Time passed slowly. In the blink of an eye, another ten days went by, and major soul master academies across the continent began their admissions.
During those ten days, aside from eating and sleeping, Ye Liangchen spent every day observing the crowds passing through the streets. Sometimes, he took Little Cat to the woods outside the city and guided her in practicing fist techniques. He lived a very carefree life.
One morning, Ye Liangchen stood by the hotel window, watching the bustling crowds on the street. Suddenly, a blue figure and a pink figure emerged from the road leading to Holy Soul Village.
Both were young. The one dressed in blue was a teenage boy, around 1.7 meters tall, who looked exceptionally mature. A belt embedded with jade stones hung around his waist, making him particularly conspicuous. The one dressed in pink was a girl with two rabbit ears atop her head. She was adorably cute and skipped along beside the boy in blue like a little rabbit.
Tang San and Xiao Wu had finally set off. Tang Hao should be leaving too.
Ye Liangchen quietly watched everything unfold. He thought that after nearly twelve years in this world, he had finally seen the Three-Five Combination.
Tang San and Xiao Wu chatted and laughed as they headed down the official road toward the Balak Kingdom. Before long, an elderly man in a black robe whose face could not be seen appeared on the street as well, following them from hundreds of meters away.
Seeing this, Ye Liangchen curled his lips. Tang Hao has finally left Holy Soul Village. I've been planning for this day for a long time.
"Little Cat! It's time for us to leave. We need to find your third Spirit Ring."
Ye Liangchen entered the sitting room and woke Zhu Zhu Qing, who was cultivating. Whenever this girl had free time, she was either cultivating or cultivating.
"Okay, Brother Chen."
The moment Zhu Zhu Qing heard that they were going to obtain her third Spirit Ring, she became extremely excited. She immediately got up and packed some clothes.
"Dear guests, thank you for staying with us. Have a pleasant journey."
When he saw the two checking out, the hotel's lobby manager wore an auntie-like smile. I've successfully matched another pair.
Ye Liangchen shook his head and paid no attention to the lobby manager's words. He led the slightly blushing Little Cat out of the hotel.
"Zhu Qing, have you decided what Soul Beast you want for your third Spirit Ring?"
"Brother Chen, I want a Lightning Shadow Leopard."
"I feel like the first three skills of your Netherworld Family and the White Tiger Family were all chosen by your ancestors."
"Yes, you could say that."
The two discussed the Martial Soul inheritance of the Star Luo Royal Family, but in Ye Liangchen's eyes, it was far too conservative.
"Before helping you obtain your third Spirit Ring, let's take a look at the mountain behind Holy Soul Village. The scenery there is beautiful, and we might come across some good medicinal herbs."
"Brother Chen, just make the arrangements. I'll listen to you."
Little Cat now centered everything around Ye Liangchen. Whatever he said, she did.
At a shop, Ye Liangchen bought a small flowerpot and a bag of mortar used for laying bricks, something similar to cement.
"Brother Chen, did you buy that flowerpot to grow flowers?" Zhu Zhu Qing asked curiously.
"Zhu Qing, you know I'm studying medicine. Naturally, I have to deal with all kinds of medicinal herbs. If I come across excellent herbs, I'll need to bring them back to my estate and grow them."
"Brother Chen, you're amazing. You know everything."
"Of course. As a genius, I have to be proficient in everything."
The two chatted and laughed as they headed toward Holy Soul Village. The morning sunlight fell over them, leaving behind two beautiful shadows.
Holy Soul Village was the newbie village of Douluo Continent. Countless transmigrators had emerged from this place. As a transmigrator himself, Ye Liangchen naturally had to come and take a look.
When Ye Liangchen brought Little Cat to a hillside outside Holy Soul Village, a beautiful mountain village came into view. Because the village was close to Nuoding City, its residents planted large amounts of grain and vegetables to sell there. Their lives were quite comfortable, and nearly every household had built a lovely house.
At the eastern end of the village stood a dilapidated thatched hut. It was especially conspicuous amid this beautiful mountain village. A wooden hammer sat atop its roof, announcing to everyone that this was a blacksmith's shop.
"Brother Chen, this mountain village is so beautiful. Why is there such a shabby thatched hut here? That family looks so poor!" Zhu Zhu Qing asked curiously as she looked at the village.
