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Tang San's eyes tightened instantly, and his calm expression became agitated. He hastily asked, "Dad was here? Where is he now? Is he still in Nuoding City?"
Yu Xiaogang's expression paused slightly, then he gently shook his head. "I don't know. Your father came very suddenly and left very quickly. He came to me to ask me to take good care of you. Besides leaving that sentence about your Blue Silver Grass not being ordinary, he didn't say anything else."
Hearing this, Tang San's mood became a little low. His lips moved, but he didn't ask anything further. After a moment of contemplation, Tang San looked up at Yu Xiaogang and asked, "Teacher, you just said... my brother's Blue Silver Grass and mine are not ordinary. Could this be the reason why my brother's Blue Silver Grass is tougher than mine?"
Yu Xiaogang's brows furrowed upon hearing this, and his eyes became more solemn. He forced an explanation. "This is just my guess. Although your spirit and your brother's spirit are both Blue Silver Grass, after spirit power is injected, the forms they display are distinctly different. Yours is blue-purple, and his is blue-gold.
Perhaps, your Blue Silver Grass will undergo some kind of evolution or mutation during the cultivation process. Your brother's process... just happened a little earlier than yours." At this point, Yu Xiaogang's voice sank slightly. "Of course, this is just my initial understanding of your father's words. What it truly means, I still haven't fully grasped. After all, your father's strength and insight are far above mine."
Tang San's expression changed slightly when Yu Xiaogang mentioned, "Your father's strength and insight are far above mine." He looked incredulous and asked, "Teacher... my father is just a blacksmith from a remote village, how could he be stronger than you?"
"Little San, your father... is not as simple as you see him." Yu Xiaogang's face also stiffened, realizing he had spoken too quickly. He sighed softly, reached out, and ruffled Tang San's head, his tone softening a little. "Your father and I actually knew each other a long time ago. I don't fully understand some things about him either. The questions in your heart, perhaps, only he can answer them personally. But one thing I can be sure of is that he is definitely not an ordinary person."
Tang San was stunned, at a loss for how to respond. Yu Xiaogang patted his shoulder and continued in a steady, firm tone, "You don't need to worry too much, and you don't need to understand everything right now. Your father entrusted you to me before he left, hoping I would take good care of you and guide you in cultivating your spirit. Since I promised, I will naturally do it."
After listening to Yu Xiaogang's explanation, although Tang San's heart was still full of questions, at that moment, he felt a sense of security and warmth.
So... Father and Teacher knew each other a long time ago. Even his own cultivation path had long been planned by his father. If that was the case, what reason did he have not to believe the teacher's spirit theory? Doubting the teacher was equivalent to doubting his own father.
In Tang San's view, as a son, how could he not trust his own father? "Teacher, I understand. From now on, I will cultivate even harder and live up to your and Father's expectations of me." Tang San took a deep breath, his mood lightened a little, and he looked up at Yu Xiaogang seriously, nodding heavily.
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang gazed into the distance in a slight daze, then raised his hand to pat Tang San's shoulder, saying, "Alright, Little San, don't think too much.
It's getting dark, go back and rest. In life, who doesn't experience failure? Who can have a smooth journey from the beginning? When I was young, because my innate spirit power was too low, I was regarded as useless by the entire family, couldn't even enter the ancestral hall, and was eventually driven out of the sect.
But even so, didn't I still rely on myself, exploring little by little, persevering little by little, to get to where I am today as a Yu Xiaogang of spirit theory? Once you reach above the three-ring level, everything will naturally vanish."
Hearing this, Tang San's eyes gradually became firm, and he no longer doubted whether Yu Xiaogang's spirit theory was correct. He then bowed deeply to Yu Xiaogang and solemnly said, "Teacher, rest assured, I will not let you and Father down."
The next day at noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the breeze was gentle. Tang Chuan quietly left Nuoding Academy alone. He passed through the south gate of Nuoding City, walked over ten miles, and arrived at a secluded grassy clearing in the woods. This place was rarely visited, overgrown with weeds, with only large patches of Blue Silver Grass growing freely, swaying gently like waves. The air was filled with a faint fragrance of grass and wood. He moved through it with practiced ease.
Before long, he stopped in a clearing surrounded by bushes. This patch of Blue Silver Grass looked ordinary, but the Blue Silver Grass at its very center glowed with a faint blue-gold light. Its color was deep, its patterns ancient, and it even carried a trace of naturally flowing life essence, making it vastly different from the ordinary Blue Silver Grass around it.
"Mother, I've come to see you." Tang Chuan knelt down, looking at this Blue Silver Grass with gentle and reverent eyes, whispering. This Blue Silver Grass was precisely the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, that he had brought back from the cave. To prevent anyone from discovering her existence, Tang Chuan specifically chose this hidden grassy area outside the city, planted Ah Yin there, and with the cover of the surrounding ordinary Blue Silver Grass, he personally came to tend to her every few days.
