Blue Silver Emperor 3

A blue figure stood before Su Ling, slender in build, with long blue hair falling to her ankles and tiny specks of leafy light hanging from its ends.

Most importantly, Ah Yin was now stark naked.

This delivered quite a shock to the young Su Ling.

Unfortunately, before Su Ling could get a few more looks, the blue figure swayed, nearly collapsing on the spot.

"Master... I..." Ah Yin braced herself against the wall, then fell onto Su Ling, her voice faint and airy. "I don't think I can stand very well."

Su Ling: "?"

This gave Su Ling quite a fright, and he hurriedly straightened Ah Yin up.

He had no intention of drinking squeezed Blue Silver Grass juice right now. Don't try to pin this on me! I helped restore your body, and now you're actually trying to crush me to death!

The system popped up just in time.

"Ding, Blue Silver Emperor's current cultivation: one hundred thousand years. Due to being bound anew to the host's Martial Soul, memory retention is 70%, and mental faculties are at 50%. Maintaining her current form requires continuous expenditure of spiritual power. The host is advised to raise his Soul Power Level as soon as possible so that Ah Yin can maintain human form for extended periods."

Good grief, was this a Soul Ring or dead weight?

Su Ling sighed and propped Ah Yin against the cave wall. He carefully studied the Ah Yin before him.

From what he remembered, the Blue Silver Emperor in the original story should have been a gentle, dignified beauty with an ethereal air.

But this one had disheveled hair, was completely naked, had her eyes half-open, and even had something resembling drool hanging from the corner of her mouth.

Hmm, 70% memory retention. Looks like it retained things in a strange direction.

"Ah Yin, do you still remember Tang Hao?"

Su Ling asked tentatively.

He now had the ability to erase all of Ah Yin's memories. If she was still Tang Hao's darling wife, there would be no need to preserve them.

Ah Yin tilted her head, emerged from her vacant state, and thought seriously for a moment. Then her eyes gradually cleared, and her expression darkened bit by bit.

"That bastard."

Su Ling: "???"

That wasn't the right reaction. In the original story, hadn't Ah Yin loved Tang Hao deeply, even willingly sacrificing herself for him? What was this "bastard" business?

"Master," Ah Yin suddenly grabbed Su Ling's wrist, her expression solemn. "Please, you have to take me away from this wretched place."

"Huh?"

This exchange left Su Ling rather bewildered.

"He planted me in that lousy cave for all those years. No sunlight gets in here during spring, summer, or autumn. Every year, I had to rely entirely on photosynthesis in winter to store energy. The rest of the time, I survived on that little bit of moonlight every day. Do you know how I got through these ten years?"

As Ah Yin spoke, she broke down, tears pattering down as she wiped them on Su Ling's clothes.

Lady, why are you wiping your snot on me?

"He said he would protect me, but what happened? He put up three layers of barriers and stopped caring about me. He spent every day drinking and smithing in the village, and in all these years, he only came to see me three times! Three times! And he was drunk every single time, spewing vomit all over me!"

Su Ling: "..."

System: "..."

"Do you know how disgusting it was to have that stuff splashed all over me?"

"Boo-hoo-hoo."

In front of the livestream screen, Bibi Dong wore an exceedingly peculiar expression.

There was even a family melodrama to watch.

Everyone present watching the livestream developed peculiar expressions, looking ready to feast on the gossip.

"And every time he came, he told me, 'Ah Yin, bear with it a little longer. Once Little San grows up, our family will be reunited.'"

The more Ah Yin spoke, the angrier she became, cursing as she wiped her tears. "I'm a Soul Beast, and his son is a Soul Master. I think he clearly wanted me to sacrifice myself again."

Su Ling felt as though he had understood something incredible.

This Ah Yin was far too clever.

Had being transplanted onto his planet freed her from the interference of this romance continent and awakened her intelligence?

In the original story, Ah Yin had indeed sacrificed herself willingly, but that was because she did not want her newborn son to die just like that. Tang Hao had fled with the newborn Tang San, and Ah Yin had voluntarily sacrificed herself to Tang Hao to help him break through to Titled Douluo.

But hearing Ah Yin's tone now, the truth behind this seemed less simple than that.

"After all these years, I've finally thought it through. That Tang Hao took me to Spirit City while I was pregnant. He was clearly plotting to get my Soul Ring!"

