Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan: Ning Tian (Part One)

Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan: Ning Tian (Part One)

After taking care of everything related to his Fourth Soul Ring, Mo Yuan prepared to pack up and head to another part of the Star Dou Great Forest.

As a transmigrator who had read the Original Work, Mo Yuan naturally knew about the great opportunities described in the book. So, two years ago, he had gone alone to the capital of the Star Luo Empire and gathered some information near the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

That was when Mo Yuan learned that Huo Yuhao's mother, Huo Yun'er, had died not long before. From that, he could deduce that Huo Yuhao was the same age as him.

Now he was nearly twelve, and Shrek Academy was beginning a new round of admissions. This was the time for him to enter the Star Dou Great Forest and seize his opportunity.

At the same time, Mo Yuan planned to enter Shrek Academy to study after claiming that opportunity. No matter what, even if their teaching was lousy, they had plenty of resources!

With the Body Martial Soul Golden Eyes he was using as a disguise, his terrifying talent, and his clean background as an orphan born in the Heaven Dou Empire, wouldn't the people at Shrek treat him like a treasure?

As for needing an Introduction Letter from a City Lord, that was even simpler. No one would refuse a favor from a genius.

But just as Mo Yuan was about to leave, he seemed to notice something, and his next step abruptly halted.

Someone was coming!

Sensing people approaching quickly through the distant woods, Mo Yuan thought for a moment and didn't hurry away. His brilliant Golden Eyes lit up, and ancient, profound Dragon Language flowed from his lips.

"Dark winds, become my eyes."

"Yanling: Kamaitachi!"

The domain opened fully!

Countless kamaitachi mingled with the wind and rapidly spread outward from Mo Yuan. Like scouts, they brought him sights that no ordinary eyes could see.

Insects crawling over the soil, birds preening their feathers in the woods, Soul Beasts gnawing on their prey...

And... dozens of Soul Masters moving quickly through the forest three hundred meters to the east, along with two people surrounded loosely by them.

Were those two about to be ambushed?

From the distribution of their heartbeats, Mo Yuan sketched out a scene in his mind: two people moving slowly through the forest, while dozens of Soul Masters quietly followed through the unseen woods around them, never straying more than three hundred meters away.

An ambush? No, that didn't seem right. They didn't seem like enemies. More like guards protecting someone in secret. And in just a moment, they'd be here... Mo Yuan slowly opened his eyes. His Golden Eyes dimmed, and the kamaitachi returned with the wind.

His gaze quietly swept over several dark spots in the woods around him, but he made no other move.

Mo Yuan knew how fast those dozens of people were moving. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that unless every one of them was an Agile Attack System Soul Master, their cultivation was probably above Soul King.

Otherwise, they couldn't possibly be moving so fast.

So, what sort of people were these two, if dozens of Soul Kings were secretly guarding them?

Heirs to a great sect?

Mo Yuan didn't keep guessing, because the two were now less than thirty meters away. He'd soon find out who they were.

Thirty meters ahead of him, the dense bushes began to sway. The next second, two figures emerged.

One was a girl with bright red hair and red eyes like flames. Her skin was snow-white, and she had a curvy figure. The instant she saw Mo Yuan, her gaze turned ice-cold.

The other was also a girl, but both her looks and her bearing were on a whole other level compared to the red-haired girl. Platinum-blonde hair fell to her waist, and her clear blue eyes were as beautiful as the sea. She had delicate features, a slender figure, skin as white as snow, and the noble air of a princess.

Unlike the red-haired girl, who looked wary and cold when she saw Mo Yuan, the pupils of the platinum-haired girl's beautiful blue eyes widened slightly the instant she saw him. Her reaction was much like that of almost every girl who saw Mo Yuan.

She was surprised by the sight of something beautiful.

It was no wonder the platinum-haired girl looked like that. Mixed-bloods were practically never ugly; every one of them was breathtakingly beautiful.

Even Lu Mingfei was known as the Cherry Blossom of Divine Favor at the Host Club in Takamagahara, Japan.

And Mo Yuan's Dragon Blood came directly from the Black King Nidhogg. His looks were probably matched only by Shrimp Teacher.

