"Xiao Zhang, this item of yours is extremely important to me, so I won't hide anything. I will show you my utmost sincerity," Ning Fengzhi said earnestly. "There are several soul bones stored in our sect's treasury. You may choose one of them. In addition, I will give you a chance to randomly select a treasure from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's vault. What do you think?"
After Ning Fengzhi finished speaking, Yin Zhang fell into a brief "thinking" state.
[Detected that the host is facing a choice. The following options have been triggered:
Option One: Agree to Ning Fengzhi's proposal and give him the Qiluo Tulip, allowing him to advance to the Spirit Douluo realm. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's vault contains countless treasures; the host may discover a dead dragon egg within, which can be boiled and consumed to greatly strengthen the host's Dragon martial soul bloodline, with a chance to comprehend a new dragon-type skill. Reward: 10,000-year Soul Bone Age Enhancement Card.
Option Two: Refuse Ning Fengzhi…]
Yin Zhang glanced through the options. Although the second and third choices were tempting, after some thought, he decisively chose the first. Only that option involved completing a trade with Ning Fengzhi; the others did not.
[Congratulations to the host for making a successful choice. The 10,000-year Soul Bone Age Enhancement Card has been stored in the system warehouse. You may check it via the personal attributes panel.]
Yin Zhang opened his personal attributes. As expected, in the warehouse column, the original Soul Bone Age Enhancement Card (3,500 years) had been upgraded to a Soul Bone Age Enhancement Card (13,500 years).
[Warehouse]: Soul Bone Age Enhancement Card (13,500 years)
He immediately smiled and said, "Sect Master Ning, I agree."
Ning Fengzhi let out a sigh of relief and smiled in satisfaction. Yin Zhang glanced at the Qiluo Tulip in his hand, smiled faintly, closed the jade box, and handed it over to Ning Fengzhi.
He wasn't worried that Ning Fengzhi would go back on his word. Behind him stood the Hall of Elders of the Spirit Hall, supported by several Titled Douluo. If Ning Fengzhi truly regretted the deal after receiving the Immortal Herb, Yin Zhang would not be the one to suffer in the end. Once he returned to the Spirit Hall and summoned his teacher, Golden Crocodile Douluo, that alone would be enough to wipe out the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect entirely—and no one in the Spirit Master world would dare find fault with it.
What he was curious about was whether Ning Fengzhi, after obtaining the Qiluo Tulip, would consume it himself or reserve it for Ning Rongrong to absorb and refine.
In the original records, Ning Rongrong initially had several siblings. Later, after revisions, she ultimately became an only child.
If Ning Fengzhi consumed it himself, he would likely continue having children in the future to preserve the inheritance of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul—until a child with that martial soul was born.
Otherwise, it would be like what happened to the sect in later generations. Even though Ning Rongrong's martial soul eventually evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and the sect was renamed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, when it appeared in later eras, most Ning family disciples still possessed only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
That was a clear drawback. If Ning Rongrong had given birth to a child with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the sect's name would have truly lived up to reality—but evidently, that wasn't something they placed much importance on.
Ning Rongrong was still young, and Ning Fengzhi was not yet old. Now that he had obtained the Qiluo Tulip, Yin Zhang felt it was far more likely that Ning Fengzhi would consume it himself—either to see if he could eventually advance to the Titled Douluo level, or to ensure the birth of a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda heir in the future.
Ning Fengzhi took the jade box and slowly opened it. Gazing at the Qiluo Tulip inside, his eyes filled with fascination. He nodded and said, "In that case, I won't wait any longer. I'll begin absorbing it now. Please excuse me."
Yin Zhang nodded with a smile. After explaining the method of consumption, he added, "Please proceed, Sect Master Ning. I also look forward to seeing the results."
Yin Zhang thought to himself, As expected. If, in the original records, Ning Rongrong hadn't already consumed the Qiluo Tulip before returning—if Ning Fengzhi had obtained it from the very beginning—then perhaps the one whose martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda wouldn't have been Ning Rongrong at all, but Ning Fengzhi himself.
"I'll need Uncle Gu to act as my protector," Ning Fengzhi said.
As he spoke, he sat down cross-legged, took the Qiluo Tulip in hand, swallowed it, summoned his martial soul—the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda—and began refining its medicinal power.
Gu Rong stood guard in front of Ning Fengzhi. He glanced at Yin Zhang and Qiangu Yunying, who were seated on the sofa, but said nothing. Still, his eyes were somewhat dim.
Facing two prodigies from the Spirit Hall, he would have liked nothing more than to eliminate them as soon as possible. But since they dared to come openly, they must have had contingency plans prepared.
Just like Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo. Back then, even as a Spirit Douluo, Dugu Bo had repeatedly escaped from Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan. After becoming a Titled Douluo, with even more control-type soul skills, his escape methods only multiplied.
Such people were easy to deal with if you had nothing holding you back. But once you had responsibilities and didn't want to end up isolated, provoking them was the worst possible choice.
Moreover, there were surely witnesses along the route Yin Zhang and Qiangu Yunying had taken to reach Moon Pavilion. When all factors were considered, killing them without leaving any trace was nothing but a delusion.
As these thoughts ran through his mind, Gu Rong frowned deeply, feeling an undercurrent of restlessness—even as Ning Fengzhi sat behind him refining the Qiluo Tulip's power.
Finally, after an hour had passed, Ning Fengzhi stood up.
His expression was filled with astonishment, but within his heart surged shock, exhilaration, and an overwhelming sense of relief—as if a massive weight he had carried for decades had finally been lifted.
Since the founding of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into an Eight Treasure—or even a Nine Treasure—had been the lifelong goal of every sect master. Now that this monumental burden had finally been resolved, Ning Fengzhi was nearly overwhelmed by emotion.
Under the gazes of the other three, Ning Fengzhi summoned his martial soul.
A radiant glazed pagoda appeared, shimmering brilliantly.
His voice trembled as he spoke:
"Nine layers, nine colors… the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!"
"My spirit power has also broken through to Rank 80!"
Ning Fengzhi was ecstatic. Gu Rong was equally delighted—he hadn't expected this Immortal Herb to actually succeed.
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