Chapter 81: Ah Yin, the Darkened One, I Want Revenge! (1)
Upon discovering that her son was dead and that his body had been occupied by another soul, Ah Yin was devastated and enraged, her heart overflowing with fury.
As a gentle and kind wife, Ah Yin believed she had done nothing wrong to Tang Hao, let alone to his father, Tang Zhen.
But Tang Zhen was determined to kill her simply for being a spirit beast!
If Tang Zhen's conspiracy had only resulted in her death, she could have accepted it. For the sake of her husband Tang Hao and their son Tang San, she might have endured it.
But upon finding out that her son had also been implicated and killed, Ah Yin could no longer bear it!
A child is an absolute taboo for any mother!
Especially since Ah Yin had sacrificed herself so that her son "Tang San" and her husband Tang Hao could survive, she never expected her sacrifice to be in vain because her son was already dead!
How could Ah Yin forgive Tang Zhen, the true murderer who had killed her and her son?
"Sister Ah Yin, what are you going to do? How will you avenge your son?"
As the hatred and rage in Ah Yin's heart surged wildly, Su Mo suddenly asked with a slight smile.
This question left Ah Yin stunned and lost.
"Yes! What should I do? How do I avenge my son? Take revenge on Tang Zhen? But Tang Zhen, who killed my son, seems to be dead..."
"And if I want to take revenge on the Clear Sky Sect, the sect didn't help them when they were being hunted by the Spirit Hall. At most, they were accomplices, nothing more."
"I can't just say I'll destroy the Clear Sky Sect to avenge my son. I'm not that crazy... yet."
"Are you thinking that since Tang Zhen is already dead by my hand, you don't know who to take revenge on?"
Su Mo understood Ah Yin's thoughts very well at that moment and couldn't help but smile indifferently.
But right after speaking, Su Mo suddenly changed his tone.
"But Sister Yin, have you forgotten that I told you I have a spirit called Death Scythe, which can hook and control souls?"
"Although I killed Tang Zhen earlier, I didn't destroy his soul. I kept it in my Death Scythe spirit."
"So you're not without a target for revenge."
"Then, what you're saying is... the man who killed my son isn't actually dead?"
Hearing Su Mo's words, Ah Yin's confusion dissipated, and an overwhelming rage rose again. She couldn't help but ask Su Mo.
"Of course!"
Su Mo smiled faintly to himself and nodded, then continued guiding her.
"But killing him doesn't really solve the problem. Besides, Tang Zhen's soul is that of a Title Douluo, which is still very useful to me. Why should I let you take revenge on him?"
Su Mo's question made Ah Yin, who had already darkened from the hatred and fury surging in her heart, suddenly freeze.
Yes! Even if her enemy was still alive, he was now in Su Mo's hands and seemed to be useful to him. Why should she expect Su Mo to hand him over?
Although Ah Yin nearly collapsed upon learning that her real son had been killed by Tang Zhen, the hatred and rage had already darkened her.
But Ah Yin's mind was still intact.
Hearing Su Mo's words, she immediately understood that Su Mo must want something from her.
Although Ah Yin had firmly rejected all the goodwill Su Mo had shown her before,
At this moment, to avenge her son, Ah Yin was willing to pay any price.
"What do you want to do with Tang Zhen's soul to avenge me?"
After taking a deep breath, the beautiful woman asked directly.
"It's actually very simple. Do you remember the bet we made at the beginning?"
Su Mo remained calm and composed.
"Bet?"
Ah Yin frowned slightly and soon recalled the bet she had made with Su Mo over a year ago at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
It seemed that if she discovered the child was indeed her real son, Su Mo would agree to return him to her husband Tang San, and if not, she would have to fulfill Su Mo's request to test whether her husband Tang Hao truly loved her.
At first, she hadn't taken the bet seriously, or rather, she hadn't dared to think about it.
Because she couldn't imagine that her real son had actually died when they were being hunted by the Spirit Hall, and she couldn't do anything that would betray her husband Tang Hao.
