Ning Fengzhi's Unwillingness to Give Up
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect received the Spirit Hall Bulletin a little later.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is the only one of the Upper Three Sects to have built a city, named "Seven Treasure City," which stands among the mountains.
Due to the unique nature of their Martial Souls, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has different principles of conduct from the other Upper Three Sects, making it a very adept and skillful sect in handling affairs.
Their sect's direct lineage Martial Soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, has a natural flaw: it can only support a maximum of seven Soul Rings. Furthermore, because it is Support System Martial Soul, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters are destined to rely on the support of allies to survive in the world.
As a result, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is extremely good at business and is the wealthiest of the Upper Three Sects. With this wealth, the Ning family has gathered many powerful allies and formed a close-knit interest group.
Among them, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have the closest relationship, and the distance between Heaven Dou City and Seven Treasure City is not far.
The current sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is named Ning Fengzhi. He is a young man in his early thirties. He has a handsome appearance, with a face like jade, a straight nose and a square mouth. He has a refined and gentle temperament and a graceful demeanor.
Unlike most Soul Masters today who are typically martial artists, he possesses a scholarly air and appears more like a literati.
In fact, Ning Fengzhi was indeed a scholar. Due to the limitations of his Martial Soul, the Ning family had never stopped seeking breakthroughs and had been conducting related research, but they had never made any progress.
The natural bottleneck of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is exceptionally sturdy and difficult to break through by external means, so the Ning family can only perform rituals within a confined space.
To this end, they developed a esoteric technique involving the mind—[Heart Separation Control]
As its name suggests, this is a secret technique that allows one to multitask and perform multiple tasks simultaneously, which is also the key to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's ranking as the world's strongest support Martial Soul.
Ordinary Support System can usually only target one enemy, unless the Soul Skill's effect is a group buff.
However, the efficiency of group amplification is usually very low. If the amplification effect of assisting a target is 10%, then when benefiting the group, the amplification that each beneficiary can receive will be greatly reduced.
With the [Heart Separation Control] buff, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda can expand the target of the amplification without reducing the amplification percentage!
[Heart Separation Control], when mastered to its highest level, allows one to simultaneously open seven independent auxiliary channels, amplifying the Soul Skills of seven Soul Masters, or simultaneously amplifying different Soul Skills of an object, achieving all-round enhancement.
This kind of assistance is not affected by the base stats; the increase it provides to lower-level Soul Masters is proportional to the increase it provides to higher-level Soul Masters, which greatly enhances the value of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
At the Titled Douluo level, even a 10% increase is a huge advantage that must be taken seriously!
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda reached the pinnacle of the Support System precisely because of its noble independent riding area.
However, [Heart Separation Control] also has its limitations; once you reach the fifth level, [Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart], it becomes very difficult to improve further.
Over the years, as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's power has grown stronger, Ning Fengzhi has gradually felt somewhat powerless. Level 79 is still too weak, and he urgently hopes to find a way to break the deadlock.
Just then, Zhou You's Thesis came into his view. The chapter on [Mental Body] particularly caught his eye, giving him a deeper understanding of his family's secret techniques and generating more inspiration.
Ning Fengzhi is now a level 79 Soul Saint, and his secret techniques have reached the [Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart] realm. It can be said that he has reached the limit in both Martial Soul cultivation and spiritual secret techniques, and there is no way to advance further.
Seeing this groundbreaking Thesis was like rain after a long drought, instantly igniting his hope. If the author of this paper could personally intervene, could it possibly change the current predicament of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?
In fact, the Ning family has ancient records stating that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda has the potential to evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. However, this has always been regarded as an impossible legend. Ning Fengzhi has studied it for many years but has never been able to prove this legend.
But he glimpsed a glimmer of hope in this Thesis.
"Lord of the Clouds, who exactly is this scholar?" Ning Fengzhi murmured to himself as he looked at the name.
Gu Rong and Chen Xin exchanged glances, and the latter spoke up, "Feng Zhi?"
"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, do you think it's possible for us to invite this 'Lord of the Clouds' to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"
Gu Rong and Chen Xin were very surprised to hear this.
"Feng Zhi values this person so much?"
Ning Fengzhi nodded emphatically. "I saw hope for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in his article!"
"You two must have heard of the legend of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda," Ning Fengzhi, his gaze vacant. "Over the years, I've tried everything, but I've never quite grasped the essence. The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda remains nothing more than a reflection in water, a flower in a mirror."
"Actually, I have a vague feeling that I'm going in the wrong direction, but I don't know where I'm wrong, let alone where to put my effort."
This situation is often the most frustrating because the Soul Masters in the Douluo World lack a certain understanding of cultivation principles, so they often have to rely on luck to get through problems.
More often than not, it's just a waste of time.
Ning Fengzhi is knowledgeable, but as the sect leader, he has a lot of affairs to deal with every day. It would be difficult for him to make any theoretical contributions.
Therefore, he desperately hopes to recruit a true scholar to solve this problem, and "Lord of the Clouds" seems to be the most promising person to do so.
At this moment, Gu Rong hardened his heart and interrupted his fantasy, "Feng Zhi, since this article was published in the Spirit Hall Bulletin, the author is very likely a member of the Spirit Hall, and..."
Chen Xin continued, "Although we don't know 'Lord of the Clouds,' we do know this old fellow 'Yue Guan.' He's an elder of the Spirit Hall, the famous Chrysanthemum Douluo."
"To be listed alongside this person, 'Lord of the Clouds' must hold a high position within the Spirit Hall. Such a person..."
He didn't continue speaking, but Ning Fengzhi understood.
Such a person would be very difficult for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to recruit.
The title of "Upper Three Sects" sounds impressive, but compared to a giant like the Spirit Hall, they are still far inferior. Haven't you seen how even the strongest Clear Sky Sect, was forced to close its doors and go into seclusion?
"Sigh, I know it's wishful thinking, but... sigh!" Ning Fengzhi was somewhat unwilling. When there was no hope, he could remain calm and composed, but now that there was hope, how could he not want to seize it?
If "Lord of the Clouds" isn't from the Spirit Hall, he'll use every means to bring him back!
At this moment, Gu Rong suddenly said, "Actually, Feng Zhi, you've misunderstood. We don't necessarily have to recruit that person. Perhaps we can cooperate with them in another way."
"What do you mean by that?" Ning Fengzhi asked quickly.
Gu Rong said leisurely, "I heard that the Pope of the Spirit Hall recently visited Heaven Dou City. We have a good relationship with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, so perhaps we can think of a way to build a relationship with the Spirit Hall."
Ning Fengzhi.