"That's possible too, but I don't think the Ginseng King could have killed the woman.
After all, she was its master, even if it had been planted in her body while she was alive.
If the Ginseng King showed any abnormal activity, she would certainly have removed it immediately, or destroyed it outright," Yang Xiao said.
"Could they have had a symbiotic relationship? For instance, the Ginseng King needed to absorb her cultivation to grow, while she needed its sap to nourish herself," Tang Wen said.
"That's more likely. Perhaps she needed the Ginseng King to treat an illness. Only, it failed to cure her, and she died in the end," Liu Zhi said.
"I was wondering whether, because the woman and the Ginseng King lived in symbiosis for so long,
the Ginseng King became familiar with certain features of human language.
But it has no mouth and can't speak.
It can only express itself by swaying and making the air vibrate," Tang Wen said.
"That's possible. Could she have passed her behavior, consciousness, and so on to the Ginseng King? That would explain its rudimentary human consciousness," Yang Xiao said, nodding.
They descended roughly a hundred meters before finally stopping.
An enormous medicinal flower was carved on the underground palace's gates, its vivid red color looking eerie and mysterious.
Pushing open the long-sealed gates, Tang Wen froze and sniffed.
He saw hundreds of medicinal herbs densely carved across the palace's four walls, while the supposed coffin was actually an enormous lotus.
"Was it like this when you opened it?" Tang Wen asked.
"Exactly! We haven't changed anything, for fear of damaging the underground palace's feng shui.
After all, its feng shui is particularly mysterious and contains heaven's will.
Once damaged, everything inside might be destroyed," Yang Xiao said.
"Senior,