Meanwhile, in the Sky Screen's livestream chat, Ghost Emperor and Darkness Emperor were standing tall.
[Ghost Emperor: So Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda were actually one family with us ten thousand years ago?]
[Darkness Emperor: Why not just merge with us now? Hahahaha!]
At the same time, in the modern era, Ye Guyi asked curiously, "Then, just like Ma Xiaotao, did this Tang Ya continue serving as the Tang Sect's sect master after Huo Yuhao rescued her?"
"That's right." Jiang Yan nodded.
"And it was precisely for these reasons that Huo Yuhao became one of the most hated figures of that era, second only to Tang San," Jiang Yan said.
The moment Tang San came up, Qian Renxue perked up. "Lots of people hate Tang San too?"
"If we're only talking about Tang San during Spirit Hall's era twenty thousand years ago, then hardly anyone hated him. His reputation was actually pretty good," Jiang Yan said.
"Then how did that happen?" Qian Renxue asked.
"But after Tang San became a God King, he completely squandered his reputation," Jiang Yan said mockingly.
"What did Tang San do after becoming a God King?" Qian Renxue asked.
"Well, you'll find out when we get to the Douluo Continent: Peerless Tang Sect anime later."
Jiang Yan had no intention of revealing these things now.
Tang San had committed far too many double standards to recount even in a full day and night. And it was not just during the Peerless era, but the Dragon King era too. There was too much to explain. He might as well wait until they watched Douluo II and Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King, and let Qian Renxue and the others watch it unfold.
"Now that you put it that way, I'm actually looking forward to it," Qian Renxue said.
She really wanted to know what happened later.
"When the time comes, you'll see Tang San at his most hypocritical, along with Huo Yuhao, whom Tang San trained into his most loyal follower." Jiang Yan smiled.
"Huo Yuhao?" Leng Yaozhu froze briefly, but quickly caught on.
Huo Yuhao was a descendant of the Dai Family to begin with, so calling him by the surname Dai was normal.
But this put Huo Yuhao, who was watching the Sky Screen, in a miserable spot.
"What? The surname Dai? Even if I starve to death or get killed out there, I will never take the surname Dai! My surname can only be Huo!" Huo Yuhao declared firmly at Shrek Academy.
Beside Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya was panicking over what Jiang Yan had just said.
"I became an Evil Soul Master? Then what about the Tang Sect? What about Bei Bei?"
Bei Bei, who stood beside Tang Ya, saw this.
He comforted her. "Xiaoya, don't worry. The Tang Sect will surely flourish for another ten thousand years. With me here, nothing will happen to you. Besides, don't we still have Yuhao? This is our future."
Hearing this, Tang Ya nodded. "Yes. I never expected Yuhao to achieve so much in the future."
For the first time, Huo Yuhao experienced what it felt like to be valued, and his heart brimmed with delight.
Meanwhile, within the Sky Screen, Jiang Yan picked up the television remote and unpaused it.
The Douluo Continent Anime continued playing.
Soon, it reached one of Gangzi's iconic scenes.
"Our most pressing task right now is to find you a suitable Soul Beast."
"Sanpao, lead the way!"
At Yu Xiaogang's command, Luo Sanpao headed forward, swaying his head.
Yu Xiaogang and Tang San followed close behind, heading deeper into the Soul Hunting Forest.
Then the two came upon a stalk of ten-year solitary bamboo.
Yu Xiaogang began his introduction.
"Little San, this is a stalk of ten-year solitary bamboo. Its defining trait is toughness. Though its attack power is weak, its defense is decent. It's quite suitable for your Blue Silver Grass."
"Then, Teacher, should I absorb this stalk of ten-year solitary bamboo as my Soul Ring?" Tang San asked.
"No hurry. Let's keep looking first. If we really can't find anything suitable, we'll choose it." At this point, Yu Xiaogang was still feeling fortunate that they had encountered a Soul Beast suitable for Tang San right after entering the Soul Hunting Forest.
