Huo Yuhao knelt before Tang Chuan and solemnly performed the ceremony of accepting a master. "Your disciple, Huo Yuhao, pays his respects to you, Teacher!"
Tang Chuan nodded in satisfaction and motioned for Huo Yuhao to rise.
"Remember, do not reveal my identity unless I choose to reveal it to someone myself. Understood?"
Tang Chuan gave him this earnest reminder.
"Yes, Teacher."
Huo Yuhao still felt that none of this was real. He truly had a teacher now, and that teacher was Sea God Tang San, a figure considered legendary in this era. This... really was like a dream.
"Hehe, let's go. I'll take you to obtain your first Soul Ring."
Tang Chuan clasped his hands behind his back, looking perfectly at ease.
Thanks to taking Huo Yuhao as his disciple and the belief in his lie that Huo Yuhao had provided, he now possessed twin Martial Souls. His Soul Power should have reached rank fifteen, and he knew all the Tang Sect's techniques.
Wasn't this much faster than cultivating normally?
"Yuhao, what attribute of Soul Beast do you think you should choose for your first Soul Ring?"
Tang Chuan asked.
"I... I don't know..."
Huo Yuhao shook his head. His exposure to knowledge about Soul Beasts had been extremely limited since childhood. How could he know how to cultivate his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul, which had even arisen through a mutation?
"Among the Tang Sect's techniques is an eye technique called the Purple Demon Eye. Supported by spiritual power, it releases a soul-seizing gaze."
"Your Spirit Eyes Martial Soul is indeed suited to cultivating spiritual power. I'll take you to obtain the first Soul Ring best suited to you."
Seeing how Tang Chuan seemed to have a fully formed plan, Huo Yuhao was overjoyed.
As expected of Senior Tang San. He's already planned out my path so quickly!
[Lie credibility for "I am Lord Tang Wang": 4%] [Congratulations to the host on receiving a reward: Blue Silver Emperor evolution progress, 5%]
The Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul can evolve too?
Tang Chuan's pupils contracted slightly. From the look of things, his abilities should have been changing upon the foundation of Tang San's abilities. Perhaps it wasn't only the Blue Silver Emperor-the Clear Sky Hammer could evolve too.
Yuhao really is my beloved disciple.
Tang Chuan laughed inwardly.
Before long, as Tang Chuan led Huo Yuhao on a leisurely stroll through the Star Dou Great Forest, a Soul Beast's roar rang out.
A ten-year Wind Baboon appeared ahead.
"Roar!"
At the sight of this ten-year Wind Baboon, Huo Yuhao immediately became alert. Tang Chuan, however, said calmly, "This is a ten-year Wind Baboon. Its defining trait is agility. Its attack power is lacking, but its speed is excellent..."
"Could it be...?"
Huo Yuhao froze. Hadn't they agreed to find a spiritual-type one?
"It isn't suited to your Spirit Eyes."
Tang Chuan changed tack.
"..."
The corner of Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched. Could you stop taking such long pauses when you talk?
Boom-!
Before the ten-year Wind Baboon could react, strands of Blue Silver Emperor shimmering with blue-gold light suddenly burst out of the ground. Tang Chuan declared in a deep voice, "First Soul Skill, Life Deprivation!"
The blue-gold light blazed, carrying an utterly terrifying power to devour life. The incomparably sharp strands of Blue Silver Emperor pierced straight into the ten-year Wind Baboon's body, and its vitality rapidly drained away.
Under Huo Yuhao's shocked gaze.
In mere moments, the ten-year Wind Baboon lost every last bit of its vitality and fell to the ground, utterly lifeless. As for that white Soul Ring, Tang Chuan ignored it outright.
"Teacher, was that the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul's devouring power just now?"
Huo Yuhao asked eagerly.
"That's right. The Blue Silver Emperor possesses the ultimate aura of life and can freely draw out vitality or give it back to others."
