The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Longing

"Go tell my father to come at once, as quickly as possible! Oh, and Bone Grandpa too! Bone Grandpa's Spatial Leap is very fast! Tell them that Shrek Academy has produced a commoner-born genius who broke through to Rank 40 Soul Ancestor at fourteen! There may be a chance to recruit him!"

Ning Rongrong spoke rapidly, her face full of urgency. At first, the Soul Emperor was somewhat puzzled by his young mistress's decision. After all, they could not enter Shrek Academy. Two Soul Saints were stationed there, and if they went in, they would definitely be discovered. This had already been an extremely risky move. Perhaps Shrek's headmaster had already noticed their presence.

But upon hearing Ning Rongrong's explanation, the Soul Emperor's pupils abruptly contracted!

So it was for that brat who was already over Rank 40! Then it was no wonder!

"Your subordinate obeys!"

The Soul Emperor responded, activating his Martial Soul Possession. Two yellow, three purple, and one black Soul Ring rose and fell around him. A pair of enormous wings spread from his back, and his fourth and sixth Soul Rings flared brightly. In the blink of an eye, he vanished!

After making all the arrangements, Ning Rongrong finally let out a sigh of relief.

Humming a tune, she returned to the academy. By then, Su Sanjia was nowhere to be seen, and only the original Shrek Seven Monsters remained on the training grounds.

Elsewhere.

Inside Flender's room.

"Xiao Gang should be able to keep those little monsters in line, right? The others are easy enough, but Sanjia... he looks carefree, yet he's actually quite proud and unruly... Forget it. There shouldn't be any major problems!"

Flender reclined in a rocking chair, holding a crude tea set. His cup contained cheap, poor-quality tea leaves sold by the handful for five copper soul coins. Humming a tune, his thoughts had already drifted to the near future—more precisely, to the Mainland Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament! With Su Sanjia around, he firmly believed Shrek Academy could achieve an excellent placing this time. As for whether the boy might choose to graduate early... at worst, he and Old Zhao, two Soul Saints, would swallow their pride and ask him to stay. Besides, Su Sanjia was the sort who repaid kindness.

Just as Flender was indulging in his pleasant fantasies, the door to his room was violently shoved open. He sprayed out a mouthful of tea, and before he could lose his temper, he heard the voice of his old friend, Yu Xiaogang.

"Xiao Gang, shouldn't you be at the training grounds? Why—"

"Flender, what was Su Sanjia's Innate Soul Power?"

Yu Xiaogang cut him off, his tone extremely urgent.

"Su Sanjia? If I remember correctly, that child's Innate Soul Power was Rank 3! What is it?"

Flender was utterly confused, but Yu Xiaogang stepped forward, grabbed him by the collar, and shook him hard.

"What is it? That was Innate Rank 3 Soul Power, not Innate Rank 30! For someone with that level of Innate Soul Power to break through Rank 40 at fourteen, don't you think that's outrageous? Completely against all reason?"

Spittle flew from Yu Xiaogang's mouth as Flender wore an expression of sudden realization.

"Oh, that? Sanjia told us before that he happened upon some mysterious heavenly treasure and consumed it. His Soul Power increased, and his cultivation speed accelerated considerably. According to him, his cultivation speed is at least no worse than that of a genius with Innate Rank 9 Soul Power!"

A heavenly treasure!

Those four words were all that remained in Yu Xiaogang's mind! His previously excited heart was doused in icy water! As the youngest son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's leader, he had consumed countless heavenly treasures from childhood onward, hoping to make a breakthrough in his Soul Power. Within the clan, the resources he enjoyed were even at the Soul Douluo level. Yet even with an entire sect supporting him, his Soul Power had made little progress. He had only broken through to become a two-ringed Soul Grandmaster in his twenties, let alone repaired the flaws in his foundation.

"Heavenly treasure, heavenly treasure..."

As though possessed, Yu Xiaogang released his grip and collapsed onto the floor, utterly drained.

All of a sudden, he felt such hatred. Such jealousy!

Why had something capable of changing a person's fate fallen into the hands of a commoner brat? As the great master of the Soul Master world, wasn't he more qualified to possess such a treasure?

Yet no matter how unwilling he felt, Yu Xiaogang knew such things could not be replicated. In his mind, perhaps only the legendary Immortal Herbs possessed such power. After finding a trace of information about them in Spirit Hall's ancient archives, he had begun a frantic search across the Douluo Continent, but he had still found nothing.

Yu Xiaogang left in a daze. Flender opened his mouth, wanting to tell him to get along well with Su Sanjia, but in the end, he said nothing.

"Sigh!"

Flender sighed, and his expression suddenly changed.

"People from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? Things are getting lively! Looks like that little girl Ning Rongrong couldn't hold herself back any longer!"

Flender did not stop them. On the Douluo Continent, joining an academy was different from joining a sect. If Su Sanjia truly caught the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's eye, not only would Flender refrain from stopping it, he would do everything he could to make it happen. He knew better than anyone how difficult life was for commoner Soul Masters.

Like a man possessed, Yu Xiaogang returned to the training grounds. After casually assigning a few training tasks, he left again, his attitude thoroughly perfunctory. Naturally, this dissatisfied everyone at Shrek Academy. Even Tang San frowned. Concerned for Yu Xiaogang, he quickly followed after him.

"Teacher, what's wrong?"

Tang San's face was full of concern.

"Xiao San, I..."

Yu Xiaogang's face flushed red from holding it in. He could not possibly reveal his jealousy in front of his student, could he? After struggling for a long while, he told Tang San about Su Sanjia's fortuitous encounter.

"Those were Immortal Herbs, yet they were simply eaten by a child! Such things hold immense research value. If this master had obtained them, I could surely have researched a method to mass-produce Immortal Herbs. Then the entire continent would benefit! Su Sanjia is truly selfish..."

He forced out a string of rigid but seemingly high-minded words, but Tang San's thoughts were entirely elsewhere.

Immortal Herbs? This world actually had Immortal Herbs!

Tang San's mind immediately sprang to life. No one understood the importance of Immortal Herbs better than he did, and even Tang San found his teacher's words somewhat overblown.

If Immortal Herbs were placed before anyone, they would consume them without hesitation! That was a true opportunity to be reborn and transformed!

Even Tang San could not help envying Su Sanjia's good fortune.

However, he had no other reaction. He merely felt envy. At the same time, after learning that this world possessed Immortal Herbs, anticipation rose within him again! Perhaps he could recreate the Tang Sect's supreme hidden weapons in this world and bring them to greater glory!

With everyone harboring their own thoughts, night fell quickly. Tang San returned to his dormitory, his heart filled with excitement and his mind occupied by methods for crafting Tang Sect hidden weapons.

Elsewhere,

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!

"What?! He broke through to Soul Ancestor at fourteen and even has an External Soul Bone?!"

Looking at the Soul Emperor below—the man he had sent to protect Ning Rongrong—Ning Fengzhi, usually refined and composed, was uncharacteristically shaken.

A fiery light flashed in Ning Fengzhi's eyes.

No one understood better than him what this meant!

Such a genius was destined to be connected to his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!