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

Chapter 268 Tea Talk

"Father, Grandpa Sword, Grandpa Bone," Ning Feiliu greeted Ning Fengzhi and the two titled Douluo elders, Sword and Bone, with a slightly more polite tone.

"Uncle Ning, Grandpa Jian, Grandpa Gu... Hello~ And hello to you all, Big Brother." Dugu Yan was more shy and polite when facing Ning Fengzhi and the others.

Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and the others laughed and said to Dugu Yan, "Yan Yan, you don't need to be so reserved. Just treat us all as your elders."

"Yes," Dugu Yan replied with a shy smile.

Ning Fengzhi then looked back at Ning Feiliu, smiled slightly, and said, "Feiliu, you've gained a lot from your training trip."

Clearly, he already knew Ning Feiliu's approximate strength from Ning Mingrui and Ning Rongrong, but they did not know what Ning Feiliu had experienced.

However, Ning Feilu's experience of displaying his strength at Shrek Academy was not kept secret by Ning Mingrui. Naturally, Ning Mingrui told Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo everything after returning to the sect.

Ning Fengzhi and the others were overjoyed when they heard this.

Ning Feiliu actually broke through to become a Soul Emperor in less than three years, and her strength was far greater than her cultivation level.

Ning Fengzhi had known for a long time that Shrek Academy had two high-level Soul Saints, Flander and Zhao Wuji, who were actually able to overpower the two Soul Saints of Shrek Academy.

Flander and Zhao Wuji are no ordinary people. One is a member of the once-famous Golden Iron Triangle in the Soul Master world, and the other is the Immovable King who was able to escape from the Spirit Hall by fighting against several bishops.

Ning Feiliu's strength now overwhelms them. Even when Zhao Wuji attempted to use his Martial Soul True Body, Ning Feiliu directly froze him.

Such strength, at the Soul Emperor level, suppresses the Soul Saint. As mentioned before, the existence of the Martial Soul True Body allows the Soul Saint to achieve a stable and overwhelming advantage when facing Soul Masters without a Martial Soul True Body.

This soul skill is like a famous professional player who is good at crushing weaker opponents and can easily dominate in the lower-level local league.

However, at the World Championships, it was practically useless, completely invisible.

In battles between Soul Masters at the Soul Saint level and above, everyone possesses a Martial Soul True Body, and the effects of these bodies are largely similar, at most just so-so. Therefore, for battles between Soul Masters at the Soul Saint level and above, the Martial Soul True Body is practically useless.

However, for a low-level Soul Master fighting against a Soul Saint, that is an insurmountable gap.

Ning Feiliu's combat strength is now so formidable that it's enough to overcome this insurmountable gap, which is truly astonishing.

Ning Fengzhi and the others were overjoyed, because Ning Feiliu's combat strength was enough to make them imagine that he could be compared with Tang Hao, Tang Chen, and Bibi Dong, the twin martial soul master and the current Pope of the Spirit Hall!

Even stronger!

Because Ning Feiliu's self-created Soul Ring Explosion skill is not only as powerful as the ultimate technique of the Great Sumeru Hammer, but also has the advantage of being a Twin Martial Soul Master, allowing him to absorb higher-level Soul Rings!

Wouldn't that make him essentially a twin-spirit master who wields the Great Sumeru Hammer?

Thinking about it this way, Ning Feiliu's future seems even stronger.

Most importantly, Ning Feiliu's martial soul can be inherited, and if it cannot be inherited, there are immortal herbs. The methods and techniques for reforging the martial soul are also presented here.

In their view, that Soul-Exploding Ring Technique was also Ning Feiliu's own creation, and it was definitely a peerless skill to be passed down, just like the Great Sumeru Hammer.

In other words, in the future, their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will have a lineage of extremely powerful direct disciples who will protect the sect.

Ning Fengzhi and the others immediately valued Ning Feiliu even more.

"Yes, Father, going out to gain experience is indeed very helpful," Ning Feiliu nodded and said.

"Hehe, Yan Yan is here tonight. How about we have a family dinner later?" Ning Fengzhi said to Dugu Yan with a smile.

"No need, we just finished eating with Sister Yan's teammates from the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy," Ning Feiliu shook her head and said. "Just a simple cup of tea will do, Father."

"Alright then." Ning Fengzhi frowned, but still said with a smile.

