As Blue Silver Grass spread across the damp, dark ground inside the cave, it actually transformed the place into a sea of Blue Silver Grass.
Rich vitality immediately filled the entire cave.
Whoosh!
Li Changsheng summoned Luo Sanpao. Compared to before, its tail had actually grown another size thicker.
"Luo, luo..."
"Hm?"
Listening to Luo Sanpao's cries, Li Changsheng could not help being surprised. Why had Sanpao's voice become so much deeper? There were even some other kinds of sounds mixed in.
After thinking it over, he could only attribute it to its imminent transformation into a dragon. After all, Li Changsheng had not taken the wrong path. This was exactly how Luo Sanpao should be raised!
"Sanpao, keep quiet. Little San is reuniting with his mother. Be quiet."
"Luo..."
Hearing this, Luo Sanpao immediately lay obediently on the ground, its little dragon tail swaying back and forth. It looked very cute.
Meanwhile, as Tang San slowly opened his eyes, Ah Yin's consciousness had already disappeared. It seemed that her call just now had exhausted all her energy. The entire Blue Silver Emperor had wilted, but this was not death. She was slowly recovering.
"Teacher... what's wrong with Mother?"
But Tang San did not know this. He turned toward Li Changsheng, his eyes filled with urgency.
Walking slowly to Tang San's side, Li Changsheng reached out and stroked Ah Yin's leaves, then reassured him, "Don't panic. Blue Silver Grass has tenacious vitality to begin with, and as the Blue Silver Emperor, her vitality is even more like grass that wildfire cannot burn away. She should be replenishing her energy now. After all, the environment here..."
He shook his head. This little cave really was somewhere not even a dog would stay.
Of the twenty-four hours in a day, sunlight could actually only enter at noon.
No wonder Tang Hao dared to treat Tang San like a nanny. Did he think his son could photosynthesize just like his mother?
Hearing this, Tang San immediately breathed a sigh of relief. As long as his mother was all right...
But seeing Ah Yin like this, he still could not help feeling a twisting pain. If anyone's mother suffered abuse, what son could bear it?
Seeing Tang San like this, Li Changsheng could only offer some comfort. "Little San, this is your family affair, so as your teacher, I can't say much. Once you've grown stronger, go ask His Excellency Haotian yourself. But I will always stand beside you!"
"Yes, thank you, Teacher!"
Tang San respectfully cupped his hands toward Li Changsheng, then gently stroked Ah Yin's leaves again.
"Now, let me look."
Li Changsheng looked around and finally found a hidden compartment high on a stone wall. Inside was what Tang Hao had hidden: the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone produced after Ah Yin's sacrifice!
Absorbing it would grant two Soul Bone Skills. One was "Wildfire cannot burn it away; the spring breeze brings it back to life," and the other was flight.
What was rather hard to make sense of was why this Blue Silver Grass Soul Bone had a flight skill.
Li Changsheng did not understand, but he could only respect it.
Bang!
Soul Power gathered in his hand, and he struck the hidden compartment. The next second, a black lead box fell out.
He caught the box, then turned and handed it to Tang San, saying:
"Little San, do you still remember the rules for a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast?"
"After a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast dies, it will definitely produce a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone! Could what's inside be..."
"Yes, it's your mother's Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone! Take it and absorb it."
Looking at the lead box before him, Tang San's eyes felt a little dry. A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was hardly something as common as cabbage.
In the era of Douluo I, Soul Bones were extremely precious. A certain Titled Douluo did not even have a single Soul Bone. A Thousand-Year Soul Bone could fetch an astronomical price at auction, a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone was enough to make Titled Douluo come to blows, and a hundred-thousand-year one meant battles between factions. It could even spark a war!
Yet his Teacher Changsheng had handed it straight to him without so much as a glance.
If Li Changsheng had said he wanted it, Tang San absolutely would not have refused. But instead, he had returned it directly to him...
"Teacher, Little San can never repay your kindness!!"
Warmth filled his heart. Tang San solemnly accepted the box and slowly opened it. A brilliant blue light instantly illuminated the entire cave.
As the light faded, an exquisitely shaped right leg bone came into view.
