Tang Zhen's Decision

While Tang Zhen was angered into fainting by Tang Xiaotian.

Elsewhere, in Spirit City, Su Mo once again received a letter sent by the Soul Masters monitoring Tang Hao and Ah Yin.

After reading the contents of the letter, Su Mo could not help feeling rather surprised.

"Oh? After Tang Xiao returned to the Clear Sky Sect, he actually went out again and found Tang Hao and Ah Yin, telling them to hide because his father, Tang Zhen, did not approve of Tang Hao and Ah Yin's marriage..."

So that was how it was.

After reading the letter, Su Mo placed it on the desk. Looking out at the beautiful greenery beyond the window, his thoughts began to churn.

Based on what he had learned about Douluo Continent in his previous life.

It really had never explained why Tang Hao and Ah Yin had conceived Tang San outside instead of returning to the Clear Sky Sect, getting married there, and then conceiving Tang San.

So it was because Tang Hao's father, Tang Zhen, did not approve of their marriage.

Still, that was only normal.

After all, Tang Hao was the Young Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect and its most outstanding genius. Tang Zhen certainly would have preferred for Tang Hao to marry the legitimate daughter of a major clan to safeguard the Clear Sky Sect's interests.

Just like the political marriages among countless wealthy and influential families in his previous life.

Although Ah Yin's talent could certainly have earned Tang Zhen's approval, her identity was something that could not see the light of day. Tang Zhen likely would never agree to let his son marry a Soul Beast.

After all, not everyone was like Tang Hao's family in the future, with generation after generation enjoying romances with Soul Beasts and treating them as perfectly ordinary.

But since Tang Zhen did not agree to Tang Hao marrying Ah Yin, why were Tang Hao and Ah Yin discovered by Spirit Hall on their way back to the Clear Sky Sect later on?

Su Mo found it rather strange.

In any case, the account in the novel from his previous life of how Tang Hao and Ah Yin were discovered by Qian Xunji did not make any sense to him at all.

Tang Hao knew Ah Yin's True Identity, after all, and Ah Yin had not yet reached maturity at the time.

Logically speaking, even if Tang Hao wanted to take Ah Yin back to the Clear Sky Sect, he would surely have kept a low profile and taken back roads all the way. How could they possibly have been so easily discovered by Spirit Hall?

There had been claims online in his previous life that Spirit Hall had been monitoring Tang Hao and Tang Xiao all along, which was why it later discovered Ah Yin's True Identity.

But Su Mo did not agree with that.

The only reason Spirit Hall was monitoring Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Ah Yin now was because Bibi Dong wanted it to. Previously, Spirit Hall had merely kept a slight eye on the Tang Hao brothers.

Moreover, that explanation contained a massive flaw.

That was, if Spirit Hall had truly been monitoring the Tang Hao brothers all along, it would have needed a purpose.

If that explanation were true.

Since only Titled Douluo could discover Ah Yin's True Identity, then if Spirit Hall later discovered it, it must have sent a Titled Douluo to approach Tang Hao and Ah Yin.

And if Spirit Hall sent a Titled Douluo to see Tang Hao, it certainly could not have been for a friendly exchange. It must have been to assassinate Tang Hao!

But if Spirit Hall truly intended to assassinate Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, it could have sent people to act much earlier. There was no need to wait until Tang Hao took Ah Yin back to the Clear Sky Sect before making a move.

There was absolutely no point to that!

So, upon closer thought, the account Tang Hao gave Tang San in the novel about how he and his wife Ah Yin were discovered by Spirit Hall was riddled with holes!

Forget it! There was no point thinking about this. Once he saw how things developed later, he would naturally learn why Tang Hao and Ah Yin had been discovered by Spirit Hall.

No longer dwelling on exactly how Tang Hao and Ah Yin had been discovered by Spirit Hall, Su Mo shook his head vigorously, then rose to find little Qian Renxue.

Then, that evening, he would tell Bibi Dong about the contents of the letter that had arrived today.

In the blink of an eye, several months passed.

Within the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Zhen had been so enraged upon learning that his second daughter-in-law was actually a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that he had fainted on the spot.

After waking, Tang Zhen remained silent. Whenever he had free time, his heart found no peace at all, only boundless helplessness and heartache.

He undoubtedly deeply disapproved of his second son Tang Hao's marriage to that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast called Ah Yin.

Once such a matter got out, it would make the Clear Sky Sect the laughingstock of the entire continent.

And if Spirit Hall learned of this, it would certainly come knocking and demand that the Clear Sky Sect hand over the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

With his father Tang Chen missing for many years, Spirit Hall had long been looking for a chance to test the Clear Sky Sect. It simply had not had a reason before.

Once Spirit Hall found this weakness, it would absolutely suppress the Clear Sky Sect openly and aboveboard under the pretext of colluding with Soul Beasts.

According to the records, after a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast transformed, it would enter its mature stage upon cultivating to level sixty. Not even a Titled Douluo could then detect its True Identity.

If that was true, perhaps Ah Yin could marry his second son Tang Hao after reaching level sixty.

But unfortunately, it was only written in the records.

He had never heard of a single concrete example. How could he dare believe it?

And more importantly, even if it were true.

Titled Douluo might be unable to discover a mature transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but the Qian Family of Spirit Hall was, according to legend, the Angel God's priestly family.

According to what his father Tang Chen had said, Qian Daoliu was not merely a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo, but a Demi-God who had gone a step further. Titled Douluo might not be able to discover it, but could Qian Daoliu not do so either?

No matter how he considered it, Tang Zhen felt that allowing his second son Tang Hao to marry the so-called transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Ah Yin was simply far too dangerous.

Thus, Tang Zhen finally made up his mind. He had to break up his second son Tang Hao's marriage to Ah Yin.

But while he had to break them apart, a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was also an opportunity that came once in a thousand years. What method could perfectly make use of this opportunity?

Over the following days, Tang Zhen agonized over this question.

Then an entire year passed in the blink of an eye.

As for how to resolve the crisis that the transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Ah Yin posed to the Clear Sky Sect while ensuring that this opportunity was exploited to the greatest extent.

Tang Zhen had come up with a general direction, but he could never devise a concrete method.

But it was precisely then.

One day, a letter suddenly arrived.

When Tang Zhen opened it, he discovered that it was a letter from his second son, Tang Hao.

It stated that he and his wife Ah Yin had already married, and Ah Yin was already pregnant. The child was now over eight months along, so he had specially written to tell Tang Zhen, hoping that he could accept the news and approve his marriage to Ah Yin.

Upon learning this, Tang Zhen's face immediately turned livid, and he crushed the letter in his hand into a ball.

How could he possibly accept that his second son had married a Soul Beast?!

Yet amid his fury, Tang Zhen's gaze suddenly fell upon a letter delivered by one of his subordinates.

It stated that the Pope of Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, had begun a tour of Spirit Hall Branches across Douluo Continent, and listed the cities he would pass through over the coming period.

I have it!

In an instant, Tang Zhen was jolted awake, and a plan that could perfectly resolve his current predicament suddenly came to mind.