Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 49: The King of Ginseng
North of the northern end of the Tiandou Empire is called the Far North.

It is an endless land of ice and snow. What people have explored so far is only the tip of the iceberg. It is a veritable forbidden area of ​​life and death.

At the outermost edge of the Far North, there are dozens of coniferous forests covered with snow.

In these coniferous forests, there live a large number of soul beasts with icy attributes, and it can be regarded as a gathering place for soul beasts.

Although the trees in the forest are evergreen coniferous forests, it is cold and snowy here, and the forest trees are covered with a thick layer of white snow.

Looking around, everything is covered in silver and white snow, without any trace of the vibrant green of the forest.

Therefore, these coniferous forests of varying sizes are called frozen forests.

The frozen forest is sparsely populated and has a harsh climate.

Apart from soul masters with ice-attribute martial spirits who choose to come here to obtain spirit rings, very few soul masters with other attributes come here.

"Is this the largest frozen forest in the northern border of the empire?"

In the midst of the wind and snow, Lin Rong stood at the edge of a forest, with an illusory green dragon shadow wrapped around him, isolating him from the severe cold and wind and snow outside.

Behind Lin Rong, the old butler unfolded the map to check and replied:

"There are a total of 37 frozen forests of varying sizes in the northern border of the empire. According to records in books, this frozen forest in front of us is undoubtedly the largest."

“If the Ten Thousand Years Ninth Grade Ginseng King is really in a frozen forest in the far north, then the probability of it appearing in this frozen forest before our eyes is the highest.”

Lin Rong nodded and entered the forest with the old butler, intending to find a place to rest first.

A quarter of an hour later, in a cave somewhere.

Twelve pots of scorching sun flowers were arranged in a circle in the cave.

These twelve pots of blazing sun flowers are one of the many rare and precious herbs in the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire. Not only can this herb be used as medicine, it can also release heat energy continuously, making it a natural treasure for keeping out the cold.

In the cave, the twelve sunflowers in the twelve flower pots were like little suns, emitting blazing light and dispelling the severe cold.

"It's convenient to have more treasures in hand."

Lin Rong sighed as he put away the six pots of sunflowers.

Because after only a short while, the temperature in the cave had changed from cold to somewhat warm.

When half of the sunflowers were collected, the temperature in the cave finally remained within a comfortable range.

The illusory green dragon shadow on Lin Rong's body had also disappeared.

Since he didn't need to isolate himself from the severe cold, there was no need for him to continue using the Dragon Soul to protect himself. After all, maintaining this skill required constant consumption of soul power.

Before starting to seduce the Ten Thousand Year Old Ninth Grade Ginseng King, both he and the old butler needed to recover to their best condition.

……

Somewhere deep underground in the frozen forest.

In the cave, on top of the rock, lay a ginseng about one foot and eight inches long.

This ginseng is very similar to the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. The ginseng skin is equally crystal clear. Even someone who doesn't know the value of the ginseng can tell at a glance that this ginseng is extraordinary.

But the difference is that the crystal blood dragon ginseng is crystal clear blood red, while this ginseng is crystal clear emerald green, like a flawless jade.

Like the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, this ginseng also has a layer of obvious protrusions on its skin, forming a special pattern.

The only difference is that the pattern on the skin of the crystal blood dragon ginseng is a five-clawed dragon, while the pattern on the skin of this ginseng is a five-feathered green phoenix.

The green phoenix pattern was lifelike, emitting a faint emerald green glow. It looked like a real phoenix that was about to burst out of the ginseng skin and fly into the sky.

There is no doubt that this ginseng is the legendary ten thousand year old ninth grade ginseng king, a peerless fairy product that has seized the fortune of heaven and earth.

Among the many immortal herbs, only the king of immortal herbs, Acacia Heartbreak Red, and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng that has grown to ten thousand years old can be compared with it.

Endless vitality was released from the Ten Thousand Years Ninth Grade Ginseng King, infecting the soil at the top of the cave. Above the cave, a pine tree with roots in the soil absorbed the vitality, and its lushness and thickness far exceeded the other pine trees in the forest.

The moment Lin Rong stepped into the Far North carrying the crystal blood dragon ginseng.

In the underground cave, the ten thousand year old ninth grade ginseng king was shaking its body slightly. It had a very high intelligence, but for some reason it had a vague premonition of something bad happening.

But this premonition was not strong, and seemed to be mixed with something it longed for.

In addition, the Ten Thousand Year Ninth-Rank Ginseng King was extremely confident in his earth escape technique, so it did not choose to leave this hiding place.

……

In the cave.

A pot was set on the fire.

The old butler cut a small piece of the King Ginseng in his hand and put it into the pot, and then continued to add the rest of the hot pot ingredients into the pot.

Lin Rong sat aside, looking at the thousand-year-old ginseng king in the old housekeeper's hand, with a question in his mind that he couldn't figure out.

The Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire has been around for so long that there are many thousand-year-old ginseng kings growing inside it.

Logically speaking, since there are ginseng kings in the eyes of Binghuo Liangyi, it should not be a problem for these ginseng kings to grow to the ninth grade after so many years.

But in fact, among the several thousand-year-old ginseng kings in Binghuo Liangyi's eyes, none of them were of good quality.

In other words, there is not a single ginseng that is more than 20,000 years old.

Given the effect of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire on the growth of rare plants, this kind of situation should not be possible.

But such an incredible thing actually happened in the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.

Could it be that it is because ginseng has spiritual powers?

So, once ginseng grows to the first grade of ginseng king, they don't like the growing environment of the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire, so they will run out of the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire and find a place to hide?
Or in other words, as long as one ginseng grows to the first grade of ginseng king, the rest of the ginseng will be restricted by the rules of heaven and earth and will not grow anymore if their age exceeds 10,000 years?
After much thought, only these two explanations can explain why there are no ginseng kings of the first rank or above in the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.

And of these two statements, the latter is obviously more reasonable.

Because the former cannot explain why the ginseng king, who has entered the highest grade, would give up such a superior environment as the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire and run out to find other places to grow.

The latter can not only explain the problem that only one high-quality ginseng king is needed to suppress the rest of the ginsengs, but they will not be able to grow again after ten thousand years.

The issue of the age of the crystal blood dragon ginseng was also explained.

The crystal blood dragon ginseng is naturally of grade eight and has evolved over ten thousand years.

A ten thousand year old crystal blood dragon ginseng is comparable to a ten thousand year old ninth grade ginseng king.

So if the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng is 20,000 years old, 30,000 years old, or even older, which other immortal herb in the world can compare with it?

However, if it is the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, it will be suppressed by the King Ginseng. Once it grows to ten thousand years old, it will not be able to continue growing.

In this way, the ten thousand year old ninth grade ginseng king can be compared with the crystal blood dragon ginseng which is only ten thousand years old at most, and only then can they be qualified to be called the king and queen of ginseng.

　In the original book, the Ten Thousand Years Nine-Grade Ginseng King is described as a ginseng that has grown for nearly a hundred thousand years.

　　However, when the original novel first described Tang Hao's ninth soul ring, it was also black with a hint of red.

　　The Titan ape was first described as being over ten thousand years old, but later in the mouth of Dragon Lord Meng Shu it became over sixty thousand years old.

　　But in the end, Tang Hao's ninth soul ring and the Titan Giant Ape's were both 100,000 years old.

　　The data is horribly confusing.

　　Therefore, I directly changed the setting of the Ten Thousand Years Nine-Grade Ginseng King. The Ten Thousand Years Nine-Grade Ginseng King is a ginseng that has grown for one hundred thousand years.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)