The Blue Silver Emperor's Strange Changes

The Blue Silver Emperor's Strange Changes

The night passed without incident. Early the next morning, the two got up and hurried toward the entrance of Soul Hunting Forest.

This trip to Soul Hunting Forest could be described as perfect. It had exceeded both their expectations.

After Zhu Zhu Qing became a Soul Elder, her strength had increased, and the two spent only half a day before arriving at the exit of Soul Hunting Forest.

"My lord, you've returned."

The Spirit Hall soldiers guarding the gate were still the same men from before. When they saw Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing return safely, they all knelt and saluted respectfully. After all, this lord was holding a Pope Token!

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Here are 500 Gold Soul Coins. Take them and buy yourselves some wine."

Courtesy demanded reciprocity. Seeing the Spirit Hall soldiers show him such respect, Ye Liangchen directly tossed 500 Gold Soul Coins to them. In any case, he was rich.

"M-My lord, this... this is too much."

The soldiers were nearly knocked senseless by the 500 Gold Soul Coins. They were only ordinary soldiers at the very bottom of Spirit Hall and did not dare accept such a generous gift.

"Take it! We're leaving."

Ye Liangchen pulled Zhu Zhu Qing along, waved to them, and quickly left the entrance of Soul Hunting Forest. In just a few moments, he had vanished from sight.

"We've been serving in Spirit Hall for more than ten years, and we've never seen anyone this kind."

"Brothers, let's split the money the lord gave us. This lord is really generous. Even several years of our salaries added together wouldn't be this much."

"Isn't that the truth? We're just ordinary soldiers, not soul masters. Our monthly pay isn't much. Only by becoming a soul master can someone enjoy endless wealth and glory."

At that moment, the Spirit Hall soldiers felt as if a pie had fallen from the sky and landed right on them.

After leaving the entrance of Soul Hunting Forest, Zhu Zhu Qing quietly said to Ye Liangchen, "Brother Chen, aren't you being a little too generous? You gave away 500 Gold Soul Coins all at once."

"Little Cat! They knelt to us earlier and even called me my lord. Giving them a little money doesn't matter. Besides, the two Thousand-Year Soul Beasts we killed earlier can be sold at the Soul Beast Shop for at least a thousand Gold Soul Coins."

Money was something Ye Liangchen did not lack at all. Besides, he had a pile of Spirit Bones. If he casually took out one piece for auction, several million Gold Soul Coins would easily fall into his hands.

"Brother Chen, I feel like you're a rich second-generation heir." Zhu Zhu Qing tilted her head and stared at Ye Liangchen.

"Little Cat! You're right. The money my parents left me probably won't run out in this lifetime. As for going to Spirit Hall to collect some Soul Master Subsidy, I don't care for it at all. And Aunt Lan and the others don't let me register with Spirit Hall either."

"For this trip, Aunt Lan gave me tens of thousands of Gold Soul Coins and told me to spend them however I wanted, so I'm not short on money."

Now that the Silver Dragon King, the First Rich Woman of Douluo, was taking care of him as well, the thing Ye Liangchen lacked least was money. If he casually asked her for a few Spirit Bones, he could auction them for tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins.

"Brother Chen, it feels like all the good things in this world have been taken by you. You're powerful, handsome, and you have money you can't use up."

Zhu Zhu Qing stared at Ye Liangchen with her beautiful eyes, thinking that this was what a truly perfect man looked like.

"Sigh! Let's not talk about that! Let's go to the Soul Beast Shop and sell those two Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and see how much they're worth."

"Okay, Brother Chen."

The two quickly arrived at the small town on the outskirts of Soul Hunting Forest. After winding through several turns, they found a relatively larger Soul Beast Shop.

"What do you two guests need?"

The shop owner was also a middle-aged man at the Soul Elder level. Seeing that Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing were also soul masters, he was very polite.

"Boss, I have the corpses of Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Do you want to buy them?"

Ye Liangchen did not beat around the bush and directly stated his purpose.

"Thousand-Year Soul Beasts? Little brother, are you serious?" The boss was instantly overjoyed when he heard that. This was big business.

"Boss, I have no reason to lie to you. If you won't buy them, I can go elsewhere," Ye Liangchen said seriously.

"You two, let's talk this over. Please, this way." The shop owner immediately invited Ye Liangchen and Little Cat into a hall, then poured them good tea.

"Little brother, what age are the soul beasts you brought?" the shop owner asked curiously, anticipation flickering in his eyes.

"A 2,500-year-old Wild Boar, and a 2,000-year-old Ghost Leopard."

