Niu Tian scratched his head in extreme embarrassment, but this also convinced him that the Tang Chuan before him really was the Tang San they knew. There was no possibility of anyone impersonating him!
"Sorry, Tang San. I just thought that since you came down, Sister Xiao Wu should have come with you."
Niu Tian said.
"Ah..."
Hearing this, Tang Chuan sighed and said to Niu Tian with feigned helplessness, "You know that what I'm doing hardly counts as following the Divine Realm's rules. I'm under enormous pressure."
"Xiao Wu shares my divine positions. With her staying in the Divine Realm, in a certain sense, the positions of Sea God and Asura God aren't absent from the Divine Realm. Xiao Wu only needs to spend a month there in my place."
"Then I'll be able to return to the Divine Realm."
Hearing this, Niu Tian and Tai Tan understood Tang Chuan's unspoken difficulties. They had heard something about these matters, especially the fact that the God of Destruction and Tang San did not get along.
"So that's how it is."
The two of them believed Tang Chuan completely.
[Lie Credibility for "I am Lord Tang Wang": 30%. Host received: Blue Silver Emperor evolution progress 35%, Clear Sky Hammer evolution progress 25%. Additional reward received: one use of Enhanced Sea God's Light.]
"Enhanced Sea God's Light?"
Tang Chuan was somewhat surprised. Although he was not clear on what this use of Sea God's Light could do, perhaps it could be used to intimidate opponents with evil attributes.
"Haha, it's been so long since we three brothers got together. Why don't we have Xiao Dong come in and share a meal?"
Tai Tan said with a laugh.
"Sure. Have Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Ya come in too."
Tang Chuan smiled faintly.
Then he volunteered an explanation. "Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Ya are all disciples I've taken in now. Yuhao is even my direct disciple. In the future, I intend to make him the successor to a God King."
"The successor to a God King?!"
Niu Tian and Tai Tan exclaimed.
"That kid who was following Xiao Dong just now? He didn't look particularly special. Tang San... no, Tang Chuan, are you sure?"
Tai Tan asked doubtfully. Just what was so remarkable about Huo Yuhao that Tang Chuan would take him as his direct disciple?
"Hehe, his talent is no small thing."
Tang Chuan gave a mysterious smile.
Before long, Huo Yuhao and the other three arrived as well. Tang Chuan looked at Huo Yuhao and said with a soft laugh, "Yuhao, these two are the current sect masters of the Clear Sky Sect. Just call them Uncle Niu and Uncle Tai."
"Greetings, Uncle Niu, Uncle Tai."
Huo Yuhao nodded and bowed respectfully.
"Hehe..."
Niu Tian smiled and gestured that Huo Yuhao need not be so formal. If this boy truly was the future successor to a God King, then the two of them really needed to take him seriously. At the very least, they could not let anything go wrong for him on the Douluo Continent.
After all, he was Tang San's disciple!
Xiao Xiao and Tang Ya naturally addressed the two of them the same way. Then, at Tang Ya's enthusiastic invitation, everyone enjoyed a lavish lunch, after which Niu Tian and Tai Tan prepared to return to the Clear Sky Sect.
"First Dad, Second Dad, you're going back already?"
Wang Dong asked.
"Xiao Dong, we can't stay away from the Clear Sky Sect for too long. We're very happy to have met Tang Chuan... sir, this time. Hahaha, we'll come again."
Tai Tan laughed heartily. Wang Dong could only see the two of them off. Then she returned to the Tang Sect, and when she saw Tang Chuan, the shock in her eyes grew even stronger.
Judging by First Dad and Second Dad's attitudes, he really is Tang San?!
Wang Dong was inwardly shaken.
She had never expected the legendary Sea God Tang San to actually appear before her. Perhaps...
She could do what Huo Yuhao had done too.
And take Tang San as her master?
"All right, we'll set out for the Star Dou Great Forest in two days. There's no need to rush your cultivation these next two days. Get some rest. Cultivation isn't accomplished overnight."
Tang Chuan instructed them.
"Yes, Teacher!"
After Huo Yuhao and the other two left, only Tang Ya remained here. Tang Ya seemed to feel that the Tang Sect was finally a little livelier now. She asked Tang Chuan, "Teacher, our Tang Sect..."
"Can it really return to its former glory?"
Tang Chuan smiled confidently.
"Why couldn't it?"
"The Tang Sect has you now, and Yuhao and the others. I believe its name will surely ring out across the continent again in the future."
Tang Chuan's words undoubtedly gave Tang Ya tremendous confidence. She nodded firmly, then promised him, "Rest assured, Teacher. I'll definitely make the Tang Sect number one in the world again!"
"Hehe, off you go."
Tang Chuan watched Tang Ya leave with a smile, while he stayed alone in the Tang Sect, leisurely drinking tea and admiring the flowers. Before long, however, Mu En paid an unexpected visit.
"Mu En, we meet again."
Tang Chuan said with a smile, without rising.
"Ancestor."
Mu En nodded gently. "I wonder if you've adjusted to life here, Ancestor. If not, you could also come and stay at the Sea God Pavilion."
"The Sea God Pavilion..."
Tang Chuan shook his head and said leisurely, "I'm quite happy staying here and giving Yuhao and the others some guidance in their cultivation. The Sea God Pavilion is Shrek's highest governing body now. To the others, I'm an outsider, so I'll pass."
"..."
After a moment of silence, Mu En still nodded.
"All right, Ancestor. I came this time because I wanted to ask you... how do you view the current situation on the Douluo Continent?"
"Something has gone wrong with my body. My origin is depleted, and I don't have much time left. Before I leave for good, I still want to do a few last things for Shrek."
There was no sorrow in Mu En's voice. Instead, it held a calm that saw through everything, yet he had been deeply lost.
Now, Tang Chuan's arrival.
Made Mu En feel as though he could see hope again!
"The situation on the Douluo Continent..."
Tang Chuan drew a deep breath and said, "The Sun Moon Empire's ambitions are plain for all to see, while the Douluo Continent's three nations each hold their own ground, wary of one another. The current situation isn't something any single force can resolve."
"Ancestor, what do you mean..."
Mu En was taken aback.
"Sun Moon's overall strength exceeds that of any one of the Douluo Continent's three nations, and Sun Moon has dealings with the Holy Spirit Cult. Even Shrek cannot match the Sun Moon Empire's accumulated resources. Once war breaks out, it will inevitably become a prolonged tug-of-war."
Tang Chuan spoke with easy assurance, while Mu En seemed to understand something and said, "I understand, Ancestor. What you mean is..."
"A single major force cannot change the current situation. No force has the absolute strength to sweep aside all the others. Only an individual's power might be able to change things?"
Tang Chuan smiled and nodded.
"Exactly. What one who brings everything together can accomplish is often far better than several evenly matched behemoths fighting endlessly. Ten thousand years ago, it was the final battle of gods that ended the continent's wars."
"And today, it's the same..."
Mu En's heart shook violently. Tang Chuan meant that if someone who attained godhood could emerge now, none of these problems would remain problems.
"Someone who attains godhood... can such a person really emerge..."
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