……

The group moved together to the main hall of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Sunlight streamed through the intricately carved window frames, spilling into the luxuriously carpeted living room, where the gold trim shimmered brilliantly in the sunlight.

In a corner of the living room, on a coffee table made of fine mahogany, sits an exquisite porcelain tea set, the delicate patterns of which seem to reveal strands of gold and jade.

The rising steam, accompanied by a faint aroma of tea, gently envelops the room, intertwining with the fragrance of other aromatherapy products to create an intoxicating scent.

That perfectly describes what it means to be extravagant and decadent.

Ning Feiliu and Dugu Yan sat below, waiting for the servants to brew tea for them.

Ning Fengzhi and the others sat down according to their respective positions, as did Ning Feiliu's brothers.

"This is top-quality tea, Yan Yan, please have a good taste," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile.

"Thank you, Uncle Ning." Dugu Yan took a sip of tea, and it was indeed fragrant.

"Fei Liu, now that you're back, you probably won't be going out anymore, right? Do you have any plans?" Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Fei Liu with a smile.

"Actually, I still want to continue my training journey. There are still some places I haven't been to, as mentioned before," Ning Feiliu said, shaking her head.

"This...do you still want to go out and train?" Bone Douluo couldn't help but ask. "Actually, Fei Liu, you've been training outside for the past four years, isn't that enough? You can rest in Heaven Dou City for a while before considering further training."

Indeed, in the eyes of others, Ning Feiliu had been undergoing intensive training and traveling for four years...

That's really hard to understand.

Although Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo are not the kind of senile old men who would only nurture their own geniuses in a greenhouse, they are even willing to send Ning Rongrong out to gain experience.

Then there's Ning Feiliu, a battle spirit master and a descendant who wasn't particularly favored to begin with, even more so.

But now he is indeed more important to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and the fact that he has been going out to train and not coming home all this time is quite frightening.

To be honest, Ning Rongrong only studied with the Shrek Academy students for about two or three years in the original storyline.

Not to mention that when Shrek Academy came to Heaven Dou City later, she could be considered to have returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Later, when Shrek Academy resurrected Ning Rongrong in Tiandou City, it was practically the same as if Ning Rongrong had stayed home to study.

So all things considered, she has only been away from home for a little over a year.

In the past four years, Ning Feiliu has only spent a short period of time at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

This... is a bit outrageous.

"Yes, you've had enough experience traveling around. You can take a break for now, Fei Liu... There's no need to rush things. You'll have many more opportunities in the future," Ning Fengzhi advised.

"I will indeed be staying in Tiandou City for a while," Ning Feiliu said, shaking her head. "But I still need to go out for training afterward, because there are still some things I haven't finished."

"Fei Liu..." Ning Fengzhi frowned, intending to persuade her again.

"Alright, Father, my mind is made up. Staying in Heaven Dou City will only lead to rote cultivation, which won't significantly improve my strength," Ning Feiliu said. "Only by gaining experience outside can I improve my strength much faster."

With the added bonus of training missions that boost cultivation speed, he'll definitely improve his cultivation even faster by going out to train.

To others, his cultivation progress might seem ridiculously fast.

As mentioned before, in the eyes of others, he might even equal Tang Hao's record of breaking through to the Title Douluo level.

After all, Ning Feiliu broke through to the Soul Sect at the age of thirteen and the Soul King at the age of fifteen. However, her cultivation speed should slow down afterward, and it will no longer be possible for her to break through a major realm in just two or three years.

Many people speculate that Ning Feiliu will break through to Soul Emperor when she is around twenty to twenty-two years old.

Breaking through to the Soul Saint realm requires at least 27 or 28 years old, then it takes until around 35 or 36 to become a Soul Douluo, and after that, it depends on fate.

However, it is still possible to break Tang Hao's record of becoming a Title Douluo at the age of forty-four.

In short, to outsiders, Ning Feiliu is likely to be on par with or even surpass Tang Hao.

This speed is already quite fast.

However, in Ning Feiliu's eyes, what kind of skill is it to surpass Tang Hao? In the original story, the Shrek Seven Devils were all in their twenties when they broke through to the Title Douluo level.

Of course, the most important reason is that the Sea God's test gave them an overall improvement too quickly.

However, Ning Feiliu is not bad either; he has this Valoran series cheat.

It's even more outrageous than the Sea God's Divine Test, so how could someone break through to the Title Douluo level in their twenties?

