Douluo Continent: From Internal Martial Arts to the Law of Heaven and Earth

As for the boy carrying Yu Xiaogang, Tang Shan had never seen him, but he had learned about the boy's identity from Yu Tianheng.

It is none other than the great Sea God, the pure and wise Buddha Tang San!

This was the first time Tang Shan used his mental power to observe the protagonist in the original work. How to put it—he had an ordinary appearance and average build. Apart from his bright eyes, he was basically no different from an ordinary boy of the same age.

Who could have imagined that such an ordinary young man would one day do something so heinous as to reshape his daughter's personality and drag the entire Douluo Continent into the abyss?

"Okay, all done!"

Gu Yue gently tossed the last pastry into the air with her fingertips, caught it steadily with her open mouth, and the sweet taste melted on her tongue. Her bright eyes curved into crescents, and a satisfied smile spread across her face.

She slowly stood up, her steps light as she moved to Tang Shan's side. Her fair, delicate hand naturally grasped his sleeve and gently shook it, as if afraid of being left behind if she wasn't careful.

After the two had left the pastry shop, a man of average build and appearance also stood up from the shop and quietly followed them.

On the way to Notting College, Tang Shan was accompanied by Gu Yue, discussing the taste of the pastries they had just had. An ordinary-looking man was hundreds of meters away from them, glancing at them out of the corner of his eye.

An invisible spiritual fluctuation rippled between Guyue and Tangshan, and the casual conversation became the best cover.

"Gu Yue, can you sense that aura behind you?"

Tangshan's mental energy fluctuated.

"Hmm, the tracking method is quite sophisticated. They deliberately concealed their presence, only observing with their peripheral vision, and even deliberately maintained a distance of several hundred meters. They do have some skill."

Gu Yue's insightful commentary on spiritual power.

The man following behind them was indeed skilled at tracking, but even the most exquisite techniques couldn't compare to pure numerical values. With a sweep of their terrifying spiritual power, which had reached the Spirit Abyss Realm, the man who had been chasing them was as obvious as a microorganism under a microscope. After all, they had already walked quite a distance, and he was still following them. If he wasn't suspicious, then who was?

"Should we have Xiong Jun quietly take care of him? Judging from the hidden soul power fluctuations, the other party should be a Soul Emperor."

Gu Yue glanced at Tang Shan, a hint of coldness flashing in her eyes.

"No need. It's been a while since I've stretched my muscles. I can use him to practice and also test the effects of that golden-haired lion-dog's soul bone skill."

Tangshan rejected Gu Yue's proposal.

The two continued walking without making a sound, chatting casually along the way, until they reached the main gate of Notting College.

When the gatekeeper saw that it was the Soul Master who had visited a few days ago, he didn't even ask any questions. He opened the gate very attentively and respectfully welcomed them inside.

The ordinary-looking man following behind raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly, glanced around for a moment, and taking advantage of the guard's inattention, he made a quick jog, braced himself against the wall with one hand, and jumped directly into Notting College.

"They're quite dedicated."

Tang Shan scanned the man with his mental energy, then ignored him. Something more interesting was about to happen.

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"Tang San, you're back! What happened to your teacher?"

A work-study student hurrying towards the back of the academy saw a boy carrying a middle-aged man on his back. He glanced at the boy casually while walking and recognized him as Tang San, asking instinctively.

"My teacher was injured while hunting souls for me. Brother Yu has already gone to find a healing-type soul master. I need to carry my teacher back to his room now. Where are you in such a hurry to go?"

Seeing his classmates subconsciously slow their pace, Tang San frowned slightly, a bad premonition rising in his heart.

Upon hearing Tang San's reminder, the work-study student slapped his forehead: "Look at my memory, I almost forgot the important matter."

He quickened his pace and hurried towards the back mountain of the academy, shouting a reminder: "Xiao San, after you send your teacher back, hurry to the back mountain! Sister Xiao Wu has made a bet with Xiao Chenyu. They're fighting, and if Sister Xiao Wu loses, she'll become Xiao Chenyu's pet rabbit! The location is on the lawn behind the mountain, so hurry over!"

The work-study student's voice gradually faded as the distance increased, but the information in his words struck Tang San like a thunderbolt, leaving him completely stunned.

Xiao Wu is going to become someone else's pet rabbit?! At this moment, only this thought remained in Tang San's mind. His emotions were surging like the tide. If it weren't for the fact that he had Grandmaster on his back, Tang San would probably have taken off running towards the back mountain.

Seemingly sensing his disciple's agitation, and recalling the slap he had delivered in a moment of emotional outburst, Yu Xiaogang, who had remained silent, suddenly had an idea. Perhaps this could ease the tension between him and his disciple.

"Little three."

Yu Xiaogang's weak voice rang in Tang San's ears.

"Hey, teacher, I'm here."

Tang San was jolted awake from his mental lapse by Yu Xiaogang and subconsciously responded.

"If you have something to do, go ahead and do it. Just leave the teacher under the tree over there."

