"Look at my Spirit," Ning Rongrong said with a chuckle, and the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spun out from her palm.
"Look at your Spirit? Isn't this just a normal Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?" Bone Douluo Gu Rong stared with wide eyes, unable to see any difference. Ning Fengzhi also felt that something was strange as he looked at the light gathering in his daughter's palm, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was.
"No, that's not right," Sword Douluo Chenxin said, observing the pagoda more carefully. Suddenly, he exclaimed, "Eight layers! Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda has eight layers!" He pointed at the pagoda. "Eight layers, eight colors. This is the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!"
"What?!" Ning Fengzhi's face turned pale with shock. He finally realized what felt strange to him: the color of his daughter's Spirit. Unlike the original seven colors, an additional color had appeared, making it eight colors in total. And at this moment, wasn't the pagoda in her palm indeed eight layers? Ning Fengzhi wasn't the only one excited; Gu Rong and Chen Xin's emotions also became extremely agitated. The two looked at the pagoda in Ning Rongrong's palm, momentarily speechless.
"The Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda," Ning Fengzhi said. "Hahahaha, Rongrong, when you awakened your Spirit, I said you would be able to break through the limitations of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. How long has it been? You really did it."
Ning Rongrong couldn't help but laugh happily. "Hehe, isn't this a surprise?"
Ning Fengzhi nodded repeatedly. "It's too much of a surprise! This is a huge surprise! Rongrong, how did you break through to the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?"
Gu Rong and Chen Xin also looked at Ning Rongrong with anticipation, their ears perked up, not daring to miss a single sound.
Ning Rongrong stroked her chin. "It's something called a soul cleansing fruit."
"Soul cleansing fruit?" Ning Fengzhi and the other two exchanged glances. None of them had ever heard of it.
"What is that?" Ning Fengzhi asked.
"It's a pink, fist-sized fruit," Ning Rongrong replied. "Yin Ge gave it to me, and after I ate it, my Spirit broke through to the Eight Treasure level."
Ning Fengzhi sighed with emotion. "Soul cleansing fruit… a treasure! This is an absolute treasure, to be able to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda break through."
"Also," Ning Fengzhi continued, "is the Yin Ge you mentioned Ye Yin?" Ning Fengzhi had long since sent people to collect information on the other students of Shrek Academy. Everyone's identities were cleanly laid out before them, with nowhere to hide. "As far as I know, Ye Yin is just a commoner Spirit Master from a small village. How could he possess such a treasure?" Ning Fengzhi couldn't quite understand.
"What a strange fellow," Chenxin added. "Not only does he have such a treasure, but he can also possess the first and second thousand-year Spirit Rings."
"I also don't know how he absorbed the first thousand-year Spirit Ring," Ning Fengzhi said.
Ning Rongrong suddenly said, "I know."
"You know? What's going on?" Ning Fengzhi asked impatiently. "If we can know how to absorb a thousand-year Spirit Ring as the first Spirit Ring, it will be a huge improvement for the future of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."
Ning Rongrong slowly said, "Yin Ge's Spirit, the Good and Evil Pearl, has a special ability. Just like our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda can naturally discover treasures, Yin Ge's Good and Evil Pearl can increase the age of a Spirit Ring. However, increasing the age of a Spirit Ring has significant side effects for him. If he is to increase it for others, he can only do so for girls with whom he has been intimately involved."
Ning Fengzhi and the other two were even more astonished. "There's such a Spirit!" The three of them looked at each other. If Ye Yin could assist Rongrong, wouldn't the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School be able to reach an even higher level? Although Spirits are bizarre and anything can happen, this was the first time they had seen one with such an ability.
"Yin Ge helped Zhuqing raise her second soul ring to the thousand-year level," Ning Rongrong said. "By then, her fourth soul ring will probably be able to absorb a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring. He also helped Xiao Wu raise her second soul ring to the thousand-year level."
Ning Fengzhi's expression changed, and he immediately dismissed his previous thoughts. He said with a chuckle, "I didn't expect this Ye Yin to be a philanderer. What a pity. Otherwise, it would be great to have Ye Yin assist you."
Ning Rongrong suddenly said, "Father, can a philanderer not assist me? I've already prepared for Yin Ge to help me increase the age of my second soul ring. My fourth soul ring will also absorb a ten-thousand-year level."
Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin all said in unison, "No!"
Ning Rongrong was startled by the three of them instantly. "Why not? Zhuqing and Xiao Wu can, why can't I?"
Gu Rong rubbed Ning Rongrong's head. "Rongrong, how can you be the same as others? How can the proud daughter of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School do something like share a husband with others? Let's not talk about this anymore. We will absolutely not agree."
Ning Rongrong suddenly broke free from Gu Rong's hand and jumped to the side. "Hmph, even if you don't agree, there's nothing you can do. It's already too late. The deed is done. It's impossible for you to stop it now."
Ning Fengzhi and the other two froze in place.
"What?!" Ning Fengzhi said. "Rongrong, you're not lying to us, are you? I'm telling you, this joke isn't funny."
The three of them had serious expressions, not joking in the slightest. Their gazes made Ning Rongrong feel a bit nervous. Ning Rongrong unhesitatingly retorted, her eyes unblinking, staring back and forth at the three, completely unafraid. In these past three months, she had grown so much.
"Father, Grandpa Sword, Grandpa Bone," she said, "I'm not joking. Everything I said is true. It's already happened."
Ning Fengzhi instantly felt despair, staggering two steps and almost falling to the ground. He never expected it, never expected it. His little cotton jacket, it was leaking! His own little cotton jacket actually chose to be part of another man's harem! The three of them instantly felt it.
"Rongrong, you can't do this," Ning Fengzhi said. "Since you like that Ye Yin so much, how about this: I'll send someone to talk to him. I'll tell him to immediately separate from Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing. Only let him like you, only let him be with you. That way you won't be in a difficult position, and I won't be in a difficult position. How about it?"
Ning Rongrong gently shook her head. "Father, I don't agree. What Yin Ge wants to do is his business. We have no right to interfere. Right now there are only three, but later there might be four, five, six, seven. Father, you can't even count your harem on two hands, can you?"
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