Success

"Young friend, may I venture to ask, what is the purpose of taking Little San's blood?"

Because of the life-saving favor, Grandmaster did not show hostility; his inquiry was merely an instinctive caution.

Tang San looked at Xu Bai, harboring the exact same thought.

"You likely don't know that for a Soul Beast like the Blue Silver Grass, ten thousand years of cultivation makes it a King, and one hundred thousand years makes it an Emperor. However, these Blue Silver Grasses capable of reaching such ages are not ordinary; they are the royalty of their kind—the Blue Silver King and the Blue Silver Emperor."

"And Little Blue, the Blue Silver Grass I keep, is an extremely rare Mutated Blue Silver Grass."

"After its mutation, Little Blue gained an auxiliary ability: it can perceive the bloodline of an unawakened Blue Silver King or Emperor through their blood."

"Just now, Little Blue sensed a special aura from this young brother Tang San, but it wasn't very clear. That is why I need a drop of his blood to confirm it."

Xu Bai did not beat around the bush and quickly offered the excuse he had prepared.

He had a faint, lingering feeling that he had already been locked onto by Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer, and that "justice from the heavens" could descend at any moment.

"So that is how it is. I never imagined there were such secrets regarding the Blue Silver Grass. Many thanks for informing me, young friend."

Grandmaster exclaimed, looking as though he had just been enlightened.

"So, young brother Tang San, if you trust me, please give me a drop of blood, and I will have Little Blue perform the sensing for you."

Xu Bai continued to look at Tang San, speaking in a gentle tone.

He paused, feeling that his approach might seem too deliberate, and added:

"After all, both the Blue Silver King and Blue Silver Emperor Martial Souls are top-tier. The Blue Silver Emperor, in particular, can be called the strongest plant-type Martial Soul. If your Martial Soul truly is the Blue Silver Emperor, then this can be considered a good deed on my part."

Hearing this, Tang San pondered for a long moment. Instead of answering directly, he asked, "I have yet to learn your name, brother."

Xu Bai was stunned, not understanding why Tang San would ask such an irrelevant question at a time like this.

Nevertheless, he replied gently, "I forgot to introduce myself. My surname is Xu, and my given name is Bai. As for how you wish to address me, that is entirely up to you."

Tang San nodded and said, "If you don't mind, brother, I shall call you Brother Xu. Like my teacher, you can just call me Little San."

Xu Bai looked at Tang San in surprise, then gave a slight nod. "That is fine. It is just a form of address; why would I mind?"

At this, Tang San finally smiled. "Since I can call you Brother Xu, then naturally I trust you, Brother Xu—especially since you are helping me test my bloodline."

As he spoke, he reached out to brush his hand across the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges at his waist, producing an exquisite dagger which he pressed against his palm.

"I do not know how much blood you need for the test, Brother Xu. I shall draw it now."

Xu Bai truly could not fathom Tang San's actions. His goal was simply to swindle some blood, but he could not afford to appear too suspicious.

He chuckled dryly, "A single drop is enough. Any more would be a waste."

Tang San felt a weight lift from his heart. In truth, he had been testing him.

In his previous life, he had heard of sorcerers in the Southern Barbarian regions who could cast curses on people from afar using their blood.

After his rebirth, although he did not know if anyone in this world possessed such bizarre abilities, he had to be cautious; after all, one must always guard against others.

Fortunately, this Brother Xu was truly just helping him out of kindness. It seemed he had judged a gentleman with a petty mind.

Thinking this, Tang San used the dagger to lightly prick his fingertip, and a drop of bright red blood slowly welled up.

"Brother Xu, how should I give the blood to you?"

"Don't move yet. Wait for me to summon Little Blue."

Xu Bai focused his mind, and ripples appeared in the space behind him. A Blue Silver Grass vine, two fingers thick, reached out.

"This... young friend Xu, is this an ability of your Martial Soul?"

Grandmaster asked in shock.

Having spent half his life studying Martial Souls, he naturally knew what this signified: this young friend's Martial Soul possessed the ability to manipulate space.

In the current soul world, the notoriously difficult Bone Douluo possessed a Martial Soul with the ability to control space.

He truly had not expected that the Martial Soul of his savior would also possess such a power.

"My Martial Soul is a space of its own. It is not much different from a spatial soul tool, so there is no need to be so surprised."

Xu Bai dismissed it casually and said seriously, "We can discuss other matters later. Let me test Little San's bloodline first."

"Yes, yes, of course. That is the priority." Grandmaster nodded, though his mind was racing with thoughts about Xu Bai's Martial Soul.

The claim that it was "not much different from a spatial soul tool" was certainly a lie. He possessed such tools himself; they were fine for storing inanimate objects, but they could never hold living things.

He then recalled the term "Beast Taming" that Xu Bai had mentioned earlier. Although he had never heard of it, he could grasp the meaning.

Combining this with the Blue Silver Grass and the Big White Tiger—two Soul Beasts that seemed to obey Xu Bai's every word—a shocking, almost inconceivable hypothesis began to form in Grandmaster's mind.

On the other side, following Xu Bai's instructions, Tang San reached out and dripped the blood onto one of Little Blue's leaves.

The leaf then curled up, wrapping around the blood and retreating into the Beast Taming Space.

And just like that, the blood was obtained...

Xu Bai was excited, but he did not show it. He merely feigned closing his eyes in concentration, as if communicating with Little Blue.

After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Young friend, what is the result?" Grandmaster was the first to ask, his tone urgent—one would think it was his own bloodline being tested.

Tang San instinctively clenched his fists, his eyes flickering with a faint glimmer of anticipation.

Although Xu Bai was desperate to leave at this moment, Tang Hao was still watching from the shadows.

Therefore, he had no choice but to play the part to the end, wearing a wide smile on his face:

"Congratulations, Little San. Your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul really is an unawakened Blue Silver Emperor. Once you awaken it, you will possess the strongest plant-type Martial Soul. Your future is bright indeed."

"Is that true? Thank you, Brother Xu!"

Tang San was overjoyed. If this sudden transformation of a trash Martial Soul into a top-tier one had happened to someone more excitable, they might have put on a performance worthy of Fan Jin Passes the Exam on the spot.

Compared to Tang San's delight, Grandmaster appeared somewhat dazed, muttering to himself:

"That's right, this must be it. How could one Martial Soul be of such high quality while the other is so low in a twin Martial Soul? Why did I think Little San's innate full soul power came from the other powerful Martial Soul back then..."

As he murmured, a barrier within his perception seemed to shatter with a roar.

It wasn't just Grandmaster; Tang Hao, hidden in the shadows, was also filled with confusion:

"That's right. I clearly knew A Yin was a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor in human form, but why did I instinctively think the Blue Silver Grass I first saw on Little San was just ordinary Blue Silver Grass that happened to look a bit like her..."

Meanwhile, in the God Realm.

The Asura God, seated within the Asura Hall, suddenly opened his divine eyes and whispered in slight surprise: "Someone actually broke my scheme. Who made a move? Was it the Sea God or Life?"

He paused, then shook his head helplessly: "Very well. After all, I was in the wrong first. Regardless of who broke my scheme, let this matter end here..."

Having said that, he fell silent once more, casting a strand of his divine sense toward the myriad lower realms.

Asura and Life could not coexist. The successor he had gone to such lengths to find from another world would likely not be able to walk the path of inheriting the Asura God in the future, so he would have to go and find a new successor...