Village Chief Old Jack

After entering Sacred Soul Village, Ling Feng immediately recalled the descriptions from the original novel.

He remembered that, according to the original novel, Tang San's home was on the western side of Sacred Soul Village, near the village entrance.

His home consisted of three mud-brick houses, the shabbiest dwellings in all of Sacred Soul Village.

The original novel also described it this way: on the roof of the central house was a wooden sign roughly a meter in diameter, painted with a simple hammer.

In this world, the hammer's most common symbolic meaning was that of a blacksmith.

Tang San's father, Tang Hao, was the only blacksmith in Sacred Soul Village.

Ling Feng did not waste any time.

With a thought, he formed a sword finger and immediately activated his flying sword.

He leaped onto the flying sword and rode it toward the village entrance on the western side of Sacred Soul Village.

The flying sword tore through the wind, and the scenery around him blurred into streaks of flowing light and sword shadows.

In moments, Ling Feng arrived at the village entrance on the western side of Sacred Soul Village by Sword Riding Flight.

Unfortunately, when Ling Feng arrived at the western entrance of Sacred Soul Village, there was not a single house there.

Forget mud-brick houses—there was not even a single person in sight.

The place was completely devoid of homes. There were only fields and woodland.

Grain crops were planted in the fields.

The harvest season was fast approaching, and the wheat in the fields had already turned golden.

Standing atop his flying sword, Ling Feng saw no mud-brick houses anywhere within his sight, and his brows furrowed slightly.

The doubt in his heart could not be dispelled.

What was going on?

Where had that old bastard Tang Hao and that little brat Tang San gone?

According to the progression of the original plot, they should have been in Sacred Soul Village by now.

After Tang Hao severely injured Qian Xunji with a hammer, he should have brought that little bastard Tang San here to Sacred Soul Village to live in seclusion, in order to evade Spirit Hall's pursuit and retaliation.

Yet now that he had arrived in Sacred Soul Village, there was no sign of Tang Hao.

Nor were there the three mud-brick houses described in the original novel.

Ling Feng stood atop his flying sword, spacing out and thinking for a long, long time.

In the end, he still could not make sense of it.

Could it be that he had come at the wrong time? Or had his appearance caused a butterfly effect, influencing some underlying factors and subtly altering the course of the plot?

Both possibilities were highly likely, especially the latter.

But no matter which it was, Tang San had to die.

If Tang San did not die and was allowed to develop, the one who would suffer later would be Guardian Qian Renxue.

And as a Dao Protector, he himself would also be implicated through karmic ties.

Tang San was no kind soul. If he was allowed to grow and ultimately achieve victory,

then he, as Qian Renxue's Dao Protector, would be purged.

Standing atop his flying sword, Ling Feng's gaze deepened.

If Tang Hao had not arrived yet, then he would wait here for the hare and wait for Tang Hao to bring Tang San over!

If his own intervention had triggered some karmic change, causing Tang Hao to ultimately choose not to bring Tang San to Sacred Soul Village, then he would go and kill Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong together.

"Yu Xiaogang was Tang San's teacher in the early stages. Although he led Tang San down the wrong cultivation path, causing the Blue Silver Grass, which should have followed the path of life, to take the path of poison,

there was no denying that Yu Xiaogang had also helped Tang San greatly."

"If not for Yu Xiaogang, Tang San would not have joined Shrek Academy, met the other Shrek Seven Devils, and become one of the Shrek Seven Devils.

Nor would he have entered the Star Dou Great Forest with the Shrek Seven Devils to hunt Soul Beasts and obtain Soul Rings.

That was how he obtained his first External Soul Bone—the Eight Spider Lances."

"Furthermore, Bibi Dong, who also possessed Twin Martial Souls, had made an invaluable contribution to Tang San's highly successful cultivation of his Twin Martial Souls."

To prevent any accidents, Ling Feng decided to eliminate every possible variable, solve the problem at its root, and kill both of them.

Perhaps someone else could replace Yu Xiaogang.

After all, in the eyes of true Soul Masters, Yu Xiaogang's little theories were not much to speak of.

But Bibi Dong was different. Her experience in cultivating Twin Martial Souls was simply too important to Tang San.

Therefore, Bibi Dong had to die.

There was also the most important point: Bibi Dong was the mother of his Guardian, and she might lead his Guardian astray.

Just as in the original novel, she might send Qian Renxue to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire, thereby burying her cultivation talent.

She had delayed someone who should have become a god early on for more than ten years.

Ling Feng would not allow such a thing to happen.

Ling Feng briefly reined in his thoughts.

Looking at the empty expanse before him, Ling Feng pondered for a moment.

Although he had chosen to wait here for the hare, there was, after all, nowhere to live here.

He could not exactly hold a sword in his arms, lean his shoulder against a tree, rest his head against its trunk, put on a straw hat, and wait like some wandering swordsman for Tang Hao to arrive with Tang San.

Thus, after careful consideration, Ling Feng decided to first head to Village Chief Old Jack's home.

Old Jack, the village chief of Sacred Soul Village, was an important figure in the early stages. He could also be considered Tang San's guide onto his path. All sorts of conspiracy theories claimed that he was supposedly a crooked-mouthed old God King.

Ling Feng wanted to confirm whether this crooked-mouthed old God King was real.

With a thought, Ling Feng transformed his entire body into a sword and soared into the air.

This time, Ling Feng did not use Sword Riding Flight.

To show this crooked-mouthed old God King sufficient respect, Ling Feng directly revealed his trump card—transforming his body into a sword.

Having become a dazzlingly sharp sword, Ling Feng shot straight up from the ground and streaked toward the heavens.

Upon reaching the sky, Ling Feng looked down.

He took in the entire terrain and landscape of Sacred Soul Village at a glance.

As the village chief of Sacred Soul Village, Old Jack held a certain degree of authority and influence.

Therefore, his home should have been the best in Sacred Soul Village.

Having transformed into a sword and standing in the sky, Ling Feng instantly locked onto Old Jack's home.

"Whoosh~!"

With a whoosh, Ling Feng turned into a streak of light and shot down from the heavens toward Old Jack's home.

At the same time, in order to test Old Jack's true nature, Ling Feng did not deliberately suppress his aura.

He released all of his Peerless Sword Immortal aura.

If Old Jack truly was a crooked-mouthed old God King, then he would definitely react upon sensing Ling Feng's Peerless Sword Immortal aura.

With probing intent, Ling Feng fully released his spiritual power and instantly locked onto Old Jack, who was busy inside the house.

Considering that, if Old Jack was an old God King, he might judge Ling Feng's strength through the intensity of his spiritual power,

Ling Feng decisively used Sword Intent to disguise his spiritual power, making it appear incomparably lofty and profound.

Ling Feng kept a close watch on Old Jack with his spiritual power.

Unfortunately, Old Jack inside the house showed no reaction at all, completely unaware of him.

Seeing this, Ling Feng's brows furrowed slightly.

In the next instant, he landed in Old Jack's courtyard.

Hearing movement in the courtyard, Old Jack turned his gaze toward it.

When he saw a figure descending from the sky, standing in his courtyard with an immortal, ethereal aura, Old Jack froze for a moment.

From the aura emanating from the visitor, Old Jack knew that he was no ordinary person and did not dare show the slightest neglect.

He hurriedly leaned on his cane and limped out of the house at a small run to greet him.

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At that very moment, the Dao Protector System's mechanical voice suddenly sounded in Ling Feng's mind.