Douluo Continent: Building a Divine Kingdom Starting from the Spirit Hall

"What's wrong with us men being perverted?"

Tian Hao retorted confidently, "In the end, aren't you women the ones who benefit from our perversion as men?"

Just like when you women wear stockings, it's ultimately us men who benefit.

"Shameless!"

She offered a two-word evaluation, but Leng Qing'er didn't seem to mind. Perhaps the previous battle had left such a deep and unforgettable impression on her.

"Originally, I just wanted to make a deal with you: I would give myself, and you would help me become stronger and give Rongrong a chance to become stronger in the future."

But what you said before made me see and feel something different about you. I don't know if it's love, but at least I don't dislike being your woman.

After thinking for a moment, Leng Qing'er replied with a complicated expression.

Originally, it was just a pure transaction, or you could say a partnership. Now, all she has left is herself.

However, the fact that this younger brother hadn't taken advantage of her vulnerability and had even helped her detoxify had given her a different perspective, leading her to boldly ask him to stay.

Of course, there must also be the residual stimulation of the drug, otherwise, given her personality, she would never have been able to bring herself to say that, let alone launch the main offensive after the start of the war.

"It's a good start."

Tian Hao was fairly satisfied with the answer; it was good that he had a feeling about it, but he was afraid that he wouldn't.

Once feelings are established, they can be used as a foundation and a starting point to continuously grow and eventually transform those feelings into affection; only then can a couple truly be considered a couple.

When did you start targeting me?

With a glance, Leng Qing'er asked a question that had been weighing on her mind for a long time.

She had long realized that this little brother had his eye on her, but she didn't know when it started.

"If we're talking about keeping an eye on you, it started after I sensed that you, sister-in-law, possess ice-attribute soul power."

Tian Hao confessed that the first thing he looked at when judging a person was their martial spirit aptitude. Otherwise, if someone only had a pretty face but lacked cultivation aptitude and temperament, they would not be attractive to him at all.

After all, appearance is something that can be adjusted at his level. He can even change his own appearance, let alone plastic surgery.

So looks and physique are just illusions; what truly attracts him is his temperament and martial spirit aptitude.

Quite by chance, my beautiful sister-in-law possessed both qualities, and was also quite shrewd and resourceful, making her the first person to see through my disguise.

"How do you plan to arrange Rongrong's path?"

After a moment of silence, Leng Qing'er inquired about the Spirit Hall's schemes against her daughter.

All she knew was that her daughter was being targeted by the Spirit Hall, who wanted to use her to lure a certain god from the God Realm down to their throne, and then seize it from them, but she didn't know the specifics of how to do it.

"It's nothing much, just helping her upgrade her martial soul to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, giving her the potential to become a Title Douluo and meet the minimum standard for obtaining the Divine Trial. The rest will develop naturally."

Tian Hao had no plans for Ning Rongrong; everything would proceed as originally intended. Moreover, the batch of second-generation medicinal herbs he had specially cultivated had already been transferred to Dugu Bo through the Po Clan. Now, it was just a matter of whether the future God King Tang could still swindle those immortal herbs and divine medicines from Dugu Bo.

It's important to know that Dugu Bo's current approach to cultivating Dugu Yan is quite different. He first refined a ten-thousand-year soul bone, and then her first soul ring started from ten thousand years, originating from a Jade Serpent King. This perfectly matched Dugu Yan's Jade Serpent Martial Soul, even allowing the Martial Soul to evolve into the even stronger Jade Serpent King.

While upgrading one's martial spirit makes the poison more potent, it also enhances the control over the poison.

With the added enhancement of a fresh 100,000-year-old soul bone, he will not be troubled by poison for a long time to come.

It won't be easy for Tang San to fool Dugu Bo again with his detoxification methods; we'll have to wait and see how things develop in the future.

This would also further verify whether that mystical thing called fate really exists. He always felt that such things were very strange and dared not be careless in the slightest.

For example, in some fantasy novels, the general trend is unchangeable, which is equivalent to a fate. If it says you have to die, then you must die, and the final outcome will not change.

For example, the demise of the lich, the wrongful death of the Xuan Turtle supporting the sky, and so on.

