Chapter 9 exposes the flaws of the Tang Clan.
Tang Ya couldn't help but say, "In what aspect? Xiao Yuhao, you might have some misunderstandings about our Tang Clan."
Huo Yuhao said, "As far as I know, the Tang Sect's main business is selling hidden weapons, but it has gradually declined since the rise of soul tools thousands of years ago, right?"
Speaking of soul tools, Tang Ya harbored deep resentment. In her view, the decline of the Tang Sect was caused by soul tools.
Tang Ya said, "Soul tools are the main reason for the decline of our Tang Sect. Without soul tools, our Tang Sect would not have fallen to this state. It's all because of soul tools!"
Huo Yuhao found Tang Ya's point of view amusing. He said, "Do you really think that the decline of the Tang Sect was caused by the soul tool? But in my opinion, the decline of the Tang Sect was entirely its own fault."
"Look at the types of soul tools nowadays. They cover everything from defense and attack to healing and recovery. The Sun Moon Empire has quite a few level nine soul masters. Soul tools have been developing and improving for many years. Now look at your Tang Clan's hidden weapons. What were they like ten thousand years ago? They are still the same ten thousand years later. Compared to the rapid development of soul tools, your Tang Clan's hidden weapons have been stagnant and have not progressed. Isn't it only natural that they have been eliminated?"
"Putting aside your identity as a member of the Tang Clan, if you were to choose, would you choose the Tang Clan's hidden weapons, which are more expensive, have limited functions, and are far less powerful than soul tools, or would you choose the cheaper, more versatile, and more powerful soul tools? They're all for sale, so is it wrong for people to choose to buy others' better or cheaper ones?"
"This is the problem with your Tang Clan. You have always been conservative and stuck in the old ways, unable to adapt or innovate. You cling to the old ways until the end, and all you know is to complain and blame others. This is also why I don't want to join the Tang Clan."
Tang Ya and Bei Bei were annoyed by what Huo Yuhao said, but they also felt that Huo Yuhao made sense, so they were speechless.
Tang Ya stammered, "That was passed down from the Sea God after all. How can we possibly improve it?"
Huo Yuhao sneered, "That only proves that the people of your Tang Clan are incompetent. I've read in ancient books that your Tang Clan has powerful hidden weapons capable of killing Title Douluo, such as the Buddha's Wrath Tang Lotus, the Yama's Decree, and Guanyin's Tears. Their power is no less than that of a level nine soul tool. It is said that ten thousand years ago, the Sea God severely injured the Angel God Qian Renxue with Guanyin's Tears. That was a serious injury to a god, and its power definitely exceeded that of a level nine soul tool."
"If someone in your Tang Clan could have forged these hidden weapons over the past ten thousand years, you wouldn't have fallen to this state. If even just one of them had been passed down, the last vestiges of your sect wouldn't have been taken away, leaving you the only one left in the Tang Clan."
"Your Tang Clan possesses a treasure trove, yet for ten thousand years, not a single person has been able to develop it. You can only say that you have eliminated yourselves."
Tang Ya was filled with doubt. Did the Tang Clan have such hidden weapons? How come she, the sect leader, didn't know?
Tang Ya asked, "Xiao Yuhao, you must have heard this rumor from somewhere. Our Tang Clan doesn't have any of those 'Buddha's Wrath Lotus' or 'Guanyin's Tears' hidden weapons that you mentioned. If we did, we would definitely do everything in our power to create them!"
Tang Ya also fantasized that if she had these hidden weapons, her parents wouldn't have been killed by a small sect with only Soul Emperors, and the Tang Clan wouldn't have been wiped out.
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao feigned surprise. "You don't have any? The Buddha's Wrath Lotus is the number one mechanical hidden weapon in your Tang Sect's rankings, followed by the Rain of Pear Blossom Needles and the Peacock Feather. Guanyin's Tear is the number one manual hidden weapon. These are all hidden weapons capable of killing Title Douluos or even Super Douluos. You don't have any of these?"
Huo Yuhao knew, of course, that Tang San hadn't passed down these hidden weapons; he claimed they were all meant to sow discord between Tang Ya and Tang San's Tang Sect. If a sect leader led a rebellion, that would be quite a spectacle.
Beibei then responded, "Brother Yuhao may have seen some misinformation. Our Tang Clan certainly doesn't have these hidden weapons."
