Douluo: Peerless Black Tortoise Moon God

Chapter 209 Ning Tian: I really want to strangle this guy who only says half a sentence!

"Did Shrek call in a bunch of people to boost his morale? It's all show and no substance."

Xu Tianxi was not surprised by the arrival of the Shrek rescue team, but he wasn't very interested.

Important figures were either dead or injured, and no amount of appeals could bring back many more.

Xiao Hongchen nodded: "I heard that among the three great empires, the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Douling Empire both sent Guardian Douluo to accompany them, as well as some powerful figures; the Star Luo Empire, on the other hand, didn't send many people."

Xu Sanshi continued, "And our traditional allies, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, have also sent people over..."

"Wait a minute, you said there's the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School here?" Xu Tianxi interrupted Xu Sanshi, a strange look appearing in his eyes.

I released Ning Tian and her foolish teammates a long time ago. Surely the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School hasn't received the news for so long?

Or are you just here to join in the fun?

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Xu Sanshi was completely baffled. The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and Shrek Academy were allies for thousands of years, so what was so strange about them coming out to show their support?

"It's nothing." Xu Tianxi revealed a playful smile:
"Listening to you is pointless. Why don't we go find someone involved and ask them?"

"Ask?"

Xiao Hongchen and Xu Sanshi looked at each other and nodded in unison.

They didn't know what Xu Tianxi meant, but nodding was enough.

So the next morning.

When the young sect leader of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School got up, washed, put on makeup, changed into a white dress with gold thread, and started a new day, he headed to the library.

She was surprised to see Xu Tianxi, Xiao Hongchen, and Xu Sanshi playing cards on the lawn at the entrance, while the icy-faced Ji Juechen stood guard beside them with his sword, his coldness making her shiver.

Good morning, everyone. Is there anything I can help you with?

Ning Tian was stunned for a moment, realizing that these people were definitely after him, or more accurately, after his money or something else of value.

A bunch of despicable geniuses who dared to ambush her, a mere support Soul Master, just because they think they're so great. What a bunch of idiots! This young sect master will teach you a lesson with money sooner or later.

Xu Tianxi put down the card set, turned his head and revealed a calm smile: "I heard that your family is coming to Mingdu. I would like to ask you in advance what kind of etiquette we should use to welcome them."

"Oh, so that's why you came. You should have said so earlier."

Ning Tian understood and waved to the four of them, "What are you doing sitting outside if you want to hear a story? Come in and tell me slowly."

The four people, including Ji Juechen, immediately got up and followed after being outside in the cold for a while.

Having just finished a fierce battle in the middle of the night and recovered his soul power and injuries, Ji Juechen felt a bit cold coming here to ambush people.

……

"This time, Shrek Academy used all of its connections in the three great empires over the years, calling on almost everyone they could. The purpose was to make a big show of it so that they could lose less blood when they tried to rescue the people."

Having brewed a pot of warm tea, Ning Tian gracefully served a cup to each of the four, a gentle and polite smile on his face.
"The Shrek team is led by Dean Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er, along with several students from both the inner and outer academies."

“Our Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School has a long history with Shrek Academy. They approached us immediately, and our sect couldn’t refuse, so they sent people over.”

"By the way, come and see how I'm doing here. It would be even better if we could discuss cooperation on soul tools."

Xiao Hongchen blurted out, "Then aren't you all spies for the three great empires?"

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Hongchen immediately felt uneasy. Ning Tian, ​​Xu Tianxi, and Xu Sanshi all cast unfriendly glances at him.

Forgot about that, these two brothers next to me also came from the original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms.

He patted his mouth, then smiled apologetically and waved his hand, "I misspoke, please continue, continue, haha..."

Ning Tian raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself, "This young sect master is magnanimous; I won't stoop to your level, you foolish toad." He then continued:

“My father, who is also the sect leader, will come secretly. They will keep a low profile and you don’t need to make any arrangements.”

