This night was destined to be a sleepless one for the residents of Heaven Dou City.
Especially those living around the Heaven Dou Soul Hall. Although Tang Hao hadn't directly smashed their houses with his hammer, the intense tremors and shockwaves caused by his demolition of the Soul Hall had severely affected the nearby streets and buildings.
It could be said that while Tang Hao's destruction of the Heaven Dou Soul Hall made Emperor Xue Ye feel as refreshed as drinking an ice-cold bottle of soda on a scorching summer day, it also left behind a huge mess.
However, since Tang Hao had removed a thorn from his side by demolishing the Heaven Dou Soul Hall, Emperor Xue Ye was willing to cover the damages caused by his actions.
Cracked streets and houses turned into dangerous ruins? Just send people to repair the streets and rebuild the houses. A few gold soul coins were nothing—just take them from the royal treasury!
Inside a side hall of the imperial palace, Huo Lie, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin had not yet left.
However, the topic of conversation among the six people in the hall had shifted. Instead of investigating the true culprit behind today's assassination attempt or deciding how to deal with Salas, they were now discussing why Tang Hao had demolished the Heaven Dou Soul Hall.
To be honest, the six of them were somewhat confused by Tang Hao's actions.
As for identifying the real mastermind behind the assassination and handling Salas, these matters no longer held much significance.
Since Salas was already dead, then naturally, he had to be the culprit.
Moreover, considering Spirit Hall's strength and Salas's high status, letting the matter go with his death was not entirely unreasonable.
Besides, compared to the shocking news of Tang Hao demolishing the Heaven Dou Soul Hall, those two "minor" issues seemed insignificant.
"You think Tang Hao simply doesn't like Spirit Hall?"
Dugu Bo, who didn't know much about Tang Hao, asked.
Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi shook his head slightly. "That's unlikely. Tang Hao has been in seclusion for years. If there was no other reason, he wouldn't have acted so recklessly."
Suddenly, Chen Xin thought of a key point and hesitantly said, "Tang San's surname is also Tang. Do you think…?"
"If I remember correctly, Tang San's martial soul is Blue Silver Grass, right?"
After a moment of hesitation, Emperor Xue Ye caught on to the meaning behind Chen Xin's words.
There were plenty of people with the surname Tang in the world, and since Tang San's martial soul wasn't the Clear Sky Hammer, the two of them were unlikely to be father and son.
"Twin Martial Souls?"
Thinking of Mu Yang, who possessed twin martial souls, Huo Lie blurted out.
But he quickly shook his head. "No, Blue Silver Grass is far too inferior to the Clear Sky Hammer—there's no basis for it to be part of a twin martial soul set."
At this moment, Ning Fengzhi added, "As far as I know, Tang San is still quite young. Right now, he should be around fourteen years old, which coincides with the time when Tang Hao withdrew from the soul master world."
"Father, Teacher, Three Douluo, in my opinion, we can set aside the question of whether Tang San has twin martial souls for now. But there is no doubt that he is Clear Sky Douluo's son."
Xue Qinghe voiced his thoughts.
"First, the Heaven Dou Soul Hall represents Spirit Hall's face. There's no way Tang Hao wouldn't have foreseen the consequences of destroying it. If they weren't father and son, he had no reason to act this way."
"Second, as Sword Douluo and Teacher mentioned, Tang San's surname is Tang, and his birthdate coincides with the time when Clear Sky Douluo disappeared from the soul master world."
"Third, and most importantly, without the bloodline of a powerful expert or any other special conditions, how could Tang San, at the mere age of fourteen, have cultivated to the four-ring Soul Ancestor level with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul? After all, Blue Silver Grass is widely recognized in the soul master world as a trash martial soul."
Qian Renxue revealed her deductions.
At this moment, Qian Renxue's expression remained calm on the surface, but in her heart, she wished for Tang Hao's immediate death.
In her understanding, her father, Qian Xunji, had been severely wounded by Tang Hao back then and later succumbed to his injuries.
Regardless of why her father had led people to besiege Tang Hao in the first place, she had a blood feud with him.
Now that Tang Hao had demolished the Heaven Dou Soul Hall, as the heir of Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue naturally hated Tang Hao even more.
Old grudges remained unsettled, and now new ones had been added—how could Qian Renxue not hate Tang Hao? She even placed Tang San on her list of targets for elimination.
Without a doubt, based on Tang San's displayed talent, he was a rare genius on the continent, and there was even the possibility that he possessed twin martial souls.
Qian Renxue understood the potential of twin martial souls very well. After all, her mother, Bibi Dong, was one of the extremely rare twin martial soul soul masters on the continent.
Before she went to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire years ago, her grandfather Qian Daoliu had already told her that back when her mother, Bibi Dong, was only in her thirties, she had not only reached the Title Douluo level but was also among the most powerful of them. As long as she and her mother joined forces, the continent would eventually be theirs.
Thus, with Tang San's potential being so great—perhaps even enough to grow into the second coming of Land's Invincible—Qian Renxue planned to eliminate him as soon as possible.
Are you calling her love-struck? The Angelic Lady indeed had a hidden tendency for romantic obsession, but it definitely wasn't something that could be triggered by just anyone. At the very least, in his current state, without having awakened the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and with his average appearance, Tang San wasn't qualified.
Moreover, pure looks alone weren't enough to trigger Qian Renxue's hidden romantic trait.
A peer of the same generation, possessing outstanding appearance, and also being able to defeat her—these were the key conditions required to awaken Qian Renxue's romantic obsession.
"If Tang San truly is Tang Hao's son, then I can believe that today's assassination attempt had nothing to do with Spirit Hall."
After a long silence, Ning Fengzhi sighed.
If Spirit Hall had known about Tang Hao and Tang San's father-son relationship, they would never have acted rashly.
After all, Spirit Hall was well aware of Tang Hao's strength. If they really intended to target Tang Hao and Tang San, they would have laid an inescapable trap and dispatched multiple Title Douluo elders to suppress them.
How could they allow the Heaven Dou Soul Hall to be reduced to ruins without even a single Title Douluo elder from Spirit Hall arriving?
"It seems that this assassination attempt was, in all likelihood, orchestrated by Star Luo."
"The goal was to assassinate Tang San and use Tang Hao's fury to drag the reclusive Clear Sky Sect into the conflict, forcing them into a confrontation with Spirit Hall."
"Likewise, once Clear Sky Sect enters the fray, being weak and isolated, they would inevitably seek allies. At that point, the Star Luo Empire could step in, unite the various forces on the continent, and launch a collective crusade against Spirit Hall."
"With Spirit Hall's strength alone, they wouldn't be able to withstand the combined assault of the other factions on the continent."
"Once Spirit Hall—the greatest obstacle—is eliminated, the Star Luo Empire, whose military power surpasses that of the Heaven Dou Empire, would then have the conditions necessary to unify the continent."
"Hmph, Star Luo truly harbors the ambitions of a wolf!"
"In order to cover their tracks, they even sent high-level spiritual-type soul masters to use mind-control techniques on two red-robed bishops of the Heaven Dou Soul Hall to carry out the assassination of Tang San."
"If the assassination had succeeded, Star Luo might have really gotten away with it."
Emperor Xue Ye felt that his analysis (or rather, his mental conjecture) had uncovered the hidden truth behind this assassination attempt.
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