No One Was a Fool

He had noticed this problem after absorbing his first Soul Ring, once ten percent of his soul power had converted into Sun Soul Power.

Extreme Yang Extreme Strength—the fierce, domineering Sun Soul Power had already begun affecting his body.

That was also why he was so eager to absorb the energy of the Eastern Purple Qi, to see whether it could solve this problem.

Otherwise, he could only slow down the conversion of his Sun Soul Power and avoid such issues.

Now, however, after the newly born soul power absorbed the Eastern Purple Qi, it gained a trace of vitality, lessening the heat and burning sensation in his body by quite a bit. At least it was no longer so unbearable, giving him hope that he would not have to stop cultivating the conversion of his soul power.

"Next, I just have to keep at it every day!"

Very soon, his soul power had fully recovered, and Xu Yang felt a burst of joy. He planned to eat first, then come back and continue cultivating. He did not intend to let slip the morning period when the Sun Power was gentler.

At noon, the sun hung high in the sky, and the Sun Power was at its densest and most violent. It was still not suitable for him right now.

But the moment he opened his eyes, Xu Yang discovered Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin on the rooftop opposite him. His heart immediately jolted. His unusual actions had been discovered by his teacher and Sword Douluo. He did not think the people of the Douluo world were as pure and foolish as they were in the plot. This was a real world, and the human heart was the hardest thing to fathom.

And Ning Fengzhi himself was no simple man. In the Original Work, Tang Hao had evaluated Ning Fengzhi as someone of great talent, someone far from simple.

For a Titled Douluo to make such an assessment of a Soul Saint who could only remain stuck at rank seventy-nine, it definitely was not because of strength. Then there was only one possibility: Ning Fengzhi's wisdom, and his grasp of people's hearts and interests, made Tang Hao wary.

This had also led many people to call Ning Fengzhi a smiling tiger and dislike him.

But Xu Yang wanted to say, which person in a high position was not like this? Every one of them had depths that were impossible to measure, and it was very hard for others to guess their thoughts.

Not only did he not dislike such people, he actually admired them greatly.

But at this moment, Xu Yang was in no mood for that. Instead, he felt a little panicked, because some of the things he did really had no logic at all. Whale Rubber was still easy enough to explain—he could say he had discovered it through studying medicinal herb knowledge. But how was he supposed to explain the Eastern Purple Qi?!

"Looks like I can only push it onto my Martial Soul!" Xu Yang instantly sorted out his thoughts in his mind, hurriedly got up, and bowed to the two people ahead of him. "Disciple Xu Yang greets Teacher and greets Sword Elder. May I ask why Teacher has come looking for this disciple so early?"

"Can Teacher not even see his own disciple?" Ning Fengzhi's words made Xu Yang's heart tighten. Just as he was about to explain, he heard Ning Fengzhi continue, "Come! Have a meal with Teacher, and while we're at it, tell me what you were doing just now, and what that purple qi was."

"All right!"

Hearing that he had a chance to explain, Xu Yang also breathed a sigh of relief inwardly. He followed behind Ning Fengzhi and headed toward the Back Mountain.

Sword Douluo nodded to Ning Fengzhi, then directly flashed away and vanished from sight.

Soon, the two arrived at Ning Fengzhi's residence. At this moment, Madam Ning had already prepared breakfast and was sitting at the dining table waiting for Ning Fengzhi.

"Sit!"

Ning Fengzhi called out, then sat down in the main seat.

Xu Yang looked around and finally chose to sit off to the side. The moment he sat down, he heard Ning Fengzhi's puzzled question. "Yang Er, what were you doing repeatedly using your Soul Skill so early in the morning?"

"It's just that after this disciple awakened his Martial Soul, I could clearly sense that the purple qi when the sun first rises had a great attraction to me, so I started thinking about how to absorb it. I tried many methods but couldn't draw that energy in. It wasn't until I obtained my first Soul Ring yesterday that I felt in my heart it might work, so I got up early this morning and tried it."

Xu Yang spoke sincerely, his tone extremely earnest, without the slightest panic on his face. But inwardly, he was panicking like crazy. If Ning Fengzhi discovered that he was lying, even if he did not die, he would probably lose a layer of skin.

Facts proved that Xu Yang had overthought it. On the surface, he was only a six-year-old child, which made Ning Fengzhi subconsciously believe that this open and earnest child before him had not deceived him. He believed him directly.

"Your Martial Soul?" Xu Yang's Martial Soul was indeed special. It had never appeared in the entire history of Douluo Continent, so it was normal for it to have some connection to the sun!"

Ning Fengzhi had clearly believed Xu Yang's explanation and began pondering. He felt that what Xu Yang said made a lot of sense. After all, Xu Yang's Martial Soul was not even recorded within their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so it was only natural for it to have some miraculous aspects.

"Looks like I can't do anything utterly illogical anymore in the future. This time, I can push it onto my Martial Soul, but next time, if I pull out something that has nothing to do with my Martial Soul, where else can I push it? Later on, I also can't directly bring out part of the knowledge about Immortal Herbs. The people of the Douluo world aren't all fools. Someone like Tang San using the Tang Sect's secret arts with no logic at all and still not being suspected can only be called the protagonist's halo."

Seeing that Ning Fengzhi believed him, Xu Yang breathed a sigh of relief inwardly. At the same time, he warned himself that next time he could not blindly bring out things that had no logic or connection. Even if he wanted to take them out, he first had to find corresponding knowledge and theories in advance to make people believe it.

For example, the Immortal Herbs that he had always been thinking about—he absolutely had to swindle that knowledge from the Breaking Clan, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Tang San beforehand. Otherwise, if he directly brought it out and Ning Fengzhi and the others investigated it, he would have no way to explain. Hadn't even Poison Douluo, someone who played with poison and medicine, spent nearly half his life researching and still failed to understand the Immortal Herbs inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?

After all, he was now a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Even if it was to contribute to the sect, he ought to offer up the illustrated records of the Immortal Herbs, so there had to be a source.

"What a pain!"

Xu Yang sighed inwardly. In that case, he had to replan things. He could not simply make contact with Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo alone; when necessary, he would also have to scheme around the Breaking Clan.

It was just that none of the Four Single Attribute Clans were easy to deal with, especially the Breaking Clan. They pursued ultimate attack, and their inherited family Martial Soul even had the effect of ignoring part of soul power. The current clan head, Yang Wudi, even possessed combat power capable of fighting a Titled Douluo to a draw as a Soul Douluo. He was extremely difficult to handle.

A Titled Douluo's combat power was not something one could possess so easily. Right now, there were probably only around fifty Titled Douluo on the entire Douluo Continent, and this was already the result of Xu Yang estimating on the high side. From this, it could be seen that what a Titled Douluo possessed on the continent was not only status, but also strength.

If he rashly had the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect deal with the Breaking Clan, Ning Fengzhi definitely would not agree, because that did not conform to the public image the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had always established on the continent. Instead, it might invite disaster and bring a calamity of annihilation upon the sect.

But if he had Dugu Bo go, he really might not necessarily be Yang Wudi's match.

As he pondered, he ate breakfast with Ning Fengzhi and his wife. After eating his fill, Xu Yang took his leave.

"Yang Er, from now on, eat together with Teacher and your mistress."

"All right!"