Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 159 Banquet

The blessing of the Myriad Flowers Spiritual Connection granted Ning Feiliu a simple disguise ability. In fact, it not only changed the color of her spirit rings, but also allowed Ning Feiliu to greatly conceal her aura.

However, one drawback is that while the color of a spirit ring can change, its power and aura cannot be completely concealed.

Spirit rings themselves also possess a certain aura and power. (Original setting)

For example, in the original story, Tang San absorbed a ten-thousand-year spirit ring as his fourth spirit ring. The aura and power of the ten-thousand-year spirit ring that it displayed overwhelmed a group of thousand-year spirit rings made it clear to everyone that it was definitely a ten-thousand-year spirit ring.

Similarly, when Tang Hao released his martial soul and soul ring in front of Zhao Wuji, the power and aura displayed by his 100,000-year soul ring, which came from the sacrifice of his deceased wife, A Yin, were also quite terrifying.

There's also the million-year soul ring that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm bestowed upon Huo Yuhao during the Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect era. Once fully revealed, its power and aura made it clear that the seemingly lowest-level ten-year soul ring on Huo Yuhao's body was not so simple.

When Ning Feiliu unleashes her full power, the aura that originally belonged to the ten-thousand-year soul ring will be completely exposed.

However, the camouflage color of the spirit ring will not be destroyed unless his spirit power is exhausted or he suffers a severe mental attack and is unable to maintain the camouflage ability.

However, with this ability, Ning Feiliu can somewhat conceal her true soul ring combination, so as not to attract too much attention.

In particular, he needs to be wary of those guys from the Spirit Hall. If the Spirit Hall sees that his third spirit ring is a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, they might have some ideas about him.

Disguising himself as a thousand-year-old spirit ring might make the Spirit Hall lower their guard a little.

After testing her disguise ability, Ning Feiliu listlessly put away her martial soul and soul rings.

He looked around and still felt very bored...

Forget it, let's practice the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's ultimate technique—Distraction Control.

Since obtaining this unique skill from her elder brother Ning Mingrui and triggering the mission, Ning Feiliu has been practicing it frequently.

However, this unique skill is still quite difficult to learn, and he has only just reached the entry level—the level of controlling the heart through the three apertures.

However, after reaching the Three Apertures Control Heart, Ning Feiliu also seemed to have a new idea for the practical application of the Crescent Moon Divine Weapon, which is to use both Crescent Moon Divine Weapons as the main weapons at the same time to activate the Soul Skill.

He had this idea as early as when he had just learned about distraction control and grasped the simplest concept of multitasking.

For some reason, the ability to multitask at that time was fine for fighting like ambidextrous combat, or using both Crescent Moon Divine Weapons as primary weapons simultaneously for attacks, but it was not suitable for activating soul skills...

Or not.

But now that he has reached the level of controlling the heart through the three apertures, he has a feeling that he can barely use the combination of soul skills.

He just hasn't put it into actual combat yet.

Ning Feiliu plans to test it out in the Great Soul Arena after some time. He believes that mastering the dual Crescent Moon Divine Weapons as his main weapon and using them to attack and unleash soul skills will greatly enhance his combat power!

And so, after finishing his training in controlling his distractions that night, he began to cultivate his soul power again, drawing upon the moonlight and dew from the heavens.

After all, he already has level 39 soul power. If he increases his soul power by one more level, he will break through to the Soul Master level.

In any case, cultivation is the most important thing; it is the foundation that supports him as he moves towards a more distant future!

With each breath Ning Feiliu took, her soul power swayed with the moonlight, steadily increasing at the same time.

……

The night passed uneventfully, and Ning Feiliu spent another boring and tedious night of cultivation.

But there was nothing he could do; this ancient world lacked entertainment at night, and he really couldn't do anything besides cultivation.

Ning Feiliu continued cultivating for nearly an hour after the moonlight faded and the sun rose. Since the sunlight was not filtered by the moon, most of it transformed into pure soul power that flowed into his body. A portion of it, however, transformed into the unabsorbable destructive power of the sun and condensed in a corner of his body.

"Hoo—" After cultivating for nearly an hour, Ning Feiliu felt a swelling pain in her body, as if she were being supported by soul power, and then she stopped.

Without the support of rare and precious materials, the extent to which humans can increase their soul power in a short period of time is limited.

