Returning to the Village, Blue Silver Emperor

At the entrance to Holy Soul Village, a figure leaning on a cane seemed to be waiting for something. He did not move until he saw two figures at the village entrance.

"Grandpa, I'm back!" Lu Mingchuan hurried forward, pulling Huang Quan along as he supported his grandfather.

Amid Jack's nagging, they returned to the little home where he had lived for nearly six years. The moment they got home, Old Jack could no longer sit still.

Muttering that his grandson had gotten thin, he insisted on cooking him a meal. Knowing he could not talk the stubborn old man out of it, Lu Mingchuan cheerfully helped out. Huang Quan had wanted to join them as well.

But the kitchen was not large, and neither Jack nor Lu Mingchuan was willing to let her in. The taciturn Huang Quan said nothing and quietly waited for the food.

Before long, after the two worked away in the kitchen, all the ingredients Lu Mingchuan had brought out became a table full of delicacies. In the tiny house, they happily ate around the small table, while Lu Mingchuan kept telling Old Jack interesting stories about what he had seen in Nuoding City.

Old Jack's smile never left his face until the meal was over.

Compared to the laughter and cheer on Lu Mingchuan's side, the atmosphere around Tang San was far less pleasant.

He brought Xiao Wu back to his home. When he pushed open the wooden door, he did not see the father he had longed to see. There was only an empty house and a letter on the table.

He quickly stepped forward and picked up the letter. After reading it, the joy he had felt at the thought of seeing his father vanished, replaced by a faint sense of disappointment.

Watching the dejected Tang San from behind, Xiao Wu could not help feeling curious. She moved closer and read the letter as well. Even the Rogue Rabbit fell silent after finishing it.

Afterward, she helped Tang San tidy up everything in the house.

After washing the dishes, Lu Mingchuan called out to Old Jack before heading outside. When he reached the familiar Back Mountain, he summoned Volberli.

A tall figure soon appeared before him.

"No particularly strong people came to Holy Soul Village this past year, right?"

Volberli thought for a moment before answering, "A one-armed Soul Douluo came here a long time ago. I recognized him as the village's former blacksmith. He seemed seriously injured. He left behind a letter and then departed."

Lu Mingchuan nodded upon hearing that. After getting the information, he sent Volberli back.

He then led Huang Quan toward the location of the Blue Silver Emperor, which he had scouted out long ago. Not to mention the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone there, the Points alone made the trip worthwhile.

Besides, it was one of the must-visit locations for transmigrators. It would have been a pity not to visit it at least once.

A while later, facing the roaring waterfall, Lu Mingchuan raised a hand and used Imaginary Energy to create a cone-shaped object to divert the water. He then formed several diamond-shaped steps in midair and led Huang Quan behind the waterfall.

Looking at the utterly ordinary wall, he stepped closer and began tapping at it. Seeing what he was doing, Huang Quan walked to the side and pressed a hidden mechanism.

As he continued tapping away, Lu Mingchuan saw the rock wall in front of him suddenly split apart. He turned to look at Huang Quan, who met his gaze without a care. In the end, Lu Mingchuan was the first to look away.

Looking at the dark passage revealed within the rock wall, Lu Mingchuan conjured a ball of flame for light and stepped inside.

Huang Quan followed him. After walking for a while, the two reached a stone chamber that could barely be called spacious. Lu Mingchuan turned to Huang Quan. "I'll leave it to you, Huang Quan."

Huang Quan naturally understood what he meant. She walked to a wall and pressed another hidden mechanism. Reaching in, she took out the exposed lead box. Lu Mingchuan accepted it and opened it, revealing a gleaming Soul Bone inside.

After storing the Soul Bone in the System Space, he turned his gaze toward the Blue Silver Emperor beneath the only beam of sunlight in the chamber.

"So this is Tang San's mother?" He leaned closer and observed the Blue Silver Emperor for a moment. Perhaps sensing his gaze, it gently swayed its leaves.

Huang Quan had no interest in it at all. She had traveled through too many places for ordinary things to catch her attention anymore.

Compared to Normal Blue Silver Grass, this Blue Silver Emperor merely had some golden patterns on its leaves, while its life aura was stronger than that of other Blue Silver Grass.

After watching for a while, Lu Mingchuan lost interest. He casually took out a flowerpot and transplanted the Blue Silver Emperor into it. During the process, it shook its leaves twice as if struggling. When it saw that he did not react, it drooped.

After digging up the Blue Silver Grass, he took out paper and pen. With a mischievous grin, he wrote a line and left it behind before departing with Huang Quan.

As they walked leisurely along the way, Lu Mingchuan slowly told Huang Quan the story of the Blue Silver Emperor.

"After this Blue Silver Emperor took human form, Tang Hao pursued her. Once he won her over and learned her identity, Tang Hao brought her to Spirit City while she was pregnant—a place filled with powerful experts and countless Titled Douluo.

"That led the Titled Douluo in Spirit City to discover a weakened Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Tell me, who could resist the temptation of a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and Soul Bone?"

As he spoke, he raised the flowerpot in his hand. The Blue Silver Emperor inside seemed to have heard what Lu Mingchuan said and lifted itself slightly. He glanced at it before continuing.

"After that, several Titled Douluo besieged Tang Hao and tried to force him to hand over the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Ah Yin sacrificed herself to help Tang Hao break through level ninety, and he went on to defeat three Douluo alone."

Huang Quan remained expressionless after hearing this, but Lu Mingchuan keenly noticed a trace of confusion in her eyes. He looked again at the now more spirited Blue Silver Emperor, cleared his throat, and continued, "Although it does sound rather impressive."

"There's one problem. Why bring a pregnant Blue Silver Emperor to Spirit City? If he had not gone there, what followed basically would not have happened."

By the end, even Lu Mingchuan clicked his tongue. "He probably needed a soul ring and Soul Bone, but did not want to bear the infamy, so he staged the whole thing himself!"

Upon hearing his final words, the Blue Silver Emperor in the flowerpot frantically shook its leaves. There was not a trace left of its previous listlessness. Knowing exactly what love-struck fools on Douluo Continent were like, Lu Mingchuan ignored it and turned to Huang Quan beside him.

"What do you think after hearing that?"

Huang Quan fell silent for once. Even someone as experienced and well-traveled as her could not answer such a question.

Not knowing what to say, Huang Quan ultimately shook her head and gave up. "I don't know."

They happened to arrive home then, so Lu Mingchuan chose to end the topic. He found a spot with plenty of sunlight and placed the Blue Silver Emperor there, then brought out two lounge chairs and set them in the courtyard.

And so, two people and one plant lazily basked in the sun in the courtyard.

It was not until the afternoon that Lu Mingchuan opened his eyes.

When he turned toward Huang Quan, he found that she had already awakened and was staring at him without blinking.