Chapter 261: The Eunuch

However, Ning Rongrong still knew of Tang Hao; after all, the Douluo Continent actually cares quite a bit about recording such things.

Especially since Tang Hao is currently the youngest Title Douluo in history, quite a few people have heard of his great name and legends at this moment.

But she did not know about Tang Hao heavily injuring and "killing" the Pope of the Spirit Hall.

After all, even if everyone knows about such things, they wouldn't say anything.

Especially since those who know this news and connect it are actually core figures of the Seven Great Sects, the two great empires, and various major forces.

These people know better how to be cautious in their speech and actions, and won't wag their tongues like commoners.

Take Ning Fengzhi in the original plot; did he really not know about Tang Hao's affair?

The Upper Three Sects are of one mind and share the same branches; he certainly knew about the Clear Sky Sect closing its mountain gates and retreating from the continent, and he certainly knew the news of the death of the Spirit Hall Pope, Qian Xunji.

He could probably also find out after the fact about the Spirit Hall sending troops to attack the Clear Sky Sect within the Heaven Dou Empire.

Later, the Clear Sky Sect not only announced the closing of its mountain gates and retreat from the continent, but also announced that it had severed ties with Tang Hao.

Having reached this point, if someone still hasn't guessed it, then are they not a fool? Is Ning Fengzhi a fool? Certainly not; he is terrifyingly shrewd, which is why he knows better how to be cautious in his speech and actions.

In the original plot, he probably just feigned ignorance, and then let "Xue Qinghe" sell Tang San a favor to bring the two closer.

It is impossible for him not to have known about Tang Hao's affair.

Ning Feiliu raised an eyebrow and said, "Mm, that's right, his father is the Clear Sky Douluo; he has been living under an assumed name all these years... forget it, it doesn't really count as an assumed name."

Tang Hao belongs to the category of real-name verification; he didn't even try to hide it in Sheng Hun Cun, and even Lao Jack knew his name was Tang Hao.

Perhaps the Spirit Hall doesn't conduct rural household registration checks, and the Heaven Dou Empire doesn't do head taxes or anything like that, so absolutely no one knew Tang Hao was in Sheng Hun Cun.

Of course, it's not impossible to entertain a conspiracy theory, which is that the Spirit Hall knew Tang Hao's whereabouts, but no one dared to provoke a Title Douluo who could heavily injure Qian Xunji while facing off against Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Douluo.

Or perhaps the people from the Spirit Hall reported it up, and Bibi Dong, who was dying to be grateful to Tang Hao for heavily injuring Qian Xunji—which later gave her the opportunity to devour Qian Xunji—the current Pope, simply chose to cover it up.

However, the probability of a conspiracy theory is very small; after all, you might not dare to provoke the former, but if you just report it up...

You don't need to face Tang Hao yourself; in such a situation, just reporting it could potentially earn you a huge reward.

So why wouldn't they do it? As for the latter, it is possible that Bibi Dong covered up Tang Hao's affair, but it is impossible for the news to be airtight; after all, as long as the news is reported layer by layer from the grassroots, no one...

And if that were the case, Tang San, as the son of Tang Hao, would inevitably have been given extra attention.

However, Tang San didn't receive any attention either, so it leans more towards... Tang Hao really just went unnoticed by everyone.

Of course, if all of this were purely a novel, it could simply be classified as the author being a total idiot, a super total idiot.

The novel written is full of bugs.

However, for Ning Feiliu, the world of Douluo Continent is a real world that exists in reality.

Therefore, he is more inclined to believe that the ordinary people and average Spirit Masters of this world... are truly generally lower in intelligence.

Never mind ordinary people and average Spirit Masters; even the top-tier Spirit Masters in the upper echelons still fall for love-brain syndrome when they should, and get used when they should.

Tang Hao's real-name verification "living under an assumed name" is not hard to explain.

"But since he is a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect, and the Upper Three Sects are of one mind..." Ning Mingrui thought for a moment and said with some gravity.

"Big brother... the Upper Three Sects are of one mind; is there any point in saying this now?" Ning Feiliu said helplessly, "They have retreated, and the Clear Sky Sect has already announced that it has severed ties with Tang Hao. It's uncertain if the Clear Sky Sect would even let him enter the mountain gates at this point; are you sure there is any benefit to being on good terms with them?"

The main thing is that Tang San as a person is unreliable; if he hadn't read the original novel, and if Tang San had acted like a decent human being in the original...

He wouldn't have minded being on good terms with the father-son duo of Tang San and Tang Hao.

No matter what, Tang Hao is at least a Title Douluo; if he really uses the Great Sumeru Hammer, his combat power can exceed that of the current 96th-rank Sword Douluo.

