Blue Silver Forest.
Thousands upon thousands of Blue Silver Grasses swayed in the sunlight,
resembling a blue ocean.
The Blue Silver Grasses swayed continuously, like waves
on the sea, absorbing the energy of heaven and earth and growing vigorously.
At the same time,
the Blue Silver Grasses swayed in a special rhythm, refracting and
converging the sunlight,
transforming it into a mirage-like barrier,
protecting their territory.
From the outside,
if observed with the naked eye, the existence of the Blue Silver Forest would never be discovered,
greatly reducing the entry of outside soul beasts and humans.
In the center of this blue plain
stood the Blue Silver King, as thick as a banana tree.
Silver patterns intertwined on its blue leaves, tinged with a faint gold.
It was the anchor of this forest!
In the absence of the Blue Silver Emperor, it was the eldest and
most authoritative…grass of the Blue Silver Grass clan.
Suddenly!
The Blue Silver King, swaying in the breeze, began to shake violently.
The branches and leaves glowed with a blue light, growing continuously.
A humanoid face appeared on the main stem
, its features seemingly twisted together,
highly vigilant.
Before it,
the previously empty void began to distort.
Clearly, an intruder had invaded.
In an instant,
the Blue Silver King's tree-like body erupted with terrifying soul power. Its
branches and leaves grew rapidly.
This was the pure land of the Blue Silver Grass clan; it would absolutely not allow any person or beast to destroy it! With
a whoosh…
the other Blue Silver Grasses seemed to receive a signal, their swaying lessening.
The higher-level Blue Silver Grasses also slowly extended their branches and leaves
, like wings,
covering the weaker ones beneath them.
The Blue Silver King's branches and leaves swiftly reached towards the distorted space before it,
about to investigate.
Suddenly,
its movements stopped.
It sensed a noble yet extremely approachable feeling.
This feeling was very familiar.
It was so familiar with the creature that it couldn't mistake it or misjudge it.
A slightly hoarse voice, indistinguishable between male and female, echoed throughout the entire Blue Silver Forest.
"It's my Emperor! My Emperor has returned!"
The Blue Silver King's true form quickly returned to normal, trembling with excitement.
All the other Blue Silver Grass began to shake wildly, as if welcoming and paying homage to the returning Emperor.
Space shifted.
Two streaks of blue light shone from the void.
Under the gaze of the Blue Silver King,
Ye Qiu and Xiao Lan appeared in this blue ocean.
"Haha... Sister Lan Ying, Xiao Lan and Brother have returned to see you!"
A silvery laugh rang out on the tranquil plain.
Xiao Lan, still on Ye Qiu's back, quickly jumped down and joyfully rushed towards the Blue Silver King's true form.
"My Emperor!"
A phantom humanoid figure floated out from the Blue Silver King's true form, hovering there, its exact appearance unclear.
It embraced Xiao Lan in its arms.
Standing there for countless years
, it could feel the passage of time even more keenly in Xiao Lan's presence.
From a few years old when she left, she has grown into a young woman in her prime.
"Human, thank you for taking care of my emperor."
Holding Little Blue, the Blue Silver King's spiritual projection looked at Ye Qiu, still communicating with him in a voice that was neither male nor female.
"You're welcome. Helping Little Blue is also helping myself."
Ye Qiu waved his hand, looking at it curiously.
It had introduced it to him before, explaining that this was an application of spiritual power combined with the Blue Silver Domain, but he hadn't learned it yet, or rather, Ye Qiu hadn't reached that level.
Little Blue hugged Lan Ying and giggled,
"Sister Lan Ying, my brother is so good to Little Blue and has found many sisters for Little Blue. They are all very kind to Little Blue. If there's a chance in the future, Little Blue will ask my brother to bring them all over for you to meet."
"Oh? Is that so?"
The Blue Silver King looked at Ye Qiu strangely and teased, "Is it because of your martial soul?"
"Uh..."
Ye Qiu was stunned, suddenly unsure how to answer. It seemed that it was indeed very related.
But it wasn't entirely because of his martial soul.
The Blue Silver King and Little Blue's Blue Silver bloodline had also helped a lot.
Back at Shrek Academy, when he was hunting souls for Oscar, he met a girl in the Star Dou Great Forest. She fell in
love with him at first sight just by looking at his appearance.
Speaking of which… he wondered
if he'd see her again during the advancement matches,
Meng Yiran.
He wondered if she still harbored feelings for him.
Ye Qiu thought back to those moments…
but Little Blue couldn't help but giggle.
"Haha… Sister Lan Ying, do you know about brother's unorthodox martial soul?"
She also liked looking into Ye Qiu's eyes, but her brother wouldn't let her look for too long,
saying he was afraid he'd make a mistake.
"Of course, my Emperor, I've known for a long time."
Lan Ying nodded.
Hearing its words, Ye Qiu looked at the Blue Silver King with a strange expression.
It should have seen his Sharingan before, but why had it had no effect at all?
It noticed Ye Qiu's gaze and the strangeness within it.
Lan Ying smiled and explained, "Back then, you were just a greenhorn. Even if your mental strength far surpassed that of an ordinary person, you were still pitifully weak compared to me."
"I see!"
Ye Qiu nodded slightly, suddenly understanding.
According to Lan Ying, it was indeed true; his martial soul's unorthodox passive ability had indeed been growing stronger along with his mental strength.
But what Ye Qiu didn't notice was that
a slight blush seemed to flash across Lan Ying's blurry face as she spoke, only to disappear quickly.
Ye Qiu
had indeed stirred something within Lan Ying back then.
A blade of grass that had stayed at home for so many years, having someone in her heart, naturally couldn't forget them.
Lan Ying glanced at Ye Qiu. A subtle
, almost imperceptible fluctuation flashed across her blurry face.
She didn't know why,
but after seeing that kid's somewhat different martial soul just now,
she actually felt a sense of familiarity.
Not the familiarity of recent years, but from a much longer period of time.
It was that feeling of unwavering devotion, but she couldn't remember exactly when it happened.
She didn't know why she had this feeling.
"Sister Lan Ying, let me tell you some stories about the outside world."
Hearing Xiao Lan's voice,
Lan Ying put aside her previous nonsensical thoughts and looked down at Xiao Lan,
nodding slightly.
"Mm."
Ye Qiu sat down cross-legged, watching Xiao Lan and the Blue Silver King communicate, and couldn't help but take this opportunity to cultivate.
Here,
Ye Qiu's Blue Silver Domain could be maximized.
His mind seemed to connect with the Blue Silver Grasses.
He could clearly hear the heartbeats of the Blue Silver Grasses, their joyful welcome.
Ye Qiu tried to spread his spiritual power outwards,
linking with the Blue Silver Grasses,
forming a spiritual network.