Chapter 23: Chapter 21: Haotian Clan. Eighth Soul Ring. The Zhu Clan.
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Tang Zhen's Soul Skills:
1st: Three Thousand Thunder Movement (Purple)
2nd: Tesla Prison (Black)
3rd: Thunder Emperor's Armor (Black)
4th: Heaven's Shockwave (Black)
5th: Thunder Emperor Lance. (Black)
6th: Judgement of Heaven and Earth (Red)
7th: Martial Soul Form (Red)
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Slaps, grunts, and moans could be heard throughout the hall.
Inside a room, there was a body laying on a large bed and two figures still moving.
As the final grunt and moan came out of their mouths, they both fell to the bed exhausted.
Tang San lay on the bed staring at the ceiling. It had been one year since he came into the clan.
At first, his father told him his mother had left him a 100,000 year soul bone. Feeling excited, he followed him to a cave only to find out that someone had stolen the bone and killed his mother.
Disappointed, he had no choice but to follow his father to their next location.
When they got to a run down building in what looked like a dead town, his father once again became angry.
Interrogating a local, apparently about a little more than a year before they got there, someone came in and killed everyone jumping into the portal to Slaughter City.
This puzzled him and his father as to why the portal was now closed. After finding no leads, they left. Tang San was bitter. All they have been doing is travelling after he finished his training at the waterfall mastering the hammering techniques.
Left with no choice, his father had brought him back to the Haotian Clan. During his training and when they arrived to the clan, his father had been going out consistently.
It took a lot of effort to convince the clan elders that he was worthy of being with the clan. Although his awakening had failed, he still demonstrated that the useless Blue Silver Grass could be cultivated to his current level and possibly even further beyond.
The biggest thing that changed is the fact that now every night, he gets to sleep with two women from the clan.
Although none of the members were as beautiful as Xiao Wu or Huo Wu, but they satisfied his urges.
Huo Wu. Thinking about her made Tang San feel slightly guilty at first. He hasn't seen her in years and he has been sleeping with other women. But due to the words of some of the women he slept with it, it didn't bother him any longer.
He was the nephew to the leader of the clan, had twin martial souls and was the son of the Haotian Douluo. He should be able to be with multiple women. If that Tang Zhen could with his meager Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, then why couldn't he?
When he impregnated a couple of clan women, he would go and find Huo Wu and force her to be his as is her honor.
Tang San became increasingly arrogant. Even after three years of the competition at Spirit City, he was only at level 48. Which was still relatively good for his age, he knew he could be stronger. But he was too focused on the pleasures that his position brought him.
The clan now had multiple Titled Douluos and the plan was to wait until he got enough women pregnant before the Haotian Clan would reemerge on the Douluo Continent to exert dominance.
Once that happened, he would ask his father and uncle to kill that Tang Zhen and take Xiao Wu too. He wanted to do it himself with his hidden weapons but it was harder to craft the more dangerous ones due to a lack of materials.
His father planned to bring him to some place called run by the Strength Clan to get more metals.
As he was lost in thought, he felt someone grab his member again as he saw the first girl awake again looking at him with a sultry gaze resulting in them indulging themselves again.
Tang Xiao was in his room holding his head as if he had a headache. Why? Because he did.
His nephew while undoubtedly talented could not add soul rings to the Haotian Hammer yet. Also, his younger brother Tang Hao was nowhere to be found. He said he had something important to do and left.
Although Tang Xiao didn't question him, he was a little apprehensive about it.
A couple of years ago, he had heard news that one of the younger members of that inferior clan of oversized blue lizards was injured badly and humiliated.
The entire clan laughed at that making remarks about how if they fielded a team for the competition, they would only need to field a team of level 20 soul masters to win the entire thing.
Tang Xiao while arrogant was not naive but he received no useful information from Yueha. She just said that nothing important has changed and he thought that maybe something happened to her. So he said his little brother to watch over their sister.
He and a few elders had reached the Titled Douluo level during their seclusion from the world. They felt like they were ready.
