Chapter 31: Tang Hao Wants to Keep Xiao Wu in Captivity, Officially Surpassing Tang San
So far, the only person in the chat group who had revealed her identity was Ah Yin. As for Gu Yuena and Xiao Wu, they were still hiding who they really were.
However, there were still members in the chat group who clearly knew Xiao Wu's identity — Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, two people with broad knowledge and experience.
As for the other members, they foolishly believed Xiao Wu was human.
[Green Grass: Hopefully so.]
[Green Grass: I never expected the future situation of soul beasts to become this difficult. Right now, the only thing we can rely on is this diary copy.]
Behind Holy Soul Village — the back mountain
Ah Yin's branches and leaves drooped in dejection, filled with worry about the future of soul beasts.
Now, if the future of the soul-beast race was to be saved, it might depend on her — the only soul beast possessing a diary copy.
But the most important thing at the moment was to first use the diary copy to raise her cultivation and recover to her peak condition.
With a thought, Ah Yin began checking in through the diary copy, receiving today's check-in reward.
[Ding! Congratulations to "Green Grass." Your diary check-in reward is "300 years of cultivation increase."]
Hearing the mechanical system voice echo in her mind, Ah Yin was overjoyed.
She had not expected the rewards from the diary copy to be so generous. Just the daily check-in reward alone increased her cultivation by three hundred years.
At this rate, she would only need about a year to recover to her peak state.
"Mm… this is wonderful."
"I feel like my future is full of light."
Ah Yin felt deeply satisfied inside. This reward was extremely valuable to her.
Moreover, the diary copy also offered weekly rewards, monthly rewards, yearly rewards, and even a monthly lottery reward.
Day after day, Ah Yin could hardly imagine how powerful she would become in the future.
It seemed that resolving the plight of soul beasts was no longer hopeless.
But when she thought about Tang San, sadness once again filled her heart.
[Green Grass: Sisters, could I ask you all for a favor?]
[Green Grass: This matter is very important to me. If you agree, I'll owe you a favor, and I will repay it in the future.]
[Yan Will Come Back: Green Grass, go ahead and tell us. We're all group members — if we can help, we will.]
[I Am a Little Princess: That's right. In the future, all of us group members will be like one family. There's no need to worry about favors.]
[Green Grass: Thank you, everyone.]
[Green Grass: Could you let me decide tomorrow's diary topic? There's a question in my heart that I've always wanted to ask. It's truly important to me.]
[A Cat Longing for Freedom: Oh, that's all? No problem — you can decide tomorrow's topic.]
[Green Grass: Thank you, everyone.]
[I Have No Mother: By the way, what topic do you want to define?]
[Green Grass: I want to know whether the transmigrator Tang San is still the real child of his parents.]
After sending that message, Ah Yin felt as though her heart were being tightly gripped.
This question — how desperately she hoped the answer would be yes. Yet the last shred of reason in her mind told her the answer was no.
So in the end, Ah Yin chose to struggle once more, hoping the diary's owner — the transmigrator — would give her the answer.
The thought that her child might have already died made her heart ache faintly.
That was her child.
What mother could accept that her child had already died, only for another person to occupy their body?
This was something no mother could ever endure.
Spirit Hall City — Pope's Palace
Seeing Ah Yin's message in the chat group, the corners of Bibi Dong's lips curled slightly, revealing a faint, sinister smile.
As the Pope of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong naturally knew Ah Yin's identity.
And in a certain sense, Ah Yin could even be considered her benefactor. If Ah Yin had not sacrificed herself to Tang Hao, Qian Xunji would not have been gravely injured by Tang Hao, and Bibi Dong would not have had the chance to kill Qian Xunji.
"Perhaps after tomorrow, someone will want Tang San dead even more than I do."
As a mother, Bibi Dong understood better than anyone the pain of losing a child.
Despite her constant conflict with Qian Renxue, they were still mother and daughter in the end.
If Qian Renxue were ever truly killed by someone else, Bibi Dong felt she would go mad.
If she felt this way, then Ah Yin — who loved her child even more deeply — would certainly feel it far more intensely.
"Alright, it's time to depart. The deaths of Tang San and Tang Hao are drawing near."
Bibi Dong put away the diary copy, left the Pope's Palace, and set off in the direction of Nuoding Academy.
Her objective — kill Tang San.
Nuoding Academy
Tang San was still unaware that danger was approaching. He continued diligently studying what Yu Xiaogang called theoretical knowledge.
Tang Hao, his father, was likewise unaware that a massive crisis was about to descend upon him.
At this moment, his gaze was fixed firmly on Xiao Wu.
"This hundred-thousand-year rabbit… it seems she won't develop feelings for Xiao San."
"When I leave Xiao San, I'll capture her and keep her in captivity. That way, she won't disappear later."
Looking at Xiao Wu's figure, greed filled Tang Hao's eyes.
A transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast was an extraordinary opportunity.
Tang Hao planned that once Tang San cultivated to a certain level, he would let Tang San's second martial soul — the Clear Sky Hammer — absorb her.
As someone who had once absorbed a hundred-thousand-year soul ring himself, he understood how powerful such a soul ring was. Not only were its soul skills far stronger than ten-thousand-year soul skills, but it also granted two soul skills.
Even though Xiao Wu's attributes did not match Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer martial soul, Tang Hao believed it did not matter.
After all, his own ninth soul ring had absorbed the unrelated hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor. The power of a hundred-thousand-year soul ring was enough to ignore attribute incompatibility.
Elsewhere
After finishing today's diary entry and claiming the diary reward, Lin Chen began meditating diligently.
He was still far from his goal of "not needing to keep a low profile," so he had to work harder.
Filled with determination, Lin Chen returned to his personal dormitory and began cultivating the Nine Yang Divine Art.
Besides the rewards from the diary system, he needed to rely on his own effort to grow stronger more quickly.
The next day
"Rank fourteen. My soul power level has now surpassed Tang San — this is a good sign. I should record it in the diary."
After last night's meditation and the diary system's rewards, Lin Chen — who had been at the peak of rank thirteen — successfully advanced to rank fourteen.
His soul power level had now surpassed Tang San, who had only just obtained his soul ring.
With a thought, the black diary appeared before him. The moment he opened it, he discovered that today's diary once again had a designated topic.
Looking closely, the topic read:
"Is the transmigrator Tang San still the true child of his original parents?"
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