"That's just a blacksmith's shop. Look at the hammer on the roof. It means the owner of that house swings a big hammer for a living."
Ye Liangchen gave Zhu Zhu Qing a vague answer. If he told her that this was the home of Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, it would surely make her jaw drop.
"Zhu Qing, let's head into the mountains. I'll take you flying directly." Ye Liangchen grabbed Little Cat's hand and ran toward the Mountain Forest.
"Brother Chen, you can fly too?"
"There's a lot I can do. Today, I'll let you experience what flying feels like."
"Whoosh, whoosh..."
After arriving at a high spot, Ye Liangchen directly activated his External Soul Bone. A pair of nearly two-meter-long golden wings appeared behind him, surrounded by lightning and incomparably dazzling.
The age of his External Soul Bone had increased considerably, and it had grown much larger as well. It was estimated to have reached twenty thousand years. Ye Liangchen had even given it a cool name: Wind Thunder Wings.
"Brother Chen, is that a Spirit Bone? It's so powerful!"
Although Zhu Zhu Qing came from the Hell Spirit Cat Clan and knew of treasures like Spirit Bones, she had never seen one before.
"This is my External Soul Bone, Wind Thunder Wings. It gives me the ability to fly."
"Hold onto me. Prepare for takeoff."
Seeing that Ye Liangchen possessed such a powerful Spirit Bone, Zhu Zhu Qing felt a trace of envy, but she was also happy for him.
"Oh! Okay, Brother Chen."
Zhu Zhu Qing stretched out her arms and tightly wrapped them around Ye Liangchen's waist, looking forward to this flight.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Under Ye Liangchen's mental control, the Wind Thunder Wings began to flap, slowly lifting the two of them into the air.
"Brother Chen, we're so high!"
From a hundred meters up, Zhu Zhu Qing looked down and felt a chill run down her back.
"Don't worry. The lift generated by the Wind Thunder Wings Flight Skill can carry up to five hundred jin."
"I'll let you experience an even greater height."
Ye Liangchen flapped his wings and shot straight up to five hundred meters. Little Cat was terrified and clung to him like an octopus.
"Brother Chen, it's too high!"
It was Zhu Zhu Qing's first time experiencing such flight. She was both nervous and thrilled.
"Little Cat! This is what true freedom in flight feels like. Once, when I went to Star Dou Forest with Aunt Lan and the others, I flew directly to an altitude of over a thousand meters. That was what you called thrilling."
As Ye Liangchen flew, he searched the depths of the mountains for a place with water.
Half a day later, the two arrived deep in the mountain range. Suddenly, Zhu Zhu Qing shouted, "Brother Chen, look! There's a valley over there, and a waterfall too. It's so beautiful."
"Let's go down and take a look."
Ye Liangchen saw it too. It was a scenic valley, with a broad waterfall twenty meters high cascading down from the cliff ahead. It gave off the feeling of water plunging three thousand feet, as though the Milky Way had fallen from the heavens.
The waterfall flowed into the valley and formed a massive pool. Under the sunlight, circles of rainbows shimmered across its surface, making it exceptionally beautiful.
Ye Liangchen felt that this should be the place, so he slowly descended into the valley.
"Brother Chen, this place is so beautiful!"
Zhu Zhu Qing could not help exclaiming as she looked at the waterfall several hundred meters ahead and the flowers, grass, and trees all around them.
"It is beautiful. There are many medicinal herbs in this valley, so we should gather more. Later, I'll refine more Spirit Power Pills."
Looking at the beautiful valley, which was covered in all kinds of rare flowers and herbs, Ye Liangchen thought that Tang Hao really knew how to pick a place.
"Brother Chen, there are so many medicinal herbs over there. I'll go gather them first. I've studied with you for so many days that I recognize quite a few herbs now."
"Go ahead. Be careful. I'll take a look near the waterfall."
Watching Little Cat excitedly run into the woods and happily gather all kinds of medicinal herbs, Ye Liangchen also leaped into the air and landed on a large rock beside the waterfall. He spread out his Spiritual Sense to inspect the entrance behind it.
According to Ye Liangchen's memories, Tang Hao had carved the entrance into the stone wall. There was also a Secret Door, and it was now concealed by the waterfall, making it very difficult to discover.