Taking a small watering can from his clothes, Tang Chuan carefully watered the Blue Silver Emperor with clear spring water like morning dew, and then took out a small pinch of dark brown powder from his clothes, sprinkling it at the base of the grass.
This was the Soul Nourishing Powder he had extracted from the corpses of plant spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, which could help plant-type spirit beasts recover faster.
While tending to it, Tang Chuan murmured to himself, "Mother, although you are only in a plant state now, you should be able to hear me, right? I have already absorbed the second spirit ring, and my spirit power has also broken through significantly.
The time until your true recovery... should not be too far off." A gentle breeze blew, and the Blue Silver Emperor's branches and leaves swayed lightly, as if responding to his words.
"Mother, I'm going to cultivate. Only when I become stronger can I revive you sooner." Tang Chuan took a deep breath, gently patted Ah Yin's leaves, and said. After speaking, he slowly stood up, his gaze sharp. A keen glint flashed in his blue-gold pupils.
Swish!
With a flicker of his figure, Tang Chuan darted out like a shadow, taking a few steps to reach a nearby clearing. This clearing was a cultivation spot he had specially cleared out on a daily basis. Standing in the center, Tang Chuan slowly spread his right hand, and a blue-gold Blue Silver Grass immediately grew from his palm, twisting in the air like a swimming snake, carrying a strong life essence.
"I'll try now... to see if I can create my own spirit ability," Tang Chuan murmured to himself, looking at the Blue Silver Grass in his palm. In his mind, he quickly recalled the classic secret technique from the ninja world of his previous life—Wood Release.
Clone Jutsu, Binding Jutsu, Wood Dragon Jutsu, Wood Golem Jutsu, Wood Golem Wall, Deep Forest Emergence... The root of every technique was the ultimate application of the natural power of wood. Instead of waiting to gain skills by absorbing spirit rings, he should rely on the powerful life essence of Blue Silver Grass to create his own spirit ability system.
"Blue Silver · Forest Binding!" "Trees as a net, roots piercing the earth, capturing enemies invisibly."
Tang Chuan closed his eyes, circulated his spirit power, and used his mental force to guide the extension path of the Blue Silver Grass, quickly drawing a complex array pattern on the ground. The next second, the surrounding Blue Silver Grass grew wildly, its roots intertwining and spreading in layers.
Boom!
In an instant, large patches of Blue Silver Grass shot out from underground like a vine net, intertwining and solidifying into a giant cage covering five meters. Within the cage, branches twisted, sharp as blades. If an enemy fell into it, there would be no escape.
"Indeed... it's possible. It's somewhat similar to Tang San's Blue Silver Prison! However, this is merely the most basic activation of Blue Silver Grass! Next, I need to try to condense Blue Silver Grass into something more difficult." Tang Chuan slowly opened his eyes, his excitement barely contained, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes.
As his spirit power circulated, the Blue Silver Grass in his palm once again grew and deformed wildly. He did not rush to turn it into a clone or a cage, but instead outlined another new concept in his mind. "I have already mastered binding and splitting.
Now... I need a self-created spirit ability that can actively attack." His gaze became fervent, and a flash of inspiration crossed his mind: "There is Wood Dragon Jutsu in Wood Release, so can I imitate its principle and create an extremely offensive Blue Silver Giant Snake with Blue Silver Grass as the core structure?"
He slammed his palm on the ground, and the Blue Silver Grass immediately drilled into the soil at high speed.
The next second, as Tang Chuan violently activated his spirit power, a blue-gold giant snake, as thick as a water vat and about five meters long, suddenly burst out of the ground! This was not ordinary plant extension, but a biomimetic battle beast formed by using Blue Silver Grass as muscles and Blue Silver vines as a skeleton, with spirit power infused into it. Its form was almost identical to a snake.
It had snake scales woven from vines, its head slightly raised, and faint blue light glowed where its eyes would be, as if it had consciousness.
"Hoo... hoo..."
At this moment, Tang Chuan's forehead was covered in sweat, his chest heaved violently, and his face was slightly pale. He could clearly feel that when summoning the Blue Silver Giant Snake just now, his control over his spirit power needed to be extremely delicate. Even a slight error would cause the entire structure to disintegrate. This precise control not only consumed spirit power but also rapidly depleted his mental force.
"This Douluo Continent truly lives up to its Xuanhuan foundation. This Blue Silver Giant Snake I created can completely rival the original Tang San's fifth spirit ability—Blue Silver Overlord Spear! Tang San condensing Blue Silver Grass into a long spear is a ten-thousand-year fifth spirit ability.
My giant snake looks much more powerful than his long spear! It just consumes a bit too much spirit power and mental force. The malleability of Blue Silver Grass is simply too strong. As long as I can think of it, I can almost do it, provided my spirit power and mental force are sufficient!"