Douluo Continent: Disciple Tang San, righteous yet evil

Chapter 163 The Five Elements Soul Core Project: A Mortal Body Rivals Gods
Upon hearing this, Tang Xiao swallowed back the words he was about to say, his eyes filled with shock and confusion. He asked, "Brother Hao, what do you mean by that? Isn't Ah Yin already dead?"

"Brother, it's a long story."

After a pause, Tang Hao sighed and continued, "Ever since Ah Yin sacrificed herself to me, I have been living in seclusion in a small village with my son, raising him with great difficulty."

"Until one day, he suddenly became the disciple of a young man. Although the young man was only a teenager, he was exceptionally talented and even surpassed me."

"You've probably heard of him; he's Lin Mu!"

Everyone present was stunned by these words.

Although the Haotian Sect has closed its gates to the outside world, it does not mean that it is completely cut off from contact with the outside world.

In the past year or two, Lin Mu has become famous throughout the mainland, and they have naturally heard of him.

A moment later, Tang Xiao was the first to come to his senses, and asked in astonishment, "Brother Hao, what you're saying has anything to do with Ah Yin?"

Even if Lin Mutian was exceptionally talented, it was irrelevant to him; all he wanted to know now was the safety of his younger brother and sister-in-law.

"Brother, it was Lin Mu who stole A Yin! He first deceived my son, and then took A Yin away from me. Now I am all alone, and I have even lost an arm and a leg."

As he spoke, Tang Hao's eyes were filled with anger. He first clenched his fists, then quickly relaxed them.

With his current soul power of over level 70, he would have a hard time dealing with Dugu Bo, let alone Lin Mu. He could only watch helplessly as his son and wife were deceived by Lin Mu.

"what!"

Tang Xiao stared wide-eyed at Tang Hao with disbelief, and asked urgently, "What exactly happened? Is Ah Yin dead or alive?"

The five elders were also shocked to learn of Tang Hao's tragic end.

However, they were mostly gloating, wishing Tang Hao would suffer even more, since they wouldn't have been implicated if Tang Hao hadn't made a mistake back then.

"Brother."

Faced with Tang Xiao's question, Tang Hao did not rush to answer. Instead, he looked at the five elders behind him, his eyes revealing a hint of distrust.

If they knew that Ah Yin might be able to be resurrected, it might endanger Ah Yin's safety.

Noticing Tang Hao's scrutiny, the Seventh Elder flew into a rage and sneered, "You've ruined the sect so badly, leaving you with a broken family. You deserve it!"

Upon hearing this, Tang Hao's face darkened, and he almost couldn't contain his anger.

But when he thought about the sins he had committed, more than half of the anger in his heart was extinguished.

After all, he had wronged the sect.

He originally planned to wait until Tang San became the most outstanding Soul Master among the younger generation before allowing Tang San to be recognized by his ancestors and return to the sect, which would be a way of making amends to the sect.

Unexpectedly, under Lin Mu's instigation, Tang San became a completely unfilial son!
She'd rather trust a stranger than do her own father a small favor; it's like she raised him for nothing.

Seeing this, Tang Xiao's expression suddenly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice, "Seventh Elder, Brother Hao has already received the punishment he deserves, so please don't kick him while he's down."

"Sect Master, this beast not only killed my son, but also the old Sect Master and countless sect disciples. You cannot show favoritism and abuse your power!"

The Seventh Elder said with a dissatisfaction.

At the same time, the other four elders stood beside him, clearly indicating that they were on the same side as the Seventh Elder.

Seeing that the five elders were showing him no respect, Tang Xiao felt quite helpless.

Even as the sect leader, he couldn't do anything to the five elders, let alone that if the five elders joined forces, he would definitely be no match for them.

If Tang Hao were still in his prime, the two brothers could have dealt with him together, but now that Tang Hao had lost one arm and one leg, and his soul power had dropped to the seventy-something level, even the Seventh Elder couldn't handle him. At this moment, Tang Hao stepped forward and knelt directly before the Seventh Elder, saying in a heavy tone:
"Seventh Elder, now that I have returned to the sect, I will no longer shirk my responsibilities. I only hope that you can give me some time to resolve this matter, and then I will be at your disposal."

The five elders looked at Tang Hao kneeling on the ground with disbelief.

Although they were Tang Hao's elders, Tang Hao had always been arrogant and had never knelt before them. He never expected them to do this now.

Even the Seventh Elder hesitated. After all, Tang Hao was the old sect master's son.

"Seventh Brother, put aside your grudges for now. So many years have passed, a few more months won't make a difference."

The Second Elder said in an unquestionable manner.

Upon hearing this, the Seventh Elder immediately seized the opportunity to back down and temporarily let Tang Hao go.

Afterwards, Tang Xiao led Tang Hao to a study, wanting to ask him for details about the matter.

With Tang Hao adding fuel to the fire, Tang Xiao flew into a rage and said, "Shameless brat! How dare you bewitch my nephew, cripple my brother Hao's hand and foot, and imprison and humiliate my sister-in-law!"

"Brother, he also stole the two soul bones from the sect."

"Don't worry, Brother Hao, I will definitely help you avenge this, and I will also take back the Soul Bone. The elders will not stand idly by."

Wuhun City.

Since the end of the third round of the competition, Lin Mu has returned to the hotel to cultivate.

Currently, the main quest is over 70% complete, and the previous rewards included one level of soul power and an increase of 10,000 years in the duration of any soul ring.

With another year of cultivation, his soul power has reached level 89, and all his soul rings are over 10,000 years old.

In order to break through to the Title Douluo level as soon as possible, Lin Mu plans to try to condense a soul core.

Previously, Lin Mu dared not try it rashly, in case he damaged his meridians or even lost all his cultivation, it would be a loss that outweighed the gain.

But now, his mental strength has reached the level of a Title Douluo, and his control over soul power surpasses that of some Super Douluos, giving him at least a 90% chance of success.

Lin Mu intends to condense this first soul core into a fire-attribute soul core.

Although he has now collected four sets of elemental armor, Nava's fire attribute has been greatly enhanced, equivalent to the so-called ultimate fire.

After breaking through to the Title Douluo level, I will consider condensing soul cores of other attributes.

If he could gather four or five soul cores, he might be able to rival the gods with his mortal body, since the gods in this world are not considered very strong.

Next, Lin Mu tried to use his mental power to guide his soul power to gather in his dantian and make it rotate at high speed to form an inward compression vortex.

He then incorporated the attributes and characteristics of his own martial spirit and his understanding of the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the vortex.

Then, the vortex is continuously driven to forcibly compress the soul power, spiritual power, and the primordial energy of heaven and earth to a critical point.

As the vortex was continuously compressed, its energy density eventually reached its limit, condensing into a red crystal.

"So this is the Soul Core?"

Lin Mu exhaled a breath of stale air, feeling the immense energy contained within the crystal, and suddenly felt a sense of unreality.

Although the process took a considerable amount of time, it went relatively smoothly overall and was simpler than I had imagined.

(End of this chapter)