Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 222 The Selection Criteria of the God of Asura

"How does it feel to regain your youth?" Tang San asked Lan Yinzi.

"What do you mean by regaining youth? When I died... well, that might sound a bit strange, but I was indeed quite young." Lan Yinzi thought for a moment and realized that when she sacrificed herself, she wasn't very old by human standards, only around thirty years old. "And after being reborn, I feel even younger."

Women are always particularly sensitive to others discussing their age.

"Alright, let's not talk about that, let's move on to the next question." Tang San decided to skip the topic, pushed up his detection glasses, and said, "So, whose body is this?"

"A time traveler."

Lan Yinzi felt she had nothing to hide, so she raised her hand and touched her face, revealing a sickly smile.

"Uprooting me completely, then chewing me up and swallowing me... I must say, that's really bold. After reading a few fanfictions, she thought that swallowing me would grant her the bloodline of the Blue Silver Emperor. Tsk, she even received nine years of compulsory education, yet she doesn't even understand genetics. Does she think my son is a copy-paste of Tang Hao's genes? It's not like he's a clone."

"Even if this is another world, there must still be laws."

"So, she failed, while my soul remained, and based on her own Blue Silver Grass, it slowly influenced her personality, eventually eroding her soul... Do you think I'm despicable?"

Tang San shook his head.

He who kills will be killed by others.

Since this transmigrator intended to devour the Blue Silver Emperor to obtain its bloodline, it deserved to be devoured and have its body stolen; it was entirely its own fault.

"It seems you're quite open-minded." Lan Yinzi sat down next to Tang San, feeling that this son was more adaptable than the one in the book.

"Let's put that aside for now. I want to know, who do you consider yourself to be?" Tang San asked this question. "A transmigrator? Or the Blue Silver Emperor? Or perhaps both?"

"To be honest, the mutual erosion between souls, well... how should I put it? It's extremely complicated. Even I don't know the answer myself." Lan Yinzi frowned, as if pondering something. "However, if we're talking about memories, I think I am the Blue Silver Emperor, only I possess the memories of another person."

Human self-awareness depends on memory.

The Blue Silver Emperor has 100,000 years of soul beast memories and 30 years of human memories. Although it is far less colorful than the memories of a transmigrator, the long years ultimately dominate.

If the Blue Silver Emperor's memories were a vat of clear water, then the transmigrator's memories would be a drop of multicolored ink. Although it would stain the clear water black for a moment when it was dropped into it, it would quickly spread out, making it impossible to see what kind of change had occurred in the vat of clear water.

However, one thing is certain: that drop of ink has already blended into the clear water, and the resulting change is that the Blue Silver Emperor calls himself Blue Silver, and his personality has also changed slightly.

Otherwise, she should have gone to Tang Hao first, instead of coming to him, her son.

"So, what do you think of me? After all, I'm not exactly a genuine product." Tang San asked the crucial question.

"No, you are." Lan Yinzi said with unwavering certainty, contrary to her usual self.

"Oh? What makes you say that?" Tang San raised an eyebrow, not understanding why Lan Yinzi was so confident. After all, in his understanding, if we only consider bloodline, he was indeed the son of Tang Hao and Lan Yinhuang, but in his personal understanding, he was not, but a transmigrator from the modern world.

"Your soul is just like your appearance," Lan Yinzi stated her reasoning.

"this one?"

Tang San was speechless.

If the soul is different from the appearance, it is still a big question whether he can flexibly control this body.

Moreover, in Tang San's view, the most important thing about the soul is self-awareness, and self-awareness is based on one's own experiences and memories.

The memories of my past life are still fresh.

Therefore, he has always been very clear about himself, and this life is just the beginning of a new life.

"What? You have a different opinion?" Lan Yinzi asked in confusion, then hugged Tang San and whispered, "Anyway, you are my son, and you can never deny that."

"That's hard to say. After all, you only have an ordinary human body right now and don't have any Blue Silver Emperor bloodline." Tang San propped up Lan Yinzi's face with one hand, pushed her away with some disdain, and said quietly, "Also, don't get so close. I'm afraid other people will misunderstand."