With the Haotian formation, he was confident he could fight multiple other Titled Douluos. Now all that was left was for Tang San to do his duty to his clan and impregnate the women to create strong offspring. Though there was a minor setback, everyone concluded that it was worth the risk.
Their time would come soon.
Tang Zhen walked into the entrance of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan and was thoroughly impressed. Niu Gao did a great job with the defenses and the structure of the place. It was much better than before and not an open ground death trap.
Tang Zhen may have been a little overzealous. At first he wanted to make this a stronghold in the even that the Martial Soul Hall comes to attack them but now, Tang Zhen didn't plan to act against them if anything for Bibi Dong's sake.
He felt like he changed too much of the original story to be sure of anything at this point. It was better safe than sorry now.
Something peculiar happened before he came too. He noticed Flender had cut and styled his hair. He also no longer wore glasses. When he asked Erlong about it, she just giggled. He couldn't take it anymore and asked Flender directly only for him to avoid the question by saying it was time for a change.
Walking up to the main hall, Ning Rongrong was holding onto his arm and explaining everything all the changes that were made.
Once inside, there was a huge table with Niu Gao and Yang Wudi discussing something before they turned around and greeted Ning Fengzhi.
"Uncle Niu, Uncle Yang, this is Tang Zhen. The future husband of Rongrong and the others." Ning Fengzhi introduced.
Summoning his martial soul, Yang Wudi charged at Tang Zhen without warning and thrust is Soul Breaking Spear at him who summoned his Haotian Hammer to block the attack. Suddenly the room grew cold as a bloodthirsty aura permeated from Tang Zhen. He then pushed Yang Wudi back like it was nothing swinging his hammer to the side.
"So….you really completed Hell Road and obtained the Death God Domain." Yang Wudi exclaimed.
"Yes. Junior Tang Zhen greets Seniors." He said respectfully stunning them both.
They knew from personal experience that members of the Haotian Clan never showed respect to anyone. But given who Tang Zhen's father was, they were not surprised.
"Good, good. Forgive this old man, I am just very blunt so I had to test you for myself." Yang Wudi said followed by a boisterous laugh.
"*Sigh* Old Goat, you really are troublesome." Niu Gao said.
"Seniors, how is the training of the teams going?" Tang Zhen asked.
"Very well. Everyone seems to be adapting smoothly. Your rules worked out really well." Niu Gao said.
Tang Zhen proposed the creation of teams like in the soul master arena but for more than that. The most vulnerable time for a soul master is outside of cities and when hunting soul beasts. Therefore a team consisting of one member from each clan would be beneficial.
Members from the Defense, Breaking, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clans make a great balanced team of offense, defense, and support. He also wanted them to create a sibling like bond. As to who would be the leader, it was up to themselves to decide. The hotheads would clash to determine the leader while others may decide playing games or by age.
All in all it had a very high satisfaction rate among all the teams.
"If we can just find some more clans willing to join this alliance, it would be even better." Tang Zhen said.
"Mhm. But we already are drawing some unwanted attention with this as it is, better take it slowly." Niu Gao said.
Everyone agreed. The last thing they needed was for the Martial Soul Hall or the Heaven Dou Empire digging their nose too deep into their affairs.
After discussing current events, Tang Zhen set out to find the next evil soul beast.
Tang Zhen had a theory, he was unsure if it would work but it was worth a try. He would try to use it while on the hunt.
It took a full two weeks to find this dam beast. It was located in the Star Dou Forest. It would have taken him longer if he didn't come into contact with Er Ming.
As he was wandering he suddenly felt the ground shaking and a powerful soul power coming towards him but he knew it was Er Ming from their previous encounter.
"Tang Zhen! Why are you here? Is sister Xiao Wu with you?" He sounded panicked voice.
"Er Ming what's wrong?"
"Elder brother was struck by an evil soul beast and is injured."
"Take me to him. Let me see." Tang Zhen said. Er Ming let Tang Zhen hop on his shoulder as he ran off into the middle of the forest.
