Tang San was enraged when he heard Ah Ruo berate Xiao Wu so righteously and with such nonchalance.
"I told you, no one can make Xiao Wu leave me! If you ever attempt to hurt Wu again, I'll kill you!"
"Haha, kill me, fine!"
A trace of laughter appeared in Rou's eyes.
"Little San, stop it!" Ah Yin hurriedly stopped Tang San.
"Mother, why are you stopping me?" Tang San was puzzled.
But at this moment, Xiao Wu finally exclaimed, "Mama, you, alive?"
He felt his tongue was tied up and his head was buzzing as he muttered, "Mum."
Ah Ruo bristled, "Tang San, I'm not your mother, nor can I afford to be, if you want to marry my daughter, you can do it in another life!"
"Xiao Wu, why don't you get your ass over here?"
Hearing Ah Ruo's scolding, Xiao Wu took one look at Tang San and ran towards Martial Spirit City.
"No, Xiao Wu don't go!"
Tang San pulled Xiao Wu with him as he panicked in his heart, this was definitely a conspiracy. He had a hunch that after Xiao Wu went to Martial Spirit City, it would be impossible for her to come back in this lifetime.
Therefore, he didn't want Xiao Wu to leave.
Xiao Wu shook her head, "That's my mother."
After saying that, she pushed away Tang San's hand and her body instantaneously disappeared, appearing on Martial Spirit City.
Xiao Wu's face was full of joy as she pounced on Arou, "Mama!"
Just as Xiao Wu ran up to Ah Ruo, everyone thought that when mother and daughter met, it would be a warm embrace, telling of their parting feelings.
But, instead, Ah Ruo raised her hand and slapped her across the face.
Slap! ~~
A crisp and heavy slap directly hit Xiao Wu's face.
Xiao Wu was sent flying backwards in the air and hit the city wall so hard that spider web cracks were chipped into the wall, while a strand of blood oozed out of the corner of Xiao Wu's mouth.
Xiao Wu was stunned, looking at her mother incredulously.
Tang San looked furious, crushing the armrest of the cracked ornate chariot as he roared, "What are you doing?"
"What for? I'm teaching my daughter a lesson, it's none of your business! What can you do if I'm the one who killed Xiao Wu? Kill me?"
Ah Ruo snickered.
This sentence sliced Tang San's heart.
But he couldn't refute it, she was Xiao Wu's mother, and no one could say anything about beating Xiao Wu, so you could only watch!
Tang San felt like he was holding his anger in his heart and couldn't let it out, almost causing internal injuries.
"Sister Rou, hitting Xiao Wu like this, it's not appropriate!"
Seeing how hard it was for Tang San, Ah Yin spoke out to stop it.
"What, you're not comfortable with me hitting my daughter, then you can go hit your son! It's not like I'm stopping you, I won't even frown if you beat Tang San to death." Ah Ruo grunted.
"You! ~" Ah Yin was disliked uncomfortably.
Zhu Zhuqing and the others all pursed their lips and laughed lightly, Xiao Wu's mother was really spirited! Disliking whoever she saw, how big a grudge was this.
"Xiao Wu, roll over here and kneel down!"
Ah Ruo turned back to Xiao Wu and shouted angrily.
When Tang San saw Xiao Wu kneeling in front of Ah Ruo, his heart felt like sliced with aknife, but there was nothing he could do about it.
I heard Ah Ruo shouting angrily, "Xiao Wu, do you know what's wrong?"
"I... I ...." Xiao Wu stammered, drooping her rabbit ears, speechless.
"Xiao Wu is right!" Tang San roared, "Is it wrong to be with me?"
Ah Ruo glanced at Tang San with contempt and hummed, "Not bad! It's wrong to be with you! And very wrong!"
Ah Ruo turned back and looked at Xiao Wu with a cold and stern gaze, "You chose Tang San, you made an enemy of Xiao Jiu. But have you thought about it, the Hall of Ten Thousand Beasts, the one that shelters all the spirit beasts of the Great Star Dou Forest!"
"On the battlefield, the ones standing against you are Xiao Jiu, or Er Ming, or Da Bai, all of them are your partners who have been together for tens of thousands of years!"
