So You Mean Tang San Is a Bastard?

Du Busi dropped from the top of the cave, landing beside Ye Ling with a huge lead box in hand.

"This is the easiest Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone this old man has ever obtained in his life."

Holding the heavy lead box, Du Busi's expression was extremely complicated.

The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones on him had all come from Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts he had hunted.

At worst, they had been left behind by the seniors of the Body Sect.

Who would have thought he could pick up a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in a cave out here in the wilderness?

Yes, there had been a trap set on the stone slab earlier, but in Du Busi's eyes, this soul bone really was no different from something they had found for free.

Ye Ling took the lead box from Du Busi. After opening it, a powerful yet very gentle fluctuation of Soul Power almost made Ye Ling choke.

"Looks like the quality of this Right Leg Bone isn't low."

Du Busi walked to Ye Ling's side and, with a wave of his hand, dispersed the soul bone fluctuations continuously radiating from inside the lead box.

"It truly isn't low. This soul bone was dropped by a Blue Silver Emperor that cultivated to a hundred thousand years. Its quality can be considered upper-middle even among Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones."

As he studied the extremely intact soul bone before him, which gave off a soft glow like blue crystal, a trace of satisfaction flashed through Ye Ling's eyes.

Ding. Congratulations to the host for completing the temporary mission: Find the Soul Bone. Reward: one Soul Bone Evolution. Use immediately?

The mechanical voice by his ear instantly put Ye Ling in an even better mood.

"Not for now."

Ye Ling gave the order to the system.

At the end of the day, this place still wasn't safe.

Ye Ling planned to wait until they reached somewhere safer before using this chance for Soul Bone Evolution.

"All right, since we've already got the item, let's head to Heaven Dou City and meet up with Elder Kong as soon as possible."

Ye Ling closed the lead box, put it into the ring in his hand, then said this to Du Busi.

"That works. I also want to see what Heaven Dou City of this era looks like."

Du Busi said this as if a hint of interest had been sparked in him.

Ye Ling nodded. In truth, he was also looking forward to it very much.

But before he had taken even two steps, he suddenly stopped again.

He had almost forgotten something extremely important.

"What's wrong?"

Du Busi asked, somewhat puzzled.

Ye Ling did not speak. Instead, he quickly walked over to Ah Yin's true body.

"Madam Ah Yin, we did take your soul bone, after all. So, to repay your kindness, I've decided to take you away from this place."

Ah Yin's true body gently swayed, as if afraid and refusing.

Ye Ling grinned.

Although Ah Yin was only a tool grass, she was an exceptionally useful killing weapon for dealing with Tang San and Tang Hao.

Besides, with the environment in this cave, the fact that Ah Yin had not been raised to death by that bastard Tang Hao already counted as proof of her powerful vitality.

"Madam Ah Yin, don't be in such a hurry to refuse."

Feeling the rejection coming from the branches and leaves of the Blue Silver Grass, Ye Ling did not panic at all.

"You stay in this sunless place all day now. Who knows how long it will take you to cultivate back into a human body?"

"Tang Hao keeps saying he loves you, but over all these years, aside from drinking in front of you, has he ever done a single thing to help you grow?"

The leaves of the Blue Silver Grass stopped moving, as if it were thinking over Ye Ling's words.

"Of course, you can continue staying here, exhaust your vitality and the last remnants of your soul's will in this sunless place, and die here completely."

At this point, Ye Ling looked at the Blue Silver Grass before him and smiled.

"So choose, Madam Ah Yin. If you're willing to come with me, shake your leaves once. If you're not willing and want to keep staying here, shake your leaves twice."

After a pause, Ye Ling added another sentence.

"To thank Madam Ah Yin for the soul bone you gave me, I swear by my martial soul that I will never harm you, Madam Ah Yin."

With that, Ye Ling simply looked at the Blue Silver Grass before him.

After a long time, just as Ye Ling was about to lose his patience, the leaves of the Blue Silver Grass shook slightly once.

"We have an old saying back in my hometown: a wise man submits to circumstances."

"Congratulations, Madam Ah Yin. You've made the right choice."

As Ye Ling spoke, he found a flowerpot in the cave, then carefully transplanted Ah Yin into it.

In truth, if it were an ordinary Blue Silver Grass, it would have no problem growing anywhere.

But Ah Yin just so happened to still have remnants of her own consciousness and her own soul.

She had long since had enough of this lightless cave, and she was sick of Tang Hao, who did nothing but drink and weep every time he came.

Tang Hao cried from day to night, then drank from night to day. Could crying bring back Ah Yin's hundred thousand years of cultivation? Could drinking bring it back?

All that could be said was that this man had no sense of responsibility at all.

After putting away the flowerpot that held Ah Yin's true body, Ye Ling turned his head and saw Du Busi looking at him with a strange expression.

"What is it, Old Poison?"

Ye Ling asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Young Master, when we get back, go find Kong Deming and have him take a look at your brain."

"The Sun Moon Empire has advanced Soul Tools, and their research into the human brain is the most extensive too."

Du Busi spoke with a completely sincere expression.

"What are you talking about, Old Poison?"

Ye Ling rubbed his aching head.

"Young Master, if there isn't something wrong with your brain, why were you talking to a blade of grass?"

"I observed it carefully for a long time just now. That was a very ordinary Blue Silver Grass."

Du Busi said it as if he were perfectly in the right.

"Do you know Tang San?"

Ye Ling asked Du Busi.

"I do. The Sea God, one of the Shrek Seven Devils."

Du Busi found it a little strange that Ye Ling would ask such a question.

"That was Tang San's mother just now."

Ye Ling said irritably.

"Oh, so she's Tang San's mother... wait, whose mother did you say she was?"

Du Busi, who had only responded casually at first, suddenly came to his senses.

"I said, that Blue Silver Grass just now was Tang San's biological mother."

Helpless, Ye Ling had no choice but to repeat himself.

"You're saying that grass was Tang San's mother?"

"And we also just found a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone in this cave."

"I remember hundred-thousand-year soul beasts can transform into human form."

At this point, realization and shock finally flashed across Du Busi's face.

"So Tang San's mother was a Ten-thousand-year soul beast transformation?"

"That's right."

Ye Ling nodded.

"Tang San's mother was a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor transformation."

"So that's how it was! So that's how it was!"

Du Busi let out a sneer.

"That explains it. No wonder the records from ten thousand years later only mention who Tang San's father was, but say nothing at all about his mother."

"In that case, Tang San's martial soul wasn't Blue Silver Grass either. It should have been his mother's true body, the Blue Silver Emperor, right?"

Ye Ling nodded.

"That's right. His martial soul was indeed the Blue Silver Emperor."

"In that case, doesn't that make Tang San a bastard born from the coupling of a human and a beast?"

Du Busi immediately laughed even louder.