"Of the three great empires, the Heavenly Soul Empire is the most concerned about this matter and has expressed its unwavering support for Shrek Academy. It is said that the emperor has also spoken out, and will do everything in his power to help Shrek Academy rescue your prisoners."

"Oh ho, the Heavenly Soul Empire is pretty stubborn, isn't it? They know Shrek Academy was utterly defeated by us, yet they still dare to help them like this?"

When the Heavenly Soul Empire was mentioned, Xiao Hongchen immediately became smug again.

"There's nothing we can do about it. As you all know, Shrek City is located within the territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire, and the proportion of students recruited by them is the largest among those from the Heavenly Soul Empire."

Ning Tian shifted to a more comfortable position, placing his hands on his lower abdomen, and pondered, "Historically, the Heavenly Soul Empire has the richest reserve of geniuses, which has led to one thing: more than half of the Title Douluos controlled by the Heavenly Soul Royal Family are from Shrek Academy, and more than two-thirds have connections with Shrek Academy."

"In order to appease these people, the Heavenly Soul Emperor must stand with Shrek Academy; moreover, the trouble in Shrek City weakens their power as well."

“Take our original reserve team for example. Apart from Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, the rest of them are from the Heavenly Soul Empire. You know this, Senior Xu Sanshi.”

Xu Sanshi nodded: "That's right. Me, Beibei, Nannan, Caitou, and Xiaoxiao, we all come from the Heavenly Soul Empire."

Xu Tianxi added in his mind that, strictly speaking, He Caitou wasn't; he was just picked up by Fan Yu in the Tianhun Empire. However, it was still quite absurd that four out of seven people were from the same empire. "The Douling Empire is the weakest of the three great empires, so it needs Shrek Academy's support even more. After all, although Shrek Academy is severely weakened, it still has some influence."

"As for the Star Luo Empire... they seem to have been intentionally downplaying Shrek's influence over the years. The Star Luo Emperor cited the disaster in Star Luo City and the fact that important officials could not be in two places at once as the reason for not sending any powerful figures, but only sending a few people from the Ministry of Rites."

Ning Tian stroked his chin and pondered, "The Guardian Douluo said they were all recuperating from the injuries they sustained in the battle against the evil soul masters, and even the Star Luo Emperor went into seclusion. It all sounds reasonable."

"And their proposals... to use what you said in the campus newspaper, Mr. Kong, are roughly a call for both sides to handle the issue calmly, not to escalate the situation, and to establish an effective dialogue mechanism."

I understand now; it's just empty talk about not offending anyone.

Xu Tianxi understood. Although a certain emperor of the Xu family had expressed his willingness to surrender under certain conditions, the war had not yet started, and the formalities still had to be followed.

"What are their bottom lines in this negotiation?" Xu Tianxi then asked about the key point.

Ning Tian pondered for a moment and replied, "Use half of the price you proposed to exchange for Dean Qian Duoduo, Elder Lin Huiqun, Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan of the Inner Court, and Xiao Xiao, the twin martial soul genius of the Outer Court."

"This is their bottom line. If they can get more people back at a lower cost, that would be even better."

Xu Sanshi scoffed, "Doesn't this mean that everyone except those four can be abandoned?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Tian's eyes softened with indifference and calm, and he said in a low voice:
“Wu Feng and I are not within their consideration. Shrek Academy has no intention of paying for the two of us. They have assumed that the sect will redeem us, as will Hu Yanbashan.”

"As for the others, Yan Shaozhe did mention that we could consider Senior Jiang as a secondary target. Firstly, she has good talent, and secondly, it's for Senior Sanshi."

"Of course, for the sake of appearances, bringing everyone back is their ideal outcome, and the lower the cost, the better."

Xu Tianxi shook his head and chuckled: "Then they're going to be disappointed this time. They won't be able to take any of these four people away easily."

“We only offered four 100,000-year soul bones and eight 10,000-year soul bones to Qian Duoduo and Lin Huiqun. It’s not an exorbitant price. Since they don’t know how to be sensible, we don’t need to give them any face.”

