Ning Rongrong was slightly stunned but quickly realized her intentions had been too obvious, making it no surprise that Xiao Tian guessed her identity.
So she decided to stop pretending and openly invited Xiao Tian: "Since you know who I am, I won't hide it anymore. As the daughter of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's Sect Master, I formally invite you to join our sect. With your talent and strength, Grandpa Jian will surely recognize you. Plus, my father is eager to train talented individuals like you."
Xiao Tian considered that Ning Fengzhi might train him but wasn't sure how much support he'd actually receive, especially since he didn't know his future attitude toward the sect. Unless he became as loyal as Sword Douluo or Bone Douluo, it might be challenging.
Of course, if he married into the sect, his ties would be absolute. He suspected Ning Fengzhi would prefer that route if Ning Rongrong showed any affection for him.
Xiao Tian didn't consider himself a narcissist—he thought his looks were acceptable, his first three soul rings were all thousand-year-old. Though his innate soul power wasn't high, outsiders might think relying on sword intent to accelerate soul power growth wasn't a disadvantage.
Unless unexpected events occurred, achieving Titled Douluo seemed inevitable. And with the world's top attacking Douluo, Jian Dao Chen Xin, backing him, it wasn't hard to imagine Ning Fengzhi wanting to tie him to the sect through marriage.
[Ding! Does the host not know Ning Rongrong, the Nine-Colored Goddess? Combining beauty and wealth, a perfect, rich, and lovely woman. Doesn't the host want to snatch her from the God of Cookery, Oscar?]
[Hehe, just thinking about it excites me. But be warned: although Oscar is the God of Cookery, he possesses the god-level soul skill "Copying Mirror Sausage," even able to imitate the martial soul and divine skills of the God King Tang San. Don't commit suicide!]
Xiao Tian: ???
"System, why do I feel like you're not panicking but actually enjoying the show?"
[Ding! The host is mistaken. This is not that kind of system. You don't want your critical hit reward slipping away, do you?]
Xiao Tian: System, you're really a bad influence now.
Xiao Tian was a little puzzled. How did the system's attitude change so much in just a few days? Was it because he'd encountered too many "gods" and the system gave up on curing him, starting to decay?
Oscar, seeing Ning Rongrong's enthusiasm towards Xiao Tian, grew dissatisfied. He guessed Xiao Tian's closeness to Xiao Wu meant Xiao Tian had no interest in Ning Rongrong.
As Ning Rongrong's figure was the least developed of the three, Oscar felt a bit down but hid it behind a smile.
He volunteered, addressing Ning Rongrong, "Do you think I can join the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect? You know my martial soul, and I'm also the continent's first food-type soul master with innate full soul power."
Ning Rongrong frowned, not waiting for Xiao Tian's response. "Oscar, can you prove your innate full soul power?"
"If you're ordinary, you'd awaken your spirit freely under the Spirit Hall's help, like Xiao Tian and the rest. Also, I've thought overnight—despite food-type martial spirits being the toughest to cultivate, why are you only level 30 at fourteen?"
Ning Rongrong's questions were sharp. When Flanders introduced Oscar as having innate full soul power, she was surprised, since even he only had innate ninth-level power, the highest in their sect.
She knew their sect's martial soul was limited by inherent flaws, making full innate soul power impossible; level nine was the top. Even her father only neared level nine.
This limitation was a source of pride. The Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda martial soul differed from others—with sect backing, above level six innate soul power, cultivators could usually reach level seventy-nine before death.
Higher innate soul power only sped early training progress—they could advance faster.
Still, Ning Fengzhi was proud and protective of Ning Rongrong, nurturing her spirited character, though she was fundamentally good-hearted.
Yet, the shock Xiao Tian caused her yesterday made Oscar's so-called innate full soul power pale in comparison. Tang San and Xiao Wu also had innate full soul power, after all.
No pain without comparison!
After returning to the dorm last night, Ning Rongrong's mind was clear. Though she often laughed, she was from a famous family with a keen intellect—the sharpest among the three girls.
She carefully considered doubts: Flanders claiming Oscar was born with full soul power, but offering no proof unless Oscar had a Spirit Hall soul power awakening certificate.
Also, cultivating a food-type martial spirit was tough but why only level 30 at fourteen?
Shrek Academy might be desolate and lack simulated training, but food-type soul masters required minimal simulated environment—they cultivated soul power mainly by producing food.
Though only level 26 at age 12, Ning Rongrong herself hadn't taken cultivation seriously and needed physical training, such as running and distraction control.
Even if spirit rings weren't top-tier, other aids existed though she wasn't serious about them.
With scattered tasks, she was just level 26 but still favored by heaven in her sect.
Oscar?
At the academy, all he did in free time was practice, right?
He was two years older but only four levels ahead in soul power—that didn't add up.
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