Once they arrived, Tang Zhen saw Da Ming on the ground grunting in pain. It looked like he was experiencing a paralyzing effect. Using his mastery over Thunder, he drew out the negative soul power before grounding it. While Da Ming still needed to heal, it would be less painful.
"Da Ming, where did you fight that beast?"
"It was about 15 minutes away on the other side." He said weakly.
The Star Luo Empire side? Nodding, Tang Zhen set off to find it.
In another part of the forest, a mature figure dressed in black was running being chased by others.
Zhu Zhuyun was panting heavily. She has been running for days now. She had essentially just left the Star Luo Empire without the next generation from Dai Weisi at least.
That bastard got too bold.
Over the years, Zhu Zhuyun kept up the facade of being in love with Dai Weisi. But soon it became too much. He constantly would get drunk and sleep with random women. She was thankful for the distraction they provided him.
One day, he was tired of not having slept with her yet. After all Zhu Zhuyun was a great beauty and even after being with hundreds of women, none of them matched her.
A few days ago, he barged into her room at night and tried to force himself on her which she promptly used her nails to cut Weisi Jr. off which landed her in this current predicament.
All of a sudden, a spear cut through her back sending her tumbling to the ground.
Groggily getting up, she found herself surrounded by the Imperial soldiers.
"Surrender. You are under arrest for the attempted murder of the crowned prince." One of them demanded.
"Damn it. I'm exhausted and I can't outrun them. Even with my martial soul, it's hard to outrun them all. The biggest issue is the flying soul master." Zhu Zhuyun thought. There was no way out and she was going to resign her to her fate.
"Hoh. And what is a group of men from the Star Luo Empire trying to do to my sister-in-law?" A voice echoed through the clearing.
"Sister-in-law? Who could that…..Tang Zhen?!" Zhu Zhuyun thought with some hope.
"Who are you? How dare you impede on imperial business. Leave if you don't want to die!" The captain said angrily.
Whistling sounds could be heard as the soldiers around Zhu Zhuyun were struck and killed falling over.
Seeing a black object with a ring at the end of it, Zhu Zhuyun was curious as to what it was.
The captain being the last one alive was terrified. The elite group dispatched by the emperor himself to catch Zhu Zhuyun was taken out in less than 10 seconds. He backed away before he heard a chirping noise coming from behind and before he could turn around, he felt pain in his chest and as he looked down, something was protruding out of his chest and he died on the spot.
Zhu Zhuyun saw Tang Zhen appear from behind the dead captain and sighed in relief.
"Are you okay?" Tang Zhen asked.
"Yes. Thank you." She said weakly.
As Tang Zhen was helping Zhu Zhuyun bandage her wounds, she explained what she did and why she was running.
"….sister-in-law, you are too cruel….." Zhu Zhuyun gave him a death glare from the side.
"I mean if it was anyone other than Dai Weisi I mean heheheh." He said quickly and sheepishly.
"Scary."
Since she had no where else to go, he brought her along but told her explicitly that she was not allowed to do anything otherwise they could both die. He needed to do this alone.
She gulped and nodded hearing his serious tone.
Not long after, they noticed scorch marks along the trees and the ground.
Tang Zhen suddenly stopped and Zhu Zhuyun crashed into behind him. About to yell at him she felt a sense of dread loom over her. As she slowly looked up she saw a massive phoenix perched on a nearby cliff.
It let out a loud piercing cry as it dove at them.
Zhu Zhuyun was frozen in fear. Tang Zhen swore under his breath and grabbing her, he jumped out of the way.
"The Chaos Storm Phoenix? I thought it died thousands of years ago. I have to kill it quickly before it can regenerate itself." Tang Zhen thought in dismay.
Activating his eyes, he waited or it to swing back around.
"Well time to try out this Rinnegan."
"SHINRA TENSEI!"
The phoenix on a collision course with him hit a wall before it was blown back. Stunned and dazed from the force, it made it a nice target.
"CHIBAKU TENSEI!"