When the anime reached this point, not only were Qian Renxue, Ye Guyi, and Leng Yaozhu dumbfounded, but everyone watching the Sky Screen across the Douluo Continent was dumbfounded too.
"Ten-year solitary bamboo is suitable for Tang San?" Qian Renxue could hardly believe her ears.
"How could he say that a ten-year Soul Ring suited Tang San?"
"Did those words really come from a theoretical grandmaster?" Qian Renxue now felt like a bit of a clown for her earlier thoughts. She had actually thought Gangzi was important.
"So do you still think Gangzi's theories are so impressive?" Jiang Yan asked.
Qian Renxue was not the only one who thought this. Back in Spirit Hall's era.
People from top powers, such as Ning Fengzhi and Tang Hao, immediately felt insulted by Yu Xiaogang.
[Tang Hao: Gangzi, what's the meaning of this? You nearly made my son absorb ten-year solitary bamboo?]
[Yu Xiaogang: So what? Didn't he absorb a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake in the end? Besides, Tang San becoming a god was entirely thanks to me!]
[Qiangu Dongfeng: Ten-year solitary bamboo. I really can't keep a straight face anymore.]
[Qiangu Dongfeng: What would happen if Tang San's first Soul Ring really came from ten-year solitary bamboo?]
[Qian Daoliu: If he really absorbed a ten-year Soul Ring, his upper limit would be locked in.]
At this moment, Huo Yuhao, who had also nearly absorbed a ten-year Soul Ring, breathed a sigh of relief.
"Luckily, I had Brother Sky Dream, so I didn't absorb that ten-year Wind Baboon."
Meanwhile, in the Dragon King era, Tang Wulin sighed helplessly. He really had absorbed a ten-year Soul Spirit, and a defective one at that!
"Luckily, Teacher Wu took me to the Spirit Ascension Platform to ascend my spirit, letting my Goldsong become a thousand-year Soul Spirit."
At the same time, in Spirit Hall's era.
Ning Fengzhi was starting to regret it.
"Should I not have sent Rongrong to study at Shrek Academy?"
At this thought, Ning Fengzhi turned to Ning Rongrong beside him and asked, "Rongrong, what do you think of Grandmaster's theories?"
"Grandmaster's theories are incredibly powerful. Without Grandmaster, we Shrek Seven Devils wouldn't have achieved what we have today."
Hearing this answer, Ning Fengzhi felt as though the sky had collapsed in an instant.
He had even said ten-year solitary bamboo suited Tang San, yet Ning Rongrong actually thought Tang San
He was even beginning to regret sending Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy in the first place.
"What's wrong, Dad?" Ning Rongrong looked at Ning Fengzhi and asked.
"Nothing, Rongrong. Dad just suddenly remembered what a Little Demoness you were as a child," Ning Fengzhi said with a hint of anticipation.
"Dad, that's all in the past," Ning Rongrong merely said flatly.
Seeing Ning Rongrong like this now, Ning Fengzhi no longer knew whether to laugh or cry.
Within the Sky Screen, in the modern era, the anime continued playing.
As the night gradually darkened.
Both Gangzi and Tang San noticed something wrong with their surroundings.
Gangzi pulled Tang San behind him and said, "Little San, now I'll teach you a theory: with more rings and more bones, unleash your skills in one go; with fewer rings and fewer bones, take to your heels and run."
"If this Mandala Snake is a ten-year Soul Beast, we can still put up a fight. If it's a hundred-year one, flee immediately."
The moment Gangzi said this, the Sky Screen's livestream chat was flooded again.
[Hu Liena: Of course you run if you can't win. You can turn even that into a theory?]
[Qiangu Dongfeng: Wait, you're a two-ring Soul Grandmaster, and you can only fight a ten-year Soul Beast?]
[Qiangu Dongfeng: Then did you bring Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest aiming for a ten-year Soul Ring all along?]