Chapter 260: The Habitual Hypocrite Tang San Dog

Why is Tang San looking at Ning Feiliu's Steel Sun Box? Ning Feiliu does not know, but he knows... there is absolutely no good to come of it! Moreover, he truly does not want to be associated with Tang San at all; being associated with Tang San basically never leads to anything good.

Unless you are weaker than him, have potential utility, and are willing to be his dog.

Tang San has always judged people by their utility; if they have the potential to become gods, he will help them a little so they can become gods and continue to be his dogs.

But if they lack the ability to become gods and their utility is gone, he will kick them aside.

It is just like Yu Xiaogang; to be honest, Yu Xiaogang did receive benefits from Tang San. In the original plot, if not for Tang San, Yu Xiaogang would never have been able to break through thirty levels of soul power in his entire life.

But that was all there was to it, because Yu Xiaogang's own talent was just like that, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect behind him was also wiped out by the Spirit Hall's Soul Hunting Operation.

Even if he were brought to the God Realm by Tang San, he would only hold Tang San back during the subsequent God Realm Great War and the Great God Circle turmoil.

That is why he was abandoned so cleanly and decisively.

Then there is Dugu Bo, who is the same; his utility reached its limit, so it is impossible to help him break through to the god level.

As for others, those who have the strength but are unwilling to be his dogs, he will either kick them away and ignore them, or they will become his enemies and be eliminated by him.

So... does Ning Feiliu have that strength?

Of course he does; his strength and utility are far higher than any one of the Shrek Seven Devils.

But the key is that he is unwilling to be a dog for Tang San, so getting close to Tang San definitely brings no good.

Hearing his words, Tang San's expression stiffened slightly, but he still feigned a look and said, "I really want to know about my father, but the Dean, the teacher, and my father himself refuse to tell me."

"What does that have to do with me?" Ning Feiliu sipped some fine wine and said indifferently, "Why should I tell you?"

Tang San was momentarily speechless, while Xiao Wu crossed her arms and let out a delicate huff, "How can you be so heartless?"

"Because it is unnecessary. You have nothing to do with me, and in front of me, you are just the weak!" Ning Feiliu said, still not even looking at them properly, "So is there any need to talk about human sentiment? I believe Tang San thinks the same way... right?"

He is not the type of person who looks down on those weaker than himself; he is actually just treating Tang San and Xiao Wu using Tang San's own way of conducting himself.

After all, Tang San is a classic hypocrite—before I became a Title Douluo, my father and I knew we were wrong; after I became a Title Douluo, what wrong could my father and I possibly have?

When dealing with this kind of person, one must use this kind of method to treat him.

"That is not true." However, Tang San said sternly, "In this world, it is not that whoever is strong is right. Even with ordinary people, as long as we get along, I will sit and talk with them at length."

"Hahaha..." Ning Feiliu suddenly let out a dumbfounded laugh, unable to hold it back.

That Tang San could say such things... is truly a massive joke.

However, he is probably a hypocrite without knowing it, just like how he used the Eight Spider Lances to absorb the life force of Spirit Masters and Soul Beasts in the original plot—a behavior typical of an Evil Soul Master—yet he did not feel there was anything wrong with it.

And in the palace coup of the original plot, he also angrily denounced Qian Renxue, appearing as if he were righteous and awe-inspiring.

But can his actions be considered justice? His background was not clean to begin with; he came from the Tang Sect, a sect that in traditional martial arts novels is synonymous with Hidden Weapons, poison, and constant insidious and ruthless methods.

Perhaps it cannot be called evil, but it certainly cannot be called justice either.

Yet he was an elite of the Tang Sect, a petty person who, when the sect would not give him something, went to great lengths to sneak into the sect to steal secret manuals.

These Tang Sect classics were, firstly, not his to begin with, and secondly, it was not as if the Tang Sect had agreed to give them to him and then reneged.

I really cannot fathom any righteous reason for him to steal the secret manuals.

To put it nicely, it was to steal the manuals to forge those ultimate Hidden Weapons to give back to the Tang Sect.

But he himself gained the most benefit; without the Tang Sect classics, could he have obtained supreme martial arts, or even possessed these abilities after transmigrating?

So Tang San is truly hypocritical to the extreme, and he actually thinks there is nothing wrong with himself.

But it is precisely because of this that his words and actions are always inconsistent.

Saying things like he could sit and talk at length with ordinary people, as if he had never climbed up to the high and trampled on the low.

Just look at how his later "astounding wisdom" led to countless deaths and injuries among ordinary people on the Douluo plane; he simply never took the lives of ordinary people to heart.

In his view, everything is a necessary sacrifice for his plans, so the lives of ordinary people are simply worthless.

Anyway... Ning Feiliu does not believe a single word of Tang San's nonsense.

