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"Teacher, will we meet again?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ye Lan reluctantly. "Of course we will. What are you thinking?" Ye Lan chuckled. "You'r
"Teacher, will we meet again?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ye Lan reluctantly. "Of course we will. What are you thinking?" Ye Lan chuckled. "You'r
"Teacher, will we meet again?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ye Lan reluctantly. "Of course we will. What are you thinking?" Ye Lan chuckled. "You'r
"Teacher, will we meet again?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ye Lan reluctantly.
"Of course we will. What are you thinking?" Ye Lan chuckled. "You're heading to Shrek Academy first. I'll be in Soto City before long. Who knows, maybe we'll face each other in the Great Spirit Arena someday!"
Ye Lan had decided to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for a while longer, letting Xiong Er lead him in challenging other soul beasts. He wanted to continue refining his self-created soul skill until it was perfect.
"If I ever meet you in the arena, Teacher, I'll just surrender on the spot. You're a total monster!" Zhu Zhuqing remembered their battle yesterday and still found it hard to believe Ye Lan only held the rank of a Grand Soul Master.
Back at the Star Luo Royal Academy, even the Soul masters there were no match for her teacher.
His strength, speed, defense, martial spirit, and soul skills—all exceeded the standard for his rank.
If she was considered an agility-type soul master, then what category could possibly define someone like him?
"A monster? Is that how you slander your teacher?" Ye Lan rubbed her head fondly.
Zhu Zhuqing closed her eyes and enjoyed his affectionate gesture. After a long pause, she took the map Ye Lan handed her, slung her backpack over her shoulder, and began walking away, glancing back with each step.
"Goodbye, Teacher. I'll defeat Dai Mubai!"
Zhu Zhuqing gradually disappeared from Ye Lan's view.
After all these days together, Ye Lan still wasn't sure whether it was right to let Zhu Zhuqing face the fate of the Star Luo Imperial Family on her own.
But he was only her teacher. Everyone has their own fate—and so did he.
His own fate...
Ye Lan thought of Tang Hao, and the reversed blood within his body surged violently.
Suppressing the boiling blood, Ye Lan took a deep breath.
He knew that to make Tang Hao pay, passion alone wouldn't be enough.
To take revenge on Tang Hao, he couldn't avoid confronting Ah Yin.
When Ah Yin sacrificed herself for Tang Hao, it not only gave him a hundred-thousand-year soul ring but also a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone.
From beginning to end, her sacrifice felt suspicious. After falling in love with Tang Hao, Ah Yin had revealed her identity as a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast. And what did Tang Hao do?
He continued to walk openly on main roads with her, eventually attracting the attention of Spirit Hall and leading to their pursuit. Tang Hao crippled one of the attackers from Spirit Hall but deliberately let him escape to spread the news.
He later told Tang San that he and Ah Yin couldn't return to the Clear Sky Sect after being hunted by Spirit Hall, claiming they'd be bringing danger to the sect.
But Ye Lan knew that Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen had made a prior agreement: no member of Spirit Hall was allowed to set foot on Clear Sky Sect grounds.
So, Tang Hao lied to Ah Yin—he made her believe they couldn't return.
With nowhere to go, the two of them wandered across the continent, constantly on the run from Spirit Hall.
Coincidentally, after years of pursuit, right when Tang Hao reached Rank 90, Ah Yin became pregnant.
Pregnant while still being hunted? And precisely when Tang Hao hit Rank 90?
If he had a change of heart at that time and returned with her to the sect, she could've delivered the child safely.
But no—Tang Hao continued dragging Ah Yin across the continent.
Coincidentally again, right when Ah Yin went into labor, the Pope of Spirit Hall arrived with two Douluo to surround them.
The Blue Silver Emperor's domain's highest secret was immortality—if killed, she would simply reincarnate in nearby Blue Silver Grass and slowly regain her strength.
No one could truly obtain a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor's soul ring or bone—unless every single nearby grass, root, and seed was destroyed. And even then, it was nearly impossible; there would always be missed seeds.
The only way to truly kill the Blue Silver Emperor... was suicide.
If she remained a soul beast, nothing could force her to take her own life.
But as a human with a child, the Blue Silver Emperor had a weakness—her maternal instinct.
In the end, Spirit Hall used her newborn child to force her to commit suicide.
But then, why didn't she just choose to sacrifice herself to Tang Hao directly?
The final outcome: Tang Hao became the ultimate winner. He gained a son, a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and a soul bone.
Ye Lan suspected that Tang Hao had manipulated the Blue Silver Emperor's naivety, leading her step-by-step into becoming his spirit ring and soul bone.
Why had she dared to reveal she was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast? Because she wasn't afraid of death—no one could obtain her ring or bone. But she underestimated Tang Hao's cunning and malice.
Perhaps, in the end, she was still immersed in the joy of giving herself for someone she loved.
As for why Tang Hao, after getting everything he wanted, turned around and vowed vengeance against Spirit Hall?
Human nature is just that complicated. Only after losing Ah Yin did Tang Hao realize he loved her.
Only in loss did he understand her value.
That's why he didn't dare to absorb her soul bone—it would mean facing what he'd done.
He hated himself for his selfishness and cowardice but twisted the blame onto Spirit Hall.
It was all Spirit Hall's fault. He had no part in it. Spirit Hall's pursuit caused everything. It wasn't his fault.
Or so he convinced himself?
Half a month ago in Nuoding City, Ye Lan had used his external brain to piece together everything from the original story about Tang Hao and Ah Yin. What emerged was a tragic tale disguised as a romantic sacrifice, when in truth, it was coated in Tang Hao's malice.
In Nuoding, Ye Lan had asked Uncle Su Yuntao if there was a lake near town with a waterfall flowing into it.
If anyone knew the geography around Nuoding, it was Su Yuntao.
He told Ye Lan that there was no such waterfall nearby.
That confirmed Ye Lan's suspicion. The waterfall where the Blue Silver Emperor now resided—the place where Tang Hao and Ah Yin first met and were married—was not near Saint Spirit Village.
Its exact location was never mentioned in the original story.
Though Ye Lan dearly wished to take the Blue Silver Emperor away, to make Tang Hao feel the pain of loss—
Unfortunately, he still didn't know where Ah Yin was.
So Ye Lan conceived another plan—one that could only be carried out years later.
For now, he had a clear path forward.
After finishing his physical and soul skill training in the Star Dou Forest, he would go to Soto City's Great Spirit Arena to earn his first sum of money.
Ye Lan planned to use that money to publish his Martial Spirit theory—after all, promotion required funding.
He had no powerful clan like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon backing him—he had to rely on himself.
Still, he felt conflicted. Some of his theories had far-reaching consequences, and he didn't want carelessness on his part to spark a "black swan" event.
So Ye Lan resolved to release only a portion of his theories after weighing the pros and cons. Even so, those ideas would be enough to reshape many misconceptions held by ordinary soul masters.
Even if it was only part of his work, Ye Lan believed his theories would soon spread across the entire Douluo Continent.
Once his ideas gained widespread acceptance, he would head to Heaven Dou City and use his reputation to seek greater opportunities.
(End of Chapter)