Chapter 148: Three Years Later, Tang San's

The enormous Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor shot out, kicking up clouds of dust.

The snake’s body, hundreds of feet long, carried a chilling wind pressure, like a bolt of dark green lightning, almost instantly coiling around the trees where Faceless Snake was hiding. The scales rubbed against the tree trunks, producing a piercing creaking sound, and each tightening coil carried an inescapable force.

“Hey, let’s see where you run now.”

Faceless Snake let out a silent hiss, its hideous maw opening wide, its sharp teeth gleaming coldly.

However, no matter how ferocious and terrifying it was, or how bizarre its appearance, it was only ten meters long. Compared to the true form of the Serpent King, which was hundreds of feet long, it seemed so small and insignificant.

“Alright, let’s not waste any more time, lest things get complicated.”

A muffled sound came from the mouth of the giant serpent that Dugu Bo had transformed into. With a coil of its massive tail, it firmly imprisoned the Soul Beast before it. Its body twisted again, and the entire serpent was completely locked up, with no possibility of resistance or escape.

” Yan Yan, come and get started. Faceless Snake is a Soul Ring, which is extremely rare throughout the entire Douluo Continent.”

“good.”

Dugu Yan agreed and moved closer to the head of the Faceless Snake. However, after taking only a few steps, his eyes flickered and the entire snake disappeared again.

“Grandpa, I can’t see it again.”

Dugu Bo also felt he had lost the ability to observe the Soul Beast, but fortunately he was prepared.

Click!

The thick snake body twisted, and a crisp sound of bones breaking rang out. The severely injured Faceless Snake could no longer maintain its Faceless Invisibility ability and was forced to reveal its form.

At this moment, its entire body was covered in broken gray scales, and a large amount of blood was flowing from its wide-open mouth. The snake was twitching and spasming involuntarily, clearly indicating that it had lost more blood than it had gained.

“Hurry up, this guy’s about to die.”

Dugu Bo quickly reminded him.

This time, there were no further complications; the sharp dagger was plunged into the snake’s head, piercing straight through its brain.

Perhaps already severely injured, Faceless Snake only twitched symbolically before completely losing its life.

Points of light converged on the snake’s body, eventually transforming into a deep yellow Soul Ring, with a faint hint of purple within the yellow Soul Ring.

Dugu Bo, now back in human form, watched his granddaughter sit cross-legged absorbing the Soul Ring and nodded slightly. Overall, the soul hunt went fairly smoothly. If there was anything regrettable, it was that his granddaughter’s physical abilities hadn’t kept up, and she ultimately failed to achieve the Millennium Second Spirit Ring.

A Second Soul Ring that’s over 900 years old is already quite impressive, let alone a top-tier Soul Beast like Faceless Snake.

Turning my head, I looked back at the entire Sunset Forest.

At this moment, it was dusk. The red sun that had illuminated the continent had softened its scorching heat, hanging in the sky and casting a soft golden-red glow over the entire Sunset Forest.

The leaves on the treetops were dyed half gold and half red, and when the wind blew, tiny specks of light fell down, merging with the crimson clouds in the sky.

This is the origin of the name Sunset Forest.

Time neither stops nor speeds up for anyone. Morning dew condenses and disperses, forest leaves turn green and then yellow, and three years slip away quietly between dawn and dusk.

Tang Shan settled into a regular practice and life.

Two daily practice goals: 1. Practice the Resonance Method and Cultivate After completing Soul Power, he went to the library on the first floor of the main teaching building to read. The abundant classical texts there greatly broadened his horizons and provided him with a lot of inspiration.

On weekends, he would return to the palace to instruct Xue Qinghe in the cultivation of Internal Martial Arts, discuss the current situation within the Empire, and take a look at the progress of the Body Martial Soul collection.

Since even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has been notified, Tang Shan will naturally inform Xue Qinghe about cultivating Body Martial Soul so that the other party can also start looking for one in advance.

As for whether telling Ning Fengzhi was aiding the enemy, Tang Shan felt that it wasn’t entirely true—after all, Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi currently shared similar interests, so there was no question of aiding the enemy.

Moreover, cultivating a Soul Master is no child’s play. Leaving aside the enormous resources required, if it really comes to the final stage, and Ning Fengzhi fails to see the situation clearly, stubbornly insisting on opposing Xue Qinghe, what will happen to those Main Bodies? How far can Soul Master grow in just a few short years?

You should know that Dao, these are all ordinary Soul Masters, not the main characters who appear every Ten Thousand Years, nor Yun Ming who was more like a main character than a main character during the Douluo III era. They are all ordinary Soul Masters. Being able to achieve Title before the age of fifty is already a talent. By the time they grow up, Tang Shan will not even know how strong Dao has become. The so-called aiding the enemy is just nonsense.

It is worth mentioning that in the second month after Tang Shan defeated Xu Siyue, Dugu Yan of the Dugu Family also joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Due to Emperor Xue Ye’s secret tutoring, Tang Shan, Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng gradually became acquainted.

Or rather, the two were acquainted with Tang Shan, while Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng were merely acquaintances. One was naturally aloof, and the other was completely absorbed in cultivation, single-minded. Even after three years, they had only managed to become friends.

As for the members of the original Royal Team, apart from Martial Soul being Ye Lingling of Nine-Heart Begonia, no one else has kept up with the three of them. There’s no way around it; under Tang Shan’s influence, the talent and growth rate of most people in the Douluo Continent have deviated from their original trajectory and are rushing headlong in an unknown direction.

