The Auction Concludes, Xu Qianqian Is Robbed

"That's right." Xu Qianqian lightly flicked her wrist, and a Gale Wolf King card identical to the one the host had introduced appeared in her palm. She handed it to Ning Fengzhi.

"If Sect Master Ning needs it, you can have this one as well!"

"This..." Although the starting bid had yet to begin on the auction stage, Ning Fengzhi was quite curious about the suddenly appearing summon card and could not help reaching out to accept it.

"As for how to use it, just as the host said earlier, write a name in the blank space on the card, then infuse it with the signer's soul power to activate it."

"Each summon can last about an hour. After three summons, the card will automatically be destroyed."

"Miss Wendy, could this sort of card be a soul skill?" Even someone as knowledgeable as Xue Qinghe had never seen anything like it.

"Perhaps it is a soul skill!" Xu Qianqian answered ambiguously. "Rather than a soul skill, though, it would be more accurate to call it a construct made of soul power. It's somewhat similar to the soul tools of Douluo Continent."

Ning Fengzhi examined the card, turning it over and over, but still could not make heads or tails of it. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed like an ordinary playing card.

Still, he did not refuse it and put it away. One card and two cards could be used for vastly different things.

There was a difference between an experimental original and a non-experimental original.

Just because he could not see through it now did not mean the two elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not discover its secrets after they returned.

If they could decipher it, wouldn't Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples be able to carry several cards around and roam wherever they pleased in the future?

As the sect master of an auxiliary soul master sect, he had to rack his brains every day to improve the sect's strength.

Yet despite that, people often misunderstood him as liking catgirls and foxgirls and the like. It was utterly absurd.

Ah, who could understand his heart?

Ning Rongrong possessed innate ninth-level soul power and was the future successor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect whom he had high hopes for.

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But in her current state, she was practically a little witch. If she did not go out and suffer a little, she would surely become a spendthrift in the future. That was why he had hidden it from Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo and tricked her into going to Shrek.

He did not ask for her strength to improve by much—he only wanted to temper her temperament.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was stuck at level seventy-nine. With innate ninth-level soul power, even if she wasted a few years, he could pile up resources until she reached level seventy-nine.

That cost far less than being unable to raise her properly later and having her squander the family fortune.

"Ah... if only the child before me were my daughter!"

Ning Fengzhi sighed inwardly, wondering which sect's heir she was.

Compared to her, Rongrong's manner of speech and behavior were not even in the same league.

"Sect Master Ning, there is something I would like to investigate. May I trouble you with it?" Xu Qianqian's words pulled Ning Fengzhi from his thoughts once more.

One's mouth was softened by what one ate, and one's hands were softened by what one received.

He had gained an innate eighth-level genius, and the other party had even given him a card.

Moreover, the girl before him might be from some reclusive sect.

After considering it, Ning Fengzhi said, "What is it, little friend? Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect cannot compare to Spirit Hall, we have our own strengths when it comes to intelligence."

"Then thank you, Sect Master Ning."

Xu Qianqian took a token from her robe and handed it to Ning Fengzhi.

"This is..." Ning Fengzhi's pupils contracted.

"I hope you can help me investigate the organization this token belongs to and the scope of its operations."

Ning Fengzhi remained silent for a long while. He turned the token over in his hand and studied it for a moment before saying with some uncertainty, "This token should originate from the Star Luo Empire. Would it be convenient for you to say what sort of information you wish to investigate?"

"Someone hired an assassin to kill me. This token belonged to that assassin."

"Moreover, her martial soul was the Netherworld Spirit Cat."

"I see." Ning Fengzhi returned the token to Xu Qianqian and nodded. "After I return to the sect, I will certainly help you investigate this matter. How should I contact you then?"

"On this day next month, I will appear here again. Will Sect Master Ning be free then? If not, Sect Master Ning may set a time."

"Very well. One month from now."

Ning Fengzhi nodded, agreeing to Xu Qianqian's proposed time and place.

Meanwhile, the Gale Wolf King card entrusted to Bone Douluo for auction sold for one hundred thousand gold soul coins and ended up in Ning Fengzhi's hands.

What many people valued was not the card's ability itself, but the method of making such cards.

Being able to create cards like this, and making the soul beasts within them lifelike and obedient to commands, was already an incredible feat.

Those able to attend an auction in the Heaven Dou Empire were not short of money, but compared with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they were far inferior.

After the auction ended, Xu Qianqian left the auction house through the private passage together with Ning Fengzhi and the other two.

"Little friend, may I ask what level your soul power is?"

Before parting, Ning Fengzhi could not help asking.

Xu Qianqian still had matters to entrust to him with, so she should be willing to reveal something this minor.

Of course, given his character, he would never use such a thing to threaten someone. That would be far too tasteless.

"Level 19 soul power," Xu Qianqian said calmly.

"I see..."

Ning Fengzhi nodded and did not ask any further questions, but the doubts in his mind never faded.

Xue Qinghe had said that the black-haired girl before him likely possessed combat strength no weaker than a Soul Ancestor's. Yet being only level 19 was simply too absurd.

Still, since this was their first meeting, it would not be appropriate to ask too much.

Ning Fengzhi was also quite curious about the two cards he had obtained and planned to see whether he could decipher them after returning.

After leaving the private passageway, Xu Qianqian and Ning Fengzhi went their separate ways.

After they had not gone far, Bone Douluo spoke.

"Fengzhi, it seems that people from the Elephant Armor Sect are following that little girl. Should we stop them?"

"Huyan Zhen?"

Ning Fengzhi stopped in his tracks. Xue Qinghe beside him did the same, but he said nothing.

"Could it be related to the Stone Amber they bid on earlier?" Ning Fengzhi pondered for a moment.

"Let's secretly go take a look. Perhaps we can find out where that girl came from. If anything really happens, we can lend her a hand."

"Qinghe, what do you think?"

"Teacher may decide," Xue Qinghe replied with a nod. He was certainly interested in a girl who, as a one-ring Soul Master, could instantly kill a Grand Soul Master and withstand both Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors. She herself was also among the proud daughters of heaven.

Thus, the three secretly followed after her, though they kept their distance.

Huyan Zhen was a Soul Douluo, and Bone Douluo had to conceal all three of them. They could not afford to get too close if they wished to remain undetected.

Meanwhile, Xu Qianqian was walking back.

"Is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect really this idle?"

Xu Qianqian could not help but sigh.

She strolled unhurriedly into a relatively open area, only to have her path blocked by two extremely massive figures.

"Hehehe~" The slightly smaller one, a young man over two meters tall with a broad, heavy build, strode toward her with ponderous steps. Each step seemed to make the ground tremble faintly.

"Little girl, hand over the stone you bought earlier, and I'll let you leave."

Huyan Li curled his lips into a faint smile, wearing an expression that practically screamed villain.

"The master of the Elephant Armor Sect brought his own grandson to rob a weak, helpless, and pitiful little girl like me."

"Aren't you worried people will despise you if word gets out?" Xu Qianqian sighed.

Theoretically speaking, she had only just turned eighteen.

However, awakening her martial soul had caused time to stop for six years. She had checked her bone age, and she was probably only twelve or thirteen—around the same age as those people from Shrek.

So calling herself a weak little girl was not excessive.

Probably...