But now that she had discovered her son Tang San actually died while fleeing from the Spirit Hall, Ah Yin had to reconsider the original bet.
"I remember,"
Ah Yin nodded with a heavy heart.
"But what do you want me to do?"
"It's very simple. Just follow the original bet and test Tang Hao's feelings for you. What do you think?"
Su Mo smiled playfully to himself but remained composed as he communicated mentally.
If you want to break up a couple in love, pressuring from the outside can be difficult—at least with Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
That might even strengthen their bond!
But as the saying goes: "The strongest fortress often falls from within."
If you find a way to separate Tang Hao and Ah Yin from the inside, the difficulty is much lower!
And the method Su Mo came up with was to use the truth—that their original son had died while fleeing from the Spirit Hall—to drive a wedge between them.
Su Mo believed the chances of success with this method were very high.
Because the one who killed the original "Tang San" was none other than Tang Zhen, Tang Hao's father!
Given Tang Hao's deep loyalty to family and sect, even if the son he and Ah Yin conceived had died during their escape from the Spirit Hall, he might not seek revenge.
After all, Tang Zhen is his biological father!
At most, he would cut ties with Tang Zhen and never return.
Of course, if the Clear Sky Sect faced trouble and sent someone to invite Tang Hao back, he would likely return happily.
But under normal circumstances, Tang Hao wouldn't return to the Clear Sky Sect or see Tang Zhen again.
However, compared to that extreme case, the truth was that Tang Hao and Ah Yin's child hadn't entirely died.
Although the soul of their original child died during the pursuit by the Spirit Hall,
Later, Tang San's soul transmigrated and took over the original child's body.
Since Ah Yin had been with Su Mo before, her relationship with Tang San was based only on the bond of childbirth.
And because Su Mo had planted a seed of doubt in Ah Yin's heart early on, telling her the original child was actually dead,
This made Ah Yin somewhat suspicious of Tang San from the start.
If Tang San hadn't made any mistakes, Ah Yin and Tang San would naturally have had a loving mother-son relationship.
But the problem was that when Tang San first emerged, he was overly excited and talked to himself, which exposed his identity and was caught by Ah Yin.
Ah Yin had doubts about Tang San.
But as a mother, she didn't want to believe Su Mo's words.
However, when she discovered that Tang San's soul actually came from another world—
And that there was no reincarnation in the Douluo Continent,
Ah Yin naturally saw Tang San as a wandering ghost occupying her son's body, or as an otherworldly demon. She hated him and saw him as an enemy.
But Tang Hao was different!
Even though Tang Hao didn't fully fulfill his paternal role to Tang San,
He still raised and cared for him for more than two years.
As the saying goes, even raising a pet makes you attached to it—let alone a human child!
Since Tang San had transmigrated, his adult soul had merged with the baby's body, so he behaved very well from a young age.
Tang Hao's feelings for Tang San were naturally positive.
In this case, even if Ah Yin said Tang San was an otherworldly demon occupying their child's body,
Tang Hao would undoubtedly turn a blind eye and treat Tang San as his real son.
He might even say, "Isn't it better to let Tang San live in his place?"
In fact, from a rational perspective, that is a better outcome.
But Ah Yin would definitely not agree!
Because from the beginning, the two saw Tang San from completely different perspectives.
On this matter, they would inevitably have irreconcilable contradictions and differences.
This was the key point Su Mo identified to separate them.
Moreover, due to the different treatment Tang San received,
Tang Hao, not believing his son was dead, would naturally not allow Ah Yin to take revenge on his father or seek justice from the Clear Sky Sect.
At that point, the two would have fundamental differences and contradictions.
In the end, conflict would surely arise, and their relationship as husband and wife would completely collapse.
Ah Yin might even resent and hate Tang Hao, and to enrage him, she might throw herself into Su Mo's arms right in front of him.
(End of this chapter)