"Jingyao, how about I ask Elder Kong to take you hunting for Soul Beasts? With your talent, you deserve the best." Xu Tianran wheeled himself in, a smile on his face.
"Brother, wait. I plan to leave it for a while. Once I've sorted things out, I'll tell you," Xu Jingyao said after a moment's hesitation.
After all, if he wanted to pin everything on a god, he had to polish his explanations for certain things. There couldn't be any major holes!
Well, he was now Sun Moon's Carefree King, so to a certain extent, he could be considered tied to the Sun Moon Empire.
He could even be said to be tied to Xu Tianran!
In other words, he would have to face a whole pack of old foxes in the future.
He was about to formally step onto the stage, so he had to prepare properly, making those with brains afraid to touch him-and preferably willing to protect him, too!
As for those without brains, the brainless never lived long!
"All right. Your affairs are yours to decide." Xu Tianran wore a smile that looked exceedingly gentle and refined. "Father will probably move you to a new residence soon. If you need anything, just tell your brother."
"Then thank you, Brother," Xu Jingyao said with a smile.
Xu Tianran smiled and ruffled Xu Jingyao's hair, then took out a Class 7 Defensive Soul Tool, placed it on the table, and left.
Watching Xu Tianran's retreating figure, Xu Jingyao suddenly thought of a line...
Stay right there. I'll go buy you some oranges...
To be honest, he really hadn't felt that Xu Tianran was all that mad. He even felt that he was a good person!
Of course, that might only apply to how he treated him.
Actually, he had been quite mad at the start. After all, their first meeting could be described as extremely unfriendly!
Xu Tianran had nearly strangled him to death back then, but whether something had frightened him or what, he had let him go.
He had even all but raised him as his own son!
He had also falsely claimed that he had imperial blood, as though he wasn't afraid of him stealing his throne at all.
As for Tang Wulin, who had transmigrated along with him, he had been tossed to one of Xu Tianran's subordinates and eventually given the code name 50.
In the end, after taking Tang Wulin under his command, Xu Jingyao had renamed him Tang Wulin.
Actually, he had wanted to kill Tang Wulin outright at first, but ultimately found that he couldn't bring himself to do it.
The divine power his mother had left behind was still on him.
After weighing his choices, he had finally decided to train a dog!
One day in the future, he would have Tang San's son destroy everything belonging to Tang San with his own hands!
Surely nothing could feel more satisfying than that!
He wondered how Huo Yuhao, that rising star of the Douluo Continent, was doing now.
Roughly where were they in the timeline?
And then there was Electrolux.
He wouldn't care even if Huo Yuhao got everything else, but Electrolux was someone he absolutely would not hand over!
That was the equivalent of an entirely new system! He could also be called the greatest variable.
If Tang San hadn't gotten Electrolux killed early on, he probably wouldn't necessarily have succeeded in training Huo Yuhao into a dog so easily.
What was more, something as powerful as the Half-Plane absolutely couldn't fall into anyone else's hands, even if it rotted in his own!
Besides, once he had Electrolux, he might be able to bring some Evil Soul Masters into his ranks. At the very least, he would have a way to counter them and wouldn't end up in danger.
He couldn't place all his hopes on someone else coming to save him, either!
Although, logically speaking, his appearance should definitely attract the attention of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, who hadn't died yet, why was there still no word?
Whether in terms of talent or bloodline, he ought to have drawn their attention!
And Tang San...
But at this point, Tang San probably still wouldn't dare act openly.
If he had to name a truly hopeless time, it really did seem to be the era of Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King. By then, the Douluo Continent had truly become Tang San's backyard.
The key was that there had been practically no chance of turning the tables, unless one's cheat was truly powerful enough! After all, Tang Hao had been watching like a tiger eyeing its prey back then!
"Your Highness, Your Highness, I'm back!" Tang Wulin's excited voice came from outside the door.
Xu Jingyao clicked his tongue before finally coming back to his senses. A flicker of curiosity crossed his eyes as he looked at Tang Wulin. "Why so excited? What Martial Soul did you awaken?"
"The Soft Bone Rabbit!" Excitement flashed in Tang Wulin's eyes. "Your Highness, I have innate Level 6 soul power!"
???
Xu Jingyao's face was covered in question marks.
Logically speaking, shouldn't Tang Wulin have awakened the Blue Silver Emperor?
He remembered reading The Legend of the Dragon King!
Although, when he had been reading the original novel, he had kept wondering what would happen if Tang Wulin awakened the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul!
But he had never imagined Tang Wulin awakening a Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul!
Although Blue Silver Grass wasn't much, it could at least undergo Martial Soul Evolution into the Blue Silver Emperor, and the Blue Silver Emperor was also unique within its era!
But what did the Soft Bone Rabbit have?
Nothing at all, right?
Wait, no!
The rabbit's mechanics seemed pretty broken, and Tang Wulin wasn't lacking in raw stats. Holy crap!
What kind of freak was this?!
But he had to find a way to deal with the Golden Dragon King bloodline. Leaving it bottled up inside Tang Wulin's body wasn't a solution. Old Tang had to be dealt with, too.
Otherwise, what if Old Tang talked the person he had gone to such trouble to lure over into going back?
That wasn't good news.
But the problem was, what could he do to kill Old Tang?
Well, it looked like finding Electrolux was a must!
When it came to research into souls and related matters, Electrolux could probably be called an expert.
Of course, Evil Soul Masters might also be able to do it to a certain extent, but the problem was that he couldn't be sure whether that Holy Emperor of the Holy Spirit Cult had anything to do with Tang San.
That had been a suspicion of his all along when he was reading the book!
Seeing that his prince hadn't reacted for quite a while, Tang Wulin spoke excitedly again. "Then, Your Highness, could you teach me a cultivation method? C-could I go to the Soul Master Academy?"
His train of thought interrupted, Xu Jingyao turned to Tang Wulin and gently rubbed his forehead. "Yes, but I don't know any cultivation methods either. Go ask His Highness the Crown Prince later."
"I-I wouldn't dare." Tang Wulin instantly shuddered. With tiny steps, he edged closer to Xu Jingyao, his face visibly pale.
Xu Jingyao's brows furrowed slightly as he looked at his reaction in puzzlement. "What exactly happened? Ever since you went to my brother's courtyard last time, why do you look like that whenever the Crown Prince is mentioned?"
At those words, Tang Wulin's entire body instantly tensed. He shook his head and said, "I-I-I-I didn't see anything, a-and I don't know anything."
Xu Jingyao rolled his eyes. Even if Tang Wulin didn't say it, he could more or less guess.
He had probably spotted someone dealing with those brothers Xu Jingyao had acquired out of nowhere.
He had actually killed quite a few himself, though most had been killed with Soul Tools or traps.
As for personally going up and killing someone, it seemed he hadn't done that yet!
After all, Xu Tianran had never given him a chance to act!
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