It seemed he could only bring Xiao Wu and Tang San back to Saint Spirit Village together.
Since the three of them had sworn an oath of sisterhood and brotherhood, even if he had intercepted Xiao Wu, Tang Hao would probably not lay a hand on Xiao Wu for Tang San’s sake.
Thinking of this, Lin Tian shook his head and said, “Better not.
Our village is too far.
Even if you’re willing to go, I’m not.
Let’s just go to Little San’s village.”
“No…
I don’t want to.
I want to go to your village.”
There was a reason why Xiao Wu was unwilling to go to Saint Spirit Village.
That was because Lin Tian had once “unintentionally” mentioned that Tang San’s father, Tang Hao, had the same name as the Clear Sky Douluo.
Although Xiao Wu claimed it was impossible, she had already developed some wariness toward Tang San in her heart.
This was also why, despite Tang San possessing half a Spirit Beast Bloodline, she was closer to Lin Tian.
Of course, the fact that Lin Tian was good-looking, strong, and sweet-talking was also a factor.
“It seems my plan can be moved forward…” Lin Yuan rejoiced in his heart.
Originally, if it were only Lin Tian, he would have to consider avoiding him when accelerating the growth of the Lone Bamboo.
But if Xiao Wu went, then Tang Hao would definitely make a move.
When that time came, Lin Tian would surely die.
Tang Hao would never allow anyone other than his son to get close to a hundred-thousand-year-old transformed Spirit Beast.
Thinking of this, he walked up slowly and asked, “Brother Lin Tian, and sister-in-law…”
“Call me Sister Xiao Wu.” Xiao Wu looked at Lin Yuan with some annoyance.
Day in and day out, these little kids hadn’t even grown their hair out yet, so why were they always thinking about those things?
Lin Yuan quickly corrected himself, “Alright, Sister Xiao Wu.
I just heard you say you’re returning to Zhuling Village.
I’m also heading back soon and will be renting a carriage.
Do you want to come along?”
“See?
Isn’t there a ready-made ride right here?” Xiao Wu pouted and looked at Lin Tian, with an attitude that said she wouldn’t let it go unless he agreed.
“This…” Lin Tian was suddenly in a tight spot.
In all honesty, did he want to bring Xiao Wu back to his village?
Of course he did.
He wished he could take her back that very day.
But considering Tang Hao, he couldn’t help but hesitate.
Lin Yuan leaned in close to Lin Tian and whispered, egging him on, “Brother Lin Tian, haven’t you always liked Sister Xiao Wu?
This is the perfect time to bring her back, make your relationship official, and introduce her to the villagers.”
Hearing this, a flicker of hesitation and excitement flashed in Lin Tian’s eyes.
Seeing the two acting so secretively, Xiao Wu grew impatient and asked, “What are you two whispering about?”
“Nothing.
Brother Lin Tian was just thinking about how to best entertain you when he brings you back.” As Lin Yuan spoke, he didn’t forget to cast an encouraging look at Lin Tian.
Xiao Wu’s eyes lit up instantly.
“It doesn’t have to be that troublesome.
Just prepare a bunch of snacks and a few sets of pretty clothes for me when we get back.”
“Brother Lin Tian, tomorrow morning, I’ll have someone wait for you with a carriage at the academy entrance.
Also, this money is my personal support for you.
You can take Sister Xiao Wu to buy some things tonight, and we’ll set off tomorrow morning.”
Lin Yuan pulled ten gold coins from his pocket and stuffed them into Lin Tian’s hand.
As he spoke, he gave Lin Tian another encouraging look before turning to leave.
Now Lin Tian had no choice but to agree.
“Alright then.”
“Yay!” Xiao Wu jumped off the bed excitedly.
Her rabbit-like eyes sparkled as she stared at the “fortune” in Lin Tian’s hand.
Lin Tian was still worried about Tang Hao.
He felt his heart pounding wildly with anxiety.
This feeling was somewhat familiar to him; once was when he hit the jackpot in his pre-previous life.
