"Old Man had Innate Level Nine Soul Power back then. Calling him a once-in-a-generation genius would not be an exaggeration."
"So when he first began venturing across the continent, Old Man resolved to solve the defect in your family's Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul."
"Chrysanthemum Douluo's Martial Soul is called the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum."
"Its original form is a Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure seldom seen in the world, ranked among the immortal grades."
"If an ordinary person obtained it, even with only Innate Level One Soul Power, they could use it to shed their mortal form and defy fate.
They would directly become an Existence Not Weaker Than Innate Full Soul Power.
"So when Chrysanthemum Douluo first ventured across the continent, his goal was to find an immortal-grade treasure like his Martial Soul, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum."
"As for Old Man, he was trying to remedy the innate defect of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul."
"Thus, after the two met, Old Man learned from Chrysanthemum Douluo that if they could find an immortal-grade treasure compatible with your family's Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul, they could completely resolve the problem of a Martial Soul Defect."
"After that, the two had a common goal, so naturally, they began venturing across the continent together!"
As Gu Changge listened to Mu Qingyu's account,
he was surprised, yet he had to admit the Mystery of Fate.
If that was truly the case, with Old Man's obsession combined with Chrysanthemum Pass's obsession with immortal-grade treasures,
the two really could have come together and ventured across the continent as companions.
"Isn't that a good thing, then?"
Dugu Yan asked in confusion, "Chrysanthemum Douluo pursued immortal-grade treasures, and Grandpa did too. Since their goals were the same, why did they fall out later?"
Ye Lingling leaned against Gu Changge's chest, her large eyes blinking as she listened attentively.
"Later on..."
Mu Qingyu sighed, her gaze turning distant. "Wasn't it all caused by the backlash from the Azure Python Poison?"
"From the time Old Man and Chrysanthemum Douluo met in their youth, the two had been searching for traces of immortal-grade treasures!"
"But how could immortal-grade treasures be so easy to find?"
"They traveled all over the continent for decades without seeing the slightest trace of one! Instead, they found quite a few Natural Treasures inferior to immortal grades."
"But those things were of little use in remedying the defect in your family's Martial Soul."
"As time passed, Yan Yan's Father gradually grew into an adult and got together with Yan Yan's Mother!"
"Yan Yan's Father's aptitude was inferior to Old Man's, but he still possessed Innate Level Eight Soul Power."
"Around twenty years ago, his Soul Power broke through to the level of a Five Ring Soul King. Then, the problem of the Azure Python Poison's backlash began to become impossible to suppress."
"In his panic, Old Man passed his still-immature Poison Pill Condensation Method to Yan Yan's Father, hoping he could follow that path and break out of that Dead End."
At this point, Mu Qingyu glanced at Dugu Yan and softened her tone. "But that immature Poison Pill Condensation Method was far too dangerous. Not only did your father fail, it even accelerated the backlash of his Soul Poison."
Hearing this, Ye Lingling subconsciously gripped Gu Changge's arm tighter, her little face filled with anxiety.
"At that time, Chrysanthemum Douluo possessed a precious Jade Dragon Snow Ginseng. Though it was not an immortal-grade treasure, it could still be called Half Immortal Grade."
"After Yan Yan's Father suffered the backlash of his Soul Poison, Old Man desperately sought out Chrysanthemum Douluo and asked for the Jade Dragon Snow Ginseng, hoping to prolong Yan Yan's Father's life!"
"However, that Jade Dragon Snow Ginseng had not yet matured, and it was not compatible with the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul in the slightest. Even if he gave it away, it could only prolong his life temporarily. Once its Medicinal Effect faded, it would still be useless."
"So Chrysanthemum Douluo refused."
Mu Qingyu shook her head slightly as she spoke.
"Reasonably speaking, Chrysanthemum Douluo had done nothing wrong. But how could Old Man think that clearly at the time?"
"After being together for decades, Chrysanthemum Douluo would not even give him a Jade Dragon Snow Ginseng. Old Man immediately fell out with him, and from then on, they parted ways!"
"Later, while Chrysanthemum Douluo was away on business, Old Man directly sneaked into his Medicine Garden and dug up that Jade Dragon Snow Ginseng, roots and all!"
Gu Changge thought to himself that this truly was Old Man's style.
Neither wholly righteous nor wholly evil, he would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.
"What happened afterward?"
Immersed in the story, Ye Lingling asked softly.
"Afterward, it happened exactly as Chrysanthemum Douluo had predicted!"
Mu Qingyu spread her hands. "Because the medicine did not suit the illness, that Jade Dragon Snow Ginseng failed to save Yan Yan's Father. It only prolonged his life by less than a year."
"When Chrysanthemum Douluo returned and discovered that Old Man had taken the Jade Dragon Snow Ginseng, he flew into a rage and fought Old Man several times."
"In those battles, both of them fought in earnest!"
"Fortunately, Ye Lingling's grandfather and Ghost Douluo persuaded them, preventing things from truly reaching an irreparable point!"
"From that day onward, the grudge between them was completely set!"
At this point, Mu Qingyu suddenly smiled. "Actually, after so many years, both of them had long since come to terms with it. But those two old men were both too prideful, and neither was willing to be the first to lower his head!"
"So the matter remained deadlocked like this!"
"And it became what it is now: neither is willing to bow first. Whenever they meet, they have to trade a few insults, fight a round, and only then talk."
Mu Qingyu stretched lazily. "But what is frustrating is that after all these years, neither of them has been able to do anything to the other!"
"Chrysanthemum Douluo's cultivation has been steadily improving. He is already level ninety-four!"
"But Old Man's eighth and ninth Soul Skills are truly top-tier!"
"On top of that, he possesses a Medusa Petrifying Skull that is equally top-tier!"
"So in a one-on-one fight, even though Chrysanthemum Douluo's Martial Soul ranks among the immortal grades and his cultivation surpasses Old Man's, he still cannot do anything to Old Man!"
It was clear that regarding the relationship between Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Pass,
Mu Qingyu felt genuinely helpless and speechless as well.
As for Gu Changge, after hearing this old story, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
No wonder their relationship was so strange.
Chrysanthemum Pass clearly could have joined forces with Ghost Douluo and beaten Dugu Bo senseless.
Yet he stubbornly refused to do so, and could even tolerate Dugu Bo's Flying Dragon Riding Face.
So it turned out that this was nothing more than a melodramatic serial of two proud old men locked in Love and Hate.
"So they had such a complicated past between them!"
Dugu Yan took quite a while to process this complicated relationship.
"Aunt Mu, Uncle Ye said before that this matter was also related to me. What exactly did he mean by that?"
After sorting through the complicated relationship between Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Pass, Dugu Yan spoke again.
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