Chapter 151: Changes in the Outside World: Tang San Was Trapped

Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect Cloud Mist Mountain, in the Body Sect.

Yang Xiong has been gone for a full year, and during that year the entire Body Sect underwent earth‑shattering changes.

Some time ago, Body Sect Grand Elder Lin Gong and Fifth Elder Long Gong Meng Shu successively broke through to the Title Douluo rank.

When the three single‑attribute major families and even the Meng family originally signed an offensive and defensive alliance with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, it included mutual assistance in acquiring soul rings.

Ning Fengzhi was very pleased that these two broke through to Title Douluo, since Lin Gong is also an Elder of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Long Gong's recent ties with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect are also very close; with such allies, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's safety can be better guaranteed.

Finally, under the leadership of Sword Douluo and with the Body Sect's Five Great Elders, everyone went out to hunt for soul rings.

With one Title Douluo and five top Soul Douluo, what soul beast in this world cannot be obtained? After all, these two are not even pursuing Hundred‑Thousand‑Year soul rings.

As a plant‑type, Lin Gong has long had a target for soul rings; it is not in the Star Dou Great Forest, but in a special plant forest, where there is a plant‑type soul beast over eighty‑five thousand years old, a supreme specimen among plant‑type soul beasts.

If Yang Xiong were to see it, he would know this soul beast is the Blue Silver King in the Blue Silver Forest, truly a top‑tier soul beast; especially, the Blue Silver King has royal bloodline, life force extremely robust, making it perfect for Lin Gong's Purple Emperor Bamboo.

Although the Blue Silver King resides in the Blue Silver Forest, against Sword Douluo and the five top Soul Douluo, no matter how much it resists it is futile, and it is ultimately slaughtered by a group.

And Long Gong's Ninth Soul Ring was obtained when everyone went together to the Xingdou Da Senlin Hexin Qu, where they finally hunted a dragon‑type soul beast of the eighty‑thousand‑year grade, also a supreme specimen, perfectly suited to his dragon‑head cane.

Now Lin Gong and Long Gong Meng Shu have both reached ninety‑one level Title Douluo; in terms of top strength, the Body Sect is no longer weaker than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

And Body Sect Second Elder Yang Wudi reached level 85, Third Elder Niu Gao reached 87, Fourth Elder Bai He also reached 84; their strength has indeed risen rapidly.

Moreover, after research by Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo, Dugu Bo finally devised a method to transfer toxins to soul bones; however, Dugu Bo seems very interested in toxin refining, and now, for any reason, likes to go to Cloud Mist Mountain, spending most of his time in Yang Wudi's Lian Yao Fang in Cloud Mist Mountain.

Of course, the old Dugu Bo sometimes relies on his Title Douluo strength to act arrogantly, but after sparring with Yang Wudi a few times, he has become somewhat insecure; a distinguished Title Douluo still cannot defeat a Soul Douluo, and his face looks a bit dull.

According to Yang Xiong's previous plan, both the Body Sect and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect need to keep a low profile, so the breakthrough of the two to Title Douluo was not publicized; instead, more effort was devoted to cultivating internal disciples, especially the juniors of each family.

With everyone's full cultivation efforts, plus the Body Sect's possession of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's wealth and resource support, the disciples' overall strength has improved to a certain extent, and even several Soul Douluo have been born within the sect.

Beyond ordinary resources, of course there are also the Divine Medicine that Yang Xiong left for Yang Wudi and Lin Gong.

When the Body Sect's Five Great Elders learned that Yang Xiong had gone to Killing City, each wore a different expression.

Some were worried, some praised, some admired, but no chaotic phenomena appeared.

According to what Yang Xiong said earlier, all matters of the Body Sect are temporarily overseen by Lin Gong, and everything proceeds according to the original plan.

Especially since Lin Gong is already strong and has a close bond with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, there is no need to worry about cooperation between the two sides.

