Absorbing the Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo

Chen Ye calmly followed Tang San as he hurried away from the entrance.

Tang San was clearly in a terrible state. Even with Chen Ye following him, he did not notice anything amiss.

Chen Ye calmly followed as Tang San arrived at the staff dormitory.

Entering the Time-Space Miniaturization state, Chen Ye passed through the wall and quietly followed him inside.

Inside the room, Yu Xiaogang hurriedly opened the door upon seeing Tang San. His face was filled with the joy of having survived a disaster.

"It's really you, Little San. You really came. You're alright, aren't you? When we encountered danger earlier, I woke up after passing out and found you already gone. You scared me to death."

Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San and let out a long breath.

Upon entering, Chen Ye immediately turned his gaze toward the Solitary Bamboo placed there.

The original ten-year Solitary Bamboo had been replaced with a hundred-year Solitary Bamboo.

Chen Ye's eyes flickered as he looked at the hundred-year Solitary Bamboo. This definitely was not something Yu Xiaogang was capable of doing.

With that Three-Shot Cannon of his, it was simply impossible for him to cut down a hundred-year Solitary Bamboo.

A hundred-year Solitary Bamboo was far tougher than the limits of his abilities. Since this one had been brought back so easily, Tang Hao had most likely retrieved it.

Chen Ye's expression remained calm as he looked at the Solitary Bamboo.

He stepped past the hundred-year Solitary Bamboo and calmly headed farther inside.

After casually searching the storage room in the back, Chen Ye found the ten-year Solitary Bamboo Yu Xiaogang had brought back.

This Solitary Bamboo was now half-dead.

Chen Ye calmly raised his hand.

A spatial rift appeared, and he effortlessly swapped the positions of the two Solitary Bamboos.

At that moment, Yu Xiaogang's voice drifted in from outside.

"Your teacher should have taught you before that, aside from powerful soul beasts and those suited to your martial soul, there is another type of soul beast that suits you well: the Solitary Bamboo."

"This bamboo possesses tremendous toughness. Once your Blue Silver Grass absorbs it, your Blue Silver Grass's soul skill should gain a powerful toughness-related ability."

"It is quite compatible with your martial soul. Though it cannot compare to that Datura Snake, it is still very suitable for you."

Yu Xiaogang sighed as he spoke, his expression carrying a trace of helplessness.

While the two were talking, Chen Ye calmly walked to the door and lightly knocked on it.

Hearing the knock, Yu Xiaogang froze for a moment. He looked at Tang San and said, "Who could be knocking so late at night? Little San, go absorb the soul ring first. Once you kill it, you can absorb it. I'll see who's at the door."

Yu Xiaogang scratched his head and walked toward the entrance.

Tang San took a deep breath. As he stepped into the inner room, he saw the half-dead Solitary Bamboo lying quietly there.

Tang San clenched his fists tightly as he looked at it, his eyes filled with unwillingness.

At the doorway, Yu Xiaogang had just poked his head out, wondering why there was no one there, when someone suddenly seized his face viciously.

Then a fist slammed into his head. Intense pain surged through him, and before Yu Xiaogang could even react, Chen Ye calmly knocked him to the ground.

Chen Ye calmly stepped inside and saw Tang San standing there with his fists clenched.

The youth's eyes were filled with unwillingness, yet as he looked at the ten-year Solitary Bamboo, he fell silent again.

He raised his hand, and the ten-year Solitary Bamboo was severed in an instant.

The already half-dead ten-year Solitary Bamboo completely died, and a white soul ring appeared before Tang San.

As he stared at the soul ring, Chen Ye could clearly sense the conflict in Tang San's eyes.

"Although I have twin martial souls, with my second martial soul as a fallback, even if my first soul ring is from a ten-year Solitary Bamboo, it will not have too great an impact."

"But I'm truly unwilling to accept this. I clearly killed a hundred-year soul beast, so why do I have to absorb this ten-year Solitary Bamboo?"

Tang San's voice carried a sorrowful note.

His gaze shifted to his right arm. Although it had been healed, he could not even clench his fist anymore.

At this stage, he had effectively lost any chance of killing another hundred-year soul beast.

Tang San also understood that soul beasts like the Datura Snake, which might be highly compatible with him, were difficult to encounter in the first place.

If he and Yu Xiaogang went back in now, with his right arm half-crippled, he could not possibly expect Yu Xiaogang to find him a powerful soul ring.

Thinking of how miserable his future would be, and how his first soul ring would be the most ordinary ten-year soul ring, Tang San's eyes were full of unwillingness.

Yet in the end, he sat down cross-legged and slowly began absorbing the ten-year Solitary Bamboo.

Chen Ye's expression turned somewhat strange as he watched Tang San.

Under normal circumstances, Yu Xiaogang had definitely intended for Tang San to absorb the ten-year Solitary Bamboo.

After all, he had no way of hunting a powerful hundred-year soul beast, nor could he find a hundred-year soul beast for Tang San.

If Tang San could originally have hunted one himself, then now, with his right arm barely reattached, he had no possibility of fighting again anytime soon.

However, after Tang Hao arrived and learned of Tang San's identity, then brought back a hundred-year Solitary Bamboo, Yu Xiaogang naturally decided in his panic to have Tang San abandon the ten-year Solitary Bamboo and absorb the hundred-year Solitary Bamboo instead.

Yet Chen Ye had interfered once again. Through a twist of fate, this so-called child of destiny had truly ended up absorbing the most useless, least promising ten-year soul ring as his first soul ring.

"Although his twin martial souls give him a fallback, and a ten-year soul ring will not affect him too much, it is still equivalent to directly destroying the foundation of his Blue Silver Grass."

"Under such circumstances, can it still become the Blue Silver Emperor in the future? Can it still become an even stronger martial soul?"

Chen Ye felt somewhat emotional as he thought about it.

In this era, everything was so dangerous. Whether killing or being killed, it all seemed so commonplace.

Compared to the next two eras, which possessed complete order and laws, this world was like the ancient times of Chen Ye's previous life. People could die at any moment, perish at any moment.

Power ruled everything, while the weak could only kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.

Chen Ye gazed at his own hands. Fortunately, though he was not yet powerful, his talent was there.

One day, he would have the chance to stand at the top of the food chain, possessing greater status and strength.

He silently walked outside, paying no attention to Tang San's absorption of the ten-year Solitary Bamboo.

Seeing Yu Xiaogang lying on the ground, he calmly raised his foot and kicked him directly in the face.

As Yu Xiaogang let out a miserable cry, Chen Ye's other foot slammed into his abdomen, followed by a third kick.

The cries naturally affected Tang San inside.

However, Tang San had already entered the crucial stage of absorption. He had no time to see what was happening at the door and could only focus wholeheartedly on absorbing the ten-year Solitary Bamboo before him.

Yu Xiaogang had awakened by then as well.

A kick struck him in the eye, drawing a scream from him. He had no time to see clearly who had kicked him.

Chen Ye gave him one final kick, sending his body rolling over.

This was repayment for Yu Xiaogang's earlier attempt to force him to become his disciple, as well as an answer to his threats.

Then Chen Ye entered the Time-Space Miniaturization state once more.

In the inner room, Tang San let out a long breath.