Ning Fengzhi's Arrangements

"Ding. Having been tempered by a battle, your Meditation Method has grown, and its proficiency has increased substantially."

"Ding. Having experienced a fierce battle, your Accelerate felt that she was too weak and decided to enter seclusion for training. Your Accelerate Spirit Skill proficiency has increased, reaching the Proficient level."

The two notifications made Ye Feng feel obvious changes. First, the growth of his soul power had accelerated once again—an effect brought about by the improvement of his Meditation Method.

Then, some techniques for using the Accelerate Spirit Skill suddenly surfaced in his mind.

Whether a spirit skill was powerful or not still depended on the person using it.

To borrow a saying from Grandmaster: there were no useless martial souls, only useless Spirit Masters.

Likewise, there were no useless spirit skills; it only depended on how they were used.

In the hands of someone who knew how to use them, even a terrible spirit skill could produce astonishing results.

Ye Feng had only just acquired his spirit skill and had not had the chance to properly explore it. The true effects of Accelerate had yet to be fully brought out.

By accelerating his own cultivation, Ye Feng discovered several techniques for using the Accelerate Spirit Skill appearing in his mind. For example, intermittent acceleration—when fighting someone, he could suddenly accelerate and cleverly use the skill's effects to launch a surprise attack.

Another example was how to adjust his body movements while using the Accelerate Spirit Skill, conserving stamina and soul power while making his movements smoother.

And so on, and so forth.

Though they were all minor techniques, they added up, bringing Ye Feng tremendous gains.

"Hehe, although this girl Accelerate is a little shy, she's very thoughtful. Not bad, not bad." Having benefited, Ye Feng spared no praise for Accelerate.

"Ding. Your Accelerate has been praised by you. Her thoughts are in turmoil, she feels shy, and she has fallen into wild thoughts..."

"Uh, I forgot. She's a shy girl."

In order to let Accelerate continue her secluded training, Ye Feng did not dare pay any more attention to her.

"Junior Brother Ye Feng, I was very happy to spar with you. I hope we'll have another chance to exchange pointers next time." Seeing Ye Feng chatting so enthusiastically with Ning Rongrong, Ning Haoran felt like an unnecessary third wheel. He found an excuse and quietly left.

"You're welcome anytime," Ye Feng said with a smile.

After Ning Haoran left, Ye Feng saw the other sect disciples about to gather around them and hurriedly pulled Ning Rongrong away.

He had no desire to be surrounded by a crowd staring at him like he was some monkey.

After returning to his courtyard, Ye Feng told Ning Rongrong a story. Only after she had grown tired of listening did he stand and inspect his status panel.

Host: Ye Feng

Martial Soul: Excellent Sparrow (1/10)

Level: Level 11 (Innate Full Soul Power)

Spirit Skill: Accelerate (Proficient)

Skill: Meditation Method (Proficient)

Evolving from an Ordinary Sparrow into an Excellent Sparrow was an enormous improvement.

The enhancement of his martial soul made Ye Feng clearly feel that, upon entering the Martial Soul Possession state, his physical qualities had greatly strengthened. His speed, in particular, had improved considerably.

His greatest gain, of course, was that his wings had become larger, allowing him to fly.

Ye Feng tested it out. Although his current flying speed was not very fast, this was only the beginning. Once his martial soul continued evolving, he believed that his speed could improve even further.

Just as Ye Feng was assessing his own strength, a guard suddenly came to inform him that Ning Fengzhi wanted to see him.

Glancing at Ning Rongrong, who was sleeping soundly sprawled across a chair, Ye Feng instructed Xiao Zhu to take good care of her before leaving for the sect's main hall.

Ye Feng had some guesses as to why Ning Fengzhi wanted to see him. It was nothing more than wanting to examine his martial soul.

His martial soul's changes during the previous battle had probably already reached Ning Fengzhi's ears.

But this was no big deal. First, he was a legitimate disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and had grown up in the sect. Second, Ning Fengzhi was his teacher. It was a good thing for a disciple to become more outstanding!

At least in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ye Feng did not need to worry about such filthy matters as the tallest tree in the forest being toppled by the wind.

"Ye Feng, come here quickly and let me see your martial soul." When he saw Ye Feng, Ning Fengzhi rose from his seat.

Although he suspected that Ye Feng's martial soul had mutated, he still needed to inspect it carefully. Martial soul mutations were full of uncertainty; it would be troublesome if there were any hidden dangers.

Beside him, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo also fixed their gazes on Ye Feng, wanting to see what had happened to his martial soul.

Ye Feng did not refuse. Obediently, he released his martial soul and activated Martial Soul Possession.

Bone Douluo silently came to Ye Feng's side and placed a hand on his shoulder. Ye Feng only felt a cold aura flash through his body. When Bone Douluo withdrew his hand, the sensation vanished as well.

"It should be a benign mutation. Looks like Ye Feng has rather good luck."

Hearing Bone Douluo's words, Ning Fengzhi relaxed, and his gentle expression returned.

"Teacher, there's nothing wrong with my martial soul, right?" Ye Feng asked, looking up.

Though he knew what was going on, he could not say it. The system was his Golden Finger, and he could not reveal that secret to anyone.

"Mhm, there's no problem. Do you know why your martial soul underwent this change?" Ning Fengzhi asked curiously.

Ye Feng shook his head. "I don't know what happened either. During my fight with Senior Brother Haoran just now, I suddenly felt as though my body were being torn apart. Then my martial soul turned into this."

Hearing Ye Feng's description, Ning Fengzhi and the others looked puzzled. In the end, they could only treat it as an accidental occurrence.

"Ye Feng, I've already considered your cultivation arrangements. From now on, you'll study theoretical knowledge in the morning and undergo training in the afternoon. Rongrong will be awakening her martial soul soon as well, and I'm usually quite busy. From now on, Uncle Gu and Uncle Jian will take turns teaching you two. If there's anything you don't understand, you may also come ask me."

Ning Fengzhi had plans of his own. He wanted to foster the bond between Ye Feng and Ning Rongrong from a young age. Once Ye Feng grew stronger, Ning Rongrong would have someone by her side to protect her, just like the relationship between himself, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.

He wanted Ye Feng to become Ning Rongrong's guardian.

Of course, he had no intention of telling Ye Feng about these plans. In his eyes, Ye Feng was still too young; even if he told him, he would not understand.

"Alright, Teacher." With two Titled Douluo willing to teach him, Ye Feng naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Then I'll have to trouble you two seniors."

"Hehe, Little Feng, since you're Fengzhi's disciple, you're not an outsider. From now on, just like Rongrong, call me Sword Grandpa," Sword Douluo said with a rosy glow on his face.

Although he could not become Ye Feng's teacher, being his instructor was not bad either.

Training a genius still gave one quite a sense of accomplishment.

"Mm, Old Sword is right. Little Feng, call me Bone Grandpa or Bone Grandpa from now on, either is fine. With me here, I'll definitely train you into an outstanding Spirit Master," Bone Douluo said, unwilling to be outdone.

"What do you mean, with you here? I'm stronger. Little Feng should learn from me," Sword Douluo protested.

As they spoke, the two began arguing.