Douluo Continent: From Blue Silver Grass to Nine-Leaf Sword Grass

Chapter 52 Success

This person was none other than Jiang Li, who had rushed over.

After arriving near Holy Soul Village, Jiang Li did not choose to act rashly.

Instead, he chose to hide in the nearby forest and began to use his martial soul's talent to communicate with the Blue Silver Grass on the ground.

After confirming that Tang Hao had indeed left Holy Soul Village half a month ago, Jiang Li's vigilance eased slightly.

Jiang Li then disguised himself and arrived at Holy Soul Village. He randomly approached a villager and lied that he was a grain merchant who had recently arrived in the area and wanted to inquire about the price of grain in Holy Soul Village.

Using this as an excuse, they chatted casually, and the residents of Holy Soul Village didn't suspect much for a while, since outsiders rarely came to Holy Soul Village.

Most of those who come from other places are grain merchants.

When he heard that Jiang Li was willing to buy their grain at a price 20% higher than the market price...

He couldn't help but feel secretly delighted, thinking that Jiang Li had just arrived and was unaware of the grain prices in the area.

After a round of enthusiastic sales pitches, Jiang Li also began to inquire about the situation of Holy Soul Village, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

The villager, naturally, had no defenses and revealed most of the information about Holy Soul Village directly.

When the conversation turned to who in the village was the most irresponsible, the villager couldn't help but show a look of disgust before speaking.

"Speaking of our village, there's a drunkard named Tang Hao. He came here a few years ago as a refugee. Many people in our village even helped him build a house, but he didn't say a word of thanks. If it weren't for the fact that he was holding a child back then, who would have paid any attention to him?"

"And then, Tang Hao's son did live up to expectations, awakening his soul power a year ago. This guy almost stopped him from going to the Soul Master Academy, what a jerk! But thankfully, after some persuasion from our village chief, he finally relented. His only redeeming quality is that he's a blacksmith, and his prices are fair for the surrounding area. Unfortunately, he left half a month ago, and now our farm tools are broken, and we have to make a special trip to town..."

Amid the villager's incessant complaints, Jiang Li's confidence grew even stronger.

Then, led by the villager, Jiang Li arrived at Old Jack's house.

When Old Jack learned that Jiang Li had come to buy grain at a high price, he immediately put on a warm smile.

After chatting for a while, the two parties agreed on a time.

As Old Jack escorted Jiang Li to the village entrance, Jiang Li saw two young figures, one in blue and one in pink, catching fish by the river.

Almost instantly, the Blue Silver King Martial Soul within Jiang Li's body sensed something.

It was a feeling tinged with awe, a feeling that only those martial souls in Holy Soul Village could possess.

Therefore, it is clear that the two figures by the river must be Tang San and Xiao Wu.

However, Jiang Li's gaze did not linger on the two of them for long.

He said goodbye to old Jack and then turned to leave.

After Jiang Li left completely, the two figures, one in blue and one in pink, arrived at the door. Looking at the smiling old Jack, the blue figure couldn't help but ask.

"Village chief, what makes you so happy?"

Looking at the two figures in front of him, Old Jack chose to tell them everything that had happened.

"Oh, Xiao San, a grain merchant from out of town just came by. He wants to buy our village's grain at a high price. He just came to take a look."

Hearing Old Jack's answer, which seemed quite reasonable, Tang San felt a sense of wariness towards this complete stranger for some reason.

Just now, when he and Xiao Wu were fishing by the river, for some reason, he sensed a very threatening aura lingering nearby.

But Old Jack also said that this person had no soul power at all.

This made Tang San doubt himself for a moment. Could it be that he was wrong?

Seeing that Tang San was in a daze, Xiao Wu muttered something with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Third Brother, what are you doing? I'm hungry."

Seeing that Xiao Wu was hungry, Tang San's face showed a hint of helplessness. He could only temporarily abandon the idea and take Xiao Wu back to cook.

When they reached the village entrance and were alone again, Jiang Li, watching Tang San's departing figure from the nearby forest, couldn't help but think to himself.

"As expected of a blood relative of the previous Blue Silver Emperor, even though my martial soul has undergone this series of evolutions, Tang San can still make my martial soul feel threatened with just this unawakened Blue Silver Grass. That's rather terrifying..."

To be honest, Jiang Li had always felt that he was only one step away from becoming the so-called Blue Silver Emperor.

But now that he has actually met Tang San, he realizes just how important that thing he was missing really is.

This further strengthened Jiang Li's resolve to take away that 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone.

After all, it contained the original power of the previous Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin. Jiang Li believed that as long as he could completely absorb this soul bone, he would be able to succeed.

Then one's own martial soul will inevitably be able to completely evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor.

A day later, Tang San finally took Xiao Wu and chose to leave Holy Soul Village.

For him, this place is no longer where his father is.

