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With Ye Lingling's martial soul evolving into the Nine-Heart Jade Begonia, Dai Weisi had fulfilled his promise to her. From now on, Ye Lingling and her mother would remain in the Star Luo Empire and serve it.
Ye Lingling didn't say much about it. She was someone who kept her word, and without delay, she returned to the Heaven Dou Empire under the escort of the crown prince's steward, Li Hu, to bring her mother back to Star Luo. She also intended to share the good news that the Nine-Heart Jade Begonia martial soul could now be passed down.
After Ye Lingling left, Dai Weisi immediately took Anna to obtain her fifth soul ring. Their destination was the Blue Silver Forest—the same place where Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul had undergone its second awakening.
Anna's Ink Jade Divine Grass had absorbed an enormous amount of the Blue Silver Emperor's essence. Though it wasn't the Blue Silver Emperor itself, its quality was nearly identical—perhaps even superior, considering Anna had once consumed the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo.
With the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, the Blue Silver Emperor essence, and the unique nature of her Hundred Herbs martial soul, all these conditions combined ensured that Anna's Ink Jade Divine Grass would never be ordinary.
Perhaps once they reached the Blue Silver Forest, the Blue Silver King would even be willing to sacrifice itself to condense a life-bound soul ring for Anna, just as it had done for that brat before.
Anna wanted her fifth soul skill to be of the healing type, and the Blue Silver King would be an excellent choice.
Even if the Blue Silver King refused to sacrifice itself, the forest contained countless Blue Silver Grass plants—many with ten-thousand-year cultivation. At worst, they could simply kill one and take it as Anna's fifth ring.
According to Dai Weisi 's estimation, the maximum limit Anna could absorb for her fifth ring was around thirty thousand years. All they needed to find was a Blue Silver Grass around that age.
The Blue Silver Forest lay within the Heaven Dou Empire, northwest of the Star Dou Great Forest. Dai Weisi and Anna traveled by carriage for more than half a month before finally arriving there.
Outside the forest, Anna quietly opened her Evil Spirit Eyes and scanned every corner. With a note of wonder, she said, "Brother Weis, so this is the Blue Silver Forest you mentioned! It's beautiful—and there really are so many Blue Silver Grass plants…"
She looked around. The Evil Spirit Eyes greatly enhanced her vision, allowing her to see even the most hidden corners of the forest.
In her sight, the forest was full of Blue Silver Grass, each much larger than those that grew by the roadside.
If the roadside Blue Silver Grass were just weeds with less than ten years of cultivation, then these before her had at least a hundred years—and Dai Weisi even spotted many with a thousand years of age.
Like ordinary Blue Silver Grass, these plants grew silently and showed no reaction to their arrival.
Besides Blue Silver Grass, there were other plant-type soul beasts in the forest, including some with ten-thousand-year cultivation. However, their numbers were far fewer compared to the Blue Silver Grass, which was why the area was named the Blue Silver Forest.
"Nana, release your Ink Jade Divine Grass martial soul. Say less for now and follow my lead," Dai Weisi instructed.
"Got it!" Anna replied with a faint smile. Although she didn't know his plans, she circulated her soul power and released the Ink Jade Divine Grass.
The moment that pitch-black Ink Jade Divine Grass appeared in her hand, the sovereign pressure belonging to the king of plants instantly blanketed the entire forest.
In that moment, not only did all the Blue Silver Grass sway gently, as if cheering for Anna's arrival—
Even the other plant-type soul beasts in the forest reacted to the aura of the Ink Jade Divine Grass. Flowers and grasses swayed their delicate bodies like maidens twisting their slender waists.
The towering ancient trees gently rustled their branches and leaves, as though beautiful women were beckoning Anna to come closer.
Even ordinary trees and plants that were not soul beasts responded in harmony.
In this instant, every plant in the Blue Silver Forest was offering a ceremonial salute to their king's arrival.
The Blue Silver Emperor was only the ruler of the Blue Silver Grass clan—but Anna's Ink Jade Divine Grass was the true king of all plants.
"T-this is…" Anna gasped in astonishment. As she looked at every plant in the forest, she suddenly felt an overwhelming intimacy, as if they were all her family.
"Brother Weis, what is going on?" she asked.
"Isn't it obvious? They're welcoming you—welcoming their king!" Dai Weisi chuckled, reaching out to rub her little head. "Go meet your subjects."
"Child, come here, hurry over…"
Just as Dai Weisi finished speaking, a gentle, kindly voice echoed from the depths of the forest. It sounded like the murmur of an old grandfather, drifting into their ears.
Dai Weisi raised his eyebrows at once, recognizing it as the call of the Blue Silver King, summoning Anna to come quickly.
"Brother Weis!"
"Mm, I heard it too. Let's go," Dai Weisi said, immediately heading toward the forest's interior with Anna close behind.
Before long, a kindly old man appeared before them. His entire body emitted a faint blue glow—clearly just a phantom, not a physical body.
Dai Weisi knew this was the strongest being in the Blue Silver Forest—the Blue Silver King. His true form was an eighty-five-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass, second only to the Blue Silver Emperor.
The Blue Silver King smiled with warmth and waved at Anna. "Child, come here, come closer."
Anna glanced at Dai Weisi . He nodded to her, and she mustered her courage and approached the Blue Silver King.
"Hello, Grandpa," Anna greeted politely.
"Young girl, your martial soul is very powerful," the Blue Silver King said with emotion. "And from your martial soul, I sense His Majesty's aura. For a moment, I thought the Emperor himself had returned…"
"Grandpa, it's like this—I obtained a portion of the Blue Silver Emperor's essence, so that's why my martial soul carries its aura," Anna explained slowly, though she didn't mention that she had forcefully extracted that essence from the Blue Silver Emperor.
"So that's why. No wonder your martial soul clearly isn't Blue Silver Grass, yet it carries the Emperor's aura," the Blue Silver King nodded, not thinking further. Then his tone shifted as he asked, "Young girl, if I'm not mistaken, you're here to obtain a soul ring, aren't you?"
With his eighty-thousand-plus years of cultivation, he could instantly see that Anna had reached the bottleneck of level fifty and needed a soul ring to break through.
"Yes, Grandpa," Anna nodded, not denying it.
"Sigh, just as I thought…" the Blue Silver King sighed. Since she was here for a soul ring, bloodshed was inevitable.
But just then, throughout the entire forest, all the plant-type soul beasts—excluding the Blue Silver Grass clan—began to tremble, releasing soul power of various colors.
It was as if they were telling the Blue Silver King: We are willing to sacrifice ourselves for our king!
Just as the Blue Silver Grass had once been willing to sacrifice themselves for Tang San, these plant-type soul beasts were now ready to offer themselves to Anna.
To them, Anna was their true empress.
(End of Chapter)