In Douluo Continent, there is a proper way to die.

Chapter 131 Nine-Hearted Begonia

"Sister Yanzi? Sister Lingling? What are you doing here?" Yinlan looked at the two girls with some surprise. Dugu Yan also stopped chatting and looked over with Ye Lingling.

Yin Lan was indeed somewhat surprised. Over the years, not only Qian Renxue and the other disciples had been cultivating inside the Yin-Yang Well, but also people she had invested heavily in, including Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Dugu Yan was already one of Yinlan's people when Dugu Bo submitted to Yinlan, while Ye Lingling was recruited later by Yinlan after Dugu Bo met Ye Renxin.

In his early years, Dugu Bo was terminally ill and sought medical help from countless doctors. He tried every means to find a way to detoxify his only son, Dugu Xin, and granddaughter, Dugu Yan. Naturally, he also sought help from Ye Renxin, who was said to have saved countless lives and possessed the "Nine Heart Begonia" martial spirit.

Unfortunately, Ye Renxin was powerless to help. His martial spirit could only help repair the physical damage caused by Dugu Bo's poisoning, but it could not help him detoxify. However, it was still better than Dugu Bo enduring it before. Over time, the two developed a deep friendship. Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling even grew up together.

Yinlan knew that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had a good relationship, but she didn't expect that there was such a foundation of affection between their elders. So she had the idea of ​​winning over the Ye family.

The Ye family, known as the "Nine-Heart Begonia" family, is also a family. Although the conditions for inheriting the "Nine-Heart Begonia" martial soul are harsh, it is passed down in a single lineage, with only one inheritor per generation. At the same time, there can only be two Nine-Heart Begonia soul masters alive. Only if one dies can another one appear in the next generation. It is the martial soul with the fewest inheritances in the current soul master world. However, the Ye family has not only inherited the "Nine-Heart Begonia" martial soul, but also ordinary "Begonia" martial souls.

The Ye family is not large, but it is a well-known medical family in the Soul Master world. Ye Renxin often leads people to go out for free medical treatment, travels the world, saves countless people without asking for anything in return. Not only Soul Masters, but also ordinary people have benefited from his kindness. Countless people owe him favors and have countless connections. It can be said that he has been given an invisible "get-out-of-jail-free card". Anyone who dares to touch him must first consider whether they can afford to offend the powerful people he has saved.

Even the two generals under Bibi Dong's command, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, had their injuries from being hit by Tang Hao treated by him. Unfortunately, when he arrived at Wuhun City, he was a step too late and had not yet had a chance to see the previous Pope Qian Xunji before hearing the news of Qian Xunji's death on the way.

Ye Renxin had wondered what had happened back then. Qian Xunji was a renowned Title Douluo with a cultivation level of 95. No matter how fierce Tang Hao's attack was, he had only just broken through to the Title Douluo level. It shouldn't have been so severe that Qian Xunji's injuries prevented him from even seeing him. But that was the reality. He couldn't very well let the Spirit Hall dig up Qian Xunji's grave to check on his injuries.

Therefore, even the Spirit Hall dared not harbor any ill intentions towards Ye Renxin. If anything went wrong, it would be enough to deal a fatal blow to the Spirit Hall's reputation in the eyes of the world.

Fortunately, Ye Renxin has always maintained a neutral stance. He is only responsible for saving people and does not get involved in any struggles in the Soul Master world. Over the years, he has not clashed with the Spirit Hall's general plans. Otherwise, he would be a major threat to the Spirit Hall.

The consequences of his influence are far more terrifying than those empty shells like the "Haotian Sect" and the "Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect." Once he stands against the Spirit Hall, it will be very difficult for the Spirit Hall to deal with him. You should know that even many of the Spirit Hall's own members have been saved by him.

Now, the Spirit Hall has no need to worry about such a possibility. With Yin Lan's help, it's a piece of cake. Relying on her foresight into the original history, she knows exactly what the Ye family desires, and she can address the problem by bringing them under her control.

As mentioned earlier, the conditions for inheriting the "Nine Hearts Begonia" martial soul are extremely demanding. Therefore, although Ye Renxin had already reached level ninety several years ago and become a quasi-titled Douluo, he had not yet obtained a soul ring to break through the bottleneck.

Breaking through to the Title Douluo level means an increase in lifespan. If Ye Renxin were to break through to the Title Douluo level and gain an extra hundred years of lifespan, then Ye Lingling's descendants would never have the possibility of producing the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul. For the sake of the Martial Soul's inheritance, Ye Renxin would have no choice but to refrain from acquiring the ninth Soul Ring, and if necessary, he would even have to end his own life.

