The Soul Master Tournament and Tang San's Death, Part Six
Dai Mubai's expression was somewhat complicated. No matter the outcome, he would be the beneficiary.
If Zhu Zhuqing Zhu Zhuqing n't succeeded, then with her assistance, Dai Mubai would have been on a meteoric rise. While not a sure thing, he would have at least a 70% chance of inheriting the throne.
If Zhu Zhuqing succeeds, he too can save his life and live as a carefree prince.
Regardless of the outcome, he's the one who wins without lifting a finger.
Dai Mubai: "I'm definitely fine with it, but my word isn't enough; it's the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire who decides."
"It's okay if you can't make the decision, just take this message to the person who can, and say, 'I said this!'"
No sooner had Dai Mubai finished speaking than Chen Mo's domineering voice rang out.
Dai Mubai's eyes narrowed as he looked at Chen Mo and said, "I will convey your message."
Chen Mo hugged Zhu Zhuqing and said with heartache, "Zhuzhu Sister Mo, you can just leave this kind of thing to me. I still have some influence. Your matter is just a matter of a word. Why are you so worried about yourself?"
Zhu Zhuqing: "Thank you, Sister Mo, but I'd like to handle this myself."
The preliminary rounds of the Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament quickly came to an end. Originally, only five teams made it through the preliminary rounds, but this year, because Moon Shadow Wind Spirit Academy was in the Heaven Dou Division, and Chen Mo did not accept the guaranteed entry to the finals.
Therefore, a total of six teams from the Heaven Dou Division made it out of the top spots this year.
The top six are Moon Shadow Wind Spirit Academy, Godwind Academy, Thunder Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, Blazing Fire Academy, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy Shrek Branch Academy.
Shrek Team finished sixth. If it weren't for the fact that an extra spot was specially added for the Heaven Dou Division this year, Tang San and his team wouldn't have even made it through the preliminaries.
Another difference from the original work is the Heaven Dou Second Team. Without those pampered noble children and stubborn kids, the current Heaven Dou Second Team is incredibly strong.
The only downside is that there was a lot of sand in it.
Of the three Soul Ancestor, one was an undercover agent from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and two were undercover agents from the Spirit Hall. Half of the four Soul Elder were also undercover agents, leaving only two as true allies.
Furthermore, only one of these two is truly loyal to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family; the other is a nobleman who is determined to restore the glory of the nobility.
The Spirit Hall has already begun its preparations, infiltrating many of its own people into the Heaven Dou Empire, and even placing spies in key positions.
Qian Renxue was naturally aware of these matters, and her bias was obvious, causing even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to begin to suspect her.
Therefore, in order to protect themselves, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect also began to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire by sending spies, just waiting for the day when it would erupt.
On the other side, Tang Hao.
Since leaving Tang San that day, Tang Hao has reverted to his drunken state, and occasionally calls out for Ah Yin.
Unfortunately, Ah Yin never spoke to him again.
Tang Hao knew that Ah Yin could have woken up from her slumber long ago, but she deliberately avoided him and refused to see him. In the end, he had still let her down.
It's not her fault.
But Tang Hao's heart is truly aching!
First, she was widowed, then she discovered that the son she had raised for six years wasn't her own. Even though the other person was the murderer, she couldn't bring herself to do it...
Throughout his life, Tang Hao appeared quite domineering, but in reality, he was very cowardly. Ever since the death of the Blue Silver Emperor, he had been escaping reality and shirking his responsibilities.
As a father, he failed to fulfill his responsibilities and properly guide Tang San.
As a sinner of the Clear Sky Sect, he also lacked the courage to shoulder his responsibilities, and instead took Tang San to a place where no one could find him, drinking himself into oblivion day and night.
The Clear Sky Sect suffered heavy casualties, and Tang Hao did not appear. The Four Single-Attribute Clans were hunted down everywhere by the Spirit Hall, but Tang Hao still did not appear.
Now, upon learning that Tang San is not his real child, he still chooses to run away...
For Blue Silver Emperor, there was only Tang Hao and their child in her heart. If she hadn't learned that Tang San was not her child, she probably would have paid any price to fulfill Tang San's wish.
The same applies to the original novel. Don't think that just because you have the Blue Silver King, you can help Tang San awaken the Blue Silver Blue Silver Emperor. If Ah Yin hadn't consumed her own source power, Tang San would never have been able to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor.
Now, having learned that one of his only two remaining hopes—that his child was gone— the Blue Silver Emperor is nearly driven mad.
Since falling into a deep sleep, the Blue Silver Emperor has never seen her child again; she owes her child too much.
However, not long after she woke up, before she could even see her child, she learned that her child had been possessed.
If the Blue Silver Emperor weren't so weak right now, she would have risked her life to avenge her long-dead child.
Unlike Tang Hao, Ah Yin didn't watch Tang San grow up.
Tang Hao couldn't bring himself to do it; it was purely because he had developed feelings for the child. Even though he knew it wasn't his own child, he had long regarded it as his own.
As time passed, and with Tang Hao's daily affectionate calls, Ah Yin slowly emerged from her grief. Now, she would occasionally look at Tang Hao Tang Hao and chat with him.
However, whenever Tang Hao mentions Tang San, Ah Yin will fall into a deep sleep for months and ignore him.
Over time, Tang Hao stopped mentioning Tang San Tang San stopped caring about him. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he buried it all in his heart.
Two years ago, Tang Hao discovered that someone was searching for him everywhere. After inquiring for a while, Tang Hao found out that it was actually the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that was searching for him.
After that, Tang Hao would leave Ah Yin for a few days each month to keep an eye on news from the outside world.
During this time, Tang Hao visited Heaven Dou City, infiltrated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and learned about many changes that had occurred in the outside world.
Furthermore, Tang Hao increasingly felt that Chen Mo was suspicious back then, seemingly plotting against him, but he didn't act because of Ah Yin's intuition and his own instincts.
I'm also glad I didn't do it back then, otherwise I'd probably be dead by now.
Judging from the battle of Heaven Dou City, Chen Mo was not lying back then; he clearly had a trump card that could easily kill him.
However, even if Tang Hao Chen Mo had schemed against him back then, there was nothing he could do. The die was cast, and Chen Mo had grown to the point where he could kill Tang Hao without even using his trump cards.
Tang Hao secretly went to see Tang San and discovered that Tang San had lost an arm and had been fitted with a mechanical arm that he couldn't understand. He learned that Tang San's arm had been cut off by Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and combined with the fact that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been looking for him recently.
Tang Hao quickly pieced together the truth in his mind.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect clashed with Tang San, resulting in Tang San losing an arm. However, Tang San did not want to completely offend either himself or the Clear Sky Sect, so he wanted to find him to resolve the matter completely, either by killing him or by paying a certain price to turn the matter over.
That must be it!