Tang Hao's Apprehension

Tang Hao's Apprehension

As he walked along the gravel path through the village, Tang Hao's thoughts drifted slightly, and for a moment, he lost focus.

For a long time to come, he would be living here.

He had betrayed the Clear Sky Sect and brought trouble and disaster upon it. He was the sinner of the Clear Sky Sect.

But...

Tang Hao lowered his head to look at little Tang San, still swaddled in his blankets, and his gaze immediately hardened with resolve.

He had no regrets!

For the ones he loved and for his son, he could give up everything else.

External things were ultimately just external things. Only what was his own truly belonged to him.

Call him selfish, call him a cold-blooded, ungrateful wretch—he lived simply and did not care what others thought.

Let others think whatever they wanted.

He only needed to raise his son properly and fulfill Ah Yin's final wish.

The Heaven Dou Empire maintained extremely strict control over its population. Whenever a village gained or lost people out of thin air, it had to report it to the Empire.

Tang Hao's identity was sensitive. The mere fact that he had Ah Yin, a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast, by his side already made him a wanted criminal of Spirit Hall.

What was more, he had avenged Ah Yin by severely wounding Spirit Hall's Pope, Qian Xunji, with a single hammer blow, adding another crime to his name.

Therefore, his whereabouts could not be exposed.

Not even if someone with the exact same name as Tang Hao suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Thus, after entering Sacred Soul Village, Tang Hao had asked around for the location of the village chief's home, then carried Tang San over to Old Jack's house.

He would ask Old Jack for help and, if necessary, slip him a few Gold Soul Coins.

Tang Hao had his own plans.

Before long, Tang Hao arrived outside Old Jack's courtyard with Tang San in his arms.

"May I ask if Village Chief Old Jack is home?"

Standing outside Old Jack's courtyard and looking at the open gate, Tang Hao called out in a clear voice.

Tang Hao's voice rumbled like thunder, carrying a faint pressure from a powerful expert, though he immediately retracted it.

Inside the house, Old Jack had taken the out Ling Feng had offered him and let out a sigh of relief.

However, when he heard someone calling for him outside the courtyard, he could not help feeling curious.

Who could be looking for him at this hour?

Old Jack glanced at Ling Feng, who was seated beside him.

Sensing Old Jack's gaze and hearing the voice outside, Ling Feng turned his eyes toward the courtyard.

His gaze passed through the gate and across the yard, where he saw Tang Hao standing outside with a child in his arms.

The younger Tang Hao was handsome and rugged. A black silk band tied his hair up above his head.

He held a swaddled infant in his arms. The child still had the newborn look about him and had clearly been born only recently.

With Ling Feng's strength, he could instantly tell that this visitor was no ordinary person.

Though the man had deliberately restrained his presence, he was ultimately different from ordinary people.

The aura around him was far more robust and stable than that of a normal person.

Almost instantly, Ling Feng roughly guessed the man's identity.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

"Tang Hao!"

His lips parted slightly as Ling Feng calmly brought up Tang Hao's system panel to confirm whether he truly was Tang Hao.

A blue gleam flashed deep within Ling Feng's eyes.

A technological-blue panel immediately appeared before him.

Name: Tang Hao

Identity: Son of the Clear Sky Sect's Sect Master; heir to the Sect Master position; grandson of Tang Chen; younger brother of Xiao Tian Douluo, Tang Xiao.

Age: 44

Soul Power Level: Level 91 Titled Douluo

Title: Clear Sky Douluo

Soul Rings: Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red

Soul Bones: Clear Sky Sect inherited soul bone, left leg soul bone; Clear Sky Sect inherited soul bone, right arm soul bone.

Ultimate Skills: Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer; Great Sumeru Hammer; Nine Absolute Skills of Clear Sky.

Domain: Divine Slaughter's Domain.

Combat Style: Pursued absolute strength. No matter how powerful his opponent was or whether their Soul Power exceeded his, he would choose to crush them with absolute power.

It really was Tang Hao.

Since this was Tang Hao, then the child in his swaddling clothes had to be that little bastard Tang San.

Ling Feng's eyes turned cold as he stared at Tang San in the swaddling clothes.

He also brought up Tang San's information panel.

In an instant, Tang San's personal information panel appeared before Ling Feng, laying bare all of his secrets.

Name: Tang San (Child of Fortune)

Identity: Outer disciple of the Ba Shu Tang Sect; son of Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao; son of the Blue Silver Emperor of the Blue Silver Forest.

Age: Currently "0" years old (29 years old in his previous life).

Soul Power Level: None for now

Martial Souls: Clear Sky Hammer (not yet awakened); Blue Silver Grass (not yet awakened, not yet evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor).

Soul Rings: None

Soul Bones: None

Ultimate Skills: Internal cultivation method—Mysterious Heaven Skill; hand training method—Mysterious Jade Hand; eye training method—Purple Demon Eyes; grappling method—Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon; movement method—Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track; hidden weapon usage method—Hundred Forms of Hidden Weapons.

Domain: None

Combat Style: Deep and meticulous in thought, fond of scheming and striking in secret. He would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, and during battle, he liked to pin evil accusations on others.

Ling Feng withdrew his gaze in an instant. Without revealing anything, he rose from his seat and walked toward Tang Hao and his son outside the courtyard.

To avoid alerting Tang Hao and triggering an unnecessary fierce battle that could have been avoided.

To prevent Tang Hao from lashing out in desperation and dragging a few civilians down with him even if he could not win, attacking civilians and causing needless casualties, Ling Feng concealed his killing intent.

His Sword Intent withdrew inward.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Tang Hao's body outside the courtyard suddenly trembled instinctively. A powerful sense of crisis surged into his heart.

Danger. There was an unknown danger lurking here!

He was almost instantly alarmed, his eyes growing slightly solemn.

He raised his gaze and searched for the source of the danger.

Ling Feng, who had been seated inside, was now slowly rising and walking toward him with an expressionless face.

Tang Hao did not recognize Ling Feng and had never seen him before.

Nor did he connect him to Spirit Hall's Law Enforcement Elder.

Thus, he was deeply puzzled.

He had asked villagers along the way, and they had told him that Village Chief Old Jack was a middle-aged man with a lame leg who needed a cane to walk normally.

Yet the Ling Feng before him moved with vigorous strides and had no need for a cane at all. He looked to be only a little over twenty.

Old Jack lived alone. This could not possibly be his son.

So who was this person?

Tang Hao's expression darkened as he stared at the other man, his thoughts heavy.

His instinct for danger made him wary of Ling Feng.

At that moment, Old Jack walked out of the house with a smile on his face.

When he saw Tang Hao and the child in his arms, he froze for a moment.

There did not seem to be anyone like this in the village.

Then he immediately recalled what Ling Feng had told him earlier.

At once, he understood that this should be the person Ling Feng was looking for.

Seeing Old Jack appear and act familiar with Ling Feng, Tang Hao finally relaxed his guard slightly.

However, he remained very curious about Ling Feng's identity.

Although he could not gauge Ling Feng's depth, his sixth sense told him that the person before him was terrifying.

Especially the aura he occasionally revealed—it was like a sharp sword.

Chilling and frightening.

Tang Hao stood outside the courtyard, keeping a certain distance from Ling Feng.

Ling Feng stepped out of the house. Soul Power circulated within him, and invisible Sword Qi formed around his body.

He was about to kill Tang Hao and his son on the spot, strangling the threat in the cradle and ending this play that had only just begun.