In the building housing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and the others watched Yuanen Yehui's situation through the window.
They had been chatting with Yuanen Yehui earlier when she had left in a hurry after a call. They were somewhat concerned, so they were watching from here.
Xu Xiaoyan said, "Are those Yuanen's family members? They look quite strong. They are probably here for that selection too, right? That is great. I would also like to participate, but I feel like if I joined, I would get beaten up."
Xie Xie frowned. "It should not be that bad. I heard there are also Soul Kings participating in the selection. Are we afraid of them?"
Within the military, it was not only Three Word Battle Armor Masters and Titled Douluo. There were also many Soul Kings at the grassroots level. Naturally, there would be people at that cultivation level participating.
Avoid the edge of a Soul King?
What a joke. He was now a Soul King himself, and a One Word Battle Armor Master. Was he still afraid of someone at the same level?
Let a Soul Sage come.
"That is true. But you are still too arrogant." Xu Xiaoyan muttered. "If Sister Na had not given us Special Treatment before, we would not have improved this fast."
Xie Xie scratched his head. "Uh, was it not you who suggested absorbing the immortal herbs first?"
When they had left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, according to Huo Yuhao's instructions, as long as their spiritual power reached the Spirit Sea realm, he could help them directly contract immortal herb spirit souls. Honestly, when he first heard this decision, Xie Xie had been bewildered.
After all, they were not freaks like Boss Huo Yuhao. Even if their spiritual power reached the Spirit Sea realm, they could only absorb one ten thousand year spirit soul. How could they possibly absorb an immortal herb over a hundred thousand years old?
But they had indeed seen it before, and had personally experienced it.
Tang Wulin had already reached the Spirit Sea realm. When they went to Xingluo, he had asked Boss Huo Yuhao to help him accommodate an immortal herb spirit soul. Part of the spirit soul's age seemed to have been sealed, appearing externally as a ten thousand year spirit soul, which could be gradually unsealed.
And earlier, because Huo Yuhao had gone to Devil Island, and Xu Xiaoyan had secretly made a request, the task had fallen to Gu Yuena. She had used methods they could not understand to also seal part of the immortal herb spirit souls' cultivation, allowing them to contract those hundred thousand year immortal herbs just like contracting ten thousand year spirit souls.
What did this mean?
A hundred thousand year spirit soul could provide five hundred thousand year spirit rings. This meant that when they reached their peak, their spirit ring ratio could at least reach four black and five red.
If they were ambitious enough to reach the Spirit Abyss realm in spiritual power before becoming Titled Douluo, and gain recognition from those savage beast spirit souls of the Spirit Transmission Tower, they could absorb another savage beast spirit soul before becoming Titled Douluo, making their spirit ring configuration even more luxurious.
After all, many of the Federation's Limit Douluo only had spirit ring configurations of three red and six black, or two red and seven black. They were already ahead of the starting line.
Aside from shouting "Deities are awesome, Sister Na and Boss Huo Yuhao are awesome," Xie Xie could only narcissistically say that he had excellent judgment and had latched onto a Golden Thigh.
The reason they had reached level fifty so quickly was also due to the immortal herbs' help. Before contracting the immortal herbs, they had absorbed part of their essence, further improving their cultivation and aptitude. Otherwise, they could not have improved so fast and become Soul Kings at fifteen.
Hearing Xie Xie say this, Xu Xiaoyan pouted.
"After all, I am different from you, and from Wulin. My ten thousand year spirit soul is best suited to my family's ten thousand year spirit soul ancestor. Even if the immortal herb spirit soul's cultivation is reduced to ten thousand years, with my Spirit Sea realm spiritual power, I can only absorb one ten thousand year spirit soul. Of course, I had to ask."
Originally, she and Wulin had the best spirit ring configurations of. When they reached four rings, their spiritual power had already reached the Spirit Sea realm. Coupled with the Spirit Transmission Tower's training, their physical fitness met the standards, allowing them to absorb ten thousand year spirit souls and attach everyone ten thousand year spirit rings.
But while Wulin could choose to directly absorb an immortal herb spirit soul, she could not. She had another option, which was the Starry Sky Beast ancestor. After choosing this Inherited Spirit Soul for her fourth ring, she had gained benefits no less than absorbing an immortal herb.
However, seeing that Everyone was about to absorb immortal herbs, Xu Xiaoyan really did not want to be left behind, so she had eagerly asked Gu Yuena about it.
The result was very gratifying. Gu Yuena told her she could first absorb the immortal herb's essence and store the immortal herb spirit soul on her, contracting it later.
And because she had brought it up, Gu Yuena had taken it upon herself to arrange the immortal herbs for all their little companions, leading to another surge in their cultivation.
