Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, Ah Yin Acquired

Under the effect of universal gravitation, Chu Chen's descent was extremely fast, and his ears were filled with the whistling sound of the wind and the roar of the rushing waterfall below, but Chu Chen's hand gripping the rope remained as steady as a rock throughout.

Thanks to the detection of his soul force, Chu Chen's calculation was very accurate.

The length left by the hand gripping the position of the rope was precisely the distance from the top of the mountain to the cave.

Thus, the rope suddenly straightened during the descent.

"Splash--!"

The rushing water curtain was briefly torn apart, and cold water splashes smashed head-on into Chu Chen.

Chu Chen only felt his vision darken as his body had already passed through the waterfall and heavily tumbled into a dry cave.

"Cough... cough-cough..."

Releasing the rope, Chu Chen struggled to climb to his feet and rubbed his bruised shoulder, yet his face was filled with excitement.

He succeeded!

If he hadn't found the wrong place, this cave should be the target of Chu Chen's trip!

With suppressed excitement, Chu Chen took a Fire Starter out of his Storage Ring to ignite it and used the firelight to inspect the situation of the cave.

Although there was water mist permeating the cave entrance, the interior of the cave was exceptionally dry, evidently because the internal structure of this Cave was ingenious and the water flow could not pour in.

The cave was not large, measuring only about two or three zhang square, and the cave walls were covered with moss of unknown origin.

Stepping deeper and walking into the innermost stone chamber, Chu Chen indeed saw the thing he wanted to see the most.

It was not large, only about ten square meters, and there were no furnishings; the entire space was empty.

Yet right in the very center of the stone chamber, there was a small earthen mound, upon which a slender Blue Silver Grass swayed in the wind.

That Blue Silver Grass looked slightly longer than ordinary grass blades, and the grass blades even carried golden patterns.

'Is this the Blue Silver Emperor...'

Chu Chen sighed inwardly, yet he chose not to contact the main body of the Blue Silver Grass, observing the stone chamber itself instead.

Sure enough, after a round of observation, Chu Chen discovered that one of the stone walls of the stone chamber had something different about it.

Knowing what this stone wall represented, Chu Chen immediately stepped forward and then slammed a palm against this special stone wall.

Hearing only a ding, a pitch-black thing descended from the sky, landing precisely in Chu Chen's hand.

Lowering his head to look, it was indeed a Lead Box!

About one and a half meters long and one chi wide, the entire Lead Box was in a strip shape and felt extremely heavy upon contact.

Without a doubt, this was precisely the Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone produced by the Blue Silver Emperor!

Yet even though he clearly knew what was packed inside the box, Chu Chen, who had never seen a real Spirit Bone before, was still somewhat curious and immediately intended to open the Lead Box to take a look at the appearance of the Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone.

However, before he could even raise his hand, Chu Chen suddenly felt a sense of restriction.

Lowering his head to look, his wrist had already been entangled by the Blue Silver Grass at some unknown point!

The golden patterns on the grass blades radiated a soft luster, and the entanglement force of the vines was not great, resembling a tentative touch even more.

"Blue Silver Emperor... Ah Yin?"

Chu Chen softly pronounced this name, and the vines also trembled gently, as if responding to Chu Chen's call.

Chu Chen could even sense the faint consciousness contained within it—a kind of emotional fluctuation mixed with vigilance, bewilderment, and a certain expectation.

Under the detection of his soul force, Chu Chen clearly "saw" that there was an illusory humanoid remnant soul inside the Blue Silver Emperor.

It was just that the remnant soul was a bit too derelict, its form overly blurred, and even its expression could not be seen, but despite this, Chu Chen could still sense the urgent emotion of the remnant soul.

"You don't want me to take this thing away?"

The Blue Silver Emperor swayed slightly, and the grass stems wrapped around Chu Chen's wrist tightened by a fraction more, as if expressing something.

Chu Chen could not understand, nor did he intend to listen.

However, upon sensing the increasingly urgent emotion of the Blue Silver Emperor, he indeed placed the Lead Box onto the earthen mound.

"Don't be nervous, I wasn't here to take this in the first place."

Chu Chen spoke softly, and the Blue Silver Emperor seemed to heave a sigh of relief, the grass stems finally relaxing a fraction of their strength as well.

However, the next second, Chu Chen suddenly erupted, his arm vibrating to shatter all the grass stems wrapped around his arm, and then his right hand grabbed the Blue Silver Emperor itself, pulling it straight out from the earthen mound.

Simultaneously, Chu Chen's left hand did not stop, directly opening the Lead Box holding the Spirit Bone, stuffing the uprooted Blue Silver Emperor into it, closing the lid afterward, and shoving it all into the Flame Ji Ring.

After a set of smooth and flowing actions, Chu Chen smilingly uttered the words he hadn't finished speaking just moments ago.

"Since I've already come, how can it do to only take your Spirit Bone? Naturally, I have to take you away together!"

"A Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor, even if her cultivation is completely lost and only a seed is left to regrow the main body, she is still a good thing..."

Chu Chen muttered to himself, subsequently beginning to clear away all traces in the Cave.

His right hand swept across the Flame Ji Ring, and a large amount of firewood appeared within the Cave.

The firewood was all prepared in advance by Chu Chen, and every piece was dry wood, undoubtedly top-tier fire-starting material. Coupled with the ready-made ventilation outlet at the top of the Cave, burning would not be a problem even with the damp environment.

After all, when it came to clearing traces, what method could be simpler and more effective than a fire?

Once the firewood was arranged, Chu Chen lit it immediately, without relying on any tools, but instead releasing his second Martial Soul!

Just like when he awakened his Martial Soul earlier, as Chu Chen circulated the Soul Power within his body, a red ball of light suddenly appeared in his hand.

It was precisely the Fire Element Martial Soul!

Compared to the vibrant Wood Element Martial Soul, the Fire Element Martial Soul was far more violent; as Chu Chen released the Martial Soul, the air in the cave grew noticeably hot and dry.

Moreover, Chu Chen clearly sensed that the consumption of his Soul Power by the Fire Element Martial Soul was vastly greater than that of the Wood Element Martial Soul.

Merely materializing it consumed a considerable amount of Chu Chen's Soul Power; if he wanted to maintain this state, given his current Soul Power reserves, he estimated he could only last a minute, or even less!

Of course, Chu Chen felt no surprise at this. After all, his cultivation system was that very set from the Dou Qi Continent, and his future path was also that of the Alchemist faction.

Within the Dou Qi Continent's alchemist system, releasing a real flame theoretically required at least a Grade 4 Alchemist to accomplish.

A Grade 4 Alchemist was usually at the Da Dou Shi and Dou Ling cultivation levels. Right now, Chu Chen was still at the Dou Qi stage, and being able to achieve a similar effect to releasing a real flame by utilizing the soul master system was already taking a shortcut.

Chu Chen thought this to himself while his hands lost no time. While pondering, he directly used his Fire Element Martial Soul to ignite the pile of firewood scattered across the stone chamber.

The temperature of the Fire Element Martial Soul was by no means low; with just a slight touch, the firewood caught fire.

Watching the flames gradually spread through the stone cave, Chu Chen turned around, produced a carving knife with a reverse grip, and inscribed a few characters on the stone wall.

"Little brat Tang Hao, disregarding human ethics, committing beasts' adulteries, slaughtering countless fellow soul masters, utterly devoid of conscience, and condemned by heaven!"

"Today, this seat inflicts a slight punishment and takes the Spirit Bone of this place. I hope you can reflect on your faults, conduct yourself well, and stop persisting in your errors!"