Chapter 129: The Struggle of the Blue Silver Emperor

"There is one more thing, Grandpa Dugu, have you heard the name Tang Hao?"

"Tang Hao?!"

Dugu Bo's pupils constricted, and he looked at Shi Quan seriously, "Where did you hear this name?"

"That is a bit complicated to explain..."

Shi Quan slowly told Dugu Bo about Tang San.

"You say Tang San has Twin Spirits? And the other spirit is the Clear Sky Hammer, and his father's name is Tang Hao?" Dugu Bo's eyes widened.

"That's right." Shi Quan nodded.

Dugu Bo gasped, "Xiao Quan, it is fortunate you were cautious, otherwise you would have invited a fatal disaster long ago. The Tang Hao you speak of is an existence even I dare not provoke!"

Shi Quan put on an expression of surprise, "Is it because he is a member of the Clear Sky Sect, Grandpa Dugu?"

"Grandpa Dugu, I only made this guess after connecting what I have heard and seen so far."

"Grandpa Dugu, I discovered long ago that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass is not ordinary Blue Silver Grass. Before my martial soul mutated, I had seen Tang San's Blue Silver Grass. Although his Blue Silver Grass looked almost the same as mine, I could feel a sense of oppression from his, as if it were the oppression of a superior over a subordinate. I suspect his Blue Silver Grass must have another form, but for some reason, it has not yet awakened."

"Xiao Quan, what you guessed might really be true!" Dugu Bo's body trembled with excitement, as if he had learned some earth-shattering secret, and he was agitated, "No wonder, no wonder, no wonder Tang Hao was able to escape the siege of numerous Title Douluos back then, and not only that, but he also killed Qian Xunji, that Level 95 former Pope. If explained this way, everything makes sense. Tang Hao's luck is actually this good."

"I can be certain that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul must be some kind of high-level Blue Silver Grass martial soul, and no mutation exists."

Dugu Bo nodded, then asked curiously: "According to what you say, it makes sense, but what kind of Blue Silver Grass could approach the strongest Tool Spirit, the Clear Sky Hammer, in quality? I have never heard of any powerful female with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul on the continent."

"In other words, he got with a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass, and not only did he get with her, but this hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass also bore him a son? Damn..."

Shi Quan then slowly recounted the matters of Shrek Academy.

"Grandpa Dugu, is it possible that Tang San's mother was not just a simple human?"

"That was him thirteen years ago; now his strength must have improved even further, and he is definitely among the very best on the continent."

"???" Dugu Bo was suddenly startled, "Xiao Quan, what do you mean?"

"Isn't the quality of the Blue Silver Grass martial soul too far off compared to the Clear Sky Hammer?"

Dugu Bo shook his head and said: "Wrong! Tang Hao is a true genius. He is the youngest Title Douluo to date, and his Ninth Soul Ring is the legendary Ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring. Thirteen years ago, he was besieged by multiple Title Douluos from the Spirit Hall, and not only did he break through forcefully, he even killed the previous Pope of the Spirit Hall by fighting above his level. Because of this one incident, the Clear Sky Sect completely offended the Spirit Hall and had to seal their mountains and close the sect, becoming the hermit sect they are today."

Dugu Bo couldn't help but give Tang Hao a thumbs up.

"Grandpa Dugu, the issue now isn't whether Tang Hao got with a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass, but that I am worried Tang Hao is going to come and cause trouble for you."

Dugu Bo jumped, saying: "Why would he cause trouble for me?"

Dugu Bo thought for a moment and continued: "In the past, I once saw a top-secret document in the Spirit Hall. It had a record regarding Twin Spirits. The emergence of Twin Spirits mainly has two prerequisites. First, the martial souls of both parents must absolutely not be the same; the further apart they are, the greater the chance of producing Twin Spirits. At the same time, the closer the quality of the two martial souls, the greater the chance of producing Twin Spirits. That is to say, if there is a gap in the quality of the two martial souls, it is impossible for a child with Twin Spirits to appear. Even if these two prerequisites are met, the possibility of producing offspring with Twin Spirits is only one in a thousand, or even one in ten thousand."

"However, it is a bit strange that you say one of Tang San's martial souls is the Clear Sky Hammer and the other is the Blue Silver Grass."

"Grandpa Dugu, you also said the former Pope of the Spirit Hall led a team to hunt down Tang Hao. The people of the Spirit Hall certainly wouldn't hunt Tang Hao down for no reason; it must have been for something in his hands. And they dispatched so many Title Douluos, yet Tang Hao broke through in the end, not only becoming famous, but also ending up with a Ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring!"

"So strong!" Shi Quan exclaimed.

"So you are going to give that Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to that Zhuqing? This Zhuang Zhou is quite the romantic; to think he would find such a rare treasure for his little girlfriend?"

"Ahem, ahem." Shi Quan coughed a few times, his expression looking slightly awkward, as the Zhuang Zhou in Dugu Bo's mouth was himself.