Lan Yinzi wiped away imaginary tears, sobbing, "Really, my son actually dislikes his mother now. How am I supposed to take care of him in his old age?"

Tang San watched Lan Yinzi perform for a while, then placed his right hand on his right leg and began to circulate his Xuan Tian Gong, stimulating his blood and qi.

Under the combined effect of soul power and blood energy, a piece of soul bone was gradually peeled out.

Wave!

When the soul bone was finally taken out, Tang San's face was slightly pale, but he recovered in just three breaths.

"you!"

Lan Yinzi stared at the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone, looking at Tang San in shock. He didn't know how Tang San had managed to separate the soul bone without cutting off the leg, nor did he understand why Tang San would do it.

"Here, this is your soul bone." Tang San returned the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone. "For me, soul bones are not that important. They can even hinder the purity of my blood and qi. Even though this soul bone is from the same source as me, it is ultimately not mine. Even if you forcibly imprint my mark on it, it won't change that."

Lan Yinzi blankly accepted the soul bone, then a look of astonishment, even sadness, appeared on her face: "You don't want the thing your mother left you?"

This time, tears really welled up in my eyes.

"I just feel that you are more suitable for me." Tang San involuntarily raised his hand and wiped away the tears from the corner of Lan Yinzi's eyes. "Smile, don't cry like this, you're a grown-up."

This moment!

Compared to being Lan Yinzi's mother, Tang San is more like her father. His gentle and caring attitude is a feeling that Lan Yinzi has never experienced before.

Ultimately, at Tang San's urging, Lan Yinzi absorbed the soul bone.

Since Tang San had already absorbed the energy that boosted his soul power, Lan Yinzi only improved his physical strength.

However, for Lan Yinzi, this soul bone is connected to her soul. Even though this body does not belong to her, she can perfectly absorb it and exert its full potential.

"What are you going to do next?" Tang San asked Lan Yinzi about her future plans.

"Didn't I join the Spirit Hall just like you? Of course I'll stay with my son." Lan Yinzi said without the slightest hesitation, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. "At least, I want you to call me 'Mom' once."

Tang San's lips twitched, somewhat at a loss for words, and he asked in return, "Aren't we going to find Tang Dachui?"

"Why would I look for him? He's not going to die anyway." A hint of nostalgia flickered in Lan Yinzi's eyes when Tang Hao was mentioned, but perhaps due to her rebirth through possession, her feelings for him had faded. "Besides, I'm reborn now. Starting a new life isn't so bad, is it?"

"Then why are you bothering me?" Tang San was speechless.

"Hehe, what can I do? I'm your mother, aren't I? There's a saying: 'A mother follows her son, and a son follows his mother. When mother and son are of one mind and body, their strength can break metal.'" Lan Yinzi said this nonsense with a straight face.

"Next." Tang San decided to ignore his somewhat unreasonable and spoiled stepmother, drew back the curtains, and called out to the people outside.

"They're here!"

Yu Tianheng strode towards the dormitory door, eagerly anticipating the process of refining his body through ice and fire...

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Half a day later, apart from Xiao Wu and Guang Ling, everyone else had gone through the Ice and Fire Refining Golden Body. After the girls had mastered the Golden Body, Tang San would draw the curtains to give them time to change their clothes.

While helping others cultivate their golden bodies, Tang San also collected a lot of information and offered suggestions for their future cultivation.

"See you all in five years!"

Everyone waved goodbye.

Before leaving, Tang San found the three members of the teaching committee of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and left them a general teaching outline.

This general outline, if placed in other academies, would surely elevate the teaching quality of teachers to a higher level, but in this Heavenly Dou Royal Academy... most students are nobles, and they are probably not obedient.

There was nothing Tang San could do about this.

After all, the Heaven Dou royal family was already rotten. The Heaven Dou Empire was still able to contend with the Star Luo Empire not only because the Spirit Hall had previously slowed down the Star Luo Empire's conquests, but more importantly, because the Heaven Dou Empire had a large number of large and small spirit master families, the Heaven Dou royal family held military power, and there were several Soul Douluo-level generals in the army.

Therefore, Tang San gave the three education committee members something else: a set of soul power circulation methods tailored to the characteristics of their martial souls.

Its effects include accelerating cultivation and purifying soul power.

