Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 224 Tang San, Disliked by the Clear Sky Sect

After experiencing a series of events, Tang Hao had come to accept Tang San's speculation that Ye Liangchen, that boy, was definitely the mastermind behind his attacks. So when Tang Yuehua mentioned that kid, Tang Hao couldn't help but feel angry.

"Yuehua, that kid's identity is very mysterious, and the power behind him is incredibly strong."

Tang Hao had already clashed with that prodigy, and there was no going back now.

"Second brother, after much investigation, I've learned that Ye Liangchen has a close relationship with the Shui family of Tianshui City, and is very likely the child of that divine couple from back then."

Tang Yuehua shared her speculation with Tang Hao, feeling a deep envy for that divine couple from back then.

"What? That kid is their child? How is that possible?"

"Clang..."

When Tang Hao heard what Tang Yuehua said, he was so startled that he dropped his cane.

If that's the case, then it's understandable that the kid would target me and my mistress, since I killed that kid's parents and he's my true enemy.

Thinking of this, Tang Hao felt that the future was bleak, and even the Clear Sky Sect might be destroyed. He had become enemies with that monstrous genius and had no chance of winning at all.

"Second brother, why are you so scared?" Tang Yuehua asked, looking at her second brother with great surprise.

"Auntie, who are the fairy couple?"

Tang San asked curiously, as he had never heard of any divine couple in all these years.

"The mistress, the fairy couple... it's a pity they died mysteriously later, and Ye Liangchen is very likely their child."

Tang Yuehua vividly explained the legend of Ye Feng and his wife to Tang San, while inwardly fantasizing about how wonderful it would be if she met a man who loved her!

"Yuehua, let's not talk about those things now. Let's get the mistress recognized as part of the family first!"

Tang Hao dared not say that he had killed that divine couple back then and was now an enemy of Ye Liangchen, so he directly changed the subject.

"Alright! Let's head back first then."

Tang Yuehua shook her head helplessly. She could imagine that once the father and son returned to the sect, there would be no end to the chaos.

After a quick tidying up, Tang Yuehua handed Yuexuan over to her subordinates for temporary management. Then, she disguised herself and Tang Hao and his son, and secretly set off with them towards the northeast of Tiandou City.

A few days later, the three arrived at a small mountain village several hundred miles northeast of Tiandou City.

"The sect is actually hiding here?"

Tang Hao was completely bewildered. Ever since he was expelled from the sect, Tang Hao had been living a life on the run and had no idea that the Haotian Sect had moved and was no longer at its original address.

"Auntie, is this the Haotian Sect?"

Tang San was also very surprised at this moment. The number one sect in the world was actually just a small mountain village.

"This is just an outpost on the outer perimeter of the sect," Tang Yuehua said calmly, though she felt a pang of unease.

"Please leave, you three. Outsiders are not welcome here."

Just then, two young men in their twenties walked over and coldly told Tang Yuehua and the other two to leave.

Tang Yuehua was wearing a bamboo hat, so the two men couldn't see her face at all and treated her like a stranger.

"Tang Xing, Tang Yu, I am Tang Yuehua."

Tang Yuehua removed her bamboo hat, revealing her stunning beauty, and summoned her Ruyi Ring Martial Soul, which had mutated from a hammer, to address the two young men.

"Aunt Yuehua!"

The two men were stunned. They hadn't expected that the woman in black robes in front of them was actually their aunt, the real princess of the Haotian Sect.

"Aunt Yuehua, what about the other two?"

The two brothers could easily bring Tang Yuehua back to the sect, but they dared not bring a stranger back, or they would lose their heads.

"This is my second brother, Tang Hao, and this is his son, Tang San."

"Second Brother, Third Brother, show your Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls."

Tang Yuehua introduced Tang Hao and his son to the two men and asked them to summon their martial souls to prove their identities.

"Buzzing..."

