Soul Ring Problem

A day and a night passed.

Ning Rongrong still had not come out of the Medicine Bath Room.

Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo stood quietly outside, their brows furrowing from time to time.

"Feng Zhi, nothing could have happened, could it?" Bone Douluo's face was filled with worry.

"Should we send someone in to take a look?" Sword Douluo asked tentatively. Of course, it would not be the three grown men going inside to check on the situation, but a Maid sent in to see what had happened.

"Trust Rongrong. This is all we can do now." Ning Fengzhi shook his head, rejecting Sword Douluo's suggestion.

Before entering the medicinal bath, Ning Rongrong had solemnly warned them that no one was to disturb her.

Just as the three were feeling troubled.

A pressure unlike Soul Power spread out from the Medicine Bath Room.

Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo exchanged a glance, shock appearing on both their faces.

"Soul Ancestor? No, with this kind of pressure, she has probably reached Soul King."

Rongrong had succeeded?

Unlike the two Titled Douluo, a faint smile curled at Ning Fengzhi's refined lips. He seemed to see Ning Rongrong in the near future, holding the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and using it to smash people.

The oppressive aura hanging in the air came quickly and vanished just as quickly.

Not long after.

A girl in a Training Suit, her hair still dripping wet, stood at the entrance to the Medicine Bath Room.

The moment they saw Ning Rongrong, the three hurried over.

"Rongrong, did your cultivation go smoothly?" Ning Fengzhi asked.

"The conflict between Soul Power and True Qi has been resolved, more or less..." Ning Rongrong paused in thought for a moment. "But there is still something I need to confirm."

Ning Rongrong explained her situation to the three of them.

"Catch a few Hundred Year Spirit Beasts?" Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo could offer no useful advice regarding Ning Rongrong's cultivation method, but Sword Douluo recalled his earlier experience cultivating Ning Rongrong's Cultivation Method.

"Rongrong, are you worried that the Soul Rings will conflict with the True Qi you cultivate?"

"That's right." Ning Rongrong nodded.

Soul Rings attached to a Martial Soul were ultimately products of Spirit Beasts. Whether they would reject her True Qi needed to be carefully confirmed.

"I'll head to the Enclosure Forest and catch a few." Sword Douluo stepped onto his sword and turned into a streak of light, flying toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Spirit Beast enclosure.

They could raise Hundred Year Spirit Beasts and even Thousand Year Spirit Beasts. That was the foundation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects.

In just over ten minutes, Sword Douluo returned with three barely living Hundred Year Spirit Beasts.

A Titled Douluo's efficiency truly was remarkable.

A Soft Bone Rabbit, Blue Silver Grass, and a Flame Grass Chicken.

All three Spirit Beasts were around four hundred years old.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul had one advantage: it was not picky about Spirit Beasts. All Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Skills were fixed. For example, its first Soul Skill could only be "Strength."

The Soul Skill would not change depending on the type of Spirit Beast absorbed.

The Soul Power granted by a Soul Ring was more like activating the abilities inherent to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda itself. The higher the Soul Ring's level, the less Soul Power was consumed to achieve the same effect.

Ning Rongrong walked straight up to the Soft Bone Rabbit.

Rabbits were quite cute, after all!

Its long ears lay against its back. Its half-open eyes revealed a bloody crimson hue, and its weakened body trembled constantly, as though it knew its death was near.

Without hesitation, Ning Rongrong slit the Soft Bone Rabbit's throat with a dagger.

In an instant, scarlet blood gushed out. The already dying Soft Bone Rabbit lost all signs of life within seconds.

Above the Soft Bone Rabbit's corpse, a yellow Soul Ring gradually condensed.

Ning Rongrong reached out, touched the Soul Ring, and absorbed it directly.

Ning Fengzhi's brows drew tightly together.

Wasn't that far too reckless?

But before Ning Fengzhi could think further.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda floating around Ning Rongrong gained its first Soul Ring.

"So fast!"

Not only Ning Fengzhi, but even the two Titled Douluo were startled by how casually Ning Rongrong absorbed the Soul Ring.

