To prevent Tang Hao from attacking him and Xiao Wu, Lin Tian suddenly said to Tang San.
“Little San, I’ve always felt that you, me, and Xiao Wu hit it off really well.
How about the three of us become sworn siblings?”
“Sworn siblings?” A bewildered expression appeared on Tang San’s face.
Before he could reply, Xiao Wu’s eyes lit up as she shouted, “Great, great!
I want to be the big boss, and from now on, both of you have to call me Sister Xiao Wu.”
“Xiao Wu, stop messing around.
We have to base this on actual age,” Lin Tian reprimanded Xiao Wu with a twitching mouth.
Hearing this, Xiao Wu pouted dejectedly and said nothing more, only muttering inwardly, ‘If we’re talking about actual age, I’m older than your ancestors eighteen generations over.’
Lin Tian naturally knew this, but since he didn’t want to expose it, he continued to ask Tang San, “Little San, what do you think?”
“Alright.”
Although Tang San was jealous of Lin Tian, having lived two lives, he had lacked love since childhood and harbored a desire for affection that far exceeded ordinary people.
Therefore, even though his father had ignored whether he lived or died since he was young, he still loved him unswervingly.
Now that Lin Tian wanted to become sworn brothers with him, and together with Xiao Wu at that, he naturally had no reason to object.
Thus, after exchanging their respective birthdays, the three confirmed Tang San as the eldest brother, Lin Tian as the second brother, and Xiao Wu ranking third as their younger sister.
Having confirmed the ranking order, in order to let Tang Hao know about their sworn brotherhood, Lin Tian specially brought Xiao Wu and Tang San running down to the academy’s dormitory building.
He also fetched the soon-to-graduate Xiao Chenyu and had him gather the academy’s students.
Beneath the teaching building, right in front of everyone, the three of them became sworn siblings.
Situated within the crowd, Lin Yuan watched the three performing the ‘bowing to heaven and earth’ ritual and inwardly sighed to himself, Lin Tian still had some brains to actually think of pulling Tang San into a sworn brotherhood to evade the threat from Tang Hao.
It was a pity he still vastly overestimated Tang Hao’s bottom line.
A person who could even sell out his own wife to achieve his goals.
How would he care whether his son’s sworn brother lived or died?
As long as you dared to harbor ideas about Xiao Wu, no matter what relationship you had with Tang San, you would not escape death.
Let alone the fact that Lin Tian was the second brother and undefeated general in the classic love triangle of the Douluo Continent.
In the end, Xiao Wu still asked that classic quote from the original work, “If one day someone wants to kill me, what will you do?”
Lin Tian eagerly answered first, “Then step over my corpse first.”
After being momentarily stunned, Tang San gave the exact same answer.
To sum it up in one sentence, it was ‘Me too’.
Only because he was half a beat slower, it was destined to lack the weight of Lin Tian’s words.
Meanwhile.
At Notting Academy, in some hidden corner, a gray figure wearing tattered robes faintly revealed himself.
Watching Lin Tian, Xiao Wu, and his son become sworn brothers from afar, a flash of coldness crossed his eyes.
No matter what, Tang Hao never expected that his son would one day repeat the exact same fate as him.
The only difference was that Tang San stepped into the same role as his elder brother, Tang Xiao.
While Lin Tian stepped into his.
Excluding the factor of twin spirits, no matter how one looked at it, Lin Tian was superior to his son, and Xiao Wu was also closer to Lin Tian.
This aroused his murderous intent.
Xiao Wu was the key for him to seek revenge against Spirit Hall, a tool meant to be sacrificed to his son in the future while simultaneously stirring up his son’s hatred toward Spirit Hall.
Anyone attempting to lay their hands on her must die.
“Originally, you could have become Little San’s right-hand man.
If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for touching things you shouldn’t have touched, things that never belonged to you in the first place.”
Tang Hao muttered to himself inwardly and turned to disappear into the shadows.
