Ning Fengzhi Heads to Heaven Dou City

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

"Dad, I awakened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and my Innate Soul Power is level nine! Tell me, what reward are you going to give me?" A pretty, adorable girl in a short green dress, her hair flowing down to her waist, hugged Ning Fengzhi around the waist and acted coquettishly.

"Alright, alright. Rongrong, tell me what you want. Whatever it is, Dad will agree to it." Ning Fengzhi smiled, his tone carrying a trace of anticipation and helplessness.

As the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, his soul power had been stuck at level seventy-nine for a long time. He likely had no hope in this life of stepping into the realm of Soul Fighting Luo, much less evolving his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul into the legendary Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. The girl before him was his only daughter, and her Innate Soul Power was as high as level nine. Perhaps... in the future, she could accomplish what he had always wanted to do but never could, leading the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to even greater heights!

It was just that...

Her temperament was a little too willful. Demanding rewards at every turn would have been one thing, but she also often provoked and offended her fellow sect members. If she had not been his daughter, the disciples of her generation in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would have beaten her up countless times by now.

"Sigh..." Thinking of this, Ning Fengzhi could not help sighing inwardly.

He was utterly devoted to his daughter. Even though he knew there was a problem with her personality, he truly had no good way to correct it for the time being.

"Dad, I want to go to Heaven Dou City and attend an auction. When we get there, whatever I like, Dad will buy it for me!" Ning Rongrong raised her head, looking pleadingly at Ning Fengzhi with her large eyes, an adorable smile on her face.

"Heaven Dou City..." Ning Rongrong's words reminded Ning Fengzhi of two pieces of information his disciples had sent back not long ago.

First, Spirit Hall had gained a new Titled Douluo with nine Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. This person had supposedly only awakened their martial soul in their fifties. Hmph, Ning Fengzhi did not believe such information at all.

A Titled Douluo with nine Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings should exist; Spirit Hall would not boast falsely about something like that. But awakening one's martial soul only in one's fifties, with Innate Soul Power above level ninety? That was clearly a lie!

Ning Fengzhi believed that person must possess Twin Martial Souls. They had first cultivated their first martial soul to the rank of Titled Douluo, then attached nine Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings to their second martial soul before displaying their might to the world with it.

However, such a person's true combat strength was even greater than what Spirit Hall had announced, because they still possessed another martial soul fitted with yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and black soul rings.

The second piece of information was that a mysterious Titled Douluo had appeared in Heaven Dou City. Without even releasing his martial soul, he had suppressed Dugu Bo, who had activated his martial soul state. He also claimed to come from Maoshan and was currently setting up a stall in Heaven Dou City to earn money.

Maoshan—it should be a place name, though Ning Fengzhi did not know where it was.

He ought to make every effort to recruit such a Titled Douluo. If he could bring him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then the sect would possess three Titled Douluo, surpass the Clear Sky Sect and leaping in one stroke to become the foremost of the Top Three Sects!

The title of foremost among the Top Three Sects made Ning Fengzhi's heart burn with excitement.

The greatest wish of his life was to revitalize the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He would not let even the slightest opportunity slip away.

What was more, with such a powerful expert now appearing in Spirit Hall, he needed to bolster the sect's strength even further to ensure its survival.

Therefore...

"Alright, Rongrong. Dad will take you to Heaven Dou City." Ning Fengzhi picked up his daughter and smiled at her.

"Thank you, Dad." Unaware of Ning Fengzhi's thoughts and believing he had simply granted her request, Ning Rongrong said happily. Then, smack—she kissed her father on the cheek.

"Haha!" Ning Fengzhi, being such a doting father, could not help laughing aloud.

"Drawing talismans is no simple matter. You need to mobilize the mana... soul power within your body and, through specific strokes, seal the effect into a medium. It consumes a great deal of spiritual power. As for the principles behind it, I'll teach you another day."

Several hours later, inside Yunman Inn, after Ye Zhou had bought the materials for drawing talismans, Shi Jian began drawing Thunder Fire Talismans in front of him.

"The power of a Thunder Fire Talisman is related to the materials, the mage's cultivation, and the amount of spiritual power invested. We'll draw a few of ordinary power first and let the people of this continent broaden their horizons. As for the powerful ones, we'll bring them out later." Shi Jian spoke as he drew.

