The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was not far from Heaven Dou City. With Sword Douluo's extremely fast sword flight, the group returned to the sect in less than the time it took an incense stick to burn.
Jun Yi was already very familiar with the place. He had visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect many times, so he followed Ning Fengzhi to the sect's training grounds with practiced ease.
"Fengzhi, Rongrong, you're back."
A middle-aged man's deep voice rang out. The space to Ning Fengzhi's right rippled like water, and then a towering figure appeared before them.
The newcomer was Bone Douluo, Gu Rong, one of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's two guardian Douluos.
"Rongrong, did you miss Grandpa Bone?"
Bone Douluo ignored Sword Douluo and went straight over to Ning Rongrong, teasing her with a face full of smiles.
"Of course I did!" Ning Rongrong answered with a smile.
"Grandpa Bone missed you too, Rongrong. Come, give Grandpa Bone a hug."
With that, Bone Douluo stepped forward to embrace Ning Rongrong, only for Sword Douluo to shove him away.
"Hey, you coward!"
"Shoo, shoo, get aside. Can't you see how happy Rongrong is here with me? If you want to hug someone, go hug that one."
Sword Douluo pointed at Jun Yi, who looked utterly innocent.
Bone Douluo turned his head and was a little surprised to see Jun Yi. "What brings you here, Jun boy?"
"Greetings, Bone Douluo," Jun Yi said with a bow.
Ning Fengzhi explained to Bone Douluo, "Xiao Yi has quite a talent, so Qinghe asked me to bring him back to the sect to nurture him."
"Quite a talent? Then why not send him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy? Why send him to our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect instead?" Bone Douluo was somewhat puzzled.
"At the current Heaven Dou Royal Academy, only those three education committee members have any respectable strength. But having them guide Jun Yi would waste his talent."
Ning Fengzhi continued his explanation.
"Oh? Is Jun Yi that talented? Could his innate Soul Power have reached rank nine?"
"Not rank nine, but rank ten. Jun Yi has innate full Soul Power," Ning Fengzhi explained.
"What? Innate full Soul Power?!"
Even Bone Douluo was somewhat startled upon hearing Ning Fengzhi's affirmative answer.
Jun Yi had been exceptionally clever since childhood. Bone Douluo had thought his talent should be fairly good, with innate Soul Power around rank eight, but he had never expected him to possess innate full Soul Power.
"Yes, that's why Qinghe sent him to us," Ning Fengzhi explained.
"Boy, what is your Martial Soul?"
"His Martial Soul is a red fruit."
"Huh? A food-type Soul Master with innate full Soul Power? Does such a thing really exist in this world?" Bone Douluo was even more astonished.
At that moment, Ning Rongrong suddenly spoke from Sword Douluo's arms. "Jun Yi ate his own Martial Soul. He doesn't have a Martial Soul now, but he can summon a blue space."
"He ate his own Martial Soul?" Now it was Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo's turn to be confused. They did not quite understand what Ning Rongrong meant.
Jun Yi explained to the three of them, "Well, Uncle Ning, my Martial Soul is a little unusual. When it awakened, it was a red, heart-shaped fruit. Only after I swallowed it did I truly awaken my Martial Soul."
With that, Jun Yi turned his palm toward the ground, creating a constantly rotating, hollow white vortex shaped like a typhoon beneath it.
After several hundred more rotations, the spinning typhoon vortex formed a transparent blue hemisphere that enveloped the group.
With Jun Yi's current strength, ROOM had a radius of only about ten meters, so its range was not particularly large.
Bone Douluo studied the blue space and said with a smile, "Interesting. This is my first time seeing a Martial Soul like this."
"What does this space do?" Ning Fengzhi asked. Standing within it, he felt nothing unusual.
"It has many uses, and I haven't fully mastered them yet. But there is one ability I can use right now."
With that, Jun Yi looked at Ning Fengzhi and the other two, raised his right hand, and extended three fingers.
"ROOM."
In an instant, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo were transported to a spot roughly five meters from Jun Yi. Only Ning Rongrong and three tiny pebbles remained beside him.
Bone Douluo was utterly shocked to find himself suddenly somewhere else. He hurriedly asked, "What kind of power is this? It can actually move me?"
His Martial Soul was the Bone Dragon, making him extremely sensitive to spatial fluctuations. Yet Jun Yi had released no Soul Power just now, nor had there been any spatial fluctuations around them, and still he had been transported aside.
Ning Fengzhi began analyzing Jun Yi's ability. "This ability is indeed rather powerful. Switching an opponent's position when they aren't paying attention-even if you could only use it once in battle, it would be enough to prove fatal."
Jun Yi's joy was written all over his face. He had not expected that he really could move a Titled Douluo.
After all, in Pirate King, this move was completely useless against those powerhouses with top-tier Haki. Jun Yi had therefore not thought he could move a Titled Douluo, yet unexpectedly, he had done it.
"Uncle Ning, this ability of mine is pretty good, isn't it?"
"Very good. Does this ability of yours have any limitations?"
Ning Fengzhi did not believe that such an outrageous ability had no weaknesses.
Jun Yi replied, "You really did see right through me, Uncle Ning. The drawback is that I have to use my abilities within ROOM, and I can only control things inside this space. Using my abilities also consumes stamina. The more intensely I use them, the faster my stamina is consumed. It can even directly shorten my lifespan."
"I see. If I'm not mistaken, this blue space of yours can expand as your Soul Power level rises, correct?"
Ning Fengzhi continued questioning him.
"Well..."
For a moment, Jun Yi could not answer. He genuinely did not know.
He hurriedly asked the system in his inner world, "System, can my ROOM space expand?"
"Of course. Every time the host gains one rank of Soul Power, ROOM's radius will expand by one meter. When the host breaks through a major realm, it will expand by an additional ten meters," the system's notification voice answered.
"Understood. Thank you for the answer, System."
"You're welcome."
In the real world, Jun Yi smiled and nodded. "You're absolutely right, Uncle Ning. When my Soul Power level rises, ROOM's space will expand along with it."
"Mm, I have a general understanding now. How about this? I'll have someone take you to choose a suitable room. You can rest first, and I'll guide your cultivation tomorrow. What do you think?" Ning Fengzhi said slowly.
Jun Yi nodded in agreement. Ning Fengzhi had a disciple take Jun Yi to choose a room, and Ning Rongrong went along as well.
Only Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo remained.
Ning Fengzhi said, "Jun Yi's Martial Soul abilities are indeed rather unusual. We can make him a priority for nurturing."
"Indeed we can. By the way, Fengzhi, what rank is Rongrong's innate Soul Power?" Bone Douluo asked.
"Rank nine."
"Rank nine! Wonderful! Our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has a worthy successor!" Bone Douluo let out a hearty laugh.
"Yes, we have a worthy successor."
Although Ning Fengzhi's face likewise showed joy, a trace of sorrow also welled up in his heart.
"Just how can the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's flaw be resolved?"
(End of chapter)