Fourth Spirit Ring

"Even if he wanted to make a move against us, with your two grandfathers here, he couldn't do it."

Thinking of the two Guardian Douluo, Ning Fengzhi revealed a confident smile.

Ning Bei saw it and could not help thinking to himself.

Xue Qinghe certainly couldn't do it, but Qian Renxue could. She's got one hell of a grandfather who protects his own.

He still had not decided whether to cooperate with Qian Renxue, so for the time being, he did not want to tell Ning Fengzhi and the others this news, lest it disrupt the Heaven Dou Empire's plot. If that happened, he would lose his advantage of foresight.

After that, Ning Bei returned to his regular life again—petting Rongrong in the Sect, petting Dugu Yan at school, and cultivating peacefully at night.

Several times, Dugu Bo came to the academy to visit his granddaughter. Seeing the two of them acting so intimate, he almost could not hold back from making a move. But when he thought of how this was the Grandson-in-law he himself had tacitly approved of, he swallowed his gritted teeth back down.

He sternly warned Ning Bei not to mess around before he came of age. He did not want to become a great-grandfather too early.

That made Ning Bei roll his eyes hard. Clearly, it was usually Yanzi who was messing around. Her personality of loving and hating boldly had let him thoroughly experience the joy of being passive.

But thinking that, after all, his cabbage had already been rooted up, it was only normal to let him nag a little, so he nodded and promised he would not mess around.

More than half a year passed. With the help of the Mind Awakening Pill, Ning Bei's Soul Power reached the bottleneck of rank 40. He only needed one spirit ring to break through to the Soul Ancestor realm.

The school also welcomed another vacation.

After returning to the Sect, he told everyone the news of his Soul Power breakthrough.

A ten-year-old Soul Ancestor made Ning Fengzhi and the others so happy they could not close their mouths. They discussed it and decided to take Ning Bei to obtain his spirit ring in a few days.

Back home, Ning Bei looked at Ning Rongrong, who was playing with A Bao in the courtyard, and smiled knowingly.

After half a year of nurturing, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear had already reached fifteen hundred years of cultivation. Saying it could rival a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was a bit exaggerated, but saying it could casually beat up anything below ten thousand years was not too much at all.

"Brother, come play with me."

Ning Rongrong, who was riding on A Bao's back, saw Ning Bei walk in and happily waved her little hand at him.

"You little girl, all you know is how to play. Did you properly learn your characters today?"

Hearing Ning Bei scold her, a frown instantly appeared on the Little Girl's forehead.

"I'm very smart. I already knew all the characters Mother taught me today."

He scratched Rongrong's Jade Nose and praised her with a smile:

"Is that so? Then our Rongrong is really amazing. How about I reward you with a Little Butterfly?"

As he spoke, he released a ten-year Camouflage Butterfly from the Pill Pagoda and placed it in her hands.

This kind of soul beast did not have much offensive ability. Its function was to spread seeds for plant-type soul beasts, and it was also used by nobles as decoration.

Ning Rongrong looked at the butterfly in her hands and cried out happily.

"Wow, it's so pretty! Thank you, Brother. In the future, I want to awaken the same Martial Soul as you too. When the time comes, I'll raise A Bao and butterflies too."

Hearing her childish words, Ning Bei could not help smiling. Where would a second Pill Pagoda come from? But the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was dazzling and colorful, and looked even prettier. Presumably, the little girl would like it too.

On the third day, Ning Bei was about to set off to obtain his Fourth Spirit Ring. This time, Gu Rong would take him. Before leaving the Sect, Gu Rong even used pressure to test his current physical strength.

Because he intended to absorb a ten-thousand-year Fourth Spirit Ring. If outsiders discovered it, they would shove the blame onto Whale Rubber. In any case, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had already stored up a large amount of Whale Rubber over the years, to the point that it was even hard to find a single piece on the market.

This secret would be discovered sooner or later, and Ning Bei no longer had any need to suppress the age of his spirit rings.

After the test ended, Gu Rong gave him the evaluation of a high-level Soul King. Ning Fengzhi and the others also nodded, agreeing to Ning Bei's decision to absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit ring. After all, there was still the Meridian Protecting Pill. The already small risk was reduced even further.

