Chapter 103: Visiting Teacher Tang Hao
Haotian Sect.

Located three hundred miles east of Tiandou City, this is the ancestral land where the Haotian Sect has lived for generations. Now that the Haotian Sect has chosen to close its doors, all of its members have moved to the ancestral land on the mountain.

Today, the disciples of Haotian Sect went down the mountain to buy supplies as usual. Suddenly, the voices of some people talking in a teahouse nearby came into their ears.

“Haotian Sect has a peerless genius that has not appeared in a hundred years!”

“His talent is comparable to that of the Pope!”

“He is a mean person, relying on his family background to bully others!”

……

Not long after, the disciples who went out to purchase goods hurried back to the mountain and reported the news they got from this trip to the family elders.

Soon, the Haotian Sect held an emergency meeting.

Sect leader Tang Xiao and five elders gathered together.

The second elder spoke first.

“Twin martial spirits, Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer. If nothing unexpected happens, this child is Hao’er’s son!”

Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this.

The four elders couldn’t help but sigh:
“I didn’t expect Tang Hao and that beast…”

Tang Xiao glared at him immediately.

The fourth elder seemed to realize that this remark had caused the sect master’s dissatisfaction, so he did not continue speaking. He thought about it and skipped the word, and then said,
“I didn’t expect Tang Hao’s son to have such talent. In my opinion, he should be brought back to the Haotian Sect to be trained!”

As soon as this was said, the other four elders agreed.

Tang Xiao had no objection to this.

Then several elders began to discuss the arrangement of personnel. At first, they considered letting Tang Long lead the team to bring back Tang San, but Tang Xiao soon pointed out that Tang San’s identity might be blocked by the Spirit Hall. So after considering it for a while, they finally decided to let the fourth elder lead the team personally.

The Fourth Elder is a Titled Douluo at level 92. He is very powerful and nothing should go wrong.

At the same time, Holy Soul Village.

Due to geographical reasons, it took a long time for the news to reach here.

On this day, Tang Hao happened to walk out of the back mountain in a somewhat decadent manner, preparing to go to the town to buy wine.

Since he had snatched a soul bone from the Spirit Hall some time ago, he was now being hunted by the Spirit Hall. Facing the Spirit Hall’s hunting troops, Tang Hao did not dare to confront them easily, so he hid here again, preparing to wait for a while before going out to retaliate against the Spirit Hall.

However, what he didn’t expect this time was that when he went out to drink, he actually heard news about his son Tang San.

Words like twin martial souls, star of Haotian Sect and so on fell into Tang Hao’s ears!

Tang Hao’s face changed, and he instantly realized that his son’s identity was exposed. So he no longer cared about anything else and hurried to Tiandou City.

On the other side, Xu Huan took Xiao Wu and rushed towards the Holy Soul Village.

Xu Huan estimated the time. By now the rumor should have spread to the Holy Soul Village. After Tang Hao heard the news about Tang San, he would definitely rush to the rescue at all costs. So if Xu Huan went back at this time, he could avoid Tang Hao.

In fact, with Xu Huan’s current strength, he feels that he can fight against ordinary Titled Douluo. He is not very afraid of Tang Hao, but the Haotian Sect’s secret ring-blasting skill, the Great Sumeru Hammer, can fight across levels. In order to avoid failure, Xu Huan decided to act cautiously.

As a result, people from all parties surged in Tiandou City. The preliminaries were still going on, Tang San was still planning to find an opportunity to kill Huyan Li, and Xu Huan, on the pretext of Xiao Wu’s spirit power breakthrough, took Xiao Wu out to hunt for the ring and escaped from the vortex in Tiandou City.

Xu Huan’s speed was far beyond that of ordinary people. In less than half a day, he brought Xiao Wu back to Notting City from Tiandou City.

This was the result of Xu Huan deliberately conserving his soul power in case he ran into Tang Hao halfway. If he hurried on with all his strength and used the teleportation effect of his fifth soul skill, his speed would be even faster, and he could move hundreds of miles in an instant. As soon as they arrived in Notting City, Xu Huan and Xiao Wu were stopped by someone.

“Stop, you bold stranger! This is Master Jack’s city. To enter the city, each person must pay a 10-copper soul-coin entrance fee!”

Xu Huan was stunned when he heard this.

“This is?”

Since he didn’t cause any trouble, the worst that could happen was just ten copper coins. Xu Huan rummaged around, found the change, and handed it to the guard.

After entering the city, I found that the place had changed a lot.

The street was almost the same as when Xu Huan left, except that it had become a little shabby. However, the most obvious feature was the shops on both sides. There was a circle of small yellow flags hanging on the shops, with two potato-like things carved on the flags. Xu Huan couldn’t understand what they were.

So he went to ask a merchant nearby. When the merchant saw Xu Huan, he was reluctant to say anything at first. Later, when he heard Xu Huan say that he was a foreigner, he carefully told him his grievances.

“Stranger, you may not know that the flag is called the Doudou Flag. The two potatoes, one large and one small, on the flag represent the spirits of our lord, Master Jack, and his grandson. Any merchant with the flag must pay 1/6 of their turnover as tax every month to support Master Jack!”

1/6?

Xu Huan thought about it and said doubtfully:
“Auntie, I’ve been to many towns. 1/6 is already considered low. In other towns, there are many people who take 1/5 or even 1/4. What else do you have to complain about?”

The merchant’s eyes turned red when he heard this, and he complained:
“Young man, what do you know? Master Jack doesn’t collect profits, he collects turnover. He collects the principal as well!”

Xu Huan…

Well, if you calculate it this way, it seems like a little too much.

1/6, that is almost equivalent to 20% of the principal.

Many people don’t even make enough profit to pay taxes.

What happened to Grandpa Jack? He shouldn’t be short of money, right?
Xu Huan couldn’t figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it. He had more important things to do now, so he would talk about Jack’s matter later.

Xu Huan bought a few gifts in the city, then prepared to leave the city with Xiao Wu and head to the Holy Soul Village. He wanted to visit his teacher. Although he knew that the teacher was most likely not there, he still had to make adequate preparations to ensure that nothing could go wrong.

“Stop! This is Master Jack’s city. You have to pay an exit fee to leave the city!”

The guards stopped Xu Huan again.

Xu Huan casually handed over ten bronze soul coins, but they were knocked away by the guard.

“Not enough. The goods in the city all belong to Master Jack. If you buy Master Jack’s things, you have to pay for the goods. Each item costs 1/6. The total here is… one gold coin, four silver coins, and 12 copper coins!”

Xu Huan lowered his brows, threw out two gold coins, then took Xiao Wu and left.

Xu Huan ignored the shouting and cursing behind him.

Wait until he finishes his business before dealing with Grandpa Jack’s problem.

Rushing back to Shenghun Village quickly, another surprising scene came into view. The villagers from the past were now being driven by a group of soldiers to work and reclaim farmland on the barren hills.

Xu Huan averted his eyes and walked towards the back mountain without paying any attention to his fellow villagers.

He let go of his senses and searched for the location of the waterfall.

Soon, the corresponding location appeared in the mind, along with a special breath of life.

There was no trace of Tang Hao, it seemed he had gone out.

That’s it!
(End of this chapter)