"Then let's all be together tonight..."
As Wang Dong'er's voice faded, Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan exchanged a glance for a moment, reaching a silent understanding.
Rather than wasting this precious nighttime by bickering, it was better to split it half and half.
Xiao Wu felt quite helpless; she didn't want to make things difficult for Wang Dong'er.
Dugu Yan was different, however; she didn't care how many there were—the more people, the more exciting it was.
Deep in the night.
Hearing the sounds drifting from the next room, Ye Lingling tossed and turned, unable to sleep, always feeling a sense of being left out.
Wang Dong'er and the others weren't actually doing much; when good friends lie in the same bed, it is normal to play and mess around.
Entertainment facilities on the Douluo Continent were virtually non-existent, so Wang Dong'er had brought the two of them along to play some rather primitive games.
For instance, playing cards—ahem, don't get the wrong idea, just simple, normal card games.
The penalty was simple: the loser had to take off a piece of clothing.
Of course, this penalty wasn't her idea, but Dugu Yan's.
Wang Dong'er had originally disagreed, not because she was worried about losing herself, but because she was worried about Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu was... sigh.
But for some reason, Xiao Wu had actually agreed. Now, the unlucky one was Wang Dong'er; to prevent Xiao Wu from losing the game, Wang Dong'er could only suffer a little grievance herself.
One of the goals for coming to Suotuo City had already been completed; next, all that remained was to intercept Tang San's External Soul Bone.
Wang Dong'er didn't want to let this great opportunity slip by, but it was still early. Not wanting to waste time, she found Dugu Bo after the two had fallen into a deep sleep, explained the situation, and set off alone in a carriage toward Holy Soul Village.
If Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan had known, they certainly would have fought and clamored to come along.
The carriage moved quickly, and by the time the sky was just beginning to brighten, it had arrived in Fasinuo Province.
During the summer break at Notting Academy, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Wu had followed Tang San to Holy Soul Village several times, so she was very familiar with the road. Following the main road built by the empire northward for about thirty miles, she reached her destination.
At the entrance of the village stood a stone tablet with the words "Holy Soul Village" carved into it.
From quite a distance away, Wang Dong'er saw an elderly figure walking out of a blacksmith shop.
That person was Old Jack. The blacksmith shop was Tang San's home; despite not having returned for so long, the courtyard of the shop didn't have a single fallen leaf or piece of debris, showing that Old Jack came to clean it often.
Wang Dong'er parked the carriage behind the village mountain. When she stepped down, the sky was already turning pale, and in the distant east, a flash of fish-belly white flickered and vanished.
With a light figure, she flashed a few times and arrived at the foot of a waterfall behind the mountain.
Holding her breath, she passed through the curtain of water in one go and entered a pitch-black stone cave.
Wang Dong'er raised her hand to touch her brow, and the Sea God Trident mark appeared. The Sea God's Light illuminated the dark cave, and the god-level aura startled a half-meter-tall stalk of Blue Silver Grass in the corner.
Unlike the common Blue Silver Grass found in flower beds, this stalk possessed an incredibly rich life force, and its vines were adorned with bright golden patterns, making it exceptionally unique.
It was the Seed of Life left behind after the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, had sacrificed herself.
In terms of lineage, Wang Dong'er should have called her Grandmother...
The Seed of Life, thinking Tang Hao had come to see her, swayed excitedly for a moment, and a vine slowly reached out toward Wang Dong'er.
Just as it was about to touch her, the vine suddenly froze.
Although the Seed of Life could not see, it was very sensitive to auras. The aura of the Wang Dong'er before her was completely different from Tang Hao's; she was definitely an outsider who had broken in by accident.
What puzzled her was that the aura on Wang Dong'er caused her Blue Silver Emperor bloodline to produce a faint resonance.
Who was this person?
Was she the child of her little San?
Otherwise, how could her Blue Silver Emperor bloodline react?
The Seed of Life could only explain it this way.
But... this granddaughter was far too big.
She could vaguely perceive a shadow about one meter seventy tall, which was indeed Wang Dong'er.
Her little San was only twelve years old this year; if she really were his descendant, this was simply too big.
Bloodline reactions wouldn't lie, yet the facts were incredibly absurd, causing the Seed of Life to shake, and the few leaves at the top fell off like hair...
Wang Dong'er could also sense that special bloodline resonance. During the moment the Seed of Life was stunned, she took the initiative to step forward and extended her index finger to make contact with a vine.
In an instant, it felt as if an electric current had passed through her entire body. Wang Dong'er's pupils suddenly contracted into two points of light, and the incredibly thin Blue Silver Emperor bloodline within her became excited, beginning to stir in her body.
The Seed of Life felt the same sensation; she could be certain that this was undoubtedly her descendant.
She no longer worried, and a vine gently wrapped around Wang Dong'er's finger, its soft aura like a kind, large hand, gently enveloping her palm.
"It's a pity you cannot speak."
Gently touching the Seed of Life, Wang Dong'er said.
"Tsk, how could Tang Hao raise you in a place like this? It's truly irresponsible. When I came here years ago, I wanted to take you away, but unfortunately, I never had the chance."
As she spoke, Wang Dong'er bent down to dig Ah Yin out of the ground, turned, and carried her out of the stone cave, temporarily planting her in the soil near the waterfall.
The Seed of Life had not breathed fresh air for over a decade.
As a ray of sunlight slowly rose from the east, the Seed of Life basked in it with immense enjoyment; in a mere instant, several tender buds sprouted from its vines.
Immediately after, the Seed of Life began to sway its mature vines, trying to express something, but unfortunately, Wang Dong'er was not Tang Hao and could not understand her at all.
She chose to interpret it as Ah Yin making excuses for Tang Hao, saying: Tang Hao didn't mean it; he only planted her here to keep her from being discovered by others.
"Wait here for a little while. In a few days, I'll take you to a better place."
After saying this, Wang Dong'er returned to the stone cave and groped along the rock wall for a moment until she found a mechanism. After she gently triggered it, an iron box fell from the ceiling.
Opening the iron box, the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone came into view. Sensing it carefully, Wang Dong'er could feel a rich energy of the life attribute. The energy was incredibly gentle, much like Ah Yin's own soft personality; she figured that absorbing it would surely go very smoothly.
"Since there is a resonance of bloodlines with the Seed of Life, could I awaken the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline?"
Wang Dong'er felt doubtful, though she believed it was impossible. After all, she lacked the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, and the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline within her was incredibly thin, far inferior to Tang San's. Unless... she could transfer the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline from Tang San and the Seed of Life into herself; perhaps then, she could awaken the bloodline.
Regardless, she would go to the Blue Silver Forest to try. If she could awaken it, everyone would be happy, and if not, there was no loss.
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