Douluo; Zhongli Adventures in Mortal World with Paimon

Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, Council Hall.

Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin's expressions were complex.

"After all this fuss, it turns out we were overthinking it."

Gu Rong spread his hands, speaking with a hint of helplessness.

Ning Fengzhi was extremely intelligent, and precisely because of his intelligence, everyone around him felt this "burden."

Smart people often live tiring lives—this is a lesson learned from experience.

"Now we can be sure that the Body Sect won't take advantage of our misfortune."

"With that settled, we can rest easy."

Ning Fengzhi spoke with a calm expression. He knew he had overthought things, but he would never admit to being wrong.

Thinking more was for the sake of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, how could that be wrong? Besides, the loss was merely five million gold spirit coins.

For the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, five million gold spirit coins was a drop in the bucket.

"Fengzhi, we fully support your considerations. Now that we have this head spirit bone, why don't you try breaking through to the 80th rank?"

Chen Xin seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lighting up as he spoke to Ning Fengzhi.

Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi fell into deep thought, while Gu Rong remained silent.

Forcing a breakthrough using a spirit bone—this wasn't something their ancestors hadn't tried before. Unfortunately, all attempts had failed.

If he absorbed this gem-type head spirit bone now, it would at most increase his mental power slightly, with no help at all in boosting his spirit power.

Moreover, because it was a "heritage" spirit bone, after a hundred years...

"I can't absorb this spirit bone. Without finding a way to elevate the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to eight or even nine treasures, there's no way to break through to the 80th rank."

"Even if I were lucky enough to reach the 80th rank, the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect wouldn't be able to obtain a spirit ring..."

One layer of the pagoda corresponded to one spirit ring, this was the limitation of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda.

If the martial soul couldn't evolve to eight or nine layers, even if his spirit power reached the 90th rank, he would still only have seven spirit rings.

At most, his spirit power would be deeper, but there would be no difference from an ordinary Spirit Sage.

Chen Xin also fell silent. If Ning Fengzhi's level could rise further and the number of spirit rings increase, his support abilities would naturally become stronger.

With Ning Fengzhi's support, both he and Gu Rong's combat power would also grow stronger.

But alas...

This gem-type head spirit bone could only be considered a small bonus.

"Don't rush, don't rush!"

At this moment, Gu Rong waved his hand and said, "Fengzhi is still young, and us old guys aren't in a hurry either."

"Once Rongrong and that Oscar have a child, we'll have plenty of time to train a successor."

"This time, we absolutely cannot mess up the upbringing again!"

Those words from Ning Rongrong, as external elders, both Chen Xin and Gu Rong were very upset.

This child had ultimately been spoiled.

Once their child was born, the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect would seriously train them until they awakened their martial souls at the age of six, after which further specialized training would begin.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin exchanged a glance and nodded.

Previously, Ning Rongrong had been relatively normal. Although she was a little troublemaker, she indeed had the conditions for it. Even the princess of the Heaven Dou Empire might not have had a status as high as hers!

This had also led to Ning Rongrong developing a pampered personality.

However, she was born with such a fate, so it wasn't a big issue.

But after she went to Shrek Academy, her entire personality underwent a dramatic change!

If it weren't for the fact that Shrek Academy had direct descendants from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and the Clear Sky Sect, Ning Fengzhi would have already taken action.

Of course, it was precisely because of these two sects' descendants that Ning Rongrong's second departure from the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect was tacitly allowed by them.

This was an investment, and now the investment had failed.

"Wait, let's not talk about such distant matters."

"Let's discuss this Martial God Douluo!"

Chen Xin seemed to have thought of something, interrupting the two who were about to speak.

"Oh?"

Gu Rong looked at Chen Xin in confusion and continued, "A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Martial God Zhongli, there's not much to discuss, right?"

This Martial God Douluo was someone even the Spirit Hall didn't dare to offend.

"Old Bone, you don't understand!"

"???"

"Don't you feel that the Body Sect's speed of power improvement is somewhat abrupt?"

Now that he mentioned it, it really was true.

The world felt that the Body Sect's disciples improved their strength too abruptly, almost too quickly!

But no one dared to ask Zhongli for the reason!

"So what?"

Gu Rong sneered. Even if they knew the Body Sect had secrets, what could they do? Should Chen Xin go and ask, or should he? If they went, they might not even remain "friends."

"If you can get the method from him, I'll never compete with you again. I'll admit defeat!"

Gu Rong's expression remained unchanged as he spoke.

"I'm not saying we should ask for his cultivation method."

Chen Xin's forehead twitched as he continued, "With Zhongli's insights, he might actually have a way to evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda."

"Even if he doesn't, we won't lose anything."

Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong suddenly understood.

If Zhongli could evolve body-type martial souls, why couldn't he evolve normal martial souls?

The paths might differ, but the destination was the same. What if it actually worked on the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda?

At this thought, a glimmer of excitement and anticipation flashed in Ning Fengzhi's eyes.

"Then when should we visit Martial God Douluo again?"

To be honest, Ning Fengzhi was growing impatient.

He almost forgot that he was the sect master. When to visit Zhongli was entirely up to him.

Yet he looked at Chen Xin and Gu Rong, hoping they could give him an answer.

"We just went today. Visiting again tomorrow wouldn't be appropriate..."

"This matter isn't urgent. Let's wait until after the qualifiers or the finals are over, then discuss it again."

Chen Xin stroked his beard as he spoke.

Ning Fengzhi's right index finger lightly tapped the armrest of his chair. He wasn't entirely satisfied with this "answer."

After all, waiting until the qualifiers or finals ended wasn't a matter of a short time.

Now that there was hope, delaying for so long would only make him lose sleep every night.

"By the way, isn't today the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"Are you thinking..."

Chen Xin and Gu Rong looked at Ning Fengzhi with confusion.

"Delay distributing the mooncakes to the disciples. Take these mooncakes with us, and let's visit the Body Sect again!"

"Brilliant!"

After getting a clear answer, Chen Xin and Gu Rong couldn't help but nod.

Mooncakes were trivial—whether they ate them or not didn't matter. What mattered was the sentiment behind them.

Ning Fengzhi's plan to visit under the guise of delivering mooncakes would surely not result in being turned away. Instead, they would be welcomed with open arms.

This was truly the mark of a "master" in strategy!

A strong person never complains about the environment. If there's no environment, they create one.

Ning Fengzhi's move was indeed quite clever.

He was targeting human psychology!

As the esteemed sect master of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, personally delivering mooncakes on a holiday—what kind of friendship was this?

If he had a request, the other party would likely not refuse!

"As expected of the sect master!"