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Information on the Nine-Heart Begonia: The plant grows to about 1.5 meters in height. Its rhizome is translucent, and its petals appear as a misty mix of pink and white, totaling nine in number.
Collection cannot be performed using inanimate objects; otherwise, the flower will transform into a deadly poison.
Once harvested, the Nine-Heart Begonia must be preserved in ice; otherwise, its petals, as fragile as thin ice, will dissolve at the slightest touch.
As a supreme yin plant, it carries a sweet, fishy flavor. The first taste has a sweet aftertaste that dissolves instantly in the throat, followed by a burning sensation that spreads throughout the body.
Countless fragments of the Nine-Heart Begonia's essential information flashed through Ye Lan's mind, and he ultimately extracted some key knowledge about its origins.
Ye Lan immediately awoke from the Blue Silver Consciousness. The moment he regained clarity, he realized that Ye Lengleng's hand was burning hot.
Lifting his gaze, he saw sweat covering Ye Lengleng's neck.
Her rapidly rising body temperature was likely due to the sun merging into the great yin within the Blue Silver Consciousness.
Ye Lan quickly let go, saying apologetically, "Miss Lengleng, are you all right!?"
"I'm fine." Ye Lengleng only felt her body burning with heat.
Just moments before, she had sensed Ye Lan was in extreme danger and had completely opened her spirit to him.
During that time, Ye Lengleng's consciousness grew hazy. She could only vaguely sense her spirit was linked with Ye Lan's.
It was only after Ye Lan released her hand that her mind gradually cleared.
Recalling the warmth of the solar essence she had merged with, and realizing what had happened, Ye Lengleng's ears and neck grew even hotter.
It was as if she had been laid bare before Ye Lan, with nothing hidden!
Noticing her reaction, Ye Lan belatedly realized what had occurred.
However, aside from Ye Lengleng, Ausro, Yufeng, and Dugu Yan were also present.
Both Ye Lan and Ye Lengleng tacitly chose not to mention it.
When Dugu Yan saw Ye Lan release Ye Lengleng's hand, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
She quickly stepped forward and asked, "Ye Lan! Have you figured out the flaw in Ye Lengleng's martial soul?"
Ye Lan nodded.
Suppressing her inner shyness, Ye Lengleng looked at him expectantly.
Ye Lan spoke slowly: "The Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul originates from the 'Nine-Heart Holy Begonia.' The Holy Begonia was perfect and flawless. When it first appeared, its healing power was unmatched across the ages. Legends even say that the 'Nine-Heart Holy Begonia' could revive the dead and regrow flesh on bone."
"However, the 'Nine-Heart Holy Begonia' was like a flower that bloomed only once, appearing in a single generation."
"Why? With a martial soul that powerful, shouldn't it have been passed down to this day?" Yufeng asked curiously. After all, if its healing abilities surpassed even the Nine-Heart Begonia, then a Holy Begonia soul master would be an honored guest wherever they went.
Who could guarantee they would never be injured or lose a limb?
"You're right. Yet the 'Nine-Heart Holy Begonia' truly appeared only once—it was the first and the last."
"The first possessor of the Nine-Heart Holy Begonia was a male soul master. For some unknown reason, his beloved wife passed away in her prime."
"The Holy Begonia could indeed resurrect the dead, but it required the soul master to personally offer their own heart's blood."
"Only by personally drawing one's heart blood with an overwhelming desire to revive the deceased would the Holy Begonia respond to the soul master's intense will."
"As the first bearer of the Holy Begonia, he knew its properties the moment it awakened."
"After his wife died, he did not hesitate to cut open his own heart, pouring a massive amount of his heart's blood into his recently deceased wife."
"In the end, his wife was revived, but he himself was left at death's door."
"Fortunately, after her resurrection, her martial soul transformed into the 'Nine-Heart Begonia.'"
"She then pulled him back from the brink of death."
"When he recovered, he discovered that his own martial soul had also transformed into the Nine-Heart Begonia."
"From that day on, the 'Nine-Heart Holy Begonia' ceased to exist, leaving behind only two 'Nine-Heart Begonias.'"
"The Nine-Heart Begonia is the subordinate martial soul of the Holy Begonia, and only two can exist in the world at one time."
"The existence of two Nine-Heart Begonias serves as an eternal testament to a boundless love from the time of the Holy Begonia."
"I believe that those two original 'Nine-Heart Begonia' martial soul possessors were Ye Lengleng's ancestors."
This knowledge was what Ye Lan had discovered from the Nine-Heart Begonia's historical, innate information—that is, the memories recorded by the very first Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul.
After Ye Lan finished his story, everyone present was overcome with sadness.
Ye Lengleng's blue eyes welled with mist. She never imagined that her martial soul existed because her ancestor had torn out his own heart's blood to save his wife.
Even Ausro and Yufeng were silent.
Dugu Yan's eyes reddened. She couldn't imagine a love so profound that it meant carving out one's own heart to save a loved one.
After a long pause, Ye Lan revealed the solution to Ye Lengleng's martial soul flaw: "Both Nine-Heart Begonias originate from the 'Nine-Heart Holy Begonia.' If the two Nine-Heart Begonia martial souls were fused, they would revert to a single Nine-Heart Holy Begonia, and the flaw in your martial soul would be resolved."
"No! Absolutely not!" Ye Lengleng shook her head violently, her blue hair flying into disarray.
She knew exactly what Ye Lan's "fusion" implied. If her mother learned the truth of the Nine-Heart Begonia, she would undoubtedly sacrifice herself to complete her daughter.
That was something Ye Lengleng could never accept. She wore a veil precisely to protect her mother.
She would never watch her mother die for her.
Ye Lengleng even considered sacrificing herself to let her mother live.
But after her contact with Ye Lan, she felt a sense that their fates were intertwined.
Her heart wavered.
As she hesitated, her hand was suddenly gripped tightly by Ye Lan.
"Miss Lengleng, don't worry. That isn't the only way to solve the Nine-Heart Begonia's flaw. It may not be long before I find another method. Do you trust me?"
"I have no desire to visit your grave and lay a few begonia flowers every year," Ye Lan said calmly.
In truth, Ye Lan already knew what Ye Lengleng had just been thinking.
In that moment, he had even seen the shadow of death in her.
"Yes, I trust you!" Ye Lengleng nodded.
Dugu Yan wiped away her tears and gripped Ye Lengleng's other hand, encouraging her, "Ye Lan is the greatest theorist in the entire continent! He can definitely do it! Lengleng, whether it's Auntie Gu Yi or you, I don't want either of you to die!"
Their encouragement gave Ye Lengleng immense courage to live on.
The corners of Ye Lengleng's lips curved up. She smiled.
For the first time.
It was a pity that Ye Lan could not see such a beautiful sight.
When Ye Lan sensed the deathly intent within her slowly dissipate, he breathed a sigh of relief.
It's impossible for anyone in this world to completely entrust themselves to another!
Strictly speaking, apart from oneself, a person can never fully understand another.
But Ye Lan had come to understand all of Ye Lengleng, and this was an ineffable feeling.
It was a sentiment on a level even beyond Wei Sheng's promise to wait by the pillar.
This feeling of another person placing their entire being in his hands brought Ye Lan a sense of pressure.
Ye Lan's fate was gradually becoming tightly entwined with the fate of the Douluo Continent.
Ye Lengleng sensed that Ye Lan's loneliness was real; in essence, he still considered himself a person from Blue Star.
His life on the Douluo Continent was like a journey. However, now that Ye Lengleng had entrusted everything to him, Ye Lan had a new tie—a responsibility to her.
(End of Chapter)