The earth around the phoenix rose up and the gravity pulled the earth towards the phoenix trapping it inside and more and more piled on. This wouldn't hold it for long but he needed some time. This phoenix was at least 150,000 years old.
"Seventh soul skill, Martial Soul Form."
His Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon avatar appeared in all its glory and Tang Zhen then used the Susanoo to create a humanoid armor around the dragon.
Zhu Zhuyun who was flying in the head of this gigantic figure with Tang Zhen was too stunned.
Tang Zhen then summoned his Haotian Hammer and gripped it with the Susanoo's hand.
At that moment, the floating sphere of earth started to crack as the phoenix inside struggled to break free.
"HAAA!"
As Tang Zhen and the dragon form roared, channeling his Thunder power guiding the power of his dragon to the hammer, he swung it down with both hands towards the sphere just as the phoenix broke free, hitting it. As the strike connected, a massive explosion bigger than the one that Tang Hao created during his fight at Spirit City formed.
When the dust settled, the phoenix was on the ground weakened as the strike from the top beast and tool martial souls together was too much for it to handle.
Tang Zhen walked up to the phoenix before he crushed its skill with his hammer and a bright red soul ring appeared.
Tang Zhen started to absorb it and it took almost three hours as Zhu Zhuyun kept watch.
After the absorption was complete, Tang Zhen and Zhu Zhuyun flew back quickly to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
The massive explosion that occurred caught the attention of every major power who sent people to investigate. When they arrived, they found nothing and were forced to go back with no answer to the mystery.
When Tang Zhen and Zhu Zhuyun arrived, they were quickly let in. It was during afternoon tea time and when the girls saw them walking up, they were shocked but none more that Zhuqing.
"SISTER!" She exclaimed as she rushed forward to hug her.
"Zhuqing…..I'm so glad you're okay. Are you living well?" Zhu Zhuyun said with tears in her eyes.
"Tang Zhen, the elders are calli-"
A voice called out from behind the group. When the sisters broke apart and Zhu Zhuyun saw who it was she froze.
"Q-Qin Ming….is that you?" Zhu Zhuyun asked with hope in her voice.
(A/N Qin Ming will be 30 here and Zhu Zhuyun will be 26.)
Qin Ming stunned at first, suddenly turned cold.
"What are you doing here?"
His tone shocked everyone including Flender who came with him. Was this senior Qin Ming, the calm and composed senior?
"Q-Qin Ming, please…..listen to what I have to say." Zhu Zhuyun cried out.
"WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? YOU ALREADY SAID IT THE LAST TIME! I'M A NOBODY! A COMMON GUTTER TRASH THAT ISN'T FIT TO LICK YOUR BOOTS!" Qin Ming roared out.
Everyone was dumbfounded. Did she really say that?
Tang Zhen was the most shocked of all. These two knew each other? How the fuck did that happen?
Qin Ming scoffed before walking away leaving a sobbing Zhu Zhuyun.
"…I think an explanation is in order." He said getting a nod from everyone.
"I will go speak with him." Flender said as he went to go after him.
The girls let Zhu Zhuyun to Erlong's house as Flender went to check on Qin Ming who was now standing by a pond with his fists clenched and a scowl on his face.
"Qin Ming. I know that after graduation, you left to go find your path in life. Did you meet Zhu Zhuyun then?" Flender asked grasping his shoulder.
".....Yes."
"What happened?"
"I don't want to say Dean. Please leave it." Qin Ming said resolutely.
"Qin Ming, many women have chased you over the years, yet you turned them all down. Even the nobles from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. Was your experience with her bad enough for you to give up on love?" Flender asked carefully.
Qin Ming didn't answer. Flender could see that this was festering wound that could not be solved alone. He grabbed the back of his collar and dragged him away.
"WHA- DEAN LET GO!" Qin Ming flailed as he got dragged away like a brat about to get the scolding of his life from a parent.
Back at the Liu Erlong's house, Zhu Zhuyun was telling the others at Zhuqing's insistence her history with Qin Ming.
