Finding the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin Breaks Down

Holy Soul Village.

Located south of Nuoding City in Fasinuo Province, it belonged to the Heaven Dou Empire and was a small village with only a little over three hundred households.

According to legend, a Soul Master at the Soul Saint level had come from here a hundred years ago, giving the village its name.

Two days later, Lin Chen and Dugu Bo appeared on the outskirts of the village. Both were disguised from head to toe; their disguises could be called flawless.

"Little fellow, how did you know a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was hidden here?" Dugu Bo asked quietly outside Holy Soul Village.

Lin Chen led Dugu Bo toward the back mountain and once again began spouting nonsense. "Xiao Wu told me."

Dugu Bo immediately frowned. "You mean that Soul Beast you brought back two days ago?"

"That's right." Lin Chen nodded and said with a perfectly serious expression, "She lived here for a year and once happened to see Tang Hao appear on Holy Soul Village Back Mountain."

"Afterward, she got curious and ran over. That was when she found the Blue Silver Emperor and that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone."

Dugu Bo frowned again. "You're not lying to me, are you, brat? Is there really such a coincidence in this world?"

Lin Chen spread his hands and said helplessly, "Of course it's true. Actually, I didn't believe it when Xiao Wu told me either, but we wouldn't lose anything by taking a look."

Dugu Bo snorted, finding it much more reasonable now. "Hmph, so you're not sure either, brat. Let's hope we haven't been fooled. If Clear Sky Douluo finds us, I'm afraid we'll both meet our end here today!"

Before long, Lin Chen and Dugu Bo arrived deep in the mountains.

The vegetation was dense and lush, giving the mountains a touch of flourishing vitality.

The two followed a valley deeper in and soon heard the murmur of flowing water. A waterfall appeared before them.

Water cascaded down from above, sending spray flying.

A pool lay beneath the waterfall, its water so clear they could see the bottom. Sunlight fell on its surface, casting a golden sheen across it.

"This should be the place!"

Looking at the waterfall and recalling the description in the original work, Lin Chen nodded with certainty.

Lin Chen and Dugu Bo then darted through the waterfall and found a cave hidden behind it.

"I didn't expect there really to be a cave here." Dugu Bo pushed aside the vines entwined around the entrance and led Lin Chen inside.

"Didn't I tell you I wasn't lying?" Lin Chen walked ahead. Although the cave was somewhat dark and damp, they could still make out their surroundings.

"Brat, what that little girl said is probably true. There really is a peculiar presence up ahead, and it feels somewhat similar to Blue Silver Grass." Dugu Bo's eyes gleamed, and a smile appeared on his face.

Before long, Lin Chen and Dugu Bo reached the depths of the cave and saw the unusually shaped Blue Silver Grass.

The Blue Silver Grass gave off a faint blue glow, and delicate golden patterns marked its stems and leaves. They could faintly sense the presence of life from it.

This was the Blue Silver Emperor's seedling.

Dugu Bo looked at the frail seedling and frowned. "What on earth is Tang Hao doing? Planting Blue Silver Grass in a cave this dark, with neither water nor sunlight—is he afraid it might survive?"

Lin Chen also found it somewhat strange. After all, sunlight and water were both indispensable for a plant to survive.

Yet Tang Hao had put Ah Yin and the young plant in a cave like this.

The claim that he loved his wife was utterly unconvincing, no matter how one looked at it.

Leaving aside the several patches of nutrient-rich, sunlit soil just outside the cave, what would have been wrong with planting her in the Blue Silver Forest? Was the Blue Silver King going to rebel and kill Ah Yin or something?

Thinking this, Lin Chen sighed helplessly. "Why do I get the feeling Tang Hao doesn't actually love his wife all that much? Still, I'm not qualified to judge. We're here to steal, after all, so we weren't exactly good people to begin with."

Dugu Bo nodded in wholehearted agreement. "That's right. You own up to what you do, brat. You're countless times better than those sanctimonious hypocrites."

Lin Chen shook his head with a wry smile. "No matter how you put it, that's hardly a compliment. Let's hurry up, pick the Blue Silver Emperor, and leave."

Just as Lin Chen was about to step forward and pull up the grass, the Blue Silver Emperor's seedling suddenly began to sway without any wind.

"Oh?" Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow and said in mild surprise, "The Blue Silver Emperor seems to still be conscious. Hasn't she already become a seedling? Could it be because we mentioned Tang Hao?"

Lin Chen's gaze flickered. He walked slowly forward and carefully examined the Blue Silver Emperor's seedling.

Dugu Bo came closer from behind as well. He could clearly sense the immensely vigorous, powerful life force contained within the Blue Silver Emperor.

I suppose this is what you'd expect from the Blue Silver Emperor. Even as a mere seedling, she has such a vigorous life force, Lin Chen mused, stroking the Blue Silver Emperor's leaves with some emotion.

Plant-type Soul Beasts really are cheating. Even after sacrificing themselves, they can condense their origin into a seed to preserve their souls.

With that thought, Lin Chen stroked the Blue Silver Emperor once more and said with a smile, "Don't worry. You're a pitiful person too, so I won't kill you."

The Blue Silver Emperor shook her stems and leaves as if afraid.

What a sorry state. A dignified Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the emperor of Blue Silver Grass, reduced to this. Lin Chen felt helpless, but his expression gradually turned cold. "Although I won't kill you now, that doesn't mean I won't later."

"Think carefully about whether Tang Hao truly loves you. Until you understand the answer, I'll do everything I can to nurture you. When your soul fully awakens, tell me that answer."

The Blue Silver Emperor swayed her stems and leaves slightly, as though nodding.

Dugu Bo snorted and said to Lin Chen, "Why waste so many words on her? Let's take the Soul Bone and get out of here."

Hearing this, the Blue Silver Emperor immediately grew anxious. She used all her strength, waving her leaves with what little power she had left, as if trying to stop the two of them.

Dugu Bo glanced at the Blue Silver Emperor and said coldly, "Little fellow, go find the Soul Bone. Let me have a few words with the Blue Silver Emperor."

"All right." Lin Chen nodded. Without concerning himself with what Dugu Bo wanted to say, he turned and began searching for the hidden door concealing the Soul Bone.

Dugu Bo slowly crouched down and said coldly to the Blue Silver Emperor, "Do you really think Tang Hao loves you? Look at the conditions in this cave. It's dark and dry. How is it fit for a plant to survive?"

"There isn't a bit of sunlight or water. Is he afraid you won't die?"

"Besides, he's the all-powerful Clear Sky Douluo. If he really wanted to treat you well, why didn't he plant you in a blessed place with good feng shui instead of a lifeless cave?"

Hearing this, the Blue Silver Emperor shook her leaves wildly, as though he had struck a sore spot deep in her heart.

Dugu Bo shook his head with a cold smile and spoke with pity. "Think it over carefully. It's only because the little fellow can't bring himself to do it. If it were up to me, I wouldn't be willing to nurture an enemy who might stand against me in the future."