The Bill Goes on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Tab

The Bill Goes on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Tab

If he remembered correctly, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was not far from Heaven Dou City. For low-level Soul Masters, it was only about an hour's journey.

If Chen Xin flew on his sword, he could reach Heaven Dou City in a few minutes at most.

"Far?"

How could that possibly be considered far?

"Zhongli, you aren't trying to pacify me like a child, are you?"

Paimon planted her hands on her hips and spoke with an angry expression.

Yet her soft, delicate voice did not sound angry at all. Instead, it sounded more like she was acting spoiled.

Zhongli gave Paimon a brief look. Her age was unclear, but she...

Wasn't she a child?

"Darn it, you darn Riddle Man!"

She stomped through the air, one of Paimon's signature moves.

"I'm angry!"

With her arms folded, she turned slightly to look at Zhongli.

"Ah..."

With a silent sigh, Zhongli waved his hand and somehow produced some pastries, placing them on the table.

"Don't think that just because you brought out sweets, I... I'll forgive you!"

"This Paimon isn't like that one from Inazuma..."

"We'll go to the Seven Treasure Hotel after we're done."

Zhongli spoke calmly, without the slightest ripple in his heart.

"Alright!"

"Zhongli, you're the best!"

The corners of Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin's eyes twitched. Was she really that easy to appease?

"My apologies for the spectacle. Paimon has a straightforward nature and says whatever is on her mind."

"No, no, no..."

Ning Fengzhi hurriedly waved his hands. "Paimon possesses the heart of a child!"

As expected of you!

Such high emotional intelligence!

You thought Paimon looked silly too, didn't you?

"Inazuma?"

"The Seven Treasure Hotel?"

Ning Fengzhi did not know where Inazuma was, but the Seven Treasure Hotel was one of his own businesses.

Suddenly, Ning Fengzhi's eyes lit up. Without drawing attention to it, he took out a Token from his Storage Soul Tool.

On the front of the Token were the words "Seven Treasures," while its back bore the emblem of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

"Mr. Zhongli, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's businesses are spread throughout the Douluo Continent. We are involved in every trade imaginable."

"With this Token, you may put any expenses on the tab at any shop under the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"Of course, you need not concern yourself with the subsequent procedures. I will assign someone specifically to handle them."

Ning Fengzhi did not mention anything like free service. Instead, he said Zhongli could put it on the tab.

He needed Zhongli to understand the value of those goods. If everything were simply free, Zhongli would not know their worth. Putting it on a tab was different.

Before coming here, they had already investigated thoroughly. Zhongli was merely a Crown Prince's Mansion Guest Official. He could leave the Crown Prince's Mansion at any time, establish his own faction, or join another force.

Dugu Bo was much the same. Though he was a guest official of the Heaven Dou Royal Family, if he chose to leave, even Xue Ye would not dare say anything.

Xue Xing had fought to secure this guest official for the Heaven Dou Royal Family.

Since Zhongli intended to become friends with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they naturally had to strike while the iron was hot and strengthen the bond between them.

"Zhongli, accept it. Only Bone and I have Tokens like this."

Chen Xin spoke at this moment.

Other than Ning Fengzhi, who issued the Tokens, only the two Supreme Elders possessed them.

What did that signify?

It went without saying.

This scene felt strangely familiar!

First Hu Xue—Hu Tao and Qian Renxue—then Dada Fengzhi—Tartaglia and Ning Fengzhi.

"Strange. Why does someone always pay for Zhongli wherever he goes?"

"When I was with the Traveler, I worked myself to death and still couldn't earn much Mora."

"No, that's the meaning of traveling, isn't it? How could I have such lazy thoughts?"

Paimon sank into deep thought.

After considering it briefly, Zhongli accepted the Token.

The three exchanged pleasantries for a while before Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin finally left Zhongli Manor with smiles on their faces.

It was settled!

Their place as friends was secure.

Given the current situation, one more powerful friend meant one more path forward. Especially with someone like Zhongli, there was no way they could lose out.

It seemed as though Ning Fengzhi had given away many things, like some spendthrift young master, but wasn't his goal this fragile friendship that could shatter at a touch?

Once the two returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Chen Xin's expression became exceedingly grave.

"Uncle Jian, what's wrong?"

Ning Fengzhi asked in confusion. Shouldn't they have been happy today?

"Yeah, Jian Ren, what's with you? Don't tell me the talks fell through?"

Gu Rong also spoke up at this moment.

"No, they went well."

Chen Xin shook his head and continued, "It's just that Zhongli's intentions and strength have given me an unprecedented sense of pressure."

"His intentions? His strength?"

"I can vaguely sense that Zhongli's Soul Power Level should be one level higher than mine, around level ninety-seven, if my perception is correct."

Chen Xin's face was solemn. Judging from Paimon's reaction, Zhongli should not be young. Thinking about it, that was perfectly normal.

With such strength, he certainly could not be very young.

"What? Level ninety-seven?"

Gu Rong's expression changed as well, becoming extremely grave.

Only after reaching level ninety-five could one understand the gap between Super Douluo.

Between level ninety-five and level ninety-six lay a difference of nearly forty percent in Soul Power.

Between level ninety-six and level ninety-seven was another fifty percent difference!

In other words, a terrifying level ninety-seven existence possessed nearly twice the total Soul Power of a level ninety-five Titled Douluo.

Without Ning Fengzhi's support, Zhongli could handle the two of them alone as easily as playing around.

That was the disparity after level ninety-five.

Ning Fengzhi's expression changed as well. He had thought Zhongli's strength would be somewhere between level ninety-three and level ninety-five. Never had he expected Zhongli's Soul Power to be even higher than Chen Xin's!

Beyond his amazement, Ning Fengzhi also felt fortunate. Luckily, he had not chosen to become Zhongli's enemy. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

Seeing that Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong were only shocked by Zhongli's strength and had failed to realize the severity of the situation, Chen Xin's eye twitched.

"To this day, he has not added Soul Rings to his Second Martial Soul. He intends to wait until he breaks through to level ninety-nine before adding Soul Rings to it."

"Do you think it is possible for him to become the first person in ten thousand years to break through into that realm?"

At those words, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong trembled all over. That realm?

The realm beyond level ninety-nine?

With a Second Martial Soul and nine Soul Rings, he might truly be able to do it!

Swallowing hard, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong sank into thought as they weighed the pros and cons.

Zhongli was no young man who could be easily bullied.

With his current strength, in a one-on-one fight, neither Chen Xin nor Gu Rong was necessarily a match for him.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect truly could not afford to offend such an expert.

In the end, the three came to the same conclusion: they could only befriend him, never become hostile.

This conclusion was only natural. They could not defeat him, and even if they joined forces and beat Zhongli, so what?

Killing him would be almost impossible.

Even when pursuing a weaker Titled Douluo, it was difficult to kill them if they were determined to flee.

Let alone a Titled Douluo stronger than themselves. Chasing after him alone would be no different from delivering oneself to death.