Nether Poison Sleep Lotus? Little Glutton Haki Ya? Tian Meng Is a Maggot!

Tang Qi saw what was happening and swiftly took the second grilled fish from Huo Yutong's hand. He was about to pass it to Bei Bei when the brat suddenly looked up and went "Hah!" at him.

Haki Bei had already found his death warrant. He had to be beaten to death.

"Hah—!"

Without another word, Tang Qi stuffed the grilled fish into his mouth.

The moment Bei Bei tasted it, he went as calm as if Nangong Wenya had patted his head. Then he turned into a starving ghost.

Tang Qi wiped nonexistent cold sweat from his forehead. If he hadn't watched Huo Yutong grill the fish from start to finish, he would have thought the girl had slipped in some special "seasoning."

An hour later.

The three of them, full and satisfied, arrived beside a pool of stagnant water.

Dark lotus leaves spread across the surface in layer upon layer. At the center of the pool, a dusky water lily bloomed in silence. Just looking at it made them dizzy.

The three were Tang Qi, Tang Ya, and Huo Yutong.

As for Bei Bei, Tang Ya had already found an excuse to send him back to Shrek Academy.

To Bei Bei, his goddess's orders were imperial decrees, and he carried them out with delight.

"Sect Master, is that the Soul Beast for my third Soul Ring?"

Tang Ya's voice trembled with excitement.

Tang Qi nodded. "Follow the path I've planned for you, and before long, you'll evolve your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul into a Blue Silver King."

"My Blue Silver Grass... can evolve into a Blue Silver King too?"

"Of course."

Tang Qi glanced at her and said solemnly, "There are no useless Martial Souls, only Soul Masters content to be useless."

"Thank you, Sect Master! This is wonderful!" Tang Ya cheered, waving her arms.

Only a day had passed since Tang Ya first met Tang Qi, yet she seemed like a different person.

Before, she had always talked about reviving the Tang Sect and had worked hard toward it, but deep down, she had never seen any hope.

Now, with Tang Qi and his Twin Martial Souls and Huo Yutong and her Body Martial Soul joining them, the Tang Sect was flourishing!

Even Tang Ya herself had found a turn in the road and a chance to make Blue Silver Grass flourish! Tang Qi's didn't count as Blue Silver Grass, of course!

Tang Qi said no more.

"Blue Silver: Myriad Manifestations."

In an instant, countless strands of Blue Silver Grass grew wildly. Their woody branches whipped up a gust that sent everyone's hair streaming.

Dozens of lengths of Blue Silver Wood surged toward the Nether Poison Sleep Lotus from every direction, blotting out the sky.

Before Tang Ya and Huo Yutong could react, the ink-black flower had been uprooted by the Blue Silver Wood and dragged over.

"It's so big... so thick! Is this really Blue Silver Grass?"

Huo Yutong couldn't resist knocking on the Blue Silver Wood beside her. It answered with a dull thunk, thunk. "That's amazing. It's as hard as iron!"

"Right? It gave me a shock the first time I saw it too." Tang Ya puffed out her chest as though the praise were her own.

The Nether Poison Sleep Lotus hung in midair, its roots still twitching faintly. Seeing that, Tang Ya reached for a Hidden Weapon to finish it off.

"Use your Blue Silver Grass to drain it dry." Tang Qi stopped her.

"Huh?" Tang Ya froze, then realization dawned. "You mean... devour it?"

Tang Qi nodded.

Emerald-green Blue Silver vines shot from Tang Ya's palm and wrapped around the Nether Poison Sleep Lotus's roots.

In an instant, its life force flowed back into Tang Ya. The girl shuddered, the sensation so pleasurable she nearly moaned.

But Tang Ya, lost in the pleasure, failed to notice an odorless, colorless toxin silently entering her body with it.

At that moment, inside Huo Yutong's Sea of Consciousness, Tian Meng cried out, "Wait! I think we've been poisoned!"

"What?" Huo Yutong was startled.