Tang Hao and Tang San removed their bamboo hats and summoned their hammer spirit and spirit rings.

Tang Hao's soul power has dropped by 20 levels. Only the last seven soul rings are still lit up. The first two yellow soul rings have turned into a pale gray, without any luster, and he can no longer use soul skills.

"A red 100,000-year-old spirit ring? Four purple and one black? What kind of combination is this?"

Tang Xing and Tang Yu were astonished by the spirit rings of Tang Hao and his son.

"Are you Uncle Tang Hao? What happened to you?"

After Tang Xing and Tang Yu recovered from their shock, they felt a mix of schadenfreude and resentment when they saw Tang Hao's severed limbs. Their father had died in the battle against the Spirit Hall years ago, and Tang Hao was the one who brought about all this disaster.

The Clear Sky Sect suffered heavy losses due to the trouble caused by Tang Hao, and now some people in the sect hate Tang Hao even more than the Spirit Hall.

"Yuehua, why don't you take Xiaosan back first? I won't go back for now."

Tang Hao could sense the resentment that Tang Xing and his brother harbored towards him, which made him feel extremely distressed and ashamed to face the people of the sect.

"No way! The mistress wants to be recognized by the family, and you, as her father, can't do that without her presence!"

Tang Yuehua was very unhappy and disappointed to see Tang Hao shirking responsibility again. All he did was cause trouble and hide when something happened. What kind of man was he?

"Tang Xing, Tang Yu, go back immediately and inform the sect leader. Don't worry about any responsibility."

"Yes, Aunt Yuehua."

Following Tang Yuehua's instructions, Tang Xing had no choice but to head into the village and quickly return to his sect.

"Aunt Yuehua, this way please."

Tang Yu then led Tang Yuehua and the other two to a house in the village and stayed with them to wait for news.

As a princess of the Haotian Sect, Tang Yuehua's arrival naturally attracted the attention of the other villagers, who then came over.

"Aunt Yuehua,..."

These people were all young men sent by the Haotian Sect to guard the outpost. They all knew Tian Tang Yuehua, so they all came over to greet her.

Although the Haotian Sect lives in seclusion, it still needs to make a living. All disciples over the age of 16 must go out to buy supplies and, incidentally, gather information about the mainland.

However, people don't really like Tang Hao and Tang San, especially since they are both so ugly, yet they are following the beautiful Aunt Yuehua, which makes them even more annoying.

During their conversation with Tang Yu, the young people learned that the two men were actually Tang Hao and his son, and they all showed resentful expressions.

"Tang Yu, is this man my second uncle's son? How come he's so ugly?" A young man deliberately asked Tang Yu with a hint of sarcasm.

"How would I know?" Tang Yu spread her hands, indicating that she didn't understand.

"My second uncle wasn't that ugly when he was young; his son is actually uglier than him."

"Yeah yeah!"

The young people started making sarcastic remarks, completely ignoring Tang Hao and Tang San's feelings.

"Stop talking about it."

Tang Yuehua looked at these people, all of them her nephews, who were actually mocking her second brother, and was speechless. However, she could understand, after all, her second brother's impulsiveness had brought too much disaster to the sect.

Although Tang Hao was very angry, he couldn't show it, and he was even more ashamed to face his nephews. So he went into another room alone to drink alone and numb himself.

Tang San sat quietly beside Tang Yuehua, sensing that these people did not welcome him and his father. He did not say anything, but in his heart he was roaring: "We are all from the sect, how dare you treat me and my father like this? You all deserve to die."

"Aunt Yuehua, how did Second Uncle's hands and feet get broken?"

When these young people saw that the old man with missing limbs, looking like a beggar, was actually Tang Hao, they were all stunned. This was so different from their childhood impressions.

"I don't know either. I heard it was attacked by a mysterious powerful figure."

Faced with these questions from young people, Tang Yuehua thought to herself: You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?

