Fu Yu was wiping the sweat from his forehead with a towel when a familiar guard ran over from afar.
Seeing this, Fu Yu couldn't help but smile, turning his head to speak to the two girls beside him.
"It seems someone has come to urge the two of you younger sisters to go back and eat."
Ning Tian looked along Fu Yu's gaze, and her previously cheerful little face immediately fell.
"Ah, why is it so early today? Little Yu Brother only just finished training."
While the two were talking, the guard had jogged over to the three of them and bowed respectfully.
"Eldest Young Miss, Young Miss Wu Feng, Elder Wu sent me to inform the two of you that it is time to return for lunch."
Fu Yu looked at the two crestfallen little girls and comforted them softly.
"Go back quickly. When I'm free this afternoon, I'll tell you stories."
Just as Fu Yu thought it was business as usual, the guard quickly bowed to him.
"Young Master Fu Yu, Elder Wu specifically instructed me, hoping you could join them for lunch today."
The guard's words swept away Ning Tian's look of dejection, and she immediately reached out to grab Fu Yu's hand.
"That's great, Little Yu Brother, let's hurry up and go."
However, Fu Yu gently pressed down on her small hand and used his other hand to rub her platinum blonde short hair.
"Little Tian, you take Little Feng and go ahead. I need to go back and clean up. Since I just finished training, I need to wash up and change into clean clothes before I can go."
"Alright then, Little Yu Brother, hurry up!"
Ning Tian pouted, took Wu Feng's hand, and reluctantly said goodbye.
Although it was just a simple meal, the sight of the two little girls skipping away revealed their unconcealed happiness and excitement.
Returning to the Nine Treasures Merchant Guild's accommodation area, Fu Yu began to quickly wash up.
Although the Nine Treasures Merchant Guild was primarily used for trade, its business types were numerous. The convoy also carried a group of travelers heading toward the Sun Moon Empire, which counted as another type of service.
The journey from the Heaven Dou Empire to Mingdu in the Sun Moon Empire was long, so the various living areas provided were fully equipped.
Some very useful life spirit tools also improved the quality of life for the accompanying travelers to a certain extent.
When Fu Yu arrived at the core area of the convoy, he saw Ning Tian and Wu Feng waiting for him by the door from afar.
"Fu Yu Brother, hurry up and come! Dad prepared such a lavish meal today."
Ning Tian grabbed Fu Yu's hand and dragged him toward the spirit tool carriage inside.
Wu Feng also followed closely beside Ning Tian, occasionally glancing at Fu Yu.
The space inside the carriage was enormous, practically a fully functional small room. Various life spirit tools made up this luxurious carriage, which was plain on the outside but extremely magnificent on the inside.
After being pulled into the carriage by Ning Tian, Fu Yu politely bowed to the two elders seated—one old and one middle-aged.
"Greetings, School Master Ning, greetings, Flame Dragon Your Excellency."
Hearing Fu Yu's address, Ning Qingyun and Elder Wu exchanged a glance and nodded.
"No need to be so polite, just call me Uncle Ning. There is no Sect Master here."
"Thank you for taking care of these two little girls these past few days. Quickly take a seat. Today is just a casual meal, no need for so many rules."
Fu Yu readily sat across from the two elders, with Ning Tian and Wu Feng occupying the seats on either side.
"Little Yu Brother, try this. Dad said this is the tenderest meat from a century Spirit Beast, and it's delicious."
Fu Yu smiled as he accepted the Spirit Beast meat handed to him by Ning Tian and thanked her.
At this moment, Ning Qingyun, sitting opposite, wiped his mouth, glanced at his daughter, and smiled as he spoke to Fu Yu.
"I hope you don't mind if I call you Little Yu."
Hearing this, Fu Yu also stopped eating and looked at Ning Qingyun across from him.
"Of course not, Uncle Ning. Is there anything you wanted to ask?"
Fu Yu certainly didn't think Ning Qingyun invited him just for a simple meal. Over the past few days, he had already figured out who the two little girls beside him were.
