Chapter 91: Sacrifice, Blue Silver King!
Another hour passed before Yue Guan awoke from fusing the Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone.
He felt his body become much lighter, and inside him there was an additional stream of mysterious, powerful energy, like a gentle, endless current flowing continuously.
That power made him feel both comfortable and at ease.
"Old Ghost, it's just as you said. My spiritual power has increased tremendously. This Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone contains an immense life force and has granted me a powerful self-healing ability."
"That's great!"
Gui Mei smiled and nodded, genuinely happy for his old partner.
"It's getting late today. Let's find a place to rest first. At first light tomorrow, we'll head for the Blue Silver Forest."
Within the Blue Silver Forest grew a Blue Silver King with a cultivation of eighty-five thousand years, as well as countless Blue Silver Grass.
They were all loyal to the Blue Silver Emperor—its people, its subjects.
Now, however, there was no longer a Blue Silver Emperor in this world.
Its remaining power had split into three parts: one part had become Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul, one part resided in the Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone, and another part was within Gui Mei's body.
Tang San's Blue Silver Grass had not undergone its second awakening yet. It only contained the hidden power of the Blue Silver Emperor.
Even if Tang San knew about the Blue Silver Forest now, it would be impossible for him to go there.
Gui Mei knew that the aura contained in the Blue Silver Emperor soul bone would definitely be sensed by the Blue Silver King.
He wanted to help Yue Guan grow stronger. If they could gather the strength of the Blue Silver King and all the Blue Silver Grass subjects, it might just be possible.
The Blue Silver Forest was located at the northern edge of the Star Dou Forest, between the mountain ranges that formed its branch region.
Although they didn't know the exact location yet, Gui Mei believed that with his formidable spiritual perception, he would be able to find that forest.
At dawn the next day, Gui Mei and Yue Guan set out toward the Star Dou Forest.
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Inside a room in the Pope's Palace.
Having seen Flender and Liu Erlong die miserably with his own eyes, and then becoming a cripple himself, Yu Xiaogang could not withstand the double blow. He had fainted on the spot.
He lay in bed for two days and two nights before finally waking up from his coma.
At this moment, a face both unfamiliar and familiar entered his vision.
It was Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong stared at Yu Xiaogang's slightly aged and utterly exhausted face, her eyes brimming with heartache.
"Xiao Gang, you're finally awake."
"Bibi Dong… Flender and Liu Erlong have both died tragically by Yue Guan's hand. Why did you save me? Why didn't you let me die with them…"
"Xiao Gang, pull yourself together. I will definitely seek justice for you. I will make them pay with their blood. You have to believe me."
Yu Xiaogang shook his head helplessly, his face full of pain.
Bibi Dong had already arranged for him to be treated. His body was no longer in physical agony, but the wound in his heart would never truly heal.
"Bibi Dong, I'm already a cripple. I no longer have the face to keep living in this world. Just give me a clean death…"
"No! Xiao Gang, do you still not understand my feelings after all this time? Can't you live for my sake? And for Tang San, that twin martial soul genius—he and Tang Hao were rescued by Tang Xiao. They're both still alive."
"Xiao San… he's still alive…"
Yu Xiaogang knew that Tang San had a mysterious power protecting him. He wouldn't die so easily.
After learning that Tang San and Tang Hao had been taken away by Tang Xiao, he finally felt a little more at ease.
"Then Gui Mei and Yue Guan…"
"This time, I couldn't kill them. Because of the restrictions of the Rakshasa God's trial, I couldn't unleash my full strength. But don't worry—next time I meet them, I will definitely kill them and avenge you!"
"Rakshasa God's trial? What is that?"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang show some interest, Bibi Dong's lips curved into a smile.
"Xiao Gang, you've been lying here for two days before finally waking up. Eat something first, and then I'll slowly explain it to you."
Yu Xiaogang slowly sat up.
Bibi Dong personally fed him, then told him about her current challenge—the Rakshasa God's trial.
Yu Xiaogang was both shocked and delighted, and hope was rekindled in his heart.
"So, according to what you're saying, that mysterious force protecting Xiao San very likely comes from some deity. Xiao San might also be an inheritor of a god's position."
"Mm, your guess makes sense. Tang San's right leg had already fused a soul bone. After that leg was severed, he still survived. If not for divine intervention, he would have died long ago."
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang grew excited.
Only now did he truly realize that his disciple Tang San might one day become a god.
"Bibi Dong, Xiao San and the others might have gone back to the Clear Sky Sect. Can you send someone to escort me there? I need to tell him this as soon as possible, so he can find a way to make contact with that god."
"Xiao Gang, your body hasn't fully recovered yet. Don't be so anxious. The will of a god is not something we mortals can guess at. When the time is right, he will naturally reveal himself to Tang San."
"You're right. In my current state, I'm afraid…"
Thinking of how he was now even more crippled than before, Yu Xiaogang sank into a wave of self-pity.
Bibi Dong held his hand, looking at him deeply with tender eyes as she comforted him:
"Xiao Gang, no matter what you become, I won't care. You must pull yourself together. Let's think of a way together to deal with Gui Mei and Yue Guan, and avenge the ones who died. Alright?"
Yu Xiaogang nodded heavily, his eyes brimming with hot tears. In that moment, it was as if the pure young maiden Bibi Dong from the past stood before him once more.
For the rest of his life, he would only do two things: raise Tang San to godhood, and avenge Flender and Liu Erlong.
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A few days later, Gui Mei and Yue Guan arrived at an ancient forest.
The forest was packed with Blue Silver Grass, like a boundless blue ocean.
"Old Chrysanthemum, this should be the Blue Silver Forest."
"Mm. The Blue Silver aura here is incredibly dense."
Gui Mei looked around, feeling the heavy, pure Blue Silver aura all around them, and became even more certain of his guess.
"Old Chrysanthemum, sit down and release your right leg bone. Focus and feel it. Once the Blue Silver King senses the Blue Silver Emperor's power, it will naturally come to greet us."
"Alright."
The two of them sat down at the same time.
Yue Guan activated his spiritual skull and the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone. The aura of the Blue Silver Emperor burst forth instantly, spreading in all directions.
Gui Mei also activated his own skull and soul power.
After consuming the Blue Silver Grass that the Blue Silver Emperor transformed into upon her death, he also carried the remnants of the Blue Silver Emperor's power within him. Mixed into his soul power, it could also be sensed by the Blue Silver King.
The Blue Silver Grass around them sensed the Blue Silver Emperor's aura on the two of them and immediately grew restless, their presence swelling stronger and stronger.
The Blue Silver Grass released faint spiritual fluctuations that intertwined and connected, forming a vast spiritual field that gradually merged with Gui Mei and Yue Guan's spiritual power.
Their spiritual power spread rapidly through this sea of Blue Silver.
Suddenly, an ethereal voice echoed in both of their minds:
"Your Majesty, great Majesty… is that truly you? You've finally come to me!"
Within the spiritual field of the Blue Silver Grass, a powerful spiritual fluctuation erupted without warning.
But after sensing the Blue Silver Emperor's aura on both Gui Mei and Yue Guan at the same time, that spiritual wave suddenly came to a halt.
"Great Majesty, why does your aura appear simultaneously on the bodies of two human soul masters?"
Gui Mei replied calmly:
"Your Blue Silver Emperor is already dead. The power she left behind in this world now resides within the two of us. Submit, Blue Silver King—offer yourselves in sacrifice to your Emperor!"
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