"Xiao Wu, do you want to have the blood of your family and friends on your hands?"
Arau said, furious, and slapped her across the face again.
The blow sent Xiao Wu tumbling and flying backwards, falling on the city wall and collapsing a large chunk of it.
Xiao Wu didn't even dare to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth and knelt down again in front of Ah Ruo, she said in a resigned voice, "Mother, don't be angry, I, I didn't think that much."
"You didn't think that much? You were thinking about yourself, weren't you?"
"It's because we spoiled you too much and made you forget the cruelty of the world!"
Arou got even angrier as she said, "Have you forgotten how your father died, or how your brother and sister died?"
"The Gods blocked the path to Godhood for the Spirit Beasts, and your father took your brother and sister to break through the forbidden zone to win the chance to become a God for us Spirit Beasts but they all died.
The gods are our family's mortal enemies, and you are with the gods' lackeys, how can you live up to your father who loved and pampered you? Can you live up to your brother and sister who loved you and protected you?"
Arou said, her eyes glowing with blood, her husband had died tragically, and the mighty Star Dou Great Forest royal family had lost three of its greatest powerhouses in one go.
Xiao Wu's father, the Moon Devouring Devil Rabbit, had reached the peak of Spirit Beasts, and was an unparalleled power that could fight against the Hall of Gods for tens of thousands of years.
If Xiao Wu's father was around, he could have crushed a Qian Daoliu with one hand, how could he have let the Martial Spirit Hall drive in, and how could she have been willing to sacrifice herself in order to protect Xiao Wu and others.
Thinking of this, Ah Ruo became even angrier and kicked Xiao Wu away.
Compared to her two amazing siblings, who inherited the bloodline of her father, the Moon Devouring Demon Rabbit, and possessed unparalleled combat power, Xiao Wu, who inherited the bloodline of her Soft Bone Charming Rabbit, was the youngest and the least capable.
But Xiao Wu, who is so well cared for by everyone, has no intention of taking on the family's important responsibilities.
She is only happy for herself.
When Arou sees Wu, she is furious, and this is revenge for the destruction of her family.
Xiao Wu spat out a large mouthful of blood as she was kicked, but she didn't dare to retort and once again knelt in front of Ah Ruo in a disciplined manner.
Tang San looked furious, he wanted to protect Xiao Wu, wanted to get her back, but he had no position, and his lips were bubbling with fire in his anxiety.
"And! You even suspect Xiao Jiu, have you grown a brain? You believe everything people say?"
You are hopelessly stupid, do you want to become a sword in the hands of the gods, a lapdog for your father's enemies?"
Arou raised her leg and kicked her again, she felt that she had not taught Wu well enough to make her so confused between right and wrong, between friend and foe!
"Mum, I was wrong, don't be angry."
Xiao Wu was in tears, hugging Ah Ruo's leg and crying in pain.
Ah Ruo's eyes were cold and stern, she had thought of resurrecting and being able to spend some happy time with her daughter, but Xiao Wu had actually fallen in love with the spokesman of the gods, which made her heart chill with coldness.
For a moment, Rou wanted to just beat Xiao Wu to death to console the dead spirits of her husband and two children.
"Xiao Wu, you are old enough to know about love. However, you can fall in love with anyone, just not Tang San!"
"Now, you have two choices, first, to be with Daming."
"Daming could have transformed a long time ago, just to protect you, he wanted you to transform first, he has always liked you in his heart, when he transforms into a human, you will join hands to rule the Great Star Dou Forest together!"
"Second, you will choose to stay with Xiao Jiu."
"Xiao Jiu is the Pope of the Hall of Ten Thousand Beasts, and you are the Holy Maiden of the Hall of Ten Thousand Beasts, a perfect match! Moreover, Xiao Jiu can lead the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall, kill the gods and avenge your father as well as your brother and sister."
"I won't force you either, let you choose for yourself."
"Now, you choose! Today, this must be finalised first, to save you from being cheated away by humans later."
Arau's voice was cold and stern, without any tone of negotiation.
