As soon as Yun Ming finished speaking, the hall erupted into chaos.
Tai Tan felt a surge of anxiety; he had specifically told Tang San not to come to the Strength Clan today, yet here he was regardless.
Niu Gao's expression darkened instantly as he glared at Yun Ming.
"Yun Ming kid, what is the meaning of this?"
Yun Ming turned to look at Niu Gao, his tone flat.
"Exactly what I said. It would be better to let Grandpa Tai Tan explain the details."
Hearing this, Niu Gao looked toward Tai Tan, pointing a finger at Yun Ming and shouting.
"Old Gorilla, is what he said true? Have you pledged your loyalty to that Tang Hao and his son once again?"
Tai Tan looked at the grim-faced Niu Gao, knowing there was no avoiding this now. He furrowed his brows and said in a deep voice.
"Old Rhino, calm down."
"Do you really think Martial Soul Hall would have spared the Clear Sky Sect if not for my master's actions back then?"
"I hate the Clear Sky Sect too, for treating us vassal clans like discarded toys. But what does that have to do with Tang San? You're old enough now, can't you be more steady?"
Niu Gao's face remained ugly. He glared at Tai Tan and said.
"Fine, you are the host today, so I'll give you some face, but—"
"Right now, make that kid named Tang San outside get lost immediately."
"I don't want to see anyone related to the Clear Sky Sect."
"Otherwise, my Defense Clan is leaving right now."
Tai Tan was also getting angry. He valued Tang San immensely and had even decided to entrust the future of the Strength Clan to him. Seeing Niu Gao demand that Tang San be kicked out, he retorted furiously.
"Fine then, leave."
Niu Gao hadn't expected such a fierce reaction from Tai Tan, but as a clan head, he couldn't possibly back down now. Niu Gao roared.
"Fine."
With that, Niu Gao led the few members of the Defense Clan behind him and began walking toward the exit of the hall.
Seeing the Four Clans Gathering falling apart like this, Bai He hurriedly stepped forward to mediate.
"Old Rhino, don't be impulsive."
"Old Gorilla, he's just hot-headed, he didn't mean it like that."
Bai He's intervention didn't do much; Niu Gao still intended to leave, as his stubborn nature was well-known.
Seeing that the protagonist hadn't even entered yet and people were already trying to leave, Yun Ming spoke up.
"Grandpa Niu Gao, do you want to know the truth about why Tang Hao killed the Pope back then?"
Yun Ming's words detonated the room once more. Even Tai Tan was shocked, as he himself did not know the specific reasons behind that event.
Niu Gao stopped in his tracks, no longer in a rush to leave. Upon hearing Yun Ming's words, Bai He asked urgently.
"Yun kid, is this true?"
Yun Ming replied earnestly.
"Of course."
Then, Yun Ming looked at the disgruntled Tai Tan and said.
"The truth of that year is of great importance."
"Grandpa Tai Tan should wait until he has heard it before deciding whether the Strength Clan should pledge loyalty to Tang Hao and his son."
"For now, please have someone bring Tang San in. I promised him I would tell him the truth about that year."
Tai Tan glanced at Yun Ming, who clearly came prepared, and gave an order to his son, Tai Nuo.
"Go bring the Young Master here."
This matter was not just of concern to Niu Gao and Bai He; he cared about it deeply as well.
Before long, Tai Nuo led a youth with an ordinary appearance into the hall.
The youth was none other than the young Sea God, Tang San.
Not two days after Yun Ming had left Suotuo City, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang had arrived at Shrek Academy, only to be told by Flender that the academy had disbanded and that he should go to Heaven Dou City to find Liu Erlong.
Yu Xiaogang, who had always been cowardly and lacked responsibility, flew into a rage upon hearing that his "good friend" was forcing him into such a heartless situation, leading to a heated argument with Flender.
Watching the weak-willed Yu Xiaogang refuse to face his goddess and find closure, Flender had no choice but to use his final resort. Knowing how deep Yu Xiaogang's obsession with proving himself ran, he left behind a statement that was essentially a threat and an inducement.
"You are going, whether you like it or not!"
"You wouldn't want Tang San's cultivation to be affected, would you?"
Afterward, he simply took his old cronies and ran off.
And so, for the sake of Tang San's future and to prove himself, Grandmaster Yu chose the humiliating path of joining the Blue Tyrant Academy, seeking refuge with Liu Erlong and accepting what he considered to be charity.
Following that, Tai Long fell for Wu Taijun just like in the original timeline, provoked Tang San, and was beaten from the grandson generation all the way up to the grandfather generation by the Soul Elder-ranked Tang God King. Once his identity was revealed, Tai Tan bowed his head. And that brought them to the present.
After many days, Yun Ming met Tang San again and greeted him.
"Long time no see, Tang San."
Tang San saw Yun Ming's gentle and refined handsome face, frowned slightly, and spoke.
"Yun Ming?"
"It has indeed been a long time. Why are you here?"
Yun Ming looked at Tang San and said.
"I am the one who called you here, so naturally, I would be here myself."
Hearing Yun Ming say this, Tang San realized what was going on. He remained vigilant and asked.
"So it was you who sent me the note."
Yesterday, Yun Ming had entrusted someone from Blue Tyrant Academy to deliver a note to Tang San, asking him to attend the Four Clans Gathering today, where the events of his parents' past and their whereabouts would be revealed.
Yun Ming nodded and said indifferently.
"That's right, I was the one who sent you the note."
"I will also keep my promise and tell you the past of your mother and your father."
The others from the four clans heard that this involved Tang San's mother and had some other speculations, but the truth was destined to exceed their understanding.
