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"Little Brother Wen, what's the solution? Tell me, quick!"
They had already walked all the way back to the VIP room where Ning Fengzhi was waiting, but Su Wen still hadn't revealed the answer. Ning Rongrong was absolutely dying of impatience.
"What's wrong, Rongrong?" Ning Fengzhi was curious about what could possibly make his daughter this anxious.
"Dad! Little Brother Wen said he has a way to give me combat abilities!"
"Hm?" Ning Fengzhi was stunned.
No one understood the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul better than he did. Because of its nature, it was absolutely impossible for it to grant any combat-type spirit abilities.
The only exception would be a mutation, and it would have to be an extremely thorough mutation, one that transformed it into a different type of pagoda martial soul altogether, losing the inherent characteristics of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile.
But Rongrong possessed a pure Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
"Oh? Xiao Wen, what method do you have?" Ning Fengzhi recalled Su Wen's unique martial soul development, so he didn't dismiss the claim outright. Instead, he asked with genuine curiosity.
He, too, wanted to see what method Su Wen was referring to.
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda itself can't grant the Spirit Master combat abilities. In that case, just rely on teammates," Su Wen said.
Rely on teammates?
Are you talking about the same 'rely on teammates' that we've always known?
Doesn't 'rely on teammates' just mean 'be protected by teammates'?
"Rongrong, feel this." As he spoke, Su Wen summoned his martial soul. He split off several book pages and merged them into Ning Rongrong's body. His first spirit ring flashed.
Ning Rongrong's eyes widened as she looked down at her own small hands and feet.
"How is it?"
"I... I feel like I've gotten stronger," Ning Rongrong mumbled.
Her eyes suddenly lit up. With a "Heh!" she threw a punch directly at Gu Rong.
"Grandpa Bone! Help me check, has my strength gotten a lot stronger?"
Pah.
Gu Rong easily caught Ning Rongrong's small fist. As he felt the force behind it, he was visibly surprised.
"Rongrong's current physical constitution... it's at least reached the level of a standard battle Spirit Master, hasn't it?"
Upon hearing this, the way Ning Fengzhi looked at Su Wen instantly changed.
Can spirit abilities really be utilized to this extent?
His first spirit ability, Strengthen... he can actually infuse the ability into the pages, and then merge the pages into another person to complete the strengthening?
At this moment, Ning Fengzhi recalled that during the battle just now, Su Wen seemed to have merged some pages into his own fists. It had all happened too fast, and he wasn't paying close attention at the time. Now, he was a little uncertain.
But if he could do that... wouldn't that mean Su Wen's first spirit ability could strengthen himself, and then use the pages to strengthen others?
If he had enough spirit power, and enough pages?
"And that's not all."
Merely strengthening her physical constitution was, of course, not enough to give Ning Rongrong any real combat power.
Su Wen's second spirit ring flashed.
A page separated from the book hovering above his head. On the originally blank page, unfathomable patterns began to emerge.
Su Wen himself didn't understand what these patterns meant. They were changes that had occurred naturally, based on his own cultivation methods, during his development process.
The patterns took shape, naturally presenting a red color.
Subsequently, another page began to show cyan patterns.
Su Wen controlled the two pages, having them circle around Ning Rongrong. He activated his first spirit ability, and they merged into her body.
"Rongrong, can you feel my pages?" Su Wen guided her.
Ning Rongrong nodded with an "Mhm."
"Now, use your own spirit power and infuse it into those two pages."
Ning Rongrong did as she was told. Instantly, a burst of flame appeared on her hand.
"Whoa!" she shouted in surprise.
A gust of air shot aimlessly across the VIP room. However, an airflow of this level had little effect on the other three people present.
And yet, the change that had occurred in Ning Rongrong left both Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong completely speechless.
Are you sure you're a battle Spirit Master? A power-attack type battle Spirit Master?
You... you're an AoE Support Spirit Master, aren't you?
In that brief instant, Ning Fengzhi had already mentally coined a new Spirit Master profession for Su Wen.
It was simply too absurd.
At the same time, Ning Fengzhi's heart was thumping with profound shock.
If Su Wen continued to develop this ability, its potential application would be truly, terrifyingly powerful.
"Xiao Wen, how long can this effect last?"
"My ordinary pages, if materialized for a specific purpose, can last up to a month. If merged into a body, the page's effect lasts for two and a half days at most. And that's only if the person doesn't actively use this power. If they use this strengthening power at full capacity, I estimate it will be completely depleted in less than ten minutes."
"That's not a problem at all!"
The duration the effect could last was the most critical part. As long as it could provide the buff when a battle was needed, it was fine.
Even if it was only ten minutes, its usefulness in dealing with an enemy ambush was enormous.
Ning Fengzhi stared at Su Wen, waiting for him to continue.
The most important part wasn't the strengthening effect of the ordinary pages.
"I can temporarily imprint the spirit ability onto the page—or you could say record it, or inscribe it. Paired with my first spirit ability to strengthen the target, I can allow them to temporarily and indirectly possess my ability to control the wind and fire elements."
Su Wen used several different descriptors, emphasizing the temporary and indirect nature of this ability.
"And the pages inscribed with the wind and fire control ability only last for two and a half hours. If the ability is used, it might only last for one minute."
Although it sounded like it didn't last very long, and the strengthening just demonstrated wasn't that powerful, Ning Fengzhi absolutely would not underestimate Su Wen's developmental capabilities now.
Since he had developed such a technique, it meant it could be improved.
He might not be able to replicate Su Wen's full control of the elements, but fifty percent... there was hope for fifty percent, right?
Fifty percent!
Su Wen was already at an invincible level among his peers.
If Rongrong could possess this ability during a fight, or just keep Su Wen's strengthened pages in her body normally, she could respond much more easily if she were ambushed.
"Hehe, Uncle Ning, this is just a technique I developed when I had nothing better to do."
Su Wen had, in fact, initially just wanted to use this method to try and 'glitch' the system, to see if he could strengthen himself twice, just like with the simple page strengthening.
But he had clearly failed.
However, the 'inscribing' technique, combined with the extended development of his first spirit ability, led Su Wen to today's experiment.
This was also the first time he had tested it on someone else.
While Su Wen was busy explaining, Ning Rongrong, on the other hand, was having the time of her life.
"I can control fire too!" she laughed happily. "Hahaha!"
It was clear that even though she was proud of being a support-type Spirit Master, there was a small part of her that secretly yearned for combat-type abilities.
"Aiyaya, Little Princess, you have to be careful! Don't burn yourself," Gu Rong watched her constantly, terrified that Ning Rongrong would accidentally set herself on fire.
After all, it wasn't her own ability. Indirectly controlling it for the first time could easily lead to problems.
"Hahaha, this is so fun!" Ning Rongrong was thoroughly enjoying herself, completely missing the serious, contemplative look in Ning Fengzhi's eyes.
She had no idea that her future training regimen was likely about to multiply several times over.
"Rongrong, say goodbye to your Little Brother Wen."
Ning Rongrong was a little reluctant, but she said goodbye to Su Wen.
Ning Fengzhi looked at Su Wen and said, "Xiao Wen, come visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan when you have time."
"I will, Uncle Ning."
"Mhm. This is a meeting gift from Uncle Ning." Ning Fengzhi handed Su Wen a bracelet.
After returning to the clan, Ning Fengzhi's very first act was to enroll Ning Rongrong in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He persuaded the three education committee members to place her on the academy's main battle team.
When Su Wen returned to his own academy, he also began to inspect the "meeting gift" inside the bracelet.
(End of this chapter)