Looking at Dai Tianfeng, Ning Rongrong's pretty face flashed with embarrassment and anger.
Her bottom still hurt a little from those slaps!
For some reason,
seeing Dai Tianfeng together with Wu Yun made Ning Rongrong feel inexplicably unhappy.
She found it very strange!
What was wrong with her?
He was clearly a big villain who only knew how to bully people!
Does Ning Rongrong want to get revenge?
That was the first thought that popped into Dai Tianfeng's head.
He instinctively opened the system panel, wanting to see Ning Rongrong's current favorability toward him.
Under the circumstances, Dai Tianfeng would thank heaven and earth if Ning Rongrong's favorability hadn't dropped below zero.
This was also a necessary part of winning over a spoiled young miss like Ning Rongrong.
From his experience playing galgames in his previous life, all he had to do was endure this difficult stretch, then offer a sweet date after a slap.
Repeat the cycle over and over, and when the right opportunity came,
her favorability would soar like never before. It might even jump straight to the maximum.
[Ning Rongrong's favorability: 70%]
Dai Tianfeng froze when he saw the number.
It was already at 70%?
He hadn't seemed to do anything.
No, that wasn't quite right. He had slapped Ning Rongrong's bottom a few times.
Why had her favorability risen instead of falling?
Granted, Dai Tianfeng didn't know what Ning Rongrong's favorability toward him had been at the start.
But it obviously couldn't have been 70%!
Could Ning Rongrong be a masochist?
She hadn't seemed like one in the original story!
Still, her favorability rising to 70% was a good thing.
Dai Tianfeng had originally thought Zhu Zhuqing would be the first heroine he won over. He hadn't expected it to be Ning Rongrong.
But if galgames usually followed their usual pattern, favorability rose faster the further along it got.
This was Douluo Continent, though!
It was also known as Love Continent.
Plenty of people here were love-brained.
So perhaps it was hard to say.
After all, Dai Tianfeng had only slapped Ning Rongrong a few times, and her favorability had inexplicably risen to 70%.
That was far easier than the galgames Dai Tianfeng had played in his previous life.
For that reason, Dai Tianfeng planned to stick with his previous strategy and raise Ning Rongrong's favorability as much as possible before leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
It would be even better if he could coax Ning Rongrong into going to Star Luo Imperial City.
Of course, that clearly wasn't very likely.
Ning Rongrong was only six. Ning Fengzhi would have to have a hole in his head to let his daughter go to the Star Luo Empire.
Over the next few days, Dai Tianfeng got along with Ning Rongrong without either indulging her or constantly putting her down.
The results were remarkable.
It might not have been apparent on the surface yet, but from her favorability, which had already risen to 80%, he could draw one conclusion.
Ning Rongrong's favorability toward Dai Tianfeng was rising in a straight line.
During those few days, Dai Tianfeng also discovered that Ning Rongrong barely cultivated.
Every day, she was either playing pranks or on her way to play one. If she cultivated for two hours, that was already quite good.
Even Ning Rongrong's older brothers hadn't escaped her clutches.
No wonder Ning Rongrong, that Little Demoness, had only reached level 27 at twelve years old in the original story, despite having level nine Innate Soul Power and a mountain like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at her back.
Support-type Soul Masters did cultivate more slowly.
But it depended on the person!
With the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's resources, if Ning Rongrong cultivated seriously, she might not reach Soul Elder by twelve, but level 29 would definitely be no problem.
And judging by Ning Fengzhi's attitude, he didn't seem too concerned.
On closer thought, that was understandable.
Because of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul's special nature, level seventy-nine was already the end of the road.
With Ning Rongrong's talent, reaching it a couple of years earlier or later didn't make much difference.
On the contrary, cultivating faster might be more painful.
How to put it?
Who could bear getting stuck at Seven-Ring Soul Sage at such a young age?
Especially a young person full of youthful vigor.
That might also have been why the Ning family had been able to develop the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect until it was rich enough to rival a nation.
After all, once they had reached the limit of their cultivation, they had to find something to do!
When it was time for Dai Tianfeng to leave, Ning Rongrong was visibly downcast.
"Rongrong, what's wrong? Can't bear to see him go?" Ning Fengzhi teased with a smile.
"Who would miss that big villain?"
Ning Rongrong's pretty face reddened slightly, and she turned her head away.
"Is that so?"
Ning Fengzhi stroked his chin and said with interest, "I was originally going to have Uncle Jian take you along when he went to Star Luo Imperial City to establish a branch sect. But it looks like I'd better forget it!"
That was right. After a brief deliberation, Ning Fengzhi had decided to send Sword Douluo Chen Xin to lead the way.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's merchant associations operated throughout the continent, but only in the Star Luo Empire had they been unable to grow and thrive.
After all, unlike the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire had a highly centralized imperial authority.
Trying to make a fortune in the Star Luo Empire was undoubtedly like snatching food from a tiger's jaws.
Now, however, things were entirely different. Not only would the Star Luo Imperial Family no longer stand in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's way, they would also help it.
High risk also meant high profits.
And Dai Tianfeng's presence made Ning Fengzhi willing to take that risk.
The Star Luo Empire's share of the pie could only be considered a byproduct.
Sending Sword Douluo Chen Xin in person was also a way for him to make his stance clear.
Besides that, Ning Rongrong would remain the young sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
That would still be true even after she married into the Star Luo Imperial Family.
The only condition was that any future child of Dai Tianfeng and Ning Rongrong whose Martial Soul was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda would remain in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, be personally taught by him, and inherit the sect in the future.
The risk involved was actually considerable. If Ning Fengzhi died unexpectedly, the Star Luo Imperial Family could easily swallow up the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving his family with nothing.
But Ning Fengzhi had no other choice. Setting aside his sons' poor talent, none of them was capable of leading the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Their only use was probably to carry on the Ning family line.
Ning Fengzhi was unwilling to hand the position of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect master to someone from another branch of the family.
So Ning Fengzhi had decided to take a gamble.
He was betting that he would live to a ripe old age!
Betting that the Star Luo Imperial Family would not turn its back on him!
Betting that Dai Tianfeng would one day unite the entire continent!
Especially the last. If it succeeded,
the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would reap unimaginable benefits.
And it was entirely feasible.
As long as Dai Tianfeng grew up without mishap, the talent he had shown so far gave him a strong chance of breaking through to become a Level 99 Limit Douluo.
Once he became a Limit Douluo, Dai Tianfeng, with his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, would probably be able to touch the legendary God Realm at the height of his power.
When that time came, unless a god descended to the mortal world,
who under heaven could withstand a single exchange with him?
The same would be true even of Spirit Hall, which now held sway over the entire continent.
That possibility was what Ning Fengzhi was betting on.
As a merchant, he had never lacked that kind of boldness.
Even if Dai Tianfeng failed to break through to the limit of level ninety-nine, as long as he cultivated to the rank of Titled Douluo,
the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would still come out ahead with a son-in-law who possessed both authority and strength.