Seeing that the protagonists of this grand drama had all arrived, Yun Ming began to recount the events of the past.
"The cause of the events back then was actually Tang Hao's wife, who is Tang San's mother."
"Back then, the pride of Clear Sky Sect, Tang Hao, met a beautiful woman who moved his heart while traveling through the Soul Master World. The two hit it off immediately and decided to travel the Soul Master World together."
"Soon, in the process of traveling together, they both fell in love and became a couple. Not long after, they had the crystallization of their love, which is you, Tang San."
"But who would have thought that just as Tang Hao reached level ninety and was traveling with his pregnant wife, they encountered the previous Pope of Martial Soul Hall, Qian Xunji, who had come specifically after hearing the news, accompanied by Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and a group of Martial Soul Hall experts."
"And so, the two groups met. Qian Xunji took a fancy to Tang Hao's wife, and a great battle ensued between the two sides."
"The final result was that Tang Hao's wife died, the Pope was severely injured and unfortunately passed away, and the current Bibi Dong took revenge for her master, sent troops to Clear Sky Sect, Tang Hao was expelled from the sect, and we, the four clans, were abandoned by Clear Sky Sect, suffering heavy casualties."
After hearing Yun Ming's account of his parents' past, Tang San seemed to have found the reason why his father had been living in a daze for so many years.
He clenched his fists tightly, his eyes filled with uncontrollable rage. That rage seemed to have burned through his reason, causing him to lose his usual composure. Tang San gritted his teeth and said.
"Martial Soul Hall, you took my mother's life! You caused my father to sink into despair for years!"
"If I do not avenge this, I, Tang San, am unworthy of being a son!!!"
Hearing Tang San's vow of revenge, Yun Ming remained unmoved; he was now concerned with the reactions of the other three clan leaders.
The three of them were all solemn and did not speak, because there were problems with Yun Ming's narrative. They were all people capable of being clan leaders, so they had at least some brains.
In the end, it was Niu Gao who asked suspiciously.
"But that's not right."
"If that were the only reason, Clear Sky Sect should have told us to boost our morale."
Yun Ming looked at Niu Gao, very satisfied with this straight man, and dropped the final bombshell.
"Indeed, in normal circumstances, they would naturally tell everyone, but what if Tang San's mother was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form?"
"What!!!" xN
Everyone in the hall was stunned by this earth-shattering news from Yun Ming. If Tang Hao's wife was a Soul Beast, then the original issue of personal feelings was completely reversed into a matter of racial affiliation, and the reason why Tang Hao and Clear Sky Sect dared not speak was also found.
Thinking back to the details Yun Ming had mentioned earlier, they felt a chill run down their spines.
Hearing such a fierce reversal, Tang San straightened his body, his brain crashed, his breathing became rapid, and a flash of shock passed through his eyes, as if he had been struck by lightning.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Yun Ming struck while the iron was hot and said to Tang San.
"Tang San, I really admire your father."
"He orchestrated a wonderful play."
"As soon as he reached level ninety, he sent news to Martial Soul Hall, creating a crisis for himself. Using your mother's love for him and the life-and-death crisis, he obtained your mother's sacrifice, directly avoiding the risk of absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring."
"Truly a brilliant method!"
Yun Ming did not actually believe the inferences he stated above.
It was not as if no one in Clear Sky Sect had ever absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring; if Tang Hao had really wanted to absorb one, he could have made a basic risk assessment.
Furthermore, even if Tang Hao had discovered that his wife was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and wanted her Soul Ring, he could have found a quiet place and done it himself, with much lower risk.
Even if he really couldn't bear to do it himself and designed this trap, there was no need to hammer the Pope to death; the cost was too high. As long as he got the Soul Ring, even if Qian Xunji revealed the truth later, in the eyes of the Soul Master World, compared to human-beast interbreeding, it would more likely be seen as the wailing of a loser.
Therefore, Yun Ming said these things ostensibly to Tang San, but in reality, he was saying them for Tang Hao, who might be watching, with the goal of flushing him out. Whether Tang Hao's feelings for the Blue Silver Emperor were true or false, there was a reason why this narrative could not be allowed to spread; otherwise, such a melodramatic story would surely spread across the continent.
Hearing Yun Ming insult his father, who in his heart endured humiliation and stood upright like a pillar supporting the heavens, Tang San immediately lost his reason and instinctively defended him. Tang San said hoarsely.
"What do you know? How could you possibly understand my father's greatness?"
"Also, what evidence do you have for what you said? On what grounds do you say I am the son of a Soul Beast!"
Yun Ming looked at Tang San and said with certainty.
"Of course there is."
"You are the best evidence of the love between your human father and beast mother!"
Tang San was stunned; he didn't understand what Yun Ming meant, as this touched upon a blind spot in his knowledge.
Yun Ming continued to explain.
"A Twin Martial Souls phenomenon has a very important prerequisite: the martial spirits of both parents must be of comparable quality for the offspring to have the possibility of possessing twin spirits."
"As a top-tier Weapon Spirit, the Clear Sky Hammer cannot be matched by ordinary Blue Silver Grass; it could only be the Blue Silver Emperor, the royalty among Blue Silver Grass."
"However, the Blue Silver Emperor martial spirit has never appeared among humans, so your mother could only be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Blue Silver Emperor."
Finally, based on the descriptions of Tang San's childhood in the records of his past life, as well as his behavior when he treated him to a meal at Shrek Academy earlier in this life, it was clear that he had lived a life of hardship, so Yun Ming casually added a lethal blow.
"Besides, if your parents truly loved each other, he must have treated you very well, right?"
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