But when the red-haired girl saw the platinum-haired girl's expression, a flicker of sorrow first appeared in her eyes. Then she looked at Mo Yuan even more coldly.

"Who are you?" the red-haired girl demanded, pointing at Mo Yuan.

Faced with the red-haired girl's hostile tone, Mo Yuan didn't get angry. Judging from the dozens of guards who had already surrounded him in secret, as well as the two girls' looks and bearing, he could already guess a few things.

They were certainly people of high status.

Otherwise, if someone else had dared to question him so rudely right off the bat, Mo Yuan would have already rewarded her with a blast of Jun Yan.

Mo Yuan gave a gentle smile that didn't match his usual manner at all. His normally cold bearing changed in an instant, becoming extremely friendly. No matter how one looked at him, he seemed nothing like the violent youth who had just killed the Dragon Horn Hunting Lizard.

"My name is Mo Yuan. I just finished hunting a Soul Beast here and absorbing its Soul Ring. I was about to leave when you showed up."

"So you're saying my young mistress and I disturbed you?" the red-haired girl pressed.

"Wu Feng!" The blonde girl snapped back to her senses and immediately stopped the red-haired girl. She pulled her behind her, then turned to Mo Yuan with a smile.

"Sorry. It's unsettling to suddenly encounter a stranger in the Star Dou Great Forest. Wu Feng was only worried about my safety. I hope you won't take it to heart."

"Young mistress, you..." Wu Feng saw Ning Tian smiling at Mo Yuan, and her expression changed at once, her disappointment plain to see. She wanted to urge Ning Tian to leave immediately, but Ning Tian stopped her with a look.

"Don't worry about it. The Star Dou Great Forest is indeed full of danger. It's only natural for a subordinate to worry about her young mistress's safety."

Hearing the terms "Wu Feng" and "young mistress," Mo Yuan immediately figured out who the two were.

Ning Tian, the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, and her lovesick admirer, Wu Feng.

So, as he spoke, Mo Yuan subtly emphasized the word "subordinate," then glanced at Wu Feng. His meaning was clear.

He couldn't teach her a lesson in person, but sometimes a verbal jab could hit even harder.

Just as expected, Wu Feng flew into a rage as soon as she heard him. But when she was about to retort, Ning Tian pushed her back again. This time, Wu Feng wilted like a frostbitten eggplant, standing silently behind Ning Tian with a pale face. The anger in her eyes as she glared at Mo Yuan only grew stronger.

"My name is Ning Tian, and this is my sister, Wu Feng. We're from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan." Ning Tian introduced herself, then walked a few steps forward, stopping a short distance from Mo Yuan.

"The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan?" Mo Yuan put on an appropriately surprised expression, though he remained unmoved inside.

Seeing his expression, Ning Tian nodded to herself. She then pulled her gaze away from that strikingly handsome, almost otherworldly face and looked toward the Dragon Horn Hunting Lizard's corpse.

"Is this a Dragon Horn Hunting Lizard? And one with about twelve thousand years of cultivation? Mo Yuan, are you already a Soul King?"

Ning Tian examined the Dragon Horn Hunting Lizard's corpse and determined its age from its size and other characteristics.

When she learned that the Dragon Horn Hunting Lizard had twelve thousand years of cultivation, she was startled. At the same time, an idea immediately sprang to mind.

As the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Ning Tian had a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul as well.

According to the clan's teachings, her future partner had to be a Strong Attack System Battle Soul Master. Ancestor Ning Rongrong was the only exception.

And because their Martial Soul belonged to the Support System, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had always worked hard to bring talented Soul Masters into the clan.

Money, treasures, even people—anything could be used to win them over.

So, from a young age, Ning Tian had been taught by her mother that she could use any advantage she had to attract young geniuses. Of course, there were limits.

It sounded rather heartless, but there was nothing to be done. That was simply how a sect with a Support System Martial Soul worked.

Ning Tian was clever and understood that this was the foundation on which the clan stood, so she had never resisted it.

That was also why, after seeing Mo Yuan, she'd rather let Wu Feng swallow her grievance than miss the chance to approach him.

Part of the reason was Mo Yuan's looks, but what truly determined whether she'd continue to pursue him was still his strength and talent.

If Mo Yuan lacked talent, Ning Tian would turn and leave without a second thought.