Chapter 157: with translation of chapter title

After confirming the exchange, Tang San also told Gu Xuan about his second martial soul.

"Big brother Gu, if I could get a torso soul bone, I wouldn't feel pressured adding soul rings to my second martial soul, because my second martial soul is a tool-type martial soul called the Clear Sky Hammer." Tang San said with a smile.

When Gu Xuan heard the three words "Clear Sky Hammer," he was completely stunned; his acting was so good it wouldn't be excessive even to win an Oscar.

"Clear Sky Hammer? Xiao San, your second martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer?" Gu Xuan said in disbelief.

Tang San nodded; after all, having decided to use his second martial soul, it would inevitably be exposed, so he didn't hide it from Gu Xuan.

Only seeing Tang San raise his left hand, a black hammer condensed in his palm—it was precisely the Clear Sky Hammer!

Gu Xuan wore an expression of disbelief: "It's actually the Clear Sky Hammer? I didn't expect you, Xiao San, to be a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect; the Top Three Sects are inherently allied, it seems I haven't mistaken this brother."

Upon hearing the word "brother," Tang San inwardly nodded slightly; Gu Xuan acknowledged him, and he also acknowledged Gu Xuan.

He has two martial souls, and his second martial soul is the number one tool-type martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer; his future achievements may not surpass Gu Xuan's by much, but he definitely won't be weaker than Gu Xuan, right?

Only hearing Gu Xuan continue: "Clear Sky Hammer! With four thousand-year soul rings attached to the Clear Sky Hammer, in the upcoming competition you, Xiao San, will definitely create miracles; even I might not be your opponent!"

Gu Xuan directly praised the Clear Sky Hammer extravagantly; after all, the Clear Sky Hammer is indeed powerful, and saying nice things costs nothing.

Then, as they chatted, they brought up Tang San's father being the Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao and so on; Gu Xuan then launched another round of extreme praise, acting like a little fanboy.

"I didn't expect it, Xiao San, you're also from a prestigious lineage; the Clear Sky Douluo is my role model, and in the future I also want to become as strong as he is!"

Having said that, Tang San couldn't help but ask: "Big brother Gu, what level is your soul power now? I don't know if I still have a chance to catch up to you."

Looking at Tang San's seemingly innocent appearance, Gu Xuan's heart remained calm; he smiled and replied: "I just broke through to level fifty-six."

Upon hearing that level, Tang San was completely stunned; indeed, as expected of Big Brother Gu—eighteen years old with level fifty-six (falsified age, actual age fifteen)—such talent he had never seen or heard of before.

Even someone like Feng Xiao Tian, a genius, is only level forty-nine at twenty-four; has Big Brother Gu really reached level fifty-six?

Afterwards, Gu Xuan and Tang San began discussing, finalizing the details of the transaction; during the process Tang San kept feeling he had gotten a great deal, and he expressed his gratitude to Gu Xuan again and again.

In fact, looking at the current situation, Tang San did profit, but if he looks to the future, Tang San will suffer a huge loss.

However, what a Soul Master needs is confidence; at least after attaching soul rings to the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang San can be confident for a period in the upcoming competition.

But in the end, it is destined to be ended by Gu Xuan.

Now Gu Xuan's strength is such that even if Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer had four thousand-year soul rings, or even three thousand-year and one ten-thousand-year soul ring, it would still be impossible for him to be a match for Gu Xuan.

Moreover, Gu Xuan even has to be careful not to kill Tang San in one blow, lest Tang Hao that old coot flies into a rage!

Having confirmed this, on the third day Gu Xuan sent over the soul bone—a 15,000-year-old Stone Armor Bear torso bone; its quality isn't low either, and it's a bargain for Tang San, since the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect currently has no soul bone worse than this.

Besides the soul bone, Gu Xuan also gave Tang San a Soul-Returning Pill, which is at least what he had promised him.

After receiving the soul bone, Tang San immediately went to absorb it nonstop, since he only had one month of rest, and the promotion tournament would begin after that month.