"I first met Qin Ming when he came to Star Luo Empire. I was out with my guards when he saw an elderly woman at a street stall trying to hang a banner in a high location. She ended up falling from the stool she was standing on and knocked down the awning which was about to fall on her. Before we could act, he stepped in and blocked the falling awning with his back. After helping the woman up, he stayed to help her with setting up her store. At first I was interested in his looks but I became more intrigued when I saw him helping the woman. After he left, I went over to the woman to check on her when I noticed some blood on the ground and followed it to a small little stable." Zhu Zhuyun wiped her tears thinking about the first time she met Qin Ming. Then she continued.
"I saw him trying to bandage his shoulder. He got injured while protecting that lady. So I walked over to help him." Zhu Zhuyun smiled.
Zhuqing had never seen this look on her sister's face before and felt sad. Her sister was in love with Senior Qin Ming but was forced to be with Dai Weisi. She couldn't imagine how hard it would be staying away from the person she loved. She looked at Tang Zhen who noticed her gaze and held her hand.
"We spent the whole day together. Getting to know each other. I snuck out every day to see him and it was the happiest time of my life."
"Sister, do you love Senior Qin Ming?" Zhuqing asked her seriously.
Tears started to stream down her face again.
"Yes. I do. I never stopped loving him." Zhu Zhuyun replied.
"THAT'S A LIE!" The door was kicked open as Qin Ming rushed in followed by Flender.
"I-I-I'm not lying Qin Ming. I really do lo-"
"ENOUGH!" Qin Ming was breathing heavily. After a moment of silence, he composed himself.
"I was nothing more than your plaything. Someone you used for your amusement." Qin Ming said harshly.
Zhu Zhuyun just shook her head in denial. Making his anger rise up again.
"I. Hate. Yo-"
"NO! PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT! QIN MING PLEASE!" Zhu Zhuyun yelled in despair. She couldn't hear him say that to her. Not again. She ran up to him and hugged him while he tried to pry her off.
"Senior Qin Ming. I think it might be better to hear her side of things. Perhaps there was more to things." Tang Zhen said respectfully.
Qin Ming after a while agreed. Tang Zhen was right. He would listen to her. He owed it to himself. To find the closure he needed after all these years.
Zhu Zhuyun reluctantly pulling away continued.
"After so many days outside the castle, my father found out. He thought it was a fleeting moment. Young naivety that would end soon. But it didn't, and he could see it by the way I acted when leaving to meet Qin Ming. Not long after, the Star Luo Emperor found out. When he did, he summoned my father and me to the capital." Zhu Zhuyun said.
Qin Ming remembered that one day Zhu Zhuyun sent a messenger instead saying that she would be out of town for a few days. Only to find out that she came back with Dai Weisi.
"When we met the emperor, he was furious thinking that I was insulting him by meeting another man other than my intended fiancé. Then he threatened to have Qin Ming found, where he would be executed for treason to the crown."
Gasps filled the room as Qin Ming stood there with wide eyes.
"I remember Qin Ming told me he thought of Shrek Academy like his home and he considered Flender a father. If the emperor found out where he was from, they would certainly be targeted as well. Being a small academy, it was hard to say if Emperor Xue Ye would have cared much. And so I had no choice to agree that it was only for amusement and in order to prove it, the emperor ordered Dai Weisi to go back to the Dukedom with me." Zhu Zhuyun looked at Qin Ming who was still in shock with apologetic eyes.
"I came back home to see Qin Ming with Dai Weisi and in front of Qin Ming, I kissed him and I proceeded to tell Qin Ming that a lowly commoner had no business with royalty and that he was nothing but dirt. It...hurt so much seeing Qin Ming's face. But I would rather see him live. Even if all I was able to was watch him from afar, I would never stop loving him. As long as he could find happiness with another woman, no matter how much it would hurt, I would be be happy for him." She said as she walked up to Qin Ming and took his hand.
"Qin Ming....I know I don't deserve to be with you and I understand if you find another. But Please....Don't say that you hate me." She said asked with face mixed with her crying and trying to smile at him.
