Gulp~
Tang Hao couldn't help swallowing hard, unable to hide the shock on his face.
He knew that stone millstone, it weighed a full eight hundred jin. And that kid Jiang Chen was actually holding it while running?
Was this a monster?
Tang Hao's inner shock was difficult to calm. Among the people of the Haotian Sect, they were most skilled in strength, but at six years old, even a hundred jin of strength was considered the absolute peak. He had never seen anyone at six years old who could run around carrying eight hundred jin.
He knew his son Tang San was born with divine strength, but compared to Jiang Chen, it seemed completely inadequate.
Thinking back to the heavenly punishment-like phenomenon that appeared when Jiang Chen awakened his martial soul yesterday, Tang Hao became even more convinced of his conclusion.
The Clear Sky Clan's martial soul of their Haotian Sect was one of the absolute top martial souls on the Douluo Continent, but the scene during its awakening didn't even reach one ten-thousandth of Jiang Chen's.
"God-level martial soul. It must be a god-level martial soul! Only a god-level martial soul could possess such enormous potential."
Tang Hao knew some of the secrets regarding god-level martial souls. Those who possessed god-level martial souls had terrifying innate talent and potential.
The god-level martial soul he knew of was the Angel family of the Spirit Hall. It was said that exceptionally talented descendants could even possess innate twentieth-level soul power upon awakening.
And now, right before his eyes, appeared a god-level martial soul. How could he not be excited?
All these years, he had lived in dejection, wasn't it because of his wife's death and the hopelessness of taking revenge?
He had personally experienced the might of Spirit Hall. Although back then he had severely injured Qian Xunji, the main culprit who killed Ah Yin, his own body had also suffered injuries that were difficult to heal.
Under Spirit Hall's increasingly powerful strength, he could only barely survive day by day. The hope of destroying Spirit Hall was extremely slim.
"Ah Yin's revenge can be considered settled, but Spirit Hall killed countless people of our Haotian Sect and forced the sect into seclusion for many years. This debt must be paid!"
After Qian Xunji returned heavily injured, he didn't live much longer before he died. Tang Hao's anger had lessened somewhat, but the harm brought to the sect, that debt, he must make Spirit Hall pay.
Jiang Chen's appearance gave him new hope. As long as Jiang Chen could grow up, there was absolutely the possibility of overturning Spirit Hall.
This was the real reason he wanted to build a closer relationship with Jiang Chen.
Sigh, if little San wants to go to school, then let him go. It would also be good for him to be together with this kid.
While Tang Hao was deep in thought, Jiang Chen had already carried the stone millstone and run a full lap around the village.
At this moment, Jiang Chen was covered in sweat, but his face was filled with excitement because he could feel his body starting to become exhausted.
That small figure and the massive stone millstone flashed past the village entrance. Tang Hao finally understood what Jiang Chen was actually doing.
"This kid... is actually training his body." Tang Hao was immediately both amused and exasperated.
At this time, the frightened villagers also came out. Some sharp-eyed people immediately noticed the missing stone millstone.
"Huh? Where's that stone millstone?"
"That's right, I was just sitting on it a moment ago. How did it disappear in the blink of an eye?"
"Hey, look over there! The stone millstone grew legs! It's actually running!"
Everyone looked in the direction the person was pointing. They saw that under the stone millstone, there really were two legs, and they were quickly running toward the village entrance.
Could it be that the stone millstone had become a spirit?
Everyone rubbed their eyes, suspecting they were seeing things.
When Jiang Chen came closer, they finally saw the figure behind the stone millstone. Their mouths immediately fell open in shock, and they collectively stepped back.
"This... this is impossible?" someone exclaimed in horror.
That was an eight-hundred-jin stone millstone! Even four or five strong adult men would find it extremely difficult to lift, yet now it was being carried and run with by a six-year-old child.
"He's a freak!" someone shouted in fear.
"What's wrong with him? Why is he running around carrying a stone millstone?"
