Chapter 409

After confirming that the hostages had all successfully boarded the ship, Tang Wulin and the others split up from the Tianhun team and returned to the Academy.

But before they even entered the Academy, they saw Fan Yu waiting at the gate.

Fan Yu has now become the vice-dean of the Soul Tool Department; although his actual authority is actually less than Xuanzi's, considering Xuanzi rarely speaks in the Soul Tool Department, it's not wrong to say Fan Yu is the third-in-command of Shilake Academy's Soul Tool Department.

Seeing a few people return, he hurried over with a delighted expression.

"Wulin, you're finally back—someone came looking for you."

Tang Wulin froze for a moment, then reacted.

"Which sect is it this time?"

Since he assumed the position of Sea God Pavilion Master, a major sect's leader has come to see him every few days.

Shilake Academy is simply too important to the original three kingdoms of Douluo, so these keen-scented major sects would not miss such a major event as the change of Sea God Pavilion Master.

Just like the master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Tian's father, who had just visited him not long ago, probing indirectly to ascertain Shilake Academy's upcoming course of action, so as to ensure that in this tumultuous era the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could still maintain cooperation with Shilake Academy.

Given the current situation, it's likely another sect's head has come calling.

Fan Yu nodded, his tone serious as he said:

"Yes, and it's the Clear Sky Sect."

!

Upon hearing the three words "Clear Sky Sect," Tang Wulin and the others' faces changed instantly.

Whether it was Song Lao and the other senior elders of the Sea God Pavilion, or youngsters like Xu San Shi, they all instinctively looked worriedly at Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong.

Xu San Shi and the others personally witnessed Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's battle with Tang San in the Qiankun Asking Emotion Valley, while the Sea God Pavilion's senior elders heard their explanation afterward.

Although they were reluctant to accept that the mischievous deity was Sea God Tang San, they nevertheless acknowledged that the deity in the Qiankun Asking Emotion Valley was their enemy.

Unfortunately, afterward they completely lost any clues related to the Qiankun Asking Emotion Valley, making it impossible for them to definitively determine whether the enemy's identity was Tang San.

And now that people from the Clear Sky Sect have arrived, it seems like an opportunity to learn the truth.

After all, the timing is too coincidental; as a reclusive sect, the Clear Sky Sect had no prior contact with Shilake Academy—even when Mu En died and Xuanzi succeeded him, they never came to pay a visit, yet now they suddenly show up, making it hard not to suspect something.

Tang Wulin took a deep breath.

"Understood, take me to see them."

He also couldn't let preconceptions bias him; the Clear Sky Sect people might not actually be related to Tang San, and given the current tense situation, they might simply be here to strengthen ties with Shilake Academy's new Sea God Pavilion Master.

If he approached them with stereotypes, it could stiffen their relationship and affect the impending war's situation—a scene Tang Wulin absolutely does not want to see.

Under Fan Yu's guidance, Tang Wulin went up to Haishen Dao and entered the room in the Sea God Pavilion specially designated for receiving guests.

Inside, two middle-aged men were seated.

One of them was extremely stalwart, with finely spaced short hair like steel needles, a dignified appearance, a rugged face as if chiseled by knife and axe, his eyes brownish-yellow with a faint golden glint, and his gray robe could not fully conceal his bulging muscles.

The other had a head of long blue hair flowing over his broad, majestic shoulders; his eyes were also blue, and though his gaze seemed plain and unadorned, it possessed an indescribable special quality, as if a powerful internal aura struggled to break free.

Huo Yutong's solemn voice echoed in his mind: "The stalwart one is a ninety-eighth-rank Super Douluo, the blue-haired one… is probably a Limit Douluo."

……Mm.

Huo Yutong was correct; the burly man's soul power fluctuations were no weaker than Xuanzi's and Du Budie's, while the blue-haired man gave Tang Wulin the feeling of facing Mu En.

A ninety-eighth-rank Super Douluo and a ninety-ninth-rank Limit Douluo—such a soul master configuration in the present day would likely be found only in the Holy Spirit Sect; who would have thought that this reclusive Clear Sky Sect actually possessed such formidable strength.

For some reason, he felt that when these two burly men saw him, their eyes lit up a bit, as if they had become much more amiable.

He casually closed the door, brought Huo Yutong to sit before the two Clear Sky guests, and spoke first: "Greetings, seniors; I am Tang Wulin, the newly appointed Sea God Pavilion Master of Shilake Academy. May I ask your honorable names?"

"Tang Wulin…" the blue-haired man softly repeated Tang Wulin's name, then smiled amiably: "My name is Niu Tian, the current sect master of the Clear Sky Sect; beside me is the sect's vice master, Titan. We came this time specifically to see you."

"What business do you seniors have with me?"

Facing Tang Wulin's question, Niu Tian did not answer immediately but instead turned and asked Tang Wulin a question that left him somewhat puzzled.

"Tang Wulin, who gave you your name?"

Tang Wulin blinked, then answered seriously:

"It was my parents who gave me my name."

Niu Tian pressed on.

"And your parents—where are they now?"

Tang Wulin's eyes instantly dimmed.

"I am forever separated from them, as if divided between heaven and man."

Although his parents are not actually dead, the ten-thousand-year-long river of time is no easier to cross than the barrier between life and death.

"Is that so? I apologize for the intrusion."

Niu Tian and Titan exchanged a glance, then took a deep breath and asked: "Tang Wulin, what is your martial soul?"

Tang Wulin's expression grew increasingly strange.

To be honest, the current developments were beyond his expectations.

Originally, in his view, the two Clear Sky Sect masters coming to see him could only be one of two scenarios.

One possibility was that they had no connection to Sea God Tang San; they came to see him because he had just become Sea God Pavilion Master, and with war imminent, they wanted to discuss the ensuing situation with him to ensure their sect's interests would not be harmed.

The other possibility was that they were Sea God Tang San's lackeys, and this time they came either to declare war on him or to seize the opportunity to eliminate him outright.

He had made mental preparations for both scenarios and had countermeasures ready, but none of his anticipated scenarios involved the other party asking about his martial soul.

What the hell is going on?

He silently cursed in his heart, but still answered seriously: "My martial soul is the Blue Silver Emperor."

(End of chapter)