The Soul Bone had an ornate appearance. The edges of the entire bone had curling, sharp contours resembling blades of grass, with gilded patterns over a blue base. At this moment, it lay quietly inside the box.
From within this Soul Bone, Tang San could sense an incomparably familiar presence, containing both the powerful, endlessly renewing vitality of Blue Silver Grass and a bond with his mother.
After hesitating for a moment, Tang San handed the box back and said respectfully, "Teacher, you've cared for and guided Little San for six whole years. Little San has nothing to repay you with. I dare not rashly absorb this Soul Bone. Please, you take it!"
"Ah, why put yourself through this? This leg bone is a memento left by your mother. If she could see this, she would certainly want you to absorb it. Take it back. If you don't absorb it, I'll be disappointed too!"
"Teacher!!"
Tang San's voice actually became choked with tears. He truly had not expected Teacher Changsheng to remain unmoved before a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. What breadth of spirit was this? How deeply did he cherish his disciple?
"Thump, thump, thump!"
As he spoke, Tang San dropped to his knees again and forcefully kowtowed three times. This really left Li Changsheng at a loss.
He hurried forward to help Tang San up. Looking at the bright red mark on his forehead, he could only smile helplessly and say:
"Silly child, go absorb it first. I'll stand guard for you!"
"Yes!"
Hearing this, Tang San no longer hesitated. He walked over to Ah Yin and sat cross-legged, then held the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone against his right calf and pressed down hard.
Boom!!
Dazzling blue light erupted. Vitality so dense it had almost become tangible floated through the cave as blue specks of light. Against the night, it looked just like a starry sky.
Li Changsheng slowly let out a breath. He had nearly failed to win that argument with Tang San. It was not as though he could tell him he had a Soul Bone rewarded by the system and did not need the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, was it?
That would be far too ridiculous!
A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone contained an immense amount of energy. Absorbing it would take Tang San no less time than absorbing a Soul Ring.
But with such high compatibility, there was no need to worry about any accidents.
[Detected that disciple Tang San has absorbed a Soul Bone ahead of time. Its attributes are extremely compatible, and his strength far exceeds the original work.] [Rewards: Self-Created Soul Skill Fragment ×1, increased template progress, self-adapting Sixth Soul Ring ×1, Blue Silver Ancestral Land Template ×1!] [Self-Created Soul Skill (2/5)] [Blue Silver Ancestral Land Template: transforms the forest belonging to Blue Silver Grass into its comic-version form, with a detailed map included!] [Martial Soul: Luo Sanpao (Light Dragon King, evolution progress: fifteen percent)]
"Luo... roar..."
When the system issued its rewards, Luo Sanpao, which had been curled up beside Li Changsheng, immediately began acting strangely. It kept twisting its body, and roars that sounded almost, but not quite, like a dragon's kept escaping its mouth.
Its four tiny, short legs began to swell and lengthen slightly. Sharp claws protruded from them, and the pair of little horns on its forehead also began to grow thicker and longer.
"Roar..."
Finally, Luo Sanpao's appearance changed completely. Rather than saying it looked somewhat different from the little puppy it had been before, it could only be called entirely different.
"Sanpao, how are you still a little puppy? You've turned straight into a battle wolf!"
Looking at Sanpao's imposing appearance, Li Changsheng's eyes were filled with astonishment. Its progress had not yet reached twenty percent, so Luo Sanpao could only be considered halfway through its evolution.
Even so, it was hard to conceal its handsome foundation!
"Roar! (One more look and you'll explode.)"
Understanding Luo Sanpao's thoughts, Li Changsheng froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "I get what you mean!"
Then Li Changsheng took out the map the system had given him and studied it. The Blue Silver Forest had already been transformed. Did that not mean the Blue Silver King had become a little loli?
There was even something like the Blue Silver Crown. As long as Tang San put it on, he could fully awaken the Blue Silver Emperor!
And so, the man and dog leaned against each other, waiting for Tang San to finish absorbing the Soul Bone.
During this time, Li Changsheng could also see Tang San's hair beginning to turn dark blue. This matched his appearance in the comic version before awakening the Blue Silver Emperor, roughly at the Blue Silver King level.
After all, his first three Soul Rings had all come from life-type plant Soul Beasts, and now he was absorbing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone as well. It would be bizarre if he still did not evolve.