You call this no killing intent?!

"Elder Mu, just who exactly is this Tang Chuan...?"

Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe looked at Mu En, who had appeared in person, both utterly shocked. By rights, with merely three outer court disciples being hunted down, no matter how one looked at it...

It should never have warranted Mu En appearing in person!

"There are certain things I cannot say much about, but just remember my instructions. Also, pay more attention to those three youngsters from earlier."

Mu En spoke gravely.

"Yes, Elder Mu."

The Tang Sect.

"Teacher, you were amazing just now! Was that your Clear Sky Hammer? It could actually stand up to a Soul Emperor?"

Xiao Xiao gazed at Tang Chuan with stars in her eyes. Tang Chuan smiled. "I only held my own briefly. I stacked the power of two major domains, after all."

"That's still plenty impressive."

Xiao Xiao shook her head and continued.

"And..."

"The first Soul Ring of your second martial soul is actually a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring! The academy teachers were all absolutely shocked just now."

At that very moment.

Inside Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.

"Hehe, Yuhao, if your little junior sister knew your first Soul Rings were a million years and four hundred thousand years old respectively, she'd probably drop dead from fright on the spot."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chuckled.

Speechless, Huo Yuhao scolded him with a laugh. "Brother Sky Dream, are you that bored?"

"That's just how he is."

Ice Empress snorted coldly.

"But Yuhao, is this the human who became a god ten thousand years ago?"

Through Huo Yuhao's eyes, Ice Empress noticed Tang Chuan's figure ahead. Huo Yuhao nodded, and Ice Empress spoke with interest. "He really is impressive. You can tell he has an extremely powerful foundation."

"Hehe, that's why I said Yuhao will definitely become a god if he follows him."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm thumped his chest in assurance.

"I'll trust you this once."

Ice Empress nodded.

Tang Chuan led the others to sit down in the Tang Sect Courtyard. Tang Ya stood beside them with her hands on her hips, speaking cheerfully. "Hehe, Teacher's finally back for once. We have to celebrate!"

"Little Yuhao, I have a few fish here, hehe..."

Huo Yuhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Tang Ya really was a glutton...

"No rush to eat just yet."

Tang Chuan interrupted them with a smile, then addressed Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao. "I saw the battle just now. You two have both grown a great deal during this time."

"You haven't disappointed me."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao felt sweetness fill their hearts. Then Tang Chuan took out his Storage Soul Tool and retrieved several immortal herbs from it.

"Xiaoya, this is the gift I prepared for you: an immortal herb with properties that enhance toughness and ultimate life, the Eternal Life Lotus."

A lotus rippling with the aura of life landed in Tang Ya's hands, and Tang Chuan's voice came from beside her.

"Absorbing and refining it can greatly improve the abilities of your current Blue Silver King martial soul. It might even evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor in the future."

Emotion stirred in Tang Ya's eyes.

Knowing full well how precious this gift was, she couldn't help growing solemn. "Thank you, Teacher!"

"Xiao Xiao, there's something for you too."

Tang Chuan then took out two immortal herbs and handed them to Xiao Xiao. "Xiao Xiao, I prepared these for you: the Ten-Thousand-Jun Soul-Stabilizing Vine and the Nine-Rhythm Spirit Phoenix Pistil."

"They have properties including stabilizing the soul, enhancing the physique, strengthening spiritual power, and steadying the mind. They're the best fit for your cultivation of the Twin Souls Co-Soul Method."

Xiao Xiao cradled the two immortal herbs as though she had received priceless treasures, her large eyes brimming with tears as she thanked him. "Waaah, thank you, Teacher!"

"You're welcome."

Tang Chuan smiled.

Then his movements paused, his attention seemingly falling on Wang Dong, who was watching from the side. Seeing that she was still pretending not to care, Tang Chuan felt helpless.

"Wang Dong."

"Huh?"

Wang Dong froze.

Then she saw Tang Chuan take out an immortal herb containing the light attribute as well. "This immortal herb contains the light attribute. It should be able to enhance your Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul."

"However, light-attribute immortal herbs are exceedingly rare, and there's only this one. Its quality might not match Xiaoya's and Xiao Xiao's, but it's the best fit for your martial soul."

Wang Dong was surprised and delighted.

"I... I'm not your disciple. I get one too?"

Tang Chuan chuckled. "You may not be my disciple, but you are a disciple of the Tang Sect. There's no need to draw such distant distinctions."

"..."

Wang Dong said nothing. Only Huo Yuhao, who knew her best, could see the gratitude and delight hidden in her eyes. In the end, she accepted the immortal herb and solemnly thanked Tang Chuan.

"Start absorbing them now."

Tang Chuan looked at the three of them as he spoke.

"All right!"

The three nodded earnestly, immediately releasing their martial souls and beginning to absorb the immortal herbs. And finally, it was time for...

Huo Yuhao.

"Yuhao."

Tang Chuan spoke softly.

"Teacher, I'm here."

Huo Yuhao nodded. He didn't particularly care about immortal herbs or the like; he was simply curious why Tang Chuan wanted to give him his separately rather than in front of the others. Could Tang Chuan have prepared so much for him that he felt a little embarrassed?

"Open fire on me-ah, no... attack me."

Tang Chuan spoke with a perfectly straight face.

"What?"

Huo Yuhao looked utterly bewildered. Wasn't this just messing around?

"Attack me with everything you have."

Tang Chuan emphasized it once more.

"Do you want to test my current strength, Teacher? All right."

Huo Yuhao nodded without thinking much of it, then released the two Soul Rings his Spirit Eyes currently possessed. Naturally, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had taken him to absorb this second Soul Ring on their way back.

"It's not a test."

Tang Chuan shook his head again.

"Huh?"

Huo Yuhao was completely baffled.

Then Tang Chuan directly summoned the Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer and slowly rose with a kindly smile. "Yuhao, do you trust me?"

"Of course I do. Teacher, you're practically my adoptive father. Aside from Mom, no one has ever treated me this well in my entire life."

Huo Yuhao answered without the slightest hesitation, his face full of sincerity!

"Good."

Tang Chuan smiled in gratification.

"Then you may have to suffer a little next, but I won't let you die. Are you willing to trust me?"

Huo Yuhao froze. What did that mean?

Could it be...

There was some immortal herb that required him to be injured before he could absorb it?

"I trust you, Teacher."

Boom-!

Yet the instant Huo Yuhao finished speaking, Tang Chuan's expression abruptly turned serious. The terrifying blood energy roaring out of the Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer blasted Huo Yuhao so hard that even his soul power stopped flowing.

"Teacher, you!"

Huo Yuhao panicked. Was he fucking trying to hammer him to death?

"Yuhao!"

Ice Empress's expression abruptly changed, and she instinctively moved to take over Huo Yuhao's body. This fucking Tang Chuan was trying to kill him.

"Little scorpion, don't worry. There's no killing intent in his moves."

Suddenly.

Electrolux seemed to awaken and spoke.

"???"

Ice Empress's face was full of question marks.

"You fucking call this no killing intent?"