It seemed he could only take Xiao Wu and Tang San back to Holy Soul Village together.
The three of them could become sworn brothers and sisters.
If he managed to snatch Xiao Wu away from Tang San, then surely, for Tang San’s sake, Tang Hao wouldn’t lay a hand on Xiao Wu.
Thinking this, Lin Tian shook his head.
“Forget it.
Our village is too far away.
Even if you’re willing to go, I don’t want to make the trip.
Why don’t you go to Xiao San’s village instead?”
“No…
I don’t want to.
I want to go to your village.”
There was a reason Xiao Wu didn’t want to go to Holy Soul Village.
Lin Tian had once “accidentally” let it slip that Tang San’s father, Tang Hao, had the same name as the legendary Clear Sky Douluo.
Although Xiao Wu had verbally insisted that it was impossible, she had already developed some reservations toward Tang San deep down.
That was also why, despite Tang San possessing half of a soul beast’s bloodline, she was still closer to Lin Tian.
Of course, Lin Tian’s handsome appearance, strong cultivation, and pleasant way of speaking also played a part.
‘Looks like I can put my plan into action ahead of schedule…’
Lin Yuan was delighted inwardly.
Originally, if Lin Tian went alone, Lin Yuan would naturally have to consider avoiding him whenever he cultivated the Lone Bamboo.
But if Xiao Wu went with him, then Tang Hao would definitely make a move.
And when that happened, Lin Tian would certainly die.
Tang Hao would never allow anyone other than his son to become close to a 100,000-year transformed soul beast.
With that thought, Lin Yuan walked over and asked,
“Brother Lin Tian, and Sister-in-law…”
“Call me Sister Xiao Wu.”
Xiao Wu looked at Lin Yuan angrily.
Every day, these little brats hadn’t even grown all their hair yet, yet somehow all they could think about was that sort of thing.
Lin Yuan immediately changed his words.
“Alright, Sister Xiao Wu.
I just heard you two talking about going back to Bamboo Ridge.
I’m going back soon too.
I’ll rent a carriage when the time comes.
Do you want to come with me?”
“See?
We already have transportation.”
Xiao Wu pouted and looked at Lin Tian, clearly determined not to give up until he agreed.
“This…”
Lin Tian immediately found himself in a difficult position.
To be honest, did he want to take Xiao Wu back to his village?
Of course he did.
He practically wished he could take her home that very day.
Lin Yuan leaned over to Lin Tian and quietly fanned the flames.
“Brother Lin Tian, haven’t you always liked Sister Xiao Wu?
This is the perfect chance to take her home and make your relationship official.
You can even introduce her to the villagers.”
Hearing this, a flicker of emotion appeared in Lin Tian’s eyes.
Seeing the two of them whispering to each other, Xiao Wu immediately became impatient.
“What are you two whispering about?”
“Nothing.
Brother Lin Tian was just thinking about how to properly welcome you when he takes you home.”
As Lin Yuan spoke, he gave Lin Tian an encouraging look.
Xiao Wu’s eyes immediately lit up.
“There’s no need to make such a fuss.
Just prepare a bunch of snacks and a few pretty outfits for me when we get there.”
“Brother Lin Tian, tomorrow morning I’ll have someone bring a carriage to wait for you at the academy entrance.
Also, here’s some money.
It’s my personal support for you.
You can take Sister Xiao Wu shopping tonight.
We’ll set off tomorrow morning.”
Lin Yuan took ten gold soul coins from his pocket and stuffed them into Lin Tian’s hand.
As he spoke, he gave Lin Tian another encouraging look before turning around and leaving.
At this point, Lin Tian couldn’t refuse even if he wanted to.
“Alright.”
“Yay!”
Xiao Wu excitedly jumped off the bed.
Her eyes stared at the “fortune” in Lin Tian’s hand, seemingly glowing with excitement.
Lin Tian was still worried about Tang Hao.
His heart was pounding restlessly, and he felt as though it were jumping up and down in his chest.
He had experienced this kind of feeling before.
Once, when he had gotten incredibly lucky in the life before his previous life.