And he is just a bit stupid; he really isn't a bad person at heart.

At the very least, he has always felt that he owed the Clear Sky Sect.

Unlike Tang San, who immediately turned his back on them after becoming stronger and receiving the opinion from Tang Chen—who didn't even know how heavy the Clear Sky Sect's losses were.

Could Tang Chen have known from Tang San's mouth that the Clear Sky Sect had been beaten to a half-crippled state by the Spirit Hall, that both the inner and outer sects had lost over half their disciples, and that there was no shortage of core direct descendants like the sons of the Great Elder and the Seventh Elder?

If Tang Chen really knew about this, and still felt that the Clear Sky Sect had to fight until the last clansman's blood ran dry for the sake of the beautiful love between Tang Hao and A Yin...

Then he would truly be a fool.

But thinking about it carefully, Tang Chen was also a love-brain himself; after having a bunch of children, establishing a big family and a major force, and reaching the age of a hundred...

He could still fall in love at first sight with Bo Saixi and make some kind of vow of life-and-death devotion.

One can only say that one wonders what his original wife would think; if there really is an Underworld and reincarnation, she probably feels like she's been cheated on down below, and the key is...

My goodness, the sect ancestor is also a love-brain; it really is a Peerless Tang Sect, a prosperous Tang Dynasty.

One can only say that Tang San is evil, while the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao are simply just stupid.

As it happens, Ning Feiliu doesn't want to have contact with either type of person.

Upon hearing this, Ning Mingrui had no choice but to shake his head and say, "That's true... then let's do as you say, Feiliu."

"Alright, let's eat. Let's rest up tonight, and tomorrow we'll go help you obtain your Soul Ring," Ning Feiliu said casually.

Ning Rongrong looked at him with some trepidation, seeing that he kept his eyes lowered and, aside from putting food in Xue Di's bowl, paid no attention to anyone else.

Thus, she had no choice but to smile bitterly to herself and then silently eat her meal.

Soon, they finished their meal, paid the bill, and left the restaurant.

However, the moment Ning Feiliu left the restaurant, his gaze instantly became sharp.

Xue Di also felt a very obvious gaze, and was about to turn around to look.

But just at this moment...

"Xue Di, let's go back first; we've eaten enough today, so let's not buy any snacks," Ning Feiliu said with a smile, grabbing Xue Di's shoulder and signaling with a smile in his eyes.

Xue Di understood immediately, nodded, and stopped looking behind her.

"What's wrong?" Ning Mingrui asked curiously.

"Nothing, Xue Di likes these snacks, but I think we're already full, so there's no need to eat too much," Ning Feiliu said with a smile.

"How can that be? If Xue Di wants to eat, let her eat; she's not very fat either. How can you let a girl go hungry?" Ning Mingrui didn't suspect anything, but instead reproached Ning Feiliu.

"Xue Di, come, I'll give you money to buy some," he said, taking out a Gold Soul Card.

However, just at this moment, Xue Di said softly, "No, Liu is right. I am already full, so there is no need to buy more food."

"Let's head back," Ning Feiliu then said with a smile.

Only then did they continue walking toward the hotel in Soto City.

However, the moment Ning Feiliu walked, his gaze became sharp.

This little scoundrel... he likely still has wicked intentions. It would be fine if he didn't act on them, but if he really dares to set his sights on Ning Feiliu...

Ning Feiliu can only say, he shouldn't blame him for hitting hard.

Originally, with Xue Di present, he didn't have much to fear from Tang Hao.

If Tang San really dares to set his sights on him, he will definitely make Tang San suffer.

However, he is actually still somewhat wary of that old fellow, the God of Asura.

Moreover, Tang San's theft is not a capital crime, so he will not kill Tang San directly.

It is just that this lesson... must be thorough.

He will make Tang San afraid to casually set his sights on him again, and make him think of the consequences before he acts.

Of course, the double-standard nature of someone like Tang San will never change; when he is weaker than others, he endures everything, but when he is stronger than others, he acts recklessly.

Therefore, the best solution is to always be stronger than him, so he dares not harbor other thoughts.

But for now, he must give Tang San a painful lesson!

Just as Ning Feiliu, Xue Di, Ning Mingrui, and Ning Rongrong were returning to the hotel together.

A short figure behind them tilted his head slightly; it was none other than Tang San.

He watched the figures of Ning Feiliu and Xue Di walking away and let out a sigh of relief; he had almost thought he was discovered.

However, he was very confident in himself. After all, his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Turtle Breathing Method were both at a level of pure perfection. In his past life, even without learning Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he had been able to sneak into the restricted areas of the Tang Sect to obtain the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Tang Sect secret manuals by relying on the Turtle Breathing Method.

