Once they reached a secluded spot, the two greedily gulped down fresh air, yet every breath still carried a hint of Luo Sanpao's fart.
Yu Xiaogang cursed:
"Damn you, Chen Ci!
"This is all your fault!"
It was Tang San's first time seeing this learned sage so furious, and he offered some reassurance:
"Don't worry, Teacher.
"I'll prove for you that your theories are right.
"Blue Silver Grass should absorb control-type soul skills.
"Chen Ci and I both happen to have innate full soul power. Once we've each absorbed a soul ring and returned to Nod Academy, I'll fight him.
"Then I'll prove that your theories are correct, Teacher, and no one will dare mock you again!"
Yu Xiaogang patted Tang San's shoulder and smiled with satisfaction:
"Excellent, Little San.
"As expected of the disciple I value most. I'll impart everything I've learned in my life and devote every resource I have to lifting you to the pinnacle of this continent!
"But for now, let's find you a suitable soul ring."
Hearing this, Tang San could not help feeling apprehensive. After studying for the past few days, he already knew that a Soul Master could absorb a hundred-year soul ring as his first soul ring.
If he really absorbed ten-year solitary bamboo, wouldn't it be too weak...?
Yu Xiaogang saw Tang San's misgivings and smiled:
"Don't worry, Little San.
"The ten-year solitary bamboo was merely a smokescreen I put up to test whether you and Chen Ci truly wished to become my disciples.
"Now, you've passed my test.
"As for ten-year solitary bamboo, it does suit your Blue Silver Grass, but it isn't the best match. It would only be a last-resort option."
At these words, Tang San breathed a sigh of relief.
Tang Hao, concealed in the shadows, also breathed a sigh of relief, though he did not particularly care. As long as the Clear Sky Hammer's first soul ring did not come from ten-year solitary bamboo, that was enough.
Mere Blue Silver Grass would only serve as green leaves setting off the Clear Sky Hammer's bloom.
Tang San and Yu Xiaogang did not linger, heading straight for the Soul Hunting Forest while Tang Hao protected Tang San from the shadows.
As for Chen Ci, he was also hiding in the shadows. He needed to confirm that Tang Hao really had followed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to the Soul Hunting Forest before he could head to Holy Soul Village with peace of mind and attempt to obtain the Blue Silver Emperor's relics.
Hearing that Tang San really intended to follow Yu Xiaogang's advice and obtain control-type soul skills, Chen Ci found it utterly laughable.
In his future soul skill lineup, Tang San had long since disregarded the control-type Soul Master path Yu Xiaogang had mapped out, straying ever farther down the power attack system path.
In the end, Blue Silver Grass only provided the Blue Silver Domain and tremendous vitality. He himself had long since abandoned its poison and control capabilities.
Following Yu Xiaogang's advice would only waste his first four soul skill slots.
After Tang San and Yu Xiaogang left, Chen Ci sank into thought as well.
Although he had obtained the Lan Xuanyu template, he did not have foundations as strong as Lan Xuanyu's.
After all, Lan Xuanyu had been born as an egg. He was essentially a humanoid soul beast from the very beginning.
Chen Ci was different. Whatever else he was, he still counted as human.
Although he possessed the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King bloodlines, their concentration was not high enough for him to condense his own soul rings.
To truly attain the position of Dragon God, he would at least have to devour Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, who slumbered deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Golden Dragon King's origin hidden in the Divine Realm's central hub.
Still, aside from origins approaching the God King level, he would have Lan Xuanyu's outrageously impressive soul skills and the two divine artifacts, the Golden Dragon Spear and the Silver Dragon Spear.
That would be more than enough in the Douluo I timeline.
Once he replenished his dragon god origin in the future, his soul rings would be able to increase their ages on their own. He would not need to cultivate one martial soul before the other, as other possessors of twin martial souls did.
For now, however, his most pressing task was to visit Holy Soul Village.
Blue Silver Grass possessing the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King bloodlines should be enough to make the Blue Silver Emperor throw herself into his arms, right?
Chen Ci wasted no more time and hurried toward Holy Soul Village without stopping, even spending Silver Soul Coins to hire a carriage.
He finally reached Holy Soul Village before nightfall.
The moment he arrived, Chen Ci faintly sensed an aura of powerful vitality.
At the same time, the Blue Silver Emperor, dormant for decades, awakened at long last.
She... had sensed the aura of a true sovereign.
That aura belonged not only to the true sovereign of the Blue Silver Grass lineage, but also to the sovereign of all soul beasts.
As a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, Ah Yin understood the predicament soul beasts faced all too well. They all bore the mission of reviving their kind upon their shoulders.
What did petty romance matter next to breaking the deadlock that prevented soul beasts from becoming gods?
I'm sorry, Tang Hao~
I'm not a worthy wife...
I'm sorry, Little San~
I'm not a worthy mother...
For the fate of all soul beasts, I have no choice but to do this...
Forgive me.
Before Chen Ci even drew near, Ah Yin took the initiative to reach out to him, releasing what little Blue Silver Emperor power she possessed.
Countless blades of Blue Silver Grass glittered beneath the night sky, emitting light in rhythmic patterns to guide Chen Ci toward the Blue Silver Emperor.
Watching the Blue Silver Grass, Chen Ci understood.
The Blue Silver Emperor had sensed his aura and was taking the initiative to show him the way.
Following the Blue Silver Grass's guidance, Chen Ci reached the mountain behind Holy Soul Village, where a waterfall cascaded down.
Chen Ci gazed intently at the waterfall and saw a faint blue-silver glow shining from its center.
If he was right, that was where the Blue Silver Emperor Seed and the Blue Silver Emperor's soul bone were stored.
But the spot was halfway up the waterfall. For a six-year-old Soul Scholar like Chen Ci, reaching it would be rather difficult.
Fortunately, Chen Ci did not need to worry about any of that.
The Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, had already made all the preparations. When she sensed that the current Lord of Soul Beasts was only a level-ten Soul Scholar,
she had already instructed the Blue Silver Grass outside to weave itself into a bridge connecting the rocks.
Chen Ci followed the bridge woven from Blue Silver Grass, making his way step by step to the stone chamber hidden behind the waterfall.
At the same time, a strand of Blue Silver Grass silently emerged from the surrounding rock wall and gently pressed against a seemingly seamless stone.
Watching this, Chen Ci could not help chuckling.
Tang Hao, oh, Tang Hao. The mechanism and stone chamber you so painstakingly designed have now been breached without me lifting a finger.
And the one helping me bypass the mechanism is none other than Ah Yin, the very person it protects.
Guard against everything you like-the thief within is the hardest to guard against.
As a doorway appeared, the Blue Silver Grass inside the chamber began to glow, illuminating the entire room.
In the center of the stone chamber stood a small mound of earth: Ah Yin's cenotaph.
Beside the mound, an iron box had quietly opened. The Blue Silver Emperor's Seed of Life and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone lay there, emitting a faint glow.
They were his for the taking.
He had originally thought he would have to devise some way to obtain the Blue Silver Emperor's relics, and even bear a sense of moral guilt over it.
What Chen Ci had never expected was that the Blue Silver Emperor would lay herself bare before him of her own accord.
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