Plant King, the Mutated Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit

Plant King, the Mutated Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit

"Mm... that's true."

Seeing Dai Weisi insist on buying the girl, Zhu Zhuyun stopped objecting. At the same time, she vaguely looked forward to seeing what the girl would become in the future.

"Six hundred thousand, going once. Would any other distinguished guests like to bid?" the host asked again. Upon hearing that Dai Weisi had joined the bidding once more, everyone else chose to keep quiet.

Offending the First Prince over a little girl with a useless Martial Spirit was clearly unwise. In the end, Dai Weisi bought the girl for just six hundred thousand.

"Alright, six hundred thousand, going once. Six hundred thousand, going twice. Six hundred thousand, going three times. Sold!"

Bang!

As the host brought down the hammer, the little girl became Dai Weisi's private property. As long as Dai Weisi wished it, he could do whatever he wanted to her, even ruin her completely.

Before long, the little girl was brought to Dai Weisi's private room by an Auction House staff member. The staff member opened the iron cage and removed her shackles.

With a fierce expression, he threatened, "Remember this. From now on, this lord is your master. Being favored by the First Prince is a blessing you cultivated for eight lifetimes! Others would kill for a chance to be favored by the First Prince, yet they do not even get the opportunity!"

The staff member then brought the girl before Dai Weisi. Wearing a fawning smile, he said ingratiatingly, "Honorable First Prince, she has been brought here. What are you standing around for? Hurry up and kneel before His Highness!"

The little girl was startled and hurriedly tried to kneel before Dai Weisi. But a large hand firmly gripped her shoulder, preventing her from getting down.

The girl looked up and saw that Dai Weisi had somehow appeared beside her. Holding her by the collar, he smiled gently. "Alright, she's only a child. Why are you being so harsh with her?"

As he spoke, Dai Weisi gently rubbed the little girl's filthy hair without the slightest disgust. Then, in a commanding tone, he told the staff member, "Alright, you have no business here anymore. You may leave."

"Yes, sir!"

After the man left, Dai Weisi took the little girl's hand and led her to the sofa in the private room. He studied her closely, while Zhu Zhuyun and the others stared at her without blinking.

With so many people staring at her, the little girl became terribly nervous.

After a moment, Dai Weisi smiled. "Introduce yourself. My name is Dai Weisi. From now on, you're one of mine. You can call me First Prince, or you can call me Brother. Either is fine. What about you? What's your name?"

"A-Anna!" little Anna said timidly.

"Anna, is it? That's quite a lovely name." Seeing Anna's small body still trembling, Dai Weisi could not help but smile. "You don't need to be afraid anymore. From now on, you'll live with me, along with these older sisters. None of them will bully you.

"If they dare bully you, I guarantee I'll make them unable to get out of bed for over ten days."

The moment he finished speaking, Zhu Zhuyun viciously pinched Dai Weisi's lower back. Dai Weisi cried out in pain, "Ah! No, Zhuyun, what are you doing? Ow, that hurts so much!"

"What nonsense are you spouting? Can't you be a little more proper? How about letting little sister Anna stay at my house?"

"Oh, come on. We're husband and wife, so why distinguish between your house and mine? Your house is my house, and my house is still my house." Dai Weisi smiled, then took Anna's hand.

"Alright, Nana, let's go home together. Once we get home, take a hot bath and have something delicious to eat. Tomorrow, I'll teach you how to cultivate. Understand?"

"Mm!" Anna nodded timidly.

Thus, the group left the Auction House and went their separate ways. After returning to the Prince Residence, Li Hu came forward to greet them.

"Welcome back, First Prince." Li Hu bowed, then noticed Anna holding Dai Weisi's hand. Looking puzzled, he asked, "First Prince, this girl is...?"

"Uncle Li, let me introduce you. This is Anna, a heaven-blessed girl with Innate Soul Power as high as Level 9. She'll be living with us from now on. Please have a Maid take her for a bath and change her into clean clothes. Also, prepare a grand meal."

"Level 9 Innate Soul Power! Her talent is even greater than the First Prince's? It seems the First Prince has found a treasure!"

Li Hu immediately understood the importance of the matter. He hurriedly called for the Maids in the residence to take Anna for a bath and prepare food.

Afterward, Dai Weisi instructed him again, "Uncle Li, please bring every book in the residence related to Plant-based Martial Spirits to my room."

"Yes, First Prince. Is this Miss Anna's Martial Spirit Plant-based?"

"That's right." Dai Weisi nodded. "With Level 9 Innate Soul Power, she has all the makings of a Titled Douluo. Her Martial Spirit is rather special, so I need to consider how to nurture her. Her talent cannot go to waste."

"This subordinate understands." With that, Li Hu hurried off to find books concerning Plant-based Martial Spirits so Dai Weisi could read through the night.

The night passed quickly. Little Anna slept soundly, and it was not until ten the next morning that she appeared before Dai Weisi wearing a pink dress.

The two went to the garden in the courtyard together. Dai Weisi smiled. "Come, Nana. Release your Martial Spirit and let me take a look."

"Alright, Brother!"

Anna obediently nodded, then released her Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit. It looked like roadside weeds, chives growing in a field, and immature wheat sprouts. In short, Dai Weisi had no idea what kind of plant it was.

As the Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit appeared, the weeds in the courtyard began swaying without wind. As though drawn by some force, they seemed ready to rise from the ground and move toward Anna.

Dai Weisi took in the entire scene and muttered, "Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit... does that mean it can control all kinds of plants? Nana, did this happen whenever you released your Martial Spirit before?"

"Mm, yes, Brother." Anna nodded and said sweetly, "Whenever I release my Martial Spirit, I feel an indescribable sense of closeness toward the roadside weeds and trees."

"A sense of closeness to plants? Why does that sound a little like the Blue Silver Emperor? But the Blue Silver Emperor should only feel close to Blue Silver Grass. Could this be a mutated Martial Spirit?"

Thinking of this, Dai Weisi asked again, "Nana, do you know what Martial Spirits your parents have?"

"My Dad's Martial Spirit is Thorn, and my Mom's Martial Spirit is Lily."

Dai Weisi said in surprise, "They're both Plant-based Martial Spirits?"

"Yes. My Grandfather and Grandmother, my maternal grandfather and grandmother, even everyone in the village where I lived—they all have Plant-based Martial Spirits!"

"All Plant-based Martial Spirits... I understand!"

Dai Weisi shot up from the stone chair, startling Anna. Yet he himself was overjoyed, for he had already understood the true nature of the Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit.

Just like Goulan Grass Chicken Ma Hongjun, Anna's Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit was also a mutated Martial Spirit!

In Ma Hongjun's village, the villagers' Martial Spirits were all poultry and birds. As the villagers intermarried, their descendants' Martial Spirits slowly mutated and merged.

By Ma Hongjun's generation, his Martial Spirit had fused the traits of over a hundred kinds of poultry and birds, eventually mutating into the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Spirit. And in legend, the phoenix was known as the king of all birds.

Anna's Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit was the same. Villagers with Plant-based Martial Spirits intermarried and produced descendants.

By Anna's generation, her Martial Spirit had acquired the traits of more than a hundred Plant-based Martial Spirits, thus mutating into the Hundred Herbs Martial Spirit.

If the phoenix was the king of all birds, then Anna's Hundred Herbs was unquestionably the Plant King!