This was the first time Ye Qiu had clearly seen the Blue Silver King's appearance, and a look of amazement flashed in his eyes.
Lan Ying looked at Ye Qiu before her.
The two exchanged a glance.
Lan Ying then turned her head away, her face flushed, not daring to meet Ye Qiu's gaze; the blush even seemed to be spreading towards her neck.
So sensitive?!
Ye Qiu raised an eyebrow.
He was currently in a different spiritual state, his martial spirit in his eyes always activated, seemingly bound to his soul.
Therefore, he wasn't surprised that Lan Ying blushed.
But was it really necessary for the exposed parts of her clothes to glow red?
"W-what are you doing here? Get out!"
Lan Ying's voice, like the echo of a mountain spring, brushed against Ye Qiu's heart, carrying a hint of shyness.
"Uh… I just came in to see if I could cultivate with you and then share some energy with you."
Ye Qiu scratched his head and explained.
"I can eat as much as you want, I have nothing to share with you, get out of here!"
Lan Ying turned her head away, feeling embarrassed and annoyed. Cultivating together... wasn't that just holding hands and taking advantage of her?!
Afraid of being seduced by Ye Qiu's eyes, Lan Ying even turned her back to him.
"Don't look at me! Get out!"
Although she was urgently shooing him away, Lan Ying's voice still held a gentle tone.
"Sorry."
Ye Qiu apologized with an awkward smile, not lingering, and left to return to his true form.
He had reached his limit. He
had only thought of going to Lan Ying's true form one last time to see if he could have a large meal.
Clearly...
Ye Qiu's plan had failed.
He felt a little strange. Lan Ying had clearly lived through so many years, why did she still act like an innocent young girl?
No wonder she concealed her appearance and voice, could it be social anxiety?
Ye Qiu immediately dismissed this possibility.
After all, it had once tried to kill him at the slightest provocation, even breaking his legs.
Or was it afraid he would transform into a big bad wolf and eat it too?
But it's still just a blade of grass!
After Ye Qiu left, Lan Ying kept rubbing her flushed face, gently patting it, and like a child, clutching her hair, trying to dispel the image of Ye Qiu lingering in her heart.
Having lived her entire life on thin ice, carefully leading the Blue Silver Grasses to live in seclusion, never venturing outside, she didn't want to fall into Ye Qiu's hands. The fate of the former Blue Silver King was a warning to her…
Filled with doubt, Ye Qiu returned to his own body.
He began absorbing the fruits of his labor.
He worked for half an hour, converting most of the energy of heaven and earth into spiritual power for his absorption.
Little Lan lay on the Blue Silver King's body, happily watching Ye Qiu.
The scattered fluorescent light slowly gathered towards Ye Qiu.
The Blue Silver King's body trembled, still spitting out a fist-sized ball of light that flew rapidly towards Ye Qiu.
In just an instant, it replenished most of the spiritual power Ye Qiu had just consumed.
Ye Qiu was overjoyed and wanted to try to enter the previous state again, but he couldn't do it no matter what. He had no choice
but to hold his breath and concentrate, beginning to cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Technique.
As he absorbed the fluorescent light into his body, Ye Qiu could feel his cultivation and spiritual power steadily increasing.
*Poof!*
A soft sound rang out from within Ye Qiu's body; his cultivation had reached level forty-eight, and his spiritual power had also greatly improved.
According to his estimation, he could now control soul beasts over forty thousand years old for sacrifices!
The exact year was still unknown.
"Haha… Sister Lan Ying, Little Lan has broken through again, grown a little taller, and the part that brother likes has also grown a little…"
Little Lan happily shared her joy with Lan Ying, who had reappeared beside her.
She touched her chest with her little hand, quite satisfied… her face flushed with happiness.
"Sister Rongrong is going to be so envious of Little Lan! Hehe…"
Lan Ying no longer hid her feelings, gently rubbing Little Lan's head.
While Little Lan laughed and chatted, Ye Qiu couldn't laugh.
He had thought the remaining energy would still help him break through, at least to level 49, if not Soul King.
But the energy he absorbed was all absorbed by the Seed of Life in his heart.
Even the spiritual and soul power that Ye Qiu had deliberately controlled the Blue Silver Grass to transform was all converted into life force by the Seed of Life on its own, serving as nourishment. The two leaves on the little bean sprout became flat and mature.
Ye Qiu tried to steal it, but to no avail, and could only shake his head and laugh helplessly.
Watching it convert the energy so easily
, Ye Qiu guessed that his state of "all rivers flow into the sea" was probably thanks to the Seed of Life.
If that were truly the case, it wouldn't be a big deal for it to absorb this energy; Ye Qiu would be the one to benefit.
Lan Ying looked at Ye Qiu…
At this moment, for some reason, she felt a sense of reverence.
This didn't seem like the suppression of bloodline, but rather a suppression from another level it couldn't comprehend… If anything, it was a sense of oppression from a higher level of life.
Had she already been poisoned by him?
A blush appeared on Lan Ying's face. She bid farewell to Xiao Lan once more, returned to her own consciousness space, and rubbed her head, trying to clear her head.
Ye Qiu had already absorbed all that energy,
but still hadn't opened his eyes.
Since his spiritual power (eye power) had increased significantly, Ye Qiu wanted to try it out. During this time, after extensive training with Susanoo, he could only maintain the third stage of Susanoo for less than half a minute. How long could he maintain it now?
Whoosh!
Ye Qiu's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan opened rapidly.
Blood light burst forth.
Crimson soul power solidified around Ye Qiu's body, taking on a physical form.
Soon, he entered the first stage of Susanoo, its most basic form.
Ye Qiu's body was covered by a thin layer of ribs, with only a single blood-red arm extending from his back.
Following Ye Qiu's will, it gestured continuously in the air.
"Brother, brother, Xiao Lan wants to go up!"
Xiao Lan looked at the large blood-red hand, jumping and hopping... trying to jump onto it.
Ye Qiu rolled his eyes, the tomoe in his eyes moving upwards.
He affectionately lifted Xiao Lan onto his Susanoo.
"Haha... brother is so amazing!"
Ye Qiu chuckled, lifting Xiao Lan high, continuing to activate his eye power and soul power.
The second stage of Susanoo was a massive skeleton, with a head and complete ribcage, and the two arms were fully functional.
Although it was only a skeletal form, the defensive power of this Susanoo was already astonishing. Ye Qiu's experiments showed that even a Soul Emperor couldn't completely destroy it in one go.
He watched Xiao Lan jumping continuously on the two arms.
Ye Qiu took a deep breath and continued to activate the Eternal Kaleidoscope.
*Poof!
* Muscles and tendons began to grow and spread across his skeleton…