Chapter 146: Xiao Wu Must Have Done This for My Sake…
The situation was critical, leaving Tang San no time to think—Qi Tian's attack was already upon him.
His Blue Silver Grass martial soul was being suppressed, and under these circumstances, even circulating the Mysterious Heaven Skill felt sluggish and obstructed.
The sensation was eerily similar to when he faced several elders of the Clear Sky Sect.
In desperation, Tang San hurriedly switched to his other martial soul—the Clear Sky Hammer. However, he had never truly cultivated the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.
Although he had learned the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique while forging iron in the past, that hammer technique required momentum to build up and was completely unsuitable for the current situation.
'Luckily, I absorbed those two soul bones!' Tang San thought with relief.
The inherited soul bones chosen by Tang Chen for the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul were naturally selected to match his cultivation path—pure, overwhelming strength.
Tang San activated the soul bone skills in his left leg and right arm, causing his power to erupt instantly, multiplying several times over.
His foot stomped into the ground, creating a deep crater, as he swung the hammer and smashed it directly into Qi Tian's soul skill.
A terrifying force surged toward him. Tang San was sent flying backward, continuously dispersing the force while airborne.
'How is this possible?!'
'My soul bones are ten-thousand-year soul bones. Their amplification to the Clear Sky Hammer is equivalent to a ten-thousand-year soul ring skill—so why can't they even withstand his second soul skill?'
Tang San's eyesight was excellent. He had clearly seen that the soul ring Qi Tian activated was his second one.
"Xiao Wu, I will definitely save you!"
Knowing he was no match, Tang San forcibly suppressed the surging blood and soul power the moment he landed. Activating Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he transformed into a phantom and fled.
Before leaving, he cast a deep, lingering glance at Xiao Wu.
At this moment, Xiao Wu was still nestled in Qi Tian's embrace. The two looked extremely intimate—but Tang San believed he had finally understood her intentions.
'Xiao Wu… you actually sacrificed so much for my safety. I'm sorry.'
Only after realizing he couldn't defeat Qi Tian did Tang San truly understand Xiao Wu's painstaking efforts.
To prevent Qi Tian from unleashing his full strength, she had clung tightly to him even during battle, refusing to let go.
Such a dangerous act—if not for his sake, then for whom else could it possibly be?
At the thought of Xiao Wu continuing to remain by Qi Tian's side, enduring humiliation for his sake, Tang San felt an unbearable pain tear through his heart.
As for the cultivation techniques and blueprints he had lost, Tang San didn't care much about them.
'Hmph. Do you really think Tang Sect techniques are that easy to cultivate?'
'The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record is built upon the Mysterious Heaven Skill. Without mastering the Mysterious Heaven Skill, it's absolutely impossible to comprehend those methods!'
Whether it was Purple Demon Eyes, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Mysterious Jade Hand, or the techniques of Hundred Solutions to Hidden Weapons, all of them were deeply intertwined with the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
That was precisely why Tang San dared to hand them over. He was certain the other party wouldn't be able to cultivate them—and if they forced it, they would only leave behind fatal flaws.
Even giving away the blueprints for the Silent Sleeve Darts was part of his calculation.
He was confident that once the other party obtained the blueprints, they would be able to produce the hidden weapons.
When that happened, he could investigate which faction was using the Silent Sleeve Darts and identify who had taken Xiao Wu.
Once his strength improved, he would wipe out that faction and rescue Xiao Wu!
Moreover, this was merely the lowest-tier hidden weapon recorded in Hundred Solutions to Hidden Weapons. Even if others produced it, it wouldn't have much impact on him.
He could still mass-produce and sell the Godly Zhuge Crossbow—its power far exceeded that of the Silent Sleeve Darts.
'This is my world-shaking intelligence!' Thinking this, Tang San felt much better and fled without looking back.
Qi Tian did not pursue Tang San as he escaped.
Although his soul power was higher than Tang San's, his speed wasn't necessarily faster.
However, once he later attached a speed-enhancing soul ring to his body martial soul and cultivated Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, there would be nothing to fear.
Moreover, Xiao Wu's mother's soul bone was still hidden away by Tang Hao. Qi Tian wanted to retrieve it in preparation for reviving Xiao Wu's mother in the future.
