Tang San had spent the past few days learning at Jiang Li's side, and had gained a rough understanding of just how precious a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone was.
This was a genuine Blood River Treasure!
By instinct, Tang San naturally wanted to absorb it right away.
But when he thought of how this hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone contained most of his great mother's source...
"Master, is there a way to return the source power inside this Soul Bone to my mother?"
Jiang Li clearly hadn't expected Tang San to make such a decision.
A disciple so filial truly warmed his heart.
It would be easy enough for him to let Ah Yin absorb and refine the source inside this Soul Bone again. He would only need to use his Human Emperor Banner.
However...
Jiang Li had no intention of doing that. He had long since planned everything.
Looking into Tang San's hopeful eyes, he told a kind lie:
"Xiao San, this is beyond your master's abilities. But absorbing this Soul Bone will help you grow faster. I believe your mother would want the same."
"And once you've grown stronger in the future, feeding your mother your own blood essence might help speed up her recovery."
As though to confirm Jiang Li's words, Ah Yin pointed one of her vines at the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, signaling Tang San to absorb it.
But when she heard Jiang Li say that Tang San could feed her his blood essence in the future, her entire body of grass swayed wildly.
Only now did she belatedly realize that the young man her good son called Master was also a Blue Silver Emperor of their Blue Silver Grass Clan.
Wait.
Was that right?
Including her, the previous Blue Silver Emperor, there were now three Blue Silver Emperors in their clan at the same time?
Tang San was the Blue Silver Crown Prince, and she, the former Blue Silver Emperor, had technically already perished. So it made perfect sense for him to become the new emperor.
But...
Ah Yin felt that this question was too difficult for her to answer.
After hearing his master's words, Tang San decided to absorb the Soul Bone.
So what if he had to exhaust every drop of his blood essence to bring his mother back to his side?
His body and hair were gifts from his parents. He didn't care!
There was not a trace of hesitation left in Tang San's eyes.
He carefully reached out with both hands and lifted the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone from the box.
The moment his fingertips touched it, a pure, pristine chill spread through his entire body.
Then a surging wave of energy rushed through his meridians, shooting into every limb and bone.
Tang San took a deep breath, calming his turbulent emotions, and slowly pressed the Soul Bone against his right leg.
The instant the Soul Bone touched his flesh—
Rumble—!!
Countless streams of blue-gold light burst from the Soul Bone!
Tang San's body jolted. His right leg felt as if it had been thrown into a furnace, burning hot.
The next moment, an endless torrent of life force surged from the Soul Bone, like a river bursting its banks, and poured wildly into his body.
Yet the energy showed no intention of harming him.
After the initial discomfort, it seemed to transform into a warm stream, flowing ceaselessly through his body.
At the same time, in a town near Nuoding City, a middle-aged man was using the great hammer in his hand to slaughter Spirit Hall disciples. His body suddenly shuddered, and his eyes turned bloodshot as he panted like an ox.
He casually tossed aside the corpse of a Spirit Hall deacon and stared fixedly toward Holy Soul Village!
"Damn it! Who on earth tampered with Ah Yin's seal?!"
He practically roared the words.
This man was none other than Tang Hao, who loved lurking in the gutter and stirring up trouble.
After Tang San awakened his Twin Martial Souls, Tang Hao had discovered that Yu Xiaogang, the top clown of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, was currently mooching off the staff at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
He had also unexpectedly discovered that another Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast was there as well.
Tang Hao was overjoyed!
The time had come for the Clear Sky Tang Family to rise to prominence!
With that top-grade waste around, Tang Hao figured his son's early cultivation wouldn't be a problem.
Later, when his son reached the stage where he needed to switch to cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer, Yu Xiaogang's relationship with Bibi Dong might even help him obtain the cultivation method for Twin Martial Souls.
And that Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast wouldn't be leaving Nuoding City anytime soon.
So Tang Hao, figuring he had nothing better to do, decided to destroy some Martial Soul Sub-Halls to vent the anger he had been bottling up all these years!
The Clear Sky Sect and he had both been at fault back then.
But setting the facts aside, was Spirit Hall really blameless?!
He even kept brainwashing himself until he reached a truly bizarre conclusion: everything was Spirit Hall's fault!
With that thought, Tang Hao gathered his Soul Power. Looking down contemptuously at the Martial Soul Sub-Hall, where almost no one had survived, he brought his hammer down and reduced it to ruins.
Afterward, he frantically pushed his Soul Power to the limit and rushed toward the hills behind Holy Soul Village.
Whoever you are, I won't spare anyone who dares to hurt Ah Yin!
Tang Hao thought this as he quickened his pace.
The scene returned to Jiang Li's side.
Time flew by. Perhaps it was because there were three Blue Silver Emperors present, or perhaps because Ah Yin loved Tang San too much to bear hurting her child.
After a few hours, Tang San successfully refined the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone completely.
His Soul Power began to soar, reaching level 30 before hitting a bottleneck once more and finally stopping.
Yet Tang San felt no joy at breaking through in Soul Power.
He wasn't truly as stupid as a pig. After everything that had happened, he had already formed a basic theory in his heart.
But the truth would be too cruel for him and his mother. He desperately hoped his guess was wrong.
As he recalled what his master had told him earlier, he realized that his master must have known the truth all along, which was why he had hesitated.
After all, that truth was simply too cruel for him, and that was why his master hadn't wanted to bring it up.
But now...
Looking at his mother's pitiful state, he felt an ever-stronger urge to learn the truth.
Tang San dropped to his knees before Jiang Li with a thump, the motion so practiced it made one's heart ache.
"Master, please tell me everything you know about my mother!"
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