Seeing the sky gradually brighten, Chu Chen left the area and headed toward Di Hun Village beneath the rising sun.
Now that the Blue Silver Grass bloodline had been awakened, he possessed the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline as well. The evolution of his Blue Silver Grass was inevitable!
"Now, it's time to prepare for my First Spirit Ring."
After returning to the village, Chu Chen resumed his former peaceful life. During the time he spent waiting to enroll in Soul Master Academy, he had to strengthen his body as much as possible.
The stronger his body was, the higher the age limit of the Spirit Rings he could withstand. For someone with the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, this was simply the easiest kind of cultivation.
He arrived in a dense forest and began circulating his Soul Power. A burst of Blue-Gold Light rippled from his hand.
Blue Silver Grass swayed in the wind and appeared in his hand.
Affected by this power, sprouts of Blue Silver Grass began growing from the surrounding earth. The Blue Silver Grass that had already been there also became more vigorous!
"When this Blue Silver Grass gathers together, it can actually form a special life field... but the source is still the one in my hand."
"By using the Blue Silver Grass to absorb and transform this life force, then integrating it into my body and converting it into blood qi... once the blood qi becomes sufficiently surging, it can strengthen my body."
Under Chu Chen's control, the Blue Silver Grass in his hand bloomed with golden Natural Texture, releasing rippling waves of aura.
For a time, life force surged throughout the surroundings, and the plants grew wildly...
At the same time.
At Holy Soul Village, outside the waterfall behind the village, Tang Hao slowly made his way over.
He still held a jug of wine in his hand. Reeking of alcohol, unkempt and filthy, he looked like a beggar on the verge of death.
He took a step and rose into the air, seemingly muttering to himself, "Ah Yin... I'm sorry. I'm a useless father..."
"Xiao San awakened the one-in-ten-thousand Twin Martial Souls—your Blue Silver Grass and my Clear Sky Hammer... I want him to become a powerful Spirit Master, but I also don't want that. You... must be just as conflicted as I am."
Tang Hao passed through the curtain of water and entered the cave.
"Ah Yin, if you were still alive, you'd definitely be happy to see Xiao San..."
If Chu Chen had been there, he definitely would not have been able to stop himself from complaining, If Ah Yin were alive, you'd probably anger her to death all over again. Is this how you raise a child?
Tang Hao walked to where the Blue Silver Emperor had originally been planted. He froze, briefly suspecting that he had drunk himself senseless. Then he rubbed his eyes, and when he saw that the Blue Silver Emperor was gone, scarlet suddenly flooded his eyes.
"No... Ah Yin!"
Tang Hao immediately began digging through the dirt, hoping to find Ah Yin, but in the end, all he saw was a Chrysanthemum Petal...
"A Chrysanthemum Petal..."
Tang Hao's voice was hoarse. He immediately got up and checked where the Soul Bone had been. Sure enough, it was empty!
"Ah!" Tang Hao roared, his aura shaking so violently that it nearly collapsed the entire cave.
"Impossible! Impossible! How could Ah Yin have been taken away? Who was it..." Tang Hao looked around like a madman, seemingly trying to find some clue.
But in the end, his gaze fixed on that Chrysanthemum Petal...
"Chrysanthemum... Chrysanthemum Douluo... Spirit Hall!"
Just as Chu Chen had said, a person could not think rationally in such a crazed state. Thus, Tang Hao never stopped to consider whether a petal from the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum could possibly be the same as an ordinary chrysanthemum petal.
But Tang Hao could not think that much.
He had long borne deep hatred toward Spirit Hall. If Spirit Hall had discovered the Blue Silver Emperor's whereabouts and taken it away, that would have been perfectly reasonable!
"Spirit Hall! I, Tang Hao, will destroy you all!!"
Half a month quietly passed.
There were only three days left before he was due to report to the nearest Nuoding Academy. Chu Chen's monotonous day-after-day life was finally about to change!
Around a waterfall near Di Hun Village, dense Blue Silver Grass now grew and swayed in the wind, with Life Aura flowing toward its source...
Bare-chested, Chu Chen sat cross-legged beneath the waterfall.
Looking closely, faint golden blood qi flowed around his body, radiating remarkable vitality.
He was only six years old, yet his physique had already caught up to that of an ordinary ten-year-old boy. Under such tempering, all aspects of his physical ability were rapidly improving!
"That should be enough. Time to try condensing the life force of the Blue Silver Grass!"
Chu Chen opened his eyes. Though the rushing water continuously battered his body, it did not shift his stance even a fraction.
The Blue Silver Grass in his hand shone, while all the Blue Silver Grass within a fifty-meter radius seemed to answer a summons and bowed toward Chu Chen!
The next moment, endless life force began gathering in Chu Chen's hand!
Blue-Gold Radiance bloomed in his palm.
Once life force became dense enough, it was no longer a specific attribute. Instead, it could be circulated through Soul Power and released as an attack.
"Boom!"
The Blue-Gold Radiance blasted forth, directly cutting off the flow of the massive waterfall. The mountain rocks shook, and cracks spread across them.
"Just as I thought!" Chu Chen said joyfully.
His idea had been correct. Through the transformation of life force, he really could use an offensive ability like this.
And it could also strengthen him for a short period of time.
"Once I have a Spirit Ring, if I fully refine this ability, it may become my own Self-Created Soul Skill."
In high spirits, Chu Chen controlled the Blue Silver Grass in his hand. It swiftly pierced through the air, extending nearly twenty meters and precisely wrapping around a large tree in the distance.
Using that force, Chu Chen leaped up and landed steadily on the shore.
Clearly, as a plant martial soul, Blue Silver Grass itself possessed tremendous adaptability. Abandoning its strongest life attribute just to absorb snake Spirit Rings and gain a binding attribute—
That was downright idiotic. Anyone who did that deserved to be eaten!
Seeing that it was getting late, Chu Chen put on his clothes and returned to the village. For the remaining three days, he wanted to relax.
"Once I enroll, it'll be about time to obtain my First Spirit Ring. With the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline's special perception... I should be able to sense something."
When he returned home, Village Chief Teague happened to come by, bringing some things he had prepared for Chu Chen.
"Chu Chen, this is some travel money and food for the road that Grandpa, your uncles, and your aunts prepared for you."
Village Chief Teague handed an exquisite cloth pouch to Chu Chen.
Feeling the pouch's weight, Chu Chen's heart warmed. He said to the village chief, "Grandpa Teague, thank you all."
"You silly child, what are you thanking us for? Just become a powerful Spirit Master—a Soul Emperor, a Soul Saint! When the time comes, you must come back and rename our village."
Village Chief Teague said with a beaming smile. What the pouch contained was the heartfelt kindness of those simple villagers. Perhaps Chu Chen had no real need for it, but it was incomparably weighty and precious—something worth cherishing forever.
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