Early the next morning, a carriage left Moon Pavilion and drove to the east gate of Tian Dou City.
"Xiao San, where is your father? Isn't he coming with us?"
After exiting the east gate, Chu Chengzhou led his older sister down from the carriage and asked Tang San.
"I don't know, but Father originally said he would go to the Hao Tian Sect with me."
Tang San shook his head and said.
To be honest, Tang San was quite nervous at this moment.
As the former number one sect in the world, the Hao Tian Sect's strength was unquestionable. Even though they had been forced to seal their mountain and retreat from the world by the Spirit Hall, they still couldn't be underestimated.
According to his aunt, besides his eldest uncle Tang Xiao, the sect still had several elders who had achieved the Titled Douluo realm.
Tang San clearly knew why his father Tang Hao had been expelled from the Hao Tian Sect. This trip to recognize their ancestors and return to the clan would inevitably involve being made difficult by the various elders.
He knew his own strength well—his current soul power level hadn't even reached the sixth ring. Even counting his domain and soul bone power, he could at most rival an ordinary Soul Saint.
Although his aunt had broken through her martial soul's limitations by consuming immortal medicinal herbs, due to the short time, her strength definitely couldn't compare to his.
As for Chu Chengzhou—even though he had heard that this old thief Chu had recently crushed the Star Luo Empire's evil conspiracy and consecutively slain multiple Titled Douluo-level experts—Tang San didn't believe it.
He admitted that old thief Chu's strength wasn't bad, but consecutively slaying multiple Titled Douluo experts was simply too absurd.
After all, it had only been a little over two years since the Soul Master Tournament, and at that time, old thief Chu's soul power level was only at the fourth ring, Soul Ancestor stage!
In Tang San's view, the destruction of the numerous experts who had attacked the Star Luo Empire back then was all the work of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong. Old thief Chu was at best just cheering on the sidelines.
It was just that the Sword and Bone Douluos, as famous powerful experts in the soul master world, didn't need these empty reputations, so they had let the credit go to old thief Chu.
The various clan elders held great prejudice against him and his father. Without his powerful father Tang Hao as a deterrent, just him, his aunt, and old thief Chu going to the Hao Tian Sect— the possibility of successfully recognizing their ancestors and returning to the clan was practically negligible.
Thinking this way, Tang San couldn't help but clench his fists tightly.
Glancing at Tang San, Chu Chengzhou waved his hand. His True Spirit Flag martial soul materialized in his hand, along with nine soul rings—black, black, black, red, black, red, red, red, red.
"Hiss~!"
Immediately, a sound of sharply inhaling breath was heard.
"One, two, three... seven, eight, nine—nine rings, Titled Douluo? Four blacks and five reds?!"
Rubbing his eyes, Tang San carefully counted again, confirming he hadn't seen wrong. His face filled with disbelief as he exclaimed.
"Making a fuss over nothing~"
Looking at Tang San's shocked expression, Chu Chengzhou said calmly.
Since condensing his three Yin Yang Complement soul cores and advancing to Titled Douluo, his strength had surged dramatically. Chu Chengzhou no longer cared about people seeing his soul ring configuration.
After all, with no gods appearing, there were very few experts in the current era who could defeat him in strength—perhaps only the demigod level Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi.
But Qian Daoliu was Qian Renxue's grandfather, and Bo Saixi was far away on the Sea God Island and wouldn't harm him either. Chu Chengzhou didn't care whether anyone knowing his soul ring configuration would be disadvantageous to him.
Today's trip to the Hao Tian Sect was to announce to his brother-in-law Tang Xiao and the Hao Tian Sect members that Tang Yuehua was his woman. Being low-key wouldn't work—he had to show some muscle to avoid being looked down upon.
Of course, taking his "good nephew" Tang San to recognize their ancestors was also one of his purposes. After all, Tang Yuehua's purpose was his purpose—it was just incidental.
Amid his shock, Tang San turned to look at his aunt.
As if saying: Old thief Chu is so powerful—Auntie, did you know about this?
Tang Yuehua smiled but didn't say much.
Although she was also somewhat surprised that Chu Chengzhou had already reached Titled Douluo, in Tang Yuehua's view, this was only natural.
People find something or some event unbelievable only because they have limited knowledge.
Even she, in just a few short months, had gone from being a waste to achieving Soul Douluo with all-red soul ring configuration. Then Chu Chengzhou achieving Titled Douluo with four blacks and five reds wouldn't make her overly surprised either.
Tang San: "."
So it was only me who thought old thief Chu's strength, while stronger than mine, wasn't overwhelmingly so?
At this moment, Tang San couldn't help but doubt—could he, with his dual martial souls, really surpass old thief Chu in the future?
Even when adding soul rings to his second martial soul in the future, Tang San couldn't guarantee that his Hao Tian Hammer martial soul's soul ring configuration would surpass Chu Chengzhou's four blacks and five reds.
For a moment, Tang San fell silent.
Both were geniuses—why was this old thief Chu so exceptional?
He wasn't unfamiliar with the power of Chu Chengzhou's summoned spirits. He knew that Chu Chengzhou's summoned spirits' strength wasn't inferior to their wild counterparts of the same cultivation years.
A full five one hundred thousand-year summoned spirits, including outstanding spirit beasts like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and Titan Giant Ape.
That meant, just with these five one hundred thousand-year summoned spirits, old thief Chu's strength could at least rank among the top experts on the continent. Even his powerful father Tang Hao might not be a match for old thief Chu?
Perhaps in the future, I, Xiao San, shouldn't think about breaking my uncle-in-law's legs anymore?
Damn it!
How could my "pure and virtuous" Tang San have such an evil thought in his head back then? This was truly unacceptable!
My good uncle-in-law, you must forgive Xiao San!
Old thief Chu? No no no, this is my Tang San's dear uncle in law!
Thinking this way, Tang San's gaze toward Chu Chengzhou changed.
Tang San: Clinging to strong legs~ isn't shameful at all!
Chu Chengzhou keenly noticed the change in Tang San's expression. A smile appeared at the corners of his mouth as he nodded inwardly in satisfaction.
Tang Buddha was scolded by everyone, but Tang San now wasn't Tang Buddha yet. Considering he had been well-behaved all along, if he was filial in the future, then his uncle-in-law wouldn't play dirty tricks on him!
Anyway, soul masters couldn't become gods. After hundreds or thousands of years, they would ultimately just be a handful of yellow earth.
"Alright, let's set off!"
Subsequently, Chu Chengzhou waved his hand. His ninth soul ring shone brightly. As surging soul power flowed, a Light Holy Dragon spirit named Xiao Guang materialized—radiating faint golden light, covered in pure white scales, looking exceptionally majestic.
Hmm, Xiao Guang was the name Chu Chengzhou gave to his Light Holy Dragon spirit.
"This is... a Light Holy Dragon?"
Examining the majestic Light Holy Dragon, Tang San couldn't help but click his tongue in admiration.
The Light Holy Dragon was a light-attribute dragon race spirit beast with considerable strength. With one hundred thousand years of cultivation, it could definitely rival an ordinary Level 97 Titled Douluo.
My uncle-in-law's strength is indeed immensely powerful—worthy of being Xiao San's dear uncle-in-law!
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