Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Mysterious Heavy Ruler

Chapter 95 The Other Shore of the Underworld

Just like in the original story, after Ning Rongrong passed the first test, Xiao Bie San and Lao Tu Zi also passed the test. The only difference was that Zhu Zhuqing was absent.

The scene returns to the Dugu residence.

Xiao Yi left the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and went straight back to the Dugu Mansion. When he entered the house, he saw Dugu Yan and the other two women playing around in the living room.

"It seems you two get along quite well," Xiao Yi said.

"Tch, now that the three of us are your women, of course we have to get along well. I don't know if I was blind to have fallen for a womanizer like you back then," Dugu Yan joked, rolling her eyes.

"Yes, yes, I am a womanizer," Xiao Yi admitted.

Xiao Yi calmed down as he watched the three girls playfully bickering. He wasn't too worried about the potential mess with them, but he wondered if his little angel would be so angry that she would kill him if she knew he had taken advantage of Zhu Zhuqing.

"Ugh, just thinking about it is terrifying." Xiao Yi shook his head.

Xiao Yi then told Xiao Yi about the engagement.

"Zhuqing, I've already spoken to Grandpa Dugu. Your engagement will be settled when we go to the Po Yi Clan after some time has passed."

Zhu Zhuqing was stunned after hearing Xiao Yi's words. She thought Dugu Bo would be very angry when he found out that Xiao Yi had taken her place. She didn't expect Dugu Bo to be so easy to talk to. Moreover, Dugu Bo was willing to personally go to resolve the marriage issue for Xiao Yi's sake, and he even took her with him.

"By the way, Yanzi, I remember there was a spider lily among the immortal herbs before. This should be quite suitable for Zhuqing. Why don't we give it to her?" Xiao Yi said.

"Well, you've forgotten your old love as soon as you have a new one. You only gave Lingling a single tulip after knowing her for so long, but now you've given Zhuqing a Netherworld Spider Lily. Is it that all men like big ones?" Dugu Yan grabbed Xiao Yi's ear right away.

"Hey, hey, Yanzi, be gentle, your ear's going to fall off!" Xiao Yi begged repeatedly.

Xiao Yi knew that Dugu Yan was speaking up for Ye Lingling. After knowing her for so long, she finally gave Ye Lingling the immortal herb, while Zhu Zhuqing obtained the immortal herb just because of an accident. This was very unfair to Ye Lingling. What if Ye Lingling pretended not to care on the surface, but felt sour inside?

Zhu Zhuqing's face flushed red upon hearing Dugu Yan's words. Then she looked at her voluptuous chest and thought, "Hmm, it really is big."

Then she began to wonder what the "immortal herb" was, so she asked, "Sister Yan, what is the immortal herb?"

"What? Immortal herb? That's just a medicinal herb, but its effects include, but are not limited to, martial soul evolution and soul power enhancement." Dugu Yan replied to Zhu Zhuqing's question.

"Several of us have tried the herbal remedy; in short, it's a good thing."

"Moreover, it can strengthen the foundation and enhance vitality."

Zhu Zhuqing was shocked by Dugu Yan's explanation. Could such a thing really exist in the world? Their Star Luo Empire had been passed down for thousands of years and they had never heard of such a thing.

"What is the purpose of the Netherworld Spider Lily?" Zhu Zhuqing asked.

"The effects of each kind of immortal herb are different. After Lingling took the Qiluo Tulip, the restrictions on her martial soul were broken. As for me, I took the Earth Dragon Golden Melon and transformed from the original Jade Scale Snake into a Four-Clawed Flood Dragon. Xiao Yi, on the other hand, is impervious to ice and fire and indestructible."

"As for the effects of the Netherworld Flower, Yi should know. I don't understand this stuff, so let Yi explain it to you." After saying that, Dugu Yan put down Xiao Yi's ear.

Then Dugu Yan took out a jade box from her storage soul tool.

Inside, there is a red bulb-shaped plant; the leaves are clustered, slender and pointed, resembling garlic leaves, fleshy, strap-shaped, bluish-green with a white powdery coating; the calyx is solitary, and the flowers are arranged in terminal umbels.

Its flower stem is about 40 centimeters long, and the top of the plant is a whole flower made up of umbrella-shaped petals.

This spider lily carries an aura of death.

"Let me tell you a story before you take it," Xiao Yi said.

Long, long ago, on the outskirts of a certain city, vast fields of red spider lilies, also known as the flowers of the underworld, bloomed. Their fragrance possessed a magical power, capable of evoking memories of one's past lives. Guarding these flowers were two spirits: a flower spirit named Manju and a leaf spirit named Shaka. They had watched over the flowers for thousands of years, yet they had never met, for when the flowers bloomed, there were no leaves, and when the leaves appeared, there were no flowers. They longed for each other desperately, tormented by this unbearable pain.

"Finally, one day, they decided to defy the gods' decree and secretly meet. That year, the vibrant red spider lilies, set off by striking green leaves, bloomed with an exceptionally alluring beauty. It was expected that the gods would punish them. Manju and Shahua were cast into the cycle of reincarnation, cursed never to be together, suffering torment in the mortal world for all eternity. From then on, the spider lily was also called the 'flower of the other shore,' meaning a flower that blooms in heaven. Its shape resembles hands praying to heaven, but it never appeared in this city again. This flower blooms on the road to the underworld. In each reincarnation, Manju and Shahua, upon smelling the fragrance of the spider lily on the road to the underworld, would remember their past lives, vow never to be separated, and then fall back into the cursed cycle of reincarnation in the next life."

"Legend has it that after countless reincarnations, a god came here one day and saw a flower on the ground with extraordinary bearing, its crimson color like fire. The god approached it and examined it closely, immediately discerning its secret. The Buddha was neither saddened nor angry; he suddenly laughed three times, reaching out to pluck the flower from the ground. Holding the flower in his hand, the Buddha said with emotion, 'In your past lives, you longed for each other but could not meet. After countless reincarnations, you loved each other but could not stay together. The so-called separation and reunion are merely the arising and ceasing of karmic connections. You are cursed, causing your karmic connection to end but not separate, to cease but not part. I cannot help you break this cruel curse, so I will take you to the other shore, where flowers bloom everywhere.'"

"On his way to the other shore, the god passed by the River of Oblivion in the underworld and accidentally got his clothes wet. There, the red flower that Buddha was carrying was growing. When the god arrived on the other shore and unwrapped the flower from his clothes, he found that the fiery red flower had turned pure white. Buddha pondered for a moment, then laughed and said: 'Great joy is not as good as great sorrow, remembering is not as good as forgetting. How can right and wrong be distinguished? What a beautiful flower! What a beautiful flower!' The god planted this flower on the other shore and named it Mandarava. Because it was on the other shore, it was also called the Flower of the Other Shore."

"From then on, there were two completely different kinds of spider lilies in the world: one grows on the other side of the river, and the other grows on the banks of the River of Oblivion."

"This is the origin of the Red Spider Lily. It blooms without leaves and leaves without flowers. Because it grows in places with heavy death energy, it also carries the energy of the underworld. Your martial soul is the Underworld Cat. After consuming it, you can control the energy of the underworld, and your innate deficiencies can also be made up," Xiao Yi said.

P.S.: I found the "Red Spider Lily" on Baidu. I didn't originally plan to include the big cat in "Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye," but I'll add it in this chapter as a supplement. Then it'll be the end of the month, so please continue reading, add to your favorites, and give me monthly tickets. Thank you!

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