Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 167, Section 185: Rebirth of Dai Mubai

Is it possible for Xiao Wu to fall in love with Tang San now? The answer is yes.

Because Tang San saved Xiao Wu's life when she was bitten by the Black Mannibal Snake and was on the verge of death, it's hard to say that Xiao Wu didn't have any good feelings towards Tang San after such a life-saving grace.

However, under the influence of her mother over the years, Xiao Wu has changed, which makes Tang San's path to love as difficult as the eighty-one tribulations that Tang San had to go through on his journey to the West.

However, after learning that Tang San's father was named Tang Hao, that small possibility disappeared.

Even if Tang Hao wasn't the one who killed her mother, Xiao Wu still wouldn't call someone with the same name as her enemy "father-in-law."

According to Old Jack's account, Tang Hao was a blacksmith from Holy Soul Village who was an alcoholic and had no regard for others, which was completely different from the Tang Hao that Xiao Wu remembered.

Tang Hao, who rose to the rank of Title Douluo by killing his own mother, should be a person of high status and unparalleled prestige in the human world. How could he be a blacksmith in Holy Soul Village?

In addition, Xiao Wu had heard of the Clear Sky Hammer, which is the top-tier weapon spirit in Douluo Continent. According to the law of human spirit inheritance, if Tang San were the son of an enemy, he should have inherited the Clear Sky Hammer instead of the useless Blue Silver Grass spirit.

This seemed to clear Tang San's father, Tang Hao, of suspicion, but Xiao Wu still noticed a key point in Old Jack's story: Tang Hao's family moved to Holy Soul Village six years ago.

Six years ago, wasn't that the year her mother died?

Although it's not confirmed that Tang San is the son of their enemy, Xiao Wu has already become suspicious of Tang San and Tang Hao.

Even if Tang San wasn't Tang Hao's son, it wouldn't stop Xiao Wu from taming him into a dog who only obeyed her. After all, he was the top-notch lapdog in his mother's eyes.

But if Tang San is Tang Hao's son, then Tang Hao must know his identity. So why didn't he kill him? Could it be that...
Xiao Wu thought of a possibility: Tang Hao was secretly observing and keeping her under his control, waiting for Tang San to be crowned with a title so he could take her soul ring. If that were the case, she really couldn't leave easily. She couldn't be sure if Tang Hao was secretly monitoring her, and leaving might attract his attention. Staying by Tang San's side seemed safer for now.

Tang San was unaware that Xiao Wu had blacklisted him because of his father's name. He wanted to recreate the romantic scene from his previous life, so he suggested that Xiao Wu go to the back mountain of Holy Soul Village.

After Xiao Wu agreed, Tang San took her to the back mountain.

The back mountain is covered in blooming flowers, the air is fresh, and the view is excellent. From the top, you can see the entire Holy Soul Village.

Tang San asked, "Xiao Wu, would you like to become my sister?"

"Ah San giegie, do you want to be my giegie?" Xiao Wu asked.

"Of course, if you were my sister, I would never let you suffer even the slightest harm in the future," Tang San said.

"Oh?" Xiao Wu suddenly turned around, her back to Tang San: "What if one day, many people want to kill me, but you can't defeat them?"

Here it comes, this is an easy question, a freebie that rewards you with three 100,000-year spirit rings if you answer correctly. Tang San said firmly, "Then let them step over my dead body?"

Does that include Tang Hao? Xiao Wu didn't take Tang San's answer to heart.

Unsure of Tang San's father's identity, Xiao Wu decided to keep him by her side. If Tang San's father was just an ordinary villager, she would train him to be a tool for her revenge against Tang Hao; if Tang San's father was indeed Tang Hao, then...
Where Tang San couldn't see, a chill flashed in Xiao Wu's rabbit eyes.

We shift our focus to another place, to the distant Star Luo Empire.

There is a tradition among the royal families here, namely the system of "raising treacherous officials on the throne".

The succession to the throne in each generation involves one group of Netherworld White Tigers fighting against another group of Netherworld White Tigers to determine a winner. The losers are either deposed or die, while the winner sits on the Star Luo throne.

Wouldn't doing this lead to each generation of princes being killed down to just one? And if something happens to that sole heir, could it cause the Star Luo Empire to become extinct?
Of course not—

First of all, Emperor Xingluo Dai was the emperor, so it was impossible for him to have only one empress surnamed Zhu. He would have given birth to a group of princes who were later in the line of succession.

Secondly, even if the Empress is the daughter of the Zhu family, not every generation of Zhu family daughters has enough resources to share with all the princes. Therefore, in this brutal battle for the throne, only princes who have a martial soul connection with the Zhu family daughters can get a ticket to participate.

However, the competition in this generation is a bit special. The eldest prince, Davis, and Zhu Zhuyun, the eldest daughter of the Zhu family, are much older than many of the princes and Zhu Zhuqing, another daughter of the Zhu family. Being older gives them an advantage.

The once coveted throne has become a hot potato that the other princes avoid like the plague.

Finally, the day arrived when Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul awakened. The young Zhu Zhuqing successfully awakened the Netherworld Cat martial soul.

Although she was young, she understood some things. There were many princes in the Dai family. As long as they did not resonate with her martial soul, the princes could escape this calamity, but she was destined to face this fate.

After Zhu Zhuqing awakened her martial soul, Duke Youming and the royal family immediately organized a grand ceremony. At this ceremony, Zhu Zhuqing and the princes selected a prince who could resonate with her martial soul.

The final result of this grand ceremony was that Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai achieved a resonance of their martial souls.

After everything was settled, Davis patted Dai Mubai on the shoulder, a cold smile playing on his lips, and said, "Good little brother, it seems to be you. Well then, we'd better step up our game, after all, nobody wants to be eliminated, right?"

The other princes also came up to Dai Mubai with glee and mocked, "Third brother, congratulations on establishing a martial soul connection with the Zhu family girl. Good luck!"

"Good luck, third brother. Zhu Zhuqing is so young but already has the looks of a beauty. Make the most of your last moments and enjoy life to the fullest, haha."

"I really envy you, third brother. You can compete with your eldest brother for the throne, unlike us, who can only be carefree and leisurely princes."

After the princes left one by one, Dai Mubai's expressionless face finally broke into a smile: "Hmph, foolish younger brother and older brother, you can only laugh at me now. In a few decades, when we Shrek Seven Devils ascend to godhood, it will be your turn to look up to me."

Dai Mubai has a little secret: he is a reincarnated person who returned to this era from tens of thousands of years in the future.

In the past, he was a high and mighty war god. Now, returning to a time of weakness, Dai Mubai felt a sense of ease, like returning to his hometown and traveling through life.

(End of this chapter)