Hearing Bei Bei's words, Huo Yuhao muttered quietly, but his voice was loud enough for Tang Ya and Bei Bei to hear, "That shouldn't be the case. As far as I know, the Sea God Tang San does know these hidden weapons, but the Tang Sect doesn't. Could it be..."
Huo Yuhao suddenly realized something, then chuckled to cover it up, explaining to the two, "Haha, then it must be that my information was wrong. I admit I have some prejudice against the Tang Clan. Those seniors weren't incompetent. I'm sorry, Sister Xiaoya, I shouldn't have slandered the Tang Clan seniors. Come to think of it, if your Tang Clan had such hidden weapons, you certainly wouldn't have fallen to this state."
Huo Yuhao readily admitted that his information was false, but Tang Ya became suspicious. Could it be that their ancestor Tang San hadn't passed down these hidden weapons? If these hidden weapons really existed, then their parents—surely wouldn't be dead, right?
Huo Yuhao wasn't surprised to see Tang Ya starting to doubt Tang San. It's human nature; if Tang Ya didn't want to blame her parents' deaths on them, she could only blame someone else. That person could be the Shrek Academy and the Clear Sky Sect who refused to help, or it could be Tang San, the founder of the Tang Sect. People are always more willing to believe information that benefits them.
Huo Yuhao knew that what he needed to do now was to let the sliver of doubt in Tang Ya's heart grow into a towering tree.
Huo Yuhao continued to coax her, pointing out the drawbacks of the Tang Sect and inducing Tang Ya to deepen her suspicions about Tang San: "As far as I know, in order to commemorate our founder Tang San, the martial soul of every sect leader in your Tang Sect has been Blue Silver Grass, right? Sister Xiaoya, your martial soul is also Blue Silver Grass, right?"
Tang Ya snapped out of her reverie, concealing the sadness in her eyes, and said, "Yes. Ten thousand years ago, the first sect leader of the Tang Sect forged the sect's glory with his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. Later, he ascended to godhood, but left no descendants in the Tang Sect. To commemorate him, the descendants of the Tang Sect have been determined to honor Blue Silver Grass when choosing a sect leader. They have also focused on cultivating soul masters with Blue Silver Grass martial souls. Unfortunately, not everyone can unleash the full power of Blue Silver Grass. Since that patriarch left, no one in the Tang Sect has been able to stand at the pinnacle of the continent with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul. But this tradition has continued, and no one has been able to change it. I'm already quite good at Blue Silver Grass, but I can only barely keep up at Shrek Academy. If I hadn't broken through to level 30 just before the start of the semester, I would have been eliminated by the academy."
Tang Ya deeply resented the weakness of her martial soul. She wanted revenge, but her cultivation speed and martial soul offered her no hope. She didn't know when she would be able to take revenge at her current pace—ten years? Twenty years? Tang Ya felt she couldn't endure that long. Hatred constantly eroded her heart, tempting her to embrace the darkness.
Over the years, fortunately, Beibei has been with her, and the ambition to revive the Tang Sect has given her some hope and prevented her from falling into depravity.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 10 Estrangement
Huo Yuhao asked, somewhat puzzled, "Who told you that Tang San, the Sea God, has an ordinary Blue Silver Grass spirit?"
Beibei spoke up to corroborate Tang Ya's statement: "Our Tang Sect's records and Shrek Academy's records both state that Lord Sea God's martial soul is Blue Silver Grass. However, through Lord Sea God's efforts, it underwent a second awakening and became Blue Silver Emperor. That's why Blue Silver Grass shines with a brilliance that no one else has ever seen in Lord Sea God's hands."
Huo Yuhao never expected the historical records to be like this. Tang San didn't achieve his second awakening through his own efforts; it was all thanks to his mother. He wondered if Tang San himself had written this record or if Yu Xiaogang had. This was truly a case of betraying one's own sect's junior.
Huo Yuhao could only explain to the two of them: "You should know that the Sea God has twin martial souls, right?"
Beibei said, "I know, the Sea God's second martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer."
Huo Yuhao said, "Do you understand that the two martial souls of a twin martial soul must be of similar quality?"
After a moment of silence, Beibei replied, "I know."
He already knows where the problem lies.
Huo Yuhao asked curiously, "Then how do you think that the Sea God's martial soul, which is the twin spirit of the Clear Sky Hammer, is just ordinary Blue Silver Grass?"
Are you Yu Xiaogang?
Oh, so you're a descendant of Yu Xiaogang. Never mind then.
