One day and one night passed.
Ning Rongrong remained in the medicinal bath room, not coming out.
Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo stood quietly, frowning from time to time.
"Fengzhi, nothing bad will happen, right?" Bone Douluo's face showed worry.
"How about we send someone in to check?" Sword Douluo tentatively asked. Of course, it wouldn't be the three of them, but rather a maid to see what was happening inside.
"Trust Rongrong. We can only do that now." Ning Fengzhi shook his head, rejecting Sword Douluo's suggestion.
Before the medicinal bath, Ning Rongrong had solemnly instructed that no one should disturb her.
As the three were feeling anxious,
a sense of oppression, different from Soul Power, emanated from the medicinal bath room.
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo exchanged glances, both showing shock.
"Spirit Ancestor? No, with this pressure, it's probably Spirit King."
Rongrong succeeded?
Compared to the two Titled Douluo, Ning Fengzhi's elegant lips curved slightly, as if he saw Ning Rongrong in the near future, holding the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and smashing people with it.
The oppressive aura filling the air came and went quickly.
Not long after,
a girl in training clothes, with still-wet hair, stood at the entrance of the medicinal bath room.
Seeing Ning Rongrong, the three quickly went forward.
"Rongrong, was your cultivation smooth?" Ning Fengzhi asked.
"The conflict between Soul Power and true qi has been resolved..." Ning Rongrong said, pausing in thought for a moment, "I still need to confirm one thing