Tang San, What the Hell Do You Know?!

A day later, the sun was setting.

With a crisp smack, Yang Yunhai's toes touched down on ground covered in dead grass, arriving at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Looking out by the faint light of the setting sun, he saw sturdy ancient trees over twenty meters tall everywhere. Dense ferns and moss of every color climbed their trunks, while shrubs covered the ground.

As the forest breeze blew, branches and leaves rustled against one another, producing an endless chorus of whispers mixed with the chirping of unknown insects.

Looking deeper in, the vegetation became even denser. The sunlight was completely blocked out, leaving only abyss-like darkness. In such a scene, listening to the faint noises constantly coming from all around him—

—it was impossible not to find it a little creepy.

"No wonder it's the Star Dou Great Forest..." Yang Yunhai sighed. He had never even heard of such a lush, ancient forest in his previous life. Even the Amazon would have been left eighteen blocks behind.

"Better play it safe. I'll rest here for the night." Thinking this, he walked toward a patch of grass nearby.

He took out a bottle of essential Insect Repellent Powder and sprinkled it around, then pulled out his remaining rations and began eating.

"Damn, traveling without a Storage Soul Tool is seriously inconvenient." After taking a few bites, Yang Yunhai could not help complaining.

For this trip, he had brought several extra bottles of commercially available Insect Repellent Powder for safety. However, limited by the capacity of his pack, he had brought little else—just one spare set of clothes and not much dry food.

Once he finished eating, hunting in the wild would be his only option.

"Once I get to Heaven Dou City, I need to find a way to mooch a Storage Soul Tool off Spirit Hall!"

"It'd be even better if it could store living things."

His imagination was beautiful, even more beautiful than his looks. He quickly finished his rations, lifted his Bamboo Tube for a few drinks of water, then closed his eyes and began cultivating.

The reason he had chosen to land here was because he had seen Blue Silver Grass growing all over the ground from the air. It was a natural mimetic cultivation environment. The surrounding view was also relatively open, so he would be able to spot any approaching Soul Beasts in time.

Time passed bit by bit.

"Hm?" As time went on, Yang Yunhai was astonished to discover that the circulation speed of the Soul Power within his body had increased considerably. He had not deliberately altered its route. He simply pushed and accelerated it along the direction it naturally flowed, and the entire process was completely unobstructed—smooth as silk!

Earlier, worried that Tang Hao might suddenly show up, he had hastily packed his things and flown away from the mountain range. He had barely rested along the way, so he truly had not noticed.

"Could it be that my Eight Extraordinary Meridians have really been opened? There's even a benefit like this?" Yang Yunhai was immediately a little shocked.

Natural was best. He did not believe that the route of automatic Soul Power circulation produced by his body's self-regulation would be inferior to a route-altering cultivation method like the Mysterious Heaven Skill. Try making your blood flow backward through your veins if you disagreed.

The body was not clay that could be molded however one pleased.

Opening the Eight Extraordinary Meridians was what truly mattered!

At least, that was what he believed for now. He knew nothing about meridians or cultivation methods. He merely felt that forcibly altering the circulatory system inside one's body might not be a good thing.

"Whatever! My cultivation speed has increased, and there's nothing wrong with my body. That's enough!" he told himself.

"Besides, this feeling..." He stopped cultivating, calmed himself, and carefully sensed his surroundings. He could not help feeling surprised.

"Could it be..." He immediately recalled the scene from the original story where Tang San cultivated Heart Separation Control. Because of his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, Tang San had unexpectedly resonated with the surrounding Blue Silver Grass and gained the ability to gather information through it.

Thinking of this, Yang Yunhai hurriedly summoned his Martial Soul. Then, casting aside all distracting thoughts, he carefully sensed the Blue Silver Grass around him.

Before long, feelings of intimacy, cheerfulness, and delight gradually became clear. He distinctly sensed the unique emotions and aura coming from the surrounding Blue Silver Grass.

Countless strange, special energies continuously passed from the leaves and blades of Blue Silver Grass into his body, then slowly flowed back out.

Then images appeared in his mind, rippling outward with the transmission of that energy. The images in his mind expanded farther and farther, until they covered several hundred meters around him. He felt as though he had entered a blue ocean, able to clearly see the outlines of everything within that range.

With enough focus, he could even make out tiny details.

It was as though all the Blue Silver Grass within the area had become his eyes, nose, and ears, sharing everything they saw and sensed with him.

"This is simply unbelievable!" Yang Yunhai was shaken.

"Spiritual Power!" He understood, and for the first time truly felt the existence of this form of energy known as Spiritual Power.

"So when I absorbed my First Soul Ring, the main reason I was able to look inward at my meridians and see the flow of Soul Power was probably Spiritual Power. My Spiritual Power had reached the required level!" Yang Yunhai pondered.

