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

Chapter 316 Qian Renxue's Suspicion

The old man had white hair and beard, and his short hair stood up like steel needles on his head. He looked about the same size as a gorilla, standing two meters tall. He had deep eyes and the aura of someone who had long held a high position, but not much of it.

Moreover, he possessed an indescribable aura, like...

They were like the slaves who were occasionally auctioned off at the Heavenly Dou Grand Auction House.

At this moment, however, he was looking at Ning Feiliu on the central arena with deep anger in his eyes.

"Is this the kid from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?" he asked his grandson, Tailong, beside him.

The old man's identity was self-evident; he was Titan, the patriarch of the Power Clan, and one of the few oddballs in the original work who willingly served as slaves to the Tang family father and son.

Even though it was because of Tang Hao that the Clear Sky Sect and their four outer sect single-attribute families suffered heavy losses in a sneak attack by the Spirit Hall.

They were also expelled from the Haotian Sect and left to fend for themselves.

In the end, Titan was still willing to serve Tang Hao as his master, looking like he would go through fire and water for him. What else could this be but a weirdo?

They were abandoned by the Haotian Sect. When the Haotian Sect abandoned them as outer disciples, they didn't consider their needs at all.

Do those direct disciples of the Haotian Sect know how difficult their lives were at first after being abandoned by the Haotian Sect?

Therefore, most disciples of the four major single-attribute clans no longer feel grateful for the kindness of the Haotian Sect, especially the Haotian Douluo who brought great disaster to the Haotian Sect.

It all started with Tang Hao. Even the direct descendants of the Clear Sky Sect, who were practically his blood relatives, hated him to the core.

What about the disciples and followers of the four major single-attribute clans who have no blood relation to Tang Hao?

It should be noted that when the Spirit Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect because Qian Xunji was seriously injured by Tang Hao, they didn't care whether you were an inner or outer disciple of the Clear Sky Sect, because you were all members of the Clear Sky Sect, right?

Back then, many disciples of the four major clans with single-attribute abilities also died tragically in the attack by the Spirit Hall. As disciples of the four major clans, can they really forget the pain of losing their loved ones?

Although these disciples were not killed by Tang Hao—after all, it was the Spirit Hall that killed them—Tang Hao was the source of all this turmoil and bears at least a third of the responsibility, if not half.

Even so, Titan still recognized Tang Hao as his master and was even devoted to Tang San. What else could this be but bizarre?

Tyrone was unaware of the relationship between his grandfather Titan and Tang Hao, and simply thought that his grandfather was merely curious about Ning Feiliu.

He nodded, even a little excited, and said, "That's right, Grandpa, that's Ning Feiliu from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School... He's really amazing! He's even younger than me, I think, but I've heard he's already at the Soul Saint realm..."

His face showed a mixture of envy and admiration. After all, in the Douluo Continent, strength was everything, and geniuses who became famous at a young age and had outstanding talent were always loved by people.

Ning Feiliu, this unparalleled genius, is naturally admired and respected by the younger generation, as for jealousy...

Perhaps only those who are ignorant and arrogant, who truly believe that Ning Feiliu's current success is all due to winning Dugu Yan's heart and having her cultivation boosted by various elixirs and magic pills by Dugu Bo, would be jealous.

After all, jealousy only exists when the two parties are very close. When the gap is too large, many people don't even have the thought of jealousy.

"Soul Saint?" Titan sneered, mocking in a low voice, "The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's people only go so far. They seem glamorous, but in reality, they're nothing."

He was clearly aware of the flaws in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul.

However, he was unaware that Ning Feiliu had already evolved her martial soul by consuming immortal herbs, thus compensating for her own deficiencies.

In fact, Ning Feiliu's status as a direct disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School also provided him with some protection.

After all, every top-tier powerhouse on the continent knows that the direct descendants of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have the flaw of being unable to break through level 80 in their entire lives.

And there's another point...

Ning Feiliu has never revealed her complete martial soul, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, in public. Even in this competition, the martial soul information she submitted was—Crescent Moon Divine Weapon.

His Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda has never appeared in its entirety, so how can others tell that his original martial soul has evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?

Like in the original work, Ning Rongrong didn't even realize her martial soul had evolved until Oscar noticed it had two more layers immediately after absorbing the immortal herb.

