The place Tang Hao wanted to take Tang San to was the Blue Silver Forest, where Ah Yin had been born.
After forcing himself to carry the two of them a little farther, Tang Hao set Yu Xiaogang down in a relatively remote small city and brought Tang San alone into the Blue Silver Forest.
This time, however, Tang Hao's actions did not go as he had hoped.
Outside the Blue Silver Forest, Tang Hao instructed Tang San on how to use his Martial Soul to resonate with the Blue Silver Grass. Yet this time, the Blue Silver Grass gave no response to Tang San's attempt at connection. Instead, they rejected him with cold indifference.
Deep within the Blue Silver Forest, the massive Blue Silver King swayed its enormous body. The part of it that resembled a human face let out a sigh filled with an emotion that was difficult to define.
"The Empress is very disappointed in this man and that child. Although he carries the Empress's bloodline, he cannot become the successor chosen by the Empress right now."
"Only when the Empress says she accepts him will he be qualified to inherit her bloodline and become the next Emperor."
Because Ah Yin had awakened early, the Blue Silver Grass across Douluo Continent could already sense the Blue Silver Emperor growing again.
Under these circumstances, the Blue Silver Grass naturally leaned more toward protecting their original Emperor.
Also, from Ah Yin, the Blue Silver King had learned about all the ridiculous things Tang Hao had done.
Because of that, it had no good feelings toward Tang Hao at all.
And even its opinion of Tang San dropped along with him.
Yes, Tang San could be considered the crown prince of the Blue Silver Emperor clan.
But the Emperor was still alive.
The Emperor had not even accepted this crown prince yet.
So why should they, as subjects, accept him?
It was not as if the Emperor had disappeared and the world badly needed a Blue Silver Emperor to keep the Blue Silver Grass clan thriving. Things had not reached the point where they had to take whoever they could get.
After Tang San told Tang Hao what he felt, Tang Hao's eyes turned red with anger. But before he could start breathing like an angry bull, a sharp pain came from his chest and stomach.
He spat out another large mouthful of blood.
Originally, he had planned to charge straight into the Blue Silver Forest and ask the Blue Silver King what it was trying to do.
But at that moment, Tang Hao slightly changed his mind.
"Father, could it be that I missed out on something?"
"It is not that you missed out on something, it is that they missed out on you. Little San, let's go." Tang Hao did not want to say more. He simply grabbed Tang San and turned away.
When the Blue Silver Grass clan sensed that Tang San had so little sincerity, their opinion of him fell even more.
If Tang San had held on a little longer, they would have at least given him a reason.
Even if they did not help him awaken his bloodline, they would have told him what he needed to do to act like a qualified Emperor.
But now? Forget it.
...
The three injured people slowly made their way to Suotuo City.
After Yu Xiaogang inquired about Shrek Academy's exact location, he arrived outside the academy with Tang San's support. As it happened, today was Shrek Academy's recruitment day.
A long line had already formed in front of the recruitment area.
Because the Douluo Heart Method increased cultivation speed, and because Shrek had not raised its standards, there were now more Spirit Masters who could meet the requirements than in the original timeline.
With Tang San supporting him, Yu Xiaogang arrived at the recruitment area.
Under the disgusted looks of the crowd, he forced his way to the front of the line and stood before Lu Qibin.
"Parents, please line up properly with your children. If you're beggars, we don't give handouts here."
Yu Xiaogang already looked extremely miserable.
His act of cutting in line only made people dislike him even more.
Originally, Lu Qibin was not supposed to be in charge of this recruitment session.
However, the others had all gained some insight, and each of them claimed their Spirit Power was about to break through.
As a result, Lu Qibin, who did not feel even the slightest sign of a breakthrough, was forced to take over the role of recruitment director.
Already in a bad mood, his words were especially harsh.
"I'm not here for you. I'm here for Flender."
"Tell him the Grandmaster is here. He will naturally come to see me."
In front of others, Yu Xiaogang might not always be able to pull himself together and act proud.
But in front of Flender, Yu Xiaogang still had pride in his heart.
He believed that once Flender heard his name, he would come rushing over in excitement.
But Lu Qibin only stared at him with a strange look for a long while.
Then, in anger, he flipped the table over.
The box holding the testing fees was knocked over, and gold soul coins scattered all across the ground.
"Good. So you're here to make fun of me, huh?"
Lu Qibin knew that Chen Ming was currently a guest at Shrek Academy. Right now, he was in the back room drinking tea with Flender.
So when Yu Xiaogang said those words, Lu Qibin instantly decided that this man had come here deliberately to cause trouble.
"Who are you? Speak. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
"I am the Grandmaster, the number one theory master in the world of Martial Souls…"
Before Yu Xiaogang could finish, Lu Qibin kicked him to the ground.
Then he grabbed Yu Xiaogang by the collar and began slapping him repeatedly.
"Grandmaster, huh? The number one theory master in the world of Martial Souls? Coming here to scam people? Acting so important in front of me?"
"So this is the so-called Grandmaster. This is your famed number one Martial Soul theory master?"
"Look at you. Tell me what you even are. And you still dare to claim that title?"
Lu Qibin's slaps were fast and harsh.
Although he was a tool Spirit Master, he was still a Spirit Emperor. His physical strength was not weak.
Forget the crippled Yu Xiaogang.
Even when Yu Xiaogang was young, at his peak and rank 29, he would not have lasted a single move against Lu Qibin.
Yu Xiaogang was slapped until his words became unclear.
He felt anger in his heart.
But at the same time, a strange joy rose inside him from nowhere.
He was angry because he was being beaten.
He was happy because even though this man did not know him, he clearly knew his title.
When he heard someone dared to pretend to be him, he had reacted so strongly.
Now, even though this man was hitting him, he was clearly one of his supporters.
As long as Yu Xiaogang revealed his true identity and proved that he was really himself, this person would surely kneel before him with respect and beg for forgiveness, right?
Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang began to smirk.
But before the corner of his mouth could even rise, he received two more slaps.
"Smirking? Smirking, smirking, I'll teach you to smirk!"
"Do you not have a working mouth?"
"Who are you? Say it quickly."
"If today weren't a bad day to spill blood, I'd twist your head off right now."
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