Tang Hao refused to reveal its whereabouts—but sooner or later, that soul bone would inevitably fall into Tang San's hands.
So he could simply wait and take this soul bone back from Tang San in the future. Thinking it over like that, Tang San still had some value after all.
Once the dust had settled, Ning Rongrong finally emerged from behind the residence.
Looking at Xiao Wu nestled in Qi Tian's arms, she felt extremely displeased. A spirit soul should at least behave like a spirit soul—how could she act so flirtatiously?
Still, after seeing a spirit soul with her own eyes, Ning Rongrong felt much more at ease. Just imagining that she, too, would be able to contract a spirit soul in the future filled her with anticipation.
With that thought, Ning Rongrong became even more attentive toward Qi Tian. A man like him—she absolutely could not afford to let him slip away.
Although Qi Tian's actions earlier had been exceedingly cunning, Ning Rongrong didn't mind at all. She had seen far too many ruthless schemes within her sect already.
"Brother Tian, do you want me to help find someone to kill him?" Ning Rongrong asked as she stepped forward, hugging Qi Tian's arm and squeezing Xiao Wu out of his embrace.
Qi Tian shook his head. "No need. Keeping him alive still has some use. We'll talk about it later."
Letting him draw the attention of the Asura God for now was fine—give the Asura God a bit of hope, let them keep investing in Tang San, only for it all to go down the drain in the end.
"Then I'll listen to you, Brother Tian!"
Qi Tian took out the Silent Sleeve Darts blueprint from his storage soul tool. After removing most of the poison from it, he handed it to Ning Rongrong.
"Here, this is the blueprint for the Silent Sleeve Dart. Take it."
"As for the other techniques, I'll teach them to you all after I've mastered them myself," Qi Tian said.
Ning Rongrong accepted the blueprint and shot Xiao Wu a smug glance.
A spirit soul was still just a spirit soul—unable to do anything. Those techniques had nothing to do with Xiao Wu anyway.
"Thank you, Brother Tian—you're really good to me!" Ning Rongrong said sweetly as she hugged Qi Tian, pulled down his mask, and kissed him on the corner of his lips.
Xiao Wu had kissed his neck. She kissed his lips—so she won.
Ning Rongrong's body was soft, and she carried a faint tulip fragrance that was a pleasure to Qi Tian's senses.
Xiao Wu watched the two of them from the side, but she wasn't angry.
In terms of closeness, she and Qi Tian were the most intimate of all—they had already become one.
Besides, there wasn't really anything between her and Qi Tian yet. That moment of intimacy earlier had been partly out of gratitude for Qi Tian helping her take revenge, and partly just to anger Tang San.
What's more, she found it rather amusing and even looked forward to the scenes of Ning Rongrong clashing with Zhu Zhuqing, Bibi Dong, and the others in the future.
"Alright. I removed most of the poison from that blueprint, but you should still be careful. Don't get poisoned."
Ning Rongrong was startled and hurriedly put the blueprint away into her storage soul tool.
"I didn't expect that guy to be so insidious—to actually poison both the blueprints and the techniques! Brother Tian, you weren't poisoned, right?"
Qi Tian shook his head. "I'm fine. Let's go—I'll escort you back to the sect."
He was worried that Tang San might launch a surprise counterattack, so he planned to personally send Ning Rongrong back to her sect to prevent any accidents.
"Ah? Do we really have to go back?" Ning Rongrong asked reluctantly. She wanted to stay by Qi Tian's side.
Qi Tian shook his head and escorted her back to the sect regardless.
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On the other side, Tang San fled in a sorry state. Suddenly, at a street corner, he spotted a familiar figure.
"That's… Teacher? Again?"
Thinking it was yet another trap meant to lure him in, Tang San didn't hesitate and immediately threw out a Bone Piercing Needle.
The needle pierced straight into Grandmaster's butt without any resistance. Grandmaster let out a miserable scream and collapsed to the ground.
"What's going on? So weak? Could it be that this isn't a trap?"
Tang San hurried over to take a closer look, only to discover that it really was Yu Xiaogang.
"Oh no—it really is Teacher!"
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