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Su Wen's spiritual power, and even his application of it, had already reached an extremely high level.
This wasn't just due to the enhancement from his spiritual-attribute second ring, nor the bonus from his spirit itself.
The mutated Phantasmal Spirit Fox he had absorbed had also provided him with an External Spirit Bone. Although Su Wen's development of it was still insufficient, its innate enhancement to his mobilization of spiritual power was very high.
The initial formation of his visualization method had also been aided by this Phantasmal Spirit Eye.
Now, even in his own training, he could execute multiple tasks simultaneously—in other words, multitasking.
However, his multitasking was more of an innate ability rather than a technique.
"With my current ability, I still can't add on the task of maintaining the cultivation of my Source Spirit Power. This is where I must use technique to compensate."
Using spirit power application techniques to achieve multitasking.
This was the true principle behind the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's 'Heart Separation Control' secret art. Through a massive amount of technical practice, the technique would slowly merge into one's natural ability, becoming instinct.
But without a doubt, the value of this technique was extremely high. It was something that could accelerate the development of one's multitasking ability.
"For now, I'll first try to accelerate the birth of Source Spirit Power on my own. The priority is to achieve accumulation and explore the techniques for cultivating it."
...
Time passed. Two months later.
Even with the Sword Douluo, a Super Douluo, personally assisting, Ning Rongrong's trip to acquire her spirit ring had taken a full two and a half months!
It couldn't be helped. While finding a spirit beast suitable for her second spirit ring was easy, finding one that was both suitable and had an age that was stuck in the narrow, less-than-fifty-year-error-margin window of 800-something to just over 900 years was not that easy.
Moreover, to compensate for the regret that Ning Rongrong hadn't truly absorbed a thousand-year ring for her second one, Ning Fengzhi had changed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's usual style. He had specifically chosen several "gem-type" spirit beasts.
This made the search even more difficult.
After all, they had previously believed that the type of spirit beast had no effect on the spirit skill, only its age and the skill's effect would influence spirit power consumption. They even believed that no matter how reasonable the spirit beast selection was, it had no effect on spirit evolution.
But now, Ning Fengzhi once again held hope for spirit evolution. Naturally, he wanted to concentrate every possible advantageous condition onto Ning Rongrong.
"Big Brother Wen, hehe, my spirit power shot straight up to level twenty-three this time!" Ning Rongrong said with a cheerful laugh, sharing her joy with Su Wen.
The second spirit ring she had absorbed this time was a full nine hundred years old. It had given her a massive feedback of spirit power.
The two and a half months of cultivation during the search had also allowed her to accumulate about half a level's worth of Source Spirit Power.
Under this dual enhancement, she had reached level twenty-three the moment she finished absorbing her second spirit ring!
During the search for the spirit beast, the Sword Douluo had been surprised more than once, expressing his astonishment at Ning Rongrong's serious attitude.
The Ning Rongrong of the past had never worked this hard...
Little did he know, this was because Ning Rongrong believed this was the only area where she could catch up to Su Wen. To compete with him, she could only do her best to surpass him in cultivation speed.
Su Wen's application and development of his spirit made her feel it was impossible to catch up, and it far surpassed other Spirit Masters of their rank. But, Su Wen's spirit power rank was, at least, very low.
Although this was because Su Wen had a low starting point and had "wasted" a long time at the level-ten bottlenecks, the external appearance was that Su Wen's overall level was low.
He's almost twelve and he's only level twenty-four?!
"Big Brother Wen... you broke through?" Ning Rongrong asked, her face a mask of astonishment.
His spirit power fluctuations... they were so much stronger than before.
"Mm. Just broke through two levels. I'm only level twenty-six now. Sigh..." Su Wen said calmly at first, but ended with a sigh.
Ning Rongrong: "..."
What happened?
Yu Tianheng and the others: We'd also like to know what happened.
Right after Ning Rongrong left to find her spirit ring, Su Wen had broken through to level twenty-five. Then, two months later, he broke through to level twenty-six.
As his rank increased, his advancement speed was actually getting faster!
Feeling Su Wen's stronger spirit power aura, Ning Rongrong had assumed he'd just broken through to level twenty-five. She was just thinking to herself that 'one level in five months is still normal,' only to hear Su Wen nonchalantly say he had broken through two levels.
And the key was, he sighed at the end!
Eleven years old... level twenty-six...
Ning Rongrong took back her previous thought.
She comforted herself internally: I'm an auxiliary-type Spirit Master, my cultivation is supposed to be slow. I won't compare myself to Big Brother Wen... I won't compare...
Although she thought this, she was still curious as to how he'd done it.
"Big Brother Wen, how on earth did you do it?" she asked, her eyes wide with a very cute, curious look.
"I... don't know," Su Wen said, shaking his head with a blank look.
It wasn't that he didn't trust her, but this involved the very foundation of his rise. Before he had fully capitalized on all its benefits, revealing too much would instead affect his own cultivation.
He didn't mind bringing benefits to the Spirit Master world, but the prerequisite was that he couldn't miss out on the benefits he himself was due.
As for friends and family...
If a second person knows, a third and fourth will soon follow.
Once he opened that door, it would never be closed again.
...
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
Ning Fengzhi was surprised to see his daughter return home so soon after going back to the academy.
But after hearing what his daughter said, his mood fluctuated wildly.
Little Wen broke through... to level twenty-six?
He hadn't, in fact, been in contact with Su Wen recently. Both of them had been focusing on their own research.
This speed... it was abnormal.
But when he heard what Ning Rongrong reported Su Wen had "felt," his expression grew dazed. He pondered it for a long time before it hit him.
"He feels... an even greater affinity with his spirit, and cultivation is smoother..."
His spirit quality hadn't changed, so this feeling could only represent one thing: his spirit fusion degree.
"Right, you also said Little Wen wants to learn 'Heart Separation Control'?"
"Mm."
Ning Fengzhi didn't hesitate.
"I will personally impart the 'Heart Separation Control' cultivation method to him later. You haven't even reached the first realm, 'Three-Aperture Heart,' yet. If you try to teach him, you might just confuse him."
Ning Rongrong pouted, glaring at Ning Fengzhi. Her eyes were "dangerous," and she put on a fierce, 'threatening' look.
"It just so happens, I've also had some new research insights recently. I'll go and discuss them with Little Wen." Ning Fengzhi ignored his daughter's glare, trying to change the subject.
...
Tian Dou Royal Academy.
"Uncle Ning."
"Mm. Little Wen, I haven't seen you for a while, and you're already level twenty-six."
"Just lucky, just lucky."
Ning Fengzhi shook his head. "You've probably guessed it yourself. Your spirit's fusion degree with your body is extremely high. You are prematurely enjoying some of the benefits of a high-level Spirit Master, which is why your cultivation speed is what it is."
He didn't believe for a second that Su Wen didn't know anything.
Su Wen's level of theoretical understanding was in no way inferior to any of the so-called "masters" on the continent.
(End of this chapter)