Chapter 88: Mission Completed, Soul Power Breakthrough
"Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda? Did it really succeed?"
Ning Rongrong's mind trembled with excitement—she could hardly believe it.
No one in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had ever awakened the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul. She was the first in history to achieve this.
She could already picture the shock on her father's face when he saw her martial soul.
"All thanks to Brother Tian!"
'The beast spirit soul contract he mentioned must be real too. He wouldn't lie to me…' Ning Rongrong thought to herself.
Just the thought of someday breaking through to Titled Douluo, and even contracting a guardian beast spirit soul, made her heart race with excitement.
But she also understood—contracting a beast spirit soul wasn't something simple. She still needed to cultivate diligently.
Ning Rongrong's residence was located at the core area of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's castle complex.
At this moment, three people were already standing outside her door.
They were Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.
Because the three were personally waiting outside Ning Rongrong's room, they had drawn the attention of many direct disciples of the sect, who stood at a distance watching nervously.
"Uncle Sword, can you sense what's happening inside Rongrong's room?" Ning Fengzhi asked anxiously.
Ning Rongrong had been born with innate soul power rank nine, the highest genius of the sect, and his daughter. How could he not worry?
"Sect Master, don't worry. The soul power fluctuations just now all felt like breakthrough shocks. Rongrong should be fine," Chen Xin replied.
To be honest, even he had no idea what was going on. He had never seen a soul master break through multiple ranks in such rapid succession.
Gu Rong's expression held a faint trace of worry. He hesitated for a long moment before finally voicing his suspicion.
"Sect Master, is it possible that Rongrong consumed some kind of forbidden medicine—one that sacrifices her future potential?"
"A few days ago, she asked me to take her to the center of Sunset Forest, to that valley full of poisonous miasma."
"She entered that valley alone. I suspect she may have obtained something in there—possibly a forbidden herb."
Ning Fengzhi's heart tightened. "Uncle Bone, why didn't you say this earlier!"
He immediately reached out to break open the door to check on Ning Rongrong, but was stopped by Chen Xin.
"Sect Master, wait—Rongrong isn't the kind of girl who acts without understanding the consequences," Chen Xin said.
Over the past half year, he had spent a great deal of time with Ning Rongrong. Sometimes she sought guidance, sometimes she came simply to greet him.
Occasionally, he himself gained new insights from their conversations.
Chen Xin had sensed the changes in her and believed she wouldn't recklessly throw away her future for temporary strength.
"Besides, even if she did take a forbidden medicine, breaking in now won't help—we might interrupt her cultivation!"
Under Chen Xin's persuasion, Ning Fengzhi finally gave up trying to force his way into her room.
But his anxiety didn't lessen one bit.
After a long while, the soul power fluctuations inside the room finally calmed down. Ning Fengzhi could no longer hold himself back.
"Uncle Bone, break the door!" he ordered.
Gu Rong's martial soul was the Bone Dragon—one of the dragon species. Its strength and defense were extremely powerful.
His frame alone was massive, and even without releasing his martial soul, his raw physical strength surpassed most soul masters.
"Alright!" Gu Rong was also anxious—he had been the one to take Ning Rongrong to Sunset Forest. If anything happened to her, he would bear responsibility.
With a loud bang, Ning Rongrong's door was smashed open. The group immediately saw Ning Rongrong standing in the spacious room.
She held a radiant pagoda in her hands, gemstones shimmering with dazzling light.
Ning Fengzhi glanced once and instantly saw that her martial soul's foundation had not been harmed.
"Whew… thank goodness."
He finally let out a long sigh of relief.
At this moment, the three finally noticed the fluctuation of Ning Rongrong's soul power—she had actually reached Rank 30.
"Daddy, Grandpa Sword, Grandpa Bone—why are you all here?"
Using Ning Rongrong's tone, Qi Tian greeted the three of them.
Gu Rong immediately said, "Rongrong, you scared us half to death!"
"We sensed a surging breakthrough coming from your room nonstop. We thought something had gone wrong!"
Qi Tian suddenly understood. Ning Rongrong possessed exceptional talent, and because she was important to them, her residence was set very close to theirs.
Naturally, they sensed the breakthrough and rushed over, thinking an accident had occurred.
"I'm fine! I just broke through in my soul power," Qi Tian explained.
But right then, Chen Xin discovered something unusual.
"Nine layers... nine colors? Rongrong's martial soul has become the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?" Chen Xin's expression trembled.
He had originally believed that Ning Rongrong's martial soul could never achieve a second awakening—yet right now, before his eyes, was the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Could this be... innate talent?
"What? The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?"
Only now did Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong notice Ning Rongrong's martial soul. They hurried forward, carefully observing it.
"Rongrong, how did you accomplish this?"
Even the always composed Ning Fengzhi couldn't completely suppress his excitement.
"Daddy, I just ate a precious and rare herb, that's all," Qi Tian said.
"Precious and rare herb? What kind? What does it look like?" Ning Fengzhi asked urgently.
If such a herb could be found again… wouldn't the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect be able to cultivate a second, even a third Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul?
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect lacked many things, but wealth certainly wasn't one of them. Ning Fengzhi was willing to exhaust the sect's entire fortune if necessary to gather herbs of this level.
"This herb requires extremely harsh growth conditions. It's called the Beautiful Silk Tulip. There was only one on the entire continent—and I've already eaten it."
"Look at my martial soul. These lower two layers—this is the Beautiful Silk Tulip."
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda still had the original seven gemstone layers on top, but the bottom two layers were now formed entirely from tulip petals.
Qi Tian then described the appearance of the Beautiful Silk Tulip in detail to further convince Ning Fengzhi.
Ning Fengzhi memorized every detail of Qi Tian's description. Silently, he resolved to mobilize the entire sect to search for anything similar in the future.
"Congratulations, Sect Master! Rongrong has awakened the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul. From now on, our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can be renamed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"
But Ning Fengzhi waved his hand. "Uncle Sword, Uncle Bone—Rongrong's current strength is still too low. This matter must not be announced."
Gu Rong immediately nodded. "Right, right—better to keep a low profile!"
Ning Fengzhi then turned toward the other direct disciples gathered outside, preparing to order them to keep silent as well.
[Congratulations, Host. The possession mission for Ning Rongrong has ended.]
[Mission Reward: [Divine Descent] has been issued.]
"That's it?" Qi Tian was both surprised and a little reluctant.
He had planned to use Ning Rongrong's body to absorb a soul ring. If he could convert the breakthrough from absorbing a soul ring into system rewards, his soul power would rise even further.
Unfortunately, now that the mission had ended, the phase reward would expire after today's settlement.
'Forget it. With the Beautiful Silk Tulip alone, my soul power will already break through Rank 40,' Qi Tian felt more than satisfied.
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