Blue Silver King, Perfect Awakening!

This Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit Spirit Bone could be assigned to any body part, while its soul skills were fixed: Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body.

Xia Yuan chose to turn it into a left leg bone.

The sensation differed from when he absorbed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

Since Xia Yuan had not passively received a sacrifice to fuse with this Spirit Bone, unlike Tang San when he accepted Ah Yin's sacrifice, he did not feel much.

But it could not exactly be called painful either.

Absorbing this Spirit Bone took a little longer than absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, but it still gave Xia Yuan considerable attribute boosts and physical strengthening.

The soul skill effects were the same as in the original work. Each use of Teleportation consumed one percent of his total Soul Power, with a range of one hundred meters, though it could be used consecutively.

Invincible Golden Body, meanwhile, could only be used three times a day and granted immunity to attacks below god level for three seconds.

While Invincible Golden Body was active, his body could still be pushed by the force of impacts.

Feeling the powerful strength within himself, Xia Yuan could not help but smile.

Although he was still only a Soul Master and his means were not yet varied enough, he had quite a few trump cards for staying alive.

He had Teleportation for low altitudes, flight for high altitudes, the Golden Body for taking hits, and Recovery for injuries.

On top of that, his attributes already far surpassed those of ordinary Soul Masters. Once he obtained his natal Soul Ring and gained the Blue Silver Tyrant Spear soul skill, who could possibly be more annoying than him?

Xia Yuan stood up, checked the map once more, then cleared away the traces he had left behind before leaving the cave.

A few days later, Blue Silver Forest.

Ever since fusing with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit left leg bone, Xia Yuan had continuously used Teleportation and flight to travel.

As he gradually approached Blue Silver Forest, his Martial Soul also reacted.

It was as though it had sensed something.

Xia Yuan stopped outside Blue Silver Forest and released his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.

After sensing his aura, the surrounding Blue Silver Grass began swaying one after another, as if submitting to their emperor.

It seems the Blue Silver Emperor's life essence truly caused the foundation of my Martial Soul to evolve, Xia Yuan thought to himself.

At that moment, a voice suddenly entered Xia Yuan's mind. "Great..."

It seemed to pause, as though confirming something, before continuing, "Great King, you have returned."

"You seem to have changed somewhat."

Xia Yuan did not reply. He sensed the auras of the Soul Beasts within the forest, which had originally been extremely dangerous, gradually retreating as though they had deliberately opened a path for him.

He did not retract his Martial Soul either, maintaining this state as he walked inside. The Blue Silver Grass along the way all "bowed" to him.

The forest was not particularly large, but the plants within it all seemed ancient, as though no one had ever set foot here.

The voice that had called out to Xia Yuan naturally belonged to the Blue Silver King.

However, judging from the Blue Silver King's words, he also seemed confused by Xia Yuan's current state.

Soon, Xia Yuan arrived before a plant formed from vines.

A human face had even condensed in the center of the vines, complete with expressions. It looked rather horrifying.

"Great King..." The human face opened its lips. Rather than speaking in Xia Yuan's mind, it now spoke aloud.

It closed its eyes as if sensing something, only reopening them after a moment. "Great King, what is your relationship with the Blue Silver Empress?"

"None," Xia Yuan answered honestly.

Since the Blue Silver King could transmit its voice directly into his mind, it might be able to monitor fluctuations in his mental state.

He had not lied. But sometimes, the effect of "deception" did not necessarily require lies.

"Forget it..." The Blue Silver King sighed.

"Ever since the Empress left with those two human men, our Blue Silver Clan has been without a leader."

Could the Blue Silver Grass Clan really be described as "without a leader" in that sense...

The thought flashed through Xia Yuan's mind before he quickly suppressed it.

After considering it, he said, "The Blue Silver Empress you speak of—was she a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast cultivated from Blue Silver Grass?"

"That's right!" the Blue Silver King answered quickly.

"If so, I do know a little information." Xia Yuan looked at the Blue Silver King and decided to stir up some trouble for Tang Hao.

"Really?" The Blue Silver King looked at Xia Yuan expectantly.

"From what I heard..." Xia Yuan told it about how Tang Hao and Tang Xiao had taken Ah Yin around the continent, only for them to later be discovered by Spirit Hall.

When it heard that Tang Hao had finally been discovered by Spirit Hall after insisting on reaching Rank 90, and that Ah Yin, who had just given birth, had then sacrificed herself to Tang Hao without hesitation, the Blue Silver King's vines began trembling.

"Damn it! That human must have deceived her!"

"I don't know about that," Xia Yuan deliberately changed his tone. "After all, I had not even been born into this world at the time, so I don't know what exactly happened then."

The Blue Silver King seemed convinced that Tang Hao had acted deliberately. It continuously cursed Tang Hao, believing that Ah Yin must have been killed by him.

Xia Yuan found this strange. Logically, the Blue Silver King should have known that Ah Yin possessed a special ability allowing her to revive, so why did it immediately assume she was dead?

The next moment, the Blue Silver King explained it to Xia Yuan.

"You may have accidentally received the Empress's gift, but because you have yet to establish a connection with our Blue Silver Clan, you have not been able to awaken completely."

"Great King, please allow me to help you fully awaken that noble bloodline!"

"Though our Blue Silver Clan has lost the Empress, fortunately, you have come. You can completely become the emperor of our Blue Silver Clan!"

"However, as your eternal subordinates and subjects, while we will protect you, we also hope that you can shelter your subjects."

"Sheltering you is not impossible." Xia Yuan neither agreed nor disagreed. "But I don't know how I am supposed to shelter you, and my strength is still insufficient."

"Don't tell me I'm supposed to stop someone whenever I see them pulling up Blue Silver Grass?"

"Of course not." The Blue Silver King shook its vines, making the human face in the center seem to shake its head as well.

"Great Emperor, you only need to shelter this forest, as well as any Blue Silver Grass that has cultivated into Soul Beasts within the range of your protection."

"As for your insufficient strength, I will now give you a complete awakening."

With that, it looked at Xia Yuan. "Please carefully feel the worship your subjects offer you!"

The entire forest seemed to come alive.

Every stalk of Blue Silver Grass here emitted blue motes of light.

And how much Blue Silver Grass was there in this forest?

Too much to count!

These blue motes gathered together, forming a blue ocean.

Xia Yuan sat cross-legged on the ground and immediately began meditating.

That blue ocean frantically converged upon him before being absorbed by Xia Yuan.

The first Soul Ring appeared. A portion of the motes within the blue ocean separated and fell onto the Soul Ring.