"Boss, you're also a Soul Elder-level soul master. You should be able to tell the age of these two soul beasts."

Ye Liangchen directly took the two enormous soul beast corpses out of his Soul Tool, and they immediately occupied half the hall.

The boss tore open the tenting and saw two giant beasts more than three meters long. He instantly sucked in a breath of cold air.

"Hiss! A 2,500-year-old Wild Boar, and a 2,000-year-old Ghost Leopard. Little brother, you two are incredible."

"However, this Wild Boar has already been opened up, and the Ghost Leopard is also missing a front leg. The price will have to be discounted a little."

The boss carefully inspected the condition of the two soul beasts. Displaying the true nature of a profiteer, he began bargaining with Ye Liangchen.

"When we ran into these two soul beasts, they were fighting each other. The Wild Boar's belly was torn open by the Ghost Leopard, and the Ghost Leopard had one leg bitten off by the Wild Boar. We merely profited as bystanders. To make it easier to take away, I had no choice but to clean out the Wild Boar's internal organs."

"Boss, you're the expert. Give me an estimate!"

After Ye Liangchen explained the situation to the boss, he let him name the price directly.

"Little brother, how about I give you 2,000 Gold Soul Coins? These two soul beasts are damaged. Otherwise, I could have directly given you 3,000 Gold Soul Coins."

"Fine! Deal."

Ye Liangchen had originally thought that the two soul beasts would be worth a thousand Gold Soul Coins at most. He had not expected the boss to directly offer two thousand Gold Soul Coins.

"Little brother, I can tell you're a straightforward person. Here are two thousand Gold Soul Coins. Keep them well."

The boss took out two large bags of Gold Soul Coins and handed them to Ye Liangchen with a beaming smile.

"Thank you, boss. We'll be going, then."

Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing bid the boss farewell, then walked out of the Soul Beast Shop and quickly left.

"Haha...! I'm rich! Two Soul Beasts over two thousand years old—after I, Old Niu, process them, I can definitely make more than half in profit."

After seeing Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhu Qing leave, the boss jumped up excitedly and kept circling the two huge Soul Beast corpses.

After leaving the Soul Beast Shop, Zhu Zhu Qing quietly said to Ye Liangchen, "Brother Chen, I never thought two Thousand-Year Soul Beasts could sell for so much money!"

"Zhu Qing, every part of a Soul Beast is treasure. The older it is, the more valuable it is. Those two thousand-year Wild Boars and Ghost Leopard we sold earlier—after the boss processes them, the price will at least double." Ye Liangchen knew the boss had deliberately forced the price down earlier, but he was not short of money, so he had not cared.

"Ah! Brother Chen, I feel like we sold them at a loss."

"It doesn't matter. We still gained two thousand Gold Soul Coins anyway. Zhu Qing, take these two thousand Gold Soul Coins. You can buy some daily necessities with them."

"Brother Chen, I don't want them."

"Zhu Qing, those Soul Beasts were hunted by the two of us together. Why don't we split it half each? Don't refuse anymore."

"Okay, Brother Chen."

After the two of them split the Gold Soul Coins evenly, they found another hotel, enjoyed a good meal, bought some supplies, and then hurried in the direction of Nuoding City.

At dusk, the two found a place in the wilderness to rest. Ye Liangchen took the Blue Silver Emperor out of the Game Pet Space, afraid she might suffocate inside.

"Swish, swish..."

As soon as the Blue Silver Emperor came out, she immediately waved her vines happily. Her leaves, covered in Golden Veins, swayed gently in the wind, seeming extremely excited. She even used her tender vines to lightly wrap around Ye Liangchen's fingers.

Ye Liangchen discovered that placing the Blue Silver Emperor inside the Game Pet Space not only had not suffocated her, it had actually made her grow even better. Only a few days had passed, yet her vines had thickened considerably.

Ye Liangchen planned to let the Blue Silver Emperor absorb a Foundation Establishment Golden Pill and see whether her soul consciousness could awaken.

So he took out one Golden Pill, dissolved it in a cup of water, and gently poured it over the Blue Silver Emperor's roots.

In an instant, the Blue Silver Emperor immediately sensed the powerful energy within the pill and began absorbing it madly.

"Bzz, bzz..."

A minute later, streaks of blue-gold light burst from the Blue Silver Emperor's body, and she grew one meter taller at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This change startled Zhu Zhu Qing, who had been cultivating. She immediately ran over and asked in surprise, "Brother Chen, why did this Blue Silver Grass grow bigger?"

