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Before leaving Hengyan Manor, Tang San agreed on a departure time with Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan. He then took Gu Yuena shopping in Mingshi Food City. During their outing, he called Hu Liena via the Blue Silver Network to explain the situation.
"You're not planning to sneak off and slack, are you?" came Hu Liena's suspicious tone from the other end of the Blue Silver Network. "Or perhaps you're taking your lovely wives on a mountain adventure for some fun?"
"Of course not," Tang San replied. "I'm just helping Yu Tianheng deal with a team of fallen ones. Besides, my usual activities are limited to research, except for establishing, managing, and maintaining the Blue Silver Network, which is my official duty. Apart from that, I have plenty of free time as long as I'm not cultivating or researching."
Hu Liena listened with envy and even jealousy, gritting her teeth as she asked, "Will the Blue Silver Network be alright without you?"
"It will be fine."
The tangible Blue Silver Emperor martial soul could be planted and was indistinguishable from a real plant. Tang San even felt that if he were to die, he could use the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul plant to perform the fourth spirit ability and resurrect himself.
However, Tang San swore never to try this.
After recognizing the existence of the indestructible true spirit, Tang San rekindled the respect for life he had lost after acquiring the Nine Deaths Resurrecting Skill.
After ending the call, Tang San focused on accompanying Gu Yuena on their street shopping. At least for now, Gu Yuena was only interested in various foods, which he could handle. If she later became interested in clothes, she would have to shop on her own, as Tang San would not accompany her...
After disconnecting from the Blue Silver Network, Hu Liena contacted Bibi Dong to inform her that Tang San was leaving Spirit City.
"That team of fallen ones is indeed troublesome."
Bibi Dong had tasked Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan with dealing with the fallen ones partly to prevent them from meeting Tang San and others. Initially, the plan was to give Yu Tianheng a series of continuous tasks, but the first task alone had lasted for over two years.
According to reports from the Spirit Douluo accompanying Yu Tianheng on the mission, Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan were not neglecting their duties. On the contrary, they were eager to take down the fallen ones.
However, the three Soul Kings were too difficult to handle. They possessed a martial soul fusion technique, specifically the third type in Tang San's classification of martial soul fusion techniques: martial soul fusion. It seemed that unless all three were killed simultaneously, they could not be truly killed and would always "resurrect" afterward.
"Teacher, do you approve Tang San's leave request?" Hu Liena asked.
"No, he would just sneak out anyway. You know, he can now use the Blue Silver Network to form a physical presence with his spiritual power," Bibi Dong said, aware that with Tang San's abilities, no one could stop him from leaving Spirit City, including herself.
After all, he had planned the layout of the six outer cities himself and knew the routes best.
"Understood." Hu Liena stamped Tang San's request and then asked about Yu Tianheng, "Now that Tang San has contacted Yu Tianheng, should we assign him another task once this one is completed?"
"No need. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan currently has interests aligned with our Spirit Hall. The development of Spirit Hall needs their support, even if it's just verbal."
Bibi Dong thought for a moment and decided to change the policy.
"Moreover, since Tang San already knows Yu Tianheng has been in Spirit City, he must have guessed our initial intent of assigning tasks to Yu Tianheng. Continuing to do so would be, as Tang San would say, 'covering one's ears to steal a bell,' treating him like a fool. It's better to go with the flow."
"Keep an eye on Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan with your Wisdom and Spiritual Soul Imprint Thrones. If they truly have some goodwill towards Spirit Hall, send people to visit them. In the future, Spirit Hall could have two more titled Douluo."
Hu Liena agreed, "As Tang San says, if we treat others with sincerity, they will reciprocate. If we only aim to exploit and betray, they can hold us accountable later. Especially in this era of rapid information dissemination, we would certainly be condemned by all."
"Exactly." Bibi Dong ended the Blue Silver Network's spiritual communication with satisfaction, though she thought to herself:
Treating others with sincerity comes with a prerequisite: having absolute strength to suppress the evil in human nature and to intimidate malevolent forces. Otherwise, people will only think we are easy to bully...
Two days later.
Tang San thoroughly satisfied the four women before leaving the Soul Weapon Manor for Hengyan Manor, urged by the eavesdropping Gu Yuena.
"Is it really that interesting? You all seem to enjoy it so much!" Gu Yuena began to get curious. "From what I see, the reproduction time of soul beasts is very short."
"Little kids shouldn't know about these things."
"Can't I be mature for my age?" Gu Yuena rolled her eyes. "Besides, if we're talking age, I could be your great-great-great-grandmother..."
"Alright, my dear great-great-great-grandmother, you currently look like an eight-year-old, so you need to act like one. At least pretend for the others, okay?" Tang San coaxed her as if she were a child.
"That makes sense." Gu Yuena actually appeared to ponder, then grabbed Tang San's wrist, teary-eyed, and said, "I'm tired. Carry me, or I'll cry!"
"A normal eight-year-old might indeed behave like you, but you're a genius." Tang San reasoned with her again, "Geniuses can be mature early."
Gu Yuena: "..." No matter what, you always have the last word, right?
In the end, Tang San carried Gu Yuena. After all, this little girl was different from Xiao Wu; if she really got mad, he might not be able to handle her. A little coaxing was necessary.
Of course, he couldn't spoil her too much, lest she become too demanding.
Outside Hengyan Manor.
Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan were already waiting, accompanied by fifteen Spirit Elders. Upon seeing Tang San, they all bowed respectfully, saying, "Greetings, Holy Son!"
"No need for formalities. Yu Tianheng is still the leader. I'm just a regular member like the rest of you." Tang San waved his hand casually, feeling somewhat uncomfortable with such reverence, and clarified his position.
"Yes, Holy Son!"
Their respect deepened.
Tang San sighed inwardly, while Yu Tianheng didn't mind this "stealing the limelight" scene at all. After all, in public, he also had to address Tang San as Holy Son. Laughing, he said, "What regular member? You're our captain. This time, we'll need your guidance to analyze those three Spirit Kings."
"Actually, when Huo Wu told me about it two days ago, I had already analyzed it. But without seeing it firsthand, I couldn't confirm my guess." Tang San nodded. "One of the purposes of accompanying you this time is to verify it and see if it can be incorporated into my self-created spirit technique for training spiritual power..."
(End of Chapter)