Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 42 The Strange Changes of the Blue Silver Emperor

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, the two got up and headed towards the entrance of the Soul Hunter Forest.

This trip to the Soul Hunter Forest can be described as perfect, exceeding both of their expectations.

After Zhu Zhuqing became a Soul Master, her strength increased, and the two of them arrived at the exit of the Soul Hunting Forest in just half a day.

"My lord, you're back."

The same Spirit Hall soldiers guarding the gate knelt down and bowed respectfully upon seeing Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhuqing return successfully, after all, this lord was holding the Pope's decree!

"You've all worked hard. Here are 500 gold soul coins. Take them and buy some wine."

It is only polite to reciprocate. Seeing the respect shown to him by the Spirit Hall soldiers, Ye Liangchen simply tossed 500 gold soul coins to a few of them, since he was a rich man anyway.

"M-Sir, this...this is unacceptable."

Several soldiers were nearly knocked unconscious by the 500 gold soul coins. They were just ordinary soldiers at the lowest level of the Spirit Hall and dared not accept such a generous gift.

"Take it! We're leaving."

Ye Liangchen, holding Zhu Zhuqing's hand, waved to the others and quickly left the entrance to the Soul Hunter Forest, disappearing in a few moments.

"We've served in the Spirit Hall for over ten years, and we've never seen such a good person before."

"Hey guys, let's divide up the money the boss gave us. This boss is really generous; we don't even get this much in several years' worth of salary."

"That's right. We're just ordinary soldiers, not Soul Masters. We don't earn much each month. Only by becoming a Soul Master can we enjoy endless wealth and glory."

At this moment, the Spirit Hall soldiers felt as if a pie had fallen from the sky and hit them.

After leaving the entrance to the Soul Hunter Forest, Zhu Zhuqing quietly said to Ye Liangchen, "Brother Chen, you're too generous! You gave away 500 gold soul coins all at once."

"Little kitty! They already knelt and bowed to us before, and even called me 'Master,' so giving them some money is no big deal. Besides, the two thousand-year-old soul beasts we killed earlier would be worth at least a thousand gold soul coins if we sold them at the soul beast shop."

Ye Liangchen has no shortage of money. Besides, he has a bunch of soul bones. He can easily get millions of gold soul coins by just taking one out for auction.

"Brother Chen, I have a feeling you're a rich second-generation." Zhu Zhuqing tilted her head and stared at Ye Liangchen.

"Little kitty! You're right, the money my parents left me is more than I can ever spend in my lifetime. As for the Soul Master subsidy I'm supposed to get from the Spirit Hall, I don't care about it at all, and Aunt Lan and the others won't let me register at the Spirit Hall either."

"For this trip, Aunt Lan gave me tens of thousands of gold soul coins, which I can spend as I please, so I'm not short of money."

With the Silver Dragon King, the richest woman in Douluo Continent, taking care of him, Ye Liangchen is never short of money. He can easily get some soul bones from her and auction them off for tens of millions of gold soul coins.

"Brother Chen, it feels like you have all the good things in the world: you're powerful, handsome, and have endless money."

Zhu Zhuqing stared at Ye Liangchen with her beautiful eyes, thinking to herself that this was the truly perfect man.

"Hey! Let's stop talking about that! Let's go to the Soul Beast Shop and sell those two thousand-year-old Soul Beasts, and see how much they're worth."

"Okay, Brother Chen."

The two quickly arrived at a small town on the outskirts of the Soul Hunter Forest, and after many twists and turns, they found a relatively large Soul Beast Shop.

"What would you two like?"

The shop owner was also a middle-aged man at the Soul Master level. He was very polite to Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhuqing, who were also Soul Masters.

"Boss, we have the corpse of a thousand-year-old soul beast. Do you want to buy it?"

Ye Liangchen stopped beating around the bush and directly explained his purpose to the other party.

"A thousand-year-old soul beast? Young brother, is that true?" Upon hearing this, the boss was overjoyed; this was a huge business opportunity.

"Boss, I have no reason to lie to you. If you don't want to buy, I can go to another store," Ye Liangchen said seriously.

"Gentlemen, let's talk this way." The shop owner immediately invited Ye Liangchen and the kitten to a large hall and poured them some good tea.

"Young man, what age of spirit beast did you bring?" the shopkeeper asked curiously, his eyes sparkling with anticipation.

