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The light from the tinderbox flickered gently in the stone chamber, illuminating the blue-purple leaves of the Blue Silver Emperor plant. The fine golden veins between the leaves swayed with the airflow, resembling shattered starlight.
Jiang Zhen held the flowerpot firmly, his fingertips damp with soil.
He gently placed the flowerpot aside before straightening up and scanning the surrounding stone walls with his eyes.
According to his memory of the plot, since Tang Hao hid the Blue Silver Emperor's true form here, the lead box containing the soul bone should also be here.
Let's look for it first.
Jiang Zhen put down the tinderbox, condensed a wisp of pale blue soul power at his fingertips, and gently placed it on the stone wall.
His soul power spread out like ripples on water, slowly flowing along the patterns on the stone wall—he was probing whether the stone wall had any hollowed-out or mechanical features.
When the soul power swept across the left stone wall, it suddenly felt a slight obstruction—not the hardness of the stone wall itself, but a kind of "artificial blockage" feeling of stagnation.
Jiang Zhen's heart stirred, and he bent down close to the stone wall, gently tapping it with his palm.
"Thump, thump"
The sound was muffled compared to other places, and it was clearly hollow.
He didn't rush to use brute force, but instead felt his way along the cracks in the stone wall.
Soon, my fingertip touched an inconspicuous bump—hidden in a crevice, shaped like an ordinary pebble, which I could not notice without careful touch.
Jiang Zhen held his breath, wrapped the protrusion with his soul power, and gently rotated it to the right.
A soft "click" sounded, very faint, yet remarkably clear in the quiet stone chamber.
The stone wall on the left side slowly receded inward, revealing a hole about half a foot wide. The hole was dark and heavy, with a faint sense of oppression emanating from it.
Jiang Zhen picked up the tinderbox again and approached the cave entrance. In the firelight, a long, black box lay quietly on the stone platform inside the cave entrance—the box was about 1.5 meters long and 1 foot wide, its surface covered with a thin layer of ash, but its special material was still evident, not ordinary wood or stone.
He reached out and took the box out, and the moment he touched it, his arm suddenly felt a heavy weight—the box was ridiculously heavy, probably weighing over 200 pounds.
A light tap on the box produced a dull "thud" sound, without any crisp echo.
Jiang Zhen's eyes narrowed—it was lead! Only lead could have this density and sound. In the original novel, the box Tang Hao used to store the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone was made of lead!
His heart skipped a beat, but he quickly suppressed his emotions.
Now is not the time to be excited. Tang Hao could return from Nuoding Academy at any moment, and he must finish his business and leave as soon as possible.
The lead box had no lock. Jiang Zhen placed it on a flat stone surface, held the lid with both hands, and slowly pulled it open to both sides.
There was no rust where the lid met the box body, and it made only a very faint "rustling" sound when pulled open.
As soon as a crack was opened, a warm yet powerful aura of soul energy surged out—not aggressive, but carrying a rich sense of life, like a grassland after a spring rain, instantly enveloping the entire stone chamber.
Jiang Zhen's soul power trembled involuntarily, and even the "Mysterious Water Enlightenment Technique" within his body slightly accelerated its operation, as if responding to this aura.
Without further hesitation, he yanked the lid off the box completely.
The moment the firelight illuminated the inside of the box, Jiang Zhen's breath hitched for a beat.
Lying flat in the lead box was a complete piece of soul bone.
Its entire body is a crystal-clear blue-gold color, as if it were cast from molten sapphire mixed with gold powder. The bone is covered with fine patterns, and starlight seems to be slowly flowing in the patterns.
Most remarkably, this soul bone was faintly glowing, not from the light reflected by the tinderbox, but from its own warm luster, making even the surrounding air seem more vibrant.
Even from half a foot away, Jiang Zhen could clearly feel that familiar yet powerful aura—it was the aura of the Blue Silver Emperor, richer and purer than the Blue Silver Emperor's true form on the stone platform.
He was certain that this was the right leg bone of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor left behind by Lan Xi .
"It's here after all." Jiang Zhen murmured to himself, his fingertips gently approaching the soul bone.
The moment the fingertips touched the surface of the soul bone, a warm current surged into the body, flowing rapidly along the meridians, and wherever it passed, the soul power became more active.
But he quickly withdrew his hand and did not immediately try to absorb it.
He knew very well that absorbing a soul bone took time, especially a soul bone of this level that was 100,000 years old. When it was absorbed, it would emit strong soul power fluctuations. Once Tang Hao noticed it, with Tang Hao 's strength, he would have no chance to resist.
Moreover, his soul power has only reached level 20, and he has not yet absorbed his second soul ring.
There are no restrictions on absorbing soul bones. As long as you can withstand it, even a level one soul master can absorb a 100,000-year-old soul bone!
He planned to absorb the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone after arriving in Vast Sea City, which would greatly improve his physique.
Jiang Zhen took a deep breath and refocused his attention on the lead box.
He stored the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone in his storage ring.
After dealing with the soul bone, he did not leave immediately, but began to clean up the traces in the stone chamber.
He placed the empty lead box back on the stone platform inside the cave entrance, rotated the protrusion again to restore the stone wall to its original state, and even filled the areas where he had dug soil with gravel and new soil, trying to restore it to its original appearance as much as possible.
Finally, he picked up the flowerpot containing the Blue Silver Emperor and used his soul power to clean the soil off the outside of the flowerpot, making sure no clues were left behind.
Jiang Zhen glanced at the stone chamber one last time—there were no traces of what had been missed. The Blue Silver Emperor's main body had been taken away, and the soul bone had also been obtained. All that remained was an empty stone chamber that appeared to be intact.
He turned around, bent down, and crawled back into the stone cave entrance that was blocked by the waterfall.
The sun outside was even brighter than before, the roar of the waterfall remained the same, and the spray was refreshing.
Jiang Zhen hugged the flowerpot to his chest, wrapped it in a cloth, then conjured an even thicker curtain of water in front of him, quickly passed through the water, and returned to the edge of the pool.
Instead of returning the way he came, he went down the mountain around to the other side—a dense forest where almost no one passed by.
He maintained a very fast pace throughout the journey.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing road signs for other cities and quickened his pace towards Vast Sea City.
" Vast Sea City..." Jiang Zhen looked up into the distance, a resolute glint in his eyes.
There were not only water-attribute spirit beasts there, but also the safe environment he needed.
The wind on the road gradually picked up, lifting the corner of his clothes. The water ripples on his cuffs shimmered in the sunlight, still understated, yet revealing a hint of undisguised sharpness.
...
In front of a blacksmith's shop, two petite figures sat side by side, dressed in the same clothes, sitting quietly.
"Xiao Wu, would you like to be my little sister? I really want to have family!"
Looking into Tang San's sparkling eyes, Xiao Wu slowly said,
"What if one day, many people want to kill me, and you can't defeat them?"
...
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