Chapter 89: Blue Silver Forest

Flender expended his soul power, took his two students, and left this place, returning to Shrek Academy.

It was not that Flender did not want to break the ice ball, but rather that Flender could not break this ice ball condensed from Extreme Ice.

Although this ice ball was not considered large, it was still the power of Extreme Ice, and Flender was a Seven-Ring Soul Saint.

To break the ice ball condensed by Zhou Heng, a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, using Extreme Ice, would take at least two or three days.

By that time, Dai Mubai and the other would have long since died.

However, for the sake of his own arrangements, Zhou Heng quietly lowered the strength of the ice ball; afterwards, Zhao Wuji, Flender, and the others could work together to break this ice ball very quickly.

Dugu Yan watched Flender leave and asked Zhou Heng curiously: "Brother Zhou Heng, how did your Soul Ring change? How did you manage that?"

Zhou Heng smiled and said: "This is the effect of mental power; mental power simulates the aura of a Soul Ring, and by injecting soul power into the Soul Ring to simulate the color one needs, it can be done."

Everything Zhou Heng said was the truth; this was a method he had researched to conceal the appearance of his Soul Rings, relying on the Soul Ring knowledge transmitted by Manxing.

Dugu Bo walked over from outside the alley, looked at Zhou Heng, and said: "Little Heng, the time for recuperation is about up; shall we set off for the Blue Silver Forest you mentioned?"

Zhou Heng thought for a moment and said: "That works, the time is about right; the Blue Silver Emperor's cultivation has already reached eighty-two thousand years."

Once we arrive at the Blue Silver Forest, after the sacrifice of the Blue Silver Forest, the Blue Silver Emperor will certainly be able to restore its cultivation as a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Let's set off tomorrow!"

Neither Dugu Bo nor Dugu Yan had any objections; after strolling for a while longer, the three returned to the inn they had booked to rest and prepare for the journey the next morning.

The next day, the three of them got up early, and after eating breakfast, they hitched up a carriage and drove toward the Blue Silver Forest, which was near the Star Dou Great Forest.

Suotuo City was not far from the Blue Silver Forest, only a distance of five or six hundred li, and the total time taken by the three was no more than five days.

As the three drew closer and closer to the Blue Silver Forest, the more mountain bandits and robbers they encountered on the road.

Dugu Bo handed over the mountain bandits and robbers they encountered entirely to Zhou Heng and Dugu Yan to handle.

Zhou Heng and Dugu Yan showed no mercy to any of the mountain bandits and robbers they encountered, killing them all.

After wiping out more than a dozen waves of bandits, the three of them finally arrived at a peculiar forest, guided by the Blue Silver Emperor.

This forest looked unremarkable, but Zhou Heng sensed the aura belonging to Spirit Beasts from the Blue Silver Grass growing within the forest.

However, the power of these Blue Silver Grass was very weak; sensing their cultivation, they were Spirit Beasts of only about one or two years of cultivation. If he had not been at such a close distance and carefully probing with mental power, he might not have discovered at all that these Blue Silver Grass were actually Spirit Beasts.

Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo looked at the unremarkable forest before them, their eyes full of curiosity as to why this place was called the Blue Silver Forest by Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng raised his hand to summon his awakened Battle Instrument Martial Soul and released the Blue Silver Emperor.

With the appearance of the Blue Silver Emperor, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan immediately felt that the forest before them had undergone a special change.

The Blue Silver Grass, which had been very calm in the forest, actually began to move without wind; the tiny vines of these Blue Silver Grass swayed in the air.

"Swish, swish~"

The sound of leaves rubbing against the air rang out, causing Dugu Bo's expression to become serious involuntarily.

Just as Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were feeling nervous, a mental fluctuation arrived.

And the Blue Silver Emperor, whose vines were still swaying slightly because its main body had just been released, froze the moment it came into contact with this mental fluctuation.

Soon, the mental fluctuation dissipated, and the Blue Silver Emperor said to Zhou Heng in an excited voice: "Zhou Heng, hurry in, my subjects are summoning me!"

Hearing this, Zhou Heng smiled and looked at the main body of the Blue Silver Emperor.