Yu Xiaogang believed he understood Tang San well and trusted the latter's respect for his teacher, which was why he said that. In his view, Tang San would be deeply moved by his consideration for Tang San's feelings, remember his kindness, and then take him to his room before going to attend to his own business.

However, Yu Xiaogang overestimated his position in Tang San's heart, or rather, underestimated Xiao Wu's position in Tang San's heart.

After all, the fact that Yu Xiaogang is not seen in the God Realm, but Da Ming and Er Ming are, speaks volumes. You have to understand that in terms of actual time spent together and relationship, let alone Yu Xiaogang, even Flander or Dugu Bo have spent more time together than Da Ming and Er Ming have spent with Tang San. Putting aside the explosive operation of splitting his daughter's personality and reshaping a completely new one, it can be said that Tang San truly loves Xiao Wu.

To what extent did he love them? He granted immortality to the Titan ape and the Azure Bull Python, who were, in a sense, his rivals in love. What a magnanimous heart he possessed!

If it were Tang Shan himself, he would guarantee that he would never violate the rules of the God Realm and allow a soul beast to become a god—letting his wife's male best friend, who was very likely to have known him for tens of thousands of years, live forever with him. Tang Shan said, "I'm a coward. I'm afraid of being robbed. I really don't have such a broad mind."

Yu Xiaogang, who overestimated his importance in Tang San's eyes and underestimated Xiao Wu's importance in Tang San's eyes, suffered the consequences.

Upon hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Tang San's eyes lit up: "Then teacher, you can rest here for a while. I'll go see what's going on. After all, I'm one of the work-study students. How can I allow work-study students to be bullied?"

With that, Tang San threw Yu Xiaogang to the ground. He didn't even bother to take Yu Xiaogang to the tree next to him as Yu Xiaogang had said. Instead, he used the Ghost Shadow Step to weave through the students and disappeared in a flash.

Yu Xiaogang's body fell naturally after being thrown down. Although he was only a few dozen centimeters off the ground, a normal person would not be seriously injured even if they fell. However, don't forget that Yu Xiaogang was injured before, and a large piece of flesh was missing from his leg. The wound had just been treated not long ago.

So, tragedy struck when he successfully free-fell to the ground.

Ah!

A heart-wrenching scream accompanied the reopening of the wound. The charred wound on his leg, burned black by lightning, burst open, and blood began to gush out. Yu Xiaogang rolled around clutching his thigh, screaming in agony. There was no way to stop the pain; it was just too much.

However, Tang San, who was "eager to protect the rabbit," had already run far away and did not hear his respected teacher's desperate scream.

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

Tang Shan never expected that before he could even see how Tang San defeated his enemy in one move, he would witness such a scene of "teacher's kindness and disciple's filial piety." He knew that he had a significant influence on Douluo Continent, but it shouldn't have affected Tang San to the point that he would throw Yu Xiaogang to the ground.

Seeing Yu Xiaogang still bleeding profusely, Tang Shan shook his head: Since you've brought me so much amusement, I'll give you a hand.

"Gu Yue, give him some basic treatment."

"Huh? Oh, good."

Gu Yue was slightly taken aback, a clear look of surprise flashing in her clear eyes. She pursed her lips slightly, glanced at Tang Shan with some surprise, and then obediently responded.

Over the past few days, she had vaguely sensed that Tang Shan didn't seem to have a good impression of Yu Xiaogang, but she never expected that he would ask her to treat him.

Gu Yue raised her slender, fair hand, her fingertips gently swirling, and the soft water element and the vibrant wood element gently intertwined and converged, condensing into a warm and translucent blue-green sphere in her palm.

With a gentle wave of her hand, she said, "Go." The ball of light obediently flowed into Yu Xiaogang's body, which was covered in dust and writhing in pain. The bleeding stopped instantly, and the hideous wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Let's go, the real show is about to begin."

Tang Shan ignored the middle-aged man who couldn't help but scratch his wound as it healed rapidly. With a light step and a burst of strength, he was five meters away in the next instant.

Gu Yue immediately withdrew her soul power, lightly touched the ground with her small toes, and kept her jade hands tightly gripping Tang Shan's sleeve, following closely by his side with light and tacit steps.

The two figures simply took a few steps and disappeared into the crowd.

"You seem to have been paying extra attention to Tang San ever since just now."

Gu Yue looked up at Tangshan, her eyes filled with curiosity.

"That's natural. After all, he's the descendant of Haotian Douluo and a 100,000-year-old soul beast. He has many secrets."

"Really? I was so focused on the person behind me that I didn't get a good look at him. I'll have to take a good look later."

Gu Yue blinked, her interest piqued slightly.

The ordinary man who had been following behind the two glanced at Yu Xiaogang, who was picking at his wound uncontrollably, but paid him no attention. Instead, he gazed thoughtfully at Tangshan and Guyue in the distance.

