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"Would it be convenient to tell Uncle Ning what breakthroughs you had in your Spiritual Power after obtaining your Second Soul Ring?"

Ning Fengzhi seemed certain that Su Wen had made a breakthrough in Spiritual Power.

Looking surprised, Su Wen hesitated for a moment before nodding. "Yes. With the help of Monkey Wine, my Spiritual Power greatly increased. After that, I was able to mobilize my Spiritual Power, and after obtaining my Second Soul Ring, I directly opened up my Sea of Consciousness."

"You opened up a Sea of Consciousness!" Ning Fengzhi was astonished by Su Wen's breakthrough.

It was such a tremendous breakthrough!

One had to know that many Soul Saints might not be able to successfully open up a Sea of Consciousness.

Yet after receiving Su Wen's answer, his surprise gave way to excitement.

"Looks like my guess was correct." Su Wen's answer had initially confirmed his conjecture.

"If my guess is right, then when you absorbed your Second Soul Ring, you should have felt a surge of power strike you. Opening up the Sea of Consciousness was also accomplished under the impact of that power."

This time, Su Wen was genuinely astonished.

"Judging by your reaction, that process did happen." Ning Fengzhi smiled. "If so, I can understand the probable reason why you succeeded in absorbing a Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring."

"Luck is truly difficult to fathom much of the time."

"Your Book Martial Soul possessed five levels of Innate Soul Power. It clearly could not have been an entirely ordinary Book Martial Soul; it must have undergone a mutation, one related to the Mental Attribute. That should also be why you chose a Mental Attribute soul ring for your Second Soul Ring."

Su Wen nodded and continued listening as Ning Fengzhi explained why he had been able to successfully absorb a Thousand Year Soul Ring.

"And Monkey Wine thoroughly helped you uncover your talent in the mental aspect. At that point, your Martial Soul itself was at a critical stage of transformation. Under the stimulation of the Illusion Spirit Fox's Thousand Year Soul Ring, which completely exceeded your limits, your Martial Soul evolved."

"A great deal of the soul ring's power was used to open up your Sea of Consciousness. On top of that, your Physical Fitness had also become exceptionally strong with the help of Monkey Wine, allowing you to endure it."

In short, Ning Fengzhi believed that the most important reason for Su Wen's success was that opening up the Sea of Consciousness had consumed a large amount of the soul ring's energy.

"Of course, it is also possible that your Martial Soul Evolution consumed too much power."

However, there was actually a prerequisite to all these deductions: Su Wen's Martial Soul had been undergoing a transformation, or rather, had been on the verge of evolution.

"Your Martial Soul must be mutated, and it may not have completed its mutation."

Only the combination of all these conditions had created Su Wen's Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring.

Su Wen wore an astonished expression.

Ning Fengzhi's research into Martial Souls was truly thorough.

Other than the subjective factors and methods involved in absorbing the soul ring, he had practically guessed the entire process of how Su Wen had endured a Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Of course, Su Wen had been able to sense his Martial Soul Space and had actively guided the soul ring's soul power into it, allowing it to participate in the transformation and ease the pressure on his body's Meridians.

The excess energy had indeed gone in two directions: one to open up the Sea of Consciousness, and the other to better and more thoroughly evolve his Martial Soul.

Thinking of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's characteristics, Su Wen quickly understood why Ning Fengzhi's research into Martial Souls was so thorough.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was immensely wealthy, and its collection of information on all kinds of Martial Souls was second only to Spirit Hall. Ning Fengzhi essentially possessed perfect research conditions.

"Being able to bring together all these conditions really can only be described as luck."

The hardest condition to fulfill was having a Martial Soul on the verge of evolution—particularly an evolution related to the Mental Attribute. That essentially depended on Soul Masters whose mutations were incomplete.

And most of those Soul Masters lacked opportunities. They could not even guarantee a hundred-year First Soul Ring, let alone attempt to absorb a thousand-year soul ring for their Second Soul Ring.

However, with this line of thought, perhaps there was hope if one cultivated them with a specific purpose in mind.

Ning Fengzhi considered its feasibility.

"There's no need to absorb across color grades. Even exceeding the limit by a few hundred years would produce a considerable effect."

Ning Fengzhi, who had thoroughly researched the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, was certain that this was the path with the greatest possibility of Martial Soul Evolution.

No matter what soul beast each soul ring came from or how many years it was, the Soul Skills of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters were basically fixed.

Then what was the use of absorbing higher-year soul rings?

Not a single Soul Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect throughout its generations had been able to resolve this question.

Because when conditions permitted, no one would choose to absorb a white soul ring for their First Soul Ring or a yellow soul ring for their Third Soul Ring.

Yet speculation on this had never ceased.

For instance, Ning Fengzhi strongly supported the theory of potential.

"Alright, Xiao Wen. That's all Uncle Ning wanted to learn." Ning Fengzhi was very satisfied with the information he had learned today.

A breakthrough while absorbing a soul ring!

It had given him inspiration.

Yes, perhaps while absorbing a soul ring, I can make breakthroughs in other directions and consume the soul ring's soul power alongside my Martial Soul, indirectly increasing my endurance!

He could hardly wait to return and conduct theoretical deductions, even verify them within the Sect.

"Xiao Wen, I have a daughter."

Su Wen blinked as he listened to Ning Fengzhi continue.

"She is a little younger than you, only a little over nine this year. Her soul power has been stuck at level nineteen for a long time. I brought her along this time as well, intending to let her fight a few battles at the Great Soul Arena and see whether it can give her some stimulation and help her break through."

Su Wen understood without exposing it and said with feeling, "Uncle Ning, you have thought everything through."

"Mm, Rongrong inherited my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul and is a Support System Soul Master, so she can't participate in 1v1 battles. Since you, Xiao Wen, are in the Power Attack System, you can team up with Rongrong for 2v2 battles." Ning Fengzhi said, "I just don't know whether you're willing to take her along."

"Uncle Ning, Rongrong is only level nineteen. If she fights alongside me, we'll be assigned to the Soul Grandmaster bracket," Su Wen reminded him.

"I believe in your strength, Xiao Wen." Ning Fengzhi smiled.

Su Wen grumbled to himself.

Was Ning Fengzhi planning to take this opportunity to assess his strength?

"Since Uncle Ning trusts me so much, I'll definitely protect Rongrong," Su Wen said.

"Rongrong!"

Ning Fengzhi brought Su Wen to a large private room in the Great Soul Arena. When he pushed open the door, Su Wen saw a quirky little girl playing with the staff.

"Father, you're back."

Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up. Looking at Su Wen, she asked, "Is this the teammate you found for me?"

She stepped forward and looked him over, looking quite adorable.

At least for now, she was still rather adorable.

"Xiao Wen is older than you. You should call him Brother Xiao Wen." Ning Fengzhi's expression turned stern.

Ning Rongrong stuck out her tongue, silently chanting to herself, Be good, be good, be good.

She had agreed to so many conditions just to be allowed out this time.

"Hello, Brother Xiao Wen."