Why Are Your First Two Soul Rings Purple?

"Oh?"

Ning Fengzhi immediately grew interested upon hearing this.

Leaving this place was fine too. In any case, he did find it rather shabby.

"Where does Dean Jiang plan to go? If there is anything I can help with, please do not hesitate to ask."

Jiang Yunzhou explained, "Both of my disciples are nearing Rank 30. Once they obtain their Soul Rings, I will take them away from here."

"The destination has not yet been decided. Perhaps we will first visit Heaven Dou City."

As Jiang Yunzhou spoke, he seemed to recall something. He glanced at Ning Fengzhi and thought, Isn't there a perfectly useful errand-runner right here?

"Speaking of which, Sect Master Ning, there is indeed something I may need to trouble you with."

"Please, Dean Jiang, say whatever you wish. There is no need to stand on ceremony." Ning Fengzhi smiled. It was a good thing that the other party wanted something from him. If Jiang Yunzhou wanted nothing, he would instead be difficult to deal with.

Jiang Yunzhou did not beat around the bush. "To be honest, although this place bears the name of an academy, it actually has none of the required procedures or qualifications..."

Ning Fengzhi immediately understood. To him, such a trivial matter required only a word. "Simple. Leave it to Ning."

Jiang Yunzhou was delighted inside. That settled the matter.

He continued, "Here is the thing. I intend to form a team to participate in the next Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition. It would be quite a joke if we could not even register because of qualification issues."

"Hahaha! Rest assured, Dean Jiang!"

Ning Fengzhi laughed heartily. "Ning will certainly handle this properly for you!"

Since the other party had agreed to help so readily, Jiang Yunzhou quickly cupped his hands in thanks. "Then I will have to trouble Sect Master Ning. May I ask how much this will cost?"

Why would Ning Fengzhi charge him such a small sum?

Besides, it was not enough to repay Jiang Yunzhou for investing in his daughter.

He repeatedly shook his head and waved his hand. "Dean Jiang, there is no need to mention such trifles again."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two settled the important matter.

The atmosphere in the little courtyard immediately became much more relaxed.

With his immediate problem resolved without spending money, Jiang Yunzhou was naturally in high spirits.

He looked into the distance and called out, "Zhu Zhuqing, do you have no awareness at all? Why have you not brought out the tea yet?"

Zhu Zhuqing, who had been watching from afar, could not help twitching at the corner of her mouth.

How was this somehow her fault?

Still, judging by her teacher's tone, he seemed to be in a very good mood. She would not hold it against him. As long as he was happy, that was enough.

She did not dare delay and hurriedly went to prepare tea.

Ning Fengzhi could not help grumbling inwardly. If I had refused to help just now, I probably would not even have gotten a cup of tea, would I?

With the serious business concluded, Bone Douluo, who had long been unable to contain himself, finally found an opportunity to speak.

He looked Jiang Yunzhou up and down, his voice low. "Kid, your aura is steady, and your foundation should be decent. What realm are you at now? Do you need this old man to give you a few pointers?"

Gu Rong spoke with all the bearing of a senior, though he also intended to put Jiang Yunzhou in his place and show off Ning Rongrong's backing.

After seeing Jiang Yunzhou ordering Ning Rongrong around like that earlier, he had long wanted to do this.

Even he had never treated her that way. It felt terribly unfair.

Jiang Yunzhou was amused when he heard that. Was this not a free sparring partner?

As for guidance? He was not bragging, but he truly did not need any. Still, a spar was certainly possible.

He knew very well how much Bone Douluo doted on Ning Rongrong. Seeing him order her about must have left the old man displeased.

Unhappy? A teasing smile curled across Jiang Yunzhou's lips.

Perfect. He specialized in curing all kinds of unhappiness.

"Oh? Bone Douluo wishes to guide Jiang? That would be wonderful."

"Come, come. Let us not be so constrained here. We can head to the woods in the distance and have a proper spar."

He had been looking for a chance to flex before these two, so they would know he was no pushover.

Xiao Wu's identity had been exposed, and the two before him presumably already knew.

He did not yet know what they thought. If he wanted to dispel any ideas they might have, the best way was to let them see his strength.

To tell them that Xiao Wu was under his protection.

Gu Rong was momentarily unable to react.

He had merely said it casually, intending to give a junior a little warning as an elder.

Was this kid truly so dense that he could not hear the meaning behind his words, or was he deliberately taking advantage of them?

But the words had already left his mouth. As a Titled Douluo, would retreating not cost him all his dignity?

"Very good. You have some guts!"

Gu Rong snorted. "Then let us go!"

Ning Fengzhi shook his head with a wry smile. "Uncle Gu, stop when appropriate. Do not harm the goodwill between you."

"Fengzhi, do you take me for a three-year-old child?" Gu Rong said unhappily. Why did he feel as though he were being treated like someone immature?

"I know my limits. Do you think I would be willing to make Rongrong sad?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure flickered and vanished from the spot like a ghost.

Jiang Yunzhou chuckled. So Gu Rong can throw little tantrums too?

His movement technique unfolded, and he followed after him like a shadow.

Zhu Zhuqing had just emerged carrying the tea when she saw two figures streak past the courtyard wall with a whoosh, vanishing into the distance in an instant.

"Teacher, where are you going?"

She called out loudly, but received no response, as the two had already gone far away.

Ning Fengzhi, standing nearby, smiled and beckoned to her. "Girl, do not worry. They have gone to spar. Would you like to watch your teacher spar?"

Zhu Zhuqing nodded repeatedly without hesitation. "Yes. Uncle Ning, may I go?"

"Of course. Come, I would like to see as well..."

Ning Fengzhi lightly swept his sleeve, and a gentle stream of Soul Power lifted Zhu Zhuqing as they flew in the direction the two had disappeared.

In an uninhabited area outside the village, Gu Rong and Jiang Yunzhou stood facing each other.

"Kid, bring out your Soul Rings! This old man will not take advantage of—"

Gu Rong habitually wanted to put on the airs of a senior, but his words abruptly stopped halfway through.

Beneath Jiang Yunzhou's feet, Soul Rings slowly pulsed.

Then, seven Soul Rings quietly emerged: purple, purple, purple, purple, black, black, black.

Gu Rong's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief. "Kid! Y-your first two Soul Rings, why are they purple?"

Was that even reasonable?

That Soul Ring Configuration completely defied common sense!

It left the words he had just wanted to say stuck in his throat, rendering him speechless for a moment.

Those extraordinary Soul Rings alone were enough to prove that this young man had something exceptional about him!

Not to mention that, at such a young age, he was already a Soul Saint.

The faint contempt in his heart vanished without a trace, and he began to reassess Jiang Yunzhou.

Just then, Ning Fengzhi arrived with Zhu Zhuqing.

When he saw Jiang Yunzhou's Soul Ring arrangement, Ning Fengzhi's pupils contracted slightly, astonishment appearing on his face.

"Girl, your teacher's Soul Rings..." He could not help looking at Zhu Zhuqing questioningly.

Zhu Zhuqing silently shook her head in confusion, though her tone remained respectful. "Uncle Ning, I do not know much about my teacher. If you wish to know, you should ask him yourself."

Without Jiang Yunzhou's permission, she would not reveal a single extra word about him.

She was also immensely curious. The first time she had seen him, his first two Soul Rings had been yellow. The second time, the first had already turned purple.

Now, when she looked again, goodness—both of his first two Soul Rings had become purple.

Could her teacher's Soul Rings grow? Countless questions lingered in her heart.

Right now, she wanted to know even more than anyone else, okay?

That agonizing feeling of being left hanging was truly even more unbearable than stopping just short.