had bestowed upon him.

An invisible impact formed from condensed Spiritual Power shot out.

"That's it?"

Chen Mo regarded the attack with utter disdain.

An emerald radiance lit up his eyes.

He effortlessly shattered the incoming spiritual impact.

"Ah!"

Huo Yuhao suddenly felt as though his head were splitting apart.

Bewildered, he asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, "Brother Sky Dream, what's going on? Why does my head suddenly hurt so badly?"

"Although Soul Impact is powerful, it has a drawback. If your opponent's Spiritual Power exceeds yours, you'll suffer a backlash. That's why I tried to stop you just now," the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained.

He had just tried to probe the person before them to gauge his strength.

Unexpectedly, the moment his Spiritual Power approached him, a mysterious force blocked it and reflected it back.

This left the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm utterly stunned.

After all, it was a Million-Year Soul Beast, and the Spiritual Power it released was also at the million-year level.

Across the entire continent, aside from that mysterious being in the Star Dou Great Forest—

No one could surpass it in Spiritual Power.

He had been about to warn Huo Yuhao, but the boy had already lost patience and attacked.

Watching Huo Yuhao's pained expression, Chen Mo said with a wry sigh, "I haven't even made a move, and you're already finished. With that paltry bit of skill, you still have the nerve to come out and throw your weight around?"