"That millstone has been carried by him... I don't dare use it anymore..."
Unknowingly, Jiang Chen's level of terror in these people's hearts had risen several more degrees.
Jiang Chen didn't care at all what these people thought. He was currently enjoying his training.
"Hey, Little San."
When he passed the village entrance again, Jiang Chen saw Tang San, who had just returned from training, and immediately greeted him.
Tang San was holding a struggling rabbit in his left hand. When he saw Jiang Chen rushing past him carrying that huge stone millstone, he was instantly dumbfounded.
It felt like ten thousand grass-mud horses were galloping through his heart. It took him quite a while to react, and he finally squeezed out one sentence:
"Pervert!"
Jiang Chen didn't stop. He was running happily.
After two more laps, he finally stopped and put the stone millstone back in its original place.
He was panting heavily, and his whole body was soaked with sweat, but he felt an incomparably refreshing sensation.
In the previous training, he hadn't used the soul power in his body at all, relying purely on physical strength to support himself while carrying that heavy stone millstone for ten full laps.
Now that he stopped, he circulated the soul power within his body and immediately felt incomparably comfortable. His whole body felt itchy and numb, and his physique seemed to be slowly strengthening.
The corpse core in his dantian slowly rotated, absorbing the soul power flowing back from his meridians on one hand, while on the other hand, spraying it out to nourish Jiang Chen's body.
Looking at that half-black, half-golden bead, Jiang Chen felt it was somewhat strange. He wondered if this bead that had fused with heavenly tribulation lightning could still be called a corpse core?
He had tried before — he simply couldn't actively control this bead. He could only passively let it purify the soul power he cultivated.
Thinking of that zombie's heaven-shaking, earth-shattering cultivation, he understood that this bead must be an extraordinary treasure. Unfortunately, he couldn't use it.
While he was deep in thought, he suddenly caught sight of Tang San's clumsy movements.
At this moment, Tang San was standing in his own yard, holding a struggling rabbit in his left hand and a kitchen knife in his right, not knowing how to proceed.
Seeing Jiang Chen eating big fish and big meat every day, Tang San had only recently realized how severely lacking in nutrition he was. Although he couldn't be described as sallow and thin, he was close enough.
Moreover, he was now learning blacksmithing from his father; the physical exertion was enormous. Eating only porridge and simple food every day, he felt like his body was about to be hollowed out.
With his martial skills, catching some animals was not difficult at all. The gray rabbit he was holding right now was today's harvest.
Tang Hao stood to the side with arms crossed, having no intention of helping.
He was a rough man; he knew how to kill people, but slaughtering a small rabbit was something he truly had no experience with.
Tang San hesitated for a long time before finally making up his mind. He pressed the rabbit's head to the ground, preparing to chop down with the knife.
"Tang San, what are you doing?" Jiang Chen asked curiously as he walked in.
Tang San stopped his movement, looking a bit embarrassed: "I'm killing the rabbit."
Jiang Chen was somewhat speechless. Fortunately, Tang San hadn't met Xiao Wu yet; he would definitely get a violent beating from Xiao Wu.
"Look at you, your hand moves like a foot. Let me do it."
Tang San's eyes lit up. He quickly handed over the rabbit and the kitchen knife. Yesterday, he had witnessed Jiang Chen's knife skills and cooking ability.
Thinking that today he would get to feast again, Tang San couldn't help swallowing.
"What are you standing there for? Help me hold its four legs," Jiang Chen ordered.
"Got it!" Tang San happily went to help.
Tang Hao watched the two busy little figures from the side, feeling somewhat satisfied.
"Little Chen, why don't you stay here for lunch?" Tang Hao said.
"I'd like to, but I still have to go back and cook for Grandpa," Jiang Chen blinked helplessly.
Tang Hao was speechless for a moment, then finally said: "Then call that old thi, cough cough, call your grandfather over too."
To be able to eat Jiang Chen's cooking, he could let that old fellow take advantage of him for once.