Yang Xiong dares to leave with confidence because he knows clearly that the Body Sect intertwines everyone's interests; whether for individual benefit or future development, leaving is highly unrealistic, and violating the alliance would incur the wrath of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Lin Gong and others.

Moreover, it is now obvious within the sect that Lin Gong is clearly Yang Xiong's man, Lin Gong's relationship with Long Gong is close, and Yang Wudi, because of his admiration for Yang Xiong's fragrant celestial item, will not cause any abnormal phenomena among everyone in the short term.

Besides cultivation, Lin Gong also focuses on the cultivation of those more than ten Body Sect martial soul disciples, basically employing the Body Tempering method designed by Yang Xiong, while also fostering their recognition of Yang Xiong.

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Fasinuo Xingsheng, in a secluded waterfall somewhere.

Tang San grasped a wooden hammer under the waterfall, striking desperately; between each strike seemed endless power, especially under the waterfall's impact, the hammer technique was not affected at all.

Since he began using the wooden hammer, the cultivation speed has become noticeably slower than with the iron hammer.

But under the waterfall's impact, Tang San's physical quality improved rapidly, at least becoming considerably tougher than before.

Especially, the speed of soul power increase has not slowed at all.

Tang San continuously swung the wooden hammer, each strike stacking upon the previous; by the eighty‑first strike, the wooden hammer resembled a black dragon, as if it were about to cleave the entire waterfall.

Tang San exclaimed with sudden joy, "Father, I finally succeeded; I can finally unleash the eighty‑first strike."

Tang Hao nodded with some satisfaction, "Xiao San, your performance these two years has been very good, but don't become complacent; from now on I will subject you to even harsher training."

Even now, Tang Hao has great confidence in Tang San; without a soul ring on the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang San's hammer technique is not inferior to the Clear Sky Sect's disciples.

In comparison, Tang San spent eight months mastering the Chaotic Splitting Hammer Technique with an iron hammer under the waterfall, whereas using a wooden staff took a full year and four months—about a year slower than the original, mainly due to the lack of Ice Fire Tempering Body.

A year ago, Tang Hao gave Tang San an exquisite head soul bone, apparently a top‑quality power‑type head soul bone, whose age exceeds thirty thousand years.

After Tang San absorbed the head soul bone, plus recent intense training, he had already reached level 50 half a year ago.

But according to Tang Hao, which was also Yu Xiaogang's original research, even without absorbing a soul ring, soul power can continue to increase, so there was no rush to absorb a soul ring.

Now Tang San's wooden hammer cultivation has reached great completion; next is the cultivation of his martial soul itself, and Tang Hao then decided to lead Tang San to obtain the Fifth Soul Ring.

However, when Tang Hao led Tang San to the Blue Silver Forest, the entire Blue Silver Forest appeared utterly desolate, lacking the former robust life aura.

Tang Hao's eyes widened instantly, "How could this be? How could anyone hunt the Blue Silver King?"

Tang San observed carefully, "Father, judging by the surroundings, it seems that a few months ago a massive battle took place here, and the scale of the fight was enormous."

Tang Hao, hearing this, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his eyes filled with resentment, and his lips couldn't help but mutter.

"What now? Without the Blue Silver King, how can Xiao San's martial soul undergo a Second Awakening?"

Tang San asked, a bit puzzled, "Father, does this forest have any special features? I see many Blue Silver Grass around."

Tang Hao sighed, "It's my fault, my mistake; I didn't expect anyone could hunt the Blue Silver King. Your training plan will now have to be completely disrupted."

Tang San hurriedly said, "Father, what's different about the Blue Silver King?"

Tang Hao shook his head, "The Blue Silver King itself is extremely powerful; its age alone reaches eighty‑five thousand years, normally only a plant‑type Soul Master's Ninth Soul Ring would select it, so the whole continent may now have an extra plant‑type Title Douluo."

"Xiao San, remember I once told you that when you absorb the Fifth or Sixth Soul Ring, the weakness of Blue Silver Grass will be fundamentally resolved, but now we may have miscalculated."

