Chapter 4: Tang San: The Useless One Was Actually Me?
The thoughtfulness of the Blue Silver King moved Tang Lan greatly. —The later teachings and the gold bricks were things Tang San never received in the original story. Did that mean the Blue Silver King really thought highly of him?
"Just wait. I'll come back and wake you up," Tang Lan said seriously.
He was a simple person.
If someone wronged him, he would repay it. If someone helped him, he would repay it as well.
Since the Blue Silver King had done so much for him, there was no way he could treat him poorly.
He put on the storage soul tool ring on the ring finger of his left hand.
"Since you gave it to me, I'll call it 'Blue King.'"
It represented the Blue Silver King.
And it would also remind him that there was still an eighty-five-thousand-year-old blade of grass waiting for him to awaken it.
He released the Fate Blue Silver Emperor and used the Blue Silver Domain to disguise it as an ordinary Blue Silver Grass.
Then he rolled up all the gold bricks and stored them inside Blue King.
Activating the soul bone skill "Flight," he flew toward Holy Soul Village.
Compared to when he arrived ,
Tang Lan's level had skyrocketed, and his internal energy recovered extremely quickly.
He sped through the air like the wind, and in less than half an hour he returned to Holy Soul Village.
Since the sky had already darkened, he wasn't afraid of being exposed.
He flew straight into the village and then descended vertically into his home.
"Clang—clang—"
The rhythmic sound of hammering iron echoed out.
Still forging this late at night?
He pushed the door open.
He saw Tang San standing in front of the furnace, rotating left three circles and right three circles.
The Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique?
It seemed Tang San had still awakened twin martial souls, which was why Tang Hao regained his fighting spirit and taught him this supreme Haotian technique.
Although the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique was mainly for forging, it was also powerful in combat.
It could temporarily accumulate strength at a single point. Each hammer strike would be stronger than the previous one.
After eighty-one strikes, all the accumulated power would explode at once.
The core principle was "borrowing force to exert force."
Coincidentally, after reaching Great Perfection in the Nine Yang Divine Skill, Tang Lan had also mastered the principle of borrowing force.
After only watching Tang San's method of exerting force for a few moments,
he had already learned the complete Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.
Let's try it!
Feeling a bit itchy to test it, Tang Lan stood beside Tang San.
He didn't even take a normal hammer.
He directly summoned his martial soul, the Thunderflame Clear Sky Hammer, grabbed a piece of iron, and began hammering!
Using the legs to drive the waist, the waist to drive the back, and the back to drive the arms.
"Bang!"
With the Thunderflame Clear Sky Hammer's heavy weight combined with the strength of his indestructible body, the first strike startled Tang San!
His movement distorted, his force application went wrong, and he fell to the ground clutching his waist while sucking in cold air.
He had twisted his waist!
He frowned and looked at Tang Lan, uncertain.
He looked like his older brother Tang Lan.
But they hadn't seen each other for only ten days—how had he suddenly grown so much taller?
And become so much more handsome…
Tang Lan was completely unaffected.
He turned his body, still driving the motion from his calves, using the rebounding force to swing the Thunderflame Clear Sky Hammer in a circle before smashing down on the iron block again!
Repeating the same method, circling left and right.
The iron block suffered a storm of hammer strikes. Under Tang Lan's control, it was flattened and reshaped at will.
Because of the flame attribute carried by the Thunderflame Clear Sky Hammer, it didn't even need heating in the fire.
Tang San stared in shock!
This…
The Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique?
He had studied it for three whole days before barely entering the beginner stage!
In just a dozen breaths, Tang Lan had already completed thirty-six hammer strikes, and after stopping he was only slightly out of breath.
He still had energy left.
But the iron block had already been forged into thousand-refined steel.
It had reached the material's limit.
If he continued hammering, it would shatter.
"Good!"
A shout of praise startled Tang Lan.
He looked toward the main bedroom.
Tang Hao, who was usually drunk, now had sharp eyes and a face full of approval.
"Just by watching once you learned the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique. Xiao Lan, your talent is very good."
No wonder he had just awakened his martial soul and was able to sense Ah Yin's call and completely awaken the Blue Silver Emperor.
Compared to that,
Tang San's twin martial souls and innate full soul power seemed somewhat lacking.
"Xiao Lan, tell Xiao San what the trick of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique is," Tang Hao said.
Tang San, who already felt defeated inside, looked even worse when he heard that.
Actually, deep down he had always looked down on his older brother.
Every day he just lay on the bed sleeping (actually cultivating).
Washing clothes, cooking, and housework were all pushed onto him (exploiting his labor).
Who would have thought…
Just when his father finally began teaching him, Tang Lan suddenly showed his strength too?
"Ah? The trick?" Tang Lan scratched his head. "It's just borrowing force to exert force. Isn't that something you understand after watching once?"
Tang San: …
If you say it like that, doesn't that make him a useless person?
Tang Hao: …
Are you serious?
But seeing Tang Lan's calm expression, Tang Hao nodded.
As a genius himself, Tang Hao had not been able to learn things instantly with a single glance.
But his learning speed had still far surpassed his peers, and he had always felt things were extremely simple.
Back then people often misunderstood him, thinking he was showing off.
Now thinking about it,
those people back then were just like him now—unable to understand the world of geniuses.
Since Tang Lan's talent was so high, it couldn't be wasted!
"Xiao Lan, come with me. Dad will teach you a new hammer technique."
He turned and was about to leave the courtyard.
Then Tang Hao suddenly noticed Tang San lying on the ground clutching his waist.
He frowned.
"You twisted your waist just from forging iron?"
Tang San looked ashamed.
Although he had been startled by Tang Lan, he had no face to say it.
"Lie there for a while and recover. You know where the medicinal wine is. Apply it yourself."
After saying that casually, Tang Hao walked out of the courtyard.
Compared with Tang San,
Tang Hao had personally seen Tang Lan awaken the Blue Silver Emperor and learn the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique at a glance.
Now the only thing on Tang Hao's mind was to cultivate Tang Lan into a powerful figure!
He had visited the secret chamber.
From the traces left there, he could roughly deduce what happened.
Ah Yin still had consciousness!
If Tang Lan could reach the Titled Douluo level…
and the Blue Silver Domain evolved several times, it might be possible to revive Ah Yin!
Tang Lan did not leave immediately.
Instead he helped Tang San up, removed the disguise from the Fate Blue Silver Emperor, and used it to pull over the medicinal wine.
He placed it in front of Tang San.
"Xiao San, apply it yourself. I shouldn't keep Dad waiting too long."
Tang San didn't respond.
His eyes were fixed on the Fate Blue Silver Emperor!
This Blue Silver Grass—
how was it different from his?
Not only thicker and stronger, the green body contained visible, dense life energy.
Looking at it for too long even made him feel mentally dazed.
He had to activate the Purple Demon Eye to regain his senses.
But those golden patterns on it still gave him the urge to kneel!
It was like…
a subject bowing before an emperor?
Wait!
Martial soul hammer plus Blue Silver Grass?
Tang Lan also had twin martial souls?
And his Blue Silver Grass was nobler than his!
His hammer was also bigger than his!
So his own talent…
was actually worse than that useless older brother?
(End of Chapter 4)