Meng Bei's group continued on their way to Holy Soul Village.
Here, green mountains stretched endlessly, full of lush greenery, with streams flowing gently and patches of Blue Silver Grass growing particularly luxuriantly.
"What beautiful scenery!"
Ning Fengzhi praised.
Meng Bei was noncommittal.
This was Tang San's hometown, and he wasn't familiar with this place.
However, when Xiao Wu looked at this environment, she was quite moved.
Some childhood memories of Xiao Wu's came flooding back, and she couldn't help thinking of something. She leaned close to Meng Bei's ear and whispered a few words.
After hearing this, Meng Bei looked at Xiao Wu strangely and nodded almost imperceptibly in agreement.
This little rabbit...
The group continued walking inside and came to a waterfall in the back mountain.
Meng Bei called out loudly:
"Virtuous brother, Tang Hao my virtuous brother, your big brother has come! Why don't you come out to greet me!"
As soon as his words fell, as if arranged beforehand, a black-robed man flew out through the air.
He looked around, saw Meng Bei, and immediately burst into joyful laughter.
"Hahaha, it's big brother! Big brother, big brother!"
Tang Hao excitedly opened his arms and flew over with great laughter.
Meng Bei also opened his arms and responded with loud laughter:
"Haha, virtuous brother, virtuous brother, big brother has missed you to death!!"
The two quickly embraced, and the air was filled with the warm joy of brothers reuniting.
This scene was naturally arranged by Meng Bei beforehand.
Although it was somewhat exaggerated, Ning Fengzhi and the others didn't know that!
The powerful soul power aura emanating from Tang Hao didn't seem fake, and Ning Fengzhi and the others all recognized his appearance. Although he had aged considerably, he was obviously Tang Hao himself without doubt.
This was a Titled Douluo—how could he possibly cooperate with Meng Bei in acting?
So under these circumstances, they naturally truly believed that the relationship between Tang Hao and Meng Bei was genuinely deep.
Then everyone was invited into Tang Hao's stone chamber.
This was a room that Tang Hao had created by carving open a cliff face and hollowing out the interior. When the door was closed, it looked no different from the surrounding rocks. At first glance, even Meng Bei and the others couldn't distinguish it.
After entering the stone chamber, the most eye-catching thing was that Blue Silver Grass.
On the side of the room, Tang Hao had specially reserved a spot and planted the Blue Silver Grass on a mound of earth.
The Blue Silver Grass's slender branches and leaves were growing, and its entire body emanated a faint blue-gold glow. Just one look could reveal its extraordinary nature.
If nothing unexpected happened, this should be Tang San's mother—the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, A Yin.
Tang Hao led everyone to sit in the stone chamber. Due to the small space, their seating positions seemed quite intimate.
At this moment, Ning Fengzhi and the others looked at Tang Hao, thinking about how to begin the conversation.
Although they knew Tang Hao, they weren't particularly familiar with him, so they needed to carefully consider how to converse.
For example, the simple matter of how to address him—Tang Hao was his son-in-law Meng Bei's sworn brother, so logically, Tang Hao should probably call him uncle, but this...
Ning Fengzhi looked at Tang Hao's face, which appeared older than his own, and immediately rejected this idea in his heart.
Seeing Ning Fengzhi's awkwardness, Meng Bei couldn't help but chuckle inwardly. He simply took the initiative to start the conversation and got straight to the point.
There was no need to beat around the bush when talking to his own slave.
Meng Bei patted Tang Hao's shoulder and said:
"Virtuous brother, I told father-in-law about your desire to compete for the position of Haotian Sect's sect master. Father-in-law is very interested and has decided to help you take the position of Haotian Sect's sect master. Tell us more about this matter in detail."
After hearing this, Tang Hao immediately agreed:
"Yes, big brother, I'll inform Sect Master Ning right away."
Saying this, Tang Hao cupped his hands toward Ning Fengzhi.
Ning Fengzhi immediately returned the courtesy. After all, Tang Hao's status was what it was—a Titled Douluo. Ning Fengzhi naturally didn't dare to be presumptuous.
Then everyone listened as Tang Hao began to speak eloquently.
"Big brother, Sect Master Ning, here's how it is:
"Back when deciding the next sect master's position, father once said frankly: Tang Xiao has more than enough stability but lacks aggressiveness. So he gave me two of the three spirit bones that the Haotian Sect had inherited, essentially designating me as the Haotian Sect's next heir. It was only due to a series of events later that, through a twist of fate, Tang Xiao ended up in the position of Haotian Sect's sect master!"
"Back then, in the battle with Spirit Hall, I was injured, and with raising my son Tang San, I was delayed for several years. Now my injuries have healed, my strength has recovered to its peak state, and Tang San has grown up, so I think it's time to reclaim the position that rightfully belongs to me."
After hearing this, Ning Fengzhi and the others nodded.
They had all heard about what happened to Tang Hao back then, but they hadn't expected that Tang Hao actually possessed two spirit bones.
Ning Fengzhi and the others secretly calculated the chances of success in this matter.
If they supported Tang Hao as Haotian Sect's sect master, from the perspective of close relationships, he would certainly be much stronger than the current sect master Tang Xiao.
Moreover, according to what Tang Hao said, the Haotian Sect had inherited three ten-thousand-year spirit bones in total. If Tang Hao had two spirit bones, then Tang Xiao only had one.
Having one extra spirit bone was equivalent to having an extra skill, which was already a very significant advantage. What's more, Tang Hao also had a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and that unknown hundred-thousand-year spirit bone, giving him three more skills than Tang Xiao.
With such a huge advantage, Tang Hao could definitely win even if he fought Tang Xiao with his eyes closed.
The Douluo Continent had always respected strength. If Tang Xiao's strength was clearly inferior to Tang Hao's, what face would he have to continue sitting in the position of Haotian Sect's sect master?
Moreover, Tang Hao was originally the heir designated by the old sect master.
After brief consideration, Ning Fengzhi immediately felt that supporting Tang Hao to become Haotian Sect's sect master was very promising and worth trying.
Of course, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect couldn't provide help for free, so before agreeing to Tang Hao's competition for sect master, the proper distribution of benefits still needed to be discussed first.
So next, Ning Fengzhi began discussing with Tang Hao the conditions after success.
The most important condition was naturally that after Tang Hao became sect master, he would support Ning Fengzhi as the alliance leader of the Upper Three Sects.
With Tang Hao's temperament, he would absolutely never agree to such conditions.
However, after Meng Bei spoke up, Tang Hao's attitude immediately did a 180-degree turn and readily agreed to Ning Fengzhi's request.
Tang Hao and Ning Fengzhi agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would support Tang Hao's rise to power, and after Tang Hao became Haotian Sect's sect master, he would hand over an elite team of Haotian Sect soul masters to be commanded by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
This would include at least five Soul Douluo and twenty Soul Sages.
Additionally, the Haotian Sect's Titled Douluo could also follow the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's orders at critical moments and unite with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to subdue the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
After such a conversation, both sides successfully reached cooperation.
Ning Fengzhi could hardly believe his own ears.
It was too smooth. Tang Hao's level of compliance once again refreshed his impression of Meng Bei.
Rongrong's judgment was too good.
This son-in-law he had gained was simply better than ten biological sons!
If things continued this way, with his son-in-law's help, he, as the father-in-law, might really be able to become the alliance leader of the Douluo Continent's sects.
This would be an unprecedented achievement!
Just thinking about it a little made Ning Fengzhi tremble with excitement.
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