"I gave it a few pills to absorb, and then it became like this. Its cultivation probably improved a lot, so it grew taller. Don't be surprised."

Ye Liangchen also had not expected a single Foundation Establishment Golden Pill to bring such a huge change to the Blue Silver Emperor. It was truly too unexpected.

"How miraculous. Brother Chen, do you think this Blue Silver Grass could grow into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?" Zhu Zhu Qing asked curiously.

"In theory, it's possible, but reaching a hundred thousand years is too difficult."

Ye Liangchen knew that the place called the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well contained immense energy and could indeed accelerate the Blue Silver Emperor's growth, but that was something to plan for later.

"Brother Chen, I'm going to cultivate."

After touching the Blue Silver Emperor's leaves a few times, Zhu Zhu Qing began cultivating nearby again.

"Master..."

Just then, a woman's voice sounded in Ye Liangchen's mind, instantly making his head buzz. He immediately looked around.

"Master, I am Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Grass in your hand." The Blue Silver Emperor called out again in Ye Liangchen's mind.

Holy crap! What's going on? Why is this Blue Silver Emperor calling me master?

"You... why is your voice in my head? And aren't you a Blue Silver Grass? Why are you calling me master?"

Ye Liangchen pretended to be very surprised and communicated with Ah Yin in his mind, thinking that it was very likely because he had placed the Blue Silver Emperor into the Game Pet Space, causing some kind of change in her.

"Master, before, I seemed to have been locked in a place with no light of day. You saved me and brought me to a miraculous place, and then I became your pet."

"I remember that in my previous life, I sacrificed myself to..."

The Blue Silver Emperor rambled on to Ye Liangchen about some events from her previous life. She was also completely confused now. Her soul consciousness had only just awakened, and then, somehow, she had muddleheadedly become some guy's pet.

"So that's how it is. Then I'll call you Sister Ah Yin from now on! Don't mind the pet status either. I won't truly treat you as a pet."

"From now on, you can grow in peace. You don't have to worry about anything anymore."

Ye Liangchen found it very funny. Through his series of miraculous actions, the Blue Silver Emperor had actually become his pet.

"Thank you for saving me. From now on, I'll follow you. I'll call you Little Chen."

Ah Yin stretched out a tender branch and gently wrapped it around Ye Liangchen's hand.

"No problem. Sister Ah Yin, this is a secret between the two of us. Don't tell anyone else, all right? Otherwise, if others find out you're a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast rebuilding your cultivation, there'll be trouble."

"I understand. Besides, my cultivation is very low right now. Others won't care. If you hadn't used that miraculous water earlier for me to absorb, my soul consciousness still wouldn't have awakened! Thank you, Little Chen."

"Sister Ah Yin, you're too polite..."

Ah Yin and Ye Liangchen chatted for a long time, most of it about the events of her previous life.

"Sister Ah Yin, do you think Tang Hao deliberately took you to Spirit City back then? Was his goal to expose your identity as a Soul Beast, then when Qian Xun Ji hunted you down and left you with nowhere to run, force you to sacrifice yourself to Tang Hao in order to save the child?"

All of a sudden, Ye Liangchen deliberately dropped this piece of news, and Ah Yin's head instantly started buzzing.

"No... no, that's impossible."

Ah Yin did not believe Tang Hao would have caused her death. Although she did not understand why Tang Hao had taken her to Spirit City, with her love-addled mind, she simply could not believe Tang Hao had been after her 100,000 Year Spirit Ring.

"Sister Ah Yin, you're a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that underwent Humanoid Transformation. There isn't a Soul Master alive who wouldn't be tempted."

"Of course, I'm just saying it offhand. Don't take it to heart. In any case, you've already turned into a stalk of Blue Silver Grass now, and that's a fact that can't be changed."

Ye Liangchen acted as if he had only mentioned it casually, but he had deliberately planted a seed of doubt in Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin's heart, letting her slowly judge for herself.

Later, he would draw away Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline as well. As long as he made sure Tang San could not awaken the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit, that would be enough. As for how to deal with Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin, he would take it one step at a time.

"Little Chen, my mind is a mess. I'm going to rest for a while."

Ah Yin carefully thought over Ye Liangchen's words, then recalled every little thing from her previous life with Tang Hao. Sometimes, when Tang Hao looked at her, there had been a look of desire in his eyes. Especially the matter of taking her to Spirit City—the more she thought about it, the more wrong it seemed.

Ye Liangchen put Ah Yin into the Game Pet Space. The corner of his mouth tilted up, and he felt that things were getting more and more interesting.