Therefore, as long as he doesn't reveal the complete Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and he has previously confirmed that his Crescent Moon Divine Weapon Martial Soul is a secondary Martial Soul derived from the original "Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda" Martial Soul.

In the eyes of others, he was a "flawed" Soul Master.

What's the use of a Soul Master who can never break through level 80 in their lifetime, no matter how fast they improve?

Therefore, the Spirit Hall would not want to kill Ning Feiliu for this reason. On the contrary, it would be a loss if the Spirit Hall's soul-hunting plan against the two major sects were leaked in advance because of a soul master who could not become a titled Douluo.

Other forces were in the same boat to varying degrees, and they didn't even dare to provoke the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Dugu Bo for it.

Therefore, no matter how outstanding Ning Feiliu's performance has always been, she has never attracted the disaster of "the tallest tree in the forest is bound to be felled by the wind".

Titan clearly thought so too, but...

He looked at Ning Feiliu on the stage, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

This is because of the conflict between Ning Feiliu and Tang Hao!

Although little information was released that day, in that incident, apart from the Shrek Academy group and Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and others who were protected by Dugu Bo, everyone else except the three members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy died in the aftermath of the clash between Tang Hao and Xue Di.

After all, when peerless experts clash, anyone with slightly weaker strength will be seriously injured, let alone ordinary soul masters.

However, the crucial news that Dugu Bo and Tang Hao were evenly matched at the time had spread, which greatly excited Titan.

Then he tried to find out more information. As a veteran Contra player and the leader of the blacksmiths in the Heaven Dou Empire, he brought a lot of gifts and managed to find out what happened that day from the Zhilin Education Committee of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The main issue is that neither the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School nor Dugu Bo had any intention of deliberately blocking the news.

So Zhilin said it, and that's that.

Therefore, Titan harbors immense hatred for Ning Feiliu, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and even Dugu Bo.

After all, Tang Hao died later, although he chose to die, it must have been related to what happened at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

However, for him and the Li clan, any attempt to take revenge on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School or Dugu Bo was nothing but wishful thinking.

However, in the original Titans comics, he is clearly the kind of person who is "protective of his own" and "shameless".

He'll always step up no matter what, and he doesn't care about adults bullying children or the elderly bullying the young.

So... he looked at Ning Feiliu with particularly unfriendly eyes at this moment—I can't take revenge on your sect and your teacher, so I can't take revenge on you?

A flash of anger crossed his eyes as he thought to himself, "Master... this old servant will avenge you in a moment!"

……

On the other side of the high platform.

His Highness Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, was also watching this scene.

"He's truly remarkable. This third young master of the Ning family is only twenty-one years old this year," Qian Renxue praised with some emotion.

"Yes... Your Highness, after all, he is a genius Soul Master nurtured by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and His Majesty the Poison Douluo with all their might," the Crown Prince's tutor said with a smile.

While seemingly praising, his words carried a hint of belittling, suggesting that Ning Feiliu's achievements were solely due to the full support and cultivation provided by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Dugu Bo.

Qian Renxue glanced at him and thought to herself that this person was being rather foolish at the moment.

If it weren't for the fact that this person was fairly loyal and was the city defense commander of Tiandou City, who was sent by Emperor Xueye, she would have excluded him from the core of her Crown Prince faction long ago.

However, this person only seems short-sighted at times; otherwise, he is quite clever and intelligent.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been appointed as one of the three tutors of the Crown Prince, a position only slightly lower than Ning Fengzhi's position as Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince.

But this doesn't mean that this Grand Tutor can really be on equal footing with Ning Fengzhi. After all, everyone knows that Ning Fengzhi's position as Grand Tutor is just icing on the cake and doesn't really mean anything.

This title of Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince was the greatest honor for this man, even surpassing his status as the chief of defense of Tiandou City.

These two are not comparable.

"That's not quite right. Besides the training from one's sect and teachers, one's own comprehension and talent are also very important." Qian Renxue shook her head and said with a smile, "Fei Liu's talent and comprehension are also excellent, otherwise he wouldn't have won the favor of His Majesty Poison Douluo..."

"Your Highness is right, my thinking was narrow-minded," the Crown Prince's tutor replied with a fawning smile.