And another time was in his previous life, when he had become Li Keyong’s idiot son, a character who didn’t exist in the original Hua Jianghu: The Unruly World, and the younger brother of Li Cunxu, who likewise didn’t exist in the original story.
Because he had been mentally disabled since childhood and posed absolutely no threat, nor did he possess any schemes, he had instead received Li Keyong’s unconditional affection.
It wasn’t until the year before the story began that he recovered the memories from the life before his previous life.
From Li Keyong, he learned the complete version of the Supreme Holy Qiankun Skill.
However, because he hadn’t read many ancient texts, he couldn’t immediately begin cultivating it.
He felt time was running out.
The beginning of the original story was getting closer and closer.
Once the story began, his father, Li Keyong, would die, and his elder brother, Li Cunxu, would die as well.
He wouldn’t escape death either.
Therefore, he abandoned the idea of studying ancient texts.
Instead, he had Li Keyong explain the technique in plain language and draw it out according to diagrams of the human body’s meridians.
That man was Zhang Zifan’s father, the Heavenly Master of Mount Longhu, Zhang Xuanling.
Finally, three months before the story began, they found Zhang Xuanling.
By then, he had already established a foundation in martial arts.
Relying on modern methods of speaking and all sorts of flirtatious tactics, he had taken advantage of the opportunity to win over the scar-faced woman Li Cunren.
After winning over Li Cunren, he brought her and her subordinate organization, the Shang Organization, to Zhang Xuanling.
Using the promise of helping him find his son as bait, he tricked Zhang Xuanling into handing over the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Art.
As for the general principles of the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Art, he had already memorized them from the anime in his previous life.
He simply didn’t understand what they meant.
So he had Li Cunren translate them for him.
He then immediately returned to the Jin Prince’s Residence in Taiyuan and entered seclusion to cultivate the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Art.
His plan was to fuse it with the Supreme Holy Qiankun Skill.
At the same time, before the story began, he had Li Cunren take the Shang Organization to seize the Fire Spirit Ganoderma that appeared at the beginning of the original plot, allowing him to increase his cultivation.
Unfortunately, he never got to see Li Cunren return.
Instead, he encountered the Unorthodox Marshal Yuan Tiangang.
The other man said only one sentence.
“You are an anomaly.
Keeping you alive will only cause trouble.”
And that was the end of it.
He died.
Then he transmigrated to the Douluo Continent and became an orphan from Bamboo Ridge.
After learning that he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent, Lin Tian was naturally ecstatic.
He began cultivating the Supreme Holy Qiankun Skill and the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Art from a young age.
At the same time, knowing that he had never cultivated either technique to its highest realm, he wanted to make sure he wouldn’t forget them and accidentally make a mistake during cultivation.
So, following the example of the Corpse Ancestor Hou Qing, he specially wrote both techniques down in diagrams using the pinyin system from his previous life and sewed the diagrams into his clothes.
He was confident that even if Tang San came along, there was no way he could decipher the mysteries of these two supreme techniques.
With the enhancement provided by the two great techniques, Lin Tian awakened with innate full soul power without any surprises.
He didn’t know whether it was because he had cultivated the two techniques, but he had also inherited both his father’s Bamboo martial soul and his mother’s Lotus martial soul.
The Bamboo martial soul fused with the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Art and transformed into a bamboo capable of releasing heavenly lightning.
He named it Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
The heavenly lightning it released was especially effective against soul beasts with dark or evil attributes.
As for the Lotus martial soul, it fused with the Supreme Holy Qiankun Skill and became the Flame Lotus, now surrounded by blue flames.
He named it Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.
Even that wasn’t enough for Lin Tian.
He endured his disgust toward Tang San and Yu Xiaogang and deliberately became brothers with Tang San while tactfully rejecting Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to take him as a disciple.
Then he approached Xiao Wu, intending to recreate Tang San’s path to godhood from the original story.
From time to time, whenever they were alone, he would secretly hint that Tang San’s father was a Titled Douluo.
And that was how things had reached their current state.
Yet now, when success seemed to be right within his grasp, Lin Tian suddenly felt strangely empty inside.
A sense of loss quietly filled his heart.
End of Chapter