"Wasn't this guy an Outer Disciple before? Why was he walking around with the Sect Master's daughter?"
"What a toad getting to eat swan meat. I heard his Soul Power hadn't even reached level ten before."
Along the way, disciples constantly chattered and gossiped.
Whenever Sparkle heard them, she would walk over with a smile and give them her carefully prepared "gifts."
At first, the disciples who received the gifts had no idea what was going on.
They did not understand why someone with Ning Rongrong's status would be willing to give them gifts.
In the end, they could only attribute it to Ning Rongrong being beautiful and kind-hearted.
Eventually, after Ning Rongrong kept questioning people along the way, she and Lu Jiang finally found the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's treasury.
Lu Jiang swallowed as he looked at the resplendent golden doors before him.
This was once a place he had dreamed of visiting.
Unfortunately, his status had not been high enough in the past. Even if he appeared nearby, the elders guarding the place would immediately drive him away.
But now, they had the Sect Master's permission and could freely enter to choose treasures.
Choose???
That was giving Lu Jiang far too much credit for his morals.
Since he was already here, how could he possibly take only one item?
Lu Jiang and Sparkle pushed open the doors and were immediately stunned by the sight before them.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect truly deserved its reputation as the foremost support sect in the world.
The treasury contained countless precious medicinal herbs and supportive medicines.
Gold Soul Coins and all kinds of expensive jeweled accessories were piled in the corners like trash.
The shelves on both sides held Soul Tools of every imaginable shape and form. Some of them were things even Lu Jiang had no idea how to use.
A Soul Tool was, in essence, an item that could utilize Soul Power.
By combining certain materials or metals into particular Soul Power circuits, one could inject Soul Power into them to activate special abilities.
Lu Jiang's Soul Ring was one type of Soul Tool, its full name being a storage-space Soul Tool.
He had not expected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to possess so many varieties of Soul Tools.
If all of these were equipped onto an army, they could completely create combat squads capable of resisting a medium-scale beast tide!
Lu Jiang's eyes were full of envy.
For a long time, his dream had been to own a cool Soul Tool.
He had never expected to achieve it in this way.
Lu Jiang then continued deeper into the treasury, wanting to see what other valuable things were inside.
Suddenly, he stopped before a certain area and did not move forward.
Before him lay numerous Soul Bones.
There were even the rarest External Soul Bones among them!
In this world, Soul Bones were far rarer than Soul Rings.
Killing a soul beast would always yield a Soul Ring comparable to that soul beast's age.
But Soul Bones were another matter. If one was unlucky, even killing a hundred soul beasts might not yield a single Soul Bone.
External Soul Bones were even rarer!
Ordinary Soul Bones were directly absorbed into the body and used as organs infused with Soul Power.
External Soul Bones, however, could be worn outside the body like armor, such as Tang San's Eight Spider Lances.
These treasures, which were rarely seen even once in a thousand years, now lay in this treasury, making Lu Jiang feel as though it was all unreal.
If the contents of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's treasury were ever made public, it would inevitably throw the entire Douluo Continent into turmoil.
For no other reason than that the rare items and materials here alone were enough to rival a nation's reserves.
"Unfortunately for them, all of this will soon be mine."
A faint smile rose at the corner of Lu Jiang's mouth. He then took out his Soul Ring and, like a bandit entering a bank, stuffed every treasure within his sight into it.
Meanwhile, Sparkle sat atop the high rafters, keeping watch for Lu Jiang.
Though she was supposedly keeping watch, all of Sparkle's attention was focused on Lu Jiang.
She sat on the beam, watching the busy Lu Jiang below with great interest.
At that moment, Lu Jiang had only one thought in his mind: Take it.
Everything within his field of vision was swept into his Soul Ring.
Even a cockroach crawling across the floor was treated by Lu Jiang as some great expert's refined gu insect and casually tossed into his Soul Ring.
Cockroach: Bushigemen, damn it, was this really that disgusting?
After he had more or less cleared out all the treasures in the sect.
Lu Jiang called Sparkle down from above.
"Let's go. If we stay here any longer, we'll be in trouble once the elder guarding the treasury catches on."
However, Sparkle merely sat on the beam and quietly examined the room.
She finally jumped down and said,
"You've had your fun. Don't you care about other people's feelings?"
"No wonder that little girl Ning Rongrong calls you a scumbag."
Lu Jiang's face darkened after hearing that.
Why did that sound so wrong?
Then he saw Sparkle take a gift box from her pocket and flash Lu Jiang a wicked smile.
"You took all their treasures."
"Of course I have to leave them treasures of equal value."
After saying that, Sparkle began to smile maliciously.
At the same time, inside the Sect Master's hall.
Ning Fengzhi was still holding the gift box in his hands, unable to put it down.
This was the first gift Ning Rongrong had given him since she had grown up.
As her father, he felt immensely gratified.
He even somewhat regretted whether he should have sent Ning Rongrong to seduce Lu Jiang.
At that moment, Ning Fengzhi fiddled with the gift Sparkle had given him.
This was the first gift his daughter had given him, so he had to preserve it properly.
When he opened the gift box, suddenly!
The bombs did not explode. Inside was a doll shaped like Sparkle.
Ning Fengzhi was somewhat curious. Was the doll modeled after some celebrity?
Why had he never seen her before?
Then, as he turned the doll over to look at its underside, he suddenly saw a small note pasted beneath its skirt.
"You've been tricked by Lady Sparkle."
Tricked? And who was this Lady Sparkle?
Ning Fengzhi's scalp suddenly tingled.
A bad premonition rose within him.
He then slowly injected Soul Power into the doll.
He wanted to see what its internal structure was.
Suddenly, Ning Fengzhi's eyes widened.
Something was wrong. His Soul Power was being drained away!
He was a level seventy-nine Soul Sage.
Even the Soul Power released for probing was not something an ordinary person could withstand.
Yet this doll was like a Black Hole, greedily devouring his Soul Power.
In only an instant, a third of his Soul Power had already been drained.
Ning Fengzhi hurriedly threw the doll in his hand away.
But it was already too late.
The doll he threw out immediately lit up with red eyes, and Sparkle's maniacal laughter rang out from within.
"Wahahahaha! Lady Sparkle has arrived!"
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