Chapter 167: 185. Reborn Dai Mubai
Is there any possibility now that Xiao Wu could fall in love with Tang San? The answer is yes.
Because when Xiao Wu was bitten by the Black Mamba Snake and on the verge of death, it was Tang San who saved her life. Under such a life-saving grace, it's hard to say Xiao Wu has no feelings at all for Tang San.
However, under the cumulative influence of her mother over the years, the changed Xiao Wu is destined to make Tang San's path to winning her love as difficult as Tang Seng's journey to the West, facing eighty-one tribulations.
But after hearing that Tang San's father is named Tang Hao, even this small possibility ceases to exist.
Even if Tang Hao isn't the enemy who killed her mother, Xiao Wu wouldn't want to call someone with the same name as her enemy "father-in-law."
In Old Jack's recounting, Tang Hao was a blacksmith in Holy Soul Village who drank excessively every day, which didn't match the Tang Hao in Xiao Wu's impression at all.
The Tang Hao who killed her mother and advanced to Titled Douluo should be a figure of high status and unmatched prestige in the human world, not a blacksmith in Holy Soul Village.
Moreover, Xiao Wu had heard of the Haotian Hammer; it was the top tool martial soul on the Douluo Continent. According to the laws of human martial soul inheritance, if Tang San were the son of the enemy, he should have inherited the Haotian Hammer martial soul, not the waste martial soul blue silver grass.
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: the Tang Hao family had moved to Holy Soul Village six years ago.
Six years ago—that wasn't the year her mother died?
Although she hadn't confirmed that Tang San was the enemy's son, Xiao Wu already harbored suspicions toward Tang San and Tang Hao.
If Tang San wasn't Tang Hao's son, then it wouldn't hinder Xiao Wu from taming Tang San into a dog that only listened to her; after all, this was a top-quality lapdog in her mother's words.
But if Tang San was Tang Hao's son, then Tang Hao must know her identity. Why hadn't he killed her then? Could it be...
Xiao Wu thought of a possibility: that Tang Hao was secretly observing and raising her, waiting until the day Tang San became a Titled Douluo to take her soul ring. If that was the case, then she really couldn't leave easily. She couldn't be sure if Tang Hao was monitoring her in secret; leaving might provoke his action. Staying by Tang San's side seemed safer for now.
Tang San didn't know that because of his father's name, he had been blacklisted by Xiao Wu. Wanting to recreate the romantic scene from the previous life, he suggested that Xiao Wu go to the back mountain of Holy Soul Village to take a look.
After Xiao Wu agreed, Tang San pulled her to the back mountain.
The back mountain was blooming with flowers, the air fresh, and the view excellent. From the high place, one could see the entire Holy Soul Village below.
Tang San asked: "Xiao Wu, are you willing to become my sister?"
"Ah San gege, do you want to become my gege?" Xiao Wu asked.
"Of course. If you're my sister, brother will never let you suffer any harm in the future." Tang San said.
"Oh?" Xiao Wu suddenly turned around, her back to Tang San: "If one day, many people want to kill me, but you can't beat them, what then?"
Here it comes—this was a free points question, the kind that gives three hundred-thousand-year soul rings if answered correctly. Tang San said firmly: "Then let them step over my corpse."
Including Tang Hao too? Xiao Wu didn't take Tang San's answer to heart.
Because she was uncertain about 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, then she would train Tang San into a tool for her revenge against Tang Hao. If Tang San's father really was Tang Hao, then...
In a place Tang San couldn't see, a chill flashed in Xiao Wu's rabbit eyes.
Let's shift our view to another place, in the distant Star Luo Empire.
Here, the royal family had a tradition: the imperial throne gu-raising system.
For each generation's imperial throne inheritance, one group of Nether White Tiger would fight to the death with another group of Nether White Tiger, ultimately deciding a winner. The losers would either be crippled or killed, and the victor would ascend to the Star Luo throne.
Wouldn't this lead to each generation's princes killing until only one remained, and if that lone seedling had an accident, cause the Star Luo Empire to lose its lineage?
Of course not—
First, the Star Luo Dai family was the emperor, so it was impossible for there to be only one woman, a Zhu surname empress; he would produce a bunch of princes lower in the line of succession.
Second, even for those born of the empress, not every generation did the Zhu family females have enough resources to divide among all princes. Therefore, in this cruel battle for the throne, only princes who had martial soul resonance with Zhu family females could obtain an entry ticket.
However, this generation's competition was a bit special: the eldest prince Davis and the Zhu family eldest daughter Zhu Zhuyun were much older than the many princes and the other Zhu family daughter Zhu Zhuqing. Being older gave them a first-mover advantage.
The once hotly contested throne became a hot potato that the other princes avoided.
Finally, this year came the day of Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul awakening. The young Zhu Zhuqing successfully awakened the Nether Civet martial soul.
Although she was small, she understood some things. The Dai family had many princes; as long as she didn't have martial soul resonance with one, the prince could still avoid disaster. But she was destined to face this fate.
After Zhu Zhuqing awakened her martial soul, the Nether Duke and the royal family immediately organized a grand ceremony. This ceremony was for Zhu Zhuqing to select a prince who could produce martial soul resonance with her among the various princes.
The final result of this grand ceremony was that Zhu Zhuqing produced martial soul resonance with Dai Mubai.
After all results settled, Davis patted Dai Mubai's shoulder, a cold smile on his lips as he said: "Good little brother, looks like it's you. Then we need to step it up, after all, no one wants to be eliminated, right?"
The other princes also came before Dai Mubai with schadenfreude to mock him: "Third brother, congratulations. You can establish martial soul connection with a Zhu family girl; wish you good luck."
"Good luck, third brother. Zhu Zhuqing is young but already has the look of a beauty. Seize the last moments to enjoy yourself well, haha."
"Really envious of you, third brother. You can compete with big brother for the throne. Unlike us, we can only be idle leisure kings."
After the princes left one by one, a √ smile appeared on Dai Mubai's expressionless face: "Hmph, foolish brothers and brothers, you can only mock me now. Wait until decades later, when our Shrek Seven Devils ascend to godhood, it'll be your turn to look up to me."
Dai Mubai had a little secret: he was a reborn person who had returned from tens of thousands of years in the future to this era.
In the past, he was a high and mighty war god. Now reborn back to his weak moments, Dai Mubai felt a bit of the pleasure of returning home and traveling through life.
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