An hour later, Tang Xiao, the sect leader of Haotian Sect, arrived at the small mountain village, accompanied by two men in their thirties.

When Tang Xiao learned that Tang Hao had lost his right arm and left leg, his mind seemed to explode, so he came down to see for himself.

"Yuehua, where is Brother Hao?"

When Tang Xiao saw Tang Yuehua, he didn't notice Tang Hao. He was extremely anxious and didn't pay any attention to Tang San beside Tang Yuehua.

"Big brother,..."

At this moment, Tang Hao, leaning on his cane, came out of another room and looked at his elder brother with red eyes.

"Brother Hao! What happened to you? You've become like this!"

Tang Xiao was stunned when he saw the old man in front of him who looked like a beggar.

At this moment, Tang Hao's hair was like a chicken coop, his beard like weeds, and he was wearing a tattered robe. He exuded a foul, sour smell. In addition, the loss of his left leg and right arm made him look even older. His face was sallow, and his eyes were lifeless, like an old man in his twilight years.

Tang Xiao found it hard to believe that the old man in front of him, who looked at least 20 years older than him, was actually his younger brother, Tang Hao.

"Big brother, it's all my fault."

Tang Hao felt a pang of sadness when he saw his elder brother's tall figure. The entire sect's fate rested on his shoulders, and he couldn't help him at all.

"Little San, this is your uncle Tang Xiao, whose title is Xiaotian." Tang Hao introduced Tang Xiao's identity to Tang San.

"Tang San greets his uncle."

Tang San immediately walked over and knelt down to Tang Xiao.

"Eldest brother, this is her child with second brother."

Tang Yuehua walked over, pulled Tang San up from the ground, and introduced him to Tang Xiao.

"Ah Yin's child? There's not a trace of her!"

Looking at the young man in front of him with a somewhat gloomy gaze, whose appearance was even uglier than his second brother, Tang Xiao even suspected that Tang Hao had fathered the child with another woman. It was impossible for such a beautiful woman as Ah Yin to give birth to such an ugly son.

"Big brother, Xiao San is indeed my and Ah Yin's son."

Tang Hao felt awkward seeing his older brother complaining about his son's looks, as if his brother was insulting him for being ugly too.

However, Tang Hao thought that Tang San's ugliness must be the reason why he couldn't awaken the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.

"Big brother, the third brother looks almost exactly like the second brother. You can tell they're related by blood at a glance," Tang Yuehua teased from the side.

"That's not bad, just as ugly as Brother Hao."

Tang Xiao also made a comment, while wondering to himself if Tang San's ugliness was due to his younger brother's union with a soul beast. If that's the case, then his own decision to withdraw back then was actually quite lucky.

"Ha ha…"

At this moment, the other young people were amused by Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua's words.

Tang San had a question running through his mind, but he didn't know whether he should say it or not. He was ugly because of his parents, so how could he blame himself?

If my father hadn't mated with a Blue Silver Grass Soul Beast, would I have grown up to be this ugly?

Some time ago, his father told him how gentle and beautiful his mother was. Tang San now felt that his father was bragging. If his mother was so beautiful, how could he, as her son, be so ugly?

"Alright! Everyone, stop laughing."

"Don't worry about it, Xiao San. Your uncle was just joking."

Seeing that Tang San looked a little pale, Tang Yuehua stopped the others from laughing and also comforted Tang San.

"Auntie, it's alright." Tang San pretended to be indifferent, revealing a smile that looked more like a grimace.

"Ha...! He's better off when he doesn't smile; he looks even uglier when he does."

"Yeah! Was he crying or laughing? I was totally confused."

Tang San's smile made the other young people in the Clear Sky Sect unable to hold back, and they all mocked him for being ugly.

"Alright! Be serious, everyone stop laughing."

Tang Xiao spoke up at this moment to stop everyone's ridicule. Although Tang San was ugly, he was still his nephew.

(End of this chapter)