"In consideration of you telling me a decent joke, and in consideration of you having a good father, leave this place." He stopped laughing, returned to his calm state, and said coldly.

"How can you be like this?!" Xiao Wu said with some dissatisfaction.

"What? Do you want me to invite you out personally?" Ning Feiliu said coldly.

"It is not that..." Tang San gritted his teeth, but he was still filled with unwillingness.

Most importantly, he looked at the pendant on Ning Feiliu's body, and finally, he gritted his teeth again and made up his mind.

"I have one last thing. Brother Ning, that pendant of yours... it has very important significance to me. Could you sell it to me? No matter how much money, I am willing. If that really will not do, consider it as me owing you a favor..." Tang San looked at the Steel Sun Box on Ning Feiliu's neck with burning eyes and said.

"Money? A favor?" Ning Feiliu laughed and said, "Do you think my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect lacks money? Though we do lack some, just a bit too much. Then... I will quote you one hundred million Gold Soul Coins. If you can give me one hundred million, this Soul Guidance Device and everything inside it will be yours."

One hundred million Gold Soul Coins?

Tang San naturally showed a look of difficulty; this is not as simple as being "wealthy enough to rival a nation."

One must know that there are about one hundred thousand Spirit Masters in the entire Douluo Continent, and even if all these Spirit Masters could receive a subsidy, and even if they received a subsidy of one hundred Gold Soul Coins every month, it would only be ten million Gold Soul Coins.

This one hundred million Gold Soul Coins... is likely the sum of the annual treasury revenue of the two great empires.

Where would Tang San get so much money to give to Ning Feiliu? One must know that in the original plot, he even got money from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of the original plot was his money bag.

Now it is the other way around; where would he get one hundred million Gold Soul Coins to give to Ning Feiliu, who comes from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?

"Then can I owe you a favor?" Tang San gritted his teeth and said, somewhat shamelessly.

"A favor? A favor from a Great Soul Master? Although your father is powerful, he is still not enough. Let alone that he is your father, even if the Pope of the Spirit Hall were your father, it would not work." Ning Feiliu said dismissively.

"Then can you tell me where your pendant came from?" Tang San asked, unwilling to give up.

"I say, you really are like a dog-skin plaster that cannot be shaken off, aren't you? This Soul Guidance Device was made by me, and the materials were bought by me. Are you satisfied now? If there is nothing else, leave. Looking at you makes me annoyed." Ning Feiliu said with dissatisfaction again.

Tang San wanted to say something else, but just at this moment...

Ning Feiliu looked at him coldly, with the Samsara Domain and the power to control the wind within his body working together.

Tang San was immediately swept up by a gust of wind and pushed out of the restaurant.

He even almost fell flat on his face.

This was after Ning Feiliu discovered that when his Samsara Domain combined with different Crescent Moon Divine Weapons, the power within them could be manifested.

For example, with Zhui Ming and the Samsara Domain, he could directly manipulate gravity, forming abilities like an Air Wall and Gravity Coverage.

Other Crescent Moon Divine Weapons also have different effects: Zhe Jing can create mental illusions, Duan Po can make people fall into a frenzy, Ying Yan can create flames, and the Ruined King Sword can summon mist, and so on... Now, only Xiao Wu remains.

However, Ning Feiliu did not "happily send Xiao Wu away" because he intentionally wanted to keep her.

He treated Xiao Wu the same as the others, saying indifferently, "Do you also want to be sent out like that by me?"

"I just... wanted to ask this sister..." Xiao Wu, however, had the same stubborn nature as Tang San and looked at Xue Di, unwilling to give up.

Yet Xue Di glanced at her indifferently and then said, "I have nothing to discuss with you; the paths we have chosen are different."

"Alright, you've heard it, you can go now." Ning Feiliu waved his hand.

An invisible gale swirled again, and Xiao Wu was carried away by the gale without any power to resist.

Xiao Wu saw Tang San outside the restaurant, and the two looked at each other in dismay.

"That guy named Ning Feiliu! He really doesn't know how to cherish the fair sex at all! And he's too arrogant!" Xiao Wu immediately complained with dissatisfaction.

She had acted so gently, yet Ning Feiliu still treated her like that.

However, she was still very curious... Xue Di... what was the situation with her? Clearly, she had just seemed to merge her aura with Ning Feiliu's, and Ning Feiliu also possessed her soul bone.

Such a situation usually meant... she had been absorbed by Ning Feiliu for her soul ring and soul bone.

She could only think of the situation of a sacrifice, but shouldn't a sacrifice result in the soul ring and soul bone being completely absorbed, followed by death? How is it that Xue Di not only still has an existence similar to a Spirit Soul, but even possessed a physical form just now and was eating with Ning Feiliu?

This made Xiao Wu very curious.

She had a feeling that what happened to Xue Di would also be of great help to her in the future.