The three were incredibly grateful because Tang San's method of circulating soul power gave them hope of breaking through to the Title Douluo level; otherwise, they would have been stuck at the Soul Douluo level forever...

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After bidding farewell to the three education committee members and Qin Ming, Tang San visited Matthew, and then, with Xiao Wu, Guang Ling, and Lan Yinzi, prepared to return to Notting City to visit old acquaintances.

Originally, Tang San hadn't planned to bring Lan Yinzi along, but she came along on her own.

Su Yuntao and Sisi have both reached the Soul Venerable level, and they also have a one-and-a-half-year-old son named Su Haitao...

Wang Sheng had just obtained his second spirit ring three days ago, becoming a level 21 Great Spirit Master, and had also started a romantic relationship with a girl of similar age in the patrol team...

As usual, Old Jack spent most of his time in Holy Soul Village, only going to his manor in Notting City during the winter.

Old Jack was overjoyed to see Tang San return to Holy Soul Village, especially when he saw that Tang San had brought back a beautiful girl.

Lan Yinzi smiled without saying a word, looking at Tang San with a playful expression.

Mother?

younger sister?

The relationship is completely messed up!

Having noticed something amiss, Xiao Wu pulled Tang San to the blacksmith's shop and asked, "What exactly is going on with Lan Yinzi? Is it really a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form?"

"Hmm~ not entirely." Tang San nodded first, then shook his head. "She was possessed by a 100,000-year-old soul beast... Originally, she was a 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor who sacrificed herself to be reborn, but during her development, she was taken over and eaten by someone else. Then her soul slowly influenced the person who ate her, and eventually she took over and completed her rebirth."

"There's such a thing?" Xiao Wu's eyes widened.

"Her situation is rather special and not common," Tang San sighed. "Moreover, she and I are actually related; her predecessor was my biological mother."

Blue Silver...

Mother···

Blue Silver Emperor...

Xiao Wu's mind went blank for a moment, but she quickly realized something and guessed the gist: "So, your mother sacrificed herself to your father, then was reborn, was eaten, and then, she took over the body of another person and was reborn?"

"That's how it is." Tang San nodded. "She had already confessed to me before, but it still feels a little strange to call a girl who is the same age as me, or even younger, 'mother'..."

"Indeed, it would feel a little strange if I called her mother-in-law," Xiao Wu muttered.

"Um?"

"Uh, I mean, can she form her own spirit rings like this?" Xiao Wu quickly changed the subject and asked about Lan Yinzi's spirit rings.

"I'm afraid that won't work. After all, it's just a soul possession, and she doesn't have a cultivation source of 100,000 years. Wasn't her fourth soul ring obtained by hunting soul beasts?" Tang San shook his head. "Even if she could, the energy to condense a soul ring can't be generated out of thin air."

After the two finished their private conversation, they returned to Old Jack's house—

As expected, old Jack accepted Lan Yinzi as his granddaughter and warned Tang San to treat all his sisters equally.

Tang San and Xiao Wu looked at each other, speechless and choked with emotion.

Lan Yinzi chuckled: ╮(╯▽╰)╭

Guangling: ? ? ?

After staying in Holy Soul Village for half a month, Tang San decided to set off for Spirit City.

The books there are all waiting for you to browse.

"Third Brother, are we going to Wuhun City instead of taking the same route as before?" Xiao Wu asked, puzzled, as they weren't on the familiar path.

"Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles." Tang San had his own reasons. "Wuhun City is located on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. How about we take a detour around the surrounding cities on the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest and see some different scenery?"

"Alright." Xiao Wu readily agreed. After all, the Star Dou Great Forest was her home, filled with everything she knew. Even though the core area had been occupied by a few annoying people, it didn't diminish her nostalgia.

Of course, if she had to choose between human society and the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest, she would definitely choose human society.

For Xiao Wu, the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest had no advantages other than having more natural energy; it was far less lively than human society.

She is now a human being.

Guangling, on the other hand, acted as if she were a dutiful wife, saying, "Wherever Third Brother wants to go, I will go."

Lan Yinzi seemed to be deep in thought: "The Star Dou Great Forest? To be honest, I've never been there before. This is a good opportunity to go and take a look."

