"Young master, that is how the situation unfolded."
In the clearing within the banyan tree forest, the old butler stood on the grass, reporting the news relayed by the hidden guards to Lin Rong.
Across the entire continent, Oscar was the only food-type Spirit Master with Innate Full Soul Power.
Moreover, through the original work, it was known that a combination of a food-type Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power appeared only once every ten thousand years on the Douluo Continent, and even then, it wasn't guaranteed.
From this, one could see how rare a food-type Spirit Master with Innate Full Soul Power like Oscar truly was.
Therefore, Lin Rong could basically confirm that the God of Food's divine position inheritance would eventually find Oscar through the guidance of fate.
Thus, after the meteor appeared that night, Lin Rong dispatched hidden guards to constantly monitor Oscar's movements, allowing him to be the first to learn about the God of Food's divine position inheritance.
The hidden guard on duty that day followed Oscar to the street stalls outside Heaven Dou City's outer city and witnessed the entire process of Oscar meeting Ning Rongrong.
Under the banyan tree, Lin Rong sat cross-legged.
Accustomed to multitasking, he was busy with other matters while cultivating the Marrow Cleansing Scripture.
The cooking ladle and nine-colored silk ribbons used for cooking.
If he wasn't mistaken, these two items should be the Divine Artifacts of the God of Food and the Nine-Colored Goddess, the divine couple.
Oscar's inheritance of the God of Food's divine position was well-deserved; Ning Rongrong's inheritance of the Nine-Colored Goddess's divine position, while somewhat unexpected, was within reason.
In terms of talent, Ning Rongrong's innate level nine aptitude, as a support-type Spirit Master.
Apart from the food-type Spirit Masters Oscar, Xu He, and Xu Lizhi, who all possessed Innate Full Soul Power, no one could surpass her in terms of innate Soul Power level; at most, they could be equal.
The Nine-Colored Goddess was a female deity leaning towards support. On Douluo Planet, there weren't many choices, and Ning Rongrong was definitely an outstanding among them.
Secondly, the God of Food and the Nine-Colored Goddess were husband and wife. The successor to the God of Food's divine position was destined to be Oscar, so the Nine-Colored Goddess's divine position inheritance would inevitably be influenced by this.
Oscar was in Heaven Dou City. In this region, the only female support-type Spirit Master of similar age and high talent was Ning Rongrong.
Lin Rong had initially thought that Oscar and Ning Rongrong wouldn't have any interaction in this lifetime. He didn't expect that due to the divine position inheritance, they would still meet.
Without the divine position inheritance, even if Ning Rongrong met Oscar in this lifetime, they wouldn't be able to be together.
The partner of a direct disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must be a Battle Spirit Master; this was a strict sect rule.
In the original work, Ning Fengzhi agreed to break the sect rule and allow Oscar to be with his daughter only because Oscar and his daughter's feelings for each other were inseparable, and Oscar's sixth Spirit Ability, Copying Mirror Sausage, gave him combat capabilities.
However, in this lifetime, Oscar no longer had the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, so his cultivation speed wouldn't be as high as in the original work.
Furthermore, Oscar, who was thirteen this year, was only a Soul Grand Master below level thirty.
While this was already excellent, it wasn't enough for Ning Fengzhi to make an exception for him.
Because Ning Rongrong also lacked the Beautiful Silk Tulip, her cultivation was no longer lax. She had also absorbed two Spirit Bones of over fifty thousand years. Despite being two years younger than Oscar, her Soul Power level was not only double his, but at least more than ten levels higher.
In this lifetime, there was no emotional foundation between Oscar and Ning Rongrong, nor did Oscar possess the ultimate Spirit Ability like Copying Mirror Sausage that could grant a support-type Spirit Master combat capabilities. Most importantly, Oscar's own cultivation speed was merely excellent, not defying common sense.
With all these factors combined, Ning Fengzhi would not allow Oscar to be with his daughter.
Of course, all of this was under the premise that there was no divine position inheritance.
Two divine position inheritors in one family – how glorious was that?
How could someone like Ning Fengzhi, who prioritized sect interests, refuse Oscar, who possessed a divine position inheritance?
But this wasn't the most important point.
The most important thing was that Oscar was the only candidate for the God of Food's divine position inheritance, but Ning Rongrong was not the only candidate for the Nine-Colored Goddess's divine position inheritance.
If Ning Rongrong could not become Oscar's wife, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not even be able to realize its ambition of having one divine position inheritor, let alone two.
According to the intelligence from the hidden guards, after Oscar and Ning Rongrong purchased the nine-colored silk ribbons and the wooden ladle at the street stall, Ning Rongrong took the initiative to invite Oscar to leave the street stall area with her and board the carriage heading to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
If nothing unexpected happened, Oscar should now have become Ning Rongrong's fiancé, entering the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a live-in son-in-law.
After all, Ning Fengzhi had invested so much effort in Ning Rongrong. If he married his daughter off, all that effort would be in vain.
The God of Food and the Nine-Colored Goddess, two support-type deities. Their divine position inheritors were right under Lin Rong's nose; he had to plan this carefully.
Subduing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was already part of Lin Rong's original plan. The appearance of the divine position inheritance simply gave him another reason to subdue them, while also increasing the difficulty.
Two divine position inheritors, the future divine couple in one family – this would cause Ning Fengzhi's ambition to swell rapidly. His already proud nature would make him even more unwilling to submit to others.
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Under the banyan tree, Lin Rong continued to cultivate, not choosing to end his seclusion because of Oscar and Ning Rongrong's matter.
He had been in seclusion for a month. His Soul Power, at level sixty-nine, had increased by half a level, with only the last half-level remaining to reach level seventy.
"Soon, in about another month of cultivation, I will be able to break through to level seventy," Lin Rong circulated the Marrow Cleansing Scripture and thought:
"Then, I will be able to use the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, these two peerless immortal treasures, to condense my seventh Spirit Ring."
"With my Martial Soul True Body possessing the seventh Spirit Ring, my own combat power will completely step into the Titled Douluo level. In this chaotic era, this can be considered the most basic self-preservation ability."
"I will deal with the matter of subduing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after I break through to level seventy."
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A few days later, news spread throughout Heaven Dou City.
The young sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and a young genius Spirit Master would hold a grand engagement banquet in one month.
Major noble families in Heaven Dou City had received invitations from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Lin Rong had naturally also received an invitation.
In one month, if everything went smoothly, he would have broken through to level seventy and condensed his Spirit Ring. He would then have time to go.
There's no time like the present. Lin Rong had originally planned to subdue the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after his breakthrough. This engagement banquet just happened to provide him with an excuse for a visit.
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