[Froggy discovered fine golden veins on the leaves of the grave grass. Astonished, he raised his left hind leg and decided to fertilize it...]
Su Mo: "..."
You're something else!
Our Froggy has officially raised hell right on an emperor's head.
[Froggy poked around and looked everywhere, hoping to find a mechanism like the one at the stone doorway. After some tapping and knocking, a sudden "ding" rang out, and a lead box dropped from above...]
Su Mo's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly read on.
[Froggy opened the lead box and looked inside. It actually contained a crystal-clear blue-and-gold bone, with what looked like starlight twinkling within...]
The moment Su Mo read that log entry, he leaped to his feet.
That's it!
This is the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone!
He really wore through iron shoes searching in vain, only to stumble upon it without lifting a finger!
[Froggy didn't know what the bone was, but it looked valuable, so he decided to bring it home to Dad. However, Froggy wasn't in a hurry to leave and planned to spend the night resting in the Water Curtain Cave...]
Su Mo was speechless. You've really got some nerve.
Daring to sleep soundly on a Titled Douluo's turf.
If Tang Hao suddenly checks the room, won't you be blown to bits?
Suddenly, he remembered Tang San mentioning that his father had left early that morning.
Could he have gone to the waterfall?
With worry weighing on his heart, Su Mo continued reading the rest of the log.
[Froggy enjoyed a good night's sleep. After waking up in the morning, he fertilized the grave grass a little more, then left the Water Curtain Cave with the glassy bone on his back. The bone wasn't light, so Froggy simply took off his lotus-leaf hat, set it on the water, and crouched on it to drift downstream.]
Whew!
A blessing amid misfortune-Froggy wasn't caught red-handed by Tang Hao.
Su Mo wanted to keep reading, but discovered that the log ended there.
He wondered whether Froggy would return to the village or head somewhere else.
He'd better not come back to the village.
If Tang Hao discovers him, neither Froggy nor I will have any chance of surviving.
Still, wandering around outside with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone on his back was no different from a child carrying gold through a bustling market. That was just as unsafe.
Su Mo had no way to contact Froggy and could do nothing for now. He decided to check the log every day from then on and keep a close eye on Froggy's travels.
When he returned to the front yard, Su Mo suddenly noticed a flock of birds taking flight above the distant mountains.
He looked toward them from afar, saw no danger, and paid them no further attention.
In the mountains not far from the valley, a black-robed man was moving through the forest.
The man was none other than Tang Hao, who had left home early that morning.
Upon learning that his son had twin martial souls, Tang Hao had been overjoyed and eager to share the news with Ah Yin. However, to avoid holding his son back, he had spent several days teaching him the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
Only after Tang San's hammer technique was on the right track had he found time to make this trip.
Before long, Tang Hao reached the valley. He leaped onto a rock beneath the waterfall, then pushed through the pounding water, letting it drench his body.
But when he noticed that the doorway in the stone wall stood wide open, an ominous premonition arose in his heart.
He shot into the stone chamber like a fleeting afterimage.
Seeing that Ah Yin was still there, he let out a small breath of relief. Then he discovered that the lead box had fallen, and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone inside had vanished without a trace.
"Who was it?!"
Tang Hao instantly flew into a rage, unleashing his full aura.
The aura of a Titled Douluo swept unchecked across the entire valley. Countless living creatures were pressed flat against the ground, while a flock of birds scattered from the forest.
The Blue Silver Grass closest to Tang Hao was even less able to bear the crushing pressure.
Her leaves drooped all at once, and her roots and stem were about to collapse.
Catching sight of this out of the corner of his eye, Tang Hao hurriedly withdrew his aura. Apologizing in a panic, he stepped forward and supported Ah Yin with both hands.
His fingers touched the soil around Ah Yin and found it wet.
He immediately pinched up a little soil, brought it to his nose, and sniffed.
"Hm? This is... the stench of urine?"
Tang Hao's expression gradually darkened, and anger began rising in him again. But looking at Ah Yin before him, he forcibly suppressed it.
He was utterly baffled. Who on earth was it?
Not only did they take the soul bone, they even humiliated my Ah Yin.
Absolutely unforgivable!
Wait, how did that person know there was a soul bone here?
Had they been plotting this for a long time, or had they stumbled in by chance?
Suddenly, Tang Hao realized that the soil had not dried yet, meaning the thief could not have gone far.
He rose and started toward the exit to search, but suddenly stopped at the doorway.
This place had already been exposed, and he truly could not rest easy leaving Ah Yin here. Noticing the empty lead box beside him, he carefully scooped up Ah Yin along with the surrounding soil and transferred her into it.
Carrying the lead box out of the stone chamber, Tang Hao flew into the air above the waterfall.
He spread his spiritual power to its fullest extent and searched the surrounding area.
However, after an entire day of combing every inch of the area, Tang Hao found no sign of anyone nearby, nor any traces of a powerful soul beast passing through.
He returned to the stone chamber and searched it again.
Apart from a few incomplete footprints, there was only the fertilizer poured over Ah Yin.
The footprints had been left by a small animal, but he could not determine what kind.
The pressure he had unleashed earlier had been so powerful that it had scattered the dust in the chamber, leaving no complete footprints for him to examine.
Tang Hao, however, did not think this mattered.
Perhaps some small animal had run in while the stone door was open and left those traces.
Even the stench of urine on Ah Yin might have come from some little animal relieving itself.
Tang Hao stopped concerning himself with the clues in the stone chamber and expanded his search instead. That was the keepsake his wife had left for their son.
He had to find it, no matter what.
"Ugh-!"
The next day, before dawn had broken and before the village's rooster bros had crowed,
Su Mo was jolted awake by pain.
A scorching surge of energy had inexplicably flooded into his body, flowing through every part of him as though it would melt him.
Su Mo had no idea what was happening and suspected that someone was trying to harm him.
But he was only six years old, and as far as he knew, he had not offended anyone in this life.
Surely Tang San hasn't been reborn and come back to nip me in the bud?
He struggled to prop himself up in bed and looked around the room, but found nothing unusual.
He pricked up his ears and listened carefully. Yet everything around him was silent, apart from his own panting and low groans.
Could the danger be coming from outside?
Unfortunately, agonizing pain wracked Su Mo's entire body, leaving him utterly unable to stand.
Suddenly, as though something had occurred to him, Su Mo hurriedly pulled up the travel log.
Its contents had been updated.
[Froggy drifted downstream to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where he happened upon two wolf-type soul beasts fighting each other. Both were grievously injured and near death. Froggy approached and shook the two soul beasts, and both happened to die at that very moment, dropping two Yellow Soul Rings...]
Huh?
Su Mo's brow furrowed slightly at the sight. Could it be...
He continued reading.
[Froggy was very curious about this and poked one of the soul rings. Just then, that soul ring plunged straight into Froggy's body...]
Well, damn. Case closed!
So you're the little rascal behind this!
After learning the whole story, Su Mo inwardly cursed Froggy for screwing over his dad.
You recklessly absorbed it without even figuring out how old the soul ring was.
You really know how to court death!