What shocked the three of them most, however, was the Soul Power fluctuation coming from Ning Rongrong's body.

This was simply impossible.

"Level 20..."

Ning Rongrong slowly opened her eyes and murmured.

Seeing the unbelievable scene before them and hearing Ning Rongrong's murmur, Ning Fengzhi and the others confirmed that Ning Rongrong had reached Soul Grandmaster. If she absorbed another Soul Ring, then...

"Hiss—"

The three drew in sharp breaths.

"Crack—"

Suddenly, the only Hundred Year Spirit Ring floating around Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda made a sound as if it were about to shatter.

Dense cracks appeared across the Soul Ring.

"Th-this is..." Ning Fengzhi had just begun to speak when he saw Ning Rongrong place her other hand on the arm supporting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Bang

The Hundred Year Spirit Ring turned into specks of Soul Power and scattered away.

Ignoring Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong walked over to the Flame Grass Chicken and slashed it with her dagger.

Again, within a few seconds, a Soul Ring condensed at the first level of Ning Rongrong's pagoda.

"A Soul Ring shattered, and she can still absorb another one?" Ning Fengzhi and the other two stared wide-eyed. The Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had seen plenty in his life, but he had never witnessed something so horrifying.

On Douluo Continent, a shattered Soul Ring meant permanently losing that Soul Slot.

Yet Ning Rongrong had absorbed another Soul Ring in the exact same slot, overturning the three men's understanding.

Before Ning Fengzhi and the others could ask anything.

Ning Rongrong walked up to the final Blue Silver Grass plant-type Spirit Beast and ended its life.

While the first Soul Ring was still glowing intensely, Ning Rongrong began absorbing the second Hundred Year Spirit Ring.

This time, the process was much slower.

During it, cracks gradually spread over the Hundred Year Spirit Ring resting on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

When she finished absorbing the second Soul Ring, the energy fluctuation radiating from Ning Rongrong made Ning Fengzhi exchange glances with Sword Douluo and Soul Douluo, the shock in their hearts lingering for a long time.

Level 30, a quasi-Soul Elder. In other words, Ning Rongrong had now reached the realm of a Soul Elder and could likely absorb another Soul Ring.

"Sure enough, it won't work."

While Ning Fengzhi was stunned beyond words, Ning Rongrong's voice rang out once more.

Only then did Ning Fengzhi notice the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in Ning Rongrong's hand. Its first Soul Ring was covered in dense cracks, while the second Soul Ring she had just absorbed was also showing signs of breaking apart.

Just like before, Ning Rongrong did not hesitate. She used True Qi to shatter the Soul Rings.

"You..."

Ning Fengzhi started to speak, then stopped, not knowing where to begin asking.

"Dad, I'm afraid I can't absorb Soul Rings."

The Soul Power within the Soul Rings repelled her True Qi intensely. If she had not forcibly opened all twelve Meridians and stabilized them by washing them through with True Qi, her True Qi and Soul Power would likely have run rampant through her body like Sword Douluo's had.

Seeing the worried expressions on their faces, Ning Rongrong continued, "There are still three years. Maybe I can find a solution. If I still can't resolve it after three years, it won't be too late to give up then."

Ning Rongrong's words gave Ning Fengzhi some comfort. At least there would not be some bizarre situation like that Grandmaster's farts booming like thunder.

"Rongrong, how confident are you?" Ning Rongrong's cultivation method seemed feasible, and Sword Douluo was quite interested in it, but he was still worried about her safety.

Sword Douluo's concern was also what Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi worried about.

"I'll spend three years condensing Soul Rings."

Ring Condensation!

It was similar to the method used by Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Having just absorbed three Soul Rings and expelled their energy from her body, Ning Rongrong had roughly confirmed several things.

Martial Soul cultivation—or rather, the Soul Ring system of Douluo Continent—was likely stealing the power of Spirit Beasts to strengthen oneself.

If that was the case, then by using True Qi to imitate the structure of Soul Rings and resonate with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, she might be able to use Soul Skills.

As for whether she could accomplish the absurd feat of swinging the pagoda around and smashing people with it.

That still remained to be seen.