Chapter 169: Chapter 169: Dark Blue Silver Grass and the Yu Xiaogang Brand Meridians that Backstabbed Tang San
Temporarily setting aside a bit of her resentment towards Lin Feng, Bibi Dong did her best to maintain her facial expression. Her eyes were slightly narrowed, and although her voice was light, it carried a majesty that could not be ignored, trying her best to make her tone sound as if it had no emotional fluctuations at all.
Sitting on the throne that symbolized power and nobility, her thighs were crossed, displaying an elegant yet majestic posture. Her arms were crossed over her chest, adding a bit more of an inviolable aura.
"Is that so? Why are you so agitated," her words carried a faint trace of blame, yet she gently reminded the person before her, "Didn't we know long ago that the senior had no ill intentions? With Xiao Feng's strength and wisdom, there is absolutely no danger to his life. As Xiao Feng said, 'One's face does not change even if Mount Tai collapses before them.' This is the courage and style that you, the Young Master of Spirit Hall, should have."
She paused slightly, her gaze looking at the other party even more deeply, and continued, "I know, your concern makes you confused. To worry about Xiao Feng's safety is also human nature. But you must remember, as the future of Spirit Hall, your every word and action represents our glory and dignity."
"Even if this letter was really brought by Xiao Feng through that legendary expert, you should not have lost your composure like this. You should learn to remain calm and rational under any circumstances."
Qian Renxue was stunned. Am I very agitated? Wasn't I supposed to come here to show off in front of her? How does it feel like I'm being taught by her instead?
"Where did I..."
Bibi Dong flew down and patted Qian Renxue's shoulder. "I understand everything. You saw the letter from Xiao Feng and really wanted to share this joy with me, right? I am more than happy. Let me see."
As she spoke, she slowly took the letter from Qian Renxue's hand and began to read it as if no one else were around. Bibi Dong's gaze moved slightly. The words spoken to these two were words of encouragement. The words spoken to me were words of comfort and sentiment. In his eyes, am I emotionally unstable? Hmph.
And this plan was really well thought out. To be able to persuade that senior to separately deliver different letters to me and Qian Renxue's group... is he afraid that something will happen if we meet? Xiao Feng, oh Xiao Feng, I am not so narrow-minded. The position of the main wife should be mine. What does it matter that they came earlier!
Weren't you a little interested in that Blue Silver Emperor? I have guided her properly. When you come back, it will be two against two. The advantage is mine!
"Hey, you..."
Qian Renxue snatched the letter from Bibi Dong's hand and looked at her with resentment.
Bibi Dong was surprised. "Weren't you going to show it to me? Why did you snatch it back? What Xiao Feng said was very good. Since there are no worries, then it is good." Qian Renxue pursed her lips. This feeling of punching without force was frustrating. "You were so worried about Xiao Feng before. Why are you so calm now?"
Bibi Dong smiled faintly. "Weren't you the same back then? A moment of righteous indignation is enough. If he is well, I will naturally be at ease; if he is in danger, I will surely do my utmost."
The two of them were stunned. How does it feel like this Bibi Dong's mentality is even better than theirs? Something is not right!
Bibi Dong left behind a meaningful look and slowly walked towards the back of the great hall. "If there is nothing important, you should still go and cultivate. With our current strength, what can we do for Xiao Feng? Don't forget, that expert has strength that is close to the divine level."
Bibi Dong's palm clenched. You want to see my sourness? Impossible! In this round, I am the winner!
I really want to know what her expression would be if I placed my letter in front of Qian Renxue. Lin Xiaofeng, you'd better come back soon!
How unwilling I am to see her looking so pleased with herself. The two of them felt very strange in their hearts. This appearance of neither sorrow nor joy, is it the same person who was flying into a rage when Xiao Feng was taken away before? Why does it feel like every time I communicate with her, I am at a disadvantage—
More than a month had passed. East of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Ancient Scar Hills.
A slightly thin figure was shuttling through the forest. In his right hand floated a Blue Silver Grass, and layers of blood-colored light were enveloping it.
Every time the blood color disappeared, Tang San would, with a blank expression, take out a jade bottle from his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges and drip a few drops of red blood.
