Chapter 172: Assassinating Tang San

"Brother Xue, I originally thought about never letting her know the feelings in my heart, but matters of the heart are truly uncontrollable. As for Sister Ke'er, I was thinking, could I be with her, take care of Ke'er for a lifetime, and then go seek the legendary Godly Inheritance? That way, I would have endless years to accompany her," Nan Feihuang said.

Qian Renxue felt joy in her heart upon hearing this; as expected of Feihuang, he had the same thoughts as her.

"Since that is the case, why are you in such a hurry? Wouldn't it be better to focus on cultivation for now and go find her once you have achieved something?"

Nan Feihuang sighed, "Brother Xue, although becoming a god is my dream, it is, after all, an ethereal thing. Who can guarantee they will succeed one hundred percent?"

"Actually, I once told her that if I can only become a Title Douluo and enjoy a few hundred years of life, then within those few hundred years—excluding ten years of ignorance, ten years of old age and infirmity, and half a lifetime of bitter cultivation—the time actually left for me to freely control is not much. I still hold that same thought: if I am destined to have a connection with her, then I do not want to waste this precious time. By expressing my feelings to her sooner, I can spend one more day accompanying my beloved."

"You..." Xue Qinghe stared blankly at Nan Feihuang, heart rate accelerating.

It was fortunate that the disguise of the Angel Spirit Bone was perfect enough to control the changes in her complexion; if she had returned to her true form as Qian Renxue, one would have seen her face flushed bright red at this moment.

It was truly because the feeling Nan Feihuang gave her this time was different from the previous few times; while the previous times had also moved her, they had not made her heart race like this time.

This was also normal; after all, in the previous times, Nan Feihuang was nine parts acting and one part reciting lines, whereas this time, it was seven parts acting mixed with three parts sincerity.

He had never been someone who would deny his own heart; regarding Qian Renxue, once he liked her, he liked her.

In fact, if not for the things recorded on the last page of the Dunjia Heavenly Book, it would not have been impossible for him to give up on unifying the world and turn to helping Qian Renxue unify the land.

And standing in front of him was a person with a gloomy expression, pale complexion, and dressed in red—it was none other than Shi Nian.

Originally, she thought her psychological defenses were at least at the Diamond Mammoth level; who knew that Nan Feihuang's offensiveness would exceed the Soul-Breaking Spear, nearly breaking her defenses in one blow.

"What happened?" The two were immediately alert.

They quickly ran toward the source of the sound, only to see Tang San kneeling on the ground, clutching his head with both hands; the person who had just let out a wail was him.

"Ugh, ah...!!!"

He could not yet fully achieve the ability to place reason completely above emotion, as Cao Mengde, Liu Xuan De, and others had.

He would also have his decision-making delayed or flawed because he liked Qian Renxue. It was precisely because he knew of this problem that when he first realized he liked Qian Renxue, he was so anxious he nearly suffered from a heart-pulse invasion; however, his "love-brain" would not be as severe as those three from the Spirit Hall. At the very least, no matter how much he liked Qian Renxue, he would not abandon his established goals for her.

"Brother Xue, what's wrong?" Seeing Xue Qinghe fall into a daze, Nan Feihuang waved his palm in front of her, asking a question he already knew the answer to.

That was a cry of agony, sounding extremely painful.

Like Bibi Dong, in his plan, even if she did not die in the future, she would have to be crippled.

It could not be said that Nan Feihuang was completely without a "love-brain"; after all, although his body was a template of a Three Kingdoms general, his psychology was still just that of the otaku who used to love playing games.

Xue Qinghe was just feeling awkward when, at this moment, a voice sounded, relieving her of the situation.

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect that your feelings for that woman, Feihuang, were so intense."

Being cool and feeling great were just for enjoying the process and could not be considered goals.

Xue Qinghe came back to her senses and realized that she had actually been moved by Nan Feihuang's words again just now.

The continent did not need such a ticking time bomb.

But now, he wanted to unify the world, and it was no longer just for the sake of being cool or feeling great; he had his own important purpose.

Just as Nan Feihuang had expected, Shi Nian had chosen this stretch of road to make a move on Tang San.

The current Tang San did not have enough cultivation in his Purple Demon Eye to see through the illusions of the Remnant Dream Martial Soul at the first moment.

