Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 5 Suspected presence of other transmigrators

"Tang Hao!"

Enraged, old Jack's fingers trembled. "Just because his mistress doesn't listen to you, you're going to sever your father-son relationship with him?"

"What kind of father are you?"

"He started learning to do housework when he was two years old, slowly learning, from being unfamiliar at first to becoming proficient, and then taking care of your daily life... When he was three, he started gathering firewood, and when he was four, he started helping you carry smaller pieces of iron. I saw all of this, and everyone in the village saw it too. Is your conscience made of iron? Doesn't it hurt?"

Tang Hao ignored Old Jack's earnest advice and said to Tang San, "It's just this one thing. If you agree, you can go; otherwise, don't go."

"You! You...you're utterly unworthy of being a father!" Old Jack was furious. He had never imagined that a father could be so shameless. Could it be that Tang San wasn't his biological son, but rather the son of some enemy? Had he come to Holy Soul Village just to torment Tang San?

If you have any grudge, go find that enemy!

What does this have to do with mistresses?

Old Jack finally understood that Tang Hao was tormenting his mistress, but being an old and shrewd man, he knew that if Tang Hao couldn't let go, he was tormenting himself.

"Think it over carefully," Tang Hao said, then returned to the blacksmith shop.

Helpless, Tang San could only send Old Jack home first.

Why is this happening?

Well, that's fine too. At least on the surface, Tang Hao has nothing to do with me anymore.

"Good boy, go back and talk to Tang Hao. I think he was just saying it in anger." After returning home, Old Jack drank a bowl of water and calmed down a bit. He said to Tang San, "If Tang Hao really doesn't want you anymore, just come live at Grandpa's house. Grandpa's house is very big."

"Yes, I will listen to Grandpa Jack. I also like the kind Grandpa Jack very much." Tang San's words were not hypocritical; he genuinely believed it.

On one side is his father, a drunkard who has been taking care of his daily needs since he was two years old and can barely speak a word; on the other side is his kind and gentle grandfather who has taken good care of him for the past five years and often makes things convenient for him.

Is there even a need to choose?

When Tang San returned to the blacksmith shop, Tang Hao happened to walk in from outside, holding a lead box in his hand, his face terribly gloomy, as if he wanted to devour someone.

"What happened?" Tang San couldn't help but ask.

Tang Hao tried to calm his breathing.

Three minutes later, he calmed down, placed the iron box on the table, opened it, and revealed a soul bone that emitted a blue-gold light.

This is the right leg bone of a Blue Silver Emperor, which is 100,000 years old!

Tang San's pupils contracted sharply.

Why?

"Don't you recognize it? You've been reading all those Spirit Hall books for nothing!" Tang Hao suppressed his anger. "This is a spirit bone, absorb it, hurry up!"

Should we let him absorb it at this time?

What happened?

Could it be!

Tang San thought of a possibility:

Something has happened to Blue Silver Emperor.

In the original novel, Tang Hao planted the Blue Silver Emperor in a cave behind a waterfall, and it seems that his soul bone was also placed there.

Aside from the lack of sunlight, the place had plenty of moisture. Tang Hao planted the Blue Silver Emperor there most likely because he was afraid that others would mistake it for an ordinary Blue Silver Grass and pick it.

Based on Tang San's observations over the years, the people in Holy Soul Village, especially the farmers, often like to pick a Blue Silver Grass and put it in their mouths when resting under the shade of a tree.

Because the juice of blue silver grass has a slightly sweet taste.

If something has happened to Blue Silver Emperor now, it can only mean that it happened recently.

So, were they other time travelers?

Tang San considered this possibility.

"What are you staring at? You're usually so smart, why are you acting so stupid now? Hurry up and absorb it, don't waste time." Tang Hao said impatiently, "The absorption process of the soul bone will not be painful, so don't worry. Just put it on your right leg and circulate your soul power."

Tang San, regaining his senses, picked up the soul bone, placed it on his right leg, and circulated his soul power. He then discovered that his soul power had actively entered the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone.

Then, the blue-gold bone slowly sank into his right leg.

In just thirty minutes, Tang San finished absorbing the power. He then activated the Mysterious Heaven Technique and found that his soul power could no longer increase. This meant that he had clearly reached level ten, and there was probably still more. However, without a soul ring, the excess soul power was suppressed, making it difficult to determine exactly what level of soul power he had.

However, even though the right leg bone of the Blue Silver Emperor was of the same origin as his martial soul, the Blue Silver Grass, it did not transform his martial soul into the Blue Silver Emperor; it remained the same vigorous Blue Silver Grass.

Why is this happening?

Based on the original story's description of how soul bones were absorbed by soul masters, Tang San made some guesses.

That is, martial spirit and soul bone are two different things.

Unless there are special circumstances, once a martial soul obtains a soul ring, the soul skills will be related to the martial soul, or rather, they will be derived from the martial soul's own abilities.

After a Soul Bone is absorbed by a Soul Master, the Soul Bone's skills are not directly related to the Martial Soul; instead, they are skills possessed by the Soul Beast itself.

In short, when a Soul Master absorbs a Soul Bone, it's equivalent to grafting a portion of the Soul Beast's own skills onto it, and it's highly likely that it will be the Soul Beast's most fundamental ability.

Looking at it this way, it seems reasonable that the right leg bone of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor could not awaken the Blue Silver Emperor for him.

