Tang Wulin's heart jumped, but he had mentally prepared himself. He turned and said directly, "Teacher Bear Lord taught me a method of using spiritual power. I entered here while using it."
"Teacher... Bear Lord?"
Tang San's divine consciousness was taken aback. His thoughts were disrupted, and finally solidified on the words "Bear Lord."
Bear Lord, wasn't that a savage beast from Star Dou?
Tang Wulin nodded. "Teacher Bear Lord took a liking to my forging talent and took me as his disciple. He even gave me a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone. He's very powerful. When he faced Shrek's Super Douluo, he sent her flying with a single slap..."
As he spoke, Tang Wulin's expression gradually became excited. The complex emotions in his heart were temporarily forgotten. He chattered on about his recent experiences.
"..."
Tang San's divine consciousness looked at Tang Wulin's excited expression and his shining eyes. Darkness swam before his eyes.
His noble son of the Sea God had actually taken a savage beast from the Star Dou Great Forest as his teacher?
Wulin, how many more surprises are you going to give me?
Tang San's divine consciousness felt heavy and heavy, but he could only forcefully suppress the churning emotions in his heart and continue listening.
He knew full well that Bear Lord's actions were certainly connected to that pair, Huo Yuhao and the Silver Dragon King. These people would stoop to any means to obtain the Golden Dragon King's bloodline. Their hearts were worthy of death!
Now that a Limit-level powerhouse was beside Wulin, he had to be even more cautious. He could not casually probe the outside world, or he might be detected.
Fortunately, the enemy was in the open while he was in the dark. They were still unaware of his existence.
Watching Tang San's divine consciousness deep in thought, Tang Wulin suddenly asked, "Old Tang, do you think Shrek Academy was right to act that way?"
"They truly have a death..."
Tang San stopped mid-sentence and coughed lightly. "No. Acting recklessly, twisting right and wrong, disregarding others' wishes. That violates the way of being human."
Tang Wulin looked at him, his tone low. "I heard their school motto is 'Those who fear to cause trouble are mediocrities.'"
Tang San's divine consciousness stiffened at this.
Come to think of it, he hadn't considered it closely before, but Shrek's actions now seemed similar to how their generation had treated a certain academy.
The only difference was that back then they hadn't hit a brick wall, whereas Shrek Academy had.
This made him recall what Tang Wulin had said before. "Those who fear to cause trouble are mediocrities," in a sense, meant bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
Tang San's divine consciousness was complex inside, but outwardly he said, "Such a school motto truly needs revision. If an academy cannot uphold even the most basic moral bottom line, what qualifications does it have to teach students?"
"I think so too."
Tang Wulin nodded, then asked bluntly, "Old Tang, I once heard a person say something similar in a dream. Is there another consciousness inside my body?"
Tang San's divine consciousness stared at Tang Wulin, his heart stirring. He finally noticed his complex expression.
So that was it. Wulin had suspected him, hadn't he?
This child, questioning so bluntly like that, had given him mental preparation. You wouldn't get the answer you wanted.
His racing thoughts, Tang San's divine consciousness turned his gaze to the Golden Dragon King's seal and thoughtful said, "There is indeed another consciousness inside you. Unlike me, it has its own memories. But it is a Dragon King. It likely pays no attention to human society..."
Tang San's Divine consciousness wore a condensed expression, seemingly launching a suspect, yet not completely denying other possibilities. Instead, it left Tang Wulin momentarily confused.
According to Old Tang, it seemed that neither he nor the Dragon King was responsible. Otherwise, why would he name a suspect yet also offer an explanation on its behalf? He could have simply pinned the blame on that Dragon King.
Yes, a Dragon King. There was only one Dragon King sealed inside him, wasn't there?
Tang Wulin stared at the Golden Dragon King's seal in shock. "He's still alive?"
"Only a wisp of residual soul remains," Tang San's divine consciousness said with a sigh. "Otherwise, I would not be here. Even those mighty beings who cast the seal could not completely erase his will."
