Chapter 67: Time Flies, Su Mo: What a Kind Person! (2)
Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.
After planting Ah Yin, Su Mo communicated with her through the fourth ability of the Death Scythe Martial Spirit: Avici Hell, and witnessed the beauty and allure of the protagonist's mother.
This caused Su Mo, who had not been particularly interested in Ah Yin, to suddenly change his mind and want to separate her from Tang Hao and Tang San.
However, seeing Ah Yin's serenity and beauty was not the greatest gain of Su Mo's journey.
The most significant gain was informing Ah Yin that "Tang San" had died as planned, and through verbal persuasion and wagers, planting seeds of resentment in her heart toward Tang Zhen and the Clear Sky Sect.
As long as he could successfully prove in the future that the original "Tang San" had indeed died in front of Ah Yin, the resentment she had been harboring for years toward Tang Zhen and the Clear Sky Sect—because of her child—would erupt instantly!
With just a little push, Tang Hao and Ah Yin would become enemies!
And at that moment, for revenge, Ah Yin would throw herself into his arms. Isn't that natural?
In that regard, Su Mo was full of confidence.
Because on the Douluo Continent, reincarnation doesn't exist.
Tang San is a time traveler, that's certain. Once Ah Yin discovers that Tang San can practice soul skills and advanced meditation techniques without a teacher, she will undoubtedly believe his words.
So now, Su Mo is simply waiting for Tang San to mature, to be able to move on his own and practice the unique skills of the Tang Sect.
However, since Tang San had just been born, it would take at least over a year before he could move on his own and begin training in Tang Sect's unique techniques.
That time couldn't be wasted.
So Su Mo temporarily planted Ah Yin beside the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, allowing her to cultivate in the unique environment of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
Near the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, the growth rate of plants can increase by dozens or even hundreds of times.
That applies to plants without consciousness.
For a conscious, qualified, and well-rooted Blue Silver Empress like Ah Yin, Lin Yu believed that even one year would equal decades or even centuries of cultivation in the Great Star Dou Forest valley.
After temporarily planting Ah Yin near the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Su Mo left and returned to the Dugu Mansion, informing Dugu Bo that he had planted a Blue Silver Empress near the Well and asked him not to touch Ah Yin casually.
Afterward, Su Mo stayed in the Dugu Mansion for a few more days, teased little loli Dugu Yan, and then left Tiandou Imperial City to return to Wuhun City.
...
When Su Mo returned to Wuhun City,
Bibi Dong led the people of Spirit Hall to assault the Clear Sky Sect, perfectly completing her revenge and almost completely destroying the sect, forcing it to retreat.
Qian Daoliu was very pleased with this.
Compared to the original novel, Bibi Dong was now performing better and was stronger, and she had taken Qian Renxue with her, becoming her adoptive mother. The two had a close relationship, like a real mother and daughter.
So when Qian Daoliu no longer wanted to be the Pope of the Spirit Hall and only wanted to play around with his granddaughter occasionally,
Bibi Dong didn't even need to fight for it. Qian Daoliu simply asked her if she wanted to succeed him as Pope of the Spirit Hall.
Naturally, Bibi Dong pretended to be deeply moved and emotional. After a wonderful performance, she finally accepted and became the new Pope of the Spirit Hall!
The Spirit Hall had entered the era of Bibi Dong!
...
Time passed like flowing water.
In the blink of an eye, more than a year had gone by.
During that time, thanks to obtaining the souls of a large number of powerful soul masters from the Clear Sky Sect, Su Mo finally ascended to the Soul Douluo realm with the third ability of the Death Scythe Martial Soul: Soul Devourer.
In fact, this was because Su Mo had deliberately suppressed the speed of his strength improvement and devoted much time and energy to purifying the power of the souls.
Otherwise, Su Mo would've already reached the Title Douluo realm!
But Su Mo had to do this.
The third ability of the Death Scythe Martial Soul, Soul Devourer, was undoubtedly an excellent way to increase soul power, but it's undeniable that it's inherently an evil soul master's method.
Since the name "evil soul master" includes the word "evil," it naturally implies hidden dangers in their methods of strengthening the soul.
Su Mo didn't initially discover the hidden dangers of the Soul Devourer ability.
Because at first, Su Mo used this soul skill to train by hunting fallen and evil soul masters—fighting evil with evil.
Since fallen and evil soul masters are rare in the current era,
Su Mo rarely used the third soul skill, so he could smoothly digest the soul power obtained without being affected.
However, after starting to train using the souls of the Clear Sky Sect's soul masters he harvested,
Because there were too many souls, Su Mo absorbed too much soul power from the Soul Devourer skill in a short time and was unable to digest it all.
So one day, Su Mo suddenly discovered that his control over soul power and his emotional perception through his third martial soul, the Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel Martial Soul, had weakened to varying degrees.
This made Su Mo realize that his mental and soul power had likely been affected by the soul power brought by the Soul Devourer ability.
So Su Mo significantly reduced his use of the Soul Devourer technique and instead dedicated much time to purifying his soul and mental power.
In the past year or so, cultivation was actually only a small part of Su Mo's life.
Because Qian Renxue started her studies at the age of three, she no longer bothered Su Mo every day as before.
So in the past year, besides training, Su Mo kept a close watch on Tang Hao and his son in Holy Soul Village and on the Golden Iron Triangle as they made their mark in the soul master world.
Of course, due to Tang Hao's cultivation at the Title Douluo level and the strength of the Golden Iron Triangle, it was becoming increasingly difficult to send people to monitor them without being discovered.
But that didn't worry Su Mo!
Thanks to his Death Scythe Martial Soul, while observing the Golden Iron Triangle, Su Mo discovered that, due to his interference, Liu Erlong had gradually started to sympathize with Yu Xiaogang—just like in the original story.
To prevent Yu Xiaogang from taking advantage of the situation, Su Mo maximized the development of the second ability of the Death Scythe Martial Soul: Soul Domination.
By placing a controlled soul into a pet's body, like a cat or dog, he successfully created a surveillance cat and sent it to Liu Erlong, who adopted it as her pet.
And with this feline companion, Su Mo not only continued observing the Golden Iron Triangle without being detected, but also prevented Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong from growing closer.
Because of this, Su Mo felt very proud and couldn't help but think:
"Yu Xiaogang! Yu Xiaogang! In short, you and Liu Erlong are destined not to be together in the future. If you get too close now, won't it hurt even more later?
So why don't I help you out and let you maintain only a spiritual relationship with Liu Erlong?
That way, on your wedding day, when you discover that Liu Erlong is your cousin, you won't suffer as much pain or anguish over incest.
Aren't I doing you a favor?"
Su Mo thought this way. Reflecting on his generous and selfless contribution to Yu Xiaogang, he felt more and more like a truly good person.
As for Yu Xiaogang, who had waited for years without even holding Liu Erlong's hand, planning to consummate their relationship on their wedding night—only to be told then that she was his cousin—what a heartbreaking blow that would be!
In that regard, Su Mo could only raise his hands and say: "Who cares?"
(End of this chapter).