"Ho! ~~"
Inside the city, Er Ming was dumbfounded and twisted his head to look at Da Ming: [You're actually like this Da Ming, no wonder you can never beat Sister Xiao Wu, love is so scary! It directly affects battle power, I'll never like random people in the future.]
Where was Daming's heart to pull the wool over Er Ming's eyes, his bull's eyes glared round as he waited for Xiao Wu's choice.
Tang San, on the other hand, was dead inside, this was going to split him and Xiao Wu apart!
"Mum..."
It was too hard for Xiao Wu to decide, her mother was too mean now.
She looked at Xiao Jiu with teary eyes and felt so hard inside when she found that Xiao Jiu wasn't going to speak for her.
"Stop dilly-dallying, you have to choose today! If you don't listen, from now on, you will no longer be a Spirit Beast of the Great Star Dou Forest, nor will you be my daughter!"
A flash of boredom flashed in Ah Ruo's eyes as she kicked out again, sending Xiao Wu stomping out.
"You, that's too much!" Tang San's heart gripped in pain as he watched Xiao Wu cough up a large mouthful of blood, Xiao Wu was suffering for him.
"What do you care if I go too far or not?" Ah Ruo bristled and snorted, "Tang San, you relied on my daughter to get your life back, I'm just curious, how do you have the face to talk?"
Tang San wanted to vomit blood at the ridicule, how much did this mother-in-law ridiculed him?
"What the hell do you want? To not force Xiao Wu! Everything, I'll fight for Xiao Wu!" Tang San roared.
"Is that so?"
The corner of Ah Ruo's mouth curled into a smile as she said leisurely, "Fine! You kill yourself, and if you die, I won't force Xiao Wu to like whoever she likes."
"No! ~" Xiao Wu shook her head in pain.
Tang San pointed at Ah Ruo angrily, unable to do anything. Letting him kill himself, was that possible?
Xiao Jiu said leisurely, "Tang San, didn't you claim to resist for Xiao Wu? Resist!"
"You! ~This is all by design! Yes, you approached Bibidong just to resurrect Xiao Wu's mother, just to break me and Xiao Wu apart! You're so poisonous."
Tang San shouted in anger, he used to think that Xiao Jiu had approached Bibidong in order to plot to take over the Martial Spirit Hall, but he thought he was still naive, Xiao Jiu was trying to kill two birds with one stone.
"What a waste of words! Don't you love Xiao Wu? Prove it to me!"
Ah Ruo snorted.
Tang San's face turned red as he held his tongue, speechless.
Zhu Zhuqing snorted, "Is this what men call love? As long as a girl gives herself up?"
"That's why it's important to find a man who's reliable." Zhu Zhu Yun said leisurely, "Men will have many excuses, such as, I want to avenge my brother, I can't die!"
"I have to work for the welfare of the world's people, I can't die."
"I still have my parents and family, I still have a blood feud, I can't die even more!"
"But what about women, who think of nothing and say nothing, like moths to a flame!"
Zhu Zhu Yun's words blocked all of Tang San's excuses, making Tang San's teeth ache with anger.
Ah Ruo tugged Xiao Wu's arm and pushed it against the edge of the city wall, overlooking below, and said angrily, "Look, look at yourself! When you died for him, you might have hesitated? How hard was it when he died for you?"
"Is this your love?"
"Is this the man you seek?"
"What was he doing when you needed him?"
"Think of what Daming did for you, and then think of what Jiu did for you? Are you blind?"
Arou's words conked at every word.
Xiao Wu shook her lips, but a chill ran through her heart.
Da Ming had been as obedient and caring to her for tens of thousands of years.
Xiao Jiu, on the other hand, had spared Tang San many times for her sake and had even killed himself in the Clear Sky Sect just to be there for her.
The current Xiao Wu, feels a bit strange to Tang San, but, let her give up Tang San, Xiao Wu can't do it no matter what. Love was just how unreasonable it was.
"Little San, don't take revenge, okay, as long as you don't follow the gods anymore, my mother will definitely agree to us being together."
"The only person I love in my heart is you! I think of both Xiao Jiu and Daming as brothers, Xiao San, let's leave here together."