This is something Ning Feiliu discovered after she was able to use the Sunlight Breathing Technique to rapidly increase her soul power during the day, because the meridians and other organs in the human body that can hold soul power are limited.

In fact, the process of improving soul power level is not only a process of improving soul power and soul power quality, but also a process of expanding the human body's meridians to accommodate soul power.

Some people are born with wide meridians that can hold a large amount of soul power. These people can increase their soul power very quickly, and they will not encounter any bottlenecks until they reach the limit of their innate meridian capacity.

However, some people are different. They are born with narrow meridians, or even blockages, so their improvement speed will be quite slow.

Therefore, it takes more time each day to gradually expand the meridians with the increased soul power.

Ning Feiliu's body was probably in the same situation originally, which is why the speed at which she could increase her soul power was extremely slow.

However, he created three immortal herbs. The two immortal herbs, Fiery Apricot and Eight-Cornered Ice Grass, might not have such a significant effect, since they did not increase Tang San's soul power level after being eaten by him in the original story.

This suggests that the extreme ice and extreme fire powers of these two immortal herbs may not act on the so-called meridians, but rather enter the cells and blood of the user.

However, the Qiluo Tulip that Ning Feiliu consumed was different. In the original work, it not only improved Ning Rongrong's martial soul quality but also significantly increased her soul power level.

Therefore, the Qiluo Tulip should be able to improve Ning Feiliu's internal meridian condition.

With Ning Feiliu having also consumed a Xuan Shui Pill, it can be said that the meridians in her body are now much clearer.

However, the condition of his meridians doesn't matter now, because after continuously practicing the Moon Essence Breathing Technique and the Sunlight Breathing Technique, the soul power in his body is now so abundant that even his innate meridians, which are as wide as highways, can be completely filled.

Now, if he wants to increase his soul power, he also needs to continuously expand the capacity of his original meridians, or... open up new meridians.

Just like Tang San opening up his meridians in the original story.

However, there is definitely a limit to the capacity of the meridians; it is impossible to expand them all at once, as the body absolutely cannot withstand that.

In fact, even if an ordinary person cultivates for a day, it is impossible to reach the upper limit of the meridian capacity that the body cannot withstand, but Ning Feiliu is different.

He possesses the Sunlight Breathing Technique and the Moonlight Breathing Technique, allowing him to cultivate at an extremely fast pace.

Especially the Sunlight Breathing Technique, not because of the indelible destructive power of the sun contained in sunlight, Ning Feiliu can absorb sunlight to increase her soul power without any scruples. The speed at which her soul power increases is definitely four times higher than that of the Moonlight Breathing Technique!

Even because of the indelible destructive power of the sun contained in sunlight, Ning Feiliu's cultivation speed during the day was three times that of her cultivation at night.

After all, daytime sunlight, unless it is cloudy or rainy, is usually several times stronger than moonlight, and even if one or two clouds block the sunlight, they only block part of it.

It's almost impossible to completely block out sunlight, so Ning Feiliu can cultivate no matter what.

Therefore, his cultivation speed will be very fast, and he will easily reach the limit of his meridian enhancement.

Regardless of the circumstances, Ning Feiliu's speed in increasing her soul power was extremely fast.

After only five or six hours of cultivation, he immediately felt his soul power increase by nearly two percent.

Normally, he should be able to break through to the Soul Master realm within three months.

This speed is absolutely astonishing. You should know that in the original work, it took Tang San half a year to break through from level 37 to level 40. That means it takes six months to increase three levels of soul power, which means on average, he only increases one level of soul power every two months.

However, based on what Gangzi said in the original work about the difference in the proportion of soul power at each level, it is clear that it is absolutely impossible for one level of soul power to be increased on average every two months.

Breaking through from level 37 to level 38 in soul power is definitely much easier than breaking through from level 39 to level 40.

Therefore, even in the original work, it would definitely take Tang San at least three months to break through from level 39 to level 40 in soul power.

Needless to say, compared to others, Zhu Zhuqing, whose talent is basically the worst among the Shrek Seven Devils, broke through to level 38 of soul power after eating the immortal herb Narcissus Jade Muscle and Bone, but it still took her a full five months to break through to the Soul Master realm.

In short, Ning Feiliu's cultivation speed is indeed quite fast.