"A 2500-year-old wild boar, and a 2000-year-old ghost leopard."

"Boss, you're also a Soul Master at the Soul Venerable level, so you should be able to tell the age of these two Soul Beasts."

Ye Liangchen took out two huge soul beast corpses directly from the soul tool, which immediately occupied half of the living room area.

The boss tore open the tent and saw two giant beasts, each over three meters long, and immediately gasped in shock.

"Hiss! A 2500-year-old wild boar, a 2000-year-old ghost leopard, little brother, you guys are really amazing."

"However, the wild boar has already been gutted, and the ghost leopard is missing a front leg, so the price needs to be discounted."

After carefully examining the two spirit beasts, the shopkeeper, true to his shrewd nature, began to haggle with Ye Liangchen.

"When we encountered these two spirit beasts, they were fighting. The wild boar had its belly torn open by the ghost leopard, and the ghost leopard also had one of its legs bitten off by the wild boar. We were the ones who benefited. In order to make it easier to take them away, I had no choice but to clean out the wild boar's internal organs."

"Boss, you're the expert, give me a price estimate!"

After explaining the situation to the boss, Ye Liangchen told him to name his price directly.

"Young man, how about I give you 2000 gold soul coins? These two soul beasts are somewhat damaged, otherwise I could give you 3000 gold soul coins directly."

"Okay, it's a deal."

Ye Liangchen originally thought that the two soul beasts were worth at least a thousand gold soul coins, but he didn't expect the boss to offer two thousand gold soul coins directly.

"Young man, you seem like a straightforward person. Here are two thousand gold soul coins, please keep them safe."

The shopkeeper took out two large bags of gold soul coins and handed them to Ye Liangchen with a smile.

"Thank you, boss. We'll be going now."

Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhuqing bid farewell to the shop owner, then walked out of the Soul Beast Shop and quickly left.

"Haha...! I've struck it rich! Two soul beasts over 2000 years old, after my processing, I can definitely make more than half the profit."

After seeing Ye Liangchen and the other person leave, the boss jumped up excitedly and kept circling around the two soul beast corpses.

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After leaving the soul beast shop, Zhu Zhuqing quietly said to Ye Liangchen, "Brother Chen, I never imagined that two thousand-year-old soul beasts could sell for so much money!"

"Zhu Qing, every part of a soul beast is a treasure. The older the beast, the higher its value. Take the two thousand-year-old wild boars and ghost leopards we sold before, for example. After the boss processed them, the price would at least double." Ye Liangchen knew that the previous boss had deliberately lowered the price, but he didn't care because he wasn't short of money.

"Ah! Brother Chen, I feel like we sold it at a loss."

"It doesn't matter, we've already collected 2000 gold soul coins. Zhu Qing, here's 2000 gold soul coins for you. You can use them to buy some daily necessities."

"Brother Chen, I don't want to."

"Zhu Qing, this is a soul beast that we hunted together. Why don't we each take half? Don't refuse anymore."

"Okay, Brother Chen."

After splitting the gold soul coins, the two found a hotel, had a nice meal, bought some supplies, and then headed towards Notting City.

As evening fell, the two found a place to rest in the wild. Ye Liangchen took the Blue Silver Emperor out of the game pet space, afraid that she would suffocate.

"Swish..."

As soon as the Blue Silver Emperor appeared, it immediately waved its vines joyfully. Its leaves, covered with golden patterns, swayed gently in the wind, and it even used its tender vines to gently wrap around Ye Liangchen's fingers.

Ye Liangchen discovered that after putting the Blue Silver Emperor into the game's pet space, it not only didn't suffocate, but actually grew even better. In just a few days, the vines had grown much thicker.

Ye Liangchen planned to use a Foundation Building Pill to let the Blue Silver Emperor absorb it and see if its soul consciousness could be awakened.

So he took out a golden pill, dissolved it in a cup of water, and gently poured it onto the base of the Blue Silver Emperor.

In an instant, the Blue Silver Emperor immediately sensed the powerful energy within the pill and began to absorb it frantically.

"Buzzing..."

One minute later, the Blue Silver Emperor burst forth with streaks of blue-gold light, growing a meter taller at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This change startled Zhu Zhuqing, who was cultivating. She immediately ran over and asked in surprise, "Brother Chen, how did this Blue Silver Grass grow so much?"

