Flower of Life!

"Okay."

"But I still have to go to the academy. Even if I only look around, that's fine."

Tang San said, "Don't worry, Father. I know what I'm doing. I won't even need to release my Martial Soul to deal with those people, so my Soul Ring won't be exposed."

If he hadn't wanted to pull Xiao Wu over and avoid handing her to someone else, he really wouldn't have gone.

Even if he couldn't use Xiao Wu's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone in the future, he still couldn't let someone else take them.

Ever since he had decided to follow the path of Extreme Life sublimation, Xiao Wu's Soul Ring, even though it was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, was unsuitable for him.

He planned to absorb only plants for his Blue Silver Grass, and they had to possess an especially dense Life Force.

Xiao Wu was obviously unsuitable.

Besides, a plant and an animal didn't match.

He wouldn't be able to perfectly inherit all their powers.

A phenomenon similar to reproductive isolation would appear.

Therefore, Yu Xiaogang's theories were wrong and worthless. They were practically misleading people.

The poisonous Blue Silver Grass in the Original Work was frail and feeble, with only a weak toxicity. It was the best example.

Tang San in the Original Work had simply been fooling around.

If he hadn't been the protagonist, this alone would have doomed him to never become a god.

As for the Clear Sky Hammer, it would follow the path of Extreme Destruction Sublimation.

Xiao Wu wasn't a Soul Beast focused on explosive strength, destruction, or devastation, so she naturally wasn't among his targets for hunting. Unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn't consider her.

Keeping her by his side was better than letting someone else steal her away.

"Fine, I believe you, Little San."

"Let's go. I'll take you to the Star Dou Great Forest now to hunt your First Soul Ring."

"After you finish absorbing the Soul Ring, I'll teach you the techniques for concealing your Soul Power and Soul Ring. Then you can go study in Nuoding City. As for Old Jack, I've already given him advance notice and told him he doesn't need to go. I'll take you there myself."

Tang Hao nodded as he spoke.

After hunting the Soul Ring, he would take Tang San directly to Nuoding City, while he himself would conceal himself behind the scenes and not appear before people.

"Okay, Father." Tang San's eyes lit up as he asked.

He was actually already impatient. After waiting a full three months, he was finally going to obtain his First Soul Ring.

The next second, Tang Hao lifted Tang San up.

They shot straight into the sky.

They left Sacred Soul Village at incredible speed and flew rapidly toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

A Soul Power barrier belonging to a Titled Douluo enveloped Tang San's entire body, shielding him from the damage caused by the wind pressure of high-speed flight.

"Dad, are you a Titled Douluo?"

"The books say that only Titled Douluo can fly."

Along the way, Tang San pretended not to know and asked.

"Yes. You must keep this matter secret." Tang Hao nodded. Since he had chosen to do this, there was naturally no need to hide it from Tang San. This was his precious son, so it was fine for him to know earlier.

"Mm, I understand." Tang San nodded.

Time passed quickly.

After spending roughly a day,

they finally arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Little San, what are your thoughts on the First Soul Ring for your Blue Silver Grass?" Tang Hao asked.

"Father, my Blue Silver Grass is going to follow the path of Extreme Life sublimation, so I need a Thousand Year Plant Soul Beast with especially vigorous Life Force."

"My chosen target is the Thousand Year Flower of Life. Although it doesn't have powerful offensive abilities, its Life Force is extremely strong, not at all weaker than that of an ordinary Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast. After I successfully absorb it, I'll likely obtain a life-sensing Soul Skill. It will be especially helpful for me in finding Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, making plants my eyes and informants, sensing danger, and tracking targets. The Blue Silver Grass will also have a high chance of achieving its first Life Rank Ascension."

"As for the Blue Silver Grass's offensive and controlling abilities, in my opinion, once a plant's Life Rank is sufficiently powerful, it can completely grow vines in various ways according to my thoughts, entangling, restraining, and controlling enemies. Once its vigorous Life Force is concentrated at a single point, its offensive power will also become terrifying."

"Once I grow stronger, the Blue Silver Emperor can be used for support and healing, while the Clear Sky Hammer can destroy and devastate my opponents. It will truly kill two birds with one stone."

"My sustained combat ability will become terrifying. I'll be the only one under heaven!"

Tang San was especially proud when he reached this point.

The Blue Silver Overlord Spear in the Original Work was a typical example.

That damn Blue Silver Bind was practically laughable.

Once Life Force increased, entangling could be done with ease.

Moreover, he could summon a huge mass of them at once, dense and packed together.

After the Life Force increased, the vines' toughness and hardness would also rise, so they wouldn't be destroyed so easily by powerful Soul Masters.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"Truly worthy of being my son, Tang Hao's son!"

"Then where is this Flower of Life?"

"The Star Dou Great Forest is so vast. Without an exact location, even I wouldn't be able to find it."

Tang Hao's eyes lit up when he heard this. He found it especially reasonable and nodded repeatedly, but he also voiced his concern.

"It was recorded in one of Mom's books that the Flower of Life grows along the Glimmering Lake Shore in the Star Dou Great Forest. Let's go there and take a look first."

"This place is located southeast of the boundary between the Mixed Zone and the Outer Zone. It's a secluded lakeshore, and the soil there gives off a faint fluorescence because of special minerals that have accumulated within it."

Tang San recalled the knowledge he had seen in the books and spoke.

That book was a handwritten record by his mother, the Blue Silver Emperor, similar to a notebook.

"Good. Then let's go take a look at that place." Tang Hao nodded.

The next second, he and Tang San descended together toward the southeast of the boundary between the Mixed Zone and the Outlying Area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Soon, from high in the air, they both saw a very large lake, and it was extremely beautiful.

A dim glow radiated from the lake.

The surrounding soil gave off a faint fluorescence.

There was no mistake. This was the Glimmering Lake Shore.

"So this is the Glimmering Lake Shore. It really is a beautiful place."

Tang Hao spoke with a dazed expression.

For a moment, memories surfaced in his mind of the days when he had lived in the Star Dou Great Forest with his beloved, Ah Yin. They had also visited various beautiful valleys, lakes, and shores.

The beauty of those places was not at all inferior to that of the Glimmering Lake Shore.

"It really is beautiful." Tang San nodded in agreement.

Tang Hao said, "Where is the Flower of Life you mentioned?"

The aura of the Titled Douluo radiating from his body caused some high-year Animal Spirit Beasts lurking nearby, as well as aggressive Plant Soul Beasts, to dare not move recklessly. Some even trembled and retreated on their own, not daring to approach.

This was the benefit of having a Titled Douluo father as his backer.

Tang San felt extremely fortunate about the gamble he had made three months ago.

Otherwise, he would still be living a miserable life right now.

With a thought, Tang San took the handwritten record out of his Blue Silver Ring and flipped through it.

It contained drawings of the Flower of Life.

Tang San compared them as he searched, and quickly found them.

There was more than one flower.

Their ages were different as well.

Their stems were not green. Instead, they resembled pure white jade, warm and moist, translucent, with milky-white halos seemingly flowing slowly within them.

Their leaves were heart-shaped and blue-gold, with a thin silver edge inlaid along their rims.

The flower was the core of the entire plant, roughly the size of a palm.

The petals displayed a gradient of blue-gold, transitioning from a deep blue at the base to a dazzling gold at the tips.

At the center of the flower was not an ordinary stamen, but a soft radiance that continuously revolved like a nebula. Points of light occasionally drifted out of it, like breathing.

The entire plant radiated an affinity that calmed the mind. It was not showy, yet every living creature that approached could feel a warmth and serenity originating from the very beginning of life.