Furthermore, he did not dare to be the least bit careless when facing Ning Feiliu. Even though he was originally confident he wouldn't be discovered by Ning Feiliu within fifty meters, he had consistently maintained a distance of seventy meters.

After all, the first rule in the Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record is: never attempt to play the pig to eat the tiger.

It was just that when Xue Di looked back earlier, he had thought he was discovered.

That Xue Di... she appeared to have no soul power fluctuations, but for some reason, the feeling she gave him was also very powerful.

However, the subsequent conversation between Ning Feiliu, Xue Di, and Ning Mingrui put him at ease.

So... they just wanted to buy something from a snack stall in front of him because they were craving food; they hadn't discovered him.

He relaxed slightly, but became even more cautious, moving another ten meters away to maintain a constant distance of eighty meters while following Ning Feiliu and the others.

Yet he did not know that Ning Feiliu could detect his tracking within a hundred meters.

Not to mention Xue Di.

Tang San followed Ning Feiliu closely, completely unaware.

However, he also did not know that further away, a petite girl with long legs was also quietly following him and Ning Feiliu.

When night arrived.

Ning Feiliu was on the balcony of the luxury hotel room, facing the moonlight, and began to pretend to operate the Moonlight Breathing Method at full speed.

And just outside the hotel balcony, a short figure was clinging tightly above one of the windows, standing there by relying on the protrusion of that window.

He stood in the shadows where the moonlight could not reach, and a piece of black cloth covered the lower half of his face.

But anyone familiar with him could recognize him from his eyes and the contour of the upper half of his face... he was Tang San!

He was currently peeking cautiously at the location of Ning Feiliu's room, which he had already scouted, but he discovered... Ning Feiliu had walked out of the room at this time and come to the balcony to practice a type of... cultivation technique that could absorb moonlight? It was Tang San's first time seeing the Moonlight Breathing Method, so he was somewhat surprised that this world actually possessed a technique as exquisite as his Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eye.

Its method of absorbing moonlight for cultivation was almost the same as the eye technique used by the Purple Demon Eye to absorb the rising morning sun.

However, he was only slightly surprised before feeling ecstatic.

Because Ning Feiliu had come out to the balcony, it would be easier to succeed.

After all, sneaking into the room would make noise, and as for Ning Feiliu practicing, he had already thought about this.

After all, Spirit Masters generally don't sleep unless they have nothing to do, but instead use cultivation to replace sleep.

Although it was somewhat difficult, Tang San still had the confidence to obtain Ning Feiliu's pendant.

So he waited quietly for the right moment; after all, Ning Feiliu had just started practicing and must still have high vigilance.

So he was not in a hurry, waiting quietly until late at night to make his move. Ning Feiliu also seemed to have no awareness; he just kept practicing like that, one hour passed, two hours passed...

And then, finally!

Tang San climbed upward quickly, without making a single sound.

He carefully positioned himself on the balcony ten meters behind Ning Feiliu, and then tested the waters.

Upon discovering that Ning Feiliu was absorbing moonlight and seemed to have his eyes tightly closed with no awareness at all.

He then approached quickly, arrived behind Ning Feiliu, and at the same time, his hand brushed against the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges at his waist, and a pendant with a rope that looked about as heavy as the Steel Sun Box appeared in his hand.

He intended to perform a switch, so that Ning Feiliu would not discover him.

Tang San activated his Mysterious Jade Hand, and his entire palm became "pure and clean," though in reality, what he was doing at this moment could hardly be called clean.

But he did it anyway.

He didn't even feel that what he was doing was a bad thing.

Just as Tang San placed his hand behind Ning Feiliu's neck...

"You dog, how dare you!" Suddenly, Ning Feiliu woke up abruptly and slapped his hand toward Tang San behind him! Tang San panicked instantly; how could this be... how did Ning Feiliu suddenly discover him!

Ning Feiliu had clearly been completely immersed in his cultivation just now, and he had been so silent; he believed that with his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Turtle Breathing Method, Ning Feiliu should absolutely not have discovered him while immersed in cultivation.

However, Ning Feiliu had indeed detected him.

He also made a prompt decision; while taking a slap from Ning Feiliu and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

He used the force to flee quickly toward the back! However...

"Black Night Silent Illumination! Moonlight Fills the Sky!"

A jade-green long spear appeared in Ning Feiliu's hand.

"Hmph! Trying to escape?!" A trace of a smile curled at the corners of his mouth, and then the first Soul Ring behind him lit up.

"Jade Penetration! First soul skill! Soul Reaping Moonshot!"

Ning Feiliu unleashed a jade-green light spear that surged toward Tang San, yet he was not actually aiming fully at Tang San.

Instead, he was aiming at the space beneath Tang San... between his legs! (End of chapter)