Xiao Wu pleaded with a sobbing voice, it was the only way she could think of.
When Daming heard Xiao Wu's words, there was a glint of disappointment in the bull's eyes that Xiao Wu had still chosen thar human.
[Daming, don't cry! Sister Xiao Wu doesn't want you, I'll find you a better one, you're a python, you should go find a fish.] Er Ming patted Daming's bull head and giggled.
"Hey, I hope Tang San will be a bit nicer and take Xiao Wu away with him. At least Xiao Wu will be happy." Da Ming sighed.
Er Ming's eyes went wide: [Are you possessed by Da Bai? Shouldn't you be hammering Tang San to death and snatching Sister Xiao Wu back?]
On the side, Da Bai was upset and wailed furiously, [Er Ming, I seriously suspect you're discriminating against me! I'm not much of a dog, whoever wants to steal my she-wolf, I'll bite him to death! Ow...]
Er Ming froze for a moment, then snorted: [Da Ming, look, you're not even as good as a dog.]
[Fat monkey, I'll fight with you! With a loud owl, Da Bai pounced over.
Daming's bull face darkened, it really wanted to hammer these two bastards.
At this moment, Xiao Wu's heart chilled a little bit during the long wait, as Tang San was silent.
"Little San! Say something!" Xiao Wu said urgently.
"See, you're not very good in people's hearts either!" Ah Ruo sneered.
Tang San clenched his fists, his fingers pricking into his palms, his heart incomparably torn.
Could he turn back at this moment?
No!
Dai Mubai was dead, Ma Hongjun was ruined, the Titan ancestors and grandchildren had been exterminated, and his teacher had died for him.
So many people, all putting their hopes on him, would he still be human if he took Mai far away with him?
Besides, to give up the revenge of his father's death for a woman, he was a son in vain!
But if he didn't go, should he stand by and watch Xiao Wu be betrothed to another?
If Xiao Wu really went with Daming or Xiaojiu, he felt like he would explode in place!
"Ah! ~~"
Tang San's eyes were bloodshot, his Rakshasa divine power left behind, and three pairs of wings in the shape of magic scythes stretched out behind him, cutting the earth frantically to ease the pain in his heart.
At this moment, he realized what it meant to be tortured by his spirit, what it meant to be in a dilemma between right and left, what it meant to be sent to his death!
Choosing anything is wrong, choosing anything is painful, not choosing is even more painful!
Why, why was Xiao Jiu is so poisonous!
"Don't owl out, do you think you're a spirit beast? Tang San, be a man, be bold and reject Xiao Wu, let her die!"
Ah Rou laughed, the harder it was for Tang San, the happier she was!
This was what happened when Tang San wanted to be with God!
Tang San panted heavily, cold sweat dripping from his forehead, he didn't even dare to look at Xiao Wu, his eyes were blood red with pain consuming them, and inside he felt like a million steel knives were stabbing him.
Every expectant look from Wu was a bludgeoning injury to him, and he didn't even dare to look directly into Wu's eyes for fear that he would see her sad.
"Alright, Wu, you should also give up your heart! Xiao Jiu and Daming, choose one, if you can't, let's draw lots!"
Arou reached out and pulled out two Blue Silver Grasses.
"Choose one, if your blue silver grass is longer, then Xiao Jiu; if you choose a shorter blue silver grass than mine, then Daming, simple!"
Xiao Wu's eyes were teary, she didn't want to choose at all, "Mum, I really love Xiao San, I don't want to leave him."
Ah Ruo's face suddenly turned cold and she reached out and slapped Xiao Wu directly, angrily scolding her, "He doesn't even want you, and you're still pestering! Believe it or not, I'll beat you to death!"
"If you don't choose, I'll choose for you!"
Ah Ruo flicked out two blue silver grasses, two of them thrust straight into the wall, the longer one was closer to Ah Ruo, who said coldly, "This is God's will, you'll follow Daming!"
"Daming, take Xiao Wu away!"
Ah Roo bellowed angrily.
Daming's bull's eyes snapped wide, this happiness had come so suddenly.