Huo Yuhao's hatred for Dai Lingfeng was fading?
How could that do?!
Tang San wouldn't allow it!
How would his plan proceed otherwise?
Hatred had to be the driving force behind Huo Yuhao in the early stages.
Huo Yuhao also needed a miserable childhood to give him the character flaws of being sensitive and starved for love, so Tang San could control him in the future.
Since the servants feared Dai Lingfeng too much to lay a hand on him,
Tang San would do it himself.
"Are you... my elder brother's men?"
Huo Yuhao felt as though all the blood in his body was about to freeze. An indescribable sense of sorrow welled up in his heart.
Dai Lingfeng's men!
Were they here to beat him?
They were brothers by blood. After Dai Lingfeng drew a line between them last time, Huo Yuhao hadn't tried to claim kinship with him again. Why still refuse to let him go?
"So what if we are?"
Tang San strutted up to Huo Yuhao and grabbed him.
Smack! Smack!
He slapped him twice on the spot.
Then he slammed Huo Yuhao heavily to the ground.
The flurry of blows left Huo Yuhao seeing stars, his little face scrunched up in pain.
"Hiss..."
Beside them, Dai Mubai could barely bear to watch.
That beast Tang San-
What a sin!
"Yuhao!"
Huo Yun'er let out a shrill wail and rushed over to shield Huo Yuhao.
"Well, well~?"
"I almost forgot to beat you too, you old hag!"
Tang San raised a brow and gave Huo Yun'er a beating as well.
"Stop!"
"Don't you dare hit my mom!"
Huo Yuhao's eyes turned bloodshot as he lunged at Tang San.
And so,
Tang San struck left and right, beating Huo Yun'er with one hand and Huo Yuhao with the other. He couldn't have been happier!
Dai Mubai sighed inwardly and could only pretend not to see, but the Sea God's pressure had locked onto him.
Tang San was putting pressure on him.
With no choice, Dai Mubai could only join in and kick Huo Yuhao twice.
Once they had beaten mother and son to within an inch of their lives,
Tang San and Dai Mubai swaggered away.
"Job done!"
The two left the servants' bodies and returned to the Divine Realm. Tang San couldn't help feeling smug.
Now there would be no problem.
Before, Huo Yun'er had been so protective of her son that she had always spoken well of Dai Lingfeng to Huo Yuhao. Tang San had long been displeased with this tool for spoiling his plans.
With this beating,
he had quietly altered Huo Yun'er's thoughts, making her speak ill of Dai Lingfeng to Huo Yuhao from then on, subtly driving a wedge between the brothers.
Besides,
Huo Yun'er didn't have long to live.
Tang San's beating had thoroughly damaged Huo Yun'er's body. Before long, she would probably fall ill and never recover, lingering for a few years before breathing her last.
Everything was under Tang San's control!
"Sea God, are we really going to be all right doing this?"
Dai Mubai still had a little conscience and felt rather guilty.
"A sword's edge comes from grinding, and the plum blossom's fragrance comes from the bitter cold. We're doing all this for his own good."
"The child of fortune is an unpolished piece of jade. He needs careful carving."
Tang San's mouth twisted into a smile.
The child of fortune had better understand his painstaking intentions.
The White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
"For the God of War and the God of Speed's Second Trials, defeating a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and a Soul Emperor isn't something I can accomplish in a short time."
"Looks like the divine trials will have to wait."
"I'll devote the time ahead to cultivating my Soul Power."
"Tang San's no good, but his Mysterious Heaven Skill isn't bad."
In his room, Dai Lingfeng closed his eyes, focused his mind, and cultivated through meditation.
Tang Hao's gift for taking him as a disciple was the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
He had already begun practicing it.
For someone like him, who needed a great deal of Soul Power to support his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Mysterious Heaven Skill had indeed relieved a pressing need.
Wu Siduo's meridians and talent for Soul Power were exceptional. Even with an ordinary meditation method, her foundation of Soul Power was no worse than what the castrated version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill could provide.
Practicing the Mysterious Heaven Skill was like giving a tiger wings.
