Tang Hao's Helplessness

Holy Soul Village.

In a secluded cave in the back mountain, a Blue Silver Grass that looked extraordinary yet frail and sickly waved its leaves, greedily catching the faint moonlight shining in through the opening above.

"You really made me search, didn't you? You deliberately set up a barrier to block outsiders' Soul Power detection. If I hadn't known the plot, who would've guessed that a Ten-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone were hidden here?"

Wang Tianyi was covered in dust after racing day and night for several days. He had finally arrived before Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village! The horse he had bought at a hefty price had nearly been run to death by him! But the moment Wang Tianyi saw the Blue Silver Emperor before him, it had all been worth it.

"A Ten-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor! Ah Yin!"

The cave was not large. Wang Tianyi stepped forward with burning excitement, his eyes fixed on Ah Yin beneath the faint light. Ah Yin seemed to sense danger and curled up her leaves in fear. However, Wang Tianyi's primary target was not her, but that precious Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.

"In a place like this, I wonder what that idiot Tang Hao was thinking. Or was there really some scheme behind it? Anyone with common sense knows this place isn't suitable for growing plants. Something as ordinary as Blue Silver Grass would go unnoticed even if it were tossed by the roadside!"

Ah Yin was currently very weak and unable to speak, but she retained some intelligence and a trace of her soul. Wang Tianyi's words fell upon her ears, stirring the deepest doubts in her heart.

Although she had now transformed into a Blue Silver Grass, she could not understand why Tang Hao had planted her here. Back when they had traveled the continent together, she had inadvertently taught him many methods of cultivating plants. Tang Hao might not have been a botanical master, but he should at least have understood the basics!

No normal person would ever choose such a dark cave as a place to grow plants.

"Hao..."

This was the mournful cry of Ah Yin's soul. She did not want to judge her husband with malicious thoughts, but this place clearly was not suitable for Blue Silver Grass! Poor soil was no issue; Blue Silver Grass could survive anywhere. Yet her husband had chosen a place where even sunlight was an unimaginable luxury!

Ah Yin's true body was a blade of grass, that was true, but she was not an idiot! Her instincts had already told her that something was wrong.

"Hm? There was a wave of soul fluctuation from that grass just now? So you're awake! Fine, you heard what I said, then. Dead people don't spill secrets anyway!"

How sharp was Wang Tianyi's perception?

Not to mention that, after being tortured day and night by two Transcendent God-Tier Martial Souls, his spiritual power could already rival that of an ordinary Soul King. Just the innate ability carried by the Transcendent God-Tier Martial Soul Six Ears—Myriad Listening—meant that no sound in this world could escape his ears!

It was precisely because of this innate ability that Wang Tianyi had detected something unusual about one of the walls.

"So this is where it was!"

Wang Tianyi activated Martial Soul Possession. The Heart-Satisfying Iron Rod, radiating strands of black aura, appeared in his hands. Gripping it with both hands, he smashed it fiercely against the wall. With a thunderous boom, large sections of the wall collapsed, revealing a jade box hidden within!

He opened it, and inside was the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor leg Soul Bone!

"The treasure of the blood river is mine!"

Wang Tianyi's eyes burned with excitement. A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone would be an immense aid to him right now! In truth, his Soul Power improved rather slowly. Though he worked several times harder than others, the demands his two Transcendent God-Tier Martial Souls placed on Soul Power were absurd. What others considered abundant Soul Power was only the beginning for Wang Tianyi. He had to continuously compress the Soul Power he absorbed into his body before it could barely satisfy those two divine monkeys.

Over an entire school year, Wang Tianyi's Soul Power had only risen by two and a half levels. Such progress would have been astonishingly fast for ordinary Soul Masters, but Wang Tianyi possessed Innate Full Soul Power! Tang San and Xiao Wu, who also had Innate Full Soul Power, had raised their Soul Power by four levels and three levels respectively in one school year. How could competitive Wang Tianyi possibly accept that?

But the fact remained that his Soul Power cultivation was slow...

"My dear Great Sage and True Lord, you two really have enormous appetites! But it's fine. I, Wang, can still afford to feed you!"

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone was enough to give Wang Tianyi's Soul Power a tremendous leap, but that was not the only benefit of this trip.

Wang Tianyi looked at Ah Yin, his eyes filled with greed.

"Even the most ordinary grass should rival top-grade heavenly treasures after cultivating for a hundred thousand years! A Ten-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor—shouldn't the energy within you rival ordinary Immortal-grade Herbs?"

This Wang Tianyi not only took Ah Yin's Soul Bone, but even set his sights on Ah Yin's true body!

Sensing the greedy aura emanating from Wang Tianyi, Ah Yin became even more frightened. But she was now so fragile that even a wild boar could eat her! She had no strength to resist and could only call for her husband in her heart, hoping for a miracle.

At this moment, Tang Hao was racing toward Holy Soul Village. He had spotted hoofprints along the road, and his heart grew increasingly anxious. His speed rose further, and he was already not far from Holy Soul Village.

Two minutes. Tang Hao could return here in two minutes at most. If Wang Tianyi wasted time spouting nonsense, Tang Hao might truly make it in time! But unfortunately, Wang Tianyi was not an idiot.

Under Ah Yin's despairing gaze, Wang Tianyi's large hand seized her fragile stalk. Without the slightest pity, he ripped the entire Blue Silver Emperor out by the roots, roughly brushed away the dirt, then tossed her into his mouth without hesitation!

The Blue Silver Emperor possessed tenacious vitality. Even after being uprooted, even after Wang Tianyi's teeth tore her body to pieces, she still did not die.

Wang Tianyi's cheeks bulged as he chewed mouthful after mouthful. Ah Yin's body turned to grassy pulp in his mouth, with only a few leaves still able to touch the air.

"This Blue Silver Emperor is pretty chewy..."

As he chewed, streams of pure life force flowed from his mouth into every corner of Wang Tianyi's body! The Blue Silver Emperor possessed an exceptionally powerful life attribute, making it a tremendous tonic for Wang Tianyi's current body!

This bite was utterly insane! By rough estimate, this Blue Silver Emperor was worth two years of Wang Tianyi's arduous cultivation! It was already a rare treasure.

If he absorbed that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone as well, Wang Tianyi would not be far from becoming a Soul Grandmaster.

Yet it seemed Heaven had heard Ah Yin's heartfelt plea. A tall, weathered middle-aged man suddenly appeared at the cave entrance.

But he had arrived too late!

"Hao..."

What a heartbroken cry it was! It pierced straight into Tang Hao's mind, leaving him as though he had been struck by lightning. Tang Hao stared into the cave and saw that a small piece of Blue Silver Emperor leaf still remained in Wang Tianyi's mouth, while blue juice covered the corners of his lips.

His wife had been eaten by someone else before his very eyes.

And he was powerless...