This Wave Brought Massive Gains!

Two months later, in a Dense Forest.

"Chirp, chirp." Little White, transformed into a magpie and flying high overhead, suddenly cried out and swiftly swooped down.

"Did you sense some medicinal herbs?" Zhu Wu asked with a smile as Little White landed on his shoulder.

After spending several months together since awakening, he had long regarded Little White as family rather than merely a Martial Soul.

That feeling had become especially profound after his grandfather passed away.

"Chirp, chirp." Little White shook its head, spread its tiny wings parallel to each other, then flapped them up and down.

Zhu Wu's expression instantly turned serious.

"There's a waterfall ahead?"

Little White nodded repeatedly.

"Little White, Martial Soul Possession!" Zhu Wu gave the command without hesitation.

"Chirp!" Little White gave a soft cry. Its body flashed with light before transforming into a streak of radiance that entered Zhu Wu's body.

Zhu Wu's skin became noticeably fairer in an instant, while a Seven-Colored Scale appeared on his forehead. The next moment, seven-colored light swirled, and a magpie appeared in midair.

"Flap, flap." It beat its wings and soared upward.

Before long, from high above, he looked into the distance. Mountains gathered ahead, wreathed in clouds and mist. Stone Peaks rose in the middle, their sheer cliffs towering into the clouds like a natural barrier. Beyond them, a dark, unfathomable expanse could be glimpsed amid the lush greenery. Within that darkness, thick mist churned, and a white line could faintly be seen. Seven colors occasionally flashed beneath the sunlight, making the sight seem exceptionally mystical.

Zhu Wu's eyes immediately lit up.

The terrain before him indeed matched the description from the original story, when Tang San had followed Tang Hao to Ah Yin's location.

The outer mountain walls were steep, almost vertical as they rose into the clouds, while inside stood a waterfall nearly two hundred meters tall.

He had a feeling this was the one.

Wouldn't he know if he went to take a look? Without giving it much thought, he accelerated toward it.

He was not worried about Tang Hao being there. Tang San had first been blasted into the Lone-Testicle Champion right under Tang Hao's nose, then had his Soul Tool stolen from the academy dormitory. If someone could silently reach his bedside, they could easily kill him. With the culprit still unfound, could Tang Hao possibly rest easy? Would he dare venture far away?

He was probably keeping a close eye on Tang San right now.

That was also one of the reasons Zhu Wu had decided to steal Tang San's Soul Tool before setting off.

Feign left, strike right. Go read The Art of War!

"Rumble!" As he drew closer, the roar of the waterfall reached his ears, growing louder and louder like rolling thunder.

Zhu Wu sped forward and soon arrived above the waterfall. Looking down, he saw that it was indeed nearly two hundred meters high and around twenty meters wide. A clear pool lay at its base, constantly splashing under the waterfall's violent impact.

Viewed from above, it resembled a cauliflower.

"This really won't be easy to get through." Looking at the thick curtain of water before him, Zhu Wu knew it would be difficult.

"And who knows whether there are traps at the entrance." The original story had not made that clear. Yet judging from the actual site, he felt they were unnecessary. According to the description, the entrance was halfway up the waterfall, at roughly a hundred meters high. That was where the water was thickest and fastest, a natural defensive wall. Forget breaking through it—no one would even imagine there was a hidden door inside.

Unless they already knew, like him.

After observing for a while, Zhu Wu turned and flew to the riverbank above the waterfall, then released Martial Soul Possession.

"Little White, see if there's anything unusual around here." As soon as Little White appeared, he gave the order.

Even if she had been reborn as a seed, the Blue Silver Emperor was still the Blue Silver Emperor, far beyond ordinary plants.

Little White nodded. The scale on its forehead suddenly gave off seven-colored light. A moment later, its form changed as it transformed into a sparrow and flew to the right.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp," it called as it flew low.

"You sensed something?" Zhu Wu understood that it wanted him to follow. He immediately strode after it, plunging into the Dense Forest beside them. Before long, a small Stone Forest protruding from the ground appeared in his field of view. Its tallest rocks reached five meters, and the area was covered in shrubs and weeds.

Without hesitation, Zhu Wu approached and began climbing. Years of rain and direct sunlight had left the Stone Forest pitted and cracked, offering plenty of handholds. Climbing it was not difficult, and he soon reached the top.

Looking down from above, Little White was already standing beside a crack in a rock three meters above the ground.

"Chirp, chirp." It flapped its wings and stuck its head into one of the cracks, where moisture streaked across the surface.

Zhu Wu immediately climbed down, leaping several times to reach Little White's side before crouching to inspect it.

"Could this be the stone opening in the ceiling of that chamber?" he could not help but guess.

