Several days later.
On the outskirts of Blue Silver Forest.
A streak of icy-blue light suddenly descended, and Chen Xing landed steadily.
On his shoulder, a somewhat wilted blue-purple blade of grass began swaying excitedly.
"We're finally here!"
"Wuwuwu!"
Over the past few days, Chen Xing had kept it wrapped around his shoulder while hurrying along.
Deprived of soil and water, it could only rely on Photosynthesis and Soul Power for support, and it had nearly reached its limit.
Fortunately, they had finally arrived today. Otherwise, it really would have died as a "grass."
"What's going on?"
"Where is Ah Yin?"
Standing at the entrance to Blue Silver Forest, Chen Xing frowned slightly.
Ah Yin would normally have come out to greet him by now. Why was she acting so unusually today? Was she busy?
With his doubts in mind, he walked deeper into the forest.
Thinking back to Ah Yin's actions when he had left, Chen Xing felt a faint sense of foreboding.
Finally.
In the core region of Blue Silver Forest, he saw Ah Yin's frail figure.
In that instant, it felt as though Chen Xing's heart had been viciously clenched.
Panic surged through him, making even his eyelashes tremble.
"Sister Ah Yin!"
"What happened to you?"
Taking three strides as two, Chen Xing immediately rushed to Ah Yin's side.
The gentle, tranquil woman he remembered now had a deathly pale face, and her life force was extremely weak.
"Did Soul Beasts attack the Clan Territory?"
"Who was it?"
"Xiaoxing!"
"I'm fine."
"Cough, cough..."
Seeing how anxious the young man was, Ah Yin tried hard to pretend that nothing was wrong.
Yet the more deliberately she concealed it, the more obvious her weakness became.
Seeing that Ah Yin refused to explain, Chen Xing turned toward the Blue Silver