Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 8: Two Paths?

Having said that, Chen Shijie subconsciously touched the teacup beside him, but found nothing. In order to conceal his action, Chen Shijie raised his hand to his mouth, covered his mouth and coughed twice, as if to express his worries about family issues.

"By the way, Xiao Ming, summon your martial spirit so I can see how good your Jade Scorpion is. People think that the martial spirits of our Jade Scorpions are all of the same quality, but there are actually differences in quality. Generally speaking, the higher the innate spirit power, the better the martial spirit quality. Let me see what your martial spirit is like."

"Okay, Grandpa."

Chen Ming nodded, suppressed all the thoughts in his mind, jumped down from the stool, came in front of Chen Shijie and Chen Tianyun, held his breath and concentrated, feeling the power in his body. After a moment's silence, the soul power surged from his dantian, and his martial soul was summoned out.

The upright back became broad and thick, with a layer of carapace covering the skin. A slender scorpion tail extended from behind his spine, and his arms swelled, revealing carapaces like arm guards.

Chen Shijie sniffed the poisonous gas that Chen Ming unconsciously emitted when he summoned his martial spirit. His eyes lit up, and then he turned behind Chen Ming, reached out and grabbed the tip of Chen Ming's tail, and then used his fingers to touch the extended tail sections of Chen Ming one by one.

"Eleven sections? Is this so exaggerated?"

Chen Shijie was a little bit unbelieving. He stretched out his hand and clicked several more times, but the answer he got remained unchanged.

"There are many ways to identify a martial spirit like the Emerald Scorpion, but the most convenient and reliable way is to identify it by its tail."

"As a soul beast, this kind of martial soul is born with five tail segments. Initially, all the tail segments are white. Every hundred years, one tail segment will turn green. This cycle lasts for five hundred years. After a thousand years of cultivation, all five tail segments on the entire tail will turn dark green."

"After a thousand years of cultivation, the tail will grow an extra segment every two thousand years. After another thousand years, it will be dyed dark green, and then continue to grow tail segments. Only after becoming a ten thousand year soul beast can the ninth segment grow. The growth after that depends entirely on time, but because of different talents, the growth time is also different. Some can grow one segment in ten thousand years, and some can only grow one segment in twenty thousand years."

"According to legend, the upper limit of the tail segment of this soul beast is eighteen segments, and fifteen segments is the level of the Scorpion King, and twelve segments is the Scorpion King."

"As a martial soul, the tail section of our Emerald Scorpion will increase with the increase of spirit rings. The first three spirit rings will definitely increase by one section, the middle three spirit rings have a chance to increase by one section, and the last three spirit rings will not increase... At least the spirit rings of average quality will not allow the martial soul to evolve."

"I am a Soul King. I have absorbed five soul rings. With some luck, my tail segment has grown four times. Now it is only twelve segments, barely reaching the stage of Scorpion King. But even so, no one in the entire Azure City has a higher quality of martial soul than me."

Looking at Chen Ming, Chen Shijie burst into tears.

"As long as you absorb the first soul ring, you will most likely be able to directly evolve your martial soul to the level of the Scorpion King. With the fifth-level innate soul power and the top-level martial soul, you can even become a Soul Emperor or even a Soul Saint in the future. If you can grow another level during this period and make your martial soul reach the level of the Scorpion King, it will be a complete transformation. It is even possible that our family will have a high-level Soul Douluo, which will completely improve the problem of bloodline inheritance..."

"Very good…"

When Chen Shijie said this, tears welled up in his eyes and his tone was a little choked.

"I originally thought that I would have to gamble and let you take the risk of absorbing the Seven Absolutes of Green Phosphorus Flowers, fearing that your life would be in danger. Now it seems that there is no need to take such a risk... If Tianfeng and Ruoyu are still alive, they will definitely feel relieved."

"... "

Chen Ming looked at his grandfather who was crying and his second uncle who was secretly wiping tears. He didn't know what to say. He just felt a little... awkward. A big rock was blocking his chest just now. He was already thinking about how to blast it away. But the construction team took a look and told the rock that it would grow legs and run away soon...

Although theoretically he didn't need to absorb the soul ring of the Green Phosphorus Seven Wonders Flower to seek change, at this moment, Chen Ming's heart began to itch.

The Seven Absolutes of Green Phosphorus Flower is a rare poison in the world. Its only weaknesses are extreme ice and fire. This is due to the characteristics of the plant. If it only gains toxicity, even the weaknesses of extreme ice and extreme fire will be weakened...

Although the quality of the Green Phosphorus Five Poisons is indeed high, it is much weaker than the Green Phosphorus Seven Wonders Flowers. If you give up the soul ring of the Green Phosphorus Seven Wonders Flowers, it will be almost impossible to obtain a suitable high-quality poison-attribute soul ring in the future.

There are many low, medium and high quality poisonous soul beasts, but when it comes to the top level, there is a cliff-like drop. The number of super quality poisonous soul beasts is even less than that of Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears.

Not only is it difficult to find, but even if you find it, it may not be suitable, and it may not be able to significantly improve the quality of your martial soul like the Green Phosphorus Seven Wonders Flower.

Tsk…

Let’s see first. If I have the ability to absorb the soul ring of the Green Phosphorus Seven Wonders Flower by then, I must try to take a gamble.

By the way...can this thing essentially be considered a magical herb-level plant, but most people just can't stand it?

Chen Ming held his grandfather in his arms as he cried tears and snot, thinking to himself while comforting the old man with his hands.

After a while, the old man who had lost his composure came back to his senses, got up from Chen Ming's arms, touched the snot and tears on his face, and then smiled with relief.

"Xiao Ming..."

"Grandpa, what's wrong?"

"You may not understand what I'm going to say next, but you have to accept it. It's for your own good."

The old man's face turned serious. Although he didn't want to be too harsh on his only grandson, the burden of the family was overwhelming him. All he could do was to try his best.

"In the next few years, your second uncle and I will protect you, and at least one of us will be by your side. In the next few years, the number of times you go out will be greatly reduced, and before you absorb the second spirit ring, you probably won't have any chance to rest. During this time, we will teach you all kinds of experience and knowledge of spirit masters, and let you practice well."

"In the next few years, you don't have to worry about anything at home. Just concentrate on your cultivation. The position of the head of the family will definitely be yours in the future. As long as you cultivate well and can show your talent and the possibility of changing the future of the family's decline, then this will be the greatest contribution to the family."

"When you absorb the second spirit ring, we will send you to Tiandou Royal Academy for further study. When you graduate from the Royal Academy, you will have both strength and status. At that time, you will be free to do whatever you want."

"Practice well. The family will be proud of you. Maybe in the future your name will even have a separate page in the family tree."

(End of this chapter)