…
Early the next morning, Lin Yuan rented a carriage and waited for Xiao Wu and Lin Tian at the academy entrance.
Lin Yuan naturally wouldn’t take risks, choosing to honestly stay at home.
He merely entrusted the carriage driver to pass a message to the two of them, saying that something urgent had come up and he needed to return a few days later.
Lin Yuan was just a nobody with level 3 Innate Soul Power; in front of this pair of siblings, he was insignificant, and they didn’t dwell on it too much.
But it was worth mentioning that originally, Lin Tian had wanted to accompany Tang San back to Saint Spirit Village, or have Tang San accompany them back to Emperor Soul Village, which would have been much safer.
However, because Tang San’s father might be a Titled Douluo, Xiao Wu didn’t dare go to Saint Spirit Village.
And because Tang San was worried about his father, he couldn’t go to Zhuling Village.
They had no choice but to part ways with each other.
Agreeing to meet again after the start of the term.
Everything was proceeding according to a plan even smoother than Lin Yuan had imagined.
Toward evening.
Having Cultivated on the carriage for the whole day, Lin Tian and Xiao Wu settled down in Zhuling Village.
“Lin Tian, get out here.”
At nightfall, Lin Tian, who had just finished washing up and was preparing to cross his legs on the bed to Cultivate, was halted by a sudden voice.
What was bound to come had finally come…
Lin Tian felt a wave of bitterness in his heart.
He had guessed that Tang Hao would definitely come looking for him.
He just hadn’t expected it to be so early.
Of course, he wasn’t worried that Tang Hao would kill him either, given that he had already become sworn brothers with Tang San and recognized Tang San as his eldest brother.
Thinking of this, Lin Tian no longer hesitated as he slipped out through the window and came outside.
He sprinted wildly in the direction of the voice.
Having Cultivated the Supreme Sacred Universe Skill and Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Formula, his speed was extremely fast.
In less than a moment, he saw Tang Hao at the back mountain cliff.
“Will you jump down yourself, or should I send you down?”
This was the first sentence Lin Tian heard after seeing Tang Hao.
“What, you want to kill me?”
Lin Tian was startled out of his wits.
Tang Hao didn’t answer his question, only saying indifferently:
“Originally, you could have lived well, and even advanced to a Titled Douluo in the future to become my son’s right-hand man.
But you shouldn’t have, of all things, cast your eyes on that rabbit.
Now I can only ask you to die.”
As he spoke, he slowly raised his right hand.
Black light surged in his palm, transforming into a huge black hammerhead.
At the same time, nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red—quietly rose, resting at different positions on his body.
Completely shrouding his body within them.
Then he stepped closer toward Lin Tian step by step.
The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand dragged a deep ravine across the ground.
Seeing that Tang Hao was really going to take action against him, in an instant, bean-sized sweat beads slid down Lin Tian’s face, and he hurriedly said: “Wait…
Tang San and I are brothers, and Tang San is my eldest brother; you can’t kill me.”
Tang Hao was stunned for a moment, “It seems you’ve already guessed my identity.
In that case, you deserve to die even more.”
Saying this, he continued to drag the huge hammerhead toward Lin Tian.
“I can leave Notting Academy and never appear in Xiao Wu and Tang San’s sight again.”
As Lin Tian staggered backward, he tried to find a final room for maneuver.
But Tang Hao remained unmoved.
Until Lin Tian, filled with unwillingness, uttered these words: “I can acknowledge Tang San as my master.”
Tang Hao finally stopped, seemingly pondering the feasibility of this matter.
Lin Tian was also panicked out of his wits.
To demonstrate his own value, he actually raised both hands at the same time: lightning surged in his left hand, manifesting a bamboo stalk, while blue Qi flames rose in his right hand, manifesting a lotus flower.
The moment his twin spirits appeared, just as he thought he was safe, Tang Hao suddenly vanished before his eyes.
By the time he reacted, he had completely lost consciousness, and his body fell uncontrollably down the cliff.