"What you say is true, Master. Increasing my soul power level by five levels is significant, but I still need to work hard," Chen Qingling said, her face composed and serious. She wasn't at all complacent despite her considerable power increase.
Ning Rongrong leaned closer, her expression envious.
"Every time I see Qingling, you showing off your skills, I'm so envious that you have a powerful father."
"Unlike my dad, who's busy with the sect all day long and doesn't care about me at all. It's always Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa who keep me company."
Ning Fengzhi: Sitting at home, the blame comes from the sky.
"Actually… although your father hasn't been able to help you in a practical way, Rongrong, he's given you a high starting point!"
"You don't need to envy me, Rongrong."
People always like to envy others, not knowing that others envy them too.
Ning Rongrong envied that Chen Qingling had a powerful father, while Chen Qingling envied her good starting point.
Unlike her, who awakened her martial soul so late, often becoming the subject of late bloomers in others' mouths.
Although it was praising Chen Qingling, she felt somewhat uncomfortable inside.
Chen Qingling tilted her head, giving Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin a knowing smile, her eyes crinkling into crescents.
"Rongrong, Master, let's go."
"Alright."
The group walked around the perimeter of Sunset Forest, searching for a soul beast with a suitable age for Ning Rongrong.
They searched until the afternoon, and Chen Xin and the others rested for a while.
Chen Qingling seemed to sense something and glanced at the rustling bushes beside her.
Pushing aside a thick layer of snow, she saw a soul beast that was an unsettling shade of green.
Chen Qingling's eyes lit up, and she was overjoyed, "Rongrong, I've found a soul beast that suits you."
Then, she pointed at the seven-hundred-year-old soul beast, the Azure Sky Beetle, in the bushes.
Ning Rongrong followed Qingling's finger and looked, seeing a creature that was entirely too green, and her face showed disdain.
"This...is a little too ugly, isn't it?"
"Hahaha." Chen Xin couldn't help but laugh, "Rongrong...this is a good soul beast that my disciple has pointed out for you."
"A seven-hundred-year-old soul beast is enough to serve as your second soul ring."
"No matter what kind of soul beast it is, as long as its age meets the standard, Rongrong, you can absorb it."
As everyone knows, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's soul skills are almost always the same, all of them are auxiliary soul skills.
Therefore, the requirements for soul beasts are not high, only the age needs to meet the standard.
Although Ning Rongrong's martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the current situation still couldn't be changed.
"I know, I know."
"Rongrong, I'll help you cripple it, and then you deliver the final blow."
Chen Qingling had always fought with people, but had never fought with a soul beast before.
Taking advantage of the soul beast's relatively low age, it was a perfect opportunity for her to test it out.
Suddenly, an untimely voice came from behind.
"Stop!"
"This is a soul beast we found first! We searched tirelessly for days for it. You're not allowed to kill it!"
"That's right! Our teacher searched tirelessly for this soul beast. It's absolutely impossible for you to get it!"
"Whoever finds it first gets it. How long you searched is irrelevant, it has nothing to do with me!" Ning Rongrong was speechless.
She never expected to get into a conflict over a seven-hundred-year-old Azure Sky Beetle.
Everything should be based on who came first! Now, they had discovered this seven-hundred-year-old Azure Sky Beetle first, so there was absolutely no way they would just give it away.
Seeing the conflict between the two sides escalating.
At this moment, the leader of the group, a woman in a tight black dress, stepped forward in high heels.
"I am Liu Erlong, the dean of the Blue Tyrant Academy, a Soul Saint at level seventy-three. Please, for my sake, allow us to have this Azure Sky Beetle."
"I can offer you any compensation you desire."
"I don't need compensation. I'll just say this: we saw this soul beast first."
Ning Rongrong wouldn't give up so easily, especially after finally finding a soul beast that matched her second Soul Ring.
"Hmph, don't be ignorant of what's good for you. Our dean is generous enough not to hold a grudge against you! Yet you dare to push your luck!"
"Heh, what a big mouth. Don't think you can act so recklessly just because you have someone backing you."
Chen Xin stood with his hands behind his back, the aura he emitted causing the person who spoke to retreat repeatedly.
"I won't bother with you, given your connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan," Chen Xin said coldly, his mind focused, Seven Kill Sword in hand.
Chen Xin exuded a terrifying aura. When Liu Erlong saw the weapon in his hand, she immediately understood.
The man before them was Chen Xin, the Sword Douluo, one of the two Title Douluos of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
"Thank you for sparing my life, Senior. I apologize for the disturbance."
The students behind her watched their esteemed headmaster, who was being respectful to the man, and promptly shut their mouths.
They weren't fools. Even their headmaster was being polite, meaning this was a person they couldn't afford to offend.
Chen Qingling, who had been silent, blinked her bright eyes, sizing up Liu Erlong in her tight black dress.
She looked to be a woman in her thirties, with long black hair that couldn't hide her delicate and beautiful features.
Her eyebrows and eyes were like a painting, and every frown and smile tugged at one's heartstrings.
Beneath the simple robes was a fiery, perfect figure that ordinary girls could only dream of.
The moment she saw Liu Erlong, Chen Qingling's heart skipped a beat, a look of ecstatic joy spreading across her face.
"Senior, may I ask how old you are?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, everyone present held their breath, frozen in place.
Who would have thought that in a tense situation like this, Chen Qingling would suddenly ask such an irrelevant question?
It didn't fit the situation at all! How could anyone react to that!
Ning Rongrong's forehead was covered in black lines, and she thought, This is not good.
He'd forgotten to quietly explain things to Qingling, and it looked like a farce was about to unfold.
Chen Xin shook his head, a helpless smile on his face, and muttered softly, "Disciple... I know you're eager to find out about your mother's whereabouts, but she really isn't."
"No, I need to ask clearly. Maybe there's a secret hidden in her heart that no one knows."
With those words, Chen Xin had nothing more to say.
Oh well, let Qingling go. How would she know how difficult it was to find her mother without hitting some walls?
The atmosphere stiffened for a moment. Liu Erlong coughed, "Little sister, why are you asking about my age?"
In front of so many people, this sensitive question was something Liu Erlong didn't want to answer, but out of politeness, she had to change her approach.
"I... I think you're very beautiful, Senior. You fit my mother in every way."
High looks, decent strength, and a good figure.
Doesn't that fit?
Liu Erlong felt like a bolt of lightning had struck her, her mind completely blank.
She had considered all sorts of possibilities, but never that she might be her mother.
"Little sister, are you kidding? I don't even have a lover, so how could I possibly be your mother?"
"Ah... I see, I'm sorry... I misunderstood you." Chen Qingling opened her mouth, then dejectedly lowered her head.
She had had a sliver of hope, but reality was cruel, not even giving her a chance.
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