Seeing them mention the gains from this trip, Ning Bei smiled smugly.
"My Soul Power Level has reached level 30, and it's far beyond that."
"What?"
"Really?"
After their surprise came another wave of concern. Chen Xin flashed to Ning Bei's side and placed his right hand on his shoulder.
After a while, Chen Xin relaxed his tightly furrowed brow and said with a smile,
"Bei Er's Soul Power is very solid. There are no signs of instability."
Only after they were reassured did they ask why Ning Bei's Soul Power had risen.
After he explained the effects of the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and the other Immortal Herbs to the three of them, they were all left clicking their tongues in amazement.
Ning Fengzhi marveled at nature's wonders.
"Who would have thought that such small, inconspicuous flowers and grasses could have such miraculous effects?"
Ning Bei then looked at Chen Xin beside him.
"Sword Grandfather, can you test how much pressure my body can withstand?"
"Hm? You mean..."
Seeing that Chen Xin understood what he meant, Ning Bei did not hide it.
"These Immortal Herbs have greatly enhanced both my body and Spiritual Power. I want to see whether I can try absorbing a Spirit Ring with a higher age."
Chen Xin nodded, then released his Soul Power and pressed it down upon Ning Bei. At first, it was merely the pressure of a Soul Elder. Seeing no change in Ning Bei's expression, Chen Xin gradually increased its intensity.
"Level 36. Level 37."
Only when the pressure reached the level of 48 did Ning Bei begin to frown, but that was clearly not his current limit.
Chen Xin immediately withdrew the pressure, his expression excited as he praised Ning Bei.
"Bei Er, with your current physical strength, absorbing a Spirit Ring below ten thousand years should pose no problem."
Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong were also beaming with joy. As the future of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, if Ning Bei could absorb Spirit Rings far beyond the usual limit, his future achievements would only rise higher.
Ning Bei nodded in satisfaction. He had never intended to slap a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Spirit Ring onto himself while still a Soul Elder. What if it made him burst? Even if it did not, it would definitely hurt. No way!
"In that case, I'll have to trouble Sword Grandfather to help me obtain a Spirit Ring again."
Chen Xin waved his hand at that. If it was for Ning Bei, he would not mind being dragged out Soul Hunting every day.
But at the thought of Soul Hunting, Ning Bei suddenly remembered something and looked toward Ning Fengzhi.
"Father, have you found your Spirit Ring?"
After Ning Fengzhi's Martial Soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, his Soul Power Level had broken through the level 79 barrier that had trapped him for many years and reached level 80. He only needed one more Spirit Ring to become a Soul Douluo. During the time Ning Bei had spent absorbing the Immortal Herbs, he did not know whether Ning Fengzhi had already obtained one.
Seeing Ning Bei's look, Ning Fengzhi teased him with amusement,
"I thought you would not care about your father's affairs."
Ning Bei laughed awkwardly.
"Of course I care. There were just too many things going on, so I forgot."
Ning Fengzhi summoned the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. A pitch-black Spirit Ring had appeared at the position of its eighth level.
"Father, you've already obtained your Spirit Ring? What is the Soul Skill?"
"While you were absorbing the Immortal Herbs, your Sword Grandfather and Bone Grandfather accompanied me on a trip. My Soul Power Level has now reached level 85. This Eighth Spirit Skill is the Nine Treasure Body Protection Divine Light. It can nullify any attack below the Ninth Spirit Ring and convert the opponent's attack into defensive power."
Ning Bei clicked his tongue inwardly after hearing that. As expected, it was the Nine Treasure Body Protection Divine Light. Ning Rongrong's Eighth Spirit Skill in the original story had been the same.
With this divine skill, even if Sword and Bone, the two Titled Douluo, faced several times as many opponents of the same level, they could still put up a fight. Unfortunately, before Ning Rongrong obtained this skill, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had already been destroyed.
Now that Ning Bei had changed the fate of the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect through Immortal Herbs, Sword and Bone would not be defeated so easily again.
After learning about Ning Fengzhi's Soul Power and Soul Skills, Ning Bei looked at Chen Xin again.
"Sword Grandfather, let's go. The sooner we leave, the sooner we return."
The others nodded. Chen Xin then summoned the Seven Kill Sword, took Ning Bei with him, and flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
Before long, the two arrived at this familiar place.
This was Ning Bei's third visit to the Star Dou Great Forest, and the novelty had long since worn off. Now, he only wanted to get down to business.
After several days of searching, they found a Gale Demon Wolf around eight thousand years old. After asking Ning Bei's opinion, Chen Xin swiftly knocked it unconscious and placed it before him.
Ning Bei skillfully ended its life, summoned the Pill Pagoda, and began absorbing the deep-purple Spirit Ring.
Two hours later, amid the roars of a group of Soul Beasts, Chen Xin grabbed Ning Bei and immediately fled.
When they reached the valley they had visited last time, Chen Xin set him down.
"Bei Er, the commotion you cause when absorbing Spirit Rings really gets bigger every time. When you absorb your Eighth and Ninth Spirit Rings in the future, you will not draw over a group of 100,000-Year Soul Beasts, will you? Even if this old man joined forces with Fengzhi and Old Bonehead, we would not be able to handle that."
Chen Xin looked at Ning Bei worriedly. This Beast Tide had already included several ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts. Even though those Soul Beasts had only just broken through to ten-thousand-year cultivation, Ning Bei was only absorbing his third ring.
Ning Bei merely smiled in Indifference.
"Sword Grandfather, aren't you worrying too much? By the time I can attract 100,000-Year Soul Beasts, my Martial Soul should be able to mass-produce 100,000-Year Soul Beasts too. Why would I be afraid of them then?"
Thinking about it, Chen Xin agreed and relaxed.
"Bei Er, how is this Soul Skill?"
Ning Bei summoned the Pill Pagoda. Its third purple Spirit Ring lit up, and three Elixirs appeared in his hand.
"This white one is called the Wind Walker Pill. It can increase the user's speed by forty percent."
"Oh, an elixir for support in battle? Its effect is quite good."
Chen Xin swallowed the Wind Walker Pill, sensed the changes in his body, and praised the effect of Ning Bei's Elixir.
"What about the others?" Chen Xin asked, pointing at the other two Elixirs.
"This pale-yellow Elixir is called the Mind Awakening Pill. It can increase cultivation speed after being consumed, but its effect seems to weaken the higher one's cultivation is."
Chen Xin nodded upon hearing this. If it increased cultivation speed equally for everyone, would that not be far too heaven-defying?
"The last one is called the Qi Return Pill. It can greatly increase Soul Power recovery speed, and its effect can stack with that of the Spring Return Pill."
After trying it, Chen Xin once again praised the effects of Ning Bei's Elixirs.
Ning Bei was overjoyed inside. After all this time, he finally had an Elixir he could use himself.
Ning Bei was referring to the Mind Awakening Pill. Previously, whether it was Elixirs for recovering injuries or restoring Soul Power, they had been of little use to him. He did not have any Battles to participate in anyway.
Even if he charged into battle himself, plenty of people would stop him. Now that he had the Mind Awakening Pill to increase his cultivation speed, Ning Bei was very satisfied.
After returning to the sect, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong also smiled when they learned of the usefulness of Ning Bei's Third Spirit Skill.
From that day on, Ning Bei gained another job: mass-producing Mind Awakening Pills. Aside from the portion he kept for himself, the rest would be supplied to the sect's disciples.
Ning Bei thought bitterly, A wage slave is a wage slave in every world.
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