After coaxing Ning Rongrong away, the three old men gathered once again to discuss who should take this pill to test its effects.
First of all, Ning Fengzhi was undoubtedly ruled out; after all, due to the specialty of his martial soul, his Soul Power had already reached the limit and could no longer break through any higher.
However, this allowed him to act as a referee, leaving him to decide whether Chen Xin or Gu Rong should take the pill.
"Fengzhi! Tell me, shouldn't I be the one to take this pill? Not to mention that my Soul Power Level is stronger than Old Bone's, and I'm just a step away from breaking through to rank 97. Having waited in vain for so many years, perhaps this time is the opportunity for me to break through!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Ning Fengzhi nodded. He felt that what Chen Xin said made sense. If a Super Douluo at rank 97 could appear within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then they would be able to gain greater say throughout the entire continent in the future.
Gu Rong had originally wanted to fight for it himself, but thinking from the perspective of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, it seemed that Chen Xin taking it really yielded greater benefits:
"Fine, fine, I'll let you take it first anyway. Jiang Xuan didn't refine just one pill anyway; if it really works, at worst this old man will just swallow my pride and go ask him for one later, right?"
Jiang Xuan's room.
Not long after Ning Rongrong ran out, Jiang Xuan received the system notification that the Merit Points had arrived.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully gifting a Soul-Gathering Pill] [Received reward: 100 Merit Points] [First successful gift triggered a critical hit amplification ×10, the 100 Merit Points have been increased to 1,000] [Merit Points can be used to increase Soul Ring or Soul Bone age at a 1:1 ratio, or directly increase Soul Power Level at a current ratio of 200:1] [For more ways to use Merit Points, the host is invited to slowly explore and discover them]
Seeing the notification that the system panel rewards had arrived, Jiang Xuan was naturally excited, but after reading it, he found it somewhat strange.
Clearly he had given Ning Rongrong two pills, so why did the system prompt at this moment only say that one had been successfully gifted?
Could it be that it only counted after the recipient consumed the pill?
If that were the case, then he just had to wait until he saw Ning Rongrong again and have her eat the second one as well.
After figuring out the core of the problem, Jiang Xuan began to think about how to use these 1,000 Merit Points.
First of all, he didn't have any soul bones, so that option was directly ruled out.
As for soul rings, at a 1:1 ratio, although it could upgrade his first soul ring to the thousand-year level, all things considered, no matter how he thought about it, it wouldn't yield as much benefit as directly increasing his Soul Power Level.
Even at a 200:1 ratio, it was enough to raise his Soul Power from rank 22 to 27, directly saving nearly two years of bitter cultivation!
Therefore, Jiang Xuan didn't hesitate much before decisively exchanging these 1,000 Merit Points for Soul Power Level.
In an instant, a warm current appeared out of thin air inside Jiang Xuan's body, spreading through all his limbs and bones.
Awesome!
After voicing a heartfelt exclamation, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, giving Jiang Xuan a start.
When he saw clearly who had come, he let out a sigh of relief and complained:
"Rongrong, why didn't you even knock on the door?"
Accused by Jiang Xuan, Ning Rongrong immediately lowered her head in shame and apologized, but soon she remembered the purpose of this trip:
"Brother Jiang Xuan, can you answer a question of mine seriously?"
"What question?"
"Do you like my previous body, or the current one?"
Huh???
What kind of devilish question is this!
How was he supposed to answer this?
Although little Ning Rongrong was cute and made people want to hold her in their arms for some fierce cuddling.
If he exposed this kind of thought, wouldn't it attract a Heavenly Tribulation thunder punishment?
Thinking about it carefully, Jiang Xuan decided to play it safe:
"Silly girl, what nonsense are you talking about? Whether past or present, in my eyes, you will always be my beloved Rongrong little sister, nothing more."
A girl with an extreme personality would definitely continue to pursue the question upon hearing this answer, refusing to let it go easily without getting a result.
Much like the original setting where the newly debuted Ning Rongrong, full of young-miss temper, would probably do just that.
But in this timeline, Ning Rongrong's personality had long been adjusted by Jiang Xuan. Even if there was still potential young-miss temper deep inside her heart, she would never bare her teeth in front of Jiang Xuan:
"Yeah! Brother Jiang Xuan is the best!"
Seeing that the little girl was no longer dwelling on it, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but stroke her head. Just as he was considering whether to take the opportunity to pick her up, the system panel in his spiritual consciousness suddenly popped up with another prompt.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully gifting a Soul-Gathering Pill] [Received reward: 10,000 Merit Points]
How much?
Ten thousand Merit Points! Really?
Seeing this prompt, Jiang Xuan was simply dumbfounded.
When he had just given the pill to Ning Rongrong, even with the reward multiplied tenfold, the system had only given 1,000 points, but now it directly gave 10,000! And that was without triggering the reward multiplier!
Wait, according to his previous deduction, the person who was gifted the pill would only be judged by the system as successfully gifted after swallowing and refining the pill, at which point the reward would be given.
Yet Ning Rongrong was right beside him at this moment, showing no signs of having swallowed the pill...
His throat couldn't help but heave, and Jiang Xuan's voice was already starting to tremble:
"Rongrong, those two pills I gave you just now—you took one, and the other one... is it still on you?"
Hearing this question, Ning Rongrong didn't think much and subconsciously replied:
"Sword Grandpa just said he needed to study it before he could find a way to restore my identity back to normal, so I gave that pill to him... Brother Jiang Xuan, what's wrong with you? Why are your legs shaking? Was it because refining pills just now consumed too much physical energy? If so, then you should get a good rest."
Jiang Xuan could no longer hear what Ning Rongrong was saying.
At this moment, he only had one thought in his mind:
Maybe he should just hurry up and run.
Judging from the information he currently had grasped, that pill was either eaten by Chen Xin or eaten by Gu Rong, otherwise there was no way to explain why the system would give such a huge rebate of Merit Points.
Damn it! Why hadn't he thought of telling Ning Rongrong beforehand that this pill couldn't just be given to anyone to eat!
Now it was great—a huge disaster had happened!
Either Sword Grandpa or Bone Grandpa had turned into a grandma. Given these two fellows' personalities, if they came over and beat him half to death in a fit of impulsive anger, he wouldn't even have anywhere to cry for justice by then.
After mulling it over, escaping the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to avoid the spotlight was indeed the best choice!
Having made up his mind, Jiang Xuan couldn't even be bothered to pack his luggage. After casually giving a few instructions to Ning Rongrong—saying he had matters to attend to and needed to go out for a few days—he walked directly toward the outside of his room.
Where should he run off to?
Thinking inwardly while quickening his pace, however, just as Jiang Xuan reached the main gate of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and was about to leave, an icy-cold voice suddenly echoed in his ears:
"Xuan'er, in such a rush, where are you going?"
At the same time, a terrifying Soul Power pressure instantly descended upon Jiang Xuan, causing his body to be unable to move forward by even a fraction of an inch.
Following the voice, he saw a tall woman with cascading waterfall-like hair and an extraordinarily beautiful face holding a long sword, gazing coldly at him.
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