It could be said that with their current strength, they could definitely rank near the top of the Junior Genius Rankings. However.
Thinking of that Little One beside Gu Yuena with Innate Level Twenty, Xu Xiaoyan was somewhat astonished and decided not to think about it.
Competing for rankings with a child nearly ten years younger. Winning would not be something to be proud of. Losing would probably be an embarrassment that would follow her into the future. She did not want to be like that "Holy Spirit Cult Grand Elder Xuan Lao" recorded in the Spirit Transmission Tower's archives, remembered by future generations for a particular reputation.
Xu Xiaoyan changed the subject. "Enough about the past. From what you are saying, you want to participate in the selection?"
"It would not hurt to test my strength. Besides, given our age, the Federation would not actually give us official positions anyway."
Xie Xie shrugged and asked Tang Wulin beside him, "Wulin, are you planning to go?"
"Yuhao is back. I have an appointment with him. There is something I need his help with. I will worry about the selection after I get back."
Tang Wulin said somewhat Distractedly.
With the Spirit Transmission Tower's resources and Teacher Bear Lord's guidance, his various qualities had been improving over the years. Breaking through the Golden Dragon King's seals had not been easy, but at least he had not encountered any danger.
But when it came to the seventh seal, the situation had become somewhat special.
According to Yuhao, that seal had not been placed by the same person as the previous ones. Before breaking through that seal, it would be best to make more preparations. Originally, after absorbing the immortal herb, he could have directly broken through the seventh seal. But to be safe, he had not done so then.
Later, when he learned that Yuhao and Gu Yuena were reincarnated deities, heard Yuhao recount those divine realm secrets, and noticed Yuhao glancing at him strangely while speaking, Tang Wulin had vaguely guessed something about his own situation.
The Golden Dragon King's divine core most likely came from something in the divine realm. "Old Tang" was a deity's divine consciousness, and a deity connected to him.
This had made him suspect Old Tang's identity. But he had always found it hard to believe and could not be sure. This had also made his attitude toward breaking the seals more cautious. Or rather, he needed more time to accept certain things.
Now, he felt that with his accumulation, he could break through several layers of seals at once. He also believed he had adjusted his mentality, so he was ready to break through the Golden Dragon King's seals again.
However, before that, he needed to communicate with Yuhao first.
Seeing Yuanen Yehui leave with her family below, Tang Wulin withdrew his gaze, turned to say goodbye to the others, and walked toward the Spirit Transmission Tower.
Arriving at a cultivation room in the Spirit Transmission Tower, Tang Wulin saw Huo Yuhao and an elderly man he had not seen before.
"Yuhao, who is this?"
"This is my teacher. You may call him Elder Electrolux."
Hearing this unexpected answer, Tang Wulin's eyes widened. A storm swept through his mind, filled with thoughts similar to Ye Hui's.
But in the end, he suppressed these thoughts, greeted Elder Electrolux, and looked at Huo Yuhao again, his expression was somewhat complicated. "Yuhao, do you know Old Tang's identity? Do you know what kind of person he is?"
Actually, he would have preferred Old Tang to confess his identity. But thinking of the other's increasingly Effortless attitude of pretending to have amnesia, he knew it was almost impossible.
And aside from Old Tang himself, the person most likely to know his identity was Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow and did not hide it. He nodded. "I do know. Do you want to hear it?"
The name Old Tang, the Golden Dragon King's seals, deities appearing on the continent, his subtle hints, combined with the fact that this was the Douluo Continent, it was easy for Wulin to associate to certain things. He was not surprised.
"Can you tell me?" Tang Wulin's voice was somewhat strained. He suddenly regretted opening this topic.
He even wondered if it would have been better to just Play Dumb.
Because he had a gut feeling that after confirming Old Tang's identity, he might have to make some difficult choices in the future. And he was obviously not ready for that.
"That depends on you. You have the right to know. However."
Huo Yuhao paused, looking at him calmly. "If you still need time to mentally prepare, there is no rush."
Tang Wulin knew Huo Yuhao had seen through his thoughts and smiled awkwardly.
Afterwards, he learned his lesson. He did not rush to reply, but lowered his head and thought.
An arrow once shot could not be recalled. He could not ignore this problem forever. Since he had asked, and Yuhao was willing to answer, he should continue.
Thinking this, Tang Wulin looked up and said in a deep voice, "I am indeed not ready. But I do not think I can keep running away forever. And since I have asked, I still hope to get an answer. Yuhao, is Old Tang the Sea God Tang San? And are my parents also deities? Am I a descendant of the Sea God Tang San?"
Huo Yuhao said, "???"
