Tang San arrived at his new academy

"San, this is your new academy." Tang Hao and Tang San arrived in a new city, their destination a new academy.

It was a small city in the Heaven Dou Empire, but it had an excellent junior academy.

This trip could help Tang San develop further. Ideally, he would win over more outstanding students, giving him a foundation for resisting Spirit Hall in the future.

Tang Hao had heard of this academy before, but he had never needed to study at an academy. After all, he had been the next sect master of the Clear Sky Sect, the future Clear Sky Douluo, so there had been no need for him to attend classes at a Soul Master Academy. The sect would arrange for excellent Soul Masters to teach him.

Thus, Tang Hao had received no instruction from a Soul Master Academy as a child, studying instead under private tutors from the Clear Sky Sect.

"Dad, I don't object to leaving Nuoding Academy, but the real question is, can't we go and bring Xiao Wu over too?"

"I really like her..." Tang San truly "loved" Xiao Wu. Having to part with the woman he liked now was agonizing, especially since he had already spent so much time with her in his previous life.

Yet now he was being told that he could not be with Xiao Wu. It hurt.

"San, I understand how you feel, but the problem now is those two Titled Douluos... Dad really can't beat them. There's nothing I can do. The gap in strength is too great. I have to admit that those two Titled Douluos are truly powerful. The fact that they could easily chop off one of Dad's hands and one of his feet proves their strength. We really can't beat them. You can seek revenge, but you have to become strong before you can bring Xiao Wu back to your side and avenge Dad as well."

After Tang Hao said this, Tang San did not know what to say. He did indeed want to avenge his father, Tang Hao. The once-mighty Clear Sky Douluo had remained unshaken in the face of danger and even gained a slight edge when Spirit Hall's Pope and several Titled Douluos attacked him together, yet now those two female Titled Douluos had actually chopped off one of his hands and one of his feet.

How could Tang San not be furious? Besides, in his eyes, his father was a real man who stood tall between heaven and earth. And what had been wrong with making that Kai serve as his dog back then?

He was the future Tang God King, a being who would rule the continent. Whether that Kai could even become a god was still unknown. Even letting him serve as his dog would be a blessing, yet they had actually dared to chop off his father's hand and foot?!

So, as Tang San saw it, once he became a god, he had to teach Kai and the others a lesson no matter what, make them kneel before his father and admit their wrongs, then make them serve his family as dogs and torment them countless times every day.

"In any case, there's nothing we can do now. Study hard, take it seriously, and work to become stronger. Dad will always be by your side, watching over you. Remember, you can only rely on yourself now. Dad can't help you much. After all, one of Dad's hands and one of his feet are ruined, so..."

Tang Hao did not continue, and Tang San understood. Then Tang San headed to the new academy, taking the money Tang Hao had given him to register.

There were things Tang Hao had not told Tang San. In truth, Tang Hao wanted to find someone who could protect him.

But who would that person be? Tang Hao knew Tang San would become a God King and rule the continent in the future, so their Clear Sky Sect would surely benefit.

For the sake of the Clear Sky Sect's future and interests, Tang San's rise had to be guaranteed no matter what. Thus, whoever protected Tang San had to be extremely powerful, and since the ties involved ran deep, that person had to belong to the Clear Sky Sect.

Moreover, to ensure they would not be discovered by Spirit Hall's Titled Douluos and hunted down, and that even if they were discovered and pursued, this person would still have the ability to protect Tang San, it had to be his own elder brother, Tang Xiao.

Tang Hao knew his elder brother's talent was, at most, only a little inferior to his own. He reckoned that by now, his brother had long since become a Titled Douluo.

He certainly had the strength to protect Tang Xiao's own son, who was Tang Hao's nephew. The problem was that Tang Hao also knew his elder brother had to guard the Clear Sky Sect and could not leave lightly, or it would inevitably throw the sect into chaos.

He was also well aware that he had lost the Clear Sky Sect's two inherited Soul Bones. His hand and foot were precisely where those two inherited Soul Bones had originally been.

Now those two female Titled Douluos of unknown origins had chopped them off and taken both Soul Bones.

Then, even if he went to ask the Clear Sky Sect for help and told his elder brother what had happened, the first problem was, who would believe it?

Besides, whether his elder brother and the others could hear Tang San's inner voice was another question.

And once the Clear Sky Sect's council of elders learned that the inherited Soul Bones had been lost, those uncles of his father's generation would surely beat him with their Clear Sky Hammers.

They would certainly fight him to the death then, too. So once the council of elders learned of this, the consequences would be unthinkable. His elder brother's position would become even less secure, and the internal strife within the Clear Sky Sect would certainly grow worse!

Thus, even telling the Clear Sky Sect about this might cause greater trouble.

"If there aren't many powerful people available, I can only settle for the next best thing and ask a Soul Douluo to protect San."

"Although a Soul Douluo is far weaker than a Titled Douluo, the point is that San is still very weak right now and won't come into contact with those people from Spirit Hall. That's more than enough to protect San at this stage. Once San has developed and his talent becomes outstanding enough for the council of elders to see his excellence, they'll certainly be willing to help protect him. This is for the Clear Sky Sect's future, too."

"Then there's no question who should protect San at this stage. It's Tai Tan."

Fortunately, by this point, he had remembered Tai Tan, the Strength Clan's chief, whom he called his loyal dog. He had also heard that, back then, the people of the Clear Sky Sect had chosen to cast out the Four Single-Attribute Clans to bear Spirit Hall's wrath so they could escape Spirit Hall. He saw nothing wrong with that. They were all dogs anyway, so it was no great loss.

At this stage, he happened to need someone loyal to protect Tang San.

Tang Hao thought he was just right. Tai Tan had once been his teacher, but later, seeing how much Tang Hao valued him, he had voluntarily chosen to become Tang Hao's dog. Thus, the Strength Clan, one of the Four Single-Attribute Clans, had pledged allegiance to Tang Hao.

Then having Tai Tan protect Tang San was the best choice. Once Tang San produced results, the council of elders would have nothing to say.

"I'll set out now. I have to hurry. No matter what, San's future must be protected."

With that, he set out.