However, after absorbing this soul bone, Tang San felt that the soul power consumed during the absorption was constantly being restored. This should be the soul bone skill: Spring Breeze Blows Again.

However, the name "Spring Breeze Blows Again" was a bit too long and might be considered as padding, so it was changed to another name: "Life Never Ends".

"You've finished absorbing it? Then promise me one more thing." Tang Hao said in a deep voice, "Don't let anyone find out that you have a soul bone. If you can't continue on the path of a soul master in the future, go back to Holy Soul Village, become a blacksmith, and when you're about to die of old age, find a secluded place, dig a hole, and bury yourself."

Tang San was speechless.

Did he dig a hole and bury himself?

As expected of Tang Erchui, his brain circuits are unmatched by anyone else!

After giving his instructions, Tang Hao left the house without waiting for Tang San's reply, heading towards the hillside where Tang San often gathered firewood, and disappeared into the moonlight.

"Are you really gone?"

The next day, Tang San quickly packed up the kitchen utensils, tableware, and bedding in the house and went to Old Jack's house.

"Tang Hao, is he really gone?" Old Jack sighed as he helped pack Tang San's luggage. "What a man without any sense of responsibility. It's a pity. The village has lost a blacksmith. From now on, the villagers will have to go to Notting City to repair their farm tools."

"Grandpa, don't worry, I've learned how to blacksmith, and I can help repair farm tools for the villagers."

During this year of cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Tang San's strength has increased significantly. He can now lift the forging hammer, and with the addition of a 100,000-year-old soul bone he just absorbed yesterday, his strength has increased even more.

While his skills might not be exceptional, Tang San felt perfectly capable of repairing farm tools for the villagers.

"You? Haha!"

Old Jack laughed heartily, taking it as Tang San joking to amuse him. "You're so small, you're not much taller than a forging hammer, are you?"

As the saying goes, "You can't judge a book by its cover."

"Huh? That's a cultured way of speaking, I've learned something new," Old Jack chuckled.

Seeing that Old Jack didn't believe him, Tang San was determined to prove him wrong, so he grabbed his sleeve and went back to the blacksmith's house, where he started a fire and began to pump the bellows.

That skinny, bamboo-like body, wielding a forging hammer larger than himself, used the force of the hammer to its advantage, dancing gracefully like a demon in the wind.

Before long, a piece of fine iron was forged.

"Little sister, you have such strength?" Old Jack was astonished.

"For blacksmithing, it's barely enough." Tang San smiled shyly, put down the forging hammer, and looked at the iron block that he had almost flattened. He thought to himself, "My strength has suddenly increased, and it will definitely take some time to adapt. Fortunately, there are still three months before school starts, so I have plenty of time to train and control my physical strength accordingly."

Thus, Tang San practiced the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique at the blacksmith shop during the day using the iron blocks left by Tang Hao, rested at Old Jack's house at night, and spent the rest of his time cultivating the ultimate skills in the Xuan Tian Treasure Record, such as the Xuan Tian Gong, Xuan Yu Shou, Ghost Shadow Tracking, and Crane Control and Dragon Capture. In his spare time, he would gather firewood for Old Jack.

As for cultivating the Purple Demon Eye, this thing can only be cultivated during special time periods, so it doesn't take up much time.

Three months later in the blink of an eye.

Tang San already had some muscle definition and his body had become much stronger. He was packing his bedding and clothes, preparing to report to Notting City.

Originally, Tang San wanted to go alone, but Old Jack insisted on seeing him off, saying that he was only six years old and it was not safe for him to walk alone... He had clearly gone to the Spirit Hall in Notting City with Su Yuntao to read books before, and then he walked back alone.

We've arrived in Nottingham.

Half a day later, Old Jack turned around and gave Tang San, who was cultivating behind the carriage, a kind smile. "Notting City isn't too far from our Holy Soul Village. If you take an oxcart, it'll only take half a day."

Tang San opened his eyes and looked up to see the thick city wall, which was more than ten meters high, with the three large characters "Notting City" on the city gate.

"Familiar city, your king! He's back!" Tang San thought to himself, indulging in a moment of whimsy. "From this moment on, I will be the ruler of this world!"

After his initial chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) phase, Tang San said, "Grandpa Jack, let's go to Notting City. Brother Tao said that once we get to the city, we should find him first. After all, city people look down on us country folk. Notting Academy is a Soul Master Academy, and the people there might not even let us in because of our... simple clothes."

"Good, Master Su is a good man." Old Jack also knew that it was difficult for villagers to get around in the city and that they needed someone they knew to guide them. However, after entering the city, the oxcart stopped at the post station next to the city gate.

If you're not a nobleman, you can only use horse-drawn carriages or oxcarts, which are not allowed to carry people.

Tang San and Old Jack walked to the Spirit Hall.

The guards at the gate smiled when they saw Tang San: "Little Tang, it's been a while since you've been here. If Su Yuntao hadn't said that you had awakened a martial soul with soul power, we would have all thought you had been kidnapped by human traffickers."

"Am I not working hard to awaken my martial soul?" Tang San laughed, then introduced Old Jack to the guard, "This is my grandfather, the village chief of Holy Soul Village. May we go in and take a look?"

"In principle, it's not allowed, but you're an exception. Go in," the guard said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)