This red blood came from the "evil soul beasts" and evil soul masters along the way. It was made from their vital blood and contained the most vigorous life force of an individual. It was an excellent nutrient for the growth and mutation of the Blue Silver Grass.
Although there were some side effects, and the bloodiness would affect his spirit, he was at least a God-King who had the memories of the Slaughter City. This little bit of erosion from killing intent and blood qi was nothing.
"Found it!"
A sharp light flashed in Tang San's eyes. He stopped at the foot of a hidden small mountain and, relying on his Flying God Claw, came to a cave covered by vines. "Good, the memory is not wrong. This is where the two thousand-year blood ginsengs are!"
Tang San dug out the two blood ginsengs and carefully put them into his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges. This was the key to his next plan. With these two blood ginsengs, he had enough confidence to let the Blue Silver Grass complete its final mutation.
He sat down cross-legged, adjusted his breathing, and let himself enter an ethereal state. Then, he summoned his martial soul, the Blue Silver Grass, took out the two thousand-year blood ginsengs, ground one of them into powder, and sprinkled it evenly on the Blue Silver Grass.
Gritting his teeth, he directly swallowed the other blood ginseng. He couldn't be bothered with the side effect of consuming his future foundation. Without the strength of its bloodline, a trash martial soul Blue Silver Grass, what future could it have?
As long as I can become a god in the future, I can recover. I can even go to Sea God Island and be cleansed under the Sea God's Light. There is also a possibility of recovery.
A thing like blood ginseng, as long as it hadn't passed ten thousand years, was purely about squeezing out one's potential. But used at this time, the effect was extraordinary! After more than a month of nourishing the Blue Silver Grass with blood qi and life force, the Blue Silver Grass had already initially possessed plasticity.
Adding on the soul skill brought by the second soul ring—Absorption. When released, the Blue Silver Grass would grow barbs, absorb the worldly primordial qi from where it was rooted, and convert it into soul power to supplement itself.
The amount absorbed and the speed of conversion were both unsatisfactory. The more one looked at it, the more it looked like a chicken-rib soul skill like that pig of Yu Xiaogang's. But for the current Tang San, he was very satisfied. At this moment, what he needed was this type of ability.
"Cough—cough—"
A look of pain was on Tang San's face, but he gritted his teeth tightly and used his soul power to guide the medicinal power of the blood ginseng to circulate in his body. He could feel the powerful life force of the blood ginseng surging in his meridians, providing his Blue Silver Grass with a continuous stream of energy.
Very suddenly, when it flowed through the path on his right leg that Yu Xiaogang had taught him, the originally relatively peaceful medicinal power suddenly erupted, raging everywhere in his body and destroying his internal organs.
Tang San was greatly horrified, his face suddenly changing. He had not expected the medicinal power of this blood ginseng to suddenly go out of control at this moment. The powerful medicinal power was like a runaway wild horse in his body, frantically crashing against his meridians, as if it wanted to tear his body apart.
He held his mind firmly, trying hard to control his soul power to guide the rampaging medicinal power. However, the ferocity of the medicinal power exceeded his imagination. His meridians felt as if they were being burned by a raging fire, an extreme pain.
"How can this be?!" Tang San was secretly shocked. His original plan was to use the medicinal power of the blood ginseng to let the Blue Silver Grass complete its final mutation, but he had not expected this medicinal power to go out of control within his body.
Now he had to quickly guide this medicinal power out of his body or absorb it quickly, otherwise his body would suffer serious damage. However, the medicinal power seemed to have a spirit of its own, always suddenly changing direction just as he was about to control it, leaving him helpless.
And the crisis was far from over. The Blue Silver Grass martial soul was also absorbing the energy of the powdered blood ginseng, and its frantically swaying posture was displaying its rejection at this moment.
"Pfft—"
Tang San spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura becoming somewhat listless. This blood ginseng was like igniting a furnace in his body. While giving him potential and providing assistance for the Blue Silver Grass to mutate again, it was also frantically consuming his own life force. When the fuse burned out, that would be the time his body exploded. Of course, it wouldn't really physically explode. At most, he would just die suddenly.
"Life force! I need more life force! Medicinal herbs, flesh and blood..."
Things had already come to this point. There was no way back. The original Tang San had only been following this idea, trying to make the Blue Silver Grass mutate, and controlling the absorption of external energy. But now, this inexplicable change had forced him to walk down a dark path.
