After Yu Yan's subtle urging, Ning Fengzhi, having accepted such a great favor from Yu Yan, gave Ning Rongrong a few instructions and prepared to set off with Yu Yan to hunt the Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast.
Before leaving Exotic Beast Academy, Ning Fengzhi also asked Jiang Jing to help Ning Rongrong obtain her fourth spirit ring, saying any Spirit Beast that could increase defense would do. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was quite special and not very picky about Spirit Beasts.
Regarding why Ning Rongrong's spirit power had increased so quickly, Ning Fengzhi's explanation to Jiang Jing was that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had found a Heaven And Earth Treasure that could rapidly increase spirit power.
Jiang Jing didn't believe Ning Fengzhi's explanation at all. She felt this matter was related to Yu Yan because Zhu Zhuqing's spirit power had also advanced several Ranks rapidly after enrolling in Exotic Beast Academy.
Everyone has secrets, and Jiang Jing wouldn't pry into them. Her only demand was for Exotic Beast Academy to win the championship of this session's Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament; she didn't particularly care about other things... "By the way, I haven't asked yet, who is this Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast being hunted for?"
As they left Exotic Beast Academy and were about to reach Vast Sea City, Ning Fengzhi looked at the group, whose numbers had neither increased nor decreased, and felt a sense of doubt.
Dugu Bo was already a Titled Douluo, and Yu Yan and Xiao Wu were excessively young. He really wanted to know who it was that made a shrewd young man like Yu Yan willing to pay such a massive price to invite him and two Titled Douluo to act.
"School Master Ning, this Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast is for my own use."
Yu Yan, who had anticipated this scene, deactivated the Cang Feng Secret Art he had been maintaining. His spirit power radiated out, allowing Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo, Sword and Bone Douluo, to sense his spirit power.
It was truly too difficult to use methods to hide oneself in front of two Titled Douluo.
Moreover, after this transaction, his interests were already tied to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to a certain extent. With the Titled Douluo Dugu Bo and the mechanics freak Xiao Wu by his side, they could run even if they couldn't win; there was no great harm in speaking out.
If they harbored any ill intentions, he and Xiao Wu could just go into secluded cultivation for eight or ten years by the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest. After becoming a Titled Douluo, it wouldn't be very difficult to come out and wipe out the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
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"Rank 70? Little friend Yu Yan, this...?"
Sword and Bone Douluo were the first to sense Yu Yan's Spirit Power Level, and the richness of the expressions on their faces was the most Yu Yan had ever seen.
Sensing Yu Yan's spirit power a step later, Ning Fengzhi repeatedly confirmed it several times before finally asking Yu Yan, his voice trembling slightly with shock.
While asking, Ning Fengzhi was also thinking hard: what method could possibly allow a Spirit Master to reach Rank 70 at the age of thirteen? Even Fallen Soul Masters using evil methods to Cultivate couldn't be this fast, right?
Dugu Bo, who already knew Yu Yan's Rank, watched the three of them show expressions even worse than his own had been, and his mood instantly became cheerful. If the occasion hadn't been inappropriate, he might have laughed out loud.
"Yes, you didn't see wrong. I consumed three Immortal Herbs several years ago and have used many precious cultivation resources over the years. It's normal for the speed to be a bit faster."
Having anticipated this scene, Yu Yan attributed the reason for his rapid cultivation speed to the Immortal Herbs, mixing truth with lies.
"So that's how it is. You truly have profound luck."
Hearing that Yu Yan had consumed three Immortal Herbs, Ning Fengzhi and the others found a reason, and the astonishment in their hearts diminished quite a bit.
Ning Rongrong had used two Immortal Herbs and her Spirit Power Level had advanced by leaps and bounds. The Immortal Herbs Yu Yan consumed must have been even better, and there were three of them—it was logical.
After figuring this out, Ning Fengzhi sighed softly and gave Yu Yan a piece of advice: "The seventh ring cannot absorb a 130,000-year Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast. If you really want a hundred thousand year spirit ring, come to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School when you reach Rank 90, and we will hunt a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast for you again."
Geniuses always have some wild ideas, but it was the common consensus of everyone on the Douluo Continent that a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast truly cannot be absorbed.
Although Yu Xiaogang of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was poor in spirit power cultivation and many of his statements were nonsense, the age limits he summarized and released for various spirit rings were correct; the limit for the seventh spirit ring should be below fifty thousand years.
"School Master Ning, according to my research, the spirit ring limit each person can reach is not the same. The so-called spirit ring limit should also be categorized according to each individual."
"Absorbing a spirit ring is affected by three factors: Martial Soul quality, Physique, and mental force. As long as these three meet the standards for absorbing a hundred thousand year spirit ring, one can absorb a hundred thousand year spirit ring regardless of their Spirit Power Level."
To prove his theory, Yu Yan separately summoned his six spirit rings after deactivating the Cang Feng Secret Art. That spirit ring, so black it was tinged with red, left Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo, who wanted to refute him, completely dumbfounded.
Rapid spirit power cultivation could still be explained by three Immortal Herbs, but could this configuration of spirit rings that transcended cognition before them also be explained by Immortal Herbs?
"This..."
Having received too much knowledge that transcended cognition in a short time, Ning Fengzhi, who was also a Master of Spirit Theory, no longer knew what to say.
"In that case, your current Physique and mental force are already no weaker than a Titled Douluo's?"
Sword Douluo looked away from Yu Yan's outrageous spirit rings and sized up Yu Yan's body, asking with some disbelief.
"Yes, the Immortal Herbs provided some help, and I also have some special methods, similar to the Heart Separation Control of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Dragonification Secret Technique of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the self-created Spirit abilities of the Clear Sky Sect, which are not convenient to disclose to everyone."
Yu Yan admitted to it and refused to answer the question directly.
Hearing that it was a method equivalent to a secret technique, Sword Douluo Chen Xin no longer had any intention of continuing to ask.
"Alas, little friend Yu Yan has truly opened our eyes today." After a long sigh, Ning Fengzhi promised Yu Yan, "We will absolutely not speak of today's matters to anyone else."
"Thank you, School Master Ning. Can we continue our journey now?"
Having roughly explained his situation, Yu Yan pointed toward the ocean. He really wanted to obtain the crucial Spirit Ability of the Martial Soul True Body as soon as possible.
"Alright."
Ning Fengzhi still had many questions he wanted to ask. He wanted to exchange with Yu Yan for the method to increase the age of spirit rings. The importance of spirit rings was self-evident, and this method could greatly increase the strength of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
The only regret was that this method wasn't of much use to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda; the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul was simply too unique.
Right now was indeed not the time to chat about these issues. After helping Yu Yan hunt the Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast, he would find another opportunity to have a good talk about these matters.
The group, who had stopped, set off again, flying toward the sea area where the Nine-Segmented Fish Dragon Beast had been discovered.
As they moved forward, Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong couldn't help but wonder in their hearts if their strength would be even more powerful if they could also obtain such extraordinary spirit rings.