He remembered that there had been a stone opening above the chamber where the Blue Silver Emperor was planted. When Tang San first entered the hidden door, the passage had been pitch-black, requiring a gemstone for illumination. Yet once he reached the chamber, it was bright inside. Now it seemed that the stone opening connected to the outside world. Sunlight streamed in from above, illuminating the chamber while providing the Blue Silver Emperor with the sunlight plants needed to grow.

"So why didn't they simply take her home and transplant her into the territory of the Blue Silver King?"

He truly could not understand it.

"Little White, turn into a Blind Snake and crawl inside." No longer dwelling on it, Zhu Wu issued another order. "There's a Stone Cave inside. On the ground is a Blue Silver Grass with golden patterns on its leaves. Beside it, on the stone wall, is this box. Once you get in, bring them all out for me."

"Chirp!" Little White lifted its neck, looking as though it had received the order.

Seven-colored light flashed from its forehead, and it instantly transformed into a Blind Snake as thick as a chopstick, crawling into the crack.

"So, should I be saying thank nature for its gifts?" Zhu Wu sighed inwardly as he watched Little White slip inside with ease. Over the past two months, he had traveled through all the mountains around Holy Soul Village. While finding plenty of medicinal herbs, he had also encountered many strange creatures. The Blind Snake was one of them. When he first saw it, he had thought it was an earthworm. Who would have expected it to be a snake?

He did not know what it was called in this world, but in his previous life, it had been called a Blind Snake—the smallest snake in the world.

Two months. That was two whole months! He could not help it; he had no map.

Shaking his head, he stood silently and waited.

Half an hour later, a tiny Blind Snake crawled out through the crack. Zhu Wu immediately sensed it and crouched down.

"Little White, did you bring everything out?"

The tiny Blind Snake nodded its head repeatedly, sending over a positive emotion to indicate that the mission was complete.

"Little White, well done!" A smile appeared on Zhu Wu's face.

As long as it was a plant, Little White could store it in its internal space and nourish it. Naturally, the Blue Silver Emperor was no exception.

There was no need to eat it. Setting aside whether the Blue Silver Emperor's soul awakening early would harm Little White, there was probably not much energy left after its body had been sacrificed until only a seed remained. More importantly, eating it would offer too little improvement to his Dragon God Bloodline, perhaps none at all.

"Little White, do you want to eat that Blue Silver Grass?" he still could not resist asking.

If it would help greatly, he would not hesitate.

Little White immediately shook its head again and again, its mental fluctuations expressing disgust.

"Looks like my guess was right. Ah Yin's body, in her re-cultivation state, really has little medicinal potency—at least, little beneficial medicinal potency." Zhu Wu thought to himself.

"Fine. Keeping her will still be useful. Mm, a man must keep his word. If I said I'd do it, then I have to do it. Fucking do it!"

"Besides, Tang Hao has the Asura God's divine sense on him. It is indeed risky for an outsider to kill him, but what if it's Ah Yin?"

Brother Hao, that person probably did not connect me to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. He merely saw me as a mutated Blue Silver Grass unlike ordinary ones. He was simply curious because I had been placed in the same stone chamber as a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, so he took me away. After leaving the cave, he could not tell what was special about me and threw me away. Without realizing it, he began making up lines from Ah Yin's perspective.

Until images surfaced in his mind of Tang Hao being stabbed in the back or poisoned by Ah Yin.

Mm, he needed to plan it out properly, prepare it, and direct the whole thing. Thinking so, he lowered his head to look at Little White and nodded slightly.

"Little White, let's go. We're heading to the Star Dou Great Forest!"

Now that he had obtained the Blue Silver Emperor, it was time to start considering obtaining his second Soul Ring.

He was now looking forward to the improvements that absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor's Right Leg Bone would bring.

Seven-colored light shimmered as Little White transformed into a small sparrow again, flying into the sky and guiding Zhu Wu out of the forest.

That night, inside a cave halfway up a mountain.

The moonlight was bright and clear, pouring through a narrow crack overhead onto the ground and laying down a crystalline sheen. Zhu Wu sat cross-legged, most of his body bathed in moonlight, staring at the ground by his feet.

With a snap, Little White opened its internal space and released the heavy Lead Box as well as the Blue Silver Emperor.

Seeing this, Zhu Wu took a porcelain pot from his Soul Tool, refilled it with soil, and transplanted the Blue Silver Emperor's exposed roots.

"Sure enough, her consciousness is still dormant." Zhu Wu could not help sighing after sensing no mental fluctuations throughout the process. According to the original story, Ah Yin had only regained a trace of consciousness after Tang San acquired the Blue Silver Domain and its influence reached her.

"Little White, store it in your spiritual space and keep nurturing it," Zhu Wu said.

Little White nodded, bending down slightly to press its forehead against it. Seven-colored light flashed, and the Blue Silver Emperor vanished along with the pot.

Only then did Zhu Wu shift his gaze to the Lead Box. He reached out and gently lifted its lid.

The instant a gap opened, brilliant blue-gold light spilled out, mingled with a strange fluctuation. The man and Martial Soul illuminated by it both trembled, their bodies instinctively leaning forward.