Qian Renxue nodded and said with a smile, "No matter what, he is also a citizen of my Heavenly Dou Empire, and the child of the Grand Tutor. He will definitely contribute to my Heavenly Dou Empire in the future, so... it's a good thing."

"Unfortunately, the direct descendants of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have always had some flaws." The Crown Prince's tutor shook his head and said with some regret, "Otherwise, this prodigy, if he could continue to break through in the future, would surely become a Title Douluo very soon..."

"Yes... what a pity..." Qian Renxue nodded with a smile, but when she turned her head to look at Ning Feiliu, who had already received the award and returned, there was a deep doubt in her eyes.

Really... Ning Feiliu also has the limit of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, and is she now limited to the Soul Saint realm?

Qian Renxue always had a unique intuition that Ning Feiliu was not as simple as she seemed.

The main reason is that Ning Feiliu is too mysterious. His strange derivative martial soul, the Crescent Moon Divine Weapon, his absurd cultivation speed, and... it seems that ever since he appeared, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Dugu Bo have always been able to produce some magical things.

Various elixirs and miraculous medicines, and according to reports from spies and secret agents of the Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is also producing a large number of special soul tools...

All of this made Qian Renxue suspect that Ning Feiliu was behind it all...

Therefore, she began to have a unique feeling, as if Ning Feiliu... couldn't be that simple, because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul's flaw was limited to the Soul Saint realm...

Of course, this was just a feeling she had.

Moreover, in her view, the Soul Hunting Operation will be held in a few years. Even if Ning Feiliu is not that simple, because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul is limited to the Soul Saint realm, how far can he break through at most?

At most, he's only at the Contra level, right?

One Soul Douluo cannot change this inevitable trend. Faced with the many powerful figures of the Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is bound to be destroyed!

So she decided to leave that aside for the time being. She still needed to complete the disguise mission of substituting the emperor for the emperor, until one snowy night when the toxins in the emperor's body accumulated and exploded, and he died, allowing her to succeed in that moment of victory!

……

After the ceremony, Ning Feiliu suggested that he celebrate with the students of Tianshui Academy, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and... his brothers.

This is because, unusually... his usually dull older brother has finally come to his senses. Last time, when Tianshui Academy came to Tiandou City, he asked Ning Mingrui to help arrange accommodation for everyone from Tianshui Academy.

Ning Mingrui met the group from Tianshui Academy at that time, but he didn't seem to react much.

Even though Ning Feiliu didn't invite him afterwards, he still came to watch the Tianshui Academy's match, saying it was out of concern for his team's performance.

But every time, he kept his eyes fixed on Qiu Ruoshui on the stage. Once, when she suffered a minor injury, he looked very nervous. Even if Ning Feiliu didn't say anything, she could tell from his expression.

After all, Ning Mingrui is already twenty-six years old, but there has been no progress in his life.

While Soul Masters in Douluo Continent are indeed precocious, they can also get married much later.

At least like Tang Hao in the original story, he was almost thirty-two years old when he met Ah Yin and they pledged their lives to each other. He was over forty when Ah Yin became pregnant with Tang San.

Logically speaking, such a prodigy from a sect should have had his fate arranged by his early twenties. If he was to be married, he should be married, or if he had a private relationship with his partner, he should be married by now.

However, Tang Hao managed to drag it out until he was over thirty...

After all... In the Douluo Continent, strength is paramount. Before the age of thirty is the best time to cultivate soul power and make a name for oneself. If one hasn't met the right person, there's naturally no rush to get married.

Twenty-six-year-old Ning Mingrui has never been in a relationship and has never been in a hurry. In recent years, apart from managing the sect's business and assisting Ning Fengzhi in managing the sect, he has been focusing on cultivation.

To date, he has also broken through to the Soul Emperor realm with the help of preferential resources.

Ning Feiliu wasn't in a hurry, but seeing how Ning Mingrui and Qiu Ruoshui fell in love at first sight, he didn't mind playing matchmaker.

Then he discovered something else...

Qiu Ruoshui seems to like Ning Mingrui quite a bit, but it's not just her; Gu Qingbo also seems to like Ning Mingrui a little...

(End of this chapter)