Notting City In the Spirit Hall, Su Yuntao looked up at this place she hadn’t seen in so long, feeling a mix of emotions.

He has been traveling across the continent for three years. During these three years, he has worked as a mercenary, joined the Soul Hunter Group, fought with people over small gains, and also redeemed ordinary people who were seriously injured.

His strength has also advanced by leaps and bounds in the past three years. He has experienced several major crises, but he has managed to turn the tide almost every time and has gained considerable benefits. Now, his Soul Master cultivation has reached the Spirit Elder level. With such a cultivation speed, some people would believe that he is an Innate Full Soul Power.

At the level of Internal Martial Arts, one is only one step away from mastering the power of internal energy. The head alone is enough to train Dark Energy throughout the entire body, leading to a natural breakthrough.

After three years of traveling in mainland China, Su Yuntao, now twenty-one, has shed the naivety of her youth and gained a calm and reserved temperament —a composure that comes from life-and-death struggles, a serenity that comes from witnessing the vicissitudes of life, and a serenity that comes from the passage of time. Even though traces of her younger self can still be found in her eyes, they are now filled with stories of the mundane world of Red Dust.

Originally, Su Yuntao decided to set off again, but thinking of her younger brother and father whom she hadn’t seen in a long time, she decided to rest for a while first.

After making the decision, he did not immediately go to Heaven Dou City, but instead returned to Notting City, where he had grown up.

“Here’s your Gold Soul Coin, take it.”

Su Yuntao passed by a middle-aged man who was simply dressed, had thick lips, and a somewhat weathered appearance. She subconsciously glanced back at him and felt that he looked somewhat familiar, but she didn’t think much of it.

Upon entering Spirit Hall, Su Yuntao approached a young man behind the counter and gently knocked: “Hello, is Grandpa Matthew Nuo here?”

The young man, who was writing with his head down, was somewhat surprised. He remembered that after the old temple master’s family left, almost no one called Matthew Nuo that anymore. He subconsciously looked up and saw the young man in front of him, whose appearance had changed drastically, but whose brows held a certain familiarity. He squinted for a moment to confirm, then exclaimed, “You are Su Yuntao!”

Su Yuntao was somewhat surprised, not expecting that after so many years away, someone would still recognize him. He felt a little embarrassed, as the other person knew him, but he really didn’t have much of an impression of the young man in front of him.

He asked hesitantly, “Who are you?”

“I’ve been working alongside Deacon Matthew Nuo, learning how to handle the distribution of Gold Soul Coins. You might not recognize me; just call me Xiao Wang. By the way, Spirit Hall noticed that Deacon Matthew Nuo is getting on in years, so they gave him a relatively easy job—basically, overseeing the equipment room. But his pay remains the same. Occasionally, the deacon will come down for a chat and distribute Gold Soul Coins. He should be upstairs in the equipment room right now.”

Just then, someone walked into Spirit Hall. Xiao Wang quickly bent down to attend to his business, and in a moment, he said to Su Yuntao, “Young Master, there’s nothing changed here. I have other matters to attend to, so I won’t be able to give you a tour.”

“good.”

Su Yuntao agreed, turned and went up the stairs, feeling a little emotional—she hadn’t expected that after all these years, there would still be…

That’s what people call him.

In the early morning, the first rays of sunlight break free from the shackles of night, crossing the distant mountains and forests, and gently fall upon the rooftops and ridges of Holy Soul Village, one of the villages under the jurisdiction of Notting City.

Golden rays of light, like a pair of gentle hands, brushed across the sleeping rooftops and drew wisps of smoke from each household’s chimney, which slowly unfurled in the cool morning breeze.

In a secluded blacksmith shop in the village, Tang San, having exited the Cultivate state, felt his Internal Energy, which had improved slightly, and was quite satisfied.

Mysterious Heaven Skill truly lives up to Dao’s reputation as an Internal Strength. Even though I am not fully developed and my meridians are still very flexible, I can still be cultivated using the meridian cultivation technique.

He is Tang San, the Outer Sect Disciple of the Tang Sect in Sichuan. Out of curiosity about the sect’s supreme Mental cultivation technique and top-notch Hidden Weapon casting technology, he secretly learned the inner sect’s supreme secret technique, Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.

After painstaking research, they finally created the number one ranked mechanism class Hidden Weapon. Buddha’s Wrath Tang Lotus, later discovered by Elder within the sect, jumped off a cliff seeking death.

Does he regret it? He doesn’t regret it, but he does have some regrets. It’s a great regret that he couldn’t bring the second-ranked Torrential Pear Blossom Needle and the third-ranked Peacock Plume to life.

Fortunately, in the end, I was able to leave Buddha’s Wrath Tang Lotus to the Tang Sect, which may at least make up for some of the Tang Sect’s investment in nurturing me over the years.

Tang San, who jumped off the cliff with the intention of dying, never expected that when he regained consciousness, he would have become a crying baby. As he grew older, he began to understand his surroundings.

This is the Douluo Continent, which seems to be not much different from my previous life. The only difference is that sometimes the villagers here seem to have some extra tools, but this did not attract Tang San’s attention.

His idea was simple: since God had given him a second life, he was determined to make up for all the regrets of his previous life.