“We can’t control Zhang Lexuan, but Xiao Xiao… Lao Xiao, what do you think we should do about her? Twin martial souls are still very rare.”

Xiao Hongchen chuckled mischievously, "She's almost level 30. Why don't we get that little girl some of the good stuff you just researched, and then throw her into some high-class place in Mingdu for a year or two of decadent living? Let's see if she'll still want to leave."

Xu Tianxi spread his hands and said, "Her cultivation level is too low right now. Considering that her mental strength can't handle much, if we do it now, she won't be able to withstand it later."

In a sense, twin martial souls in the Soul Spirit era did not have the same huge advantages as twin martial souls in the Soul Ring era. If one's spiritual power is insufficient, one cannot bear a powerful soul spirit. However, twin martial souls can still continue to hunt soul beasts.

“That’s true. She can’t withstand ten thousand years now; a thousand years would be too wasteful.” Xiao Hongchen wholeheartedly agreed.

Ning Tian was completely bewildered, question marks popping up one after another on his forehead: "What do you mean by 'good stuff'? What do you mean by 'thousand-year-old' or 'ten-thousand-year-old'? Are they soul beasts or soul bones?"

"Neither," Xu Tianxi and Xiao Hongchen said in unison.

"Then tell me, you guys. I've told you so much top-secret information, it's not too much to ask, is it?" Ning Tian asked, his eyes sparkling.

"Well... I can tell you, but that thing might be useful to others, but for your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda... it's hard to say."

Xu Tianxi pondered for a moment and realized that unless he gave them a Qiluo Tulip Soul Spirit, it wouldn't make much sense.

The spirit is meant to provide the spirit master with multiple spirit rings, but the characteristics of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda dictate that each ring must be obtained from a powerful spirit beast with different characteristics to acquire different auxiliary spirit skills.

Although there are powerful soul beasts like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that are good at both offense and defense and may be able to provide amplification of attack and defense soul skills one after another, we can't always find such top-level soul beasts... Wait, it seems that this is actually possible.

Support-type Soul Masters lack combat power, but their Soul Spirits do, and can be quite powerful.

But speaking of which, what was Ning Tian's amplification soul skill again? It was changed in the original work; it directly sent her flying in the last competition, so I didn't even notice.

"What were your first three soul skills again?" Xu Tianxi decided to check for himself.

Ning Tian was taken aback for a moment, then honestly replied, "The first is speed, the second is resolution, and the third is strength. What's wrong with that? It's just a little different from the Nine Treasures Ancestor from ten thousand years ago."

It was clearly in your original novel, The Fate of the Sea God, that it became the same as Ning Rongrong's "first is strength, second is speed, third is soul, fourth is defense, and fifth is attack". I have to ask for clarification.
Xu Tianxi pondered for a moment and said seriously, "When you reach the fifth ring, have your father and the others find a way to get a powerful top-tier soul beast from the Star Dou Great Forest. A Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, a Golden Lion King, or a Golden Crocodile King will all be fine. In short, it has to be strong enough to fight."

"These guys are all incredibly powerful, why bother capturing them?" Ning Tian said, indicating that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda didn't have many choices when absorbing soul rings, so there was no need to do this.

Xu Tianxi smiled leisurely: "If we catch them, they can protect you in the future."

Ning Tian raised an eyebrow, the polite smile in his eyes instantly freezing. "What do you mean by that?"

Xu Tianxi smiled faintly and said, word by word, "I said, capturing them might change the history of your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda lineage, where support-type Soul Masters cannot have combat abilities."

Boom boom~!
It was as if two muffled thunderclaps exploded in Ning Tian's mind, making her gasp for breath.

Her cheeks were slightly flushed, and her eyes gleamed as she stared at Xu Tianxi, as if she had become a mother wolf eyeing her prey, urgent and excited.

"really?"

“Really, but…” Xu Tianxi smiled modestly, deliberately leaving his sentence unfinished.

Ning Tian: “……(ì_í)”

I really want to strangle this guy who only said half a sentence!
(End of this chapter)