Tang San showed a hint of doubt, "Does my Blue Silver Grass martial soul have any other differences?"

Tang Hao sighed, "At this point, I can no longer hide it from you; your martial soul is not Blue Silver Grass, but comes from your mother's Blue Silver Emperor."

Tang San, hearing about his mother for the first time, quickly asked, "Father, I've never seen my mother since I was a child; what kind of person was she, and how could she give me the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul?"

Tang Hao gave a wry smile, "Xiao San, what I'm about to tell you may overturn your understanding; your mother is not human, but a transformed Hundred‑Thousand‑Year soul beast, whose true form is a Hundred‑Thousand‑Year Blue Silver Emperor."

Tang San's eyes filled with disbelief, "How could this be? How could my mother be a soul beast? Could my mother be like Xiao Wu?"

Tang Hao nodded, "Exactly; your mother, like Xiao Wu, is a Hundred‑Thousand‑Year Transformed Soul Beast, but she is the kindest, most gentle person in the world; unfortunately Heaven will not let the two of us be together."

Tang San quickly said, "Father, where is my mother now? You know I grew up without a mother; I long for a mother's love more than anyone else."

Tang Hao's face showed a hint of despondency, "Xiao San, I'm sorry, but you will never see your mother again. Back then, my and your mother's whereabouts were investigated by the Spirit Hall, and we were ultimately pursued by the former Pope Qian Xunji of the Spirit Hall; your mother sacrificed herself to save me."

"Now your mother is dead, leaving only a seed of the Blue Silver Emperor, which is the Blue Silver Grass you saw at the waterfall."

Tang San's eyes filled with fury, his whole body trembling with anger; he never imagined he harbored such hatred toward the Spirit Hall, nor that his mother was killed by the Spirit Hall.

The scene instantly fell into silence; after an unknown length of time, Tang San finally spoke slowly: "Father, I will definitely go to the Spirit Hall to demand justice, and I will definitely avenge my mother."

Tang Hao nodded: "That's obvious; these grudges we will avenge sooner or later. The former Pope Qian Xunji, who once pursued me, was already seriously wounded by me, and died shortly after returning."

"But the Spirit Hall actually took this opportunity to attack our Clear Sky Sect, resulting in heavy casualties for the Clear Sky Sect, even forcing the sect to expel me; the illustrious Number One Sect Under Heaven also had to go into seclusion. I will never forget these grudges."

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After their discussion, Tang San basically understood what had happened back then; his temper was about to explode, and his hatred toward the Spirit Hall grew even stronger.

At that moment, a hint of confusion appeared on Tang San's face: "Father, what exactly is the purpose of bringing me to Lan Yin Senlin this time?"

Tang Hao's expression turned a bit serious: "Actually, your mother brought me here back then; your martial soul should have inherited your mother's bloodline, but it hasn't fully awakened yet."

"There is an 85,000-year-old Lan Yin Wang here, once a subject of your mother. If you have the Lan Yin Wang's help, you should have a chance for your martial soul to reawaken, turning Blue Silver Grass into a Blue Silver Emperor."

Tang San hurriedly asked: "Then what should we do now? Is there still a way for my martial soul to reawaken?"

Tang Hao shook his head: "I have no solution either. When your mother performed the sacrifice back then, she left behind a Ten-Thousand Year Soul Bone, but I don't know who stole it. Over the years, even though I've tried my best to search, I haven't found any trace."

"Now the Lan Yin Wang has also been killed, and your mother has only just begun to grow. I don't know how to make your martial soul undergo a Second Awakening; perhaps it's a fate's punishment upon me."

In the end, after their discussion, Tang San and Tang Hao decided to first find a suitable Soul Ring for the Blue Silver Grass.

As for the Second Awakening of the Blue Silver Grass, they now have no means at all; in the history of Soul Grandmasters, there is not a single martial soul that has ever undergone a Second Awakening, let alone the most ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

(End of Chapter)