Now Dai Lingfeng's Soul Power was abundant enough to rival that of a powerful Soul Grandmaster!
"Young master, something's wrong!"
"Your mother and younger brother were beaten and badly injured. They've already been taken to the mansion's physician."
Dai Tianli appeared silently in the room, reporting with sweat pouring down his face.
He cursed inwardly too.
Those two servants deserved a thousand cuts! They had actually dared to beat the young master's mother and younger brother!
Didn't they know a tiger's backside was not to be touched?!
Even if Dai Lingfeng was ashamed of those two, that didn't mean others could bully them!
"They were beaten?"
Dai Lingfeng opened his eyes, unsurprised.
Tang San was determined to go after Huo Yuhao. It would have been strange if he hadn't been bullied.
"Don't bother with them."
"As long as they don't die."
Dai Lingfeng waved a hand, too indifferent to bother.
Huo Yun'er was an NPC Tang San used to brainwash him and Huo Yuhao. Getting beaten was just going through the motions; once she died, she would ascend straight to the Divine Realm.
As for Huo Yuhao, there was even less need to mention him.
He didn't feel sorry for either of them getting beaten.
As for the debt he owed Huo Yun'er for giving birth to and raising him, he would repay it in the future, but not now. Even if she was an NPC, she was still his birth mother.
He would put that debt on the account for now and settle it slowly!
"Don't bother with them?"
Dai Tianli was astonished.
Judging by Dai Lingfeng's attitude, he really wasn't going to concern himself with Huo Yuhao and his mother!
This... he'd risen in the world and forgotten his own mother and younger brother.
Wasn't the young master forgetting his roots a little too much?
Dai Tianli only dared think it to himself. He didn't dare say it.
"You may go."
"Have the clan head go to the Zhu Family and summon a Hell Spirit Cat Soul Master of decent strength."
Dai Lingfeng waved a hand.
The Soul Skill Shadow Stealth was indeed good, but it lacked killing power.
The Demon Tiger King Soul Bone's skill consumed too much Soul Power.
He wouldn't be taking any offensive Soul Skills with his next few Soul Rings either, so he needed a few minor skills to clear out weaker enemies.
Hell Stab,
Netherworld Hundred Claws,
Netherworld Slash-
those three enhanced basic attacks would do nicely.
If he watched them a few more times, he should have no problem studying them and turning them into Self-Created Soul Skills.
"Yes. I'll see to it at once."
Dai Tianli suppressed his thoughts.
Forget it. He would do whatever the young master said and fulfill his duty as a subordinate.
He was still keeping one of the young master's secrets, after all.
He had to keep an extremely low profile and be careful!
Shrek Academy.
The outer academy.
The training ground.
Dai Yueheng was sparring with Ma Xiaotao, Gongyang Mo, and a few others when Xuan Zi came in and called a halt.
"Dai Yueheng, come here a moment."
Xuan Zi looked carefree, his face beaming with joy. He seemed to be in an excellent mood.
"Yes, Elder Xuan."
Somewhat puzzled, Dai Yueheng went over to Xuan Zi.
What did this unreliable Xuan Zi want with him?
And why was he so happy?
"This is a letter from your mother. Take a look."
Xuan Zi took out a letter and handed it to Dai Yueheng.
Inside was the information about Dai Lingfeng that the duchess wanted to pass on to Dai Yueheng.
As for Xuan Zi,
the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had sent him an invitation as well.
So he knew about Dai Lingfeng too.
Xuan Zi had a little plan of his own.
Twin Martial Souls of the White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat, and a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill-such a genius ought to take him as a teacher!
That was why Xuan Zi treated Dai Yueheng rather well.
"This is...!"
Dai Yueheng cried out and suddenly tightened his grip on the envelope, his face full of shock and disbelief.
Twin Martial Souls of the White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat!
How was that possible?!
A heaven-favored genius like that had appeared in their White Tiger Lineage?!
Dai Yueheng had mixed feelings, but he was also pleasantly surprised.
With the emergence of such a heaven-favored genius, their White Tiger Lineage was about to soar into the sky.
But at the same time, he would also lose his right of inheritance and be reduced to supporting Dai Lingfeng.