Chapter 144: Tang San, You Don't Want Xiao Wu…
Qi Tian knew where to draw the line. At most, he would allow Zhu Zhuqing to use her martial soul possession—there was no way he would bully these slaves.
These slaves had most likely suffered mutations in their martial souls or bloodlines, leading to abnormal changes in their bodies.
In the end, they would become playthings for nobles and wealthy elites, remaining enslaved for the rest of their lives.
"Rongrong, if you have too much money to spend, why don't you buy them and let them return to a normal life?" Qi Tian said.
"Sure! I'll have someone purchase them immediately!"
Ning Rongrong didn't hesitate in the slightest. In fact, she was worried that Qi Tian might actually want these female slaves to serve him.
After Qi Tian had broadened his horizons, Ning Rongrong left the auction house ahead of time and went to a secluded spot to wait for him.
Qi Tian used the divine artifact, the Sea Calming Pearl, to traverse space and appeared beside Ning Rongrong.
"Brother Tian, where are we going now?" Ning Rongrong asked.
"To the Moon Pavilion," Qi Tian replied.
Tang San dared to leave the Clear Sky Sect and even entered a grand auction house to sell hidden weapons. There was no way Qi Tian believed this had nothing to do with Moon Pavilion.
Since that was the case, he might as well go take a look and see whether the Clear Sky Sect's Titled Douluo had made a move.
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Tang San hid himself beneath a hooded robe. Afraid of being discovered by people from the Spirit Hall, he had also left the Grand Auction House early.
As he walked toward Moon Pavilion, he calculated his gains from this trip.
'A single set of Silent Sleeve Darts actually sold for three hundred Gold Soul Coins.'
'If I took out the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and some of my other powerful creations, wouldn't they sell for an astronomical price?'
'It seems I should find a few blacksmith shops to cooperate with. That way, I should be able to complete the sect's mission very soon, right?' Tang San thought to himself.
With the help of Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao, the sect had finally agreed to let him acknowledge his ancestry and return—but with additional conditions.
There were requirements regarding his strength, and another condition was that he had to atone for Tang Hao's sins by providing compensation money for the disciples who had died in battle.
Although Tang Yuehua's Moon Pavilion secretly provided financial support to the Clear Sky Sect, cultivating disciples still required a great deal of money.
That was why the elders of the clan had made such demands.
Tang San had come here this time to sell hidden weapons precisely to earn money.
Once he gathered enough compensation funds, he would be able to learn the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul's cultivation method—such as the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, soul power sealing techniques, and more.
And once his strength met the requirements, he could officially acknowledge his ancestry and return to the sect.
Before long, Tang San arrived back at Moon Pavilion.
Suddenly, a white figure caught his attention.
"Xiao Wu? Didn't Father kill her? How could she appear here?"
Tang San's heart fell into chaos. He cautiously chased after the direction where that white figure had disappeared.
In his heart, there were only three people in this world who truly mattered to him—Tang Hao, Grandmaster, and Xiao Wu.
So the moment he saw Xiao Wu's silhouette, he couldn't help but follow, even if that person only looked similar to her.
Not long after, he chased her into a half-abandoned residence.
"Why would Xiao Wu be here?" Tang San frowned, feeling that something was wrong.
Out of caution, he immediately prepared to leave, intending to seek Tang Yuehua's help and then return to investigate.
But at that moment, with his keen hearing, he suddenly heard Xiao Wu's voice.
Her voice carried a trace of sobbing:
"Please, don't hit me. I really didn't try to escape!"
"It's Xiao Wu! It really is Xiao Wu! My beloved!" Tang San's heart surged with excitement.
His face flushed with excitement, and he lost all rationality. He prepared all his hidden weapons, activated Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and vaulted into the courtyard.
The moment he entered, he saw the Xiao Wu he had been longing for—tied to a pillar.
The white dress on her body was torn and disheveled. There were streaks of blood on her calves and arms, as if she had been lashed by a whip.
"Xiao Wu!"
His Xiao Wu had actually been bullied to this extent? Tang San's face darkened as he looked toward the masked man standing beside her.
"Third Brother? Is that you? Leave quickly—you're no match for him!"
Xiao Wu's voice was hoarse and urgent, sounding as if she truly cared about Tang San.
"So this is the little lover you've been searching for all this time? Tsk tsk, he doesn't look like much. What a waste—a fine flower stuck in cow dung!"
Tang San's expression grew even gloomier as he stared furiously at the masked man. No matter how Xiao Wu had survived, he was determined to rescue her.
In the next instant, a purple glow appeared in his eyes, and his palms turned jade-like.
But just then, he saw the masked man place a hand on Xiao Wu's fair, delicate neck.
"Behave yourself, or I'll snap her neck!"
"I'd really like to see whether your hidden weapons are faster, or my hand is faster," Qi Tian said coldly.
"A Soul King?" Tang San's pupils shrank as he saw the five soul rings beneath Qi Tian's feet.
He was confident he could contend with a Soul King, but he had no confidence at all in saving Xiao Wu from a Soul King's grasp.
Moreover, he had only just started selling hidden weapons—how had someone already set their sights on him?
'Could it be the grand auction house?' Tang San nearly crushed his teeth in hatred, wishing he could overturn the entire auction house.
In his eyes, Qi Tian was clearly one of their people.
"Let Xiao Wu go. Bullying a weak woman—what kind of man does that make you? If you've got the guts, fight me!"
"A Soul King wouldn't be afraid of a mere Soul Elder like me, right?"
Tang San deliberately summoned his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. Three soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple—rose and fell around him.
"Jie jie jie! Trying to provoke me like this won't work!"
"What a coincidence. I never expected that a random woman I grabbed would turn out to have a lover—and that lover just happens to be the mysterious guy selling hidden weapons."
"How about this: hand over the blueprints for your hidden weapons."
"Oh, and also give me the cultivation method for that footwork of yours, your techniques, and that purple-eyed skill."
"If you do, I'll let this girl go."
"Otherwise, I won't be polite. You don't want such a pretty girl to be bullied by me, do you?"
Qi Tian deliberately spoke in an extremely lewd tone, while his other hand roamed over Xiao Wu's body.
"You dare!" Tang San's eyes turned bloodshot at the sight of Qi Tian's actions.
At that moment, he finally understood—he didn't just regard Xiao Wu as a younger sister. He had already fallen deeply in love with her.
And now, someone was molesting her right in front of him. He was on the verge of going mad with rage.
Xiao Wu put on a humiliated expression and said hoarsely, "Third Brother, leave quickly. Don't worry about me!"
Xiao Wu's words only made Tang San's heart ache even more.
"Take your filthy hands off her. I'll give you the blueprints and the cultivation methods!" Tang San said through clenched teeth.
"Good. At least you know what's good for you," Qi Tian said as he withdrew the hand that had been molesting Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu immediately cooperated and cried out, "Third Brother, run! Don't give him anything—he's a despicable man who never keeps his word!"
"If he dares to violate me, I'll find a way to kill myself. When that happens, Third Brother, just remember to avenge me!"
Tang San was deeply moved. He hadn't expected that even at such a moment, Xiao Wu would still be thinking of him.
Ever since Tang Hao had tried to kill Xiao Wu last time, Tang San had truly understood just how important she was to him.
"Xiao Wu, for you, what do these external possessions even matter?"
Tang San took out several sheets of paper from the Twenty-Four Moonlight Bridges, along with a packet of the Tang Sect's exclusive poison.
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End of Chapter