Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang wore an expression that said it was only to be expected.
"Of course. Looks like he knows enough to be afraid!"
Naturally, he knew that Tang San wanted to kill Gu Chen. After all, he had been there when Tang San begged Tang Hao to act, but he had done nothing to stop him. Tang San was not the only one who wanted Gu Chen dead; he did too.
As he saw it,
The seven days of hellish torment he had suffered in Nuoding City's prison were entirely thanks to Gu Chen. If Gu Chen had not insisted on questioning him, how could things have come to this? Scar and the others were dead, but the flames of hatred in his heart had yet to die out.
With Gu Chen, the chief culprit, still alive, he could not sleep through the night!
Thus,
Though he had been somewhat disappointed to hear that Tang Hao had refused to act, when Tang San suggested killing Gu Chen himself, he had agreed a hundred percent. Yes, that was exactly what he should do!
As for what trouble killing Gu Chen might bring?
Was that a joke?!
Did they have any idea how much weight the name Clear Sky Douluo carried?!!!
This was the mighty man who had hammered the previous Pope to death. Who would dare touch his disciple over such a trivial matter?!
"However, Little San, put this matter aside for now. We have more important things to do!"
Yu Xiaogang calmed down a little.
"Teacher, I..."
"Gu Chen is just a student. He can't run away! Compared with Gu Chen, your affairs are far more important. You're a genius with Innate Full Soul Power. How can you stay stuck at level 10, wasting your time? I have great expectations for you, so it's time you absorbed a Soul Ring!"
Just as he said, compared with Gu Chen, his disciple Tang San was clearly far more important. After taking Tang San as his disciple, he had originally planned to take him hunting for a Soul Ring the very next day, but an unexpected incident had occurred.
A week had already been wasted. How could he delay any longer? He had to make arrangements at once and let the world know that he, Yu Xiaogang, had trained a six-year-old One-Ring Soul Master.
"Yes!"
Tang San hesitated only a moment before he understood what he should do.
Indeed, his teacher was right. A mere Gu Chen was not worth wasting too much time on. The most urgent matter was to do as his teacher said: hunt a Soul Beast, absorb a Soul Ring, and break through to become a One-Ring Soul Master.
His previous defeat by Xiao Wu had admittedly been partly due to someone intervening from the shadows, but it had also shown him how powerful a One-Ring Soul Master was. Without martial arts such as Mysterious Jade Hand and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, he feared he would have struggled to match her.
Just you wait, Gu Chen. I'll let you cling to your wretched life for a few more days. Once I've absorbed a Soul Ring and become a One-Ring Soul Master, I'll take your dog life!!!
Tang San thought bitterly.
He had never been a magnanimous person. When it came to grudges, he truly was small-minded, not to mention that Gu Chen had caused them trouble time and again. Because of him, they had even ended up in prison and gone through an unbearably painful experience.
For that alone, Gu Chen already had a way to his death. Tang San had to kill him, or he would never be able to swallow that breath.
Afterward,
Yu Xiaogang explained at length the path he had chosen for developing Blue Silver Grass. Hearing that his teacher wanted him to absorb the Soul Ring of a poison-attribute Soul Beast made Tang San immensely pleased. He had played with poison in his previous life, so naturally he was very fond of it.
People of the Tang Sect should play with poison!!!
Over the next few days,
There was no news of Gu Chen for several days in a row, and not even a trace of him could be found.
Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had set out early on the second day to hunt for a Soul Ring, so naturally they could not have known about this. But even if they had known, they would only have thought that Gu Chen had been frightened into running away by them.
But
For Xiao Wu, it was unbearable.
Nothing in Gu Chen's room at the Rose Hotel had been moved, which meant he had not come back at all. He had simply vanished all of a sudden.
But she did not believe Gu Chen was the sort to leave without saying goodbye.
So...
She thought something had happened to him.
He was her first friend in the human world, but she was now a transformed Soul Beast, and this was not the Star Dou Great Forest. Otherwise, she could at least have called on the Soul Beasts to search for Gu Chen.
Now, she truly had no idea where to start.
The thought that something might have happened to her only friend filled her with anguish, and at the same time, her sense of security vanished completely. If someone really had harmed Gu Chen, was she in great danger too?
She might have been a little silly, but she was not a real fool. She could figure that much out if she put her mind to it.
For that very reason,
Even she, the big sister of Nuoding Academy, began to feel restless and uneasy.
But
That lasted until Wang Sheng gave her a small piece of iron. When she saw the spatial mark on it, her restless heart was instantly soothed. At the very least, this was enough to show that Gu Chen was all right.
Though she did not know why he had suddenly disappeared, he surely had his own reasons for doing so.
After school,
She was walking back.
But suddenly,
Hummm-!!!
A spatial fluctuation appeared, and Gu Chen's figure instantly materialized beside Xiao Wu. He pulled her into his arms.
At this,
Xiao Wu's little face reddened, and a hint of shyness appeared on it.
But Gu Chen did not notice.
Watching his surroundings warily, he slowly spoke.
"Tang Hao, come out. Stop hiding around here! You targeted me for the kill because you had your eye on Xiao Wu's identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast, didn't you?!"
As his words fell,
Tang Hao had yet to appear, but Xiao Wu, in his arms, turned pale with fright.
What?
Someone besides Gu Chen had actually seen through her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast.
When she remembered that only a Titled Douluo could see through her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast, she felt that she was really a little dead this time. Without realizing it, she had actually been targeted by a Titled Douluo.
Mom, this time I really am at death's door!
Xiao Wu wanted to cry but had no tears.
She had not done anything bad, so why were so many people after her?!
She had even considered the possibility that there might be Titled Douluo in the humans' big cities and had come running to this small city instead. Yet this place was full of experts. In less than a month, Gu Chen, who was favored by a god, had seen through her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
And another expert, suspected to be a Titled Douluo, was watching her from the shadows.
What... have I done to deserve this?!!!
The next moment,
"Since you know, you should stay away from her!"
Tang Hao appeared.
Though he did not know where Gu Chen had learned that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast, or how he had even exposed Tang Hao's identity in a single sentence, Gu Chen's actions had thoroughly enraged him.
If he had not been wary of Gu Chen's spatial ability, he would have chosen to hammer him to death the moment he appeared.
"Heh! Who the hell do you think you are? You're a stray dog who caused the Clear Sky Sect to seal itself off, an unfilial son who angered his own father to death, and a heartless bastard who, for the sake of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, did not hesitate to draw Spirit Hall here and force the wife who had just given birth to his child to sacrifice herself. And you think you're worthy of yapping madly in front of me? Eat shit!!!"
The moment Gu Chen opened his mouth, he unleashed a whole combo.
In an instant,
Tang Hao lost his cool.
"Brat, you're courting death!!!"
He was furious.
And he had lost his cool.
Every word had stabbed him right in the heart. How could he endure that?
He could not endure it at all!
The Clear Sky Hammer instantly appeared in his hand and smashed straight down at Gu Chen.
"Tang Hao, you piece of shit, wash your neck and wait for me! I'll damn well kill you, you turtle-spawn bastard!!!"
Finally, with one arm around Xiao Wu, who had been scared witless, Gu Chen raised his other hand and gave Tang Hao an internationally recognized gesture. Then he vanished from Tang Hao's sight.