But why did not only Ning Feiliu dislike her, but even Xue Di, who was also a Soul Beast, seem to not want to have any contact with her?

Could it be... that she was forced by Ning Feiliu? Otherwise, as fellow Soul Beasts, why wouldn't they help each other?

Just as she began to speculate about Ning Feiliu with conspiracy theories...

Tang San was still unwilling to give up, but he knew that Ning Feiliu seemed to dislike him, looked down on him, and disdained having any contact with him.

Therefore...

His old habit flared up again.

"No! I must get my hands on that Soul Guidance Device forged from Deep Sea Sinking Silver Mother and Cold Heart Iron Essence!" Tang San thought to himself.

That concerned whether he could once again forge the Tang Sect's strongest Hidden Weapon, the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, in this world, so he could not give up just like that.

He looked at the restaurant in front of him, estimating that this was not where Ning Feiliu resided.

Ning Feiliu was so wealthy that he would likely be staying at the best hotel in Soto City.

However, he still had to carefully follow and explore for a while, and then wait until nightfall...

Tang San was very confident; after all, in his past life, he was able to break into the heavily guarded sect grounds, which had traps and Tang Sect Elders and disciples on duty every night, to "borrow" the Tang Sect's ultimate arts.

Although Ning Feiliu's cultivation was powerful, there were no traps around him, so he still had some confidence.

And... judging by what he said, his father's true identity was still quite intimidating to him.

Therefore, Ning Feiliu should not go for the kill.

Even if he were discovered, he could still retreat unscathed.

So, taking a risk was not a problem.

When the time came, he would "borrow" Ning Feiliu's Soul Guidance Device to use, and then return the Soul Guidance Device to Ning Feiliu, as he didn't want anything else.

He only wanted the Deep Sea Sinking Silver Mother and Cold Heart Iron Essence on that Soul Guidance Device.

In this way, he could be considered a thief with a code of honor.

Moreover, he had made up his mind that in the future... he would definitely repay this favor to Ning Feiliu! He, Tang San, had always been clear about gratitude and grudges! Having received Ning Feiliu's "help," he would surely repay it in the future!

After thinking all this through, Tang San looked at Xiao Wu and said, "Xiao Wu, you go back to the academy first... I still have some business."

Inside the restaurant.

After Ning Feiliu happily sent Tang San and Xiao Wu away, he directly began to pick up food and eat.

Ning Mingrui and Ning Rongrong didn't say much either, especially Ning Mingrui, although he didn't know why he actually had a slight favorable impression of Tang San and Xiao Wu at the beginning.

But when choosing between a brother and strangers for whom he only had a slight favorable impression, he would, of course, choose his brother without hesitation.

However, he was a little curious.

And Ning Rongrong was the same.

"Feiliu... who exactly is that Tang San's father?" Ning Mingrui asked curiously.

Regarding his own elder brother, Ning Feiliu naturally had no need to hide anything.

And Tang Hao's name was not something to be avoided.

"Tang Hao, the former heir of the Clear Sky Sect, the Clear Sky Douluo," Ning Feiliu said indifferently.

"Tang Hao?! Is that the Tang Hao who severely wounded and killed the previous Pope of the Spirit Hall?!" Ning Mingrui's expression changed.

When that incident happened twelve years ago, Ning Mingrui was already an eleven-year-old boy, and the Upper Three Sects still had contact with each other back then.

So, it was impossible for him not to know about that incident.

In that battle, although outsiders, including the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect of the Upper Three Sects, did not know exactly what had happened.

But they still roughly knew that Tang Hao had broken through to become a Title Douluo, obtained the inherited title of Clear Sky Douluo, and at the same time set the record for breaking through to Title Douluo at the age of forty-four, becoming the youngest Title Douluo in the history of the Douluo Dalu.

After that night, not long after, the then-Pope of the Spirit Hall died mysteriously.

Then the Spirit Hall sent troops to attack the Clear Sky Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect suffered heavy losses; two great Title Douluo were lost, the then-Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect was forced to death by anger, and the Great Elder was besieged and killed by the powerhouses of the Spirit Hall.

At that time, Tang Xiao, the eldest son of the Clear Sky Sect Master, took over the position of Sect Master, and from then on announced to the outside world that the Clear Sky Sect was retiring from the mountain gates and would not step out into the Douluo Dalu.

Although it was not explicitly stated, and the official side did not give any explanation.

But things had reached this point...

How could you not have heard? As the Pope of the Spirit Hall, the news of Qian Xunji's death must have been known across the entire Douluo Dalu.

As for the Clear Sky Sect's subsequent withdrawal, any force with even a bit of edge among the Upper Three Sects and the two great empires would likely have known about it.

Only someone like Ning Rongrong, who was born after this business with Tang Hao, would have missed the news and not known about this matter.

(End of chapter)