Chapter 154: 172. Use Your Hammer to Protect Your Grass
Tian Yue's martial soul was a golden giant golden crocodile, emanating the aura of an ancient ferocious beast, just like the Heavenly Crocodile's, but with even greater development potential than the Heavenly Crocodile's—after all, the Heavenly Crocodile had already reached his limit, while Tian Yue was just starting out.
After the martial soul awakenings for the three worshippers' descendants, Qian Ren Xue gathered all the worshippers and said:
"Next, I have an announcement to make. I will form a team to compete in the soul master tournament eight years from now. This team will be built around Guang Ning, Qing Ming, and Tian Yue."
"Xue'er, this is too biased. My son is pretty good too; he awakened the Lion martial soul. My martial soul isn't inferior to the Azure Luan Bird or the Light Edge Divine Bow," the Lion Worshipper complained.
Qian Ren Xue explained, "Our enemies are all currently six years old. We need to defeat them, but the victory we want is an open and aboveboard one, a victory that leaves them no room for lucky thoughts."
"So..." the Lion Worshipper said in distress, "this child was born too early."
The Lion Worshipper's precious son was a full six years older than Tang San, around Hu Lie Na's age, and the descendants of the Thousand Jun Demon Subduing were four years older than Tang San. Their ages would still qualify for the tournament eight years later.
But winning against the future Tang San and his group based on an age advantage would truly be lackluster.
"However, rest assured—they will participate in this soul master tournament as substitutes. But when facing Tang San's team, we will strictly adhere to the fourteen-year-old age limit for competitors!"
After confirming the team's core members, Qian Ren Xue took Guang Ning, Tian Yue, and Qing Ming to the Angel God Hall to undergo the Angel Trials.
Although the Angel God's inheritance targeted those with the Angel martial soul, the Angel God would still bestow some trials upon soul masters without the Angel martial soul.
Our future Asura God and Sea God Tang San had no idea that malice from this world was beginning to envelop his head.
Regarding his reunion with Xiao Wu, Tang San's heart was filled with immense anticipation.
After awakening his martial soul, Tang San returned home.
Tang Hao, his face full of vicissitudes, said, "Show me your martial soul."
"Yes, Father." Tang San summoned his blue silver grass martial soul.
"Blue silver grass, just like her." Tang Hao looked at the golden patterns on the blue silver grass, his eyes flashing with a complex light containing pain and excitement.
The pain came from thinking about Ah Yin in this life—even at the moment of her death, the one she sacrificed to wasn't him, but his good big brother. Seeing the golden-patterned blue silver grass appear in Tang San's hand again, Tang Hao couldn't help but recall his longing for the gentle and considerate Ah Yin from the previous life. Ah Yin, why couldn't you reincarnate with me? Why did you fall for Tang Xiao in this life? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have committed so many sins.
The excitement was that Tang San was his and Ah Yin's son, inheriting part of Ah Yin's bloodline. With the golden-patterned blue silver grass, he was destined to become the Blue Silver Emperor in the future. Once Tang San inherited the Sea God position, he would have Tang San revive Ah Yin and modify her memories so she would love him deeply as in the previous life. At the same time, he would have Tang San help revive his father, uncles, and the wronged souls of the Haotian Sect that he had mistakenly killed, allowing him to cleanse his sins. All of this was within reach.
Tang San also noticed the complex look in Tang Hao's eyes.
He knew his father was thinking of his mother. Damn Spirit Hall, for persecuting my mother—Tang San remembered that grudge deeply. You already have the path to death; I, Tang San, can destroy you once, and I can destroy you a second time.
"Dad, I have another martial soul." Tang San said.
"Quick, let me see it." Although Tang Hao already knew in his heart, he couldn't help but feel excited.
Tang San summoned a small hammer in front of him.
"Hahaha, it's the Haotian Hammer, the Haotian Hammer!" Tang Hao said with a sigh of relief. He earnestly said to Tang San, "Remember, little three, remember—always use the hammer in your left hand to protect the grass in your right hand, forever."
"Yes, Father." Tang San nodded solemnly.
Tang Hao decided to let Tang San follow the path of the previous life, having old Jack take him to the Notting City Soul Master Academy. Notting City had connections that Tang San must establish.
First was Yu Xiaogang. This waste—Tang Hao despised him from the bottom of his heart. What qualifications does this guy have to be my son's teacher?
In the previous life, during the hunt for the first soul ring, he nearly got little three killed by a Man-Daced Snake. At that moment, Tang Hao almost couldn't resist stepping in to save little three. Fortunately, little three was capable and handled the Man-Daced Snake on his own.
Shouldn't a teacher at least be able to safely help a student obtain a soul ring? But you, Yu Xiaogang, couldn't even deal with a hundred-year soul beast. Are you a qualified teacher? Answer me!
You had an accident even with little three's first soul ring. How were you going to help little three get his second, third, fourth... soul rings? Answer me!
In the end, little three's second soul ring was obtained through connections that Yu Xiaogang pulled, and all subsequent soul rings had no direct relation to this mouth-cannon king Yu Xiaogang.
Just this alone proves Yu Xiaogang is an utter waste.
Yet when little three became the Sea God, that shameless bastard Gang Zi—you guess what he said? He claimed he had nurtured a god.
However, this waste cookie Gang Zi still had some value. Bibi Dong must have had something wrong with her brain to love this Yu Xiaogang so obsessively; even Qian Xun Ji fell victim to Bibi Dong.
Precisely because he knew this, back then, Tang Hao had Tang San connect with Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang was a useful umbrella for protection—why not use it if it's there?
It was under the shelter of Yu Xiaogang's umbrella that Tang San could grow thrivingly under Spirit Hall's nose (otherwise, do you think a single Pope's decree could make Spirit Hall bow its head? You're overthinking it. That Pope's decree was in my, Tang Hao's, hands back then—why couldn't I use it that way? It's all because of Bibi Dong's relationship with Gang Zi!)
Gang Zi only had this one value, but it was irreplaceable. Yu Xiaogang was full of desire to nurture his little three to help himself gain fame and fortune, but he didn't know that if continental war ended with Bibi Dong winning, he might have a chance at eternal life. But Bibi Dong ultimately died. With Bibi Dong dead, Gang Zi lost his last utility value, and their Tang family directly and mercilessly abandoned Gang Zi on the Douluo Continent without hesitation.
Of course, little three ultimately made Gang Zi famous, which could be seen as repaying his final act of shelter.
Next was the rabbit Xiao Wu.
At the Notting City Soul Master Academy, Xiao Wu and Tang San would fall in love, and she would eventually marry into their Tang family. Not only did she bring Tang San a dowry of three soul rings and soul bones, but she also used her body as a scabbard for the Asura God Sword, locking down a God King divine position for Tang San.
One could say Xiao Wu's role was far greater than Gang Zi's.
(END CHAPTER)
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