Chapter 296 Heart Fluttering

He was a spy from the Star Luo Empire, specifically responsible for monitoring the movements of Tang Shan, a genius from the Heaven Dou Empire. For this purpose, the empire also assigned him a number of elite subordinates.

However, after testing them, he found that his subordinates were basically useless incompetent, relying solely on their soul skills for reconnaissance, lacking any real technical ability. They couldn't even clean up footprints when they found someone's house. If it weren't for the footprints giving him some inspiration and leading him to a plan to alert the enemy, he would have sent those subordinates back to the empire long ago.

To avoid any accidents, he later decided to take charge of monitoring Tang Shan's residence, and all his men were sent to the city gate of Nottingham to await Tang Shan's arrival.

According to information from the Heavenly Dou Empire's spies, Tang Shan has decided to travel across the continent.

Regardless of the specific route, returning to their childhood home is inevitable; they can simply wait there for their prey to come to them.

He originally thought he would have to wait a while, but unexpectedly, Tang Shan's first stop on his journey across the mainland was Notting City, where he had lived since childhood. It was as if the heavens had blessed him.

Now that the target has been identified, the next step is to consider how to proceed.

The ordinary-looking Xingluo scout stroked his chin and made a decision: kill!

Tang Shan's background is quite unusual. His father is a member of the Spirit Hall and is suspected of being a hostage, yet he himself is valued by Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of Heaven Dou. It's simply illogical.

It's important to understand that the Star Luo Empire holds Crown Prince Xue Qinghe in extremely high regard, unanimously believing his political talent is in no way inferior to that of his great-grandfather, Xue Tunxing. Xue Tunxing was a figure of immense stature, the only Heavenly Dou Emperor to lead the Heavenly Dou Empire against the Star Luo Empire and ultimately prevail. This clearly demonstrates their recognition and high regard for Xue Qinghe's abilities.

How could someone with such outstanding political talent misjudge someone? The only possibility is that Tang Shan was extremely loyal, remaining loyal to Xue Qinghe even when his father was in grave danger.

Of course, some people did have doubts. Could it be that the Crown Prince of Tiandou and the Spirit Hall were in cahoots? However, the person who raised this possibility was immediately kicked out of the intelligence team. No, how could anyone be so brainless? Crown Prince Xue Qinghe of Tiandou was in cahoots with the Spirit Hall? Why don't you just say that Xue Qinghe is not the bloodline of that old man Xue Ye, but the bloodline of the current Pope?

Those of us in intelligence work should certainly make bold speculations, but we shouldn't let our imaginations run wild.

Getting back to the main point, Tang Shan's situation is truly unique. The Star Luo Empire is not confident that it can completely win him over. Rather than leaving a hidden danger within its own empire, it would be better to maximize Tang Shan's role.

In the eyes of the Star Luo Secret Agents, the way to maximize Tang Shan's role is to have him die openly and legitimately on the border of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

As for the concern that this might cause trouble for the Star Luo Empire and potentially trigger a war between the two empires, the Star Luo spy stated that what he needed was a reasonable reason to start a war.

In recent years, the Star Luo Empire has been rapidly strengthening its national power, far surpassing the Heaven Dou Empire. If it weren't for the Spirit Hall interfering and repeatedly preventing the Star Luo Empire from launching wars, how could the Heaven Dou Empire still exist on the continent today?

Since we can't start a war, I'll kill your geniuses on the border and tell you in broad daylight that it was our Star Luo Empire that killed them. What can you do about it?

If the Heaven Dou Empire initiates war, then our Star Luo Empire will only retaliate. The Spirit Hall can't interfere anymore, can it?

If the Heavenly Dou Empire swallows its anger, that's even better. With the propaganda, how can an empire that can't even protect a Soul Master genius be capable of protecting its millions of people?

Regardless of which direction the final outcome takes, it will be the Star Luo Empire that profits.

As for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, you have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and we have the Star Crown School. What is there to fear?

Having sorted out his thoughts, the Star Luo Empire spy's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He made up his mind to kill Tang Shan openly and honestly in the future. With his strength as a level 69 peak Soul Emperor, only one step away from becoming a Soul Saint, killing Tang Shan would be more than enough.

As for the claim that Tangshan Soul Master fought against Soul Saint, no one would believe that's true. This news is as absurd and outrageous as the claim that the Heavenly Dou Crown Prince and the Spirit Hall are in cahoots.

As for someone claiming to have witnessed it firsthand, that's easy enough. They know all about the background of that Golden Bear Soul Saint. He's Zhao Wuji, the Immovable King, the one who was chased by the Spirit Hall. He was later taken in by the Heaven Dou Empire. He was just there to put on a show for Tang Shan.

However, those people in the Heaven Dou royal family really have something wrong with their brains. They actually fabricated an outrageous genius who could fight against a Soul Saint. Didn't they even consider whether that was realistic?

……

Tang Shan was naturally unaware of the thoughts and intentions of the Star Luo Secret Agents behind the scenes. However, his intuition, like a cicada sensing the autumn wind before it even blows, told him that there might be trouble coming up.