"Ning Tian, your… your spirit rings???"
Where were those two bright yellow, round little rings everyone carried a few of at all times?
Watching his precious daughter run happily toward him, Ning Yi was filled with question marks.
"What damn spirit rings? Dad, I'm not going to be a support-type soul master anymore!"
Ning Tian joyfully threw herself into her father's arms. His body trembled as his soul power instinctively activated to protect him.
"Oh my dear girl, why are you so heavy? What have you been eating?"
Catching the bouncing Ning Tian, Ning Yi smoothed out the soul power stirred inside him, feeling rather surprised.
"I didn't get fat!"
"Then tell your father, what do you mean you're not going to be a support-type soul master?"
Ning Yi gently pulled the girl out of his arms, placed both hands on her shoulders, and half-squatted to look her in the eyes.
Even though he was shocked and confused, he still wanted to hear what his clearly cheerful daughter had to say. As the head of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, wealthier than nations, remaining calm in the face of calamity was a basic skill.
Compared to that barbaric academy dean who panicked just because one of his student's spirit rings changed color, Ning Yi,whose daughter had no spirit rings left at all,still remained composed. Truly worthy of being the sect master.
"You have to promise first. You're not allowed to tell anyone about this."
Although her teacher hadn't explicitly told her to keep it secret, Ning Tian knew her teacher disliked trouble. So she would keep it secret whenever possible.
Wasn't the first person who fused a spirit ring someone who rarely revealed anything publicly unless absolutely necessary?
Wealth should not be flaunted. As the little princess of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Tian understood this well.
"Alright. Dad promises to keep it secret."
After taking Ning Tian into his private room, Ning Yi finally let her explain what had happened.
"This is one of my teacher's research results! It lets you absorb your spirit rings and strengthen your body!"
Ning Tian rolled up her sleeves and showed her delicate little hand.
"Look! Like this!"
Bang bang bang!
While speaking, she used her tiny fist to pound on her father's beloved old tea table, making it rattle loudly.
"Oh my dear daughter, stop, stop!" Ning Yi quickly grabbed her hand, instantly realizing the strength within her small body was completely mismatched with her age and size.
"Haha, don't worry. I'm messing with you. I'm holding back."
Following Chen Fu as her master, Ning Tian had become more lively and cheerful. As his only disciple, she inevitably received extra attention.
"Hm…"
Ning Yi immediately understood the importance of this research. Ning Tian had only shown him a tiny portion, but from a businessman's perspective, the potential of this technology seemed enormous.
He immediately asked her for more details. When he learned that after fusing a ring, the residual spirit ring could act as a soul-power singularity, continuously drawing in heaven-and-earth soul power to strengthen the body, his first reaction was disbelief.
But then he looked at his daughter,standing there in front of him with overwhelming physical strength,and realized that even if the full theoretical effect wasn't achieved yet, the results were already undeniable.
If Chen Fu's theoretical effect was truly realized, then a battle soul master who relied on physical enhancement alone might not be any less significant than a support-type soul master without soul techniques but with an extremely strong body.
Besides, martial souls were innate, but not every Ning family member wanted to be a support-type soul master hiding behind others their entire life,relying on wit to navigate between factions and mediating between sect and worship hall.
Why did every sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have to play the role of a foolish rich young master in their youth, spending money to befriend geniuses? Because the foundation of the sect required dividing interests to maintain its legacy.
"And Dad, I can fight too!"
After fusing her rings, Ning Tian had asked Jin Lin for guidance. Her instinctive grasp of strength, as the inheritor of the Golden Dragon martial soul, even impressed her teacher.
As her teacher put it simply: normal people learn techniques, calculate, and get results. Abnormal people rely on terrifying intuition,and guess correctly every time. In his past life, Chen Fu had met one such physicist named Ding, who possessed unimaginable talent in quantum mechanics.
"Hmm… Then let's test it."
Even though Ning Yi was filled with disbelief, he agreed after seeing his daughter's confidence and feeling a bit curious himself. He went out to make some preparations.