Qin Ming saw her and was heartbroken. At the time, neither of them were able to do anything against the Star Luo Emperor.
"Senior Qin Ming, do you still love Zhu Zhuyun?" Xiao Wu asked carefully.
Qin Ming was struggling inside. He remembered the time they spent together when he was happy but those memories conflicted with the pain and anger he felt.
Zhu Zhuyun not hearing him answer lowered her head even more and wept silently. She wept for hurting Qin Ming. She wept for how unfair life was to her.
Qin Ming at that moment saw something that changed everything. He saw the jade hairpin he painstakingly saved up to buy for her. It was unique because he asked if the jeweler could put an amethyst at the end of it to match her eyes. She still had it after all these years.
He quickly lifted Zhu Zhuyun's face and kissed her passionately. Zhu Zhuyun stunned finally returned it and wrapped her arms around him.
After they separated, they held hands and walked outside to catch up after all the years they missed.
Everyone was happy except Zhuqing. She walked over to Tang Zhen and buried herself in his chest and cried. She cried for the life her sister led.
"Zhuqing, why are you crying?" Tang Zhen asked gently.
"Big brother Tang Zhen, my sister....Having to carry our family burden, sacrificed everything from her love for Senior Qin Ming to even me. She wanted me to live my own life away from our family's fate. She suffered alone for so long." Zhu Zhuqing said with remorse.
Tang Zhen held onto her tightly allowing her to cry freely. He made his decision. No one was allowed to bully his family. Zhuqing is his future wife. and Zhu Zhuyun is his future sister-in-law. Now both have shed tears today and he would have an explanation.
*BAM!*
"TANG ZHEN YOU BRAT! WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?! WE SENT QIN MING TO FIND YOU HOURS AGO! I SWEAR I WIL- AHHH! RONGRONG, WAIT!" Bone Douluo burst into the home after the elders got impatient waiting to see what his soul power level was at after absorbing his eighth ring.
"GRANDPA BONE! YOU CAME AT A BAD TIME! NOW LEAVE BIG BROTHER TANG ZHEN ALONE!" Ning Rongrong grabbed Bone Douluo by the ear and dragged him away.
The next day arrived and Tang Zhen woke up early and kissed Dugu Yan and Shui Bing'er as they continued to sleep on the bed.
He went to find Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Bo. He had asked Dugu Bo to accompany him this morning and he agreed.
Soon the three left for the Star Luo Empire.
It was a quiet morning, Zhu Tianxiang was standing by the balcony, looking out across the city.
"Zhuyun, Zhuqing, are you both well?" He had a face filled with worries. His youngest daughter Zhuqing has been away from home for over a decade. His little kitten. He missed hearing her calling him papa. From what Zhuyun said, she is living well with the man she would eventually marry. He thanked the young man from the bottom of his heart and prayed that he would take care of his daughter.
The Zhu family was under house arrest as his other daughter has gravely injured the crowned prince of the Star Luo Empire and ran away. He could only hope that she got away to safety.
He heard a commotion in the courtyard as three figures approached and left all the Star Luo Empire soldiers laying on the ground. He then heard the guards outside struggle before it got quiet and he heard a knock. Carefully, he went and opened the door to find a masked man, a cloaked female figure, and....Poison Douluo Dugu Bo?!
"Lord Poison, I am honored by your presence here. How may this junior be of assistance?" He asked respectfully.
"Mhm it's not me that needs something, it is this young man and woman here." Dugu Bo said pointing to the other two.
Finally, the lady pulled her cloak down and she looked familiar but he couldn't seem to think.
Zhu Zhuqing walked up and placed her hand on her father's face and looked at him with watery eyes.
"Papa, you've aged so much." She said with regret and worry.
Hearing those words Zhu Tianxiang started trembling.
"Z-Zhuqing? Is that you my little princess?" He asked with hope.
"Yes papa." She said crying softly.