The day Ye Lingling awakened her martial spirit was also the anniversary of Ye Renxin's father's death.

The healing ability of the "Nine Hearts Begonia" martial soul is extremely powerful. It seems that it is this extremely powerful healing ability that makes the "Nine Hearts Begonia" seem to be envied by the heavens, and thus it was cursed with such a vicious curse. The problem of the inheritance of the martial soul, like the poisonous inheritance of the Dugu family, has always been a dark cloud that is difficult to dispel over the Ye family.

Then Yinlan dispelled it (laughs).

She checked in "Creative Mode" and found that the problem of the inheritance of "Nine Heart Begonia" was not actually a "curse," but rather a situation similar to that of "Blue Silver Emperor"—the Blue Silver Grass clan can only have one "Emperor," and the next "New Emperor" can only be born if the previous "Emperor" dies.

The same applies to the "Nine Hearts Begonia" spirit. Only two people can possess the "Nine Hearts Begonia" spirit at the same time. When one dies, the next one will be born. In other words, even if Ye Renxin and Ye Lingling, who currently possess the "Nine Hearts Begonia" spirit, were to die unexpectedly, and Ye Lingling were unable to leave any descendants, the Ye family would still produce new people with the "Nine Hearts Begonia" spirit. The lineage would not be interrupted. However, the Ye family has never had a situation where two people with the "Nine Hearts Begonia" spirit died. Fearing the lineage would be broken, they dared not risk breaking through to the Title Douluo level, which is why they were completely unaware of this matter.

However, just as Yin Lan was able to erase the "limitations" in her own bloodline, she could also erase the "limitations" in the Ye family's bloodline. After consulting with Ye Renxin, Ye Renxin decided to ask Yin Lan to help the Ye family remove that "limitation." The Ye family had been in a state of panic for too many years because of the inheritance of a martial soul. Even if she knew that the truth was not as horrifying as it seemed, Ye Renxin did not want to continue to cause trouble or do anything to distinguish family members. The Ye family was not a large family and did not have many people to begin with, so why bother to divide them up?

Moreover, the more family members who possess the "Nine-Heart Begonia" martial soul, the more people they can help.

Yinlan admired Ye Renxin's choice, so she did as he wished and performed a "minor surgery" on everyone in the Ye family.

Now, all newborns in the Ye family have the potential to awaken the "Nine Hearts Begonia" martial soul. Even if they don't directly awaken the "Nine Hearts Begonia" martial soul, they can still evolve their martial soul steadily through cultivation, just like other Ye family members who possess the "Begonia" martial soul. As long as they don't randomly absorb any soul rings with conflicting attributes, they can evolve into the "Nine Hearts Begonia" by the time they reach the Title Douluo level.

Well... actually, it's possible that even if you absorb a soul ring with opposing attributes, you can still evolve. In the era of Douluo Dalu III, 20,000 years later, Shi Mengshan, the Begonia Douluo, somehow managed to mutate the Nine Heart Begonia from the strongest healing-type martial soul into a poison-type martial soul.

Although Yin Lan had already dispelled the gloom that had lingered over the Ye family for many years, it wasn't until a few months ago, when Ye Renxin witnessed firsthand that a six-year-old child in the clan had indeed awakened the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, that he finally felt at ease enough to break through his bottleneck and become the only support-type Title Douluo on the continent, with the title "Saint Healer".

Theoretically speaking, no one would dare to defy the world and attack the Ye family. However, no matter what, the Ye family is just a support-type martial soul family with no offensive capabilities. Unlike the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, which is protected by the Sword Bone Douluo, if someone really has ill intentions, the Ye family can only swallow their anger.

Hoping to find a powerful patron to protect her family, Ye Renxin led the Ye family to submit to her after Yin Lan took action, and their relationship with the Dugu family also became closer.

The news of Ye Renxin's breakthrough to Title Douluo shocked the entire continent, especially the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Before he broke through to Title Douluo, the title of "Number One Support Type in the World" was always held by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, but now the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's position is teetering on the brink of collapse.

Although Ye Renxin had no intention of establishing a "Nine Hearts Begonia Sect," Ning Fengzhi still felt a sense of crisis and increased his investment in Xue Qinghe. At the same time, he secretly dispatched more sect members to seek out treasures from all over the world in order to evolve the "Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda" into the "Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda."

Some time ago, Yin Lan was short of money, so he sold two Xuan Shui Pills at the Tian Dou Auction House. One of them was bought back by Ning Fengzhi for seven million gold soul coins. Yin Lan guessed that he had already given it to Ning Rongrong.

