Chapter 17: More Absorption!

Chapter 17: More Absorption!

After Wang Yanfeng had guided Tang San and the other four in their Wind Wolf Transformation cultivation, he instructed them to return to their rooms to continue cultivating, which they did until dinner.

As they were about to eat, Wang Yanfeng suddenly spoke to Wang Da, Wang Er, and Wang San. "I've been thinking, perhaps it's time to give each of you a name so that you can have your own proper identity. Would you like that?"

"I am willing." Wang Da nodded with a simple grin.

Wang Er blinked and said, "Sure, why not."

Wang San, the tallest among them, even taller than Tang San, was incredibly thin, resembling a bamboo pole. He asked, "Would that be okay?"

"Yes!" said Wang Da, rebuking Wang San with a stern look.

"Uh-huh," Wang San replied. He seemed somewhat afraid of Wang Da, and he could only nod in agreement.

"Then it's settled. I've come up with names for each of you. Wang Da, from now on, you'll be called Wang Chao. Wang Er, your name will be Wang Zhong, and as for Wang San, you'll be Wang Xiaolei," Wang Yanfeng said.

Wang Chao exclaimed with joy, "That's great! Thank you, teacher. I finally have my name."

Wang Zhong blinked but didn't say much. He was also relatively thin, but compared to Wang Da and Wang San, he appeared to be more reserved, though not timid. During the sacrificing ritual, it was only in Wang Zhong's gaze that Tang San had detected a sense of resentment rather than pure fear.

Wang Xiaolei furrowed his brow and said, "I have three characters in my name. Would it be difficult to write?"

"Why are you protesting so much? It's settled. Thanks, teacher," Wang Chao said, giving him a stern look. He was the oldest among them, so it felt natural for everyone that he was taking on the elder brother role.

Among the five children, Tang San was the youngest. Wang Chao was already seventeen years old, Wang Zhong was fourteen, Wang Xiaolei was twelve, Ling Muxue was ten, and Tang San himself was only eight years old.

"Tang San, let the teacher give you a name, too," Wang Chao kindly suggested.

Tang San shook his head and said, "No need, I'm fine with just being called Tang San."

"Alright, let's go ahead and eat," Wang Yanfeng said.

After dinner, they all returned to their rooms to continue their cultivation. The Wang siblings still required Wang Yanfeng's guidance to enter the state of bloodline stimulation cultivation. Tang San, on the other hand, didn't need any assistance. What surprised Wang Yanfeng, however, was that after he guided her once, Ling Muxue was also able to initiate bloodline cultivation on her own.

The strength of the Wind Wolf Clan members could generally be assessed based on their physique. Smaller individuals were typically second-order Wind Wolves, while the larger ones were third-order. Only powerful individuals had the potential to reach a higher rank, and in Wind Wolf Town, such formidable Wind Wolves were rare. There was only one like the Wind Wolf Lord, who stood over three meters tall.

Tang San's target was a third-order Wind Wolf, the kind of average burly wolf demon commonly found in Wind Wolf Town.

As he followed closely, Tang San silently approached from behind. With a subtle movement of his right hand, he used the gentle Mysterious Heaven Technique combined with the Tang Sect's unique Control Crane Capture Dragon method. The Wind Wolf stumbled in its steps, nearly falling forward.

However, even in its drunken state, the third-order Wind Wolf was agile. It instinctively attempted to push itself up with its hands.

Tang San seized this momentary opportunity. He closed in swiftly and targeted the Wind Wolf's lower back with a light toe tap.

For animals like dogs and wolves, their lower back was one of the most vulnerable spots.[1] While the Wind Wolf was not just a normal animal but a demon, it still shared similarities in anatomy with its wild counterpart.

As Tang San kicked the wolf demon's lower back, it immediately went limp and fell to the side. Although it attempted to curse, Tang San had already grabbed it by its throat with his Mysterious Jade Hands, blocking its blood flow and causing it to faint.

This series of actions happened incredibly quickly, taking only two or three seconds from start to finish. The third-order Wind Wolf was now lying unconscious on the ground.

Tang San observed the situation for a moment, and seeing no disturbances, he dragged the Wind Wolf to a dark corner and placed his right hand on its chest.

After several years of cultivation, Tang San was familiar with the wind element within the Wind Wolf bloodline. As he infused his Mysterious Heaven Technique energy into the Wind Wolf's body, he immediately sensed the presence of wind elements within its bloodline.

What pleasantly surprised Tang San was that the bloodline power of the living Wind Wolf was much richer than that of the two Wind Wolves that had died by his hand two years before. Once the energy from the Mysterious Heaven Technique connected, it didn't hesitate to devour and pull this bloodline energy into itself, merging it with the Wind Blade energy that he had initially absorbed.

The two converging forces immediately showed signs of merging. Although there was some dispersion of energy during the fusion process, Tang San felt that his Wind Blade aura had become more substantial, not because the technique itself had become more powerful, but because the energy imprint that produced the wind blades had become more substantial.

This meant that when he used the Mysterious Heaven Technique to transform his energy into wind blades, he could produce even stronger ones.

What surprised Tang San the most was that he had been stuck at the third bottleneck of the Mysterious Heaven Technique for a long time, but now that he had absorbed and integrated this energy, that bottleneck was actually showing signs of loosening up. It looked as if he was about to break through to the fourth order.

He carefully observed the Wind Wolf, remembering its distinctive features. Instead of killing it, Tang San quickly left the scene and returned to his house.

It wasn’t that he didn't want to kill the Wind Wolf. The problem was that if a random drunkard passed out on the road, no one would bat an eye, but if a third-order Wind Wolf was found dead, that would inevitably cause a serious commotion. It wasn't the right time for that.

1. There’s a saying in Chinese about wolves: head like copper, tail like iron, lower back like tofu. ☜