An Opportunity for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect

After a long while, Ning Fengzhi finally spoke. "Even across all four seasons of the year, this speed is quite fast—a Soul Ancestor under the age of ten. Even if his later cultivation speed slows down slightly, there is a very high probability he will advance to a Soul Saint by the age of twenty."

"Not a chance."

Chen Xin looked at Ning Fengzhi with a smile. "Without the help of Old Bone and myself, if Jiang He wants to reach the level of a Soul Saint by the age of twenty, he will simply have to give up any chance of contending for the realm of a Limit Douluo in the future."

Ning Fengzhi was slightly startled, asking with some confusion, "Why is that?"

The smile on Chen Xin's face grew even wider as he asked, "Fengzhi, Jiang He's first soul ring was already ten thousand years old, and the age of his second ring is unknown, but it was also above ten thousand years.

And judging from the fact that he could increase his soul power by three ranks after absorbing his third soul ring, it was at least over twenty thousand years, or perhaps even thirty thousand years. So in your opinion, how many years should his seventh soul ring be for it to be appropriate?"

With Chen Xin's prompt, Ning Fengzhi reacted instantly, saying with a serious expression, "So there is a very high probability that his seventh soul ring will challenge a hundred-thousand-year one!"

"That's right! Since a Soul Saint serves as a watershed for soul masters, the higher the age of the soul ring, the better, naturally. With Jiang He's talent, he will definitely never give up the opportunity to absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. However, given Old Poison's strength, helping Jiang He acquire a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring is practically impossible, so..."

"So Dugu Bo can only seek help from other Title Douluo. And looking across Douluo Continent, there are only those few Title Douluo. Furthermore, Uncle Sword and Uncle Gu are both ninety-fifth-rank Super Douluo, so there is a high probability that Dugu Bo will seek assistance from our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

At this, a smile appeared on Ning Fengzhi's face. "Just now, I did indeed feel that that little fellow Jiang He's attitude toward me had improved quite a bit. Compared to the usual polite formalities, it seemed to carry a bit more closeness. It appears that when he was acquiring his third soul ring, Dugu Bo must have realized this matter and said something to him."

"Fengzhi, this is our opportunity." Chen Xin looked at Ning Fengzhi and said, "As long as we pull him into my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before he acquires his seventh soul ring, with the help of Old Bone and myself, it is only a matter of time before my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect becomes the head of the Upper Three Sects!"

"Rest assured, Uncle Sword, I will figure out a way."

With those words, a pensive look appeared on Ning Fengzhi's face.

Clearly, he was considering how to utilize Chen Xin and Gu Rong to draw Jiang He into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as quickly as possible.

After all, Jiang He's growth rate was simply too fast.

If he could not be recruited as soon as possible, in the event that he grew up completely, he would have nothing to do with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect anymore.

Moreover, both he and Chen Xin were well aware that if they failed to rope him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before Jiang He acquired his seventh soul ring, once Jiang He compromised and chose a ten-thousand-year soul ring of seventy or eighty thousand years for his seventh, there would be nothing left for them to do in the future anyway.

Jiang He's combat prowess had already been demonstrated long ago; back when he was merely a Soul Grandmaster, he had been able to defeat Qin Ming, who was a Soul King.

Once he absorbed his seventh soul ring and obtained his Martial Soul Avatar, he would not need anyone else at all. With just him and Dugu Bo, the two of them could go and challenge a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast on their own.

After seeing off Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe, Jiang He changed his clothes and headed toward the academy.

By this time, the academy was already on break, and most of the students had already returned home.

Even a large portion of the academy teachers had left.

Familiar with the path, Jiang He arrived at the Gravity Training Room, took out the identity plaque given by Qin Ming to open the door to the training room, and then adjusted the gravity to eightfold before stepping inside.

After more than a year of cultivation, he was already able to completely adapt to eightfold gravity.

This level of gravity was already a degree that Qin Ming could not endure, yet Jiang He appeared completely at ease.

Back then, it had taken him half a month to go from single to sixfold gravity.

Going from sixfold to sevenfold, however, had taken a full three months.

As for going from sevenfold to eightfold, it had taken eight months!

And now, what Jiang He was going to challenge was ninefold!

After acquiring his third soul ring, Jiang He's physical fitness had clearly improved quite a bit.

After practicing Moonwalk and Shave under eightfold gravity to confirm that the pressure had not reached his limit, Jiang He raised the gravity to ninefold.

Along with the increase in gravity, Jiang He distinctly felt the pressure.

That feeling of being oppressed in both body and mind made it difficult for him to breathe.

Fortunately, though, this was not the first time he had experienced such a sensation.

Adjusting his mindset, he circulated the Tyrant Emperor World-Devouring Art, adapting to the pressure within bit by bit.

Once his body was no longer so uncomfortable that he was completely unable to move, Jiang He began to move around little by little.

From small-scale movements at the beginning to walking a few steps later on, Jiang He spent three hours achieving this meager progress.

When the three hours had passed and the gravity vanished, Jiang He was as drenched as if he had been fished out of the water, his entire body soaked through.

Every single muscle on his body was twitching wildly as if seized by cramps.

He rested in place for a full hour before Jiang He's condition finally recovered.

After moving his body a bit, Jiang He walked out of the Gravity Training Room.

The moment the heavy door opened, the door to the adjacent Mimicry Training Room opened simultaneously, and the figure of Ye Lingling appeared.

Seeing Ye Lingling, Jiang He nodded toward her.

And Ye Lingling likewise nodded toward Jiang He.

Although the two had known each other for a year under Dugu Yan's introduction, in this past year, the words they had spoken to each other were less than what they had argued about on the very first day.

At times, Jiang He even suspected that this person might have some form of autism.

Because the natural mimicry training environment required for Ye Lingling's cultivation happened to be right next to Jiang He's Gravity Training Room, the two of them frequently ran into each other.

At first, Jiang He would earnestly greet her, but every time, Ye Lingling would only give a slight nod.

As time went on, Jiang He turned into this sort of person as well.

After crossing paths, Jiang He was just about to leave when Ye Lingling unexpectedly spoke up. "You broke through to a Soul Elder?"

Jiang He was slightly startled—surprised both at Ye Lingling's well-informed sources and at her initiative to speak.

Recovering his wits, he looked at Ye Lingling and nodded, saying, "That's right, how did you know?"

"I guessed it. Yan Yan said her grandfather is coming over these past two days, and since you came to train quite late today, there's a high probability you went to acquire a soul ring."

Jiang He gave Ye Lingling a thumbs-up and chuckled. "Impressive, you could even guess that."

With that, Jiang He just looked at Ye Lingling.

As a result, Ye Lingling didn't speak either.

Yet she didn't leave either, just standing there looking at Jiang He.

The two stared at each other, and confusion began to surface in Jiang He's eyes.

Is this woman trying to flirt with me here?

Given her personality, though, she shouldn't be capable of such a thing.

After a moment, Jiang He asked Ye Lingling, "Is something the matter?"

A trace of hesitation appeared in Ye Lingling's eyes. She opened her mouth, but in the end, she still shook her head. "Nothing."

With that, she turned and left.

Watching her receding back, Jiang He felt somewhat bewildered.

He certainly wasn't going to think that Ye Lingling had inexplicably fallen in love with him. From the look of it, it seemed as though she had something on her mind, yet found it difficult to speak...