He was afraid of dealing with things like causality, which were unsolvable and even more terrifying than the gods in the divine realm.

"And then what?"

Asking again, Leng Qing'er wanted to see if this little brother had any plans for her daughter.

"It depends on Rongrong's future performance. If she has a good character, then she will be in charge of the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda. It is the strongest auxiliary artifact that we are currently refining. It is formed by the fusion of many Nine Treasure Glazed Pagodas. It will be more effective if Rongrong is in charge of it."

But that's only if she's qualified; otherwise, there's nothing I can do.

That's the best path for her; if that doesn't work, I'll arrange other paths.

Tian Hao didn't speak too definitively. He really couldn't say anything about Ning Rongrong, that kind of spoiled young lady. No one could tolerate that kind of temper.

If they don't know their place, then they'll just be marginalized. Anyway, the Spirit Hall is a large and powerful organization, so they don't need to worry about finding someone to keep them idle.

"I want to secretly teach Rongrong."

After pondering for a while with her lips tightly pressed together, Leng Qing'er spoke, her voice carrying a hint of pleading.

"We cannot reveal our identities and leave any room for suspicion."

Tian Hao did not refuse. With Leng Qing'er secretly helping to train Ning Rongrong to be more docile, it would also benefit his plan, allowing her to better fulfill the divine examination and position of the Nine-Colored Goddess.

Otherwise, if Ning Rongrong's spoiled temper remains unchanged in the end, he doesn't know if the Nine-Colored Goddess will still take a liking to her.

If they fail to catch the eye of the Nine-Colored Goddess, their plan to slay the god will lose much of its luster.

After all, that knock-off version of the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda is just waiting to kill and merge the Nine-Colored Goddess into it. Only by upgrading that thing to the level of a main artifact can we have more confidence in future divine wars.

Therefore, Ning Rongrong's development is of paramount importance. She must inherit the Nine-Colored Goddess title and become a new generation of Nine-Colored Goddess.

It would be even better if the Nine-Colored Goddess could be lured down, just like how the God of Emotions nurtured Huo Gua ten thousand years later and personally descended to the mortal realm.

Moreover, once the Nine-Colored Goddess descends, her husband, the God of Food, will certainly descend as well.

"Why are you here again?"

Just as Leng Qing'er was about to say something, she sensed something was wrong. Her beautiful eyes widened instantly, and a hint of fear appeared on her usually cold face.

The previous battle had just ended, and she herself had teetered on the brink of death countless times, and had not yet recovered.

"It's because my sister-in-law is so charming that I couldn't help myself, I couldn't help myself."

He kissed her fair forehead and then accompanied his sister-in-law to exercise again. They started with push-ups, then sit-ups, weighted jogging, carrying bricks and pushing a cart. They even had his sister-in-law dress up as Guanyin Bodhisattva. The exercise program was quite diverse and guaranteed to work every muscle and bone in her body.

Of course, besides that, he didn't forget to do what Ning Rongrong had done for his sister-in-law. While becoming a Dragon Knight, he also took on the role of babysitter, hoping to reach the level of the Desolate Emperor in the future, since everyone is named Hao.

After these warm-up exercises are completed, one can then begin formal cultivation, using one's Holy Light Soul Power, Vajra Soul Power, Earth Soul Power, Thunder Tribulation Soul Power, and Profound Ice Soul Power in turn, with the cultivation of Profound Ice Soul Power being particularly important.

Finally, after repeatedly jumping back and forth between the gates of hell while holding his beautiful sister-in-law, the second round of training finally ended, and his sister-in-law entered a deep sleep.

"I wonder what Brother Ning is up to these days?"

Having regained his saintly appearance, Tian Hao couldn't help but think of his old friend Ning. He hadn't seen him for many years and missed him terribly.

At the same time, in a secluded spot, Ning Fengzhi watched his daughter chasing butterflies among the flowers, feeling both guilty and full of doting affection.

“In the blink of an eye, Rongrong is already five years old.”

Looking at his daughter playing, Ning Fengzhi was filled with emotion.

"I should be able to awaken my martial soul next year. I hope my innate soul power will be higher."

