Just as she was about to defect, Bibi Dong obtained a simulator.

Chapter 40 Blue Silver Grass

Xia Yu felt that her heart had grown old.

Looking at the endless rain clouds and the soaked beach, he started to let his mind wander again.

Before doing anything, don't have overly high expectations for it, otherwise you'll often feel disappointed or regretful when you see it for yourself.

Xia Yu thought so. He walked under the large wings of the Sword Feather Eagle, and raindrops dripped onto the feathers, making a crackling sound.

He held a flowerpot containing a blue silver kingfisher in his arms, and the man and the bird left footprints, some deep and some shallow, on the beach.

"Thanks to you, Little Black."

"Chirp."

When Jianyu Eagle heard Xia Yu speak, he habitually replied.

Xia Yu looked around and finally saw a small wooden house on the beach at the edge of his field of vision.

He quickened his pace and finally stopped in front of the windowless wooden house.

"Come on, let's shrink first."

The Myriad Transformations Mask emitted light, causing the Sword Feather Eagle to shrink again. Xia Yu held it above his head with one hand, and it instinctively spread its wings, acting as an umbrella.

Xia Yu raised one hand high and held a flowerpot in the other, then gently kicked the door of the wooden house, which was locked from the inside, and asked.

"Is anyone there? Can I come in and take shelter from the rain?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of clattering sounds were heard from inside the room. Then, a small opening was pulled open in the middle of the sturdy wooden door, and a pair of eyes looked at Xia Yu's waist with a hint of wariness.

"who are you?"

Xia Yu wanted to laugh, so she squatted down so that the other person could see her face clearly.

"I am a traveler from afar, and I happened to be passing by when I encountered such heavy rain. I wonder if I could go in and take shelter from the rain?"

Seeing that the other party hesitated, Xia Yu took out a large handful of copper soul coins that he had recovered last time from his pocket.

"Of course, I won't stay any longer. Once the rain stops, this money is yours."

Click.

The door opened, and Xia Yu looked down to see a short girl. When she saw Xia Yu's appearance, she awkwardly tugged at her coarse cloth clothes and finally led him inside.

The cabin wasn't very big; with just a bed and a small cabinet, there was less than half the space left for people to move around.

An oil lamp was lit on the small cabinet, adding some light to the cramped space.

"You're soaked from the rain, don't sit on the bed."

Xia Yu nodded upon hearing this, sat down cross-legged against the wall, handed her the copper soul coin in his hand, and said, "Little girl, do you live here alone?"

Expecting an answer, Xia Yu saw the girl first take the copper soul coin, then look him up and down.

"How old are you?"

Xia Yu answered honestly, "Eighteen."

"I'm twenty years old, and you're calling me a little girl?"

She put the copper soul coins into her pocket one by one, and then said to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu was somewhat shocked and looked her up and down. She didn't look like a twenty-year-old at all; instead, she looked more like a twelve-year-old girl.

"You do not believe?"

Xia Yu nodded, sensing that she was lying.

Then she opened the door of the small cabinet, inside which was a wooden statue of an angel.

“I’m not lying to you. Followers of the Angel God would never stoop to lying.”

Holy crap!

Xia Yu was stunned. Even in such a remote place, there were believers of the Angel God.

"I can see you're from the Spirit Hall too, so why do you seem to know absolutely nothing about this?"

She pointed to the identity token with the Spirit Hall logo on Xia Yu's waist and asked with some confusion.

"Because I am not a believer in the angel god."

Xia Yu initially wanted to tell a lie, but seeing that the girl seemed to have thought of something and her expression was getting increasingly unpleasant, he told the truth.

"Oh."

There was a moment of silence in the room. Xia Yu sensed that the other person was starting to regret letting him in, so he took the initiative to ask.

What's your name?

"What about you?"

The girl hugged her slender legs with both arms, looked up and asked in return.

Xia Yu was speechless. Who taught you to answer questions with questions? He put on a fake smile, pointed to himself, and then to the Sword Feather Eagle cowering beside him.

"My name is Xia Yu, and its name is Xiao Hei."

"Oh."

She nodded and then fell silent.

Xia Yu's smile froze; he felt that this girl probably didn't have any friends outside.

So he fell silent, and the two sat quietly inside, listening to the patter of rain outside, and time slowly passed by.

Just as Xia Yu was about to fall asleep, she heard a voice coming from the other side.

Do you really want to chat with someone?

Xia Yu was about to say no when she looked up and saw that the girl's expression couldn't hide anything; the words "I want to chat" were written all over her face.

He pursed his lips and said, "I really want to."

Would you like to talk about other places you've been to?

"think"

"Would you like to talk about your life at the Spirit Hall?"

"I want both."

Xia Yu had met such awkward people before, who would think something but refuse to say it directly.

In the end, they often don't get what they want.

Where do you think I should begin?

Xia Yu stopped her from saying anything more and asked directly.

"I think"

The little girl's face turned bright red as soon as she spoke. She picked up the blankets from the bed to cover her small face, leaving only her big, watery eyes showing as she stared at Xia Yu with a mixture of embarrassment and annoyance.

Xia Yu couldn't stop smiling, which made her furious.

"I think you want to talk about your time in the Spirit Hall!"

Hearing his laughter, the little girl couldn't hold back any longer. She poked her head out and shouted something, then shrank back into the blankets, her eyes full of anticipation as she waited for Xia Yu to speak.

"That's just how it is, eat, sleep, eat."

"Isn't there anything else? You're just like the pigs in town."

The little girl looked at Xia Yu with disdain, and all her expectations vanished.

Xia Yu waved his hand dismissively and said, "But this is my life at the Spirit Hall. It's easy and carefree. Wouldn't you prefer this kind of life to cultivation and work?"

Xia Yu only saw the little girl shaking her head vigorously; she clearly disagreed with Xia Yu's words.

"That's so unambitious! If it were me, I would..."

"What about you?"

Seeing that she stopped halfway through her sentence again, Xia Yu sighed, feeling so tired.

"There's nothing I can do."

Xia Yu wanted to ask more, but then he saw a small blue plant growing on the little girl's right hand.

"I only have the Blue Silver Grass, a useless martial soul; I can't do anything even if I want to."

"Who said that? What level is your innate soul power?"

"Level 3."

"Isn't this still innate soul power?"

"But what can a useless martial soul do?"

The little girl looked sad, hugged her blanket and lay down on the bed, ignoring Xia Yu's words.

Xia Yu also fell silent. He could say nice things as he pleased, but when it came to figuring out how to help a level-three Blue Silver Grass successfully become a Soul Master, he had a headache.

Just as he was thinking about how to comfort the little girl, the Blue Silver Emperor beside him emitted a faint light.

It shed a leaf and then began to wilt.

The leaf gently fell into Xia Yu's hand, and feeling the abundant vitality within it, Xia Yu's eyes lit up.

"If I had a way to help you achieve your goals, would you be willing to give it a try?"

　A later chapter

　　
　
(End of this chapter)