Diary System—Chapter 125: The Anger in Dugu Yan's Heart—Why Did Jixiang Get the Immortal Herb, but Not Her or Her Grandfather?
—
[To be honest, the decline of the Tang Sect wasn't entirely without reason. After the war, discounting the hundred years Tang San stayed in the lower realm and Ma Hongjun stayed behind to accompany Bai Chenxiang until her death, the Tang Sect's heyday likely lasted no more than a thousand years.]
[It's said that although Bai Chenxiang didn't inherit a god's position, her cultivation supposedly reached the peak of level ninety-nine, becoming a peerless Douluo. And as long as a peerless Douluo doesn't suffer from hidden injuries, they can theoretically live for a thousand years. During that thousand years, the Tang Sect undoubtedly stood at the pinnacle of the continent.]
[However, after Tang San and his group ascended to the God Realm, the new Tang Sect Master seemed to have lost his mind. He insisted on writing into the sect rules that all future Sect Masters must be surnamed Tang and possess the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. Did he not understand that the strength of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass came from its evolution into the Blue Silver Emperor?]
[Before its evolution, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was rather ordinary. It was only through the skills and techniques from his previous life, as well as numerous fortuitous encounters, that he managed to acquire a ten-thousand-year soul ring for his fourth ring. This was crucial, as it allowed him to master group control skills early, shocking everyone at the Soul Master Tournament.]
—
Women: …
Ah Yin: …
As the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin knew the true potential of Blue Silver Grass—which was extremely limited.
As a soul beast, Blue Silver Grass already had low potential, and its martial soul variant was even weaker. Soul beasts and martial souls are entirely different. Martial souls are constrained not just by innate soul power but also by the soul ring's position, meaning soul masters can't freely learn new skills.
Human soul masters generally cultivate fastest between the ages of 25 and 30. After that, cultivation slows down drastically due to increasing soul power requirements and diminishing talent.
In contrast, Blue Silver Grass as a plant-type soul beast has none of those limitations. If it happens to grow near the Blue Silver Ancestral Land and receives its blessings, it can cultivate rapidly. With a bit of luck and no major accidents, even an ordinary Blue Silver Grass could reach 10,000 years of cultivation. A rare few could even evolve into Blue Silver Kings after 50,000 years.
Ah Yin was one of those lucky few. She cultivated to 100,000 years and her bloodline evolved into that of the Blue Silver Emperor. After such evolution, her abilities, strength, and potential surpassed even the Blue Silver King—they were simply not in the same class.
That the Tang Sect leader mandated a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul as a requirement for sect leadership baffled Ah Yin. Was she missing something? Could it be that, thousands of years later, Blue Silver Grass users were now born with high innate soul power?
But based on what Dai Yichen revealed in the diary, the Tang Sect's decline seemed directly linked to this rule!
—
[I remember Tang San later accepted a closed-door disciple named Jixiang. He taught him the complete Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Tang Sect's secret techniques. Jixiang eventually succeeded Tang San as Sect Master. That in itself is intriguing.]
[Jixiang was originally from Sea God Island, and his martial soul was just a silver needle. He didn't even have any innate soul power. But because he once saved Tang San's life, Tang San gifted him a 10,000-year-old Ginseng King and taught him the Tang Sect's secret skills. Under the dual effect of the immortal herb and Tang San's methods, Jixiang awakened soul power—and it was actually at the innate fifteenth level! That's a bit outrageous.]
[Most of Jixiang's innate power likely came from the immortal herb. Tang San merely helped unlock his body's hidden potential. But a silver needle martial soul wouldn't normally produce high innate soul power.]
[Still, in this world, higher innate soul power means faster cultivation. So when Tang San met Jixiang again, he was shocked at his progress.]
[Tang San had always said that the Tang Sect's secret techniques must never be passed to outsiders. He even emphasized this to his sworn brothers. Yet, he handed them over to Jixiang so easily?]
[Sure, Jixiang saved Tang San, but was that enough to justify passing down core sect secrets? Although Jixiang eventually joined the Tang Sect, the fact remains: that he received the skills before he became a member. Then he even became the next Sect Master?]
[Still, it's doubtful that Jixiang created the flawed sect rules. As Tang San's final disciple, he certainly knew the difference between Blue Silver Grass and the Blue Silver Emperor.]
—
Girls: …
Dugu Yan read the diary, then looked at her grandfather across from her, her heart brimming with anger.
All those immortal herbs that Tang San possessed came from her grandfather. Yet neither she nor her grandfather ever received a single one. And Jixiang—a nobody without soul power—was given an immortal herb? Just because he saved Tang San?
Ridiculous!
Dai Yichen's account clearly states that Jixiang had no soul power at all. How much could someone like that even do to save Tang San? Probably just helped out of kindness, or it wouldn't even have happened!
And what about her grandfather? Didn't he help Tang San enough in the original story?
She only knew about the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, but Dai Yichen's diary also mentioned that her grandfather later joined Tang San in the final battle. Over such a long period, he must have supported Tang San numerous times.
She knew her grandfather's character well. He took favors seriously, which is why he remained in the Heaven Dou Empire helping Prince Xue Xing, and enduring Xue Beng's tyranny in silence.
Her grandfather never cared how others judged him. The only person who mattered to him was her. He only agreed to leave the Empire with her because she said someone in her dreams could cure their poison. Otherwise, it would have been unthinkable.
The fact that he didn't even tell her she was poisoned just showed how much he trusted the predictive dream. What if it was real?
(End of this chapter)