Upon hearing this, Tang Ya's face turned deathly pale, and she muttered to herself, "Yes, how could I have thought that the Blue Silver Grass martial soul that could be twinned with the Clear Sky Hammer would be just ordinary Blue Silver Grass? But, but why is it recorded like this in the ancient texts!"
That was a sect classic written by Tang San, the first sect leader. It was passed down from generation to generation in the Tang Sect, and no one dared to change it. But why did the Sea God write that his martial soul was ordinary Blue Silver Grass?
Seeing Tang Ya's pale face, Bei Bei felt a pang of heartache. Although he felt a strange connection with Tang Ya now, the bond they had built over the years hadn't faded. Bei Bei couldn't help but comfort Tang Ya, saying, "Perhaps the person who recorded these things later made a mistake, leading to it becoming a widely accepted fact through misinformation. It's alright, Xiao Ya. As long as we work hard, we'll definitely find a way to evolve the ordinary Blue Silver Grass martial soul."
Tang Ya felt an indescribable sadness in her heart, because she knew that it was a sect manual written by Tang San himself.
How ridiculous!
The dream of reviving the Tang Sect now seemed like that of a clown, and her only hope for revenge was gone. No matter how hard she tried, with her martial soul being just ordinary Blue Silver Grass, she didn't know when she would be able to achieve her revenge. Tang Ya felt the darkness and hatred in her heart slowly devouring her, and even her martial soul, Blue Silver Grass, was trembling.
"The Tang Clan's ancestors' perseverance for ten thousand years is all because of such a erroneous and widely circulated record. It's ridiculous! Hahahaha!" Tang Ya laughed through her tears, it was hard to tell whether it was sadness or mockery.
If the Sea God even held back his martial soul from the younger generation of the sect, then is it true, as Xiao Yuhao said, that Tang San, the founder of the Tang Sect, didn't pass down those hidden weapons, or even that other Tang Sect techniques weren't complete? Tang Ya dared not think about it. If that were true, she didn't know how ridiculous those Tang Sect predecessors who shed blood and sweat for the glory of the Tang Sect would seem, how ridiculous her idea of reviving the Tang Sect would be, and how ridiculous her parents, grandfather, and all those who gave their lives for the Tang Sect would be—
They all look like clowns being fooled!
Tang Ya's last hope for the revival of the Tang Clan was shattered. She felt the darkness within her heart eroding her, making her feel unlike herself. Darkness brewed in Tang Ya's clear phoenix eyes, a faint purple glint flashing within them, adding a touch of sinister wickedness to her aura. A captivating smile played on Tang Ya's lips, seemingly sarcastic, yet also self-mocking.
Seeing Tang Ya's frantic state, Huo Yuhao wondered to himself, "Could it be that the Dark Blue Silver Grass is about to awaken?"
Huo Yuhao had already decided to poach her, so he still didn't want Tang Ya to become an evil soul master. Although Tang Ya looked better now with a hint of evil and seductive charm, once her mind was corrupted, she would only become a madwoman, and Huo Yuhao wouldn't like a madwoman.
Huo Yuhao quickly activated his martial soul, using simulation to conceal his true feelings, and then used soul interference to gently soothe Tang Ya's emotions and guide her thoughts. At the same time, Huo Yuhao also comforted Tang Ya verbally: "Sister Xiaoya, don't be sad. Although those records are wrong, the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul does exist. Wasn't what your Tang Sect ancestors pursued the evolution of ordinary Blue Silver Grass into Blue Silver Emperor? I happen to know a method that can evolve Blue Silver Grass into Blue Silver Emperor."
This method is a little too difficult for you!
Beibei hurriedly comforted her, "Xiaoya, look, little brother Yuhao knows how to evolve the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. Once your Martial Soul evolves, won't you have fulfilled the obsession of the Tang Sect's predecessors?"
With Huo Yuhao's soul intervention and the two's comforting words, Tang Ya finally calmed down and her appearance returned to normal. Bei Bei breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, but he didn't notice that the darkness hidden deep in Tang Ya's eyes hadn't disappeared; instead, it had become concealed.
Huo Yuhao, with his strong mental power, noticed Tang Ya's subtle changes.
It seems that Tang Ya has turned to the dark side, but not completely.
Bei Bei earnestly pleaded with Huo Yuhao, "Little brother Yuhao, can you tell us how to evolve the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul? We will repay you handsomely."
