Su Mo's Seventh Soul Ring

"Do... you know where Hao Er is now?"

After reading the letter Tang Hao had written, Tang Zhen summoned the Soul Master who had delivered it to the Guest Hall. He sighed as he asked in a somewhat complicated tone.

"This..."

Faced with Tang Zhen's question, the Soul Master who had delivered the letter could not help hesitating.

Since Tang Hao had entrusted him with delivering the letter, their friendship was naturally quite close. Tang Hao had also instructed him beforehand never to tell his father, Tang Zhen, where he and his wife Ah Yin were.

Thus, the Soul Master who had delivered the letter found himself in quite a dilemma.

However, the shrewd Tang Zhen immediately saw through his thoughts. After considering it for a moment, he suddenly gave a bitter laugh and said,

"Don't misunderstand. I have no other intentions in asking this. Hao Er said that Ah Yin has already been pregnant for over nine months, so the child should be born very soon."

"But giving birth is no simple matter."

"Hao Er doesn't know how to deliver a child, and if they're in the countryside without a good midwife, that would be troublesome. So, I hope Hao Er can take Ah Yin to a large city when the time comes and have a midwife there deliver the child."

"I know that because I previously opposed Hao Er's marriage to Ah Yin, they certainly still don't trust me. But now that their child is about to be born, other than accepting it, do I have any other choice?"

"Consider it for the sake of my grandson. I won't make things difficult for you. Just tell me roughly where Hao Er and the others are, so I can arrange the delivery for them."

"Alright!"

Seeing that Tang Zhen seemed to have accepted Ah Yin, and recalling that Tang Hao had said he could roughly reveal his location if his father Tang Zhen accepted reality, the Soul Master who had delivered the letter took a deep breath, raised his head to look at Tang Zhen, and said, "They're in Fanos Province."

"Fanos Province?"

Tang Zhen muttered to himself a few times, lowering his head in thought.

"Please wait a moment. I'll look at the map and see whether there are any suitable cities. I'll arrange for midwives and Support-Type Soul Masters with healing Soul Skills to go over as soon as possible, help Hao Er and Ah Yin care for the pregnancy, and assist with the delivery when the time comes."

After telling the Soul Master who had delivered the letter to wait, Tang Zhen immediately returned to his study and checked Qian Xunji's itinerary for this period to see whether it included any cities in Fanos Province.

By sheer coincidence, Tang Zhen's luck was quite good.

During this period, Qian Xunji happened to be in Fanos Province and would likely be inspecting the Spirit Hall Branches in the province's various major cities.

According to the letter, Ah Yin had already been pregnant for over nine months.

Normally, pregnancy lasted ten months.

After calculating that he still had a little over a month, Tang Zhen compared it against Qian Xunji's future inspection schedule, then immediately bent over his desk and rapidly wrote a letter.

In it, he told Tang Hao that he had won. Though he was helpless about it, for the sake of his soon-to-be-born grandson, he still intended to accept reality and agree to Tang Hao marrying Ah Yin.

However, because he was worried about his grandson, he told Tang Hao to go to a city called Lanxia City.

He would send people to purchase a residence in the city and arrange midwives, Support-Type Soul Masters with healing Soul Skills, and others to help Ah Yin care for the pregnancy and assist with the delivery when the time came.

But since the people he sent would need time to reach Lanxia City, he told Tang Hao to wait half a month before heading there.

Tang Zhen also instructed Tang Hao in the letter not to tell Ah Yin the news yet, but to give her this surprise after they reached Lanxia City.

Hopefully, this surprise would lessen some of Ah Yin's negative impression of him.

After finishing the letter, Tang Zhen handed it to the Soul Master who had delivered the letter and told him to give it to Tang Hao.

But after the Soul Master departed,

Tang Zhen watched as the Soul Master activated Martial Soul Possession, used a flying Soul Skill, spread his wings, and soared rapidly into the distance. He could not help falling silent as he sighed inwardly.

I only hope the plan I've devised can be carried out perfectly, without any accidents.

Elsewhere, in Spirit City.

Su Mo knew that Tang Hao had written to the Clear Sky Sect and that the Clear Sky Sect had sent a reply.

However, the Soul Masters Spirit Hall had sent to monitor Tang Hao and Ah Yin could only observe them from afar and eavesdrop at close range with Soul Skills. They could not peek at the contents of the letters.

Therefore, Su Mo did not know what Tang Hao's letter to the Clear Sky Sect had said, nor what the Clear Sky Sect's reply to Tang Hao contained.

But Su Mo did not care about that.

Bibi Dong had always been keeping an eye on Tang Hao and Ah Yin's situation.

Even though Ah Yin had not had her true identity discovered by Spirit Hall as in the original story, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei had now both broken through to become Titled Douluo.

At any time, Bibi Dong could personally take Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan or Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, pretend to encounter Tang Hao and Ah Yin by chance, and thereby discover Ah Yin's identity.

That would allow everything to develop as it had in the original story.

However, another year passed after Tang Hao and Ah Yin eloped.

Over that year, through persistent cultivation, Su Mo finally broke through to level seventy.

As long as he absorbed one more Soul Ring, Su Mo could break through to Soul Saint and become the youngest Soul Saint in Spirit Hall—and in all of Douluo Continent!

After reaching level seventy, Su Mo immediately set out for Star Dou Great Forest with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei in order to hunt for his Seventh Soul Ring.

He planned to find a suitable Soul Beast in Star Dou Great Forest, kill it, and absorb its Soul Ring.

Within Star Dou Great Forest, ancient trees towered overhead, and the depths of the forest were as vast as a sea.

After entering Star Dou Great Forest, Su Mo led Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei deeper into the forest, which resembled a green ocean, and soon arrived at the Inner Reaches of Star Dou Great Forest.

Although Star Dou Great Forest had countless Soul Beasts, more than anywhere else in Douluo Continent,

the Soul Beasts in Star Dou Great Forest did not roam about freely. Instead, based on their cultivation levels, they inhabited and moved about within different regions of the forest.

The reason Su Mo headed directly for the Inner Reaches of Star Dou Great Forest was that this area had the greatest number of Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts.

"Xiao Mo, have you decided what kind of Soul Beast you want to hunt on this trip to Star Dou Great Forest?"

After entering the Inner Reaches of Star Dou Great Forest, Yue Guan scanned the surroundings as they traveled through the forest and asked.

"Yes, I've already decided. I plan to hunt a Mantis-Type Soul Beast."

"As for its cultivation, the higher, the better. Even a 100,000-Year Soul Ring should be within my ability to absorb now, though we probably won't encounter one."

As Su Mo answered Yue Guan's question, he scanned the Soul Beasts moving about in the forest, searching for one that could serve as his target.

"A Mantis-Type Soul Beast? Why must it be that kind? The Soul Skill you gain from your Seventh Soul Ring can only be Martial Soul Avatar. For the Soul Beast you hunt for your Seventh Soul Ring, you should choose one with the highest possible cultivation and disregard its type."

Yue Guan was somewhat puzzled by Su Mo's answer.

But Su Mo merely shook his head.