It would be better to go back to Notting College, where at least I still have a temporary job and my teacher, Yu Xiaogang.

After Tang San left completely, Jiang Li slowly slipped into the depths of the back mountain of Holy Soul Village.

Guided by the Blue Silver Grass, Jiang Li arrived at a waterfall with almost no effort.

Upon seeing the waterfall, Jiang Li took out a black robe from his soul tool, just in case.

Then, use the domain to check if Tang Hao is nearby. Since Blue Silver Grass is very common on the continent, and this is the location of the Blue Silver Emperor, the Blue Silver Grass is even denser. Under the detection of the domain, ordinary people have nowhere to hide.

Especially when Tang Dachui is a reckless man and is seriously injured, even if he doesn't use his soul power, his aura will still leak out. In this situation, communicating with the Blue Silver Grass is still very useful.

"Azure-Silver Lock!"

After checking and finding no movement, Jiang Li used his first soul skill to enter the waterfall. The cave was very damp, about three meters high and two meters wide, and extended inwards into darkness.

Upon reaching the innermost part, everything around them lit up. Looking up, a stone hole appeared at the top of the cave wall, revealing a stone chamber of only about ten square meters.

The stone chamber was completely empty, but directly below the stone opening above, there was a small mound of earth, on which a slender blue silver grass swayed in the wind. The blue silver grass appeared to be longer than ordinary grass leaves, and most remarkably, it had fine golden veins on its leaves.

"Blue Silver Emperor, huh? Too bad it's just a brainless plant, though it smells pretty good."

I don't know how I survive here.

Jiang Li was puzzled. Tang Dachui clearly knew that the Blue Silver Grass was a plant that needed light, but he gave it such a dark stone chamber where it could only be exposed to light for a short time each day. Was he trying to let the Blue Silver Emperor die on its own?

However, this has nothing to do with him. He came to get the soul bone, not to look at the grass.

Jiang Li searched the entire stone chamber, unsure whether Tang Hao had brought the soul bone with him or left it there.

Jiang Li then began searching for the soul bone.

Before long, Jiang Li noticed something unusual.

Jiang Li discovered a hidden compartment in the wall, or rather, something resembling a button. He slammed it down, and a dark, leaden box fell out. The box was long and narrow, about 1.5 meters long and 1 foot wide, and it was extremely heavy, weighing over 200 pounds.

Upon opening, a crystal-clear blue-gold piece of soul bone, brimming with life force and seemingly twinkling with starlight, lay inside the lead box.

"This isn't a good place to absorb soul bones. I'll find another place to absorb them," Jiang Li thought to himself after succeeding.

"Should I take it with me?" Jiang Li pondered, looking at the Blue Silver Emperor on the ground.

Jiang Li felt it was a waste to leave the Blue Silver Emperor here. There was no sunlight, which was detrimental to its growth. Besides, this Blue Silver Emperor would be useful later, for example, to deal with Tang Dachui, or to be taken along when evolving a martial soul. He believed the Blue Silver King would be happy to see it. At worst, he could tell it about Tang Dachui's actions, making it turn against Tang Dachui, and then… hehehe…

Thinking of this, Jiang Li decided to take the Blue Silver Emperor away, and then Jiang Li approached the Blue Silver Emperor.

The Blue Silver Emperor seemed to sense something and immediately began to sway incessantly, as if to say, "Don't touch it."

Jiang Li didn't care about that and directly uprooted it and put it into the soul tool.

"Shouldn't we leave Tang Hao something?"

He stroked his chin, quickly ran to the side, picked up a stone, walked to a dry stone wall, and carefully wrote: "Tang Hao, I'll take the soul bone for myself. As for that Blue Silver Grass, it should be the Blue Silver Emperor that was sacrificed for you, right? Unfortunately, it's too weak now, I can't wait, and it's worthless to me."

"So, I've decided to throw it into the pond outside. As for whether you'll be able to find it when you come back, I don't know."

"Don't worry, I won't reveal that you've been here, nor will I disclose your son's information or whereabouts. After all, I don't want to expose that I absorbed the 100,000-year-old soul bone left behind by your wife."

"As for who I am, hehe, you guess!"

"Consider this soul bone compensation for the harm you once caused me. I've been tasked with tracking you down for years, and now I've finally reaped some rewards. As for our grudges, I will settle them with you personally once I become a Title Douluo."

"Be angry, Tang Hao! Haha, the worse your injuries, the higher my chances of winning will be."

"Besides, I've been eyeing your soul bone for a long time."

Signature: Once a lookout, now a visitor! Thank you, Your Majesty, for this gift!

"That way, everything will be foolproof, hehehe." Jiang Li chuckled wickedly, threw the stone aside, and quickly got up and ran away.

Meanwhile, at the foot of a mountain range a thousand miles away, when Jiang Li opened the box, his eyes snapped open, filled with boundless killing intent.

(End of this chapter)