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About One Incense Stick Time later, the pain in Ning Tianchen's body completely disappeared, and he emerged from his soul ring absorption state.

Ning Tianchen stretched his limbs and murmured softly.

"Could what happened just now have been an External Soul Bone?"

In the original timeline, Tang San had experienced the same thing. That time, he had obtained the great opportunity of the Eight Spider Spirit Bone.

But after carefully sensing himself, Ning Tianchen found no additional spirit bone on his body.

Chen Xin noticed his slightly disappointed expression and chuckled irritably. "Kid, don't be dissatisfied. This time, your Martial Soul mutated along with your soul ring absorption. In my opinion, it's most likely a beneficial mutation."

"In the future, once you reach my level, I may not be a match for you."

According to the records within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, any Spirit Mutation related to dragons was basically a beneficial mutation. Naturally, Ning Tianchen was not surprised.

"A Spirit Mutation?" Ning Tianchen was speechless. He quickly summoned his Martial Soul, and a yellow soul ring appeared beneath his feet.

The Seven Kill Sword had once been entirely silver-white, its blade smooth and even. Now, many patterns resembling dragon markings had appeared across it.

Wasn't the Seven Kill Sword already a super Martial Soul? Could it evolve further?

Not fully understanding but finding it impressive, Ning Tianchen closed his eyes and carefully sensed the message conveyed by his Martial Soul.

From its feedback, he learned, "Sword Offering, my Martial Soul hasn't evolved completely. Once it fully evolves, it should be called the Dragon Mark Seven Kill Sword."

With Chen Xin's knowledge and experience, he immediately understood the reason. "This Azure Dragon was too low-level. The energy it contained was insufficient to fully evolve your Martial Soul. In the future, it would be best if all your soul rings came from dragon-type soul beasts. Only then can your Martial Soul continue evolving."

"If I'm not mistaken, your First Spirit Ability isn't Sword Out of Sheath, is it?"

The first three spirit abilities of the Seven Kill Sword were almost always fixed. Whether those first three spirit abilities changed was the most important basis for determining whether the Martial Soul had evolved.

Ning Tianchen nodded. "Sword Offering, my First Spirit Ability is called Azure Dragon Break."

Chen Xin said, "Try out its effect!"

"First Spirit Ability, Azure Dragon Break!"

A layer of sword qi enveloped the Seven Kill Sword's blade. Ning Tianchen swung the sword, and the sword qi transformed into the phantom of an Azure Dragon, cleaving the large tree before him cleanly in half.

"Not bad power." Chen Xin praised him without reservation.

From his observations, he could confirm that the other party's Seven Kill Sword Spirit had undergone a beneficial mutation.

Back when he had obtained his first soul ring, it had been nowhere near this powerful.

In that case, Ning Tianchen's future soul rings could only come from dragon-type soul beasts in order to make his Martial Soul evolve quickly.

Ning Tianchen looked at his "masterpiece," his heart filled with satisfaction.

Tang San's First Spirit Ability, Entangle, had only left a few dents in a tree trunk, while he could cut an entire tree in half. Didn't that prove his attack power surpassed Tang San's?

Thinking of Tang San, Ning Tianchen did not have a good impression of him. The things that guy did later on practically had the words "petty villain drunk on success" written all over his face.

Ning Tianchen gradually put those thoughts aside.

It was far too early to discuss Tang San now. Besides, Tang San had Hidden Weapons, and with his current strength, Ning Tianchen could not deal with them at all.

"Sniff, sniff~"

"What smells so bad?"

Suddenly, Ning Tianchen lowered his gaze and saw the bloodstains on his body.

Mixed with sweat and blood, the smell was simply unbearable.

"Haha, find a small river nearby and wash the filth off your body first." Chen Xin laughed cheerfully.

A few days later, Ning Tianchen returned to the sect.

After becoming a one-ring Spirit Master, his position among these children became even more secure.

These children called him "Big Brother" with increasing affection.

Their parents were not fools. They knew Ning Tianchen had caught Sword Douluo's attention and would certainly hold a high position in the sect in the future. Rather than going out of their way to cling to Ning Rongrong, it was better to build a good relationship with Ning Tianchen.

Ning Tianchen did not know about these matters, but they were not his goal at the moment. For him, the urgent task was to train in the eight-character maxim Chen Xin had taught him—Walk-Transform-Spin-Flip, Light-Steady-Swift-Fast.

After seeing Ning Tianchen's soul ring, Ning Rongrong immediately became envious.

During this period, she actually took the initiative to enter a Cultivation Retreat, striving to reach level ten Soul Power as soon as possible.

During these quiet days, Ning Tianchen practiced his swordsmanship almost constantly, while Chen Xin gave him guidance many times throughout the period.

One afternoon a month later, under Ning Fengzhi's arrangements, a disciple in his twenties was assigned to spar with Ning Tianchen.

"Tianchen, you only have fourteen levels of Soul Power right now. Are you sure it's okay for you to fight a Soul Grandmaster?" Ning Fengzhi asked with a complicated expression.

Now that Ning Tianchen was here, he truly needed to carefully consider the candidate for the sect's future master.

In Ning Fengzhi's heart, he naturally preferred for Ning Rongrong to inherit the position of sect master, while Ning Tianchen became a powerful protector of the sect.

But Ning Tianchen was, after all, a member of the Ning family and possessed the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit. In terms of talent and strength, he would be qualified to compete for the position of sect master in the future.

Over the past few days, Ning Fengzhi had learned by consulting records that the continent's first Twin Martial Souls Spirit Master had exploded and died during cultivation. Ning Tianchen cultivated only one Martial Soul, so naturally such a thing would not happen to him.

If he did not cultivate the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit, then he would not be qualified to compete for sect master. But if he succeeded in cultivating both Martial Souls, and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit obtained more than seven soul rings, then the position of sect master could only be his.

After thinking it over, Ning Fengzhi ultimately decided that as long as Ning Tianchen married Ning Rongrong, what was wrong with giving him the position of sect master?

Before Ning Tianchen could speak, Chen Xin said with a cheerful smile, "Rest assured, Sect Master. With Tianchen's strength, there won't be any problems."

Ning Fengzhi put away his thoughts and nodded.

Ning Rongrong was currently out hunting soul beasts with Bone Douluo, so she could not witness Ning Tianchen's performance today.

As he stepped onto the Martial Arts Arena, Ning Tianchen could not help but take a deep breath.

This was his first time participating in an official spirit battle, so it was inevitable that he felt somewhat nervous.

His opponent was a twelve-year-old boy who had graduated from the sect's Special Training Camp not long ago.

"Ning Tianchen, although you're a genius valued by the Sect Master, I won't go easy on you in battle!" the boy snorted.

Ning Tianchen summoned his Martial Soul, and a yellow soul ring appeared beneath his feet. "Just what I want."

After their gazes met, the boy could not help swallowing. He had never seen such sharp eyes among his peers. With so many people watching, he could not help feeling somewhat timid.

To bolster his courage, the boy raised his voice. "Bu Qing, Water Cloud Staff Spirit, level twenty-five assault-type Battle Spirit Master. Please enlighten me."

Ning Tianchen nodded slightly but did not state his strength or Martial Soul.

To him, announcing his own information at the start was equivalent to revealing his trump cards to his opponent. It might even put him at a disadvantage in the battle ahead.

So only an idiot would announce his own details!

"Why aren't you stating your strength?" Bu Qing could not help demanding.

"Haven't you already seen it?"