After making his oath, Tang San quickly helped Tang Hao up.
"Father, this isn't your fault. Rest assured, when I grow to become a Title Douluo, I will personally destroy Spirit Hall and avenge mother!"
"And the Clear Sky Sect—they actually refused to save lives. They've already courted their own death!"
Tang San said angrily.
At this time, Tang Hao revealed his true purpose to Tang San.
"Xiao San, Spirit Hall is powerful. Relying on your strength alone, you cannot possibly be Spirit Hall's opponent. Thinking of this, I chose to return to the Clear Sky Sect, planning to seize the position of sect master and avenge your mother. Xiao San, are you willing to support me?"
Tang San naturally agreed without hesitation.
"Father, you're right. Your son supports you!"
Tang Hao then fully revealed the matter of the bet to Tang San.
After hearing it, Tang San directly agreed.
"Father, rest assured. Give your son half a month to create a hidden weapon, and I guarantee Tang Long and Tang Hu will die without doubt!"
Hearing this, Tang Hao repeatedly shook his head.
"No, Xiao San. If you do that, the sect won't acknowledge you. You must rely on honest and upright strength to defeat Tang Long and Tang Hu. Only this way can you prove your unparalleled talent!"
This time, Tang San frowned.
"Father, your son isn't afraid. It's just that according to what you said, Tang Long and Tang Hu are both at Soul Emperor cultivation, while your son just broke through to Soul Ancestor. This... I'm afraid if your son doesn't use hidden weapons, it will be difficult to be a match for these two!"
Tang Hao said:
"Don't worry, I've already thought it through. You have twin martial souls. As long as you now switch to cultivating your second martial soul, you can use the soul power brought by the four soul rings of the second martial soul to break through to Soul King cultivation. At that time, with the enhancement of two martial souls, you won't be unable to match Tang Long and Tang Hu!"
Hearing this, Tang San was somewhat hesitant.
Specializing in the second martial soul now would undoubtedly cause great waste of his talent.
If he waited until he cultivated to Soul Douluo or Title Douluo before adding soul rings to his second martial soul, he could at least add soul rings of fifty thousand years or more.
But if he switched now, he could probably only add thousand-year soul rings.
The difference between the two was not insignificant.
Seeing Tang San hesitate, a trace of displeasure flashed in Tang Hao's eyes.
With Tang Hao's original temperament, he should have scolded Tang San at this moment.
However, Meng Bei had already given instructions about this.
Meng Bei had long anticipated Tang San's reaction, so he had instructed Tang Hao in advance on how to respond at this time.
Tang Hao naturally couldn't violate Meng Bei's orders.
Therefore, Tang Hao now acted entirely according to Meng Bei's instructions.
Tang Hao let out a long sigh, turned his head, and said:
"Xiao San, it's fine. I know doing this will waste your talent. Although your mother gave birth to you, she couldn't raise you. This is my fault. You've grown up now. If you're unwilling, it's nothing. Rest assured, I won't speak a word of today's matter to outsiders and will absolutely not damage your reputation."
Tang Hao continued:
"If I fail to compete for sect master, I'll go fight Spirit Hall to the death. If I can fortunately kill one or two Title Douluo from Spirit Hall, it will also comfort your mother's spirit in heaven."
With that, Tang Hao walked step by step to the door.
His steps were heavy, like hammer blows, pounding one after another on Tang San's heart.
Sometimes, compared to reproach, tolerant words can move people even more.
Tang Hao reached the door, looked back at Tang San, and said seriously:
"Xiao San, remember, Dad will always love you."
With these words, the damage was maxed out.
If the previous words were like a heavy hammer, then this sentence was like a sharp sword. A heavy hammer only caused blunt trauma, but a sharp sword pierced straight through the heart.
Tang San's heart at this moment felt as if it had been penetrated.
The stabbing pain was beyond measure.
Tang Hao's words made him so ashamed he had nowhere to hide.
"Father!"
Tang San shouted loudly, kneeling deeply on the ground:
"Your son is willing."
Tang Hao immediately came back and embraced Tang San tightly.
"Good child, good child!"
Then Tang Hao brought Tang San to see Tang Xiao and the others.
Tang Xiao said:
"Since Tang San has arrived, let's return to the Clear Sky Sect to fulfill the bet."
Tang Hao shook his head.
"Big brother, Tang San needs to add soul rings to his Clear Sky Hammer, so we need to make another trip to the Star Dou Forest!"
Soon, several people set foot in the Star Dou Forest again.
Clear Sky Hammer first soul ring: eight-thousand-year Deep Forest Striped Tiger.
Clear Sky Hammer second soul ring: eleven-thousand-year Great Strength Kui Bull.
Clear Sky Hammer third soul ring: fifteen-thousand-year Rock Beast.
Clear Sky Hammer fourth soul ring: twenty-thousand-year Titan Giant Ant King.
Blue Silver Grass fifth soul ring: twenty-five-thousand-year Thorn Tree King.
Clear Sky Hammer fifth soul ring: thirty-thousand-year Earth Demon Bear.
Father, I feel my body is so swollen.
Tang San said with a purple-red face.
These days of continuously adding multiple ten-thousand-year soul rings caused his strength to surge rapidly. Not only was his soul power pushed through to level fifty, but he also obtained two fifth soul rings far exceeding the age limit.
However, doing this also kept his body's endurance capacity constantly hovering at the limit.
Multiple different types of soul power crisscrossed in Tang San's body. These soul powers were absorbed too quickly and too intensively. With Tang San's strength, he simply couldn't fully refine these soul powers in a short time, so Tang San only roughly refined them. This caused these soul powers to become somewhat uncontrollably turbulent in Tang San's body.
It was only because Tang San had the Mysterious Heaven Skill to nourish his body, plus the dual reinforcement of his foundation by the immortal herb and external spirit bone, that Tang San barely managed to persist.
If it were someone else, they would probably have had their body burst from the surging power by now.
Tang Hao said:
"Don't worry, Xiao San. I've already prepared a solution for you."
With that, Tang Hao took out a spirit bone and handed it to Tang San.
"This is an extremely precious spirit bone. Quickly absorb it, then guide the turbulent soul power in your body into this spirit bone. Only then can you control this power."
Seeing this, Tang San was overjoyed and quickly took the spirit bone.
This was a right leg bone.
It looked somewhat plain and unremarkable.
However, Tang San knew this was just his illusion.
No matter what kind of spirit bone, they were all priceless treasures. Sometimes, many Title Douluo spent their entire lives without obtaining a single spirit bone. That he could now so easily obtain an extremely precious spirit bone was truly a stroke of great fortune.
Tang San was extremely moved, secretly vowing to defeat Tang Long and Tang Hu in the future and seize the position of Clear Sky Sect master for his father. Only this way could he live up to his father's kindness today.
Thinking this, Tang San prepared to absorb the spirit bone.
He placed the spirit bone on his right leg and circulated his soul power.
Tang San mobilized a large amount of soul power, preparing to carefully refine this precious spirit bone.
However, the next moment, to Tang San's complete surprise, just as he had barely begun refining this spirit bone, with a whoosh, the spirit bone was instantly absorbed.
Tang San was dumbfounded.
Th-th-this, this spirit bone could be absorbed so easily?
Since the Eight Spider Lances had been unconsciously absorbed while Tang San was absorbing a soul ring before, Tang San had no formal experience absorbing spirit bones and couldn't determine the age of this spirit bone.
He only felt that this spirit bone seemed to contain no soul power at all, and he succeeded in absorbing it without any effort.
Then, a somewhat crude spirit bone skill flooded into Tang San's mind.
(End of Chapter)