Huo Yuhao couldn't just tell Bei Bei the method like that. Firstly, he wasn't exactly a saint, and secondly, the method involved finding the Blue Silver Emperor, which had grown to 190,000 years old in the original story, and having it sacrifice itself for Tang Ya. This was impossible for Tang Ya to accomplish. If she lost hope again, she would probably awaken the Dark Blue Silver Grass on her own soon, become an evil soul master, and seek revenge.
Huo Yuhao made up an excuse to decline, saying, "I'm sorry, this is a secret recorded in my sect's records, and I cannot tell you casually. I must obtain permission from the sect."
Beibei asked eagerly, "So Brother Yuhao already has a sect. May I ask what sect it is? We are willing to exchange this method for evolving the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul."
Huo Yuhao pretended to ponder for a moment, then said apologetically, "We are a secluded sect, and the people in the sect are very averse to outsiders visiting the sect. Brother Beibei, don't worry, I will help Sister Xiaoya."
Tang Ya had fully recovered by this time. Looking at Huo Yuhao, she gave a forced smile. "Thank you for your kindness, Yuhao, but I'm afraid your sect wouldn't easily tell outsiders the secret of evolving a martial soul, right? How about this, Yuhao, do you think I can join your sect? As long as I know the method for evolving the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, I can do something for your sect and then risk my life for it."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 11 Xiaoya wants to leave the Tang Sect?
When Huo Yuhao heard Tang Ya's words, he thought he had misheard. Was Tang Ya leaving the Tang Sect? Or did she think that she, as the head of a sect, could join another sect?
Furthermore, Huo Yuhao's current sect is fictitious. He originally thought Tang Ya wouldn't be so easily fooled, and everything he said today was just to plant a seed in Tang Ya's heart.
Once he develops his own soul spirit technique, he can then try to win over the Ice and Snow Emperors and the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest. The sect will then be established naturally. At that time, recruiting Tang Ya won't expose the deception.
But who could have imagined that Tang Ya had successfully planted the seed in her heart, but how could it grow into a big tree and bear fruit before it even sprouted?
Huo Yuhao felt that his deception was too successful, perhaps even a little too successful.
Tang Ya, you are the leader of the Tang Clan! If even the leader of the Tang Clan wants to join another sect, how is the Tang Clan supposed to revive? Aren't you afraid that the Great God King Tang will be so angry that he will descend to the mortal realm and strangle you with his blue silver magic?
Tang Ya, can't you be a little more assertive?
Huo Yuhao didn't know whether to be happy or worried.
Huo Yuhao could only politely refuse Tang Ya: "Sister Xiaoya, you are the sect leader of the Tang Sect. Although our sect does not object to ordinary members joining other forces, it is not allowed for them to become the leader of other forces."
“That’s easy.” Tang Ya nodded, looking at Bei Bei with a tone full of melancholy and tenderness: “Bei Bei, my martial soul is only Blue Silver Grass. I may not be able to carry the burden of reviving the Tang Sect. But you are still in the Tang Sect. Your martial soul is the top-tier beast martial soul, Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex. I believe you can definitely revive the Tang Sect! Today, I will pass the position of Tang Sect Master to you! Will you fulfill our aspirations in my stead?”
Tang Ya sighed inwardly. Reviving the glory of the Tang Clan was nothing but a joke. However, this ambition was linked to her past with Bei Bei. Now, she only wanted to obtain the power to take revenge herself, so she could only entrust this ambition to Bei Bei.
Upon hearing Tang Ya's words, Bei Bei became anxious.
Why is it that a perfectly good recruitment of sect disciples turns into the sect leader running away instead?
You know, he was originally sent by his great-grandfather, Dragon God Douluo Mu En, to help revive the Tang Sect, but the sect leader ran away while he was helping him? And now he's going to be a lone commander?
He had never encountered a situation like this before!
Beibei quickly said, "Xiaoya, you are the leader of the Tang Sect. The Tang Sect carries the aspirations of our ancestors. If you leave the Tang Sect, it will have to disband!"
Beibei was frantic, his usual gentle demeanor gone. If Tang Ya was no longer in the Tang Clan, what was the point of him staying?
Beibei said urgently, "Xiaoya, have you forgotten our shared ambition to revive the Tang Sect? We promised to revive the Tang Sect together!"
Tang Ya hesitated, "This—"
Although hatred had corrupted part of her mind, she still harbored feelings for Beibei, which made her hesitate and unable to make a decision.
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