Chapter 3: Chu Chen Eats the Blue Silver Emperor Raw, Martial Soul Initially Evolves!
On the smooth stone wall, there was a hidden protrusion; with a light press, a crisp mechanical sound rang out.
"Bang!"
Then a seemingly ordinary black box fell in front of Chu Chen.
The moment Chu Chen opened the box, surging blue-gold light surged from within; just a single breath of its aura caused most of his fatigue to fade away.
"What a fine hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone."
Chu Chen closed the box, and that aura immediately dissipated, or rather, was concealed.
"It seems this box has the effect of masking aura; not bad."
Chu Chen laughed. After putting away the box, he conveniently dug up the Blue Silver Emperor along with the soil.
He naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to absorb the Soul Bone here. Although there was no Soul Power limit for absorbing a Soul Bone, the process might take several hours. If Tang Hao returned during this time...
...and sensed the aura emitted during the absorption process, then it would be all over!
Therefore, Chu Chen put the Blue Silver Emperor into the box and took it away from there.
Before leaving, Chu Chen gently buried a single chrysanthemum petal in the soil, leaving one corner exposed, and placed it where the Blue Silver Emperor had originally grown.
"In situations of extreme anger and despair, people often only believe the truth they see, rather than thinking more deeply."
"I wonder which unlucky fellow Tang Hao will think of when he sees this chrysanthemum petal..."
Chu Chen smiled, then quickly flashed away from the place.
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A moment later, Chu Chen returned to Emperor Soul Village, still able to hear the sound of iron being hammered coming from the blacksmith shop.
"If this father and son knew that the child's mother is gone..."
Chu Chen didn't return to the village for the time being. At such a close distance, he couldn't guarantee that Tang Hao wouldn't notice a trace of his aura.
He had to be cautious enough.
About half an hour later, Tang Hao and Tang San finally walked out of the blacksmith shop; clearly, the forging task was finished.
After Village Chief Teague paid the wages, Tang Hao and Tang San intended to leave.
Meanwhile, Chu Chen returned carrying a birdcage, greeting Village Chief Teague as he walked.
Tang San glanced at Chu Chen, his gaze seemingly a bit disdainful.
Evidently, Tang Hao hadn't noticed anything unusual, and he led Tang San away until they vanished from Chu Chen's sight.
"The blue silver emperor right leg bone, plus a Blue Silver Emperor reborn after sacrifice... I wonder what kind of evolution it will cause in my Blue Silver Grass."
As night was about to fall, Chu Chen returned to Village Chief Teague's house. After having dinner with the old man, he took advantage of the darkness to walk several miles alone and find a secluded spot.
There was a cave here, which suited Chu Chen's choice perfectly.
"Currently, I haven't obtained my first Soul Ring, and my Soul Power growth has reached a Bottleneck... After absorbing this Soul Bone, I wonder what Realm my Soul Power will reach."
After a Soul Master reaches a Bottleneck, they can continue to cultivate without obtaining a Soul Ring, and their Soul Power will still grow slowly.
And now, Chu Chen chose to absorb this Soul Bone.
The accumulated Soul Power would surely be completely released the moment he obtained his first Soul Ring, perhaps allowing him to reach the next Bottleneck in one go!
"Let's begin. Whether the Blue Silver Grass Bloodline can be stimulated... depends on this moment!"
Chu Chen took out the Blue Silver Emperor from the box.
Seemingly influenced by the blue silver emperor right leg bone, the golden patterns on the Blue Silver Emperor's leaves became even more brilliant than before.
"What a pity. Sacrificing herself to that trash Tang Hao, in the end... not only did her son not receive a good upbringing, but she herself was planted in such a dark place."
Chu Chen thought silently, then he directly chewed up and swallowed the Blue Silver Emperor in one bite.
"Fragrant and crunchy, what's not to love?"
"Absorbing the Bloodline Power, this is the most simple and crude method!"
After Chu Chen ate the Blue Silver Emperor, a trace of Bloodline Power immediately surged through his whole body, and the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul in his hand also emerged from his body.
Seemingly drawn by the Blue Silver Emperor's aura, the Blue Silver Grass in Chu Chen's hand bloomed with a deep blue light, radiating brilliance.
Taking this opportunity, Chu Chen chose to place the blue silver emperor right leg bone directly against his lower leg!
The blue-gold light flared intensely; if this weren't a cave, the light would likely have been incredibly conspicuous in the night sky.
"Boom!"
The blue-gold light enveloped Chu Chen's body. A burning sensation came from his lower leg, and a massive power instantly flooded into his body.
The energy impact of the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone also fully activated the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Power that Chu Chen had eaten, merging it into Chu Chen himself!
"Such immense vitality," Chu Chen marveled.
Influenced by this majestic vitality, some surrounding plants instantly sprouted and grew green leaves.
A warm current circulated within his body, as if merging with his blood and then with every inch of his flesh!
The Soul Bone in his lower leg also continuously washed through Chu Chen's Meridians, clearing some that were originally blocked.
Some Meridians that weren't strong before also became increasingly powerful due to this energy.
And the Blue Silver Grass in his hand also saw changes in the natural textures that originally appeared on its leaves at this moment.
Golden natural textures quietly condensed.
The Blue Silver Grass itself was also undergoing a complete transformation; golden patterns initially emerged, and the Blue Silver Grass became sturdier and more full of life.
"Boom!"
This process lasted for several hours until dawn, when that majestic vitality finally began to gradually dissipate.
Chu Chen woke up, feeling his brand-new body; his heart was full of excitement!
After eating the Blue Silver Emperor and then being struck by the impact of the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, he had actually, by a stroke of luck, perfectly merged with the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
"Now that I possess the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, I have a target for my first Soul Ring..."
That right, his target for the first Soul Ring was the Blue Silver King!
With the Bloodline Power he now possessed, it was absolutely the purest, coming from Ah Yin's Bloodline.
It was even a direct Bloodline from Ah Yin herself, rather than a next-generation inherited Bloodline like Tang San's. Therefore, when the Blue Silver King saw him, it would surely sacrifice itself to him.
As a Innate Spirit Ring, its age would be determined by his own body's endurance limit. Furthermore, since the Blue Silver King would be sacrificing itself, there wouldn't be a situation where the age was too high to absorb!
The only thing he needed to be careful of was whether he would encounter powerful Soul Beasts on the way to find the Blue Silver Emperor.
"However, now that I have the ability to fly, it shouldn't be much of a problem; I just need to avoid some powerful Soul Beasts."
Blue-gold light appeared on Chu Chen's legs, and in the next moment, his body slowly lifted off the ground.
As expected, the abilities of this Soul Bone were flight and 'Wildfire cannot destroy it, it grows again with the spring breeze'!
"Great, the Blue Silver Grass has evolved. Such rich vitality, and these golden natural textures..."
"Only missing the final Blue Silver King to completely evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor. For now, it can be considered an initial evolution!"
Chu Chen was in a great mood. As for whether a certain Tang Big Hammer was in a good mood, he wouldn't know.