Ning Tian: "My love, my body, and..."

"Pfft!"

Seeing the youth's first spirit ring was white, the girl couldn't help but laugh out loud. The look of contempt on her face grew even more pronounced, and her interest dropped by several notches.

The girl in white, however, simply shook her head, already intending to pull her attendant away so as not to waste any more time here.

"Huh?"

As the youth's gaze flashed sharply, the expression of the girl in leather froze instantly, a flicker of dullness crossing her fiery eyes.

Then, to the shock of the girl in white, the youth lunged forward with astonishing speed. In an instant, his right hand was covered in a layer of ice-crystal-like scales, and he slammed a strike into the girl in leather's supple chest.

"Ah!"

Suddenly struck, the girl in leather was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing heavily to the ground. The entire scene fell into a deathly silence!

"What kind of martial soul is this?"

The girl in white widened her eyes instantly, re-examining the youth before her as if she had just stumbled upon a treasure.

"Wait, his spirit ring!"

The girl in white noticed in an instant that the color of the spirit ring at the youth's feet had changed!

"Ah! You bastard, I'm going to kill you! I'll tear your arms off!"

The girl in leather leaped up from the ground, letting out a shriek. Scorching flames erupted from her body, her eyes filled with nothing but rage and killing intent!

"Bang!"

Just as the girl charged out and was about to grab the youth's shoulder with a dragon claw, the figure of the girl in white suddenly blocked the youth's path, forcing the girl in leather's attack to a grinding halt, her face filled with astonishment.

"Miss?"

The girl in white turned around, looking at the Spirit Eye youth earnestly.

"Congratulations. From now on, you are a member of our Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"My, I told you. Gold will always shine!"

Commoner spirit masters stared at the scene on the Sky Screen, not without envy.

"The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has been passed down for so many years; there is truly a reason for it! As long as there is real talent, they can discover it quickly and enrich the sect's foundation. No matter how many years pass, how could they not flourish? Look at us by comparison..."

Within the Sky Dragon Gate, a spirit master from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect watched the Sky Screen, sighing with emotion.

"Hahahaha! Ning Tian, my good daughter. Seeing the family style and treatment of our Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect on the Sky Screen, this Huo Yuhao in reality probably won't take long to voluntarily join our sect!"

Inside the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, a middle-aged man with a refined appearance slapped his thigh, invigorated.

At this moment, his heart burned with fervor. Perhaps, in this lifetime, he would be recorded in the clan's annals just like Sect Master Ning Fengzhi from ten thousand years ago!

On the Sky Screen, the images continued. The girl named Ning Tian brought the youth into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the people in the sect soon discovered the youth's true talent.

"Twin Martial Souls, spirit-type martial soul... an ultimate martial soul?!"

"No, you missed one. That's a Body Martial Soul! Have you forgotten about the Body Sect?"

"A genius, an absolute super genius. Such a treasure was actually picked up by our Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; it must be the protection of our ancestor Rongrong!"

"It's just a pity. His first spirit ring is white, and the others probably aren't perfect age either. Sigh!"

The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect immediately invoked their highest-level ban, sealing all key information regarding Huo Yuhao. Outsiders would at most know that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had recruited another talented commoner.

The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect recruited a handful of such ordinary geniuses every year to serve as "retainers" or "vassals" like Wu Feng, who stood by Ning Tian's side—this was an old tradition of the sect.

But who could have imagined that this time, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had truly dug up real gold in the slums?

"Ning Tian!"

The scene shifted to the deepest part of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, a secret study. The man sat behind a precious wooden desk with a serious expression, while the girl in white, Ning Tian, stood respectfully before her father.

"This youth must be firmly grasped and bound to our Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. I leave this matter to you. Can you earn your father's trust?"

The man's heavy gaze fell upon the girl's shoulders as he asked.

"Ning Tian understands. No matter what, I will ensure he can never leave our Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Even Shrek Academy, even that mysterious Body Sect... it is absolutely impossible for them to poach him from us."

Ning Tian's eyes flickered, then transformed into a resolve and coldness that did not belong to her age.

"Good. After today, you and Wu Feng need not return to Shrek Academy."

The middle-aged man's fingers tapped lightly on the wooden desk, his voice indifferent.

The girl's delicate body trembled slightly.

"...Yes. Ning Tian understands."

Hearing the hint of grievance in his daughter's voice, the middle-aged man sighed slightly.

"Tian'er, do not blame your father. I am doing this for the sake of the sect!"

"If we let Huo Yuhao go to Shrek Academy with you, just like Wu Feng, our clan could naturally arrange it. But if such a super freak really went there, could Shrek Academy possibly restrain itself?"

Speaking of this, a flash of insight and disdain for the holy land of spirit masters across the continent crossed the middle-aged man's eyes.

"From now on, we must make this child the ultimate Martial Soul and Twin Martial Souls of our Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Not the ultimate Martial Soul and Twin Martial Souls of Shrek Academy or the Sea God Pavilion."

"Perhaps you still cannot fully believe it, but I tell you: if Yuhao really goes, it will be like throwing a meat bun at a dog—there will be no return."

The man leaned back against his chair and closed his eyes, sounding somewhat weary.

"Tian, with your talent, even if you don't go to Shrek Academy, our sect will provide the best resources to cultivate you; we will not treat you unfairly. Think back to how Shrek Academy only reached its current scale with the initial help of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

The man looked at the portrait hanging in the study—the most outstanding sect master from ten thousand years ago, Ning Fengzhi, with his refined and profound expression—and sighed softly.

"Father, I understand. You also wish to be like our ancestor Ning Fengzhi, to go down in history and achieve a great undertaking. Perhaps our generation of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has the chance to reverse the decline and turn the tide."

After a brief moment of sorrow, Ning Tian's gaze became resolute once more, even glowing with a hint of fanaticism.

"Rest assured, I will absolutely use every method and every means, using everything you have taught me, to keep Yuhao here completely. Not just with my care, my love, and my body, but also..."