In the shadows, Tang Hao, dressed in black robes, was furious. A mere Shi Nian dared to make a move on his son; he would definitely slaughter Shi Nian, but he did not rush to save him.

Shi Nian's Remnant Dream Martial Soul's mental attack on people was both a shock and a trial. Tang San would need to cultivate Twin Spirits in the future, and physical and mental strength were the keys. He had long discovered that his son was cultivating a type of eye technique with extremely high mental cultivation; that Remnant Dream of Shi Nian's could not kill him in a short while, and instead, it was a form of training for his mind.

Anyway, with him here, it would not be too late to kill Shi Nian when Tang San could no longer hold on.

However, when he wanted to make a move, it was too late, because Nan Feihuang and Xue Qinghe had run over.

"Nan Feihuang, Xue Qinghe?" Tang Hao frowned, clearly not expecting these two to be here as well; this was too coincidental.

To be honest, he had a bit of an impulse at this moment; he wanted to kill Nan Feihuang.

He knew that the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone that Lan Xue had snatched from his hands was meant for Nan Feihuang, and he guessed that Nan Feihuang must have already absorbed it. Otherwise, how could he be more outstanding than his son Tang San? At the same age, he already possessed the rank of a Soul King; it must be relying on the soul power left behind in the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone.

It was a pity that Nan Feihuang was not alone, and Xue Qinghe was with him. He could not kill Nan Feihuang in front of Xue Qinghe, could he? Assassinating the son-in-law of the Heaven Dou Empire—wouldn't that be forging a deadly feud with Heaven Dou?

Having the Spirit Hall as an enemy was troublesome enough; he could not afford another Heaven Dou Empire.

Unless he killed Xue Qinghe as well to leave no witnesses. But Tang Hao could clearly sense that this Xue Qinghe had experts protecting her in the shadows. Even if those experts were not his match, this place was too close to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy; once a battle broke out, it would be hard not to attract the attention of the academy's committee members.

Unless he killed everyone he came across, it was impossible to leave no witnesses.

Thinking of this, Tang Hao could only forcibly suppress his murderous intent.

"Shi Nian, you actually dare to assassinate a participant of the Soul Master Academy Tournament on our Heaven Dou Mountain!" Xue Qinghe roared.

She guessed Shi Nian's intention for doing this immediately.

The matter of Shrek and Canghui competing for the final qualifying spot had spread throughout all of Tiandou City.

"Crown Prince, Flying General!" Shi Nian's gaze was horrified, "Damn it, how could these two be here?"

In the few seconds he was shocked, Nan Feihuang had already summoned his Fangtian Halberd and jumped into the fray, "First Soul Skill, Half-Moon Slash!"

The flaming Half-Moon Slash forcibly tore open Shi Nian's Remnant Dream space.

Tang San finally calmed down; the things he had seen in the illusion just now had nearly stimulated him to a mental breakdown.

"Brother Tang, are you alright?" Nan Feihuang stood beside Tang San and asked.

"Brother Nan, thank you for your help; you have helped me once again." Tang San stood up with difficulty, looking at Shi Nian with anger. At this moment, in his eyes, Shi Nian's face was already filled with a path to death.

To treat his Xiao Wu like that—even if it wasn't real, even if it was just in an illusion, it was unforgivable.

"Crown Prince, Flying General, this is a private grievance between me and this brat. I advise you not to meddle in other people's business." Shi Nian looked at the two coldly; if it were not necessary, he certainly did not want to offend figures with such great backgrounds.

But now, his act of assassinating a student had been caught red-handed by them; what else could he do?

Obediently go back with them to plead guilty?

Stop joking; he was, after all, a dignified Spirit Saint, how could he be captured so easily?

"Shi Nian, assassinating a student of my Heaven Dou Empire within my Tiandou City—you are truly bold. I advise you to immediately seal your soul power and follow me back to the imperial palace to receive judgment, otherwise, the Heaven Dou Empire will never let you go." Xue Qinghe did not know Tang San's true identity.

She only regarded him as an ordinary student within Tiandou City who belonged to the Heaven Dou Empire's jurisdiction. As the Crown Prince, seeing his own subject being assassinated before his eyes...

Both in terms of emotion and reason, she should uphold justice for him.

(End of this chapter)