Chapter 35: Chapter 35: The Tang Family Rules, Xiao Wu's Sacrifice, Boundless Power?
If Xiao Wu exposed any flaws and it was discovered that she possessed a copy of the diary, Su Ming might realize that others also had copies. Then they would all be in big trouble!
However, after they saw the updated diary, they breathed a sigh of relief.
[But Xiao Wu almost cried later, tears were about to fall, so there should be no problem, right?]
[Ah, I can't stand it when someone I like cries!]
The heroines: Well done, Xiao Wu!
Xiao Wu's face turned a little red.
[Since I've acknowledged Xiao Wu as my sister and promised that I would never let her suffer any harm, I must stick to it. Against enemies, it's best to use full strength from the beginning, not give them any chance to harm those close to me!]
[I definitely won't be like the Tang San in the original story, who only used his full strength after Xiao Wu was injured!]
[I still remember a scene from the original. Six years later, Xiao Wu and Tang San both joined Shrek Academy, and coincidentally, there were seven students that year with decent talents, who together formed the Shrek Seven Devils.]
The heroines were curious: What kind of academy has only seven students, and all of them are talented? If they are geniuses, why join such a school?
[To graduate from Shrek Academy, they had to earn a Silver Spirit Badge in the Great Spirit Arena of Soto City. In addition to competing in individual and duo matches, they also participated in team battles!]
[One of the team battles was against a squad from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, led by Yu Tianheng. Overall, they were much stronger. Even so, Yu Xiaogang let them try.]
[Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's first team had won many matches at the Great Spirit Arena, causing the arena to lose a lot of money. They needed a strong team to defeat them, and that team was the Shrek Seven Devils!]
[Of course, they were paid for the match—a total of ten thousand gold coins, with each of them getting a thousand, and the rest used for further training.]
[Due to the difference in spirit power levels, Tang San devised a plan. It worked well initially, but Tang San didn't consider everything thoroughly, or perhaps he underestimated them and didn't go all out.]
[This eventually led to Xiao Wu getting seriously injured, left barely clinging to life.]
[Only after Xiao Wu was grievously injured did Tang San become enraged, unleashing his external spirit bone, the Eight Spider Lances. Combining it with a series of Tang Sect techniques, he defeated all of his opponents, and even used the poison of the Eight Spider Lances to force their Nine Heart Begonia Spirit Master, Ye Lingling, to heal Xiao Wu!]
[The Nine Heart Begonia is the strongest healing spirit; as long as the person is still breathing, they can be saved. So, in the end, Xiao Wu was safe, and Tang San later detoxified his opponents.]
[In reality, with Tang San's strength, his Tang Sect techniques, and his teammates' support, the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's first team wasn't a match for them. But Tang San didn't go all out from the start, leading to Xiao Wu getting hurt.]
[In the original story, there were many instances where Xiao Wu had to be hurt for Tang San to finally get serious, but I won't go into that now.]
Heroines: No, Su Ming, keep going! Don't leave us hanging like this! Can you even do this right?
[I even remembered a little rhyme made up by the readers from my past life. It's kind of funny, and they jokingly called it the Tang Family Rules.]
[Tang Family Rules: If Xiao Wu gets hurt, everyone panics. If Tang San gets mad, the match is over. As long as Xiao Wu is hurt enough, no one will escape unharmed. One generation of Hammer Kings is always strong, each destined to face the Pope. One generation of spirit beasts is always strong, each destined to marry a Hammer King.]
After hearing these "family rules," the heroines quickly caught the key point: only when Xiao Wu got hurt would Tang San show his full strength. Moreover, in the Tang family, it seemed like every generation had to fight the Pope—how absurd!
Even Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow. She hadn't expected that Tang Hao's family harbored such an ambition to challenge the Pope regularly!
The Spirit Hall would usually record and report any commoners who awakened a spirit with innate power. Su Yuntao had just finished awakening Tang San's spirit, and the very next day, both Su Ming's and Tang San's information had reached her. Before receiving this report, she had already known from Su Ming's diary that Tang San was Tang Hao's son and a twin-spirit wielder, just like her!
Originally, she had intended to spare Tang San and Tang Hao, not wanting to cause them trouble. After all, without Tang Hao severely injuring Qian Xunji, she wouldn't have had the opportunity to kill him!
So, as long as Tang Hao and Tang San didn't provoke the Spirit Hall, she wouldn't go after them. But now it seemed like she had been overthinking it—Tang Hao and Tang San were determined to oppose the Spirit Hall!
Despite Qian Xunji, who forced Ah Yin into a sacrifice, being dead, why was Tang Hao still targeting her?
Since that was the case, she would have to start preparing early!
Meanwhile, Ah Yin, in her cave, focused on one particular line: Each generation of spirit beasts marries a Hammer King. Was it possible that every male descendant of the Tang family would marry a 100,000-year spirit beast? This was way too absurd! How could they pull that off?
After all, encountering a 100,000-year spirit beast capable of taking human form was rare. Few spirit beasts chose to transform. How lucky could the Tang family be to marry a 100,000-year spirit beast in every generation?
But as Ah Yin thought it through, she realized something terrifying. She had become Tang Hao's wife, and without Su Ming's interference, Xiao Wu would have ended up as Tang San's wife. That thought sent chills down her spine!
Then another worry crossed her mind: if every generation of the Tang family married spirit beasts, wouldn't their descendants have more and more beast blood in them? Just like how Tang San had half Blue Silver Emperor blood, and with the addition of the Soft Bone Rabbit blood, wouldn't the Tang family eventually become more beast than human? Would they still be considered human?
Ah Yin was now thoroughly confused.
Xiao Wu, too, was deeply shocked. Her fate in the original story seemed tragic!
Each time, it was only after she got hurt that Tang San would fight with all his might. What was this? A sacrificial path?
The more Xiao Wu thought about it, the more she felt she should keep her distance from Tang San—just to avoid bad luck!
She also began to look to Su Ming with anticipation. Could Su Ming really keep her from getting hurt?
Deep down, Xiao Wu knew that achieving this would be tough unless Su Ming had absolute power.