"Ding, attention, host. The Blue Silver Emperor is experiencing strong emotional fluctuations. It is recommended that you soothe her first. In addition, Tang Hao is expected to awaken in two hours. The host is advised to leave quickly."

Su Ling raised an eyebrow.

Tang Hao really could sleep. His own wife was being abducted, and he still hadn't noticed.

He wondered what Tang San would think when he saw his own mother standing on Su Ling's side in the future.

"Ah Yin," Su Ling crouched down, meeting the eyes of Ah Yin, who was crouching on the ground. "Then are you willing to trust me?"

"I'll definitely treat you well!"

Ah Yin wiped her tears, sniffled, and took a serious look at the black-haired child before her.

"You... don't seem very bright."

I've already become your Soul Ring. We're one now. How could I not trust you?

"...How am I not bright?"

This grass from the romance continent was actually calling him dim.

"You are now my master. How could I, Ah Yin, not trust you?"

Su Ling decided not to stoop to arguing with this female ghost who had only just regained her senses.

"Rest well inside my planet. When I need you, I'll let you out."

Ah Yin looked into Su Ling's eyes.

"Master, I've only just regained my physical body. I can't do that yet. Of course, if you really..."

Su Ling gave this foolish grass a speechless look. I'm only six this year, and you're actually harboring improper designs on me.

Just wait until my Second Martial Soul absorbs a lightning-attribute Martial Soul. I'll give you a good shocking.

Ah Yin smiled sweetly and returned to Su Ling's Martial Soul. She did not know why, but she sensed something very strange about this child that made her unable to resist wanting to grow close to him.

It was not because the Martial Soul had forced her to acknowledge him as her master.

It was an indescribable sense of security.

As though... if she followed him, she truly would not need to worry about anything.

"Master, trick some more intelligent Soul Beasts into coming here in the future. I'm a little bored here alone." Ah Yin could communicate directly with Su Ling from within the Planet Martial Soul.

Time flowed far faster on the planet than in reality, but that applied only to lesser Soul Beasts.

For those with higher intelligence like Ah Yin, their bodies remained on the Planet Martial Soul, while their souls entered Su Ling's sea of consciousness.

Su Ling withdrew his Martial Soul and let out a long breath.

The surface of that dusty gray stone sphere now had a faint blue sheen. If the Martial Soul were enlarged, the outlines of mountains and lakes could vaguely be seen within, with Blue Silver Grass swaying in the breeze.

"Ding-congratulations to the host on completing today's mission. Blue Silver Life Pill ×1 has been delivered to the system space. Soul Power Level increased to thirteen."

Level twelve.

Absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring had only raised his Soul Power by two levels?

Then Su Ling recalled that Ah Yin's initial cultivation had been less than a thousand years, so it was reasonable enough.

On this trip, he had gained three levels of Soul Power, picked up a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for free, and gained Ah Yin as well.

Su Ling felt he had been right to come.

Those ten Silver Soul Coins had been money exceedingly well spent.

Bibi Dong, who was watching the livestream, knitted her brows tightly.

She had clearly seen Su Ling's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring just now.

His very first ring was a hundred thousand years old! Wouldn't the subsequent ones only be higher, not lower?

No, this child had to be recruited or eliminated.

At this thought, Bibi Dong shook her head helplessly. With the quality of his Martial Soul alone, he could casually suppress any Titled Douluo.

She had actually thought of assassinating him. How foolish.

But she still had her precious disciple, Hu Liena.

Hu Liena happened to have a livestream system too. She would have Hu Liena approach him quietly!

Su Ling picked up Ah Yin's Soul Bone.

He did not have a Storage Soul Tool right now, so he had to absorb it immediately.

It would be bad if someone else saw it.

An ordinary man was innocent; possessing a jade made him guilty.

Of course, Su Ling did not choose to absorb it right there in the cave. Instead, he went into the forest and found a secluded spot.

"Blue Silver Domain!"

This was the Innate Domain he had gained from absorbing Ah Yin. One of its effects allowed him to draw on the power of the surrounding Blue Silver Grass and use it to conceal himself.

Combined with the aura of Blue Silver Grass now covering him, even Tang Hao would absolutely be unable to discover him.