It can be said that Ning Fengzhi was indeed perceptive enough. He knew about the inheritance problem of the "Nine Hearts Begonia" martial soul. Ye Renxin's breakthrough to the Title Douluo level was undoubtedly sending him a signal that the Ye family had probably encountered some kind of opportunity and solved the defect of the martial soul.

His sense of crisis was not unfounded. When more and more advanced Soul Masters with the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul appeared, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School still had no hope of evolving their Martial Soul, it was only a matter of time before their title of "Number One Support System in the World" was taken away.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling usually cultivate in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. With the amplification of such a treasure land, Dugu Yan is now a level 55 Soul King, while Ye Lingling joined a little later and is a bit slower, but she is already level 53.

Yes, now it's not just Yinlan skipping school, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling are skipping school with her too (laughs). Going to school is nowhere as fast as leveling up with Yinlan.

"We need to relax sometimes, you know. Do you think everyone is a cultivation fanatic like you?" Dugu Yan rolled her unusually bright green eyes. "We saw that blue-gold dragon from afar in Tiandou City just now, and we wondered if it was you coming back."

Dugu Yan still retains her peculiar purple hair and green eyes, a result of her past severe poisoning. Although the poison has been neutralized, it has inevitably left her with aftereffects.

However, she had always regarded her purple hair and green eyes as a characteristic of her powerful poison skills, and now that it happened to be true, she didn't feel there was anything wrong with it.

"...Actually, I quite like cultivation," Ye Lingling muttered softly. "It was Yanzi who wanted to go shopping and insisted on finding someone to go with before she dragged me away."

This girl actually undermined me... Dugu Yan's eyelids twitched, pretending not to see Yin Lan's ambiguous smile, and turned to look at Bai Chenxiang and Zhu Zhuqing.

"Look at our Lanlan, where did she bring this pretty girl back from again?" Dugu Yan said sarcastically. "You already have so many beautiful girls at home who are just as good as me, aren't you satisfied?"

Is this something we can listen to...? The three education committee members kept their eyes down, silently retreated to the education committee office, and quietly closed the door.

"Auntie, you're twenty years old already," Yinlan retorted, glaring at her with deadpan eyes. "You're not a young girl anymore, can't you be a little more self-aware?"

"...Pfft!" Upon hearing this, Dugu Yan seemed to have been stabbed, looking heartbroken, her entire demeanor turning quite somber. "You were so cute and well-behaved when you were little, how did you become so sharp-tongued as you grew up..."

"What gave you such a misconception?" Yinlan couldn't help but wonder. She had always liked to call people "trash, trash" since she was a child, looking like a little devil.

In the past, she had complained about Yin Luo and Tang Hao's affairs, nothing more; she had complained about Gu Yuena's inheritance issues, nothing more; she had complained about Di Tian being fooled, nothing more; she had complained about Tian Meng Bingdie's gender identity disorder, nothing more; she had complained about Qian Renxue's abstract plan to usurp the country, nothing more; even Qian Daoliu couldn't escape her criticism. When he was condensing his soul core at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, she had complained about his unrequited love with Poseidon, nothing more...

Of all the people she knows right now, none have escaped unscathed... Oh dear, thinking about it, it seems she's offended quite a few people. Heh heh, anyway, she'll definitely not mess things up, and she'll dare to do it again next time.

Yin Lan was brimming with confidence, completely unaware that Yin Luo's gaze behind her had also undergone a subtle change.

"Aren't you going to introduce these two younger sisters?" Ye Lingling remained as aloof as ever, unlike the two eccentric girls. She was completely unaffected by Yin Lan's words and looked at Bai Chenxiang and Zhu Zhuqing beside her.

"Oh right, those two are my girls now too," Yinlan said, hands on her hips, chest puffed out, muttering something strange. "As my wings, you two have to get along well!"

"As expected, only Lanlan could say such bold things... I am ashamed of myself and admit defeat." Dugu Yan started speaking in a strange tone again.

"Thank you for the compliment. Shall I come to your room tonight?" Yinlan was getting more and more arrogant.

Dugu Yan blushed instantly. She wasn't as thick-skinned as Yin Lan, and didn't know how to respond for a long time.

"We've got a rare chance to relax today, and you two seem to be new here too. How about we show you around the campus?" Ye Lingling quickly came to her best friend's rescue, extending an invitation to Bai Chenxiang and Zhu Zhuqing. "My name is Ye Lingling, and this is Dugu Yan. Just like Lanlan, you can call us 'older sisters'."

Bai Chenxiang and Zhu Zhuqing first glanced at Yin Lan, and seeing that he didn't react, they nodded obediently.

(End of this chapter)