Chapter 46: Speaking Grass

"Hoo! That bite was really hard. My tongue is still bleeding, tsk~" Spitting out a mouthful of bloody saliva, Ye Qiu glanced in the direction where Zhu Zhuqing had left, then returned to the cave.

Looking at the empty space, Ye Qiu also felt somewhat uncomfortable. Humans were indeed suited for companionship. When someone you spent time with every day leaves, a sense of emptiness creeps in.

Approaching Zhu Zhuqing's bed, Ye Qiu intended to put the bed into the Divine Might Space.

However, when Ye Qiu saw what she had left on the bed, he couldn't help but cover his face and twitch his mouth. "Is this intentionally left for me?"

On the bed lay several pairs of black stockings. Ye Qiu wondered if she had misunderstood something. He really just wanted to cover his eyes!

Helplessly sighing, he activated the Divine Might Space, directly collecting these items and making them disappear from sight.

Sitting down next to the Blue Silver Emperor, Ye Qiu gently stroked its leaves, feeling a bit worried. "I wonder if asking her to protect Xiao Wu is right or wrong. They shouldn't fight, right?"

He contemplated his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing.

Didn't you like her? That was definitely a lie! Who doesn't like a beautiful girl? Moreover, he had looked and touched.

If talking about love, there seemed to be a special feeling when kissing, and also when applying medicine to her.

The problem was, he already had...

"Darn it! What am I thinking about?" Ye Qiu grabbed his own hair.

He fell to the ground, lying there with closed eyes, needing some quiet time.

The branches and leaves of the Blue Silver Emperor also gently brushed Ye Qiu's face, as if comforting him.

The vibrant green light emanating from it entered Ye Qiu's forehead, and his restless heart gradually calmed down.

"I didn't expect the Blue Silver Emperor to have a calming effect! It's not bad to have a grass companion!" After a while, Ye Qiu stood up, looked at the Blue Silver Emperor, and sprinkled some water on it.

Since he brought it out, the Blue Silver Emperor had grown well. Originally knee-high, it now reached Ye Qiu's waist.

As if understanding his praise, the Blue Silver Emperor's leaves swayed continuously, seemingly very happy.

"Hehe." Ye Qiu rubbed it again. It had a nice touch.

Suddenly, a childish voice echoed in his mind. "Hehe!"

"Who's talking?" Ye Qiu turned abruptly to the entrance of the cave. Inside the cave, only his own echo was heard, and there was no one at the entrance.

'What's been happening recently? Why do I keep hearing the laughter of girls?' Ye Qiu frowned. It wasn't the first time, and he had heard it more than three times already!

"Big Brother! Here... here!"

'Heard it again!' Ye Qiu opened his Sharingan.

"Where are you?" Purple light flickered in his eyes, and all kinds of soul beasts within a hundred meters were within Ye Qiu's search range.

"!" Ye Qiu stiffened all over! Suddenly, a chill spread from his neck. He broke out in a cold sweat. The fact that someone could approach him silently meant that they were a master!

Ye Qiu dared not make any casual moves.

"Big brother... here." Just in time, the crisp voice sounded again in his mind.

Slowly lowering his gaze, he saw that the Blue Silver Emperor in the flowerpot had unexpectedly extended quite a bit. Its tip had curled up to his neck. The cold sensation on Ye Qiu's neck was from the Blue Silver Emperor.

"Blue Silver Emperor!?" Staring at this beautiful grass, Ye Qiu was shocked. He had actually been frightened by a grass?

"Big brother... clever."

Hearing its voice, black lines appeared on Ye Qiu's head. He felt like it was mocking him. Not only had he been scared stiff just now, but last night, because of its voice, he ended up with two ear scrapes!

Now, looking back, after he had finished dealing with his two ear scrapes, it seemed like he did hear some mocking laughter.

The gaze Ye Qiu directed at the Blue Silver Emperor started becoming dangerous.

"Big brother... pat."

As soon as he mumbled unclear words, Ye Qiu didn't want to argue with them. Who could have expected that what he thought was an auditory hallucination actually came from this potted "Blue Silver Emperor, in its current state, it can actually speak?"

Ye Qiu sat down again, suddenly remembering that this was the seed left by Tang Hao's wife, Ah Yin. He asked the grass, "Are you Ah Yin?"

"Yin Yin sister, sister left," came its intermittent voice. Ye Qiu felt that it didn't seem very intelligent at the moment.

He looked at it strangely. Did it just call Ah Yin its sister?

"Ah Yin left? Does that mean she's dead?" Ye Qiu rubbed his chin, savoring the information provided by the grass.

The Blue Silver Emperor next to him surprisingly nodded humanely.

"Do you know Tang Hao?" Ye Qiu became interested and continued to communicate with it.

The swaying Blue Silver Emperor stopped, its tip tilting backward, as if contemplating.

Then it swayed left and right twice, indicating that it didn't know, hadn't heard of him.

So Ye Qiu changed his questioning style, "It's that dog who planted you in the pitch-black cave!"

The effect was immediate. As soon as Ye Qiu finished speaking, the Blue Silver Emperor violently shook, as if accusing Tang Hao of abusing the grass.

Then, unexpectedly, after the intense shaking, it drooped and became limp, unable to stand straight.

"..." Ye Qiu had black lines on his forehead. Was the consciousness of this grass so fragile?

Helplessly shaking his head, he watered it again.

After this little interaction, much of the melancholy in Ye Qiu's heart faded away.

"It's time to leave!"

Holding the pot with the planted Blue Silver Emperor, a vortex appeared, and Ye Qiu, holding it, disappeared from the spot.

He had lingered on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest for more than a month; it was time to continue heading towards the Heavenly Dou Imperial City.

...

In the dense jungle, Ye Qiu was sitting cross-legged on a tiger. The young tiger beneath him was swiftly heading towards the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

There was a new black ribbon on his eyes. Although he didn't want to tear off what Zhu Zhuqing had left, he needed something on his eyes. One could say that tearing it off was quite relieving.

In his arms was a pot of Blue Silver Grass with golden veins on its branches and leaves.

Since Ye Qiu knew that the Blue Silver Emperor had developed consciousness, it didn't seem right to keep leaving it in the Divine Might Space.

Anyway, while on the road, when he had nothing to do, he took it out to bask in the sun.

Regarding the issue of its address to him, Ye Qiu had a guess.

He speculated that the reason it called him "big brother" was mainly due to the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone, which gave it a sense of intimacy similar to Ah Yin.

Perhaps the Sharingan was also a reason, but he couldn't be sure. After all, he hadn't really tried using that unconventional ability to seduce certain female soul beasts—excluding those who could transform into human forms.

Due to the Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast Iron Hoof Horse, which had been with Ye Qiu for a long time, being taken away by Zhu Zhuqing, he had to recruit a new one using the Sharingan.

This was a Soul Beast just over a thousand years old, the jade eye Cloudwing Tiger.

Its body length was about three meters, and the key was that it looked good. Its fur was smooth and shiny. When encountering steep slopes or cliffs, it could even experience the thrill of gliding.

"It shouldn't take more than a few days to reach the towns at the edge!"

Snap! Ye Qiu pulled the tiger's tail, using it as a whip to give the tiger's buttocks a lash.

Could this be considered self-inflicted, or did it grow out of self-infliction?

"Roar~" The handsome Jade Eye Cloudwing Tiger roared low and immediately rushed out.

(End of this chapter)