Jiang Taichu's Idea: Big Business with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect
"No need to look for me. I'm back."
Just then, a clear, pure voice sounded softly beside Ning Rongrong's ear.
Immediately afterward.
Jiang Taichu's figure appeared before Ning Rongrong and the other two.
"Brother Taichu, you're back! Rongrong missed you so much!"
Seeing Jiang Taichu return, Ning Rongrong broke into a radiant smile and threw herself straight into his arms.
Ye Lingling came to Jiang Taichu's side and suddenly noticed that her naughty little brother seemed to have grown quite a bit taller.
"Little Taichu, how did you grow more than ten centimeters after being away for just over ten days?"
"What's going on with you growing a centimeter a day?"
Ye Lingling asked curiously, her face full of puzzlement.
Hearing that, Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan both began sizing Jiang Taichu up.
They would never have known if they hadn't looked, but one look gave them a shock.
Jiang Taichu was nearly 1.4 meters tall.
If one didn't know Jiang Taichu's real age and judged by appearances alone, he looked like a boy of about ten.
"Um... actually, I went to obtain my Second Soul Ring. Maybe it's because of my Martial Soul, but after absorbing the Second Soul Ring, I grew a little taller."
Jiang Taichu slowly explained.
Ning Rongrong and the other two girls looked at one another. Unable to think of a better explanation, they simply assumed Jiang Taichu's Martial Soul was a little unusual.
After all, what other Blue Silver Grass Soul Master could be freakish to this extent?
Ye Lingling moved closer to Jiang Taichu and suddenly felt a trace of something strange.
What's going on? Why do I feel especially comfortable when I get close to Little Taichu?
Ye Lingling couldn't put the feeling into words. It was as though all the blood in her body were boiling.
Could it be that I've fallen in love with Little Taichu?
The thought popped into Ye Lingling's abstract mind out of nowhere.
Impossible. To me, he's just a bratty little brother.
Besides, books say your heart goes thump, thump, thump when you fall in love with someone.
But what I'm feeling now is completely different.
Ye Lingling dismissed the unrealistic thought.
Beside her, Dugu Yan was having the same physical reaction as Ye Lingling.
What's going on?
Why does my body feel so comfortable the moment I get close to Little Taichu?
I suddenly want to squeeze Little Taichu into my arms, and then...
When that thought popped into her head, Dugu Yan felt she was too wicked.
How old was Jiang Taichu? No matter how much of a freak she was, she couldn't feel that way about him.
Still, being with Jiang Taichu really did make her feel comfortable from head to toe.
Jiang Taichu didn't notice anything unusual about the two of them.
A few hours later.
Jiang Taichu took Ning Rongrong home, while Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan also headed home together.
On the way home, Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan about the strange thing that had happened today.
"Yanzi, I think I'm sick."
When Dugu Yan heard that, she looked at Ye Lingling in disbelief.
"Little Lingling, don't lie to me. What illness could a healing-type Soul Master like you possibly get? Wouldn't one healing treatment make it all better?"
Ye Lingling pouted.
"Yanzi, I'm really not lying. Today, as soon as I got close to Little Taichu, my body had a strange feeling."
"Although it did feel very comfortable."
Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan about the strange thing that had happened to her today.
"Your body felt very comfortable?"
Dugu Yan stopped in her tracks.
She looked at Ye Lingling and said:
"Little Lingling, I had that feeling today too."
Ye Lingling's pupils contracted.
"Then that means the problem isn't with me, but with Little Taichu."
"But the question is, why didn't we feel anything before?"
Ye Lingling turned it over in her mind, but no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't make sense of it.
"It should be connected to Little Taichu being away for more than ten days."
"Although I don't know what kind of change happened to Little Taichu's body, it probably isn't a bad thing for him."
Dugu Yan offered her guess.
Ye Lingling thought about it, decided it took too much brainpower, and simply stopped thinking about it.
"Forget it. Tomorrow I'll just tell Little Taichu about the strange thing with his body."
Meanwhile.
Jiang Taichu was pondering his future path.
After breaking through to Soul Grandmaster, he had gained another Summoned Beast, Xiong Da.
Having become Jiang Taichu's Summoned Beast, Xiong Da could grow stronger quickly by devouring Heavenly Treasures.
Xiong Da's current strength was at the 1,500-year level, and he still had plenty of room to improve, all the way up to 6,000 years.
That was right. Absorbing his Second Soul Ring and increasing his Soul Power Level had given Jiang Taichu's spiritual power a small boost.
The moment he broke through, Ah Yin's strength had risen from the 5,000-year level to the 6,000-year level.
Because Ah Yin had previously absorbed his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, her strength could continue rising all the way to the 10,000-year level.
Before reaching 10,000 years, the growth of Ah Yin's strength wouldn't be limited by resources.
Xiong Da, on the other hand.
Jiang Taichu would need to spend a great deal of resources to nurture him.
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was a super Soul Beast. Raising its strength required far more resources than it did for an ordinary Soul Beast.
"Looks like I'll have to give up making money from Life Essence."
Life Essence was good, but Jiang Taichu didn't dare sell too much of it. Otherwise, given his age and strength, he could easily become a target.
Besides, compared with what ordinary people made, the money he earned from Life Essence was indeed a lot.
But compared with those Soul Masters who really knew how to make money, there was quite a gap.
At that moment, Jiang Taichu turned his gaze to Ning Rongrong.
Of course, he wasn't planning to mooch off Ning Rongrong's spending money.
Although he was rather thick-skinned, mooching off a little girl's spending money really would be a bit too beastly.
What Jiang Taichu really had in mind was doing business with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect behind Ning Rongrong.
Once this business was underway, not only would he no longer need to worry about money or resources, but winds and clouds would rise across the entire Soul Master World because of it.
Most importantly, this business could only be done with a major power. Otherwise, there was no way to hold on to it.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect went without saying; its businesses were spread across the Douluo Continent.
Even a vast empire might not be as wealthy as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
As for strength, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had Chen Xin, the level 96 Sword Douluo, and Gu Rong, the level 95 Bone Douluo.
That strength was enough to take on this business.
"Brother Taichu, why do you keep staring at Rongrong?"
Ning Rongrong noticed Jiang Taichu's gaze. Her cheeks turned slightly red as she spoke bashfully.
"Brother Taichu was just thinking about something."
Jiang Taichu answered honestly.
"By the way, Rongrong, you've been away for so long. Do you want to go back to the sect for a visit?"
Jiang Taichu continued.
Hearing that, Ning Rongrong grew nervous.
"Brother Taichu, are you trying to send Rongrong away?"
"No! Rongrong doesn't want to leave."
Ning Rongrong cried out tearfully. She was so comfortable staying by Jiang Taichu's side now that she didn't want to go back and sit around bored in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.