"I gave it a few pills to absorb, and then it turned into this. It probably grew taller because its cultivation level improved a lot. Don't be surprised."

Ye Liangchen never expected that a single Foundation Building Pill could cause such a significant change in the Blue Silver Emperor; it was truly unexpected.

"That's amazing. Brother Chen, do you think this Blue Silver Grass could grow to be 100,000 years old?" Zhu Zhuqing asked curiously.

"Theoretically possible, but it's too difficult for them to grow to the age of 100,000."

Ye Liangchen knew that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well contained enormous energy, which could accelerate the growth of the Blue Silver Emperor, but he would plan for this later.

"Brother Chen, I'm going to cultivate."

After touching the leaves of the Blue Silver Emperor a few times, Zhu Zhuqing began cultivating again beside it.

"Owner…"

Just then, a woman's voice rang in Ye Liangchen's mind, making his head buzz. He immediately looked around.

"Master, I am Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Grass in your hand," the Blue Silver Emperor called out in Ye Liangchen's mind again.

Holy crap! What's going on? Why is this Blue Silver Emperor calling itself "master"?

"How...how did your voice get into my head? And aren't you a Blue Silver Grass? Why are you calling me master?"

Ye Liangchen pretended to be very surprised and communicated with A Yin in his mind, thinking that it was probably because he put the Blue Silver Emperor into the game pet space that it caused some changes.

"Master, I think I was locked up in a dark and sunless place before. You rescued me and took me to a magical place, where I became your pet."

"I remember sacrificing myself to…"

Blue Silver Emperor rambled on and on about some things from its previous life to Ye Liangchen. It was also confused, as its soul consciousness had just awakened and then it had inexplicably become someone's pet.

"Oh, I see. Then I'll call you Sister Yin from now on! Don't worry about being a pet. I won't really treat you like one."

"From now on, you can grow up in peace and don't have to worry about anything anymore."

Ye Liangchen found it hilarious that his amazing actions had actually turned the Blue Silver Emperor into his pet.

"Thank you for saving me. From now on, I'll follow you. I'll call you Xiao Chen."

Ah Yin stretched out a tender branch and gently wrapped it around Ye Liangchen's hand.

"No problem. Sister Ayin, this is a secret between the two of us, so don't tell anyone else, okay? Otherwise, it would be troublesome if others found out that you are a 100,000-year-old soul beast who has been reborn."

"I understand. Besides, my cultivation level is very low right now, so no one will care. If you hadn't used that magical water to help me absorb it, my soul and consciousness wouldn't have awakened yet! Thank you, Xiao Chen."

"Sister A-Yin, you're welcome."

Ah Yin and Ye Liangchen talked for a long time, mostly about her past life.

"Sister Ayin, do you think Tang Hao deliberately took you to Wuhun City back then? His purpose was to expose your identity as a soul beast, so that when Qian Xunji was chasing you, you would have nowhere to go and would have no choice but to sacrifice yourself to Tang Hao in order to save the child?"

Suddenly, Ye Liangchen deliberately released this news, which immediately made Ah Yin's head buzz.

"No...no, that's impossible."

Ah Yin didn't believe Tang Hao would kill her. Although she didn't understand why Tang Hao would take her to Wuhun City, she was too love-struck to believe that Tang Hao would plot against her 100,000-year spirit ring.

"Sister A Yin, you are a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form. No soul master can remain unmoved."

"Of course, I was just saying this casually, don't take it to heart. Anyway, you've already become a Blue Silver Grass, and that's an unchangeable fact."

Ye Liangchen pretended to be unintentional, but he also deliberately planted a seed of doubt in Blue Silver Emperor A Yin, letting her slowly make her own judgment.

Later, we'll extract Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, just enough to prevent him from awakening the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul. As for what to do with Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin, we'll see how things go.

"Xiao Chen, my mind is a mess, I need to rest for a bit."

Ah Yin thought carefully about Ye Liangchen's words, and recalled the bits and pieces of her past life with Tang Hao. Sometimes when Tang Hao saw her, there was a longing look in his eyes, especially when he took her to Wuhun City. The more she thought about it, the more something seemed wrong.

Ye Liangchen put A Yin into his game pet space, a smirk playing on his lips, finding things getting more and more interesting.

(End of this chapter)