Ning Fengzhi's Concerns

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Council Hall.

"They have arrived in the Balak Kingdom." Ning Fengzhi suppressed the excitement in his heart, then smiled mysteriously. "Rongrong also told me that Dugu Bo can be trusted."

"Dugu Bo values loyalty and friendship. Haven't we long agreed that he can be trusted?" Sword Douluo looked at Ning Fengzhi on the main seat in confusion.

"No, it's something else." Ning Fengzhi handed the letter in his hand to Sword Douluo beside him. "If everything in this letter is true, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is about to receive an epic-level boost."

"You're making such a fuss, Fengzhi. What could possibly make you say something like that?" Sword Douluo reached out, took the letter, and opened it to read carefully.

After reading the contents of the letter, Sword Douluo's half-lidded eyes abruptly flew open. Even as a Level 96 Titled Douluo, his body could not stop trembling.

He did not even notice when the letter in his hand fell to the floor.

"Th-this... is this real?" Shock filled Sword Douluo's face.

"Honestly, you're already Level 96, yet you can't even hold onto a letter." Bone Douluo shook his head and bent down to pick it up.

"N-Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!" Bone Douluo's expression shifted from speechless annoyance at Sword Douluo to utter shock.

Then, both men turned their gazes toward Ning Fengzhi, hoping to get more information from him.

Seeing this, Ning Fengzhi thought for a moment before saying, "You both know that Rongrong would never joke about something like this. The contents are most likely true."

"The value of Dugu Bo's Medicine Garden probably far exceeds anything I imagined."

He had thought himself a man who had seen it all, but...

Immortal Medicine that could benefit Titled Douluo, Immortal Medicine capable of allowing martial souls to overcome their inherent flaws, and other unidentified herbs whose effects were likely anything but ordinary.

Dugu Bo's value truly could not be compared to that of an ordinary Titled Douluo.

"I finally understand why Rongrong tested Dugu Bo at that place called the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."

Ning Rongrong had written down the rough course of how she tested Dugu Bo.

Men die for wealth, birds die for food.

No faction could possibly let go of a Medicine Garden of such value.

If Dugu Bo could not be trusted, then they would likely have no choice but to...

Of course, all of this had been sent in encrypted code, so it would not matter even if someone intercepted it in secret.

"Rongrong said in her letter that she will bring back three stalks of Immortal Medicine."

"They are each meant for one of us."

"A boost in Soul Power Level." Bone Douluo sighed. "I never thought there were such supreme medicinal herbs in this world, ones that could even affect Titled Douluo like us."

"Yes." Sword Douluo nodded as well. "Since Rongrong said that even the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could not detect any killing intent from Dugu Bo, then... he should be completely trustworthy!"

"Come to think of it, is Rongrong's plan about to begin?" Sword Douluo looked at Ning Fengzhi. "I always feel that Rongrong seems to lack a sense of security. I wonder if that's just my imagination."

"Jian Ren, I didn't expect you to notice it too." Bone Douluo looked surprised.

Sword Douluo's face darkened. "Old Bone, do you feel uncomfortable unless you mock me every day?"

"Enough, Sword Uncle, Bone Uncle. Let's talk business." Watching the two elders begin squaring off again, Ning Fengzhi was rather helpless and could only mediate.

"Perhaps it has something to do with gods. That is all I can guess."

Ning Fengzhi pondered briefly before saying, "What Rongrong has done these past few years has mostly been for the sake of increasing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's overall strength. Other than gods, I truly cannot think of anything else."

"Could it be Spirit Hall?" Sword Douluo said.

"Spirit Hall..."

"Come to think of it, Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Spirit Hall's Great Enshrinement, Qian Daoliu, is a Level 99 Titled Douluo. It is said that he is the representative of the Angel God remaining in the mortal world. He should still be alive."

"Level 99..." Chen Xin's words plunged Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong into silence.

After a long while, Ning Fengzhi made the decision, his tone firm.

"We'll do as Rongrong says and raise the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's overall strength as quickly as possible. The Alchemy Pavilion and Soul Guidance Pavilion must also be established."

"No matter what kind of difficulties Rongrong may face in the future, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will be her strongest support."

While the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was holding discussions and undertaking major construction.

Ning Rongrong's group arrived at the Balak Kingdom's second-largest city after its capital, as well as its main grain-producing region.

This city had even been rather famous in the original story.

It was—Suotuo City.

"What kind of shop is this? They actually dare to hang up that emblem!" Ning Rongrong and the others stopped outside a shop. Looking at the eye-catching symbol, Dugu Bo muttered to himself.

"Grandpa, is the sign above the entrance special?" Following Dugu Bo's gaze, Dugu Yan raised her head slightly and examined the shop's sign.

A sword, a hammer, and a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

The three emblems formed a peculiar design.

Dugu Yan ultimately lacked experience and still did not know what the sign before her represented.

"That is the emblem of a Spirit Hall-issued special permit." Ning Rongrong stood to the side and explained, "The three symbols on it signify Spirit Hall's recognition of the Upper Three Sects."

"Spirit Hall's recognition of the Upper Three Sects?"

Did the Upper Three Sects need Spirit Hall's recognition? Could Spirit Hall be far stronger than the Upper Three Sects?

Dugu Yan was rather confused, but she did not ask.

"The hammer represents the Clear Sky Hammer, the martial soul of the Clear Sky Sect, leader of the Upper Three Sects. The sword represents the Seven Kill Sword, the martial soul of Sword Douluo from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. And the dragon refers to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul."

"Why does the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect use the Seven Kill Sword instead of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?"

"Yan Yan..." Dugu Bo spoke up to stop Dugu Yan from asking further questions, but Ning Rongrong shook her head. "It's fine. It's not anything important, anyway."

"Because the rankings were decided through individual matches. The previous sect master of the Clear Sky Sect overwhelmed both the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"However, the two elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect defeated Yu Yuanzhen, the sect master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. More precisely, Bone Douluo lost to Yu Yuanzhen, but Sword Douluo defeated him."

"That is why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is now ranked above the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is a support sect, and its support abilities are also unmatched across the continent.

"However, the Upper Three Sects are ranked based on individual strength. Ranking a mere level seventy-nine Soul Saint above Titled Douluo would inevitably draw criticism."

"Of course, if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect insisted on using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, that would be acceptable as well."

"But you know his personality. He would not care about something like that."

"So there was so much behind those three symbols!"

Dugu Bo sighed with emotion. He knew about the rankings of the Upper Three Sects, but he had been an unaffiliated cultivator, and at the time, he had not yet become a Titled Douluo. Naturally, he did not know much about it.

Dugu Yan nodded as well. She had thought that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had always been the second-greatest sect in the world. So there had been ranking matches like this!

"Would you like to go in and take a look? We've been standing here for quite a while already." Ning Rongrong looked toward the still-shocked Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.