The Blue Silver Emperor's Talent

[Wu Xing: The Blue Silver Emperor, also known as Ah Yin, was the name she chose for herself in the human world after taking human form.]

[Wu Xing: Her true form is the sovereign of the Blue Silver Grass. You should already know that from the Chat Group's notes, so I won't explain further.]

[Wu Xing: But do you know why Blue Silver Grass is the most common and abundant plant on the Douluo Continent?]

[Ning Rongrong: Why, Brother Wu Xing?]

Ning Rongrong, the Little Witch, was the best at making others feel appreciated. While the other girls were still pondering Wu Xing's words, she was the first to jump in and play along.

Seeing this, everyone felt a pang of envy. She'd reacted so quickly, giving the Group Leader a full dose of involvement and appreciation.

Wu Xing secretly gave the Little Witch a thumbs-up, then continued.

[Wu Xing: Because they all possess a species talent that's practically defying the heavens: "Wildfire cannot burn it all away; the spring breeze brings it back to life."]

[Wu Xing: This means Blue Silver Grass has incredible vitality. Even if its body is destroyed, as long as a single root or seed remains, it can take root and come back to life. That's why Blue Silver Grass is the most common vegetation in your world and can be found just about anywhere.]

[Wu Xing: And as the sovereign of the Blue Silver Grass, the Blue Silver Emperor's abilities are even greater.]

[Wu Xing: When other Soul Beasts offer themselves in sacrifice, they truly die. But the Blue Silver Emperor is different. Her powerful vitality means she won't die; she'll turn back into a plant instead.]

[Wu Xing: Given time to recover and enough energy and nourishment to absorb, she'll grow strong again. Taking human form once more won't be difficult either.]

[Ning Rongrong: Wow, that's amazing! I never knew Sister Ah Yin had such an incredible ability.]

[Ning Shui Fei Luan: Indeed. No wonder that even after I clear away the Blue Silver Grass, it grows back in my courtyard after a while.]

[Xiao Wu: That's right, that's right. Before we Soft Bone Rabbits took human form, we often ate Blue Silver Grass, but no matter how much we ate, we could never finish it. There just kept being more.]

[Blue Silver Emperor: ...]

[Wu Xing: ...]

Reading the girls' replies, Ah Yin felt a little insulted.

Wu Xing's mouth twitched. Had their attention wandered completely off course?

He was explaining the Blue Silver Emperor's talent to set up the foreshadowing of Tang Hao's scheme, and they'd somehow turned it into a discussion about weeding and eating grass.

[Wu Xing: Hold on, hold on. Who was talking about any of that? The point is that Ah Yin can't die!]

Wu Xing looked utterly helpless. Even as a modern person, he could barely keep up with these goddesses' thought processes. His perfectly solid explanation had been yanked wildly off track.

[Ning Rongrong: Hehe, we're sorry, Brother Wu Xing. Go on, we promise we'll listen properly.]

[Xiao Wu: Hehe.]

Once the Chat Group had settled down, Wu Xing continued explaining.

[Wu Xing: All right, now that I've explained the Blue Silver clan's talent, let's talk about Tang Hao.]

[Wu Xing: Tang Hao was a once-in-a-century genius of the Clear Sky Sect. He and his older brother, Tang Xiao, were known as the Clear Sky Twin Stars.]

[Wu Xing: When he was young, he met Ah Yin by chance while she was living in human form. As they spent more time together, they gradually fell in love, and eventually married.]

[Wu Xing: But their happiness didn't last. Not long after she became pregnant, the Spirit Hall set its sights on her, and she was hunted by a group of Titled Douluo led by the former Pope, Qian Xunji.]

[Xiao Wu: Damn the Spirit Hall! Damn Qian Xunji! And damn Bibi Dong! All they know how to do is steal hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones from our Soul Beasts!]

[Xue Qinghe: ...]

[Bibi Dong: ... Soul Masters hunt Soul Beasts for Spirit Rings. That's simply the law of survival on this continent. Little Rabbit, stop bringing it up every chance you get.]

[Xiao Wu: Hmph! I'll say it whenever I want! What's it to you?]

Watching the Chat Group descend into bickering, Wu Xing's face darkened again.

[Wu Xing: Aren't you curious why Tang Hao traveled through the human world with Ah Yin for so many years without her identity being exposed, only for the Spirit Hall to hunt her down when she was pregnant—or just after she'd given birth, while she was still weak?]

The moment he said that, the arguing girls fell silent. Ah Yin, who had been quietly listening to the Group Leader and lost in memories, suddenly snapped back to the present. A faint sense of unease stirred in her heart.

[Ning Rongrong: Brother Wu Xing, now that you mention it, something does seem off. Could there be more to this?]

[Xue Qinghe: From what the Group Leader has described, it does seem rather unusual.]

[Ning Shui Fei Luan: Normally, a man whose wife was pregnant, especially one who was about to give birth, should have taken her back to his sect to rest. Tang Hao shouldn't have been wandering around with her.]

[Nine-Tailed Sky Fox: Exactly. Even if Ah Yin's identity had been exposed, only the Clear Sky Sect should have known. There was no reason for our Spirit Hall to hear about it.]

[Xiao Wu: "Our Spirit Hall"? Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, so you really are from the Spirit Hall! No wonder you're always sucking up to Bibi Dong.]

[Nine-Tailed Sky Fox: ...]

As the Group members analyzed the situation one after another, Ah Yin's unease tightened its grip on her. Her emerald leaves curled in on themselves, and her roots trembled faintly in the soil.

She hadn't thought much about it before. She'd simply assumed she'd been unlucky and the Spirit Hall had discovered her identity. But now every word in the group struck her heart like a hammer.

Still, she loved Tang Hao deeply and couldn't believe he would do such a thing to her.

[Wu Xing: That's right. Tang Hao deliberately revealed Ah Yin's identity to the Spirit Hall.]

[Ning Rongrong: What? Brother Wu Xing, why would he do that?]

[Ning Shui Fei Luan: It must have been for her Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone. There's no need to explain how tempting a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone are to a Soul Master.]

[Xiao Wu: This Tang Hao is despicable! Sister Ah Yin trusted him so much, married him, and even had his child. And after obtaining the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, he turned around and sold his own wife out!]

[Ah Rou: Someone like him is even more disgusting than Bibi Dong. To get his own wife's Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, he actually committed such an utterly inhuman act!]

[Bibi Dong: No, really, are you two mother and daughter determined to drag the Pope into this every time? I've already backed down again and again. Do you really think the Pope has no temper?]

Bibi Dong was furious and deeply aggrieved. This mother and daughter were always dragging her out for public condemnation.

Anyone who didn't know better would think she'd done something heinous enough to outrage the heavens.

If she really had, then fine, she'd have nothing to say. But hunting Soul Beasts was only natural, wasn't it? How could that be her fault?

Compared with Bibi Dong's anger, Ah Yin's heart had sunk to the very bottom.

The Group Leader's words—that Tang Hao had leaked her identity to the Spirit Hall—crashed down in her mind, leaving her unable to accept or believe them.

She didn't want to believe Tang Hao could be that kind of person, and she didn't even want to consider the possibility. Her roots and leaves trembling, she hesitated for a long time before finally forcing herself to send a rebuttal...