The Blue Silver Emperor gazed deeply at Ye Wen, as if trying to etch the image of this young man into her memory.
After carefully stowing the Blue Silver Emperor away again, the Blue Silver King had also nearly recovered. However, the once lush and vibrant Blue Silver Forest now appeared withered and lifeless.
This was understandable. Although the entire Blue Silver Forest's energy level far exceeded that of a Title Douluo, having so much life force drained at once was a significant blow to the Blue Silver Grass clan. Though they could recover, it would take time to restore their vitality.
Returning to its peak state felt incredibly invigorating for the Blue Silver King, but soon its mood turned somber as it spoke softly:
"Human youth, I know it's shameless of me to make another request, but after my sacrifice, could you please look after this forest?
Our Blue Silver Grass clan is too weak. Without my protection, and with humans recklessly hunting us down, our species might not survive long enough for me and my Empress to recover."
Ye Wen thought for a moment and agreed, though he also proposed a new condition: the Blue Silver Forest would become the Medical Alliance's new base of operations.
This decision was made after careful consideration.
First, compared to other spirit beast forests, the Blue Silver Forest was primarily composed of the Blue Silver Grass spirit beasts—a generally non-aggressive and passive species, making them naturally friendly to humans.
With the added assurance of the Blue Silver King's orders, it would be doubly secure.
Moreover, based on his earlier observations, Ye Wen realized the Blue Silver Grass clan possessed the ability to actively share life force. Though he knew his idea was greedy, if this ability were harnessed skillfully, it could significantly improve the physical conditioning of the Medical Alliance's younger generation. This made the forest an excellent blessed land.
However, Ye Wen also knew this plan couldn't be implemented immediately. Tang Hao would arrive here soon, and if he discovered the Blue Silver King gone and Ye Wen's people causing a stir, it would expose him.
Thinking of this, Ye Wen recalled something he had overlooked and solemnly asked the Blue Silver King:
"Blue Silver King, with your strength, you should be able to sense the locations of other Blue Silver Kings on the continent, right? Could you tell me?"
The Blue Silver King instantly became wary. "What are you planning, youth? Isn't my sacrifice enough for you? Are you scheming to wipe out all the high-level combatants of the Blue Silver Grass clan?"
Facing the accusation, Ye Wen remained calm and replied, "Rest assured, Blue Silver King. I don't have such ruthless intentions. I have my reasons for asking."
Dugu Bo, who had just retracted his True Body of the Martial Soul and was idly bored, suddenly perked up. Ye Wen had been acting mysteriously throughout this journey. Though Dugu Bo knew it was related to Tang Hao, Ye Wen hadn't explicitly explained until now. Finally, the truth was about to come out!
This information was crucial to the Blue Silver King's clan, so it listened attentively.
At this moment, Ye Wen slowly said, "Blue Silver King, you probably don't know this, but your clan's Blue Silver Emperor has sired a human offspring. Though this child hasn't awakened the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, he carries its bloodline. However, due to his father's abuse, the bloodline hasn't awakened, leaving him in the most ordinary Blue Silver Grass state.
But—"
By this point, everyone present was fully focused, including the Blue Silver Emperor, who quickly sprouted a few tendrils from the Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Pouch, materializing her form. Her gaze was fixed intently on Ye Wen.
Ye Wen looked back at her with a faint, enigmatic smile.
"According to some unreliable information I've gathered, his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline may still awaken later in life—but at a cost. Your Blue Silver Kings will need to host a ritual where the Blue Silver Grasses sacrifice their life force to help him form his innate soul ring. Is this true, Blue Silver King?"
As a wildly popular novel from his previous life, there were naturally many debates surrounding it.
One particular point Ye Wen remembered clearly:
If Tang San could awaken an innate soul ring through spirit beast bloodlines, what would happen if someone killed him? Would he drop a soul ring?
Unfortunately, as the protagonist of Douluo, Tang San couldn't possibly die—or if he did, he'd be resurrected immediately. Thus, no one knew whether he could produce a soul ring.
There was another unresolved mystery:
How did Tang Hao know to use the Blue Silver King to help Tang San awaken his bloodline?
Yu Xiaogang certainly didn't know—he couldn't even recognize the uniqueness of Tang San's martial soul. And Tang Hao, a brute who only swung a hammer and left education to Yu Xiaogang, was even less likely to figure it out.
Thus, the prime suspect was naturally the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin.
The Blue Silver King fell into deep silence.
Meanwhile, the Blue Silver Emperor, consumed by her love-struck mind, loudly demanded:
"What do you mean by saying Ah Hao abused Xiao Three!"
The Blue Silver Emperor's words jolted the Blue Silver King back to reality. It gave its Empress a resigned glance before sighing. Though its predecessor had died countless times, memories were passed down through generations.
Compared to the relatively short two-thousand-year history of the human-founded Tian Dou and Xing Luo empires, the Blue Silver Grass clan's history stretched back immeasurably far—to the era of the Dragon God.
Because of this, although the Blue Silver Grass clan was weak, they were one of the rare plant-type spirit beast clans with ancient heritage.
What the Blue Silver King hadn't expected was that after so many years of inheritance, the first Blue Silver Emperor to appear in ages turned out to be Ah Yin—a complete anomaly obsessed with love.
The Blue Silver King calmly asked, "According to our clan's ancient traditions, any being carrying the bloodline of the Blue Silver Grass clan who hasn't awakened it can receive a share of our life essence to awaken their bloodline.
However, this knowledge dates back many years. So, my Empress, could you explain why you revealed our clan's secrets to humans?"
Instantly, the previously assertive Blue Silver Emperor froze stiff, radiating an awkward atmosphere.
Ye Wen and Dugu Bo exchanged glances, then smirked mischievously. Looks like there was juicy gossip to enjoy!
Seeing the Blue Silver Emperor remain speechless for a long while, the Blue Silver King finally grew irritated.
Upon reflection, the Blue Silver King realized the root cause of today's predicament ultimately lay with the Blue Silver Emperor!
After all, though Ye Wen hadn't explicitly stated it, his words clearly targeted the Blue Silver Emperor's offspring!
If a spirit beast had inherited the Blue Silver Emperor's bloodline in the usual way, the Blue Silver King would have been overjoyed, believing their race was finally ascending to its peak.
But what had the Blue Silver Emperor done? Not only had she secretly taken human form to wander the human world, but she had also diluted her precious Blue Silver Emperor bloodline by passing it to a human!
This was a complete betrayal of the Blue Silver Grass clan!
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