Ning Feiliu also knew the saying that haste makes waste, and he was satisfied with his current cultivation speed.

Of course, they can't compare to the protagonists in fanfiction who get a system-enlightened awakening, who can instantly transform from ordinary people into peerless masters at the Title Douluo level.

That would definitely be awesome.

Unfortunately, Ning Feiliu didn't receive this treatment and could only gradually increase her soul power on her own.

"I made an appointment with Sister Yan this afternoon... so I'll go for a stroll around the Great Soul Arena this morning." Ning Feili stretched and loosened her limbs, muttering to herself.

His previous battle with Ling Yue completely boosted his confidence.

However... we still need to be cautious.

The two blessing skills, [Summoning of the God of Forging] and [Summoning of the God of Ice and Snow], cannot be used too many times in a short period of time.

Too many outbursts will make the body unable to withstand the repeated weakening and soul ring explosions.

Ning Feiliu decided to be cautious, but she could still choose her own opponent if she was going to challenge someone of a higher level.

This is much better than not knowing who your opponent is when fighting at the same level.

For example, in a battle between equals, even if Ning Feiliu only has a little over level 31 soul power and her battle record is too dazzling, the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena can arrange for a peak level 39 Soul Master to come over and you will be helpless.

However, given the challenge of going beyond one's level, it's impossible for Ning Feiliu to proactively challenge a level 49 peak Soul Master with her current cultivation level of 39.

The Heaven Dou Arena wouldn't be so foolish as to arrange such a vastly different opponent for Ning Feiliu without him even asking to challenge them.

So, Ning Feiliu changed her outfit again and headed to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.

……

But on the other hand...

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School Castle.

"Dad," Ning Mingrui said respectfully, looking at Ning Fengzhi in front of him.

"Mingrui, how have you been lately..." Ning Fengzhi looked at Ning Mingrui with a smile and said meaningfully, "Mingrui, have you made any new friends lately...? It seems you've been going out a lot lately."

Ning Mingrui was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Dad, I just... went out for a little while. I haven't neglected the family business at all."

He clearly thought Ning Fengzhi was telling him not to go out so much and neglect the important matters of the family business.

"No, that's not what I meant," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile. "I just think Mingrui, you could really get closer to some good friends... wouldn't that be helpful for your future?"

"Last time, a disciple saw you and Mr. Dugu's student, Yafei, walking out of the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena together, chatting and laughing. How did you get to know Yafei?" he asked again with a smile.

"Asia and Africa?" Ning Mingrui was taken aback, but he was somewhat conflicted.

He really wanted to tell Ning Fengzhi that Asia and Africa were Ning Feiliu, and Ning Feiliu were Asia and Africa.

However, he had promised Ning Feiliu that he could not reveal his true identity.

So he resisted the urge.

Ning Mingrui replied perfunctorily, "We just... met by chance, by the way..."

He looked at Ning Fengzhi seriously and asked, "Dad, what do you think of Fei Liu?"

"Fei Liu?" Ning Fengzhi thought of his third son, who wasn't particularly outstanding. If Ning Mingrui hadn't suddenly brought it up, he wouldn't have remembered this son with mediocre talent.

But he still smiled and said, "Fei Liu is just like you, a child of Dad. Although he is not outstanding, his character is not bad."

Ning Mingrui was silent for a moment, then he said, "No, Dad, you're wrong. Fei Liu... he's actually no worse than any of us siblings... no, he's definitely the most outstanding one among us!"

"I hope Dad will pay more attention to Fei Liu... Sometimes, talent doesn't necessarily mean everything."

Hearing Ning Mingrui's somewhat serious words, Ning Fengzhi was taken aback and frowned.

But after thinking about it, he figured that this was probably just Ning Mingrui trying to get some of his attention for his younger brother, Ning Feiliu.

"Fei Liu... well, maybe he really is as you said, Mingrui, quite outstanding besides his talent." Ning Fengzhi nodded, offering a reluctant affirmation, "How about this, you call Fei Liu back another day, and invite your friend too, and we'll have a casual dinner? What do you say?"

Hearing that Ning Fengzhi's thoughts were still on "Asia and Africa," Ning Mingrui suddenly understood why Ning Feiliu thought that way.

He sighed and said, "Well... but if that's the case, 'Asia-Africa' probably won't accept the invitation..."

(End of this chapter)