Holy Soul Village, east side.
A small hill stood here, thick with trees.
Hardly anyone ever came here.
Today, however, a handsome young man darted through the wooded hills.
"Phew... it should be somewhere nearby."
His crimson-gold eyes swept his surroundings as Lin Mo murmured to himself.
The sound of burbling water reached his ears as he passed through a patch of low shrubs.
A rushing waterfall came into view.
Water cascaded down a two-hundred-meter cliff.
It formed a small pool below.
An ordinary person would naturally have found nothing special about this place.
But for Lin Mo, who possessed the Eye of Myriad Phenomena...
This place held an absolutely heaven-sent opportunity!
"Found you!"
After scanning the area, Lin Mo instantly locked onto his target.
Halfway up the waterfall sat an irregularly shaped rock!
One glance was enough to tell him something was off!
His figure flashed, and with his Soul King physique, he easily climbed halfway up the waterfall.
"I should be able to withstand this current."
Looking at the rushing waterfall before him, Lin Mo took a deep breath.
Then he pushed off hard with both feet and leaped!
Bam!
His fist slammed into that unusual rock.
Crack!
The stone, which had seemed perfectly fitted into place, instantly sank inward!
A doorway opened at once.
Seeing this, Lin Mo slipped inside.
The cave was damp, roughly three meters high and two meters wide.
No sunlight reached inside; it was too dark to see his hand in front of his face.
Without the Eye of Myriad Phenomena, he probably would have had to feel his way through the darkness.
"Why is this cave so deep?"
Watching the passage stretch farther inward, Lin Mo frowned slightly and couldn't help grumbling.
After he advanced a little farther, a stone chamber appeared before him.
A natural, circular opening lay in the chamber's ceiling.
Sunlight shone through it, forming a golden pillar of light.
It fell squarely upon a small mound of earth in the center of the chamber.
A stalk of Blue Silver Grass with golden markings grew on the mound!
"The Blue Silver Emperor! Ah Yin!"
Lin Mo's eyes lit up, and he hurried over to inspect her.
She looked to be in terrible condition!
There was nothing but rock around her, without even a source of water.
She lived in a cave shrouded in darkness.
Each day, she could only sustain her life with the little sunlight that shone in at noon.
"I don't know whether Tang Hao is really an idiot or just pretending. He's a Titled Douluo, and he couldn't find a better place? Don't tell me he's treating the Blue Silver Emperor as fertilizer to boost his son's strength later."
Lin Mo couldn't help grumbling, utterly speechless.
Just then, however, the leaves of the Blue Silver Grass before him suddenly began trembling violently.
The sight surprised him a little.
Was this simply what one should expect from a hundred-thousand-year soul beast?
She could retain her own consciousness even after sacrificing herself?
"Now that's interesting."
The corners of Lin Mo's mouth rose slightly.
This meant Ah Yin still possessed her awareness.
Perhaps he could use that to his advantage?
"I'll dig her up first. There's plenty of time to study her later."
Lin Mo shook his head and took a small shovel straight out of his Storage Soul Tool.
With just a few strokes, he dug up the Blue Silver Emperor, roots and all.
"This container is a treasure I picked out carefully. It's just right for you."
Lin Mo took out a transparent crystal cup and placed the Blue Silver Emperor inside, along with the soil.
He could admire her and let her bask in sunlight. Perfect!
Most importantly, it was small and easy to carry!
That's right, he intended to keep the Blue Silver Emperor on him!
As for whether anyone would discover her, there was no need to worry at all.
"First Soul Skill-Myriad Transformations!"
A crimson Soul Ring appeared, radiating dazzling light!
In an instant, the crystal cup in his hand transformed into an exquisite necklace.
A blue gemstone bearing a Blue Silver Grass design was set into it.
Her once-noble aura had vanished without a trace.
"Nice, very nice. How beautiful."
Looking at the necklace in his hand, Lin Mo nodded in satisfaction.
Then he put Tang Hao's wife directly around his own neck!
She was his precious treasure.
Once Ah Yin took human form again, he was counting on her to let him copy a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
For now, however, that was out of the question.
Her Soul Power had dissipated, and her Soul Ring was still on Tang Hao.
"All right, let me see where your beautiful right leg bone is."
With his Ah Yin necklace in place, Lin Mo began surveying everything around him.
His crimson-gold eyes flickered constantly as he searched for any possible clues.
Soon, he locked onto a section of stone wall ahead.
He walked over and pressed it gently.
Click!
A crisp sound echoed through the stone chamber.
A long, narrow black box slowly slid out.
"The Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone!"
A glimmer of delight flashed through Lin Mo's eyes.
Inside the box, dazzling blue-gold light shone, exuding a powerful aura of life.
Even the air in the stone chamber grew moist.
"Tang San, I'll be taking your birth mother's inheritance!"
The corners of Lin Mo's mouth lifted as he put it straight into his Storage Soul Tool.
With both the grass and the bone safely in his possession...
He quickly left, thoroughly satisfied.
Still, considering that Tang Hao might go berserk for a while...
Lin Mo decided to find somewhere to lie low first!
The mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The rising sun shone over the entire forest.
That sense of vibrant life, of all things vying to flourish, refreshed both mind and spirit.
This should have been the soul beasts' territory.
Yet a golden-eyed young man emerged from a cave.
"Ah... the weather's pretty mediocre today. Maybe I should take a day off?"
Lin Mo stretched his limbs and muttered as he looked at the mist-shrouded sky outside.
After successfully stealing Tang Hao's wife, he had stayed in the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.
There was no other reason: besides lying low, he was searching for suitable Soul Rings for his Blazing Sun Serpent Martial Soul.
Although hundred-year soul beasts roamed everywhere, thousand-year soul beasts were more common than stray dogs, and ten-thousand-year soul beasts appeared frequently...
With the eightfold magnification of his Eye of Myriad Phenomena, Lin Mo could always spot the soul beasts before they spotted him.
Even if he was accidentally discovered, he could still escape easily using Myriad Transformations.
That was why he could remain safe and sound in the mixed zone.
As long as a soul beast wasn't over a hundred thousand years old, none of them could do anything to him!
"With all this mist blocking my vision, I'd better not go out and take risks."
After stretching, Lin Mo returned to the depths of the cave.
There wasn't much inside: a beast-hide bed and a campfire, nothing more.
He sat cross-legged on the beast-hide bed and touched the Soul Tool at his waist.
A black box appeared in his hand, and he opened its lid with a light press.
The Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone came into view.
"I'd better merge with it early, before a long night breeds more trouble."
Lin Mo took out the leg bone and, without the slightest hesitation, pressed it against his right leg.
Hum...
A faint hum sounded, and a warm current flowed into his body.
The Soul Bone slowly merged into him as countless golden-blue threads wound around his right leg.
A warm, comfortable sensation spread throughout his body, without the slightest discomfort or pain.
After all, Ah Yin had sacrificed herself willingly, so naturally she had left no lingering resentment.
Though she certainly hadn't intended for a stranger to absorb her Soul Bone.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Mo's physique improved further.
It advanced directly from a Soul King physique to a Soul Emperor physique.
Lin Mo chose not to let his Martial Soul absorb the remaining energy to increase his Soul Power.
Instead, he frantically compressed and refined it, making the Soul Power within his body purer and denser.
His ability to do this was actually thanks in large part to Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill.
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