Douluo Dalu: Tiger Roars in the Universe

Chapter 103 A Century of History
When Dai Yaochen mentioned the ginseng beard of the ten thousand year old ninth-grade ginseng king, Ye Yunqian was shocked, but there was no strange expression on his face. Instead, he brought up what he said back then, trying to fool Dai Yaochen.

Unfortunately, his method did not work for Dai Yaochen. Dai Yaochen already knew the flaws in the Nine-Hearted Begonia clan's statement, so he pointed them out directly and asked Ye Yunqian for the truth.

But even though his lie was exposed, Ye Yunqian still insisted on his original statement. In the end, Dai Yaochen presented more evidence, which clearly showed that the Nine-Hearted Begonia clan and the Ten Thousand Year Old Nine-Rank Ginseng King had an inseparable relationship. Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Ye Yunqian gave in a little.

"We have kept this matter very secret. I really don't understand where you know so much." Ye Yunqian said with a wry smile.

"As long as something has happened, it will leave traces." Dai Yaochen did not explain in detail, but said, "No matter how hard you try to hide it, as long as you are willing to investigate, you will find clues."

"From what Senior Ye said now, you are not going to keep it secret any longer? Then can you tell us the location of the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King?"

"The whereabouts of the Ten Thousand Years Ninth Grade Ginseng King are erratic. In fact, although my ancestor did encounter the Ten Thousand Years Ninth Grade Ginseng King, the Ten Thousand Years Ninth Grade Ginseng King moved to another place afterwards, and my ancestor didn't know where the Ten Thousand Years Ninth Grade Ginseng King went." Ye Yunqian shook his head, "As for why my ancestor didn't tell the truth at the time, it was just because he didn't want to get involved and bring trouble to himself."

"Is that so?" Xingluo Patriarch didn't quite understand the situation before, so he had been listening carefully. When he heard Ye Yunqian say this, he immediately asked, "I have a question. The Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King is a hundred thousand year soul beast. After your ancestor encountered it, how could he return safely?"

"It should be because of the martial soul." Ye Yunqian said, "The ancestor's martial soul is the Nine-Hearted Begonia, which has no offensiveness, so he was not regarded as an enemy by the Ten Thousand Year Ninth-Rank Ginseng King."

"It makes sense that he is not considered an enemy by the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King because of his martial spirit." Dai Yaochen asked, "That's fine, but why did the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King give him ginseng whiskers?"

"I hope Senior Ye can tell the truth and stop hiding it."

With the strength of the Nine-Hearted Begonia clan, it is obviously impossible to forcibly obtain the ginseng whiskers from the Ten Thousand Year Old Nine-Rank Ginseng King. So there is only one possibility, that those ginseng whiskers were given voluntarily by the Ten Thousand Year Old Nine-Rank Ginseng King.

This made Dai Yaochen feel a little strange. What virtue and ability did the Nine Heart Begonia Clan have? It would have been fine if they let the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King let them go, but they actually took the initiative to give him the ginseng whiskers. There must be something unknown about this.

Hearing Dai Yaochen raise this crucial question, Ye Yunqian fell into silence. After a long time, he finally sighed and said, "Forget it. Our Nine Heart Begonia clan has kept this secret for so many years, but we have nothing to gain except the pressure brought by this secret."

"I didn't even plan to pass on this secret, but I didn't expect you to come to me at this time."

"Since you all want to know, I'll tell you straight away. But even if I tell you this secret, you still won't be able to find the Ten Thousand Year Old Ninth Grade Ginseng King."

"Senior Ye, just tell us." Seeing Ye Yunqian's attitude, Dai Yaochen's eyes lit up. "As for whether we can find the ten thousand year old ninth-grade ginseng king, that is another matter."

Since he had already decided to tell, Ye Yunqian was no longer vague. After a brief recollection, he began to narrate: "That happened more than two hundred years ago. At that time, my ancestor was traveling on the continent. By chance, he encountered a ten-thousand-year-old ninth-grade ginseng king."

"For ordinary people, even if they encounter such a magical creature, it is not a blessing. Before our ancestor had time to get excited, he was captured by the ten thousand year old ninth grade ginseng king in no time."

“The ancestor was a soul master, and the ten thousand year old ninth grade ginseng king was a soul beast, so the ancestor thought he was dead at the time, but in the end the ten thousand year old ninth grade ginseng king did not kill him.”

"What's the reason?" Dai Yaochen asked immediately, "Is it really related to the Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Spirit?"

"It is indeed related." Ye Yunqian nodded, "But it is not like what I said before, that the Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Spirit is not aggressive, so it did not arouse the hostility of the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King."

"The reason why the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King let our ancestor go is because it sensed the flaws in the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Spirit."

The flaw of the Nine-Hearted Begonia spirit?
Dai Yaochen's heart moved.

If there is any flaw in the Nine-Hearted Begonia martial spirit, it is the limitation of inheritance. Did the Ten Thousand Year Old Nine-Rank Ginseng King let the ancestor of the Nine-Hearted Begonia clan go because he noticed this?

"I believe you are also aware of the problems that our Nine-Hearted Begonia clan has." Ye Yunqian continued, "Only one person in each generation can inherit the Nine-Hearted Begonia martial spirit, and there can be no more than two Nine-Hearted Begonia spirit masters alive at the same time."

"This seems to be a difficult inheritance, right? But more than two hundred years ago, the inheritance of the Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Spirit was even more difficult than this."

"More than two hundred years ago, or even longer, there was only one Nine-Hearted Begonia Soul Master alive at the same time on the entire continent. No matter how that Nine-Hearted Begonia Soul Master reproduced, the martial spirits inherited by the descendants were all from the other half. Only when that Nine-Hearted Begonia Soul Master died, would the next generation inherit the Nine-Hearted Begonia martial spirit."

"The inheritance is so difficult, there is no martial spirit on the continent that can compare with the Nine-Hearted Begonia."

After hearing Ye Yunqian's introduction, Dai Yaochen and Xingluo Patriarch could not help but be amazed. They felt that the inheritance of the Nine-Hearted Begonia martial spirit was already extremely difficult nowadays, but they did not expect that it would be even more outrageous a few hundred years ago.

"The Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King has cultivated from an ordinary ginseng to a hundred thousand years old. Its magical level is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people." Ye Yunqian said, "The moment it captured my ancestor, it noticed the inheritance problem of the Nine Heart Begonia martial spirit."

"It is precisely because of this that the ten thousand year old ninth grade ginseng king did not kill the ancestor, but instead wanted to make a deal with the ancestor."

Make a deal? This should be the reason why the Nine-Hearted Begonia Clan got the ginseng whiskers.

This thought flashed through Dai Yaochen's mind, and then he heard Ye Yunqian continue: "The ten thousand year old ninth grade ginseng king said that it could help the ancestors completely solve the problem of the Nine Heart Begonia martial spirit inheritance, but before that, it asked the ancestors to do something for it."

(End of this chapter)