And the other was in his previous life, when he became the foolish son of Li Keyong in the World of Painting Jianghu: The Bad Guys—a son who didn’t exist in the original work, and the non-existent younger brother of Li Cunxu.
Because he had been mentally disabled since childhood, posing no threat and possessing no scheming mind, he instead received Li Keyong’s unreserved affection.
It wasn’t until a year before the plot began that he regained his memories of his pre-previous life and learned the complete version of the Supreme Sacred Universe Skill from Li Keyong.
However, because he had never read many ancient books, he couldn’t grasp it directly.
Feeling the urgency of the situation, as the start of the plot drew closer and closer—at which point his father Li Keyong and his brother Li Cunxu would die, and he would not escape doom either—
—he gave up the idea of studying ancient books and had Li Keyong explain it in plain language and illustrate it with human meridian diagrams.
While practicing martial arts, he also didn’t forget to send his subordinates to find a mad old Taoist near Yuzhou City—who was Zhang Zifan’s father, Heavenly Master Zhang Xuanling of Mount Longhu.
Finally, three months before the plot began, they found Zhang Xuanling.
By this time, he already had a certain foundation in martial arts.
Furthermore, using modern persuasion techniques and various flirtations, he seized the opportunity to win over the scarred girl, Li Cunren.
After winning over Li Cunren, he took her and her subordinates from the Shang Organization to find Zhang Xuanling.
Under the pretext of helping him find his son, he tricked him into giving him the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Formula.
As for the general outline of the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Formula, he had already memorized it by heart from the anime in his pre-previous life.
He just hadn’t known what it meant.
So, after having Li Cunren help translate it, he quickly returned to the Prince of Jin Mansion in Taiyuan to Cultivate the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Formula in seclusion.
He intended to merge it with the Supreme Sacred Universe Skill.
At the same time, before the plot began, he had Li Cunren lead her Shang Organization to seize the Fire Lingzhi at the start of the story to boost his cultivation.
However, instead of Li Cunren, he ended up waiting for the Bad-Leader Yuan Tiangang, who simply said, “You are an anomaly.
Keeping you around will only get in the way.”
And then, that was it.
He died and transmigrated to the Douluo Continent, becoming an orphan in Zhuling Village.
Upon learning that he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent, Lin Tian was naturally excited.
Thus, from a young age, he began to Cultivate the Supreme Sacred Universe Skill and the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Formula.
At the same time, considering that he had not trained either of these two Cultivation Techniques to their highest Realms, in order to prevent himself from forgetting these two Cultivation Techniques and making mistakes during training, he followed the example of Corpse Ancestor Hou Qing.
He specially drew these two techniques as diagrams using the pinyin of his pre-previous life and sewed them onto his clothes.
He believed that even if Tang San came, he wouldn’t be able to decipher the secrets of these two divine skills.
With the enhancement of the two divine skills, Lin Tian naturally awakened with Innate Full Spirit Power.
And perhaps because he cultivated two Cultivation Techniques, he simultaneously inherited his father’s Bamboo Spirit and his mother’s Lotus Martial Soul.
The Bamboo Spirit merged with the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Formula, evolving into a bamboo that could release heavenly thunder, which he named the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
The heavenly thunder it released had miraculous effects against Spirit Beasts with dark and evil attributes.
As for the Lotus Martial Soul, it merged with the Supreme Sacred Universe Skill to become a fire lotus enveloped in blue Qi flames, which he named the Buddha’s Angry Fire Lotus.
Even so, Lin Tian was not satisfied.
He suppressed his disgust for Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, calling Tang San his brother while tactfully refusing Yu Xiaogang’s offer to take him as a disciple.
He then got close to Xiao Wu, intending to replicate Tang San’s path to godhood from the original novel.
And from time to time, when no one was around, he would secretly hint to Tang San that his father was a Titled Douluo.
Only then did the current situation come to be.
Yet, seeing that success seemed to be within his grasp, he instead began to feel somewhat lost and empty.