What he wants is... to break through to the Title Douluo realm around the age of twenty!

As for his path to godhood, that depends on how powerful his cheat codes are.

He would rather achieve godhood himself than follow in the footsteps of others.

So Ning Feiliu was still not satisfied; he wanted to become stronger! Even stronger!

"Alright... then." Ning Fengzhi saw that Ning Feiliu was determined to do so, and that Ning Feiliu had indeed improved quite quickly after going out to train.

"But before that, I will develop something new for the sect," Ning Feiliu said with a smile. "It's mainly to enhance the sect's strength and to protect the sect's direct disciples. It's a soul tool similar to my Steel Sun Box."

Ning Fengzhi's eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "Then, Fei Liu, if you need any assistance from the sect, just ask! As the head of the Martial Glaze Pavilion, you can freely mobilize all the resources within the Martial Glaze Pavilion!"

"Yes, I will." Ning Feiliu nodded, then added, "Besides that, I don't actually plan to go out alone this time. I will be with Sister Yan and... maybe another friend of mine."

He had already made up his mind. Since there were no more worries about going to the Killing City this time, he would take Dugu Yan with him.

And then there's Ye Lingling. If she agrees to Ning Feiliu's proposal and becomes Ning Feiliu's woman, then let's be together.

Then we'll go together and let them meet Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.

"I see... that's a good thing after all," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile.

Actually, he could tell that Ning Feiliu's return this time seemed to be a formal confirmation of her relationship with Dugu Yan.

Although before this, everyone already knew about Ning Feiliu and Dugu Yan's affair, and Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi were extremely satisfied.

However, Ning Feiliu and Dugu Yan were still separated by a thin veil, and had not yet completely broken through to be together.

But just now they saw Ning Feiliu and Dugu Yan holding hands intimately.

Now Ning Feiliu says she will go out to train with Dugu Yan, and this way they can cultivate their relationship to the next level.

Therefore, Ning Fengzhi was quite happy.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing," Ning Feiliu said softly with a smile, "Snow Empress, come out."

Then, a snow-white light flowed from Ning Feiliu's body, and finally, the Snow Emperor appeared in front of Ning Fengzhi and the others.

"This is..." Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo were all somewhat surprised.

Ning Mingrui and Ning Rongrong stared wide-eyed; they had always known of the Snow Emperor's existence.

Ning Mingrui even thought that this was Ning Feiliu's new lover. At the Soto City Grand Hotel, Ning Feiliu and Xue Di openly checked into the same room in front of them.

That would only make the misunderstanding bigger.

Upon returning, Ning Mingrui told Ning Fengzhi about the matter and expressed his concerns.

Because when Xue Di was with them, she never appeared like this, nor did she ever return to Ning Feiliu's body.

Ning Feiliu never explained Xue Di's origins or background to them.

So they've been misunderstanding each other all along.

When Ning Fengzhi learned of this, he was slightly flustered, but he kept thinking that he would ask Ning Feiliu what had happened when she returned.

Unexpectedly, Dugu Yan was also with Ning Feiliu at this moment, so they simply ignored the matter for the time being.

But now... this woman named Xue Di actually appeared from Ning Feiliu's body?

What's going on?

"This is my soul, the Snow Empress," Ning Feiliu said. "The original form was a 600,000-year-old Ice and Snow Maiden, the master of soul beasts in the far north."

Six hundred thousand Ice and Snow Maidens, the Lord of Soul Beasts in the Far North?!

"Yes, she was a soul beast, but now, through a special contract, she has become a soul spirit... You can treat her as a soul ring that preserves her soul." As Ning Feiliu spoke, she summoned her martial soul, "Nine Treasures Transformation, Glazed Glass!"

The nine-story pagoda, radiating a precious light, appeared before everyone, along with Ning Feiliu's six spirit rings.

But with a thought, the six seemingly normal spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—immediately revealed their true nature.

It turned into one black, two black, three black... five black, and... finally, that blood-red soul ring.

A 100,000-year soul ring!

Moreover, there are six golden circular patterns inside the ring, which can be seen if you look closely.

This means it's a 600,000-year soul ring.

If you wait for ten golden circular patterns to appear on this spirit ring and then connect them all together, the spirit ring will turn completely golden, which is a god-level spirit ring.

"This is..." Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo and the others were extremely shocked.

(End of this chapter)