Chapter 266: Blue Silver Forest, A Kingdom Belonging Solely to Blue Silver Grass
Star Dou Great Forest.
A land shrouded by ancient trees all year round, the wind carried the damp scent of vegetation. Beneath the tranquility lurked endless danger.
A blue and a black stream of light suddenly tore across the sky with sharp whistling sounds, landing steadily at the outskirts of Star Dou Great Forest.
The gust they created swept aside the ordinary Blue Silver Grass growing across the ground.
The flowing lights gradually dispersed, revealing two tall figures.
It was Lin Qingmo and Bibi Dong by his side, who had traveled continuously for an entire day.
Even after a full day of rushing, their breathing remained steady, without the slightest trace of exhaustion.
Bibi Dong slowly raised her eyes.
Her cold gaze passed through layer upon layer of ancient trees, landing on the deepest region of Star Dou Great Forest.
A faint movement flashed within her purple eyes as a trace of Titled Douluo pressure quietly spread out.
The insect cries within the surrounding forest instantly fell silent. Even the roars of low-level soul beasts disappeared entirely.
"Tell me. What expectations do you have for your fifth soul ring?"
Her cold and noble voice sounded as Bibi Dong once again intended to first hear Lin Qingmo's own thoughts.
She understood very well that Lin Qingmo's Blue Silver Grass martial soul, which followed the path of ultimate life, was completely different from every other martial soul in the world when it came to soul ring combinations.
Even she could not provide any useful advice.
Lin Qingmo instantly composed himself.
The usual carefree smile on his face vanished completely, replaced by unprecedented seriousness.
"Sister Dong Huang, to be honest, I still haven't decided on a target for my fifth soul ring."
His Blue Silver Grass martial soul and Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor martial soul had fundamentally walked two entirely different paths from the very beginning.
From the moment his martial soul awakened, his Blue Silver Grass martial soul had already been locked onto a single path—the path of ultimate life.
For his first four soul rings, he had chosen only plant-type soul beasts possessing pure life attributes.
"My Blue Silver Grass martial soul must walk the path of ultimate life."
"Plant soul beasts or soul beasts possessing life attributes are still my first choice."
However, life-attributed soul beasts were exceptionally rare.
Even within Star Dou Great Forest, they were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
The minimum requirement for his fifth soul ring was a life-attributed soul beast over sixty thousand years old.
Even within the resource-rich Star Dou Great Forest, soul beasts of this level were things that could only be encountered by chance.
Furthermore, in this era, there were no ten-thousand-year or hundred-thousand-year immortal herb soul beasts like those at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well ten thousand years later that could completely alter one's fate.
Without external assistance, even he could not come up with any reliable plan.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Qingmo gently raised his hand and touched his right leg.
He softly called out:
"Ah Yin, come out for a moment."
As his voice fell...
Lustrous Blue Silver Grass vines glowing with faint light slowly emerged from the Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone and affectionately wrapped around his fingertips.
Looking at the Blue Silver Grass around his fingers, Lin Qingmo gently asked:
"Ah Yin, do you know the direction of Blue Silver Forest?"
He had always remembered the promise he made to Ah Yin—to bring her home, back to Blue Silver Forest.
Ah Yin had been imprisoned in that lightless cave for more than ten years.
The damage to her soul origin was extremely severe.
Even the dense heaven and earth energy at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had only stabilized her soul and could not rapidly restore it.
Only by returning to Blue Silver Forest, the dwelling place of the Blue Silver Clan...
Could Ah Yin receive the gentlest and most suitable nourishment.
Countless Blue Silver Grasses of the same race lived there, carrying the richest life energy on the entire continent. It was the sacred land of the Blue Silver Clan.
Only there would Ah Yin have a chance to recover to her peak strength as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
Following Bibi Dong to Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his fifth soul ring was the most important matter this time.
But in Lin Qingmo's heart, sending Ah Yin home was a promise that could not be delayed either.
