Although Ah Yin felt this was inappropriate, she and Spirit Hall were indeed bitter enemies, but that had little to do with some boy.
However, she was even worse off than a Ten-Year Soul Beast. Neither her life as a beast nor her life as a human had gone well, so she could no longer afford to be choosy.
After finishing one chapter, Ah Yin immediately moved on to Chapter 2, "The Blue Silver King's Sacrifice."
"Huh?!" Ah Yin cried out in surprise. By her estimate, the Blue Silver King was already eighty-five thousand years old. If it cultivated for another fifteen thousand years, it could evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor. Why had it made a sacrifice?
Ah Yin's heart jolted. She hurriedly continued reading.
Under her guidance, it took some time, but they eventually found the nearby Blue Silver Grass community.
Though times had changed, the Blue Silver King's loyalty remained unshaken.
It joined forces with the Blue Silver Grass around it and used the Blue Silver Domain to investigate. Only after a long while did it get results.
[The Blue Silver King said, "There really is a child named Tang San in Holy Soul Village. His father is a blacksmith named Tang Hao, but their family is in a terrible state. Tang San has to make breakfast every day. Then he goes to cultivate on a small hill, and when he gets home, he drinks thin porridge with barely a grain of rice in it."
Ah Yin asked, "What kind of cultivation?"
The Blue Silver King said, "It really is strange. Every day, he watches the rising sun, and purple light shines in his eyes. He also mutters things like 'Purple Demon Eye,' 'Mysterious Heaven Skill,' and 'Tang Sect Hidden Weapons.' It's truly bizarre."]
Ah Yin had heard of the Clear Sky Sect's Clear Sky Nine Absolutes and Ring Detonation technique, but she had never heard of the Purple Demon Eye and the rest. Her heart sank further. She already knew that the description was probably true: her child had been possessed by Tang San of the Tang Sect.
Ah Yin continued reading. She saw that she had asked about his Martial Soul, Innate Soul Power, and Soul Ring. The boy's answers—that he had Blue Silver Grass, Innate Full Soul Power, and a Lone Bamboo Soul Ring—matched perfectly. No longer doubting the story, she asked the Blue Silver King to make a sacrifice.
The Blue Silver King not only refused to turn her down, but readily agreed, allowing the boy Xiao Wuji to easily obtain an eighty-five-thousand-year Soul Ring.
After reading both chapters, Ah Yin fell silent for a long while. The book's contents were preposterous, and there were many things she wanted to do, but she could only do one thing now.
She would wait for the boy named Xiao Wuji to enter the cave, then compare what happened with the book.
[Finished reading the first two chapters of Blue Silver Emperor's Revenge.]
[Read-throughs: 38.]
Ah Yin didn't read very steadily. Whenever she came to an emotionally charged passage, she had to pause. By then, Xiao Wuji had already finished writing his next book, The Loyal Blue Silver King.
Beneath the hazy moonlight, the Blue Silver King rested among its kin. Its thick body glowed with a soft light, and the face on its vine had its eyes closed, as if asleep.
Then a flash of blue light streaked through the night sky and plunged straight into the brow of that face.
The Blue Silver King gave a loud snore and slowly woke, sensing that something had appeared in its mind.
To ensure his readers had a good experience, Xiao Wuji naturally watched in silence.
After dealing with Xiao Wu, Lone Bamboo, Ah Yin, and now the Blue Silver King, he had also noticed the differences between the four.
Xiao Wu understood written language and was a transformed Soul Beast, so she was no different from an ordinary human. Ah Yin understood written language but couldn't move about, so she was much like Lone Bamboo. The Blue Silver King had lived for a great many years, but didn't understand written language.
The Blue Silver King woke from its slumber and began taking in the information in its mind.
"The Loyal Blue Silver King..."
The Blue Silver King murmured the words. It liked the praise, but it was loyal only to the Blue Silver Emperor, its great sovereign.
[The Blue Silver Emperor grew stronger and stronger over the course of her revenge, eventually cultivating into a god.
Looking back on the past, she deliberately gave the Loyal Blue Silver King guidance, so that it too could cultivate into a god.]
"Your Majesty!" The Blue Silver King trembled with emotion. Glowing blue tears streamed down its face, and every trace of sleepiness vanished.
Xiao Wuji knew the Blue Silver King was an extremely loyal Soul Beast, so he wrote with great audacity.
An ordinary reader would have to puzzle out the meaning, but for the Blue Silver King, he spelled it out directly in the introduction.
[Chapter 1: The Blue Silver Emperor's Grudge]
The Blue Silver King read on, growing both excited and furious. It didn't know who had incurred its sovereign's hatred.
In this chapter, Xiao Wuji retold what Ah Yin knew, but in a different voice.
He focused on Tang Hao's failure as a father, Tang San's cultivation on the hillside, and how a disciple of the Tang Sect had possessed him.
At the end, he added a warning from the "god-level Blue Silver Emperor": [Blue Silver King, your abilities are limited for now. You only need to learn a little. I already know all the details. When you see me that day, report everything as the book says.]
"Thank you for understanding, Your Majesty." The Blue Silver King was deeply ashamed, yet immensely grateful.
[Chapter 2: To Become a God, You Must Make a Sacrifice to Xiao Wuji]
The Blue Silver King had thought of evolving into the Blue Silver Emperor. It had never even dreamed that it might one day cultivate into a god, and it read intently.
In Chapter 1, Xiao Wuji had written some truths, but Chapter 2 was almost entirely a pack of wild boasts.
Speaking as the Blue Silver Emperor, he told the Blue Silver King that making a sacrifice to Xiao Wuji would help her become a god.
Once the Blue Silver Emperor became a god, she would be able to wield divine power and devour the human Soul Master Xiao Wuji in turn, allowing him to skip the process of cultivating anew in human form and quickly become a minor god who would continue serving under her.
The Blue Silver King's expression shifted as it read, its face full of shock and astonishment. It had never imagined there could be such a way to cultivate.
"Sacrifice! I must make a sacrifice to Xiao Wuji!" the Blue Silver King cried, overcome with emotion.
[Finished reading the first two chapters of The Loyal Blue Silver King.]
[Read-throughs: 40.]
Xiao Wuji watched the Blue Silver King on the screen and murmured, "Please read on."
Then he sighed inwardly.
Blue Silver King, I'm sorry...
You were the most useful tool of a Soul Beast character in my writing. You were originally meant to be the tool that let Tang San awaken his Martial Soul a second time, fawning over him with a sycophantic look. Now I've gone and had you make a sacrifice.
Rest in peace, Blue Silver King...
If Ah Yin, the protagonist of my other book, still feels attached to you, tell me by reading on.
If your read-throughs are good enough, I'll consider bringing you back to life. Otherwise, that proves you really were just a tool of a Soul Beast, so go quietly.
He observed a moment of silence.
After muttering to himself, Xiao Wuji temporarily sent The Loyal Blue Silver King to the palace.
The Blue Silver King was different from Soul Beasts like Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress. Even after making a sacrifice, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could retain its consciousness, while Ice Empress relied on the former...
The Blue Silver King was making the sacrifice on its own, so afterward it would probably have no consciousness left. And since it wasn't a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, it was also uncertain whether it would produce a Soul Bone.
The odds were high, but it wasn't certain.
Xiao Wuji really couldn't think of any more plot developments. He had gotten his read-throughs for the two chapters, and that was the end of the Blue Silver King's story.
After finishing a string of updates, Xiao Wuji kept working and began outlining the part about Tang San starting school. The gatekeeper stopping him, Xiao Chenyu provoking him, and the rest were all indispensable.
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