Douluo Continent: Invincible Since Being Forced into Marriage by a Goddess

The grudge between Xiao Wu and Bibi Dong was one of matricide. It was a feud that would not end until one of them was dead.

How could it be reconciled? That was a problem.

Xiao Wu wiped away her tears and nodded sharply. "Xiao Wu understands. Then, Brother, will you come with me?"

Immediately afterward, Xiao Wu gathered up her hair and quickly braided it into a scorpion braid that hung down her back. Her movements were skillful—clearly, she had practiced plenty.

"Of course."

Su Bei wiped the lingering tears from Xiao Wu's cheeks. "I know prophecy, you know. I came looking for you because I knew Xiao Wu was going to the human world."

At that, Xiao Wu burst into laughter. "No way. Er Ming must have seen you getting bullied badly by those Evil Soul Beasts, so he brought you here to find me. This is the safest place in the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Honestly, you don't believe me even when I tell the truth."

As Su Bei muttered to himself, the system notification arrived at just the right moment:

[Class C tasks such as hugging Xiao Wu and being relied upon by Xiao Wu have been completed.]

[Deep emotional capture detected. Class A Capture Task completed: comb Xiao Wu's hair.]

[Rewards: one bottle each of Immortal Flower Lovesick Heartbreak Red, top-grade Paraquat, and Herb Growth; one double enhancement.]

[Note: The enhancement effect may be used on percentage-based rewards, as well as boosts to the host's attack, defense, speed, and so on in actual combat.]

[Xiao Wu's Capture Value has reached: 40]

Su Bei's eyes lit up. The rewards had come at exactly the right time!

Putting aside the uses of Paraquat for now.

This Lovesick Heartbreak Red was a peerless Immortal Flower, and its effects were enormous.

It also had a legend behind it. Tang San had recounted it in the original story, but where he had heard it—or whether he and Lovesick Heartbreak Red simply shared a mysterious connection—was unknown.

The original text:

Long ago, there was a young man with a tranquil nature who loved nothing more than tending flowers and planting trees. His garden was filled with green lotuses and colorful blossoms of every kind.

He often composed poems for the flowers and raised his cup to invite the moon. Whenever petals fell and blossoms withered, he would grieve without end. He always gathered the fallen petals, buried them in the earth, and wept over them again and again.

As the saying went, true feeling could move heaven and earth. His devotion to flowers moved the Flower Immortal in Heaven, who secretly descended to the mortal world and became his wife. Their bliss as husband and wife needed no further mention.

But good times never lasted. When the Heavenly God learned of this, he was furious. Declaring that immortals and mortals could not be joined, he ordered the Flower Immortal back to the divine realm. After losing his beloved, the young man spent his days sighing and drowning in sorrow. He abandoned his garden, and soon the walls collapsed, the fences fell apart, the flowers and trees withered, and the entire garden became desolate.

One day, a white-haired elder came and told him that the white peony he treasured most in the garden was the incarnation of his wife. As long as he destroyed the flower, the Flower Immortal would lose her immortal body and be banished to the mortal world, where she could become his wife once more. But he must never neglect the flowers again.

Having said that, the elder turned into a breeze and vanished. The young man suddenly came to his senses. Deeply regretting how he had mistreated the other flowers, he began tending them with great care again. Though he loved his wife dearly, he could not bear to burn the peony. Instead, he cherished it all the more, weeping before it day and night. When his tears ran dry and his heart broke from longing, he died. At the moment of his death, blood dripped onto the petals, forming the core of Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

The method for picking Lovesick Heartbreak Red was also quite unusual.

When picking it, one had to think of their beloved with absolute sincerity and let a drop of blood fall upon the petals. If there was even the slightest trace of divided affection, then even coughing blood to death would not be enough to pluck the flower.

Since this was a system reward, there were naturally no such strict restrictions.

Su Bei recalled that in the original story, Lovesick Heartbreak Red had originally been meant for the little kitty, Zhu Zhuqing. But Dai Mubai was unworthy of her, so she could not absorb it.

Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong had been the same, coughing up blood back then.

Yet Xiao Wu had plucked it with ease.

That was enough to prove that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were far from true love.

Mm, they needed saving!

Su Bei gave Xiao Wu a rough account of the story, which greatly piqued her interest. Then he explained the effects of Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

"If eaten, it can raise all of a Soul Master's attributes and increase Soul Power by at least ten levels. Xiao Wu isn't a Soul Master yet, so the effect will be even greater."

"If you don't eat it and instead carry it with you, no one will be able to detect that you're a Soul Beast."

Xiao Wu hugged Lovesick Heartbreak Red and nodded. "This flower is so beautiful, and it's the first flower Brother has ever given Xiao Wu. How could Xiao Wu bear to eat it? Xiao Wu wants to carry it with me!"

Su Bei warned her again, "Then Xiao Wu must protect it well. Especially during battle—you can't let it leave your body."

Xiao Wu was naturally lively and energetic. In the Soul Master tournament, she had flung Lovesick Heartbreak Red out right in front of Bibi Dong, which had led to the tragedy.

Su Bei did not want something like that to happen under his watch.

"Alright!"

Xiao Wu's delicate hand gently stroked the petals of Lovesick Heartbreak Red. "Brother, that legend must be true, right?"