Aunt, You Wouldn't Want Tang San... (Request for Follow-up Reading! Request Monthly Ticket!)

After leaving Vast Sea City, Lu Duzhou parted ways with Dugu Bo and the others.

Dugu Bo had originally wanted to visit his student, but Lu Duzhou refused.

His reason was perfectly sound.

For their first meeting, the student should visit the teacher. Otherwise, it would be highly discourteous.

Besides, Lu Duzhou planned to bring Xiao Wu and Tang San back with him to settle down in Pano City.

It would be much more convenient to visit Dugu Bo in Heaven Dou City then.

Of course, the real reason was that Lu Duzhou intended to use this opportunity to obtain the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone.

At this time, Tang Hao was surely guarding Xiao Wu while secretly protecting Tang San. Since Lu Duzhou was returning from the sea, he stopped by Holy Soul Village along the way.

Through the Blue Silver Emperor Projection within his Land Martial Soul, Lu Duzhou found Ah Yin atop a small mound beneath the faint light.

The hidden cave had only a single beam of sunlight shining down from above.

The Blue Silver Emperor had been unable to see sunlight for a long time. Its leaves were curled up, and it looked utterly listless.

When Lu Duzhou approached, Ah Yin seemed to sense the aura of her own bloodline, and her leaves began to tremble faintly.

When Lu Duzhou extended a finger beside the leaves, they took the initiative to approach and curl around it.

"You sensed it, didn't you?"

Lu Duzhou spoke softly.

"If I'm not mistaken, you are Ah Yin, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Blue Silver Emperor who was hunted by Spirit Hall more than a decade ago and ultimately died after sacrificing herself."

"Your child, Tang San, awakened Twin Martial Souls: the Blue Silver Emperor and the Clear Sky Hammer. He is now my sworn brother."

"My Martial Soul is land. His Blue Silver Grass is planted within my Martial Soul, where it gains benefits including, but not limited to, increased Cultivation Speed."

"On my way back from Vast Sea City, I passed through this place and sensed an inexplicable attraction."

"Never did I expect to find you."

"This place simply isn't suitable for any plant to survive in. I don't know who trapped you here and prevented you from recovering your former cultivation."

"But as Xiao San's mother, now that I've encountered you, I won't stand by and do nothing."

"Are you willing to come with me? My Land Martial Soul can help you quickly recover your former cultivation, perhaps even transform into a human again."

"If you're willing, scratch my palm twice."

Although this Blue Silver Emperor's Life Force was rather weak, she did indeed possess a complete soul.

Since Lu Duzhou wanted to revive her, he naturally had to ask for her opinion.

He could not do something thankless.

Of course, his greatest purpose was to use the Blue Silver Emperor to improve his few mu of land.

Everyone knew that plants could make soil fertile and bring life to the land.

Lu Duzhou had always felt that his Martial Soul should not be limited to a single patch of land.

It could be viewed as a domain, or even the embryonic form of a Small World.

And if he wanted it to develop quickly, high-level plants were indispensable.

The Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor possessed an exceptionally high life attribute. Having it become the first real plant to settle within the Land Martial Soul would greatly benefit the other plants added afterward.

Well, the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was also one of the reasons he had come here.

Ah Yin had originally been asleep, since this place truly was unsuitable for recovering her strength or growing.

Only after being awakened by Bloodline Attraction did she regain consciousness.

After hearing Lu Duzhou's words, her emotions became indescribably complicated. Her consciousness had previously been muddled, so she had never thought in that direction before. Now that she considered it carefully, it was truly terrifying.

Tang Hao—the man she had loved most, for whom she had even sacrificed herself without hesitation.

What sort of mentality had made him trap her in this dark and sunless place?

She could sense a Blue Silver Forest not far away.

If she had been planted there, drawing upon the power of the Blue Silver Grass, then even if she could not restore the cultivation and strength of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she at least would not be struggling on the brink of death as she was now.

Did Tang Hao truly love me?

For the first time, Ah Yin doubted this relationship. Yet she did not dare delve deeper, afraid she might learn something she would regret.

She forcibly turned her attention to her son, Tang San.

Since the youth before her called himself Tang San's sworn big brother, he would surely be able to get close to Tang San.

By following him, she would be able to see her child.

And as long as she could leave this place, perhaps she could slowly recover her strength.

The choice was not difficult.

Ah Yin controlled her leaves and moved them across Lu Duzhou's palm, indicating her willingness.

Lu Duzhou immediately smiled.

"I'll take you away right now. But before we leave, let's make an agreement: until I permit it, you cannot reveal yourself voluntarily. You may only observe Tang San in secret."

"We still don't know who trapped you here. If they harbor ill intentions and are powerful, then both Xiao San and I will be in danger."

"If you agree, draw a circle on my palm."

Ah Yin did not hesitate and immediately agreed.

Lu Duzhou's request was reasonable. She was a kind Soul Beast, so naturally she could not drag others into trouble—especially when it might bring danger to her own child.

Having received an affirmative answer, Lu Duzhou nodded in satisfaction.

This Ah Yin knew what was good for her. With that, everything would proceed smoothly.

Had Ah Yin refused, he would have destroyed her without hesitation. He absolutely could not leave such a tremendous hidden danger for himself.

The Land Martial Soul spread out. Within its ten mu range, projections of various Plant Martial Souls swayed.

Ah Yin sensed that Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul shared the same origin as her. Immediately afterward, her body was wrapped in soil and absorbed from that small mound into Lu Duzhou's Martial Soul.

Lu Duzhou planted her beside Tang San's Martial Soul Projection. Next, he intended to transplant a large amount of Blue Silver Grass, filling one acre of land to conceal Ah Yin's presence.

Ah Yin felt the surging vitality within the Land Martial Soul. Like a sponge absorbing water, she swiftly drew it into her body.

Her formerly drooping, withered yellow leaves unfurled and grew at a visible rate. Her entire stalk shot up to twice its former height, bursting with renewed life.

After only ten minutes, the Soul Power within Ah Yin had recovered from a state weaker than even a Hundred-Year Soul Beast Blue Silver Grass to the level of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Immediately afterward, a half-transparent Maiden Phantom condensed above the grass.

"Thank you!"

The Ah Yin before him looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, youthful and vibrant, with an aura of lively intelligence.

"Could you tell me about you and Xiao San?"

Lu Duzhou nodded. This was a way to strengthen trust.

He quickly recounted everything: how he had met Tang San, introduced a Title Douluo teacher to him, gone out to sea, and then passed through this place upon his return, guided here by that attraction.

Well, he also casually mentioned Tang San's miserable childhood, in which three-year-old Tang San had needed to care for his father Tang Hao's daily needs.

When she heard that Lu Duzhou had helped Tang San obtain an Immortal Herb and had even found a Title Douluo to take him as a student, Ah Yin immediately said gratefully:

"Thank you so much!"

"Having a big brother like you is truly Tang San's good fortune."

Lu Duzhou waved his hand.

"An elder brother is like a father. Since Tang San acknowledged me as his big brother, I will naturally treat him well."

"However, let me emphasize this once more. From now on, you may only appear in your current form when I permit it, and you must not show Tang San any closeness."

"Aunt, you wouldn't want Tang San to be in danger, would you?"