Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect - Sharingan Intercepts Tianmeng

Chapter 34. Having spent half his life wandering, he only regrets not having met a wise ruler. If you, Uncle, do not abandon him today, he is willing to become your godfather.

"It's not that bad. Thinking about it carefully, I don't think I helped you that much back then."

With a drug that boosted him to the fifth ring with almost no side effects, and with the gold soul coins that far exceeded his original investment, the more than tenfold return was just interest. Bai Qingshan was filled with regret.

Why did you only give Xiao Qiang so few resources back then? Why couldn't you have found a way to borrow more money and acquire more resources? Now you're giving him more than ten times the return as interest, and you're giving it to him so quickly. Bai Qingshan felt a little embarrassed.

"Uncle Bai, don't say that. When we first met, I had nothing. Apart from you, no one else was willing to help me."

Zhao Yuanbu: "..." He felt like he had been touched, but then again, he didn't.

"Without your help, I would never have been able to obtain these two spirit rings that are close to the upper limit of absorption years. Without laying a solid foundation, it would be difficult for me to be who I am today."

Xiao Qiang was telling the truth. After all, he really had nothing at the beginning. His innate level 5 soul power was not considered genius. It was only considered excellent in the Sun Moon Empire where the level of martial souls was generally not high. He was far from being a genius.

Not being a genius naturally meant he didn't have much goodwill around him. Even when he was being courted before, Xiao Qiang's requests for resources were directly rejected.

Fortunately, Xiao Qiang met Bai Qingshan at that time. Regardless of Bai Qingshan's other motives, the benefits Xiao Qiang received were genuine. Without the resources provided by Bai Qingshan, Xiao Qiang would most likely have met his demise with only a white soul ring.

In that situation, all of Xiao Qiang's plans were out of the question. He could only rely on luck and being chosen by fate to gamble, ultimately ending up with a gruesome death.

Only Xiao Qiang knew how helpless he felt at that time, and only Xiao Qiang himself knew how important the resources Bai Qingshan gave him were to him.

That's why Xiao Qiang wanted to get enough good medicine for Bai Qingshan as soon as possible.

"Uncle Bai, there's no need for words between us. Just like how you risked your life to help me back then, if you never even reach the Soul Douluo level in your lifetime, it's not your fault. It's just because I haven't climbed high enough yet; it's my incompetence."

"You don't need to worry too much about me. Actually, I'm already quite satisfied with these things. After all, when I helped you back then, my motives weren't entirely pure," Bai Qingshan said somewhat embarrassedly.

He really wanted to beat up his past self from just a few minutes ago. Xiao Qiang had been so considerate of him, yet he had been swayed by a few words from Zhao Yuanbu. It was really wrong of him.

"A gentleman judges by actions, not intentions. No matter what, back then, only you, Uncle Bai, truly helped me. That's an indisputable fact. As for impure motives, who doesn't have their own little schemes? Does that mean the benefits I received from you before were fake just because of a little ulterior motive?"

"When I needed help the most, only you came to help me, and that's enough."

"The benefits I received are real, and the effort you put in is real; nothing else matters."

"Pfft!" Listening to Xiao Qiang's words on the soul communication device, Zhao Yuanbu became angrier and angrier. Under Xiao Qiang's repeated unintentional attacks that killed him and wounded his spirit, Zhao Yuanbu was so angry that he vomited blood.

"Hmm? What's that sound?" Xiao Qiang asked after hearing a strange sound coming from the soul communication device.

Bai Qingshan glanced at Zhao Yuanbu, who was so angry he was spitting blood. "It's not important."

"oh."

Bai Qingshan said it wasn't important, so Xiao Qiang didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, it didn't seem like Bai Qingshan was the one with the problem, so Xiao Qiang didn't care.

Zhao Yuanbu quickly left, explaining why he was vomiting blood. He felt that if he listened any longer, he might die there.

Because he is the son of the eldest elder, he has been instilled with the idea of ​​defeating his cousin and becoming the next patriarch of the Zhao family since childhood. Zhao Yuanbu has an almost obsessive will to transcend class.

As a result, the door to transcending social classes had been opened to him, but he managed to bypass it.

It would have been better if he hadn't known. Now that he does, the blow he suffers is the opposite of Fan Jin's success in the imperial examination. The reason he hasn't suffered a mental breakdown is because he is a Soul Master, and his physical strength is far superior to that of someone like Fan Jin who can't even afford to eat.

Now, Zhao Yuanbu can only stay alone in the bathroom to wash off his blood and adjust his mindset.

He definitely couldn't tell the family about his rejection of Xiao Qiang. If it got out, not only would he be in trouble, but his grandfather might even lose his position as the Grand Elder.

Although his choice was understandable given his lack of prophetic abilities, understanding is not the same as acceptance. By depriving the family of an opportunity to rise to a higher level, he could become a sinner to the family.

Zhao Yuanbu dared not imagine what the consequences would be, but as he gradually calmed down, he had no interest in what his family might do to him. After calming down, Zhao Yuanbu thought about something else.

I was the one who approached Xiao Qiang first. Xiao Qiang gave me a list of resources that he needed, which I refused without hesitation.

Normally, this is not a big deal. Transactions are based on mutual consent. If a deal cannot be reached, no one will say anything.

However, since Xiao Qiang was accepted as a disciple by Jing Hongchen, it's probably only a matter of time before he becomes a level nine Soul Master.

A level nine Soul Master is at the pinnacle of power in the Sun Moon Empire. People of that level don't even need to say anything; countless people will want to curry favor with them.

His rejection of Xiao Qiang when he was weak was theoretically not a problem, but that was just a theoretical concept. With so many people, there are all kinds of people, not to mention that his family was considered extremely weak in the eyes of the strong.

In order to curry favor with a level nine soul master, it's highly likely that someone would take the opportunity to wipe out his entire family. Moreover, after he rejected Xiao Qiang, he even considered cutting the resources Xiao Qiang wanted in half and taking Xiao Qiang under his wing.

Although he hadn't had time to do it yet, he had made preparations. There are no secrets in this world. If his plan to humiliate a level nine soul master were leaked, he would have no recourse even if his entire family was wiped out.

This is a dog-eat-dog world. If you are weak enough, even if the strong only suspect you, you will die.

"Damn it, what am I going to do about this? A level nine soul master, the only people I can barely contact who are related to level nine soul masters are Xiao Qiang and Bai Qingshan."

"Xiao Qiang is practically untouchable now, so I can't exactly go and beg Bai Qingshan for help, can I?"

"Huh?" Wait a minute, clinging to Bai Qingshan's coattails?

If I choose to kneel before Bai Qingshan later and say to him, "I've wandered half my life, only regretting that I haven't met a wise ruler. If you don't abandon me today, Uncle, I'm willing to become your godfather."

It feels disorganized, and the obsequiousness is too obvious, making it seem unreliable, but...

It should be better than doing nothing, right?

(End of this chapter)