Ning Rongrong pouted, like a deflated balloon.
Ever since Grandpa Jian got Qingling, he hadn't been as good to her as before.
Love really disappears, doesn't it?
It just transfers! Wuwuwu! Ning Rongrong wanted to cry but couldn't.
"Enough chatter. Qingling, Rongrong, you two stick close to me, don't get lost."
"Okay."
"Grandpa Jian is the best to me."
Soon, Chen Xin and his group found a suitable Soul Beast for Chen Qingling.
A three-hundred-year-old Phoenix Tail Butterfly.
Chen Qingling stared at the Phoenix Tail Butterfly resting on a flower, her eyes filled with curiosity.
"This… this is a Soul Beast?"
"Yes, how is it? Doesn't it feel magical?"
"At first, I was just like you, full of curiosity about Soul Beasts. I often wondered why Soul Beasts existed in the world," Ning Rongrong said with a touch of pride, patting her ordinary chest.
"Come, Qingling, the final blow is yours to deliver."
"Ah?!"
Chen Qingling took the dagger handed to her by Chen Xin and trembled as she approached the Phoenix Tail Butterfly. She closed her eyes and plunged the dagger in with all her might.
Splat.
The three-hundred-year-old Phoenix Tail Butterfly died, transforming into a pale yellow Soul Ring.
"Qingling, now is the time. Absorb the Phoenix Tail Butterfly's Soul Ring."
"Okay."
Chen Qingling sat cross-legged, mimicking what she had been taught. She refined and absorbed the three-hundred-year Soul Ring of the Phoenix Tail Butterfly, a technique she learned from Chen Xin.
"How is it?"
Chen Qingling's face was beaming. "I feel great, like I have endless strength."
"Qingling, what's your first soul skill?" Ning Rongrong pressed.
"Bright Butterfly Blade."
Far away in the core area of the Star Dou Forest, Chen Shenggge's mind was filled with system prompts.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host's培养对象 Chen Qingling for awakening her Martial Soul – Goddess of Light Butterfly!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host's培养对象 Chen Qingling for obtaining her first Soul Ring – Bright Butterfly Blade!]
[Ding! Ten times feedback triggered!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for awakening his Martial Soul – Carefree Sword!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the God-Bestowed Soul Ring – Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique!]
"Huh?!"
"I can understand awakening a Martial Soul, but… how did Qingling manage to get her first Soul Ring?"
[Ding! Does the host wish to activate the Sky Screen to view the host's培养对象 Chen Qingling's every move!]
"Activate!"
A screen the size of a television appeared before Chen Shenggge.
It clearly displayed Chen Qingling's every action.
"This…"
"The people around Qingling… they look so familiar… I feel like I've seen them somewhere before…"
"I remember now!"
"It's Sword Saint Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong!"
"I didn't expect Qingling to encounter people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect on her outing."
"My Qingling has always had good luck!"
Seeing Chen Qingling interacting harmoniously with Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong on the Sky Screen, Chen Shenggge's worried heart finally settled.
"It's good that she's alright."
Immediately, Chen Shenggge deactivated the Sky Screen. He didn't have the habit of peeking at others all the time.
He began to study his own Martial Soul and first soul skill.
"My Martial Soul is the Carefree Sword?"
"God-given Martial Soul? The age is…"
"Hiss… a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring!"
"Starting this high? It feels great to have a cheat!"
"The first Soul Skill, Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique?"
Chen Shenggge swung his Carefree Sword, and a world-shattering sword energy streaked out, instantly cutting the old tree by his doorstep, which had been there for over a decade, in half.
Outer regions of the Star Dou Forest.
After sorting out Qingling's first Soul Ring, Chen Xin and his party set off to find a suitable Soul Beast for Ning Rongrong.
The journey had been smooth sailing. Perhaps due to Qingling's luck aura, they barely encountered any Soul Beasts.
Instead, they could find suitable Soul Beasts in just a few moments.
Ning Rongrong's first Soul Ring had been found: a four-hundred-year Savage Bull.
Chen Xin couldn't help but praise, "I've truly taken on an extraordinary disciple."
Qingling smiled it off, "My luck has always been very good; bad things never seem to cling to me."
"By the way, Rongrong, what is your Martial Soul?"
"Mine… is just an ordinary Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."
Immediately, Ning Rongrong spread her hands, and a vibrant, colorful Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda appeared in her palm.
"And your Soul Skills?"
Ning Rongrong smiled sweetly, "I am a naturally born support-type Soul Master. My Soul Skills have no offensive power whatsoever."
"But my support abilities are among the best on the continent!"
"The Seven Treasures are renowned, the first is Strength!"
At that moment, a beam of light fell upon Qingling, instantly boosting her strength and speed.
"Goddess of Light Butterfly possession."
Blue wings sprouted from Qingling's back, and she flew back and forth in mid-air.
"My strength has been amplified."
"Rongrong, your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's support is so powerful."
Ning Rongrong proudly lifted her head and puffed out her chest, placing a hand on her hip, "Hmph, of course!"
"As the daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master, I will definitely be the strongest in the sect in the future, and the strongest auxiliary soul master on the continent."
"Good, good, good!"
Watching the two playfully roughhousing, Chen Xin smiled from the bottom of his heart.
After a while, Chen Xin waved his hand, "Alright, Qingling, you can come down now. We need to go back."
"Okay."
Chen Qingling landed on the ground, her face filled with anticipation. "Master, will we be able to help me find my mother when we get back?"
"Don't worry, Master has a good memory and won't forget. I will definitely do what I promised to help you, and I will never go back on my word."
With Chen Xin's reassurance, Chen Qingling's worried heart finally settled.
Chen Xin looked up at the darkening sky, a slight frown on his brow.
"We can't make it back today. Let's find a place to stop and rest."
The group casually found a cave to settle in, and Chen Xin skillfully started a bonfire for warmth.
Ning Rongrong, meanwhile, took out a pile of delicious food from her space soul tool and shared it with Chen Qingling.
"Qingling, don't just stand there, eat up! Aren't you hungry?"
Chen Qingling took the food Ning Rongrong handed her, her gaze falling upon the bracelet on Ning Rongrong's delicate hand.
"What is this?"
"I forgot to introduce it to you, Qingling. This bracelet is a space soul tool, capable of storing up to one cubic meter of space."
Chen Qingling's eyes lit up.
The world was vast and full of wonders.
There were things in the outside world that she couldn't even imagine! Indeed, the decision she had made was not wrong at all!
She really had to go out and see the world, and it would also be an opportunity to find her mother.
After eating, Chen Qingling and Ning Rongrong fell asleep without a care in the world.
Chen Xin stood guard over them, ensuring no soul beasts would intrude.
The next morning.
Chen Xin woke up Chen Qingling and Ning Rongrong and led them on their way, leaving the Star Dou Forest.
Along the road, Chen Qingling suddenly felt something appear in her pocket.
Upon taking it out, it was revealed to be a bracelet identical to Ning Rongrong's.
Chen Shenggge had obtained the bracelet as his second day's sign-in reward.
Chen Qingling infused her soul power into the bracelet to examine it. "Wow, my bracelet is bigger than yours! It's fifty cubic meters!"
"Huh?!"
Ning Rongrong was dumbfounded.
Chen Xin, as her master, was also bewildered.
"No, Qingling, how do things sometimes appear out of your pocket?"
"Last time it was a rock, and this time it's a space soul tool."
"It must be my daddy!"
"Huh?"
After a while.
"Who exactly is your father? Telekinetic delivery?"
"Even a Titled Douluo can't do that!"
Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin were internally shaken.