The Blue Silver Emperor immediately understood what Zhou Heng meant.

Zhou Heng wanted it to change how it addressed him to 'Master'.

But, as the emperor of a race, how could it call a youth like him 'Master'?

Moreover, even if it wanted to enter the Blue Silver Forest on its own, Zhou Heng could easily pull it back into that space and prevent it from escaping.

The Blue Silver Emperor was caught in a dilemma for a moment.

Just as the Blue Silver Emperor's mind was wavering, thinking about whether or not to call Zhou Heng 'Master', another mental fluctuation made contact with the Blue Silver Emperor.

Zhou Heng knew very well that this was the Blue Silver King in the Blue Silver Forest, who was passing a message to the Blue Silver Emperor; since they did not have the Blue Silver Domain, they were unable to know the specific content of the exchange between the Blue Silver Emperor and the Blue Silver King.

Sure enough, when this mental fluctuation dissipated, the Blue Silver Emperor no longer hesitated and said to Zhou Heng: "Master, please allow me to go and see my clansmen."

Only then did Zhou Heng nod in satisfaction, and the Blue Silver Emperor used its roots as feet and walked toward the depths of the Blue Silver Forest.

The three of them followed behind the Blue Silver Emperor and walked into the Blue Silver Forest together.

Along the way, the three saw a large number of Spirit Beast Blue Silver Grass, and as they went deeper into the Blue Silver Forest, the age of the Spirit Beast Blue Silver Grass they saw became higher.

Dugu Bo felt the increasingly rich life aura in the air; with every breath of air he took, he felt his body being soothed, as if he had become a year younger.

Dugu Yan felt the rich Heaven and Earth Origin Qi in the air and said to Zhou Heng: "Brother Zhou Heng, why is the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi here so rich? It's so magical."

Zhou Heng smiled and said: "Although Blue Silver Grass is weak, Blue Silver Grass also has an endless vitality, and there is a huge number of Blue Silver Grass here, and basically all of them are Spirit Beasts."

As far as I know, Douluo Star absorbs energy from the universe and hides this energy in the earth; when numerous plants absorb the nutrients from the earth, they convert this energy, turning it into Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, and transmit the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi into the air.

The Blue Silver Grass here are basically all Spirit Beasts, and their conversion of the energy contained in the earth is even stronger."

This was the first time Dugu Yan had heard such a novel theory; thinking about how Douluo Star absorbs energy from the universe, while the plants on Douluo Star absorb energy and nutrients from the soil while simultaneously converting energy into Heaven and Earth Origin Qi to feed it back into the surrounding air.

Dugu Yan fell into deep thought, subconsciously following the others as they walked; after walking for a full hour, the group of four arrived at the depths of the Blue Silver Forest.

After arriving here, Dugu Yan only felt her soul power level beginning to rise uncontrollably; the rich life aura made the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi here even richer than in other places.

Dugu Yan had to stop where she was and began to practice hard, wanting to seize this opportunity to strive for an increase in her soul power level.

Zhou Heng and Dugu Bo continued to follow the Blue Silver Emperor, walking toward the depths of the Blue Silver Forest.

After walking for another ten minutes or so, the two of them followed the Blue Silver Emperor to the deepest part of the Blue Silver Forest.

Here, most of the Blue Silver Grass were no longer in the form of grass, but were growing long vines, with thick branches and leaves resembling small trees.

The largest Blue Silver Grass had slender vines climbing upward, tangling until they reached about ten meters in the air; it looked like a special plant formed by countless vines condensed together, its entire body a clear blue, its skin flashing with a special crystalline luster, and around it, the Blue Silver Grass grew exceptionally lush.

"Is this the eighty-thousand-year-old Blue Silver King?" Dugu Bo said in an uncertain tone.

"Blue Silver Grass as a plant was originally the most ordinary of plants; I never expected that this kind of plant would actually have such a path for advancement." Dugu Bo looked at the surrounding Blue Silver Grass and said with emotion.

The Blue Silver Emperor smiled at Dugu Bo and said: "That's right, Blue Silver Grass was originally the most ordinary of plants, but that kind of endless vitality allowed Blue Silver Grass to obtain an advancement channel that can be called a qualitative change."