"But this is indeed a problem. If Tang Hao knows I might have other Immortal Herbs on hand, it is indeed possible he will come to me to demand them. After all, his son was pressed into the ground and rubbed by you like that; he wouldn't find it convenient to act himself, so he would definitely want to help his son improve his strength to take revenge."

Dugu Bo still said with a relaxed face: "But don't worry, your Grandpa Dugu's skills for saving his life and running away are still very formidable. Even if Tang Hao comes to find me, he wouldn't dare to tear his face off with me. If he wants Immortal Herbs, I will make him bring things to trade with me then."

"Are you sure, Grandpa Dugu?" Shi Quan looked at Dugu Bo suspiciously.

Dugu Bo glared at Shi Quan, "You actually don't trust your grandfather?"

Shi Quan shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't trust you, Grandpa, but I feel the scope involved here is too large. After all, if an Immortal Herb is used properly, it is a Title Douluo. I roughly estimated the Immortal Herbs in your herb garden, Grandpa; they could create at least thirty Title Douluos. You should be clear about the stakes involved, Grandpa."

"Xiao Quan, is what you say true?" Dugu Bo gasped. He didn't know there were so many treasures in his herb garden, and all of them so precious. If this news got out, he feared the Three Upper Sects and the Spirit Hall would all move against him to seize these resources for themselves.

"Grandpa Dugu, I think we should first collect all the most precious Immortal Herbs in the herb garden, remove all traces, leave behind some ordinary Immortal Herbs, and then divert the attention of all the factions."

"Divert attention? How to divert it?"

"First is the identification of the Immortal Herbs. We must insist that we don't recognize all the Immortal Herbs, and that the few we did identify were through special means. If necessary, we can expose Zhuang Zhou."

"This problem is relatively simple. Take Yan Yan for example; if I had known the effects of the Immortal Herbs earlier, I would have taken them out for Yan Yan to consume long ago. But selling Zhuang Zhou out directly like this, isn't that a bit bad?" Dugu Bo frowned slightly and looked at Shi Quan.

"Don't worry, Grandpa Dugu, I discussed this with Zhuang Zhou before. This is with his permission, and he himself has special means to hide his identity. If he is willing, no one can find him."

"Good." Dugu Bo nodded, "And what follows?"

"The Immortal Herbs appearing once is a coincidence, and the various factions were wary of your strength, Grandpa Dugu, so none of them investigated deeply. But if they keep appearing one after another, the various factions will risk offending you to send people to investigate deeply. I think it is only a matter of time before this place is exposed, so I want to have people come here and ransack this place before it is exposed!"

"Have people come to ransack my herb garden?" Dugu Bo's face turned dark, "You really dare to think; who would dare to come and ransack the herb garden of a Title Douluo? Do you really take me for a pushover?"

"Ordinary people won't, but some people might for the sake of their sons." Shi Quan smiled mysteriously.

"You don't mean?" Dugu Bo's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth wide to look at Shi Quan.

"That's right, it's Tang Hao..."

"You really dare to think; daring to pit the Clear Sky Douluo, are you really not afraid of death, kid?"

"I don't want to either." Shi Quan waved his hands helplessly, then explained: "Grandpa Dugu, you know that both my martial soul and Tang San's are Blue Silver Grass. Although my Blue Silver Grass evolved into the Blue Silver King, it is only a King. I can feel that my Blue Silver King can continue to evolve; above the King, there is the Emperor."

"Just like an Empire; in an Empire, there is only one Emperor, and under the Emperor, there can exist many vassal kings. No matter how strong the kings are, they are still under the jurisdiction of the Emperor."

"If Tang San's mother really was a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass, then his mother was very likely the only Emperor among the Blue Silver Grass clan, the Blue Silver Emperor. Tang San's Blue Silver Grass must have inherited his mother's Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, which is why my Blue Silver Grass felt a bloodline oppression when facing Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul."

"The current Tang San is like the Crown Prince of the Blue Silver Empire, possessing the ability to inherit the Blue Silver Empire. The current me is like a vassal king under the Blue Silver Empire who possesses strong military forces and can overthrow the original empire to become the new Emperor of the Blue Silver Empire."

"Grandpa Dugu, do you think that having come this far, I would settle for being under someone else?"

"A struggle for the throne?" Dugu Bo was silent. He had not expected that such a competitive relationship existed between Shi Quan and Tang San.

After a long time, Dugu Bo slowly spoke: "Xiao Quan, you must learn to hide your light. If Tang Hao wants to move against you, I won't be able to stop him..."

"Don't worry, Grandpa."

"Tell me your plan in detail."

"First, we must conceal the fact that Yanzi and Lingling consumed the Immortal Herbs, and then regarding the matter of your detoxification, Grandpa... we must first use the matter of Zhuqing to guide Tang Hao to find you, Grandpa... and then..."

Dugu Bo did not say much, quietly listening to Shi Quan's plan and arrangements, and offering his own thoughts and insights at the appropriate times.

What comforted Shi Quan the most was that, when facing Tang Hao, Dugu Bo had chosen him firmly and unswervingly from beginning to end.