Chapter 37: Tang Zhen's Decision
When Tang Zhen became so furious that he fainted, Su Mo, who was in the city of Wuhun, received a letter from the spiritual master who was overseeing Tang Hao and A Yin.
After reading it, Su Mo was surprised.
"Huh? After Tang Xiao returned to the Haotian Sect, he left again and found Tang Hao and A Yin, asking them to hide because his father, Tang Zhen, disapproved of their marriage..."
That's what had happened.
After reading it, Su Mo placed the letter on the desk and, looking at the beautiful green plants outside the window, his thoughts began to drift.
According to what he had learned about the Douluo Continent in his previous life, it never explained why Tang Hao and A Yin conceived Tang San while in hiding, instead of returning to the Haotian Sect, getting married there, and then having Tang San.
It turned out it was because Tang Hao's father, Tang Zhen, did not agree with their marriage.
But that was understandable.
After all, Tang Hao was the young master of the Haotian Sect and its most talented member. Naturally, Tang Zhen would prefer for Tang Hao to marry the daughter of a powerful family to secure the interests of the Haotian Sect.
Just like the arranged marriages of countless wealthy families in his past life.
Although Tang Zhen acknowledged A Yin's talent, it was unfortunate that her identity was disgraceful. Tang Zhen would never accept his son marrying a soul beast.
After all, not everyone is like Tang Hao's family, who have embraced love with soul beasts for generations and consider it normal.
However, since Tang Zhen didn't approve of the marriage, how did Tang Hao and A Yin end up encountering the Spirit Hall while returning to the Haotian Sect?
Su Mo found it a bit odd.
In any case, he felt that the process by which Qian Xunji discovered Tang Hao and A Yin in the novel from his past life didn't make any sense.
After all, Tang Hao knew A Yin's true identity, and A Yin had not yet matured at that time.
Logically speaking, even if Tang Hao wanted to bring A Yin back to the Haotian Sect, he would certainly take a secretive route and avoid detection. How could they be so easily discovered by the Spirit Hall?
There had been claims online in his previous life that the Spirit Hall had been monitoring Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, which is how they eventually uncovered A Yin's true identity.
But Su Mo didn't agree.
Because the only reason the Spirit Hall is currently watching Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and A Yin is that Bibi Dong wants it. Previously, the Spirit Hall only paid minor attention to Tang Hao and his brother.
And this theory had a major flaw:
If the Spirit Hall had truly been monitoring Tang Hao and his brother, they must have had a reason.
According to that theory, only a Titled Douluo could uncover A Yin's true identity. Therefore, for the Spirit Hall to discover her secret, they must have sent a Titled Douluo to interact with Tang Hao and A Yin.
And if the Spirit Hall sent a Titled Douluo to meet Tang Hao, it wouldn't have been for a friendly chat—it would have been to kill him!
But if the Spirit Hall really wanted to kill Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, they could have done so earlier. There was no need to wait until Tang Hao was bringing A Yin back to the Haotian Sect to act.
It was completely absurd!
So, thinking it through, the story Tang Hao told Tang San about how he and his wife A Yin were discovered by the Spirit Hall was full of holes!
Forget it! There's no point in thinking about this. If you watch how things develop later, you'll naturally understand how Tang Hao and A Yin were discovered by the Spirit Hall.
Without dwelling on how they were discovered, Su Mo shook his head firmly and stood up to go find the little loli Qian Renxue.
Then he would wait until nightfall to tell Bibi Dong the contents of the letter he had received that day.
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Several months passed in an instant.
In the Haotian Sect, Tang Zhen fainted from rage when he learned that his second daughter-in-law was actually a 100,000-year-old soul beast.
After waking up, Tang Zhen remained silent. Whenever he had free time, he did not relax at all, but was instead consumed by helplessness and anguish.
He was clearly very much opposed to his second son, Tang Hao, marrying the 100,000-year-old soul beast named A Yin.
Because if such a thing became known, it would make the Haotian Sect the laughingstock of the entire continent.
And if the Spirit Hall learned of it, they would surely come knocking and demand that the 100,000-year-old soul beast be handed over.
Originally, since his father Tang Chen had been missing for many years, the Spirit Hall had long wanted to test the strength of the Haotian Sect but lacked a valid excuse.
If the Spirit Hall got a hold of this incident, they would use it to suppress the Haotian Sect, accusing them of colluding with soul beasts.
Although, according to records, after a 100,000-year soul beast transforms, as long as it cultivates to level 60, it matures, and even a Titled Douluo can't detect its true identity...
If that were true, perhaps A Yin could marry Tang Hao after reaching level 60.
But unfortunately, this was only a record.
He had never heard of any real-life example, so how could he dare to believe it?
What's more, even if it were true that a Titled Douluo couldn't detect the transformation of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, the Qian family of the Spirit Hall is the legendary sacrificial family of the Angel God.
According to his father, Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu is not only a level 99 Douluo but also a demigod. If a Titled Douluo couldn't detect her, could Qian Daoliu really fail to do so?
In the end, after thinking it through, Tang Zhen felt it was too dangerous to allow his second son, Tang Hao, to marry the soul beast A Yin.
So Tang Zhen finally decided: he must destroy the marriage between Tang Hao and A Yin.
However, even though it had to be broken, a 100,000-year-old soul beast was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Was there a way to make the most of it?
Over the following days, Tang Zhen mulled over the problem.
And a whole year passed in a flash.
As for how to resolve the crisis brought on by A Yin while still making full use of this opportunity...
Although Tang Zhen had an idea, he never found a concrete solution.
But just then—
One day, someone suddenly delivered a letter.
When Tang Zhen opened it, he was shocked to find that it was from his second son, Tang Hao.
It said that he and his wife A Yin had already married, and that A Yin was pregnant. The child was already more than eight months along, so he was writing to inform his father and hope he would accept the news and recognize the marriage.
Upon reading this, Tang Zhen's face suddenly turned pale, and he crushed the letter in his hand.
How could he possibly accept that his second son had married a soul beast?!
However, just as he was fuming, Tang Zhen suddenly saw another letter from his subordinates.
It said that the Pope of the Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, had begun touring the various Spirit Halls across the Douluo Continent and would soon visit several cities.
Got it!
In that instant, Tang Zhen was stunned—and then a brilliant idea came to him, one that could perfectly resolve the current dilemma.
(End of this chapter)