The ancient banyan tree also showed affection, and in its heart, it was praying.

Because of what happened back then, he felt guilty towards Rongrong, so in recent years he has treated that girl as his own granddaughter and hoped that she could have a great talent.

The main problem is that Ning Fengzhi's previous children weren't particularly talented, and they might not be able to carry the banner of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in the future.

It should be noted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is an extremely domineering martial soul. No matter what kind of soul beast or soul ring it obtains, the soul skills that are ultimately manifested will be of the unique amplification type of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

This domineering nature is not only reflected in soul rings and soul skills, but also in bloodline inheritance.

Children born from marriage with members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan will only awaken the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul. Even children born from marriage with a top-tier Martial Soul owner will only awaken the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul.

This is why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has been trying to recruit free Soul Masters into the Soul Master world through marriage alliances, but has been unable to develop its own group of Battle Soul Masters.

Therefore, Ning Rongrong's future martial soul will inevitably be the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. The only thing that cannot be determined is her aptitude, that is, her innate soul power.

However, her mother's innate soul power was not low, otherwise she would not have been able to cultivate to level 90 at such a young age and even evolve her martial soul. With such inheritance, Rongrong's aptitude must be quite good.

"What good is talent if you're stuck at level 79 and can't make any progress?"

Ning Fengzhi gave a helpless bitter smile, feeling a sense of resentment in his heart.

Their martial souls also have a very powerful flaw. They tried countless methods but failed. He is now stuck at level 79 and can hardly make any progress.

Perhaps the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was too powerful, becoming the number one support-type martial soul in the world simply by relying on its seven spirit rings, which aroused the jealousy of the heavens.

This innate limitation cannot be overcome by later efforts. Even if one reaches the innate full soul power, it will not change anything. At most, one can cultivate to level 79 faster, but that in itself is meaningless.

Given the quality of their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, most of their clansmen's Martial Souls are at least level six. With sufficient resources, it is not difficult for them to cultivate to the Soul Saint level.

Therefore, having a slightly higher innate soul power is not very meaningful to them.

"If Rongrong can become a prodigy, she may have a chance to break through the limitations of her martial spirit."

One possibility is that Gu Rong was deeply impressed by those prodigies, and even watched the recording of this Soul Master Competition. He was increasingly impressed by their existence, as they were extraordinary beings who far surpassed their previous understanding.

The constraints on one's martial spirit may be difficult for ordinary people, but they may not be difficult for geniuses.

"I just hope she can live a happy life, so that I can feel a little better."

He was somewhat tempted, but recalling his wife's last look, Ning Fengzhi suppressed those thoughts.

He still regrets what happened back then. Although it was a helpless choice made for the sake of his sect and clan, it still cannot change the fact that he betrayed his wife.

Every time he sees Rongrong, he can't help but think of the wife he abandoned and murdered. Especially when Rongrong asks him why he doesn't have a mother, he can't even look her in the eye.

He owes Rongrong!

Chapter 489 Physical Attributes

After becoming fellow cultivators with his beautiful sister-in-law, Tian Hao once again transformed into a master of time management, moving back and forth between the rooms of his beautiful senior sister and sister-in-law.

There was nothing he could do; his own room had been cancelled. He used to sleep in his beautiful senior sister's room, which made it easier for him to cultivate, since they were a couple now.

This also makes it easier to cultivate with my beautiful sister-in-law; all I need to do is go over to the Ice and Fire Pool.

In the past, when I was fighting and cultivating with my beautiful senior sister, my sister-in-law would go to the rooftop to cultivate in order to avoid suspicion. Now, she waits anxiously there.

There was no way around it; the commotion here was so loud, and the beautiful senior sister's battle cries alone were incredibly exciting.

After sending his beautiful sister-in-law to the Western Paradise to meet Guanyin Bodhisattva once again, Tian Hao got up to cleanse himself of the aura of the Sea God before leaving the room.

My cultivation with my beautiful senior sister and sister-in-law can't stop, but my discussions on cultivation with my father-in-law and the others can't be neglected either.

Leng Qing'er was unconscious for an unknown amount of time before she woke up and saw someone sitting by the bedside, none other than her bad best friend.