Absorbing Soul Rings could increase Spiritual Power; the original story had made that clear. And every time he drew lightning into his body in the past, it undoubtedly inflicted tremendous pain upon his flesh, which also tempered his spirit.

Therefore, his Spiritual Power had increased as well.

Thus, the enhancement from absorbing Soul Rings, combined with the tempering brought by lightning refining his body, had brought his Spiritual Power to the necessary level—enough for him to perceive his meridians internally.

And during his previous trip through the mountain range, the consecutive lightning body tempering had undoubtedly raised his Spiritual Power to another level.

That was why he could now sense the information transmitted by Blue Silver Grass. Of course, the biggest reason was the evolution of his bloodline, which made this Blue Silver Grass willing to actively share information with him.

"So what if I don't have Purple Demon Eyes? I have Lightning Attraction. I can still increase my Spiritual Power." Yang Yunhai was delighted.

"Besides, with this ability to gather information and sense my surroundings, entering the Star Dou Great Forest will be far safer from here on out. It'll also be much easier to find suitable Soul Beasts. This really is help arriving in the nick of time!"

Without hesitation, he immediately calmed his mind and immersed himself in understanding it.

Without question, the more familiar he became with it, the more skillfully he would be able to use this ability, and the easier the road ahead would become.

He could not miss this opportunity!

Time passed bit by bit, and soon the night grew deep.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..." Within the shared vision of the Blue Silver Grass, a snake-like Soul Beast as thick as a wrist, clearly possessing around a hundred years of cultivation judging by its outline and length, was wriggling closer.

"Perfect. A midnight snack!" Once it came close enough, Yang Yunhai suddenly opened his eyes. With a flick of his right hand, the Martial Soul in his hand rapidly stretched out, transforming into a vine that shot straight toward it and bound it up.

Ten seconds later, the little Snake went limp from exhaustion.

Yang Yunhai stood up and first lit a fire. Then he pulled out a dagger and gave the Snake the full skinning-and-deboning treatment.

After all, this was the outermost edge of the Star Dou Great Forest. He was not worried that lighting a fire would attract any powerful Soul Beasts.

After that, naturally, he enjoyed a wonderful meal.

After eating and drinking his fill, he continued cultivating.

The next day, before dawn had fully broken, Yang Yunhai got up early. After eating something simple, he walked straight into the Star Dou Great Forest, darting swiftly toward its depths.

Plants like Blue Silver Grass could be found everywhere in any forest, and the Star Dou Great Forest was naturally no exception.

Therefore, with the shared vision of Blue Silver Grass greatly enhancing his perception and the flight ability provided by the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, his journey was relatively safe.

Two days later, although he did not know whether he had entered the Thousand-Year Soul Beast Area, the change was obvious. More and more thousand-year Soul Beasts were appearing along the way.

Yang Yunhai advanced with increasing caution.

Two more days passed. Within the shared vision of the Blue Silver Grass, Yang Yunhai could clearly see the outline of a Stone Mountain over three meters high. Yet upon closer inspection, it was clearly not a Stone Mountain.

It looked more like a long snake coiled atop a huge boulder, covering the entire rock and making its outline appear rounded.

Looking closer, the curved outlines of its coils were covered with numerous diamond-shaped stones. The scene looked as though a great number of Barnacles had Parasitized the snake's body.

It looked extremely strange.

"Shaped like a coiled snake, with a body like long Barnacles? Hm? Hm!" Yang Yunhai's heart jolted. He hurriedly opened his eyes and rose to his feet, activating the flying ability of his Soul Bone to rapidly approach.

Very soon, he arrived around thirty meters away.

"I just don't know whether it's alive or whether it was killed by Ants, hollowed out, and turned into their nest. With that size, if I'm not mistaken, it has at least three thousand years of cultivation."

"The cultivation age meets the requirement, and its traits are more suitable than Ghost Vine for my Third Soul Ring." To be honest, he had originally come here for Ghost Vine and its Parasitize Soul Skill.

Parasitize for positioning, paired with his Second Soul Skill to automatically absorb Soul Power for maintenance and detect locations over extreme distances. At close range, he could lock on and bombard targets with lightning. He could inject Parasitic Seeds with unstable Thunder Attribute energy, turning them into hand grenades or land mines. He could even make someone absorb them, drain Soul Power inside their body, and control the explosion!

Tang San, what the hell do you know about playing with Parasitize!

PS: Sorry, there really has been an emergency at home these past two days. I came from Hunan to Wuhu to accompany my parents. Tomorrow, I'll be taking a car to another city, and afterward I still need to visit two more cities.

I have little free time, and I can only write on my phone, so my speed is not fast. There will temporarily be fewer updates.

I hope everyone can understand. Sorry!

Once I return to Hunan, I'll make up for it with extra chapters.