"We're just traveling around the surrounding cities, not going to the Star Dou Great Forest," Tang San corrected. "After all, none of us need to hunt for spirit rings."

"I know, no need to remind me, I was just saying, really..." Lan Yinzi felt a little wronged: This child, he doesn't know how to be considerate of his mother at all, why is he so serious? It's completely different from how he coaxed Tang Hao... Sigh, he still inherited his mother's wisdom... I kind of miss the brainless Tang Hao, at least he was adorably silly...

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at the same time.

Tang Hao, who had been nagged twice by Lan Yinzi, was currently leveling up frantically in the City of Slaughter.

Because of the God of Slaughter Domain, he can use his soul skills in this corrupt city created by the gods, so no one can defeat him, not even the King of Slaughter.

The King of Slaughter was Tang Chen, but when he was being tested by the God of Asura, he was influenced by the divine thoughts of the God of Rakshasa. When he faced the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, he was parasitized by it and lost his mind.

However, the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King was not the original owner of this body, so it could not unleash Tang Chen's unparalleled power, and it could not even use the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.

Furthermore, after parasitizing Tang Chen, the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King instinctively eroded Tang Chen's physical body, causing his body to continuously decay—a process that even the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King itself could not stop.

As Tang Hao continued his killing spree, he discovered that the God of Slaughter Domain was evolving rapidly, and his own soul power was also increasing.

When his soul power reached the peak of level 96, the Killing God Domain, having absorbed tens of thousands of killing intents and blood essences, evolved into the Slaughter Domain, and the patterns engraved on the Clear Sky Hammer became even more complex.

Even the entire Haotian Hammer turned blood red, exuding a strong killing intent, as if a true god of slaughter had been born.

Therefore, with its own weakened and the enemy strengthened, the King of Slaughter in Tang Hao's hands could only parry, which even made the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King consider leaving the City of Slaughter.

After all, the guy in front of us is a madman!

"God of Slaughter! Why did you destroy the City of Slaughter? We have no grudge against each other!"

The King of Slaughter knocked the Haotian Hammer away with a single claw, his whole body trembling. His scarlet wings flapped violently, dodging Tang Hao's attack that used the recoil from the claw strike.

The King of Slaughter was familiar with the Chaotic Cloak, which used the opponent's strength against them, since this body belonged to Tang Chen and he had experienced the Haotian Sect's ultimate techniques.

Unable to wield the Clear Sky Hammer, he also didn't know how to use those ultimate techniques in his bat form.

"die!"

Tang Hao didn't answer at all, and swung his hammer with all his might, smashing it towards the King of Slaughter.

After the Killing God Domain on the Clear Sky Hammer evolved into the Killing Domain, Tang Hao had a premonition: as long as he killed the Killing King in front of him, he could gain tremendous benefits and even allow the Clear Sky Hammer to evolve further!

He chose to believe his gut feeling!

"You're insane!" The King of Slaughter dared not confront him head-on and could only dodge continuously. At least with his wings, he was faster than Tang Hao.

As for Tang Hao's actions, the King of Slaughter had some guesses after seeing the Killing God Domain on the Clear Sky Hammer.

After all, as the ruler of the City of Slaughter, he knew exactly what kind of being built this place.

Asura God!

Compared to the succession of other deities, the selection process for the Asura God's successor is extremely rigorous—

Because it is in charge of killing, even without the interference of the Rakshasa's divine will, this place would not become a place of faith gathering like the sea god or the angel god.

Therefore, the Asura God has only one condition for selecting a successor: obtain the Killing God Domain and evolve it to a level capable of initiating the Asura God Trial...

Stripping away the soul bone—

If you cut off their hands and feet along with their bodies, they will lose a level (refer to Tang Hao in the original work).

However, directly stripping it off will not work. (Referring to the original work, when Tang San underwent the Ninth Trial of the Sea God and had his soul bone stripped off, his soul power did not decrease.)

This is one of the reasons why soul bones are designed to have an energy that can increase soul power level.

A single drop (of a Soul Beast) can be absorbed to increase Soul Power.

A second fall (to a human) only enhances physical strength upon absorption.

(End of this chapter)