When I have many question marks over my head, it is not because there is a problem with me. It is because there is a problem with you.
No wonder you always seemed too calm. So that is what you were thinking.
Huo Yuhao looked at Tang Wulin with a complex expression.
Lowering your own seniority, are you?
Seeing Huo Yuhao's expression, Tang Wulin inexplicably felt guilty. "Is my guess wrong? During that exchange half a year ago, Yuhao, you kept looking at me whenever you mentioned the Sea God. Clearly hinting that the Sea God Tang San has something to do with me."
"Moreover, the Golden Dragon King's divine core, which should have come from the divine realm, and the name Old Tang undoubtedly indicates that Old Tang is a deity's divine consciousness. Old Tang also seems to have a special fondness for Shrek, even using Shrek's teachings to instruct me. On the Douluo Continent, the only deity connected to Shrek and surnamed Tang is the Sea God. He can appear on me, I am also surnamed Tang, and my martial arts soul is Blue Silver Grass. All this undoubtedly shows there is a connection between us."
"As for my parents, I have spirit power and the Golden Dragon King's divine core. There is no way they are just ordinary people."
At this point, Tang Wulin grew more confident.
"So according to my guess, they should be like you, deities who came to the mortal realm. It is just that for some reason, they cannot reveal their strength. Is there not that kind of article online now? An existence that appears to be an ordinary person is actually a true god."
It could not be that he was the only one from the divine realm, and he was found by his parents, could it?
"..."
Huo Yuhao shook his head with a laugh.
Online fiction was Terrifyingly So. It had actually made Wulin come up with such a guess.
But then again, Wulin's adoptive father was surnamed Tang, named Tang Ziran, and was so good to him. Plus, Tang San was twenty thousand years away from this era. Even knowing that one day in the divine realm was one year in the mortal realm, from Wulin's perspective, it was obviously unlikely to directly guess that Tang San was his biological father. At most, he would think there was a connection, that Tang San might be his elder.
Huo Yuhao said, "Old Tang is indeed the Sea God's divine consciousness. And you are indeed connected to him."
Tang Wulin's heart sank. He had expected it, but hearing Huo Yuhao confirmed that Old Tang was the Sea God's divine consciousness still made him feel dazed.
Old Tang was actually that Sea God who liked to break divine realm rules, interfere in the mortal realm, and was the Founder of the Cancer that was Shrek?
And thinking that he was connected to him, Tang Wulin did not know how to describe his feelings for a moment.
However, Huo Yuhao's next words left him frozen in place, too stunned to think about all that.
"However, your parents are not deities. They are indeed ordinary people. It is not appropriate for me to explain the specifics. You can ask your parents first."
They were not?
Tang Wulin looked confused.
Then what was the situation?
Could it be that he was actually a reincarnated deity who had lost his memory? Was the Sea God connected to his past life? Or was he the Sea God's reincarnation?
Drawing on his "knowledge" from online fiction, Tang Wulin made various guesses. But he still did not consider the possibility that he was not Tang Ziran and his wife's biological child.
After all, these years of affection had made him not even think of that possibility.
Huo Yuhao waited for Tang Wulin to calm down before continuing, "Today, you came to see me mainly for the Golden Dragon King's seals, right?"
"I plan to break through the Golden Dragon King's seventh seal today."
Tang Wulin put aside his doubts and nodded. "Before that, there is something I want to ask your opinion about. Should I cooperate with you to seal Old Tang?"
Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow. "Why do you ask?"
Tang Wulin scratched his head and sighed. "Since Old Tang is the Sea God's divine consciousness, and you destroyed Shrek, Yuhao, I am worried that after he learns of this, he will act against you, Gu Yuena, and the Spirit Transmission Tower."
Over the past six months, he had not really tried to contact the Golden Dragon King or Tang San's divine consciousness, which had kept them behind on information. But this could not be hidden forever.
"Moreover, although I do not know the relationship between you deities, I can also see that you and the Sea God do not have a good relationship. That is why I wanted to ask if I should cooperate with you to seal him. Sorry, Yuhao, Old Tang has been very good to me. I might not be able to make up my mind to directly eliminate him."
"However, if you plan to seal him, I will cooperate fully. In the future, I will also try to persuade him to Follow the Good."
Tang San's divine consciousness said, "Wulin, you are my Good Son."
Huo Yuhao looked at Tang Wulin's determined expression and was momentarily speechless. After a moment, he said, "It is enough that you can think that way. As for sealing him."
Huo Yuhao and Elder Electrolux exchanged a glance.
Sealing Tang San's divine consciousness. They could probably do that now.
Tang San's divine consciousness said, "Do not come any closer."
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