That Golden Dragon King. Seeing that they had expended vast power to kill him, or perhaps after killing so many deities he felt he had gotten his due, his destructive will was no longer so strong. He had become somewhat rational, even leaving a wisp of divine consciousness fused within the divine core.
After they finished the seal, they discovered that this fellow still had a trace of consciousness. But the deed was done, and it was too late to renege. Earlier, when the Silver Dragon King appeared, he had been mocking him.
But his divine consciousness was within the last seal. For now, he could do nothing. The Silver Dragon King he was counting on also didn't know his situation. Let him be smug for a while.
Watching Tang Wulin, now completely immersed in the news that the Golden Dragon King was still alive and having completely forgotten his original purpose, Tang San's divine consciousness shook his head inwardly.
Wulin was too young. He didn't understand how treacherous people could be. With a little improvisation, he could make him drop his suspicions.
"Wulin, as you break through the seals, you will gradually be influenced by the Golden Dragon King's will. You may even be seduced by him. Remember, do not listen to any word the Golden Dragon King says!"
In the room, Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao the information. Her brow was tightly furrowed. "Yuhao, this is the information about the Golden Dragon King's seal that Bear Lord relayed to me."
"Three types of divine power, seal peeling off, and a remnant soul of the Golden Dragon King?"
Huo Yuhao fell into thought.
The red-haired woman, the white ring of light... that was the God of Goodness, Lie Yan, wasn't it?
So then, this seal was established by the God of Goodness, the God of Evil, and Tang San together. Tang San was only responsible for the first six seals.
And from the scene Wulin saw, the God of Goodness's thoughts clearly differed from the original Tang San's. She hadn't intended for Wulin to bear all the Golden Dragon King's power alone. Rather, she had made a pre-plan for the worst-case scenario, leaving measures to assist in peeling off the Golden Dragon King's seal.
Huo Yuhao's thoughts raced quickly, eventually landing on the matter of the Golden Dragon King's remnant soul.
He had erected a tombstone for the other. It seemed he had done so too early.
This time, the Golden Dragon King's first thought had not been to harm Wulin in order to torment Tang San. After all, Tang San had already sacrificed himself, and even his Sea God divine position had been stripped away. The Golden Dragon King's hatred toward him naturally could not be as deep as it had been originally.
It was more likely that he intended to use Wulin to conceal his own aura, much like how the Abyss Saint Lord, in a rare moment of clarity before his downfall, had entrusted his divine consciousness to Bai Xiuxiu. Both were desperate measures taken for self-preservation during times of crisis.
Of course, according to convention, such schemes usually ended up becoming opportunities for someone else instead.
Thinking this, Huo Yuhao looked at the complex expression on Gu Yuena's face. "What do you plan to do?"
"I don't know." Gu Yuena sighed softly, her eyes complicated.
The Golden Dragon King was still alive. This had left her thoughts somewhat chaotic.
There was joy, and there was concern.
"His ideas ideas may not be the same as mine. The path he walks may not be the same as ours either. What he hopes for should be that only one of us remains, devouring the other, transforming into the Dragon God, reappearing the glory of the past."
Listening to Gu Yuena's murmuring, Huo Yuhao stepped forward and gently stroked her soft hair. "Don't rush a decision. Think about it once your heart has calmed down."
Gu Yuena closed her eyes slightly, feeling the warmth from Huo Yuhao's fingertips. The turmoil in her heart seemed to quiet somewhat. "I'm not very worried, actually. With you here, we can suppress him and make him step into this era as well."
Huo Yuhao paused, then chuckled.
"I am Spirit Ice. I am Huo Yuhao. I am not a deity, let alone a God King. You don't need to be so confident in me."
Gu Yuena looked up slightly, a flash of complex emotion gone in an instant, replaced by a gentle smile. "I know. But it was you who tricked me first, Yuhao. You made me believe it. So now you have to take responsibility."
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