Chapter 113: Possessing Ning Rongrong, Encountering Shrek
After finishing everything, Qi Tian temporarily had nothing urgent left to handle.
The Dog System still hadn't activated any new missions.
And the person assigned as his next possession target seemed to be asleep; every time Qi Tian's split soul attempted to connect, it found her slumbering.
As for Bibi Dong, with his current strength, he couldn't help her, and the divine artifact only provided a single-use strike. He had no choice but to head back for now.
Just as he was about to depart, he suddenly remembered—he hadn't seen Ning Rongrong for several months.
"Where would that girl be now? Will she still go to Shrek Academy?" Qi Tian wondered.
Shrek Academy still hid a future God of Food, after all. But without immortal herbs, Oscar shouldn't be able to become a Food God anymore.
Thinking of this, Qi Tian decided to possess Ning Rongrong and see what she had been up to recently—whether she had been training diligently.
If she happened to be in Heaven Dou City, he could possess her directly while also waiting for Tang San to show up.
In Spirit City, a young girl let out a cold snort as she walked out through the gates, turning back to mutter a few irritated words.
"Hmph, not letting me meet the Pope—what's so great about that?"
"Next time, I'll bring my father's Pope Decree. Let's see if you still dare stop me!"
At that moment, the girl suddenly paused.
A voice echoed in her mind—the voice of the person she had been longing to find all this time: Qi Tian.
Ning Rongrong originally wanted to refuse his possession request, just to make him wait a bit. But her body responded far more honestly than her mind, agreeing immediately.
"Brother Tian? You're really in Spirit City?" Ning Rongrong said with certainty.
After all her wandering across the continent, only within Spirit City did Qi Tian possess her again.
Qi Tian froze for a moment. When he looked up, he saw the tall, familiar silhouette of Spirit City.
Several years ago, he possessed Bibi Dong and lived in this very city for a period of time.
"It's me! But I'm not actually in Spirit City."
"And why aren't you cultivating properly? What are you doing running around Spirit City? Aren't you afraid they'll capture you?" Qi Tian scolded.
Ning Rongrong's voice carried a hint of grievance. "Brother Tian, you didn't appear for almost a whole year. I came to look for you!"
"And I have been cultivating diligently. If you don't believe me, you can sense my soul power."
Qi Tian naturally felt it. She truly hadn't been slacking. Her soul power had already reached rank thirty-five.
"Not bad. A twelve-year-old ranked thirty-five Soul Elder —there's no other case like yours on the entire continent," Qi Tian praised.
With just that single compliment, Ning Rongrong felt her grievances melt away.
"Then what about your Heart Separation Control method? How many apertures have you opened?" Qi Tian asked.
"I've cultivated to the fourth aperture, Constant Heart. I only have three soul skills, so reaching the fourth aperture means I'm ahead."
"Not bad. But you still need to work harder. Right now, you still don't meet the requirement for contracting your spirit soul," Qi Tian said.
"I know!" Ning Rongrong replied happily.
She was relieved that Qi Tian had not forgotten about the matter of contracting her spirit soul. Her effort had not been wasted.
She believed that soon, she would become the first auxiliary-type soul master in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's history to possess offensive capability.
"All right, if there's nothing else, return to the sect and continue cultivating," Qi Tian advised.
Ning Rongrong's journey across the continent had always been for two purposes: to find Qi Tian, and to broaden her horizons.
Now that she had found him again, she had fulfilled her purpose—it was time to return to the sect.
"Brother Tian… can you tell me where you are now? Are you… with that woman?" Ning Rongrong asked.
"Which woman?" Qi Tian was confused.
"The Pope, Bibi Dong," Ning Rongrong answered. Even mentioning Bibi Dong left her feeling powerless.
Her proud background is nothing in front of Bibi Dong. Even her cultivation fell far short.
The only thing she could brag about was being younger, so Ning Rongrong couldn't help feeling nervous.
Although she had never seen Qi Tian in person and didn't know what he looked like, she never cared about appearances. Her heart had already fallen for him.
If she cared about looks, then in her original fate, she never would have liked Tang San before he awakened his Blue Silver Emperor martial soul.
If Tang San hadn't already had Xiao Wu, she might not have chosen Oscar at all.
Qi Tian said, "No, I'm not in Spirit City. Keep working hard at your cultivation. You'll see me in the future."
With that, he returned full control of the body to Ning Rongrong, but he didn't retract his split soul.
Qi Tian planned to use this opportunity to train his Heart Separation Control Technique.
Ning Rongrong had already reached the Fourth Aperture Constant Heart. Meanwhile, he himself had only reached the Fifth Aperture Dispersed Heart. He nearly lost face because of it.
"Brother Tian? Did you leave already?"
Ning Rongrong realized she could control her body again. If this were the first time, she would have been excited.
But now it feels different. She thought she had made Qi Tian angry and immediately panicked.
"No, I'm still here. Do whatever you need to do. You don't have to mind me," Qi Tian said.
Using Divine Descent to split multiple soul fragments was still extremely taxing for him.
But as he continued cultivating, he might eventually reach the realm of Gods—where even a single strand of divine soul possessed tremendous power.
Unlike now, when Qi Tian's split soul could barely do anything.
Ning Rongrong let out a sigh of relief and cheerfully set off toward Heaven Dou City.
Suo Tuo City.
Inside a tavern, two teenage boys sat leering shamelessly at a white-dressed girl seated at a nearby table.
One of them was a round, chubby boy; the other had a scruffy beard. Seated with them was another boy—a blond youth with a perpetually decadent, lifeless expression.
"Boss Dai, that girl is really beautiful. I've never seen a woman that pretty!" the chubby boy said.
At that moment, his body—due to the defects of his martial soul—was already showing faint signs of reacting.
These three youths were none other than Suo Tuo City's infamous Three Little Hooligans: Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai.
As for the Three Big Hooligans, they were naturally the Scar Trio.
"Tch~ Fatty, that's only because you haven't seen the world. My fiancée is a hundred times prettier than her!" Dai Mubai scoffed without even looking.
"Boss Dai, you're bringing up your fiancée again? Don't think we don't know—you got beaten up by your fiancée last time," Ma Hongjun jeered.
"Fatty, are you looking for a beating? Later, when we go have fun at the brothel, I won't take you with me—and I'm not paying for you either!"
"No, don't do that, Boss Dai! I was wrong, isn't that enough? I was talking about the two of you flirting!" Ma Hongjun said with an oily grin.
"Good. You're learning. Now let me see this 'beauty' you're talking about."
Only then did Dai Mubai raise his head to look at the girl at the next table.
The moment he saw her, he realized he had been bragging too loudly. That white-dressed girl's beauty was actually comparable to Zhu Zhuqing's.
And in some ways, she was even more exquisite—her body carried a faint hint of tulip fragrance, dangerously alluring.
All three boys were stunned, staring blankly at the golden-haired, white-dressed girl at the next table.
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At the checkpoint where Spirit Hall monitored the entrance to Star Dou Forest—located at the western edge of the forest and at the border between the two kingdoms—
From Spirit Hall City to Heaven Dou City, one had to pass through the Balak Kingdom and the Silves Kingdom.
The white-dressed girl was Ning Rongrong, traveling from Spirit City.
Ning Rongrong frowned slightly. She hadn't expected to run into this kind of pervert again.
During her months of travel across the continent, she had met plenty of such lecherous men. Most of them were dealt with by the dragon beard needles Qi Tian had given her.
She also cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, so launching a few dragon beard needles was easy for her.
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