For the people of Huaxia, the belief carved into their bones was that you could be weak, but you could never be a coward!
Just like the Ming Dynasty in his previous life. Although the last Chongzhen Emperor had been rather unqualified as an emperor, the moment he died for his country, his reputation among later generations was immediately turned around!
Take the century of humiliation, for example. When the nation and its people had fallen into ruin and faced invasion by foreign powers, could the country withstand it?
No one actually knew!
Yet generation after generation of people charged forward without fear of death, standing firm only after using wills of steel to withstand a torrent of steel!
Likewise, it was Sword Douluo Chen Xin—and Ning Fengzhi's support from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?
With such a lineup, Luofan estimated that only the top Limit Douluos, like Qian Daoliu, could contend with them, right?
But even though Luofan knew he could not win, he would never surrender without a fight. He revealed his Martial Soul, ready to resist at any moment!
"Sure enough, it's the Nine-Story Pagoda!"
As Luofan revealed his Martial Soul, Ning Fengzhi could no longer maintain his previous calm. His gaze was drawn like a magnet to the Martial Soul held aloft in Luofan's palm.
Nine stories. There was no mistake—it really had nine stories!
A beneficial mutation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda—the Nine-Story Pagoda?
"Three Soul Rings, and all of them are Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings? How is that possible!?"
As Chen Xin watched Luofan's Martial Soul, his heart was deeply shaken as well.
Chen Xin had already seen that Luofan possessed the Nine-Story Pagoda Martial Soul, so that was not surprising!
But what shocked him most was that Luofan had originally possessed only two purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings, hadn't he?
How had they now become three black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings?
The fact that his Third Soul Ring had already reached the Ten-Thousand-Year level was shocking enough.
But what was truly unbelievable was that his first two Soul Rings had originally only been Thousand-Year Level. Why had they suddenly become Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings?
Could the age of a Soul Ring increase even after it had already been fixed?
"Uncle Jian, make a move. Take Luofan back first, then we'll talk!" Ning Fengzhi could not help urging Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
With a Martial Soul like the Nine-Story Pagoda, he had to bring Luofan back by any means necessary.
Originally, he had thought that even if he apologized and admitted his mistake, it would be worth it as long as he could get Luofan to return willingly.
But now? It seemed that he could only resort to force!
As for whether Luofan would resent him?
They could slowly repair their relationship afterward.
At the very least, the bloodline of the Nine-Story Pagoda had to be preserved.
There was also a chance that Luofan's future children might awaken the Nine-Story Pagoda Martial Soul, right?
"Brother Fan, all three of his Soul Rings have reached the Ten-Thousand-Year level!"
Similarly, when Xue Qinghe saw the three Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings appearing around Luofan's Martial Soul, she was secretly shocked as well!
Although she had long known that the age of Luofan's Soul Rings could continue to grow,
and she also knew that Luofan's Second Soul Ring had only come from a three-thousand-year-old Xuanwu Beast,
she was still deeply shaken after witnessing with her own eyes that Luofan's Second Soul Ring had completely risen to the level of a black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!
However, the shock only flashed through Xue Qinghe's mind before she suppressed it!
This was not the time to be shocked by Brother Fan's three black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings!
Given the current situation, what comforted her was that Brother Fan had firmly refused to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. That was good news!
The bad news was that Ning Fengzhi actually intended to use force to take Brother Fan away!
Anger surged in Xue Qinghe's heart. She opened her mouth, preparing to call out both Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo!
Although the two of them together might not necessarily be a match for Sword Douluo Chen Xin, let alone with Ning Fengzhi's support,
Xue Qinghe thought that if things truly reached the point of completely falling out, then if they tried to capture Luofan, they could not blame her for taking action and capturing Ning Rongrong to threaten them!
As for the fact that taking action would expose her identity and cause all her years of undercover efforts in the Heaven Dou Empire to go to waste?
Xue Qinghe believed that although the plan to usurp the country was important, Luofan was even more important!
He was destined to become a Titled Douluo in the future. He might even become a Titled Douluo with nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, or perhaps even a god!
With a Brother Fan like this, she had to keep him by any means necessary. Even exposing herself would be worth it!
"Stop!"
However, just as Xue Qinghe opened her mouth and prepared to call for Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, Ning Rongrong suddenly spread her arms wide and took the pose of the mother hen from a game of eagle catches chicks, shielding Luofan behind her.
"Dad, and Sword Grandpa, I won't allow you to attack Brother Luofan!" Ning Rongrong shouted firmly!
"Rongrong, didn't you also want Luofan to return to the sect?"
Never had he expected his own daughter to step forward and stop him. Ning Fengzhi looked at his daughter and asked,
"I do want Brother Luofan to return, but if he doesn't want to, you can't force him!" Ning Rongrong said firmly.
"Rongrong, let me take him back first. Whatever the problem is, we can discuss it later?"
Looking at Luofan's Nine-Story Pagoda Martial Soul, and at the three black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings that had appeared around it—what was this? This was unquestionably the future of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. How could Ning Fengzhi be willing to let go?
"Dad, if you really force Brother Luofan, Rongrong will die in front of you!"
Normally, Ning Rongrong was the Little Demoness of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect—a mischievous, unruly child and little devil.
But at critical moments, she had a mind of her own. She stared at Ning Fengzhi with a resolute expression.
"You, you child..." Seeing his daughter's expression, Ning Fengzhi was rendered speechless for a moment, unable to figure out how to answer.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin had not made a move from beginning to end!
For one thing, when he had first met Luofan, he had already felt that the child was extraordinary.
Moreover, Chen Xin himself was unwilling to attack a child like Luofan!
For another, Ning Rongrong had stepped forward!
When he had fought Qian Daoliu back then, Rongrong had charged forward and boosted him directly, leaving him stunned at the time!
So now that she was willing to stand up for Luofan, even threatening to die, Chen Xin felt that it actually fit Ning Rongrong's personality very well!
"All right, Rongrong. Since that's what you want, then Dad will listen to you this time!"
After remaining silent for quite a while, Ning Fengzhi finally nodded.
In the end, because Ning Rongrong had stepped forward and threatened to die, Ning Fengzhi ultimately abandoned the idea of forcibly taking Luofan away. After that, everyone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect left the Crown Prince's Residence!
"Brother Fan, you were still too impulsive just now. You shouldn't have appeared in front of Ning Fengzhi!" Xue Qinghe said to Luofan, still shaken.
Ning Fengzhi had been willing to completely fall out and attack directly for Luofan?
Xue Qinghe could completely understand!
After all, people generally maintained a certain level of decorum in their social dealings because the benefits were not enough to make them abandon it.
But to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, a peerless genius with the Nine-Story Pagoda Martial Soul like Luofan was enough to make Ning Fengzhi throw away all decorum!
"Actually, Brother Xue, I still had one final way to deal with the situation just now!" Luofan said confidently.
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