Little San, I'm Your Master, How Can You Call Me Father?

As Tang San absorbed his spirit ring, he felt a resonance stemming from his bloodline, and the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline within him surged with excitement.

The spirit ring at his feet shifted from its initial white to yellow, eventually breaking through the thousand-year threshold and settling at 2,000 years before the absorption was complete.

This Life-Bound Spirit Ring granted him a spirit skill called Life Drain. It allowed him to not only drain the life force of surrounding plants during battle to recover his own injuries and spirit power but also to absorb the life force of his enemies to achieve the same effect!

The evil spirit masters would be ecstatic!

The Holy Son of our Holy Spirit Cult has appeared!

However, it was a pity that in this era, the Holy Spirit Cult did not yet exist. (Dog head.)

When Tang San opened his eyes again, the first thing he saw was the massive change in Jiang Li. That innate sense of intimacy made him subconsciously blurt out the two words buried deep in his heart: "Father!"

Jiang Li chuckled, shook his head, and stepped forward, stroking Tang San's head with a warm palm. "Little San, I am your master; don't go around calling people that."

"The reason for such a drastic change is simply that I found another way to evolve into a Blue Silver Emperor through the Blue Silver Grass here. This change in appearance is just a side effect of the martial soul's transformation."

As he spoke, Jiang Li summoned his own Blue Silver Grass martial soul. Aside from two red and blue silk threads, it looked as if it had been carved from the exact same mold as the Blue Silver Emperor in Tang San's hands.

Tang San's face turned red instantly. Damn it, how did I accidentally let my inner thoughts slip out?

However, he noticed that his master didn't seem to resent being called father...

No, no, Tang San, what are you thinking? Your real father, Tang Hao, is still alive in this world. How could you have such unfilial thoughts...

Yet, he failed to notice that the thin thread of emotion he held for Tang Hao—his biological father—had been almost entirely eroded by his growing time spent with Jiang Li.

Immediately after, Tang San told Jiang Li about his spirit ring skill, and the latter's expression turned solemn upon hearing it.

"Little San, I hope you will not use this power for the wrong purposes."

"The feeling of rapidly increasing your spirit power will fascinate you, but doing so will inevitably lead to an unstable state of mind, and your foundation for cultivation will be affected."

"You are a smart child; I believe you understand what I mean."

After a pause, Jiang Li continued, "However, I am not asking you to abandon this skill. You must know that power itself has no right or wrong. As long as the heart of the one who wields it is bright and righteous, even the most evil power can represent justice, and vice versa."

Tang San nodded incessantly after hearing this, feeling that his master's words were absolutely correct!

What profound philosophy!

As expected, I must study every frame of Master's words and actions!

Tang San thought silently to himself.

On the other side, the Blue Silver King watched the scene of the two emperors—master and disciple—and made a difficult decision!

Its massive phantom appeared before Tang San and Jiang Li, speaking in a respectful tone, "Emperor, I sense that you have reached level 80 and require a spirit ring to break through!"

"This subordinate is unworthy, but I am willing to voluntarily become your eighth spirit ring."

This Blue Silver King had received the blessings of the Blue Silver Emperor from both Jiang Li and Tang San twice, and its cultivation had reached over 90,000 years; it was more than enough to serve as his eighth spirit ring.

Furthermore, accepting its sacrifice would highly likely grant a top-tier Blue Silver King spirit bone.

However, Jiang Li had no intention of doing so.

On the blue light screen visible only to him, the rewards for forming a bond with Tang San were clearly written.

[Host has taken Tang San as a disciple; achievement unlocked: A teacher for a day is a father for life!
Achievement unlocked: A master is also a father!
Reward: Two God-Bestowed Spirit Rings, all spirit rings increased by 1,000 years. Pending collection.]

If not for the God-Bestowed Spirit Rings from the system, and if his seventh spirit ring hadn't already reached 100,000 years, Jiang Li might have actually agreed.

But now, it was entirely unnecessary.

"Blue Silver King, I know of your loyalty, but you are currently the Blue Silver King with the highest cultivation in the Blue Silver Forest."

"The task of guarding Little San's mother will fall to you later. You need not worry about my spirit ring; This Seat already has a suitable one to obtain."

After saying this, Jiang Li continued in a mysterious tone, "Among all the Blue Silver Kings, I value you the most. You must strive to improve!"

The Blue Silver King was ecstatic!

It never expected to be held in such high regard by the Supreme Emperor!

It vowed to use its own life to protect Ah Yin!

"I understand, Emperor. Once you transplant us to the strange place you mentioned, we will certainly protect the previous Emperor well."

"And if your body can withstand a ten-thousand-year spirit ring in the future, you may come to us for a sacrifice."

"We only need to replant the seeds left after our sacrifice, and before long, we will recover our current cultivation, perhaps even advancing further."

To this, Jiang Li naturally nodded in agreement.

The Blue Silver King was naturally referring to Tang San.

Jiang Li estimated that Tang San would be able to start absorbing ten-thousand-year spirit rings by his fourth spirit ring.

"Very well, Blue Silver King. I need to find a quiet place to settle my cultivation."

"For the time being, I will trouble you to teach Little San how to master the morphological changes of the Blue Silver Grass."

The Blue Silver King nodded, led Jiang Li to the place where Ah Yin had once lived after taking human form, and then turned to leave.

When Jiang Li was the only one left at the scene, he first summoned his Human Emperor Banner to sense the changes within.

Previously, although the Human Emperor Banner could filter the soul power of the fated ones inside and feed it back to him as pure energy for absorption, it ultimately only increased his own soul power.

However, after the recent enhancement, he discovered that the next time he refined a fated one, that energy could also help him increase the age of his soul rings.

Once his strength reached level 99, if he did not undergo a godhood inheritance, the divine power within the two dragon souls inside the Human Emperor Banner could be refined into the foundation for his own ascension to godhood.

In other words, after becoming a god, refining corresponding deities would also allow him to rapidly increase his strength.

Restrictions on godhood?

Such a thing simply did not exist for him.

"Hehehehehehe—"

"To think that This Seat's Human Emperor Banner has received such a massive boost; what is This Seat to do with such fortune!"