Tang Xiao grabbed Tang Hao’s arm, fleeing the forest in a panic like a stray dog, and finally returned to the tavern they had left before.
The tavern was filled with the scent of ale.
Tang Xiao and Tang Hao sat in their original seats, but now, the figure of that young maiden was no longer to be seen across from them.
“Why is she a Soul Beast?
Ah Yin…
why on earth is she a Soul Beast?
Also, why did we run into the Pope of Spirit Hall here?”
Tang Hao’s eyes were blank, as if he had lost his soul, and he continuously muttered these few sentences.
From the very first moment he saw Ah Yin, he had regarded her as his destined one, a girl he would protect with his life!
Yet in the blink of an eye, this gentle maiden had actually turned into a hundred-thousand-year-old human-form Blue Silver Emperor?
Why was she a Soul Beast?
Such an absurd twist was a devastating blow to Tang Hao!
“Brother Hao…
Brother Hao…
Snap out of it right now!” Tang Xiao’s voice exploded beside Tang Hao’s ears.
Tang Hao stiffly raised his head and looked at his elder brother.
That originally resolute face was now full of bitterness, and his eyes were even more lifeless, as if he had lost his soul.
“Brother…” Tang Hao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his voice hoarse as he said, “Why on earth is Ah Yin a Soul Beast?”
“My heart feels completely hollow right now, it hurts like hell.”
Hearing this, Tang Xiao frowned.
Looking at his younger brother’s half-dead appearance right now, he only felt an inexplicable rage burning within him.
“You can’t accept it?” Tang Xiao’s voice was icy.
“You fell for this transformed hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast?!”
“Brother Hao, wake up!
At most, we haven’t even been traveling together with her for half a month!”
“In a mere half month, have you already fallen that deep for her?
Brother Hao, you and she are simply not meant to be!”
Tang Hao gave a miserable laugh, mocking himself somewhat, “What do you know, Brother?
You don’t understand anything at all!
You don’t understand her!”
“From the very first moment I met Ah Yin, my heart was completely thrown into chaos.
Even though I don’t even know her background, I have a strong feeling—my intuition tells me that she is the woman I want to marry in this lifetime!”
“Perhaps this is what they call love at first sight!”
“Bullshit!” Tang Xiao couldn’t help cursing.
“What kind of damn love at first sight?
I think you’ve lost your mind!”
“Now her identity as a Soul Beast is confirmed, and she has also fallen into the hands of Spirit Hall Pope Qian Xunji.”
“Give up, Brother Hao!
Her fate was already sealed the moment she fell into the hands of the Spirit Hall Pope.”
What would be the outcome of a hundred-thousand-year-old human-form Soul Beast falling into the hands of Spirit Hall?
Nothing less than a hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Ring and a hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Bone.
“No!” Tang Hao fiercely slammed the table, his entire body glaring at his elder brother like a mad beast, his eyes filled with madness and unwillingness!
“Brother, why did you pull me away back then?
You know my talent very well, and I possess our Clear Sky Sect’s secret techniques!”
“As long as the two of us join forces and I perform a Ring Explosion with all seven of my rings, putting my life on the line to hold back Qian Xunji for a while will definitely not be a problem!”
“By then, as long as we can take Ah Yin away, I’ll accept it even if I’m hunted down across the entire continent by Spirit Hall!”
“Nonsense!
You idiot!” Hearing these words, Tang Xiao was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.
“Brother Hao, is your brain full of mush?
Can’t you use your brain to think?
Perform a Ring Explosion against the Pope?”
“Even if you held back Qian Xunji for a moment and fled to the ends of the earth with Ah Yin, do you think Spirit Hall consists of pushovers?”
“Once you make a move against Qian Xunji, this will no longer be a personal grievance between the two of you, but Clear Sky Sect declaring war on Spirit Hall!”
“By then, the several thousand lives up and down Clear Sky Sect will all be buried along with you because of your stupidity!”
Tang Xiao’s words were like a basin of cold water poured over Tang Hao’s head, but Tang Hao right now seemed as if he were going crazy.
His eyes were bloodshot and he was panting heavily, “I don’t understand those twists and turns.
I only know that ever since we left that forest just now, I feel as though I’ve lost everything!”
“Having lost Ah Yin, I feel as though I’ve lost the most important and precious thing in my life.
Do you know that, Brother?”
As he spoke, Tang Hao recklessly rushed toward the outside of the tavern.
“Brother, don’t stop me!
I’m going back to save her!
I cannot watch Ah Yin die at the hands of Qian Xunji!”
“Sit down!” Tang Xiao finally reached his limit, his anger completely uncontrollable at this moment.
For a woman he had known for less than half a month, this good-for-nothing younger brother was actually pushing the entire Sect into a fire pit?
“Slap…”
Tang Xiao didn’t hesitate.
He swung his thick arm and slapped Tang Hao directly across the face, a violent gust of wind flashing past.
Tang Hao didn’t even have time to react before he was sent flying into the air by this slap, slamming heavily against the wall of the tavern and smashing a large hole into it.
This huge commotion instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the small tavern.
Even the nearby innkeeper was so scared he almost pissed his pants on the spot, hugging his head and diving beneath the counter.
Tang Xiao stood in place, eight Soul Rings flashing beneath his feet, the Aura of a Soul Douluo released and withdrawn instantly.
He glanced indifferently at the tavern keeper, then took out a few gold coins and threw them over.
“We’ll pay for the damages.
Don’t ask what you shouldn’t!”
Having said that, Tang Xiao stepped forward and picked up Tang Hao like a sack of sand, his figure flickering into a blur as he rapidly left the small town.
The fierce wind whistled in his ears, and Tang Xiao brought Tang Hao to the summit of a desolate, craggy mountain peak where human traces were rare.
Then he brutally threw the soul-drained Tang Hao onto the ground.
“Tang Hao!
Look at the ghost of a state you’re in now!
Do you still have a shred of the backbone of a Clear Sky Sect Prodigy?!”
Tang Xiao’s face was livid.
Looking at Tang Hao, who was slumped on the ground, he reprimanded him with exasperation, “What on earth did that transformed Soul Beast feed you?
In less than half a month, it has made you disregard the lives and deaths of the Sect and Father?!”
Tang Hao covered his somewhat swollen cheek, a trace of blood hanging from the corner of his mouth.
The physical pain made his mind clear up a bit more.
But he was still somewhat dazed, murmuring, “Brother, you simply cannot understand this feeling!”
“From the moment we left that forest and failed to save Ah Yin, it felt as though a piece of my heart had been ripped out!”
“Intuition tells me that if I lose her, I will lose everything in the future, and my future will be completely destroyed!”
Seeing that Tang Hao was still obsessed and unrepentant, Tang Xiao took a deep breath and in the end could only let out a long sigh.
With a bitter look on his face, he said, “Brother Hao, stop acting the fool.
Let’s just pretend that we never met her during this past half month.”