Tang Chuan nodded. Rather than leading Huo Yuhao onward, he motioned for him to release the spiritual power of his Spirit Eyes.
"Huh?"
Huo Yuhao didn't understand, but he did as instructed.
"I've finally found a spiritual-type human. His constitution is a little weak, but he'll do."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice rang out.
Huo Yuhao stared at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in astonishment, while Tang Chuan watched the scene as though he had expected it all along.
"Teacher, this..."
Huo Yuhao looked toward Tang Chuan.
Tang Chuan smiled. "Just hear him out. If this is an opportunity meant for you, go ahead and accept it."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm also sensed that Tang Chuan bore no ill will, so he began telling Huo Yuhao about his plan to create a god. In the end, under Tang Chuan's gaze, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed himself to Huo Yuhao.
Boom-!
The blazing primal energy of heaven and earth drew Electrolux down into Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
[Disciple Huo Yuhao has received the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice and a visit from Electrolux. Host's Soul Power +1!]
My Soul Power has broken through to rank sixteen. Not bad.
Tang Chuan sat down on a nearby rock, quietly waiting for Huo Yuhao to fully refine the power from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
"I have to say..."
"The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm really was the one who raised a god."
Tang Chuan said with a smile.
To let Huo Yuhao obtain a second Martial Soul, Brother Sky Dream had even steeled himself to obliterate the Ice Empress's soul if she refused. He had brought his moonlit beloved, his moonlit beloved's moonlit beloved, and the son of his moonlit beloved's moonlit beloved along to sacrifice themselves together.
Leaving the Titan Snow Demon King to weep alone!
After a short wait, a surprised voice suddenly came from the bushes ahead. A closer look revealed Tang Ya and Bei Bei, who had hurried over.
"Oh! It's Yuhao!"
Seeing the ten-year Wind Baboon's body lying to one side, Tang Ya felt terribly sorry for Huo Yuhao.
"What a pity... why was it a ten-year Wind Baboon?"
Just then, Tang Ya and Bei Bei noticed Tang Chuan sitting leisurely nearby, resting with his eyes closed. With a single glance, Tang Ya froze on the spot.
The Tang Sect's ancient books contained a portrait of its first sect master, not to mention that Shrek Academy also had a statue of Sea God Tang San...
"Ancestor Tang San..."
Overwhelmed with excitement, Tang Ya blurted out the name.
Bei Bei was even more shocked.
A statue was, after all, only a rough likeness. An ordinary person seeing him would at most think he bore some resemblance to Tang San. But if they also had the portrait within the Tang Sect to compare him to, then...
How could this person look so much like Ancestor Tang San?!
At that moment, Tang Chuan slowly opened his eyes.
Seeing Tang Ya and Bei Bei, Tang Chuan already had an idea in mind, one that would let him enter Shrek on legitimate grounds to continue guiding Huo Yuhao's cultivation and bring the Tang Sect into his own hands.
He was going to turn falsehood into reality again!
"I take it... you are the current master of my Tang Sect."
Tang Chuan said with a light chuckle.
"Your... Tang Sect?"
Tang Ya's pupils trembled as she stared at Tang Chuan in disbelief. "You... you are..."
"I am Tang San."
Tang Chuan said without a change in expression.
"!!!"
Tang Ya and Bei Bei both turned to stone on the spot. Tang Ya had almost lost the ability to think, while only Bei Bei watched Tang Chuan warily.
"Ancestor Tang San became a god and ascended to the Divine Realm long ago. Why would he appear on the Douluo Continent? How can you prove it?"
At those words, Tang Chuan's expression took on a timely hint of melancholy. "I sensed that the Tang Sect has now fallen into decline... To witness the changes of this era on the Douluo Continent once more, I returned to the Douluo Continent."
"Proof? Will this suffice?"
Tang Chuan smiled and released the Blue Silver Emperor and the Clear Sky Hammer.
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