Cool and comfortable, refreshing and invigorating—that was what Zhu Wu felt.

Comfortable! That was what Little White felt.

"Little White, go back first. Next, I'm going to absorb this Soul Bone," Zhu Wu said.

Little White nodded and vanished from where it stood.

"If I can find that place in the future, this Soul Bone will be perfect for helping me amputate and replace my bones." Zhu Wu's gaze flickered. Without hesitation, he took the crystalline Soul Bone from the box and slowly pressed it against his right leg. The next second, the Soul Bone in his hand blazed with light, transforming into streams of blue-gold energy that carried a cool aura into his right leg. In the blink of an eye, the Soul Bone vanished, while blue-gold light enveloped Zhu Wu's entire right leg.

Cool and comfortable, without the slightest resistance or discomfort.

Zhu Wu sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, his expression peaceful. Seizing this rare opportunity and the pure energy constantly feeding back into his body from the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, he faced the moonlight and circulated the Longevity Exercise with all his strength.

Before long, a layer of fluorescent light covered his body.

Zhu Wu only felt a coolness between his brows. Rather than becoming drowsy, his mind felt unusually clear.

"It really works. Life-attribute energy can indeed offset some of the cold yin energy."

"As expected of the Blue Silver Emperor, which possesses a top-tier life attribute!"

He was thoroughly satisfied.

Tang San, your mother's Soul Bone. Tang Hao, your wife's Soul Bone. It was really useful!

Time passed bit by bit. As the moon set and the sun rose, sunlight poured down, and Zhu Wu switched to cultivating the Vajra Power Exercise. Spring was warm, and even at noon, the sunlight was not particularly harsh. He could feel that the Sunlight Radiance entering his body was not very intense, while the Soul Bone energy continuously supplied within him was enough to dissolve the heat, just like when he absorbed Moonlight Radiance the previous night. Spring nights were not cold, so the yin energy was not particularly heavy either.

Of course, the key was that the leg bone's energy supply was continuous.

His current strength was still low, so his efficiency at absorbing the essences of sun and moon was naturally poor. That was why it could offset the negative effects like this.

Time continued to pass second by second until, four days later, Zhu Wu opened his eyes with regret on his face.

Five levels. His Soul Power had increased by five levels, rising from level 13 to level 18. He was clearly still so weak, merely a one-ring Soul Master. Even if a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone mainly enhanced a Soul Master's physical strength, it should not have only raised him by this little, right?

But the truth was that he was full. Truly full. Any more and he would throw up. His body had already reached saturation.

Clearly, the problem was not the Soul Bone's energy, but his body's ability to digest it. His body was too weak to process that much energy. It was like having a table full of delicious food before you, yet only being able to eat two bowls. Like having three thousand beauties at your disposal, yet only being able to stay hard for three minutes.

The greatest pain for a man was not failing to win over the goddess he liked, but going soft when passion reached its peak.

The sorrow of a middle-aged man. Who would have thought I'd encounter it while still so young? How lamentable, how hateful. Zhu Wu's face was full of helplessness.

"Fortunately, the Soul Bone's energy won't dissipate. It is simply stored within the Soul Bone, accompanying me in another way. Besides, after absorbing this Soul Bone, my physical strength, spiritual strength, and Soul Power capacity have all increased by at least double."

"This wave brought massive gains!"

Thinking of that, his mood became balanced again.

"So, where's Little White?" Over the past few days, he had taken the opportunity to absorb quite a bit of sun and moon essence.

He spread out his hand and quickly summoned it.

Then white light shone from his palm as Little White made a sparkling entrance.

Its size had not changed much, but a faint Seven-Colored Luster now enveloped its back, like a diluted oily sheen brushed across white jade.

"Not bad. You've evolved a little closer to the Dragon God again." He was quite satisfied.

Little White was also happy, bobbing its little head as if saying, Look, I've become a little stronger again.

Zhu Wu smiled, placed Little White on his shoulder, got up to pack his belongings, then left the cave and continued on his journey.

After absorbing the Soul Bone, he was bursting with energy!

With a push of his foot, he activated the Soul Bone skill, Flight. With a whoosh, his body soared into the air, rising above the treetops and darting between the branches.

"It's truly amazing that a mere blade of grass could produce such an excellent flying skill." He could not help sighing inwardly. "And there's Wildfire Cannot Consume It; Spring Breeze Blows Again."

"With these two skills, my ability to survive can finally be considered secured."

"Chirp, chirp." Shortly afterward, after receiving permission, Little White transformed into a small bird as well and flew alongside its little master.

One man and one bird soared through the mountain forest, flying toward the distance.

After an unknown amount of time, without any warning, a loud shout suddenly rang out through the mountains, startling a flock of birds into flight. "Star Dou Great Forest, here we come!"

"Chirp, chirp."