Tang San was anxious to save Xiao Wu, but he hadn't lost his rationality yet. He understood that he had to recover to a certain extent before he could absorb the soul ring in front of him.

  At this time, he couldn't care about the possible dangers anymore, sitting there panting heavily, barely letting his spirit recover a bit before continuing to cultivate and restore his soul power.

  At this moment, the thing Tang San was most worried about still happened. As the Man Faced Demon Spider's soul ring slowly condensed on its corpse, three uninvited guests swiftly flashed out of the forest.

  Although it wasn't the most threatening soul beast that had arrived, when Tang San saw these three people, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

  Three Soul Masters arrived, and two of them were familiar to Tang San. They were Snake Queen Dugu Bo and the beautiful young girl Meng Yiran, whom he had just parted ways with not long ago.

  And beside them, the third person was a tall and thin old man. The old man looked at least over seventy years old, with silver hair like Chōtenkō. In his hand, a dragon-headed cane with a length of over four meters presented as bright silver. The dragon head on top of the cane seemed lifelike, looking extremely dazzling. His face was full of wrinkles showing his age, and there were eight soul rings moving up and down on his body.

  Two yellows, three purples, three blacks. Although in terms of quality, his soul rings were slightly inferior to Zhao Wuji's by a thousand years, he had eight soul rings. This represented a Soul Master above the 80th rank. No need to ask, Tang San also knew who this person was - the husband of Snake Mother, Meng Yang's grandfather, Dragon Emperor Meng Xun.

  This family of three finally gathered together, and Long Wang didn't need to release his soul power at all. The eight soul rings on his body alone were enough to make Tang San feel like he couldn't breathe.

  Not to mention there's only him here, even if Zhao Wuji and others were here, they would still be at a complete disadvantage.

  The Gu Yue Long family had just arrived and hadn't noticed Tang San, who was sitting on the ground not far away. Their attention fell directly on the dead Man-Faced Demon Spider, and for a moment their faces changed color.

  "Meng Yi was even more shocked and exclaimed, 'No, how could this be? Why, why? Who? Who killed my Demon Spider?'"

  Meng Yiyan changed into a dark green qipao, looking elegant and refined. But at this moment, Tang San didn't have the slightest appreciation for it. Listening to Meng Yiyan's words, he couldn't help but secretly smile bitterly, wondering if things could be so coincidental.

  Some things may never happen in a lifetime, but when fate plays tricks, they can occur twice in a short period of time.

  Tang San naturally wouldn't hope that this family would be unable to discover him. With the Dragon Emperor's soul power, he only needed to concentrate slightly to hear his own breathing, or even the sound of his heartbeat. Running was definitely out of the question, and Tang San hadn't planned on running anyway. A real man dares to take responsibility for his actions. Ever since Xiao Wu had been captured, his mindset had undergone some changes, aside from being ruthless, he also carried a hint of determination.

  "It was me who killed." At this time, he had just recovered a bit of physical strength and stood up with the help of a big tree beside him.

  Tang San's voice immediately attracted the attention of the entire Covering Heaven Dragon Snake family. Meng Yi Yan saw his disheveled state, first stunned for a moment, then her eyes turned red.

  "You... you... you... it's always you."

  Tang San wryly smiled and said: "I don't know why it's so coincidental, but this time it really is me again. Is this human-faced demon spider also your prey?"

  Meng Yi Ran was still staring at Tang San, her pretty face had turned bright red, clearly she was furious to the extreme.

  Seeing Tang San, Snake Mother also furrowed her brow and whispered a few words in Long Wang's ear. Immediately afterwards, Tang San saw the look in Long Wang's eyes.

  The Dragon Emperor's appearance looked very old, but his eyes were exceptionally bright. Tang San asked himself, he had never seen such bright eyes before.

  From where he stood to Long Gong's location, there was at least thirty meters of distance, but what Long Gong brought him was a feeling as if it were right before his eyes.

  "Are you Tang San?" Long Meng asked coldly. His voice sounded very clear, not at all like that of an old man.

  Tang San nodded slightly.

  "Meng Shu said, 'Do you know that in order to kill this human-faced demon spider, we've been chasing it for a whole day? If not for its annoying web, it would have become a Soul Ring long ago. The human-faced demon spider is extremely rare because other soul beasts won't tolerate it. It's even hard to find one in the Starry Sky Great Forest. It's much more precious than the Phoenix Tail Chicken Crown Snake.'"

  Tang San's face was pale and bloodless at this moment, but he didn't show a hint of fear. He said calmly, "I know what you're saying. However, I have to protect myself. A human-faced demon spider suddenly appeared in front of me, should I just let it slaughter me?"

