Chapter 16: The Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone — Innate Full Soul Power
The waterfall continued to roar endlessly.
Lin Qingmo had no idea how the battle between Tang Hao and Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo had turned out.
Nor did he have any way to leave this hundred-meter-high waterfall for the time being.
Since that was the case, he decided to seize this opportunity and attempt to fuse the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone on the spot!
He remembered that one of the soul bone skills Tang San obtained from this bone was Flight.
Later on, he might be able to rely on that very same soul bone skill to leave this place.
With that thought in mind, Lin Qingmo no longer hesitated.
He sat cross-legged on the stone floor of the chamber.
Placing the box containing the soul bone before him, he took a deep breath.
Then Lin Qingmo began circulating the faint soul power within his body, attempting to absorb and fuse the soul bone.
The energy contained within a hundred-thousand-year soul bone was incomparably vast and pure.
For Lin Qingmo—who was only six years old and possessed merely level-four soul power—the absorption process was undoubtedly long and grueling.
At the very beginning—
He felt a violent surge of energy rush into his body.
That energy was like a raging river, madly battering his meridians and dantian.
In the blink of an eye, his body felt swollen to the limit.
"Hiss—!"
Excruciating pain tore through him.
As if his body were about to be ripped apart by that torrent of energy.
"Ugh—ah!"
Lin Qingmo couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Fine beads of sweat gradually covered his forehead.
The pain made him want to give up.
But when he thought of his trash-tier talent of only innate rank-four soul power—when he thought of how difficult every step would be for him on the Douluo Continent—he clenched his teeth and forced himself to endure.
"I can't give up! I'm going to take off!"
But people had their limits.
Especially a six-year-old child.
Just as Lin Qingmo was on the verge of collapsing—
Ah Yin, who had been withered and weak at the side, suddenly stirred.
Her branches slowly extended, wrapping around Lin Qingmo's body.
Gradually, they formed a soft, green cocoon that enveloped him completely.
A gentle energy flowed from Ah Yin's vines.
That vitality nourished Lin Qingmo's meridians, easing his pain, and helped him guide and digest the violent energy of the soul bone.
Lin Qingmo immediately felt the agony lessen by a great margin.
With Ah Yin's assistance, the speed at which he absorbed the soul bone increased significantly.
Time passed bit by bit.
The next morning.
As the first ray of sunlight appeared on the horizon, the green cocoon surrounding Lin Qingmo inside the stone chamber began to loosen and peel away.
Gradually…
Lin Qingmo's body was once again exposed to the air.
At this moment, he had undergone earth-shattering changes compared to before.
His black short hair had transformed into crystalline blue, like flowing icy moonlight.
His originally black pupils had become a clear, crystalline blue, shimmering with lively radiance.
Though his six-year-old body was still youthful, it now radiated exuberant vitality.
His skin was fair and glossy, faintly suffused with a vibrant, living sheen.
Even his aura was completely different.
The once-weak rank-four soul power was now deep and pure.
His innate soul power had soared directly from rank four to rank ten.
He had finally reached the threshold of becoming a true soul master!
At the same time, his martial soul—Blue Silver Grass—had also undergone a tremendous transformation.
The once-slender and fragile Blue Silver Grass had grown much sturdier.
Its leaves were now a crystalline blue, exuding a rich aura of life.
Most importantly, controlling it felt extraordinarily easy—as natural as an extension of his own arms.
"I succeeded! I really succeeded!"
Feeling the surging soul power within his body, Lin Qingmo couldn't stop the ecstasy spreading across his face.
He tried circulating his soul power.
The two soul bone skills of the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone surfaced in his mind.
[Soul Bone Skill One — Flight!]
A support-type soul bone skill.
It granted him the ability to fly and also greatly increased his movement speed.
[Soul Bone Skill Two — "Wildfire Cannot Destroy the Grass, It Grows Again With the Spring Wind!"]
A passive recovery-type soul bone skill.
It allowed him to rapidly recover after sustaining severe injuries—even enabling limb regeneration.
It was the same as in the original story.
"So this is the power of a hundred-thousand-year soul bone?"
Lin Qingmo excitedly waved his small fists.
He was no longer that trash martial soul holder with only innate rank-four soul power!
With this hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone and innate rank-ten soul power, he could finally step onto the true path of soul master cultivation.
Amid his excitement, he suddenly noticed Ah Yin at the side.
At this moment, her branches and leaves were completely withered.
The leaves had turned a dull yellow, devoid of all luster and vitality.
She lay quietly on the stone floor of the chamber, completely motionless—as if she had already been utterly declared dead.
"Ah Yin?"
Lin Qingmo froze.
He hurried over, carefully reaching out to touch one of her leaves.
It was cold and stiff.
There was no response at all.
Seeing this, a wave of sorrow surged in Lin Qingmo's heart.
Even though they hadn't known each other for long, Ah Yin had given him the soul bone—and had even exhausted her final strength to help him absorb it.
In the end, she withered and died…
Ah Yin had died because of him.
This debt of gratitude… Perhaps it could never truly be repaid.
Just as Lin Qingmo was drowning in grief, he suddenly felt a faint movement coming from his right leg.
"Hm?"
He lowered his head.
There, on his right leg, were Blue Silver Grass–shaped blue markings.
Several slender blue-silver grass blades slowly extended out from those markings.
They gently swayed, as if greeting him.
"This is…?"
Lin Qingmo froze.
A realization surfaced in his heart.
He tentatively asked, "Ah Yin? Is that you?"
Those blue-silver grass blades gently bobbed up and down, as if responding.
Lin Qingmo's eyes widened.
His face filled with disbelief.
"You're not dead?!"
The grass blades nodded again.
Then they slowly wrapped around his finger, sending a gentle intent that seemed to soothe his emotions.
Only then did Lin Qingmo finally understand.
"Ah Yin hasn't truly died."
After exhausting her strength, she had fused her consciousness and remaining life force into the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone.
She had formed a special symbiotic relationship with the soul bone!
"That's great… you're really okay!"
Lin Qingmo let out a long breath.
He truly didn't want to owe a debt he could never repay.
The sorrow in his heart instantly dissipated.
"Ah Yin, thank you!"
Lin Qingmo spoke with heartfelt sincerity.
"I promise you—within my lifetime, I will definitely bring you back to the Blue Silver Forest."
"I'll let you take root and sprout again, restoring you to your peak!"
The blue-silver grass blades swayed gently, as if nodding in agreement.
Then they withdrew back into the Blue Silver Grass markings.
Lin Qingmo took a deep breath,
suppressing the excitement in his heart.
"Now isn't the time to linger."
The battle between Tang Hao and Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo might not yet be over.
He had no idea who had won or lost.
"I need to leave as soon as possible."
To avoid being dragged into unnecessary trouble.
He carefully erased all traces he had left inside the stone chamber, ensuring no one would discover that someone had ever been here.
Then he circulated his soul power and activated the soul bone skill of the Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone—Flight!
A pale blue light radiated from the markings on his right leg.
His entire body lifted effortlessly into the air.
"!!!"
Controlling the power of flight, Lin Qingmo flew out of the stone chamber and burst through the waterfall.
The sunlight outside was dazzling.
He narrowed his eyes slightly.
After adjusting for a brief moment, he didn't linger.
Instead, he steered the flight soul bone skill and flew in a direction away from Nuoding Academy.
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End of Chapter