A ruthless look appeared in Tang San's eyes. He took out the corpse of the 700-year Man-Faced Demon Spider that he had previously hired someone to hunt and directly summoned his Blue Silver Grass to frantically absorb it. He himself also took out the medicinal materials he had accumulated before from his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges. If they were suitable, he swallowed them all in one gulp.
He let the medicinal power flow into his meridians. However, every time it passed through the meridian on his right leg, it would trigger another outbreak. Although he had faintly sensed that something was wrong, Tang San did not dare to stop.
Because he had long since integrated the paths of Lin Feng and Yu Xiaogang into his new version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill and had always been operating according to this cycle. If he were to suddenly change at such a critical moment, the discomfort and rejection brought by his body might instead detonate the current situation.
"Damn Yu Xiaogang! This meridian on the right leg usually doesn't seem to have any harm, but once something goes wrong with oneself, it becomes a hazard amplifier! No wonder your martial soul, Luo Sanpao, that useless ability of yours became stronger! It turns out it wasn't that the ability got a bonus, but that it was going farther and farther down the wrong path!"
10—>20 and -10—>-20, although the absolute values are the same, the essence is completely different!
Damn it! This is screwing me over again! Teacher, oh teacher, you really are my good teacher! Tang San's eyes were blood-red, the veins on his forehead bulging, constantly panting heavily.
Looking at the rapidly consumed soul beast meat and the already exhausted medicinal herbs, Tang San, as if gone mad, summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, directly smashed open this cave, and went into the forest.
Tang San's body at this time was like a sieve. While absorbing life force, it was still continuously flowing out. This was a moment of life and death.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this that when death approached, his potential was stimulated. The absorption of the Blue Silver Grass martial soul finally leaned towards "devouring."
"A Cangfeng Wolf hunting a Soft-Boned Rabbit? Bullying the weak, and it's even Xiao Wu's kin. It must be an evil soul beast! You have chosen the path to death! Become my food!"
"A Ten-Jun Ant dissecting the corpse of a dead Red Tiger? The soul beast is already dead, yet you won't even let its bones go. You have chosen the path to death!"
"A Hehuan Ape mating in broad daylight? Simply the scum of the soul beast world! My Xiao Wu has already run away, yet you still dare to appear before me? You have chosen the path to death!"
Tang San went on a killing spree in the Ancient Scar Hills, like an out-of-control madman. His eyes were scarlet red. He released his Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons, searching everywhere for so-called "evil soul beasts." His figure shuttled quickly through the forest, and every appearance was accompanied by a rain of blood.
"Devour!"
As he devoured more and more soul beasts, the medicinal power in Tang San's body gradually came under control. The originally rampaging power, under the continuous supplement of life force, began to become gentle. The Blue Silver Grass also gradually stopped its frantic swaying and became quiet and powerful.
However, at this time, Tang San had already fallen into a state of near madness. He continuously hunted the surrounding soul beasts, as if he wanted to devour all the soul beasts in the entire hills. Every appearance was accompanied by the mournful cry of a soul beast.
It's unknown how long it took, but when Tang San stopped, the surroundings were already a complete mess. Along the way, hundreds of weak soul beast corpses lay in disarray. Their life force had all been devoured by Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
"Heh—heh—"
Tang San struggled to find a remote place and knelt on the ground powerlessly. His head was dizzy. In almost the next instant, he was about to faint.
He looked at the Blue Silver Grass in his hand. It was blue turning to purple, purple turning to black!
Although his spirit was tired, there was still vitality in his body. He once again summoned the Blue Silver Grass and "elegantly" inserted it into the corpse of a soul beast.
"Oh—ah—"
Tang San let out a moan of pleasure. The feedback from the Blue Silver Grass made his vitality recover again, and the speed of his soul power conversion also increased a lot.
However, the next moment, Tang San frowned. Although his strength could be rapidly improved, this single, mixed devouring of a soul beast's life force also devoured the impurities within it.
This was definitely harmful!
Tang San withdrew the Blue Silver Grass and was silent. At this time, the Blue Silver Grass had already turned a pitch-black color, becoming thicker and could be called a vine. At the same time, a row of small barbs grew on its leaves, making it look terrifying.
