After a wonderful sleep in the little building that was his alone, Link was just considering how to get Qian Renxue to take him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect when he saw a Chat Group notification.
Potential member detected!
Who was this?
Link racked his brains but still could not figure it out. Who at Heaven Dou Royal Academy could be a potential member at this point?
Could it be Xue Ke?
Come to think of it, this little princess of the Heaven Dou Empire barely had any presence. Surely the Chat Group wouldn't react to every female character who appeared in the original story!
While Link was puzzling over it, he saw Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, walk in with a beautiful girl wearing a distinctive, elegant blue dress.
The instant he saw her, Link understood. This was Ning Rongrong!
"Link, let me introduce you. This is Rongrong, my teacher's daughter!"
"The little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"
Smiling, Qian Renxue turned to Ning Rongrong and said, "Rongrong, this is Link!"
"He's about your age, but he's already a Soul Ancestor with rank-forty soul power!"
"Whether your martial soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, can evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda depends on him!"
"..."
When Link heard Qian Renxue finish speaking, he froze on the spot.
At that moment, he had only one thought. Qian Renxue, you're playing dirty!
He had been counting on using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's evolution into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as bait to get Ning Rongrong into the Chat Group!
Still, forget it. My identity is no secret to Qian Renxue anymore anyway, so laying my cards on the table with Ning Rongrong isn't out of the question.
After all, I can't hide my identity as Group Leader forever!
As for whether the members might harbor ill intentions toward him?
He was not worried at all!
If any member wanted to harm him, leaving aside whether she had the strength, his ability to kick people straight out of the group alone could eliminate any possible danger.
Once a Chat Group member was kicked out, everything concerning the Chat Group would be erased, and naturally, her hostility would be erased along with it.
"Can the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda really evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?"
"Yes!"
Link gave an affirmative answer.
In the original story, Ning Rongrong had consumed aromatic silk beauty and achieved her martial soul's evolution.
Now, Link was not sure whether that was the only way.
But he still wanted Ning Rongrong to consume aromatic silk beauty first!
When potential Chat Group members joined the Chat Group, Link received rewards, and the quality of those rewards was most likely tied to the quality of their martial souls.
Although this was only Link's conjecture, with no evidence yet.
That did not stop Link from hoping the members joining the group would have better-quality martial souls.
However, there was another issue Link had to consider carefully.
In the original story, when Ning Rongrong consumed aromatic silk beauty, Oscar had consumed eight-petal immortal orchid at the same time. These two immortal herbs were a mandarin-duck pair.
Link was not sure whether eight-petal immortal orchid had also contributed to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's evolution into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
He did not want to gamble!
So when Ning Rongrong consumed aromatic silk beauty, someone else would also need to consume eight-petal immortal orchid!
Who should that person be?
After all, every immortal herb was currently one of a kind.
Link controlled the distribution of the immortal herbs, so the immortal herbs that had once transformed the Shrek Seven Devils were definitely not going to them.
Although he had never thought of winning over all the beauties of Douluo, immortal herbs were still better given to beautiful women. After all, he was male, and his preference was women.
Most importantly, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun of the Shrek Seven Devils really did not have much character.
Link had no intention of cultivating friendships with them, either.
There were quite a few people in the group at present who were suitable for eight-petal immortal orchid.
Xiao Wu, Hu Liena, and Qian Renxue!
None of the three had ever consumed an immortal herb, and eight-petal immortal orchid had mild, mellow medicinal properties. It was excellent for accelerating soul power cultivation and would be useful to all of them.
Link even felt that Ah Yin and Tang Yuehua might also be suited to consuming eight-petal immortal orchid.
Of course, he had no way to verify that.
There was only this one eight-petal immortal orchid!
Qian Renxue was right before him, but eight-petal immortal orchid was definitely not the immortal herb best suited to her.
Even cockscomb phoenix sunflower suited her better than eight-petal immortal orchid.
Eight-petal immortal orchid merely had the effect of transforming the sinews and cleansing the marrow, accelerating soul power cultivation. But Qian Renxue's aptitude was exceptional, so having it or not having it actually made little difference.
As for Hu Liena?
She was the foremost of Spirit Hall's three fools!
Rather than give eight-petal immortal orchid to her, Link decided to give it to Xiao Wu!
Xiao Wu's relationship with Tang San was already rather strained. If she received Link's eight-petal immortal orchid on top of that, her heart might instantly beat in tune with his!
In just an instant, Link made his decision.
"I have a way to evolve your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but you need to come somewhere with me!"
"I'll go!"
Ning Rongrong did not hesitate at all.
She was the somewhat headstrong little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, pampered by two Titled Douluo and known as the Little Demoness, but she was incredibly sharp.
As long as her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, she would be the pride of the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, its true treasure!
"Link!"
Qian Renxue, wearing Xue Qinghe's face, had a certain aggrieved yearning for preferential treatment in her eyes.
"..."
Although Link knew Qian Renxue's true appearance was as beautiful as a heavenly fairy, she was currently wearing a man's face. Her gaze did not stir him at all; instead, it gave him the creeps.
"Um, this is for His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Link ultimately decided to give cockscomb phoenix sunflower to Qian Renxue.
He really could not quite withstand that pitiful, aggrieved look in her eyes.
Seeing a grown man give him such a look nearly made Link question whether he was gay.
Sure enough, his judgment had been completely right. Qian Renxue really did play dirty.
Having dealt with Qian Renxue, Link promptly took Ning Rongrong and made his escape.
"Little brother Ke, where are we going?"
"Stop. Call me Link!"
Once they left Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ning Rongrong's nature as a little demoness emerged. After learning that Link was even younger than she was, she instantly started calling him little brother Ke.
At that moment, Link suddenly wanted to change his name.
That "Ke" reminded him of Ouyang Ke!
That really was a tragic character!
"Little brother Ke, little brother Ke..."
She truly had not earned the name Little Demoness for nothing.
In the end, Link helplessly grabbed Ning Rongrong and gave her bottom a hard spanking. She was simply turning the heavens upside down!
After her spanking, Ning Rongrong sniffled pitifully.
Link did not soften in the slightest.
He did not like hearing "little brother Ke" at all. If she called him "big brother Ke," he could accept that a little more.
After all, Ning Rongrong's mischievous personality did have quite a lot in common with that Rong'er who called out "big brother Jing."
At that thought, the corners of Link's mouth lifted. He glanced at Ning Rongrong and slowly said, "Young lady Ning, do you know what you did wrong?"
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