Upon hearing his words, the Blue Silver Grass vines around his fingertips suddenly trembled violently.
She still remembered Tang Hao's declarations of deep love back then.
Yet in the end, she met the fate of sacrifice.
Even the seed she left behind had been abandoned in a dark cave, slowly withering away day after day.
Only the young man before her, despite being unrelated to her in any way, had firmly kept her wish in his heart.
He was even willing to venture deep into the dangerous Star Dou Great Forest just to fulfill a casually made promise.
Warmth mixed with overwhelming emotion surged throughout Ah Yin's heart.
She still could not condense a human voice to speak.
She could only extend a lustrous Blue Silver Grass vine and gently rub against Lin Qingmo's fingertips.
Then she firmly pointed toward a direction deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.
Lin Qingmo followed the direction indicated and turned toward Bibi Dong beside him.
"Sister Dong Huang, let's head that way. I plan to send Ah Yin home first. As for the soul ring, we'll just leave it to fate."
"Alright."
Bibi Dong did not ask a single question. She simply nodded faintly.
Ah Yin's existence and wherever Lin Qingmo wished to go were things she never cared about.
To her, being able to spend a few more days with the young man beside her was already wonderful, even if it meant taking a detour.
"Let's go."
...
The two followed the direction Ah Yin indicated and headed deeper inside.
Along the way, soul beasts disturbed by the presence of strangers continuously rushed out from deep within the forest, attempting to attack them.
There were packs of three-thousand-year Nether Wolves and five-thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spiders hidden among the tree shadows, waiting for opportunities.
There was even a ten-thousand-year Datura Snake carrying a thick, bloody stench that burst out from underground.
Yet these soul beasts, enough to make soul masters tremble with fear in the outside world, could not even touch the soul power barrier within three meters of Bibi Dong.
The moment they approached the barrier, they would instantly be crushed by invisible and overwhelming soul power.
Seeing this, Lin Qingmo could not help but sigh.
"Sister Dong Huang, you're way too powerful."
Bibi Dong turned her head and glanced at him with her cold purple eyes.
"This amount of strength is nothing."
"When you reach the realm of Titled Douluo, you'll understand that these soul beasts aren't even enough to fill the gaps between your teeth."
Lin Qingmo clicked his tongue.
Titled Douluo.
That was the existence standing at the very peak of the entire Douluo Continent.
Countless soul masters exhausted their entire lives without ever touching the threshold of Titled Douluo.
Yet Sister Dong Huang spoke of it so casually.
As though entering that realm was simply natural for him.
Was Sister Dong Huang really that confident in him?
...
With Bibi Dong, a Titled Douluo, present, the path ahead remained completely unobstructed without the slightest difficulty.
After traveling for half a day...
They finally passed through layers of dense forest and arrived before a strange woodland.
Seeing the scene before him, Lin Qingmo's eyes filled with shock as he cried out in amazement.
"So this is Blue Silver Forest?!"
The forest before him and the rest of Star Dou Great Forest were practically two completely different worlds.
The entire forest centered around incomparably dense Blue Silver Grass.
This place was a kingdom that belonged solely to Blue Silver Grass!
The growth density of the Blue Silver Grasses far exceeded anything imaginable.
As far as the eye could see, there was not a single patch of exposed ground. Everything was covered entirely by thick Blue Silver Grasses.
Thick grass stems coiled around ancient tree trunks, while layers of blue-green leaves wove together into an impenetrable canopy.
The air was filled with life energy so dense it seemed almost impossible to disperse.
Taking a deep breath made every pore in the body feel soothed and relaxed.
Even the slight fatigue from their journey vanished completely.
The Blue Silver Grass martial soul within Lin Qingmo's body also began trembling uncontrollably, releasing waves of delighted humming.
A mysterious bloodline resonance had formed between him and every stalk of Blue Silver Grass within the forest.
As though this place...
Was the true home he had been born to belong to.
End of Chapter
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