Seemingly caught with her secret thoughts exposed, Xiao Wu gave a light huff. "I don't even want to eat them!"
A-Luo ignored her and simply began eating the sugar-coated hawthorns, one by one.
The sweet and sour flavor made her squint her eyes, a look of enjoyment gracing her face.
The Blue Silver Emperor watched the snacks laid out on their table; the food was quite well-presented and emitted a peculiar fragrance.
However, she still preferred the pure scent of nature.
Like the fruity aroma wafting from fresh fruit...
"Sit down and talk," Qian Yufeng said, gesturing to the empty seat beside him.
The Blue Silver Emperor sat down while holding Xiao Wu, and Qian Yufeng spoke again, "These snacks are just for chatting and passing the time, feel free to eat."
"Mm!" The Blue Silver Emperor nodded, then said, "I remember many years ago, your strength seemed to be stuck at a bottleneck—an eight-ring Soul Douluo?"
"That's all in the past. Perhaps it was because my killing intent was too heavy, which prevented my strength from breaking through," Qian Yufeng laughed.
"I am a nine-ring Soul Master now, and my strength is far greater than it was back then."
"That is certainly interesting. Your killing intent was only directed at those evil beings, yet it ended up restricting you instead." The Blue Silver Emperor felt that humans were truly a miraculous race.
The transition between kindness and evil could happen in a single thought.
"Perhaps the pressure I put on myself was too great, causing issues with my state of mind. Once I let everything go, things naturally changed," Qian Yufeng said again. After so many years of self-cultivation, he had long since internalized his killing aura.
If he still had his old temperament, and someone told him he had come back empty-handed from fishing, he would have made them understand what it meant to [offend Elder Qian and still expect to leave].
In his view, the enjoyment of fishing lay in the process; the result was unimportant.
Xiao Wu's little legs moved slightly, giving the Blue Silver Emperor a hint.
She understood immediately, picked up a skewer of candied hawthorns from the table, and held it in front of Xiao Wu's mouth.
Following that, the group chatted idly.
A-Luo and Xiao Wu had turned into little foodies, and the snacks on the table were being polished off by them bit by bit.
As the sunset hung on the horizon, Xiao Wu hopped down from the Blue Silver Emperor's lap to the ground.
"Auntie Blue Silver, Xiao Wu has to go home now. I will tell my mother what you said so she can come to see you tomorrow morning."
"Mm, remember to stay safe, Xiao Wu."
"Xiao Wu isn't afraid of anything, hee hee, bye-bye!"
After saying this, Xiao Wu skipped away from the Blue Silver Emperor's territory.
After she left, the Blue Silver Emperor said to Qian Yufeng:
"My transformation process cannot be disturbed by anyone. I must trouble you all to keep watch outside for me; no one is to come near until it is finished."
Qian Yufeng nodded earnestly. "Rest assured, with us three Title Douluos here, we will not let you be disturbed in the slightest."
"Then I shall trouble you all!" The Blue Silver Emperor stood up to express her gratitude, then walked into her dwelling.
She needed some time to adjust her state to its peak.
Finally, after the three of them finished dinner and the full moon rose, the Blue Silver Emperor began her transformation.
At this moment, her true form was finally revealed.
Countless Blue Silver Grass swayed, and a giant Blue Silver Grass, five meters tall with golden veins, appeared.
Qian Yufeng and the others stood on the perimeter, feeling a powerful surge of life energy.
"As expected of the Blue Silver Emperor, this life attribute is simply astonishing!" Qian Yufeng marveled inwardly.
The Blue Silver Emperor then erupted with powerful energy, which, upon merging with the moonlight, gradually enveloped her true form to create an energy cocoon.
At the same time, the blue grass on the ground emitted faint specks of light, all of which drifted toward the cocoon.
Feeling that her aura was stable, Qian Yufeng said to the two women, "She has entered the critical moment of her metamorphosis. Let us guard this place well."
"The Blue Silver Emperor possesses a powerful life attribute; her healing ability is no weaker than the Nine Heart Begonia, and there is no need to worry about soul power consumption. For a long time to come, she will be our partner."
Once the Blue Silver Emperor completed her transformation, she would be an incredibly powerful support-type Soul Master.
Qian Yufeng's subordinates who had retired due to severe injuries could be restored, and in the future, they would be able to lend him a hand!
Many of them were Soul Douluos; once they were adjusted and combined with his medicinal pills, becoming Title Douluos was not out of the question!
"Family Head, we understand!" After the two women spoke, they also began to stand guard around Qian Yufeng with vigilance.
Inside the light cocoon, the Blue Silver Emperor was gradually transforming in the direction of a human.
As time passed, a blurred silhouette gradually appeared within the cocoon.
The Blue Silver Emperor herself felt her brand-new body rapidly taking shape, and the intense sense of crisis that had lingered between her brows had vanished.
She was quite looking forward to her human form, so she calmed her mind and waited for the transformation to conclude.
On the other side, after Xiao Wu returned to the Life Lake, she told her mother what the Blue Silver Emperor had said.
After listening to Xiao Wu's words, she looked toward the direction of the Blue Silver Emperor's territory with a complex expression.
"Are you still choosing to undergo the transformation and start your cultivation over? That is fine, too. Your innate abilities will allow you to live in the human world without worrying about your lifespan."
She understood the Blue Silver Emperor's reasoning; after she and Xiao Wu broke through the hundred-thousand-year threshold, they had not felt the presence of a heavenly tribulation.
The Blue Silver Emperor was different; the power of a heavenly tribulation was not something an ordinary soul beast could withstand.
For weak soul beasts like their Soft Bone Rabbit clan, even after becoming hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, they were only slightly stronger than those fierce beast-type soul beasts at the eighty or ninety-thousand-year level.
Because they were not considered a threat, the power of their heavenly tribulations was generally not very great.
"Xiao Wu, Mother will go over tomorrow. You must stay with Er Ming and not run around aimlessly, do you understand?!" she urged, still harboring deep wariness toward humans.
The three humans Xiao Wu had encountered might not have held much malice toward soul beasts, but human hearts were deep and complex; one could not afford to be careless.
"Mm, I know!" Xiao Wu said obediently.
Although she was the big sister in the Star Dou Great Forest, she had to listen to her mother.
Three hours passed, and Qian Yufeng sensed the presence of a weak human.
"The Blue Silver Emperor is about to complete her transformation. We still need to hold on for a while longer," Qian Yufeng said to the two women.
On the Blue Silver Emperor's side, she had already formed a brand-new body within the cocoon of light, and in the haze, she caught sight of her long, blue hair.
It was the exact same color as her previous energy-based transformation!
As her consciousness grew clearer, her vision became sharper as well.
It seems I have retained the appearance of the human form I manifested before.
That is for the best. They, and A Rou when she sees me tomorrow, will not feel like I am a stranger.
The Blue Silver Emperor then exerted force, breaking free from the constraints of the cocoon. Her arms, with skin like cream, were the first to emerge, and then she stood up from within the light.
In an instant, a blue-gold dress covered her entire body; this was the exclusive attire condensed for her by the power of the transformation.
The blue-gold dress draped over her, its luxurious and elegant quality accentuating her otherworldly, delicate face, while her deep blue eyes were as flawless as blue crystals.
Golden ribbons curled around the hem of her skirt, and a faint, lingering fragrance rippled through the air.
The Blue Silver Emperor—no, she should be called A Yin now!
She looked at the cheering subjects of Blue Silver Grass all around her, a faint smile on her face, and said softly:
"Since I have transformed from the Blue Silver Emperor, I shall name my human self A Yin!"
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