"I can't devour too quickly. I need to dissolve these impurities. Dark Blue Silver Grass? It's not inferior to the Blue Silver Emperor! The upper limit brought by this devouring is enough for me to grow to a Titled Douluo!"
"It's been a long time since I've had such a pleasant feeling. The last time was in the Slaughter City."
He recovered for a moment, slowly got up and walked to the outer edge of the forest, looking indifferently at the shriveled corpses along the way, recovering his hidden weapons bit by bit.
To be able to use your flesh, blood, and life force to lay the foundation for my godhood and forge my path to the peak is the honor of you evil soul beasts!
And Yu Xiaogang! One day, you will also pay the price! In this life, you have really screwed me over! That path on the right leg, after this battle, who knows what went wrong.
It has been completely fixed in the body, and has faintly begun to affect my body. And to maintain the soundness of my body, I need to use the devouring ability of the Dark Blue Silver Grass to obtain life force from the outside every few days, or... blood qi power.
"Little brother! Why did you come out from here alone? Your clothes are so torn. You're not injured, are you? Hey, what's that in your hand?"
!!!!!
Tang San suddenly turned his head back and saw a man and a woman coming from another direction. It was the man who had spoken.
The girl nervously hid behind the man. "Ah Mao, there's nothing here. Did you hear wrong? There's no sound anymore. Let's take this little brother and go."
Tang San's eyes darted around. Panting heavily, he said sadly, "Just now, there was a fight between three hundred-year soul beasts here. My grandfather, to protect me, told me to run first. He's still in there!"
"Big brother, big sister, what is your cultivation level? Can you go in and help my grandfather?"
"Ah? Is that so? Don't worry. I'm a level 31 Soul Elder, and my girlfriend is also level 31. Where is your grandfather? Quick, take us there!"
Level 31? A light moved in Tang San's eyes. Sorry, you saw my hidden weapons, so I can't let you live. What's more, the bones over there have just been buried. If they are exposed and they become suspicious of me, that would be even more of a loss! And this kind of intimacy between a couple makes me very unhappy. You must die today!
The blood qi of humans? And the soul power is purer. Tang San licked the corner of his mouth. The taste of the Bloody Mary from the Slaughter City, it's been a long time since I've had it~
He said in a flustered and urgent voice, "Just ahead! Just keep going straight!"
"Alright! You just stay outside. We'll go over. Let's go!"
Tang San silently watched the two of them circulate their soul power and head in the direction he had pointed. The Zhuge Godly Crossbow in his hand and the sleeve arrow on his arm had already had their mechanisms opened. The time was now!
"Ah! Ah Mao!"
The woman looked in horror as the head of the man before her exploded. The next moment, her own head shook, and an arrow appeared in her field of vision. Her life force rapidly drained away.
She fell powerlessly, her widened eyes looking at the approaching Tang San in disbelief. "It was you..."
Her last breath of life gone, the woman could not die in peace.
Hidden weapon usage techniques, I have ten thousand years of experience. Two rogue cultivators, guys who had just broken through to Soul Elder, and they weren't even on guard. How could they possibly have dodged my fatal blow!
The Blue Silver Grass shot out, directly burying the two of them, and then devoured their qi, blood, and life force.
"Hoo—"
A very wonderful feeling. The body cannot refuse. Tang San's smile became more and more ferocious. His soul power was rapidly growing. Compared to soul beasts, there were even fewer impurities!
After handling all the matters, Tang San left this hill. Only the hundred or so soul beast skeletons and two human skeletons underground knew that he had been here.
Leaving the Ancient Scar Hills, Tang San's mood was quite pleasant. He felt the growth of his soul power in his body, as well as the powerful strength brought by the mutation of the Blue Silver Grass. All of this made him full of confidence in his own future.
"It seems this mutation was very successful," Tang San said to himself, a trace of wisdom flashing in his eyes.
As for what fallen soul master? As long as I'm not discovered, I'm a normal soul master!
On his return journey, he looked at a mountain range in the east.
There, was precisely the reclusive land of the current Clear Sky Sect. As a sect of the Star Luo Empire, yet they had arranged their reclusive place three hundred li east of the Heaven Dou imperial city. Who knew what they were thinking?
To more conveniently receive some assistance from Tang Yuehua's side?