Soon, Ning Yi led a young boy into the courtyard.
"Remember him? Your cousin."
"Of course! He bullied me when we were little!"
Ning Tian immediately recognized the chubby boy as her uncle's son. However, because his martial soul was not the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda but a Forest White Bear, he took his mother's surname.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had many soul masters who were direct descendants but carried different surnames. This was the true foundation of the sect's growth and strength. Equating the surname Ning with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda allowed the sect to conceal and strengthen its power.
Since they were real cousins, the chubby boy Ling Yun was not afraid of the little princess Ning Tian. He never yielded food to her, and even the powerful Wu Feng wouldn't get involved in their sibling fights.
"Ling Yun, Ning Tian recently ate some spirit herbs by chance, and her physique increased greatly. So she wants you to help test her limits."
Ling Yun was more than a year older than Ning Tian. Compared to her rank-20-something Grandmaster level, he was already a rank-30 Soul Elder.
"Sure, no problem." Though curious, Ling Yun agreed readily. He had nothing else to do anyway.
"Let's go!"
Martial Soul: Possession!
Roar!
Ling Yun took position in the center of the courtyard. The bloodline of the Forest White Bear surged in his body, causing partial beast transformation as his soul power rose.
Since he used to bully her when he was young, he felt it was only fair to let her vent a bit today. She was a support-type soul master, after all. Even with spirit herbs, things couldn't be too ridiculous… right?
"Seven Treasures, Glazed!"
Ning Tian recited the incantation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and a seven-layered, seven-colored pagoda appeared in her hand.
But the way she held it…
"Ning Tian, who holds the pagoda like that?"
Everyone else lifted the glowing pagoda gently in one hand, elegant and refined. Why did she look entirely different?
"It's fine, it's fine!"
Ning Tian waved the pagoda casually. Surprisingly, the pagoda's layers became thinner and thinner, and the sharp point of the top layer actually felt good to hold.
No wonder Jin Lin once told her with a straight face that the pagoda's angular design made it suitable as a weapon.
"Uncle, she…"
Ling Yun's face was full of confusion.
"It's fine, just continue…" Ning Yi felt his common sense shatter again, leaving him exhausted.
"Haha! Fatty, take my smash!"
Ning Tian swung the pagoda hammer toward him. The sharp edges stabbed painfully even through his arm guard!
"Why are you so strong?!"
After blocking several big, circular swings, Ling Yun immediately sensed something was wrong. Her strength wasn't weaker than his at all!
What kind of absurd spirit herb was this?
Roar!
Soul power surged around him. Two soul rings behind him lit up. His body expanded further, and he swung his massive bear paw at her.
Bang!
Ning Tian's strength suddenly rose too. With soul power wrapped around the pagoda hammer, she clashed with his bear paw, producing a ringing, metallic sound.
They seemed evenly matched… except her pagoda had spikes.
After exchanging a few more blows, Ling Yun's palm was numb with pain.
Ning Tian's strength and physique weren't inferior to his. And because his beast form made him less agile, his attacks kept landing on her pagoda instead of her.
Why was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda so hard?
Each time his bear paw smacked the pagoda full of sharp ridges and corners, he felt pain and wondered the same thing.
Maybe the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was first and foremost a weapon-shaped martial soul… and only secondly support-type?
"Stop spacing out!"
Just as Ling Yun began questioning whether Ning Tian was really his cousin, she seized the moment of distraction. With nimble movement, she dragged the pagoda hammer diagonally, slipping it between the joints of his bulky bear-transformed body, then turned and delivered a rising slash from below.
"Seven Treasures, Glazed, Technique One: Crescent Slash!"
Ning Yi: ???
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda: ???
"Ah! My butt!"
Ling Yun staggered forward and fell face-first to the ground. As he turned his head in dazed panic, he saw Ning Tian leaping up.
"Seven Treasures, Glazed, Technique Two: Overhead Strike!"
Ha!
Her shout was full of energy and spirit.
Pang!
Ling Yun only had time to activate his third soul ring's boosting skill before everything went black.
He remembered nothing after.
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