Taking Ning Bei with him, the two arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest in less than half a day and began searching everywhere for a suitable Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were much rarer than thousand-year soul beasts, so the two of them had already prepared themselves for a long search.

However, their luck this time was truly excellent. On the morning of the second day, in the jungle beside a river, they ran into a ten-thousand-year Radiant Horned Beetle, a defensive insect soul beast.

After his excitement passed, Gu Rong skillfully knocked the beetle unconscious and threw it in front of Ning Bei. Although this soul beast was famous for its defense and strength, before a Titled Douluo, it was still nothing impressive.

Only, Ning Bei held the dagger and observed it for a long while, not knowing where to strike. The beetle was covered in armor from head to toe, and it did not even have eyes.

Seeing Ning Bei's movements, Gu Rong said in amusement:

"This beetle is different from ordinary soul beasts. Its weak point is at the back."

After hearing Gu Rong's words, Ning Bei froze. He turned and came to the beetle's rear. Looking at that indescribable place on the insect, disgust welled up in his heart.

After going through Soul Hunting three times, Ning Bei once again needed to do a little mental preparation before killing a soul beast.

After a long while, Ning Bei picked up the dagger, closed his eyes, and stabbed it into the small hole behind the beetle.

A few seconds later, a pitch-black spirit ring floated up from its corpse.

Ning Bei silently apologized in his heart. This way of dying really was not very dignified.

Amid Gu Rong's mocking laughter, Ning Bei swallowed the prepared Meridian Protecting Pill, summoned the Pill Pagoda, sat cross-legged, and began absorbing the spirit ring.

This spirit ring absorption went exceptionally smoothly. Ning Bei's physical strength was indeed extremely solid, and when his Spiritual Power, enhanced by the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, encountered the unique soul impact of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, it did not cause much of a ripple either.

Several hours later, Ning Bei opened his eyes. Without looking, he already knew roughly what the situation around him was like, and he turned toward Gu Rong, who was tangled up with soul beasts.

"Bone Grandfather, I'm done. Let's hurry up and go."

Hearing him, Gu Rong immediately turned back without stopping, picked Ning Bei up, and rushed swiftly out of the Star Dou Great Forest. The enormous Beast Tide, after losing its target, roared angrily in place. Most of them were powerful Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

It was that familiar valley again. After Ning Bei was put down, he skillfully twisted his neck. He had already gotten used to it.

Gu Rong stroked his chest, still shaken.

"Bei Er, this commotion is getting bigger and bigger. Next time, we'll probably have to call Old Sword Man along too. I can't fight that many Soul Beasts while protecting you at the same time."

Ning Bei nodded.

"Bone Grandfather, next time, besides calling Sword Grandfather, I'll also prepare a few Soul Beasts to guard me while I absorb my Soul Ring."

"Mm, that's a good idea. With Soul Beasts protecting you, we can focus on dealing with those wild Soul Beasts too."

Gu Rong nodded in agreement, then asked about the function of Ning Bei's Fourth Spirit Skill.

"Bei Er, hurry and let Grandfather see what Elixirs your Fourth Spirit Skill produces."

Hearing this, Ning Bei smiled proudly and summoned the Pill Pagoda. Yellow, yellow, purple, and black Soul Rings appeared around the pagoda, and the black Soul Ring representing ten thousand years lit up.

Several Elixirs appeared in his hand.

Gu Rong looked at Ning Bei with a face full of curiosity.

"Hurry up and tell me their effects."

"This three-flowered Elixir is called the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill. Its effect is to raise a Soul Elder-level Soul Master's Soul Power by three levels. If a Soul Ancestor takes it, it can raise their Soul Power by two levels, but each person can only take one in their lifetime."

"What? There are Elixirs that directly raise Soul Power?"

After listening to Ning Bei's explanation, Gu Rong's eyes widened. This effect was becoming more and more heaven-defying. In the past, they had only sped up your cultivation, but now they directly handed you a level-up.

Thinking of the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill's effect, Gu Rong looked at another purple Elixir.

"This one raises cultivation, so what is the function of this purple one?"

Ning Bei smiled mysteriously, then began to explain:

"Bone Grandfather, of these two Elixirs, one is used to raise cultivation, and the other is also used to raise cultivation."

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