  Meng Shu furrowed his brow, "You're saying it was just you who killed this human-faced demon spider?"

  Tang San nodded firmly.

  Long Gong and the snake woman beside him exchanged a glance, both of them seeing the surprise in each other's eyes. Although this human-faced demon spider was not extremely powerful among soul beasts, its attack power was absolutely top-notch at the thousand-year level.

  Although it had lost its web, with its attacking and defensive capabilities, it was still hunted down by this child who was only in his teens, which made the old couple somewhat incomprehensible.

  The Snake Queen's evaluation of Tang San was already very high, but at this moment she had to increase it even more. Previously, Meng Yan's defeat by Tang San made the Snake Queen somewhat disbelieving, but now she understood that her own granddaughter might not be a match for this young man in front of her.

  Long Gong Meng Shu raised the dragon-headed cane in his hand, and a white soul force shot out from the end of the cane, flipping over the body of the human-faced demon spider.

  He caught sight of the eight battered eyes of the human-faced spider at a glance. He couldn't help but nod secretly.

  Although he didn't know how Tang San did it, from the fact that Tang San was able to attack this human-faced demon spider's weakness, one could see just how calm this youth was when facing a powerful enemy. When he looked at Tang San again, Meng Shu couldn't help but reveal a few hints of admiration in his eyes.

  "Grandfather, you have to take responsibility for me!" Meng Yiran was still a 16-year-old girl after all. Seeing the powerful soul ring that was about to fall into her hands fly away again, and it was destroyed by the same person, how could she hold back her anger?

  Meng Shu patted his granddaughter's head, signaling her to calm down. He looked up at Tang San and said: "Tang San, I'm giving you two choices now. As the Dragon Emperor Meng Shu who has been roaming the Soul Master world for so many years, I am not an unreasonable person. When facing the Man-Faced Demon Spider, anyone would want to protect themselves, so killing it is understandable. However, you have ruined my granddaughter's chance of obtaining a soul ring twice in a row, and this cannot be let go."

  Tang San was diligently recovering his soul power and physical strength while gently fiddling with the black box in his hand that was over a foot long.

  This black box is not just a one-time shooter, there are 48 crossbow arrows in the box that can be released three times.

  But each time, it had to be activated separately. In Tang San's previous life, this unassuming black box was renowned throughout the land, and it had a name that everyone knew - the Zhuge Divine Crossbow.

  The rectangular black box has sixteen holes, and can simultaneously release sixteen tailless crossbow arrows. Within fifty meters, it is enough to pierce gold and stone, extremely overbearing.

  At first, the Tangmen had offended a sect and was attacked at home, but even the inner door disciples did not come out.

  It was just a hundred outer door disciples, each with a Zhuge divine crossbow, easily annihilating the enemy and not leaving a single survivor. From then on, the Zhuge divine crossbow became famous.

  Among the machine bracket category of hidden weapons, apart from top-notch ones like Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, Stormy Rain Pear Blossom Needle and Peacock Plume, the one in Tang San's hand, Zhuge God Crossbow, is the most formidable.

  Tang San knew, of course, that the Godly Crossbow Bolt was not enough to pose a threat to Long Wang and Snake Queen, but this was something Meng Yan could not withstand. He had thought it through clearly; if the opponent pressed too hard, he would have to rely on this hidden weapon to pull up a backing board.

  "What are the two choices you've given me, senior?" Tang San asked calmly.

  The Zhuge God Crossbow II in his hand was almost ready. Just a little more delay, and he would have the chance to make a dying counterattack.

  Moreover, he has other mechanical hidden weapons on him, and it's not that easy to kill him.

  Meng Shu said, "I'm giving you two simple choices. The first choice is that you join my family and become a member of it. Since we're family now, the two times you destroyed things will be forgiven, and the waste of the precious Man-faced Demon Spider Soul Ring will also be let go."

  Joining a family? Sounds simple, but once you really join, it's a lifelong thing. Any soul master, once they join a family, can never betray them and must become a part of that family.

  From now on, everything I do must be bound by this family's rules.

  Of course, the treatment that Soul Masters receive when joining a large clan is also extremely generous.

  Exceptions are not unheard of, but the prerequisite is that one's strength must reach a certain level. In Tang San's current situation, if he were to join a clan, then he would forever only be able to become a member of that clan. Meng Shu has taken notice of Tang San's innate talent, and such geniuses are indeed rare.

  Tang San shook his head, "Sorry, senior. I'm used to being independent and don't like being restricted. Moreover, there's something you said that's not right. Although I killed this Man-Faced Demon Spider, its soul ring won't go to waste. If it weren't for the few of you appearing, maybe I would have started absorbing it by now."