With the soul bone and Soul-Returning Pill boosting him, Tang San directly went with Flanders, Zhao Wuji, and Liu Erlong to the Sunset Forest to obtain soul rings, aiming to find four suitable ones within a month to attach to the Clear Sky Hammer. The master had already set out for Wu Hun City, supposedly to meet someone; when Tang San initially told Gu Xuan about this, Gu Xuan was momentarily stunned.

Finally, Gu Xuan felt somewhat speechless; go ahead—it just so happens that Bi Bi Dong still doesn't know Tang San has twin martial souls, and it's unknown whether the Spirit Hall will this time try to assassinate Tang San as in the original story.

However, these aren't things Gu Xuan needs to worry about; even if the Spirit Hall sends people to assassinate, they couldn't target the Seven Treasure Glazed Academy, since Ning Fengzhi will also be accompanying them at that time, and Uncle Chen Xin will also return.

However, thinking about this, Gu Xuan still worries a bit about Uncle Chen Xin's strength being exposed; but Chen Xin is very confident about this, as long as he doesn't engage in combat with others, he can hide his strength well.

This is indeed true; as long as Chen Xin hides his soul power and compresses his strength, even a Titled Douluo couldn't tell anything, unless they engage in a direct clash.

After all, Ning Fengzhi now possesses the Eight Treasure Glazed Pagoda; when he goes out he must have someone protecting him, and Ning Rongrong and Gu Xuan also need to go; if Chen Xin accompanies them, the safety factor would be higher.

Now Chen Xin has officially broken through to level ninety-eight; even if he can't break through to level ninety-nine in the future, relying on his strength he could walk sideways across the continent, and protecting a few people would still be no problem.

Unless Qian Daoliu that old coot personally makes a move, otherwise given the vastness of the world, Chen Xin can go wherever he pleases.

As for this month, Gu Xuan hasn't been so tense, because Ning Rongrong also joined the household; when Gu Xuan returned to the sect to fetch the soul bone for Tang San, he also told Ning Fengzhi about it.

Originally I thought Ning Fengzhi might hesitate, but unexpectedly he got engaged again; however, Ning Rongrong will eventually inherit the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, and if her child's martial soul is the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, the child would take the Ning surname.

Gu Xuan can understand this, so he agreed; after all, whether they'll stay on the Douluo Continent in the future is still uncertain, so agreeing now doesn't hurt.

Moreover, because Gu Xuan brought back the manufacturing methods and assembly techniques for hidden weapons, Ning Fengzhi also directly began forging, and even sent people to Gengxin City to invite Master Lou Gao.

Lou Gao is one of the world's three top divine craftsmen; the other two are the chieftain of the Power Clan, Titan, and the Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao—these two could also be considered not pursuing proper professions, but the highest skill level still belongs to Lou Gao.

Furthermore, Lou Gao himself is a Spirit Douluo; when Ning Fengzhi sent a Titled Douluo to invite him, he still felt somewhat apprehensive, since blacksmiths are lowly professions on the continent, and Ning Fengzhi giving him such great respect left him feeling overwhelmed with favor.

Moreover, after giving him some blueprints, Lou Gao, upon seeing them, would rather work without pay than not be the chief forger, because these things are too exquisite.

In the end, Ning Fengzhi secretly invited Lou Gao to the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, bringing a large batch of senior blacksmith masters to begin forging day and night, even researching more novel weapons and equipment.

As for Gengxin City, they said Lou Gao went out to seek better materials; all this is proceeding in secret, since Ning Fengzhi wants to act discreetly, so everything is primarily confidential.

Gu Xuan, meanwhile, spends each day with his three fiancées, enhancing their feelings while also cultivating, but Gu Xuan still restrained himself from taking that step.

After all, this is still a critical period of cultivation; hormones can barely be controlled now, but in a few years they'll be completely uncontrollable, at which point Gu Xuan would truly be able to live each day in a drunken, dreamy state.

How could three wives be used up like this?

It's truly drought kills drought, flood kills flood.

Yu Tianheng fainted from crying in the toilet.

Just like that, a month passed, and the promotion tournament began.

PS: Typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)