"The Nether Poison Sleep Lotus has two abilities that make it unique."

Tian Meng spoke rapidly. "First, its vitality is extraordinarily strong. Look. Tang Ya's been draining it all this time, and the flower still isn't dead."

Huo Yutong turned to look. Sure enough.

The Nether Poison Sleep Lotus had shriveled by more than half, but it was still holding on.

"Second is its infamous Neurotoxin."

Tian Meng's voice grew grave. "First, its victims react more slowly and their Soul Power grows sluggish. Then their minds cloud over and their limbs go weak. Finally—"

"They die!"

Huo Yutong jumped. "Then why are we fine? Sister Tian Meng, is it because you're protecting us with your million-year Spiritual Origin?"

She gazed admiringly at Tian Meng in her Sea of Consciousness, her eyes sparkling.

Tian Meng's expression stiffened. Then she turned her head away in embarrassment and cleared her throat twice. "Ahem. Well... that wasn't me."

"At the same level, I couldn't even beat that thing!"

Huo Yutong said, "Sister Tian Meng, at the same level, I don't think there's anyone you can beat!"

"Hey!"

Tian Meng stamped her feet in anger. "What kind of thing is that to say?"

She took a deep breath, suppressed the urge to bristle, and pointed outward with one slender hand.

"The moment the Neurotoxin entered your body, a surge of life force neutralized it."

"Life force?"

"That's right." Tian Meng nodded. "If I'm not mistaken, Haki Qi did it! Look—"

Huo Yutong followed Tian Meng's finger to Tang Qi's feet.

There was nothing there.

"What am I looking at?" the girl asked, baffled.

"His Soul Ring."

Tian Meng folded her arms, striking the pose of a great detective. "When he used his Soul Skill just now, no Soul Ring lit up beneath him."

"So I suspect he's hidden his Soul Ring."

"And since his Martial Soul is the Blue Silver Emperor, the answer is obvious!"

"There's only one truth! He hid his Soul Ring inside the Blue Silver Domain."

Tang Qi: Why not just say I'm cheating outright?!

"And considering how exaggerated his Soul Skill's effects are, and how wide an area they cover..."

Tian Meng folded her arms across her chest. "I conclude that his first Soul Skill is an enhancement skill. Combined with the Blue Silver Domain, it produces these absurd effects."

"And that life force comes from the Blue Silver Domain!"

Tang Qi: Tian Meng dares make such wild guesses about this Sect Master? She has already found her path to death!

"That Tang Qi is such a schemer. But I like it." Tian Meng chuckled, licking her lips with a lecherous look.

"An enhancement Soul Skill?"

Huo Yutong tilted her head. "Wouldn't that mean he has no way to attack? I thought Brother Tang Qi's first Soul Skill was Blue Silver Entanglement."

Tian Meng: What kind of roadside Soul Skill is that?!

Meanwhile, Tang Ya's unrelenting devouring had finally drained the Nether Poison Sleep Lotus dry.

But something was wrong with Tang Ya.

The girl's face was dull, her gaze unfocused, and her once-rosy lips had taken on a purple tinge.

Tang Qi's eyes flashed. How can Haki Ya be so stupid? She absorbed the poison too?

He hesitated no longer. He raised his left hand, spread his fingers, and clamped his palm onto the top of her head.

Tang Ya looked up at him blankly, her almond eyes full of guileless confusion. She clearly had no guard up.

The next moment, a vast torrent of life force poured from Tang Qi's palm.

"Mmm, ohhh~"

An indescribable pleasure swept through Tang Ya's body. She shuddered violently, unable to stop herself from trembling all over.

Even after Tang Qi withdrew his hand, she instinctively flicked out her tongue to lick her lips. Her eyes were hazy, her expression still hungry for more.

"Hurry up and absorb the Soul Ring," Tang Qi urged, helplessness in his voice.

"Oh? Oh!"

Tang Ya finally snapped back to herself. Her face blazing red, she fled to the purple Soul Ring, sat cross-legged beside it, and began to absorb it.