Three days later, in Nuoding City!
"Xiao San, losing your mother was entirely my fault!" Tang Hao said helplessly.
"Dad, since they took Mom away, that means they knew about her existence and what made her special. I believe she's still alive. As long as she's alive, I'll find her someday," Tang San said.
"Xiao San, you're right, but why did you come to Nuoding City? We should go straight to Heaven Dou City," Tang Hao continued.
"Since we're already near Nuoding City, let's visit the Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy. Teacher once said he might return there to live in seclusion after the Advanced Soul Master Tournament ended. Maybe he's there," Tang San said.
"All right, then. I won't go inside. You can go alone," Tang Hao said.
"Mm!"
Tang San nodded and walked straight toward the gates of the Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy.
"Stop! What are you here for? Outsiders aren't allowed inside." A middle-aged gatekeeper blocked Tang San's path.
"It's you?"
"I'm Tang San. I graduated from this academy," Tang San said calmly.
"You're Tang San?"
"How could that be? It's not like I don't know what Tang San looks like. You dare try to fool me? Get the hell out of here," the gatekeeper said.
This gatekeeper was the very same man who had stopped Tang San from entering the academy all those years ago.
Suddenly, Tang San recalled how this gatekeeper had blocked his way when he was six. His thoughts drifted back into the past, and as that scene resurfaced, his eyes reddened slightly.
"You've already paved your own road to death." His eyes turned blood-red, and a surge of killing intent suddenly erupted from his body.
"Xiao San, don't..." Tang Hao rushed over to stop him, but his diminished Soul