Chapter 14: Tang Hao's Filial Piety—Angering His 80-Year-Old Father to Death
The Tang brothers arrived at the Clear Sky Sect in a state of despair, feeling sorrowful and silent for a long time.
"Xiao'er, what's wrong with you?"
Tang Zhen, noticing the two brothers who seemed to have lost their spirits, asked with concern. This was his heir, but now he had lost his usual arrogance. They just stared blankly, saying nothing, which made Tang Zhen anxious.
"Father, my beloved is gone!"
Tang Hao finally calmed the sadness in his heart and spoke in a mournful tone, recounting all about his encounter with Yun'er in one breath.
"What? You fell in love with the same woman—a villainous evil soul master?"
Tang Zhen almost choked and died of rage upon hearing their words. He gasped and scolded sternly:
"Stupid! Evil soul masters are enemies everyone on the continent fights against. Even my Clear Sky Sect bears the responsibility to eliminate evil soul masters. How can you forgive that woman just because of love?"
"Do you know that, as an evil soul master, she has destroyed countless families and killed many innocent people?"
Although Tang Zhen was arrogant, he was not foolish. He knew well the harm that evil soul masters could bring to the continent. He wouldn't oppose the Spirit Hall just because of this.
If he were caught colluding with evil soul masters, he would be finished. How dare he go after such a woman, even if his son liked her?
Furthermore, he had already arranged marriages for the two brothers—one from the Strength Clan, the other from the Speed Clan. This was meant to strengthen their relationship and was considered the best of both worlds.
"Father, she is different. She is so gentle. She must have been forced," Tang Hao was already overwhelmed by passion. Seeing his father not understanding, he became disheartened.
"Father, you don't understand love—just like a mother, she was also a victim of power exchange," he added, walking out of the hall in a daze, with anger in his eyes.
"Yun'er, I will save you."
It seemed her image of a blue-haired girl appeared in his mind and he silently vowed to rescue her from danger.
"You!"
Watching Tang Hao slam the door and leave, Tang Zhen, already injured from old wounds, was furious. He spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground, his breath weak.
Xiao'er and Hao'er's mother had always been a painful memory. Giving birth to two children with top-tier martial souls had exhausted her, but she still chose to have children in the end.
Although he loved Hao'er's mother, the sect needed new talents more. He had made a heartbreaking choice for the sect's future.
To this day, this was a pain in his heart. Now that it was brought up by Tang Hao, he felt even more conflicted. Wasn't all this just to give birth to you, leading to damage to her vitality? When she gave birth to Tang Yuehua, she died directly.
"Father, are you okay?"
Tang Xiao helped his father up, noting his haggard face and complex emotions brewing in his heart.
"Xiao'er, don't do the same stupid thing as Hao'er for that evil soul master. Break through the title douluo in the next few years and tell the Clear Sky Sect that I am in seclusion. The sect is yours!"
After saying this, Tang Zhen used his last strength, took off his soul bone, and handed it to Tang Xiao along with the sect master token. Then he died. A generation of Clear Sky Douluo was angered to death by his son.
"Father, father!"
The thunder outside covered Tang Xiao's grief-stricken cry, and drops of rain fell, making the hall seem even lonelier.
Looking at his unconscious father, Tang Xiao calmed down, carefully placed him in a secret room, sealed it with his soul power, and then returned to the hall. His eyes gradually grew firm.
"For the sake of the sect and love, I must improve myself quickly."
Looking at the two inherited soul bones in his hand, he was filled with resolve. He saw things more clearly than his younger brother Tang Hao. He cared about the sect and also yearned for love.
As long as he became the leader of the Clear Sky Sect, he would go to Qian Xunfeng and request a small-soul emperor. He believed the Spirit Hall would grant it.
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After half a year of cultivation, Qian Xunfeng successfully broke through to level 98.
In Heaven Dou City, Qian Xunfeng was ready to take Ah Yin away. After all, he had been here long enough.
But before that, he planned to take Ah Yin to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to see if Ah Yin could get recognition of Yearning Heartbroken Red.
"Xunfeng, look at that old man with green hair sneaking around."
Following Ah Yin's pointing finger, Qian Xunfeng saw an old man with green hair sneaking outside the valley, constantly observing something.
"Isn't that Dugu Bo?"
Originally, Qian Xunfeng wanted to try to collect Dugu Bo, the engine of destruction, when he came to gather the immortal herbs.
Unfortunately, he hadn't met him yet. Today, luck was on his side—it was a coincidence.
"Dugu Bo, what are you hiding here?"
Qian Xunfeng instantly flashed and pulled Dugu Bo out, questioning with a look of suspicion.
"This senior, I saw fog inside and was curious, so I stopped to take a look. I was just passing by,"
Dugu Bo stammered, about to get angry, but realizing he couldn't win this fight, he immediately admitted fear.
"Oh, just passing by? I don't think so."
Qian Xunfeng looked at Dugu Bo, making him feel uncomfortable.
"I am the current pope of the Spirit Hall, Dugu Bo. You are hiding outside my Spirit Hall's secret place. Are you trying to steal our secrets?"
He flickered nine soul rings—four black and five red—on his body.
"No, I really was just passing by," Dugu Bo explained, struggling to maintain his composure. He had come to find the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to suppress toxins in his body. After breaking through to level 90, he went out to absorb soul rings to become a 91st-level Titled Douluo. When he returned, he found the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang well occupied.
He also saw two high-level soul saints guarding it, so he dared not intrude. Still, he realized how powerful the Spirit Hall was.
It was because of their strength—if it belonged to them, it was theirs.
Originally, he didn't want to come, but his daughter-in-law was pregnant and was about to give birth, but suddenly the jade phosphor serpent venom broke out. If it was not suppressed in time, he was afraid that she might die. Dugu Bo was very anxious.
"To be honest, Dugu Bo, I don't believe a Titled Douluo would come here idly,"
Qian Xunfeng pressed. Dugu Bo knew that if he delayed any longer, not only he would die but his daughter-in-law and fetus would also die.
"Your Holiness, our Dugu family's martial soul has a fatal flaw. Every soul ring we absorb causes jade phosphor serpent venom to condense in our bodies. As we grow stronger, the venom intensifies. We nearly died from our poison before reaching high levels."
He choked on tears. "A few days ago, the venom in my daughter-in-law's body suddenly worsened. If not suppressed in time, both she and the fetus would die."
Halfway through, the old Poison Douluo burst into tears. He hated that his entire Dugu family, reduced to just him and his son, couldn't even protect their unborn offspring.
What's the use of their martial soul?
"Your Holiness, I believe you have a way to eliminate the jade phosphor serpent venom,"
"Dugu Bo I have a way to completely solve your family's jade phosphor serpent venom, but it depends on your sincerity."
Qian Xunfeng said, waiting for Dugu Bo's decision. A Poison Douluo was still very useful in team battles.
"If Your Holiness can solve our family's martial soul defect, I swear allegiance to the Spirit Hall until death," Dugu Bo replied solemnly.
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(End of this chapter)