Tang San emerged, his expression somewhat weary. Upon seeing Tang Sui looking dazed, a look of joy appeared on his face, lessening the fatigue from having just manipulated spider legs to extract poison for Ma Hongjun. "Sui Sui, you're awake?"
"Oh? Sui Sui is already awake?"
Tang Sui's familiar voice sounded from behind Tang San. Tang Sui's eyes widened slightly, and she looked at the Grandmaster emerging from behind Tang San with some surprise.
"Teacher?"
Had the plot progressed this far?
The Grandmaster nodded at Tang Sui, and after a glance up and down, the tension in his eyes silently melted away. He spoke to Tang Sui in a gentle tone, "I was planning to have Xiao Wu call you over later. Since you're here, you and Xiao San, please come with me. I have some things I want to ask you both."
After speaking, he paused and then said to the others who were looking on expectantly, "Ma Hongjun is fine now. You can go in and see him. Xiao San, Sui Sui, come with me."
The Grandmaster took the lead and walked away. When it was Tang San's turn, Dai Mubai stepped forward first, clapped Tang San on the shoulder, and said with encouragement in his eyes, "Xiao San, if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask. Remember, we are all brothers."
Tang San's heart warmed, and he smiled faintly, nodding.
Dai Mubai also smiled and continued walking into the house. As he passed Tang Sui, he glanced back at her with a gentle gaze.
With Dai Mubai leading, Oscar and the others also began to move. As they passed Tang Sui, their eyes showed a trace of kindness and affection.
Sensing that trace of affection in their eyes, Tang Sui "...".
She stiffly followed the Grandmaster, almost tripping over her own feet.
"Xiao San." Xiao Wu, the last one, looked at Tang San with some worry. Tang San smiled and shook his head at her, indicating not to worry.
The three of them, master and disciples, walked all the way to the outskirts of the village. The Grandmaster, walking at the front, finally stopped and turned around, his hands behind his back. His gaze was gentle as he watched his two disciples.
Tang Sui blinked and asked cautiously, "Teacher, when did you arrive?"
The Grandmaster looked at his most troublesome junior disciple. "I've been here for several days. But when I arrived, you had just set off for the Star Dou Great Forest."
He then looked at Tang San. "Although this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest was dangerous, you also gained quite a bit, even breaking through the thirtieth level and becoming a Soul Elder."
Tang San smiled humbly and said, "It's all thanks to your excellent guidance."
The Grandmaster's gentle expression suddenly became stern. He put on a serious face and said in a deep voice, "Did I not teach you to absorb spirit rings from spirit beasts of unknown age?" Su Dan Novel Network
Tang San froze. Tang Sui silently played the role of a background character, watching her elder brother being lectured by the Grandmaster, and began to let her mind wander, thinking about her own matters.
Since Teacher knew about brother's affairs, perhaps hers too...
"Sui Sui."
The Grandmaster raised his voice slightly and called out to Tang Sui.
Tang Sui said "Ah," and met the Grandmaster's concerned gaze. "Teacher, what's wrong?"
"I heard from Flander that your martial soul seems to have mutated, and you have an extra mask, is that right?" The Grandmaster asked the core question. Tang San, who had been looking down with guilt, also looked up at Tang Sui, his eyes filled with worry.
Tang Sui paused and nodded.
"Sui Sui, let me see the new changes in your martial soul."
The Grandmaster got straight to the point.
Tang Sui lowered her eyes, took two steps back, and circulated her soul power. Three deep purple spirit rings floated up from beneath her feet. A jade-white mask of uneven shape floated out from the void, one on the left and one on the right.
The mask, resembling an ape-beast, had large round pupils that stared directly at the Grandmaster's gaze.
Unexpectedly colliding with the depths of those red-glowing round pupils, an unspeakable fear arose from the bottom of his heart. An icy chill enveloped him, causing the Grandmaster to freeze, his pupils temporarily losing focus.
"Teacher?" Tang San, noticing the Grandmaster's abnormality, frowned and looked at him in confusion. He then noticed that the Grandmaster's eyes were unfocused, staring blankly into space, and his pupils immediately contracted.
"Sui Sui!"
Tang Sui, who had been waiting for the Grandmaster to speak with her head down, jolted. She looked up and saw the Grandmaster appearing dazed. She glared at the ape mask and, forgetting even to communicate mentally, blurted out, "Ape Mask, quickly remove the mental lock!"
As soon as she said this, Tang San paused, a look of astonishment appearing in his eyes, and a storm of waves churned in his heart.
Sui Sui... was she talking to her own martial soul?
Could martial souls also communicate?
This... this was something unheard of and unseen!
Or perhaps...
Another bold guess surfaced in his mind. Tang San's gaze towards the ape mask took on a searching quality.
Meanwhile, the ape mask, feeling it had gotten a little too cocky, quietly withdrew its mental lock and dragged the Grandmaster's consciousness out of the nightmare, feigning ignorance.
'Hehehehe—'
The fox mask, suspended above and to the right of Tang Sui, had a faint emerald light appear in its hollow, lightless eye sockets. It was so fast it seemed like a trick of the light.
The Grandmaster's consciousness returned. His pupils regained focus, and as if surfacing from the sea, he gasped for air. He looked at the ape mask with a look of disbelief and surprise. "Sui Sui, does this new mask of yours possess mental confusion effects?"
He had not heard Tang Sui's words to the ape mask just now, otherwise, he would have been even more shocked.
Tang Sui nodded and said apologetically to the Grandmaster, "I'm sorry, Teacher. I'm not yet very familiar with controlling it. I'll pay more attention next time."
While apologizing outwardly, Tang Sui unhesitatingly conjured a large hand within her mental space and fiercely flung the ape mask's spiritual body away.
'If there's a next time, I'll lock you in the dark room!'
She fiercely threatened it in her mental space. The ape mask, knocked to the ground, slowly floated up, ignoring the mocking laughter of the fox mask, and quietly served as a decorative piece.