Chapter 19 What audacity! Disrespecting my master, Blue Silver King, you have already met your end!
A few days later, the master and disciple followed the guidance in Tang San's mind and arrived at an unknown ancient forest.
The amount of blue silver grass here was enormous, like a blue ocean. Each plant was tall and robust, and at a glance, you could tell that it was a primeval forest that was rarely visited by humans and had a long history.
As soon as Tang San stepped into this place, he was suddenly shocked. A familiar and almost instinctive sense of intimacy washed over him, as if the entire expanse of Blue Silver Grass was bowing down to him in the most devout manner.
The feeling, like returning to his mother's embrace, inexplicably made his heart ache.
Jiang Li, whose martial soul was also the Blue Silver King, also felt a similar tremor at almost the same time, with his bloodline resonating faintly within his body.
Just then, a trembling voice, seemingly emanating from the endless depths, resounded simultaneously in Tang San and Jiang Li's minds.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty! Is it really you? You have finally come here!"
"Huh? There is actually a king of our Blue Silver Grass clan here?"
"It is a great honor to be able to protect the Emperor!"
Tang San frowned instinctively when he heard the unfamiliar voice that seemed to have mistaken his master for a follower.
If my master had not given up his chance to become emperor, how could I have undergone such a tremendous change?
Now that this unfamiliar voice was saying this, was it not putting him in a position of being disloyal and unfilial?
That was practically a death sentence!
Tang San instinctively turned around, only to find Jiang Li gently shaking his head, indicating that he did not care at all.
"It is alright, little San. I did not sense any malice in that voice. Since it keeps calling you, perhaps there is an opportunity for you. Come in with me."
"Good!"
Tang San nodded obediently and followed Jiang Li into the sea of blue silver grass.
The moment the two stepped into the Blue Silver Forest, the Blue Silver Grass beneath their feet swayed and yielded, as if summoned by some unseen force, automatically parting and trembling as if bowing to them, as if welcoming the return of a new king.
Before long, the two of them arrived at the location of the Blue Silver King.
It was an extremely ancient vine, ten meters tall, with branches as gnarled and strong as tree rings.
Soon, an aged face slowly emerged from the center of the vines, with gentle eyes and kind gaze looking at Tang San.
"Your Majesty... My great Your Majesty, you have finally arrived! The children of the Blue Silver Grass clan have been waiting for you for nearly six years!"
His aged face trembled slightly, and every word he uttered was filled with barely suppressed excitement and urgency.
Six years was merely the length of a slumber for an ancient being like the Blue Silver King, but for the Blue Silver Clan who lost their mother, it felt like an eternity.
The previous generation of Blue Silver Emperor was the common source and mother of countless Blue Silver Grass in the entire Blue Silver Ancestral Land. Her fall made all Blue Silver Grass seem to have lost their home.
"Six years?" Tang San's heart skipped a beat. "You mean, the previous Blue Silver Emperor fell six years ago?"
Through the knowledge he received from his master, Tang San learned that his Blue Silver Grass martial soul was inherited from his mother.
But as this enormous Blue Silver Grass said, did the previous Blue Silver Emperor, who was also his mother, perish six years ago?
In an instant, Tang San felt extremely anxious, and countless questions arose in his mind.
Why did my mother die?
What was his father, Tang Hao, doing at that time?
"That is right, Your Majesty."
The blue light in the Blue Silver King's eyes trembled slightly, and then a crystal tear fell. "Six years ago, the previous Blue Silver Emperor completely disappeared. From that moment on, we became homeless children."
The surrounding blue silver grass trembled gently in the breeze, as if it were weeping along with it.
A moment later, the Blue Silver King raised his old face, marked by the rings of time, and smiled gently: "Your Majesty, you are of the bloodline of the previous Blue Silver Emperor. Compared to me, a mere Blue Silver King, the bloodline you carry is far more noble!"
"But what I did not expect was that you actually obtained the throne ahead of schedule through your own efforts!"
"Today the new emperor has returned, and we are no longer homeless children!"
Tang San paid no attention to Blue Silver King's excitement; he was now eager to know everything about his mother.
In this life, he had already experienced the fatherly love he longed for through Jiang Li, and he really wanted to feel his mother's gentle embrace!
"Blue Silver King, tell me about my mother."
Just as Blue Silver King was about to speak, Jiang Li raised his hand to stop him, "Third Brother, the truth about your mother is too cruel for you right now. Do you really want to know now?"
The interrupted Blue Silver King instantly flew into a rage, "How dare you! As a fellow Blue Silver King, how dare you show such disrespect to the Emperor!"
Tang San was lost in thoughts of his mother, but upon hearing the Blue Silver King's repeated disrespect towards his master, he immediately retorted, "You are the one who is really bold! This is my master, someone like a father to me. Who gave you the audacity to speak to my master like that?!"
Blue Silver King was completely dumbfounded by Tang San's sudden reprimand.
Good heavens, did that mean the Blue Silver King in front of them had become the supreme ruler of their Blue Silver Grass clan?
Damn it, why was it not me who met the Emperor back then!
This Blue Silver King said that although it was very loyal, it also really wanted to improve!
"I apologize, Your Majesty, it was my oversight."
Blue Silver King immediately realized his mistake and apologized.
Tang San raised his hand to indicate that he did not want to say anything more. He then turned around, looked intently at Jiang Li, and knelt down with a thud.
"Master, although I know you are not telling me now for my own good, I really want to know everything about my mother. Please grant my request!"
"No matter what the final outcome is, your disciple can bear it."
After saying this, Tang San kowtowed several times to Jiang Li.
Was he... really that filial?
Seeing this, Jiang Li gave the Blue Silver King a look, signaling him to tell everything about the Blue Silver Emperor.
The latter understood, and slowly recounted Ah Yin's story from back then, "Your Majesty, your mother, who was the previous emperor, chose to transform into a human after cultivating for 100,000 years. Afterwards, when she was traveling across the Douluo Continent, she traveled with your father and another person who should be your father's elder brother."
"You came into being a few years later, but the previous emperor chose to sacrifice herself to your father after you were born, and I do not know much about what happened after that."
"But through the unique continuity of our Blue Silver Grass clan, I can sense that the previous emperor did not truly perish."
[end of the chapter]