Ye Liangchen dug up an ordinary Blue Silver Grass from the ground nearby, preparing to pull off a switcheroo.
Closing his eyes, Ye Liangchen released his Spiritual Sense. Nothing in the entire valley could escape his perception. He saw several grooves in the cliff wall behind the waterfall, along with a protruding stone above them that resembled a mechanism trigger.
Ye Liangchen took out King of Chicken Dinner and fired several shots at the cliff wall through the waterfall.
"Click... Click... Click..."
After three shots, a faint rumbling sound seemed to come from above the cliff wall. He must have hit it.
Ye Liangchen spread out his Spiritual Sense again and, sure enough, discovered an opening in the stone wall behind the center of the waterfall.
"Whoosh, whoosh..."
Ye Liangchen activated his External Spirit Bone Flight Skill and charged directly toward the opening.
"Splash..."
The powerful momentum carried him straight through the waterfall and into the entrance. Looking at the waterfall behind him, Ye Liangchen felt it resembled the Water Curtain Cave of Flower Fruit Mountain.
Without flight, it would have been difficult to reach this place. But for Ye Liangchen, a cheater, it was no trouble at all.
The cave was roughly three meters high. There was also a Soul Power Protective Barrier at the entrance, which Tang Hao had set up.
In truth, Ye Liangchen felt Tang Hao had completely overdone it. This place was already so secluded that no one would ever discover it. Besides, the waterfall blocked the entrance, and even ordinary small animals could not get in.
"Bang..."
"Crack..."
Ye Liangchen swung his fist and punched the Soul Power Protective Barrier, shattering it directly.
A several-meter-deep cave appeared ahead. At its center was a pile of soil, upon which grew a Blue Silver Grass around twenty centimeters tall. Its blue leaves were covered with Golden Veins.
Above the stone wall was a ventilation hole as wide as a bowl. A faint glimmer of light and moisture flowed in through it.
At that moment, the Blue Silver Grass sensed the fresh air. Its tiny branches swayed gently in the breeze, as though it were desperately absorbing the air.
Tang Hao was truly ruthless. He had planted the Blue Silver Emperor inside this cave, and once the entrance was sealed, the place became utterly dark. It was practically a prison.
The ventilation hole above probably received sunlight for only a few hours each day. The Blue Silver Emperor had survived tenaciously only by relying on the moisture and light entering through that opening.
Ye Liangchen took out the flowerpot, collected some water from the waterfall outside the cave, and poured it over the Blue Silver Emperor's roots.
"Buzz, buzz..."
After a long drought came sweet rain. Nourished by the water, the Blue Silver Emperor's tiny vines trembled slightly. One vine even stretched out and curled around Ye Liangchen's finger, as though thanking him. The current Blue Silver Emperor possessed only instinctive reactions.
"How interesting."
"You look so pitiful. I'll take you away from this sunless place."
Ye Liangchen took out a shovel, dug up the Blue Silver Emperor, and placed it together with its soil into the flowerpot before storing it in the Pet Space within the Game Backpack.
He then took out the ordinary Blue Silver Grass he had pulled up earlier and planted it in the original pile of soil.
Then, he used a bucket to fetch several buckets of water from the waterfall outside and poured them over it, allowing the ordinary Blue Silver Grass to live a little longer.
"Eh? I was so focused on transplanting the Blue Silver Emperor that I nearly forgot about the Spirit Bone."
Ye Liangchen spread out his Spiritual Sense and quickly discovered something unusual in the stone wall. The Spirit Bone should be hidden inside.
"Click..."
Ye Liangchen took out King of Chicken Dinner and fired a shot at the stone wall.
"Bang..."
The stone wall shattered, and a lead box weighing over a hundred jin fell out.
"Tang Hao, your wife is gone, and so is your Spirit Bone."
Ye Liangchen curled his lips and opened the lead box. Inside was a Right Leg Spirit Bone glowing with blue light.
Ye Liangchen did not stand on ceremony. He directly stored the Spirit Bone in his Soul Tool, then placed the lead box back into the groove in the stone wall. He sealed the groove with the stones on the ground, fetched some water, and used mortar to plaster the stones into the wall.
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