Before long, several Thunder Fire Talismans were finished. Shi Jian handed them to Ye Zhou and said, "These talismans can be affixed somewhere and activated by guiding soul power into them. Or, as you mentioned, they can be tied to throwing knives and hurled out. Very convenient."

"Uncle Jian, in your opinion, how many-ring Soul Master's strongest soul skill is its power comparable to?" Ye Zhou asked as he accepted the Thunder Fire Talismans.

"Hmm... roughly the Fourth Soul Skill of a four-ring assault-type Battle Soul Master." Shi Jian thought for a moment before answering.

After staying in Heaven Dou City for so many days, he had gained a certain understanding of the abilities of Soul Masters at every level.

"The Fourth Soul Skill of an assault-type Soul Ancestor—that's already very good! Just imagine it: throwing out hundreds of Thunder Fire Talismans at once. If hundreds of attacks comparable to a Soul Ancestor's Fourth Soul Skill came crashing down, even a Titled Douluo wouldn't have an easy time, right?" Ye Zhou said excitedly.

He was going to be rich—rich!

"Then should we take them to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and discuss business now?" Shi Jian asked, equally excited.

He wanted lots and lots of money too. Revitalizing Maoshan required money, and enjoying life required money as well.

"Going straight to their door would cheapen us. We need to make them come looking for us. Uncle Jian, we can take the Thunder Fire Talismans to the Heaven Dou City Auction House and use it to promote them. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's base isn't far from here, so they'll definitely receive the news right away," Ye Zhou said, shaking his head.

"Would this draw Spirit Hall over too?" Shi Jian was somewhat concerned. Although he did not think much of Salas, Spirit Hall's overall strength still made him wary.

"After today, any Soul Master in Heaven Dou City with even a little strength will know that you, Uncle Jian, have accepted me into Maoshan. I'll go auction the Thunder Fire Talismans with you as well. If word reaches Spirit Hall, Swordsman Yan will definitely know that Maoshan is on our side. If Bibi Dong makes a move, he will certainly stop her. If he can't stop her, he'll come personally. At worst, we can sell a batch to Spirit Hall through him too. Like I said, we want money, land, and talent. Who says we can't sell to everyone?" Ye Zhou shrugged, wearing a rather roguish expression.

After reading the Douluo Continent novel, he had decided where he stood. He was neither on the protagonist's side nor on the villain's side. He would stand on his own side, doing everything possible to secure benefits for himself so that he could become a god and attain immortality in the future.

"Sell a batch to Spirit Hall if they want them too? Heh, profiting from both sides? Good boy, I appreciate that!" Shi Jian stroked his beard and laughed.

"You flatter me, Uncle Jian." Ye Zhou cupped his hands.

"Then shall we go to the Auction House now?"

"Let's go."

"Then let's move."

The two of them immediately left the inn with the completed Thunder Fire Talismans and headed for the Heaven Dou City Auction House.

"Reporting to the Crown Prince, Shi Jian and the other have left the inn. Judging by their route, they seem to be heading for the Auction House."

Just as Qian Renxue, who was riding in a carriage toward Yunman Inn, had reached the middle of the road, she heard the report from someone outside. Without saying much, she directly ordered, "Go to the Auction House."

"Yes, Your Highness." The coachman answered respectfully, then turned the carriage around and drove toward the Auction House.

Elsewhere, in the Heaven Dou Empire, Nuoding City.

This was a small city near the border. Its transportation and entertainment ranked near the bottom of the empire. Here, a Soul Grandmaster was considered an exceptionally powerful soul master, while the strongest person in the city—the head of Spirit Hall's Nuoding City branch, Ma Xiunuo—was only a Soul Elder.

At that moment, he was directing people to hang up portraits of Yan Chixia outside the Spirit Hall branch and post notices on the bulletin board regarding Spirit Hall's newly appointed Elder.

Yes, news of Yan Chixia had been circulating in Heaven Dou City for several days already, while Nuoding City was only now preparing to release the announcement.

"Hello, Grandpa. My name is Tang San, and I'm here to register as a soul master." A childish voice sounded behind Ma Xiunuo.