Zhu Tianxiang wrapped her in his arms and wept. Years without seeing his daughter and finally she was here. If this was a dream, he prayed that he stayed in it a little longer.
"Hello Father-in-law. My name is Tang Zhen, Zhuqing's soon to be husband." He said bowing.
Zhu Tianxiang broke away from Zhuqing slightly before turning to Tang Zhen who was now unmasked. He walked over to him and grasped his shoulder before bowing a little back surprising Tang Zhen.
"Tang Zhen, thank you for taking care of my daughter all of these years."
Tang Zhen hurriedly took him by the shoulders and straightened him.
"Please Father-in-law no need to bow to me. It's my duty as her husband to take care of her."
Zhu Tianxiang nodded satisfied with this young man.
"Honey, what is all the noise? What is going on out there?" A woman's voice came from the door.
"MAMA!" Zhuqing leapt into her mother's arms.
"Z-Zhuqing? Is that you? Oh! My daughter is finally home!" Mother and daughter both cried together before another pair of arms surrounded them.
"Third sister!" Zhuqing said with a smile.
"Little sister, you're finally back." She said softly.
Zhuqing's mother Zhu Zhuyao turned to her husband and the other two in the room.
"Honey who are they?" She asked.
"This is Lord Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, and this here is our little Zhuqing's future husband, so our son-in-law!" He said with a boisterous laugh and an arm around Tang Zhen.
"Hello Mother-in-law, Sister-in-law. My name is Tang Zhen." He said respectfully.
Hearing that the Poison Douluo Dugu Bo was here was shocking but hearing that Zhuqing's future husband was here shocked them even more.
"Hello Tang Zhen, I am Zhuqing's mother Zhu Zhuyao and this is my other daughter Zhu Zhuzhen. Thank you for taking care of our little Zhuqing." she said with a smile.
"Little sister, you picked well, he's extremely handsome!" Zhu Zhuzhen whispered in Zhuqing's ear making her face light up in embarrassment.
"Tang Zhen, why are you here? The Star Luo Emperor will be furious to know you attacked his guards." Zhu Tianxiang replied.
"Father-in-law, I plan for your family to move with us to the Heaven Dou Empire and join the alliance we have there. It will take a while for the Star Luo Empire to find out what happened here and by that time we will be long gone from here." Tang Zhen said seriously.
"Where will we go?" Zhuqing's mother asked.
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan has space for you. The place has been renovated by the Defense Clan as they are part of the alliance as well." Tang Zhen replied.
With that they all agreed, with Dugu Bo, Bone and Sword Douluo, they felt safer.
They all fainted though hearing that Tang Zhen was now level 83 and had three 100,000 year soul rings.
Dugu Bo shook his head as he almost did too.
A few days later, they set out for their new home.
At the entrance to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Zhu Zhuyun was holding Qin Ming's arm tightly anxious about whether or not Tang Zhen and Zhuqing succeeded. It has been a couple of days and she was getting worried standing by the gate for hours.
Not long after, they saw a caravan coming and at the front, she saw her father, mother, and sister. Zhu Zhuyun ran up to them and threw their arms around her family.
Ning Fengzhi, Bone and Sword Douluo, Niu Gao, and Yang Wudi all came out to greet them before leading their group to their new dwellings.
That night was filled with laughter and good times as a family torn apart by the circumstances of their fate were able to break free from the shackles that bound them.
Tang Zhen looked out into the distance. He knew a conflict was brewing. And he would be there to stop it if necessary.
He felt a hand snake around his forearm and saw Zhuqing gazing up at him with a look full of love and admiration. He smiled and kissed her passionately under the setting sun before walking back with her to her family.
Tang Zhen saw the girls all chatting and laughing together happy.
Feeling tired, he took Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling's hand and took them to bed under the threats and curses of Bone and Sword Douluo. Gu Rong was being scolded by Liu Erlong while Niu Gao and Yang Wudi were both trying to contain Chen Xin who eventually turned his wrath to them and started chasing them with a sword causing laughter around them.
Whatever came his way, if they dared to harm this family, they would pay.