Ning Tian, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile user who was in the same generation as the future Child of Luck Huo Yuhao, and her good sister, Red Dragon Wu Feng.
"Oh, it's nothing. Uncle just wanted to simply ask why Little Yu is going to Mingdu alone."
"This journey is very long, and you are only a Spirit Master. Won't your Family elders be worried?"
Family elders? Fu Yu's heart skipped a beat. It seemed Ning Qingyun took him for a Young Master who had run away from his Family to play.
That makes sense. These past few days, when practicing his boxing and Sword Techniques, he had simply found an open space and hadn't deliberately avoided people too much.
Given such a systematic self-created Spirit Ability, coupled with his talent, it was normal for Ning Qingyun and Elder Wu to misunderstand.
Since that was the case, he would let them continue to misunderstand.
Thinking of this, Fu Yu put down his bowl and chopsticks and spoke to Ning Qingyun.
"Precisely because the journey from the Heaven Dou Empire to the Sun Moon Empire is long, and there are many dangers on the road, that's why I chose the Nine Treasures Merchant Guild."
"As a top Sect with a Legacy of ten thousand years, the reputation of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School is highly guaranteed across the continent."
Hearing this, Ning Qingyun and Elder Wu exchanged a look and shook their heads, laughing softly.
"As for why I'm going to Mingdu, if I said I was going to study, would Uncle Ning believe me?"
Hearing "study," Ning Qingyun became somewhat interested.
"Why is that? Judging by Little Yu's accent, you must be from the Heaven Dou Empire. If you want to study better, you should go to Shrek Academy."
"Regarding research into Spirits, the Sun Moon Empire simply cannot compare to the Three Great Empires and Shrek Academy."
Fu Yu neither confirmed nor denied this statement and continued speaking.
"Indeed, the Sun Moon Empire's research on Spirits is far inferior to Shrek's, but I'm not going to Mingdu to study Spirits; I'm going to study spirit tools."
Ning Qingyun grew even more curious. As a support system Spirit Master, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School did not hold much prejudice against the Sun Moon Empire's spirit tools.
"Why is that? Looking at your age, Little Yu, you are only six or seven years old, yet you are already a Rank 15 Spirit Master. Without a doubt, you must have Innate full spirit power."
"With such talent, instead of properly Cultivating your Spirit at home, you are going to Mingdu to study spirit tools. Won't your Family elders correct this idea of yours?"
Fu Yu showed great certainty, acting as if elders at home had genuinely tried to correct him.
"Of course they have, but I still insist on my own idea. Because I found that whether it's the elders of the Family, the high-level Spirit Masters of the Three Kingdoms, or even Shrek."
"They hold great prejudice against spirit tools, believing that spirit tools only delay the pace of Cultivation and prevent one's understanding of the Spirit from being pure."
Fu Yu shook his head, indicating his disagreement with this assertion.
"That statement is both right and wrong. Delaying Cultivation certainly happens, but that is only if a Spirit Master also concurrently studies to be a Soul Engineer. Without sufficient talent, the rhythm of Cultivation will naturally be delayed."
"But as far as I know, the Sun Moon Royal Academy has a Practical Control Soul Tool Department, specifically researching the cooperation between Spirit Masters and spirit tools to maximize combat power enhancement."
After speaking for so long, Fu Yu was a little thirsty. He took a sip of the tea Ning Tian handed him and continued with a smile.
"Since everyone dislikes spirit tools so much, yet throughout the tens of thousands of years of recorded continental history, no one has managed without a storage soul tool."
"If Spirits are so powerful, then in the Spirit Master's world of the Three Kingdoms, how many people can currently defeat the guardian deity of the Sun Moon Empire?"
Fu Yu looked at Ning Qingyun and chuckled: "You should know that by our standards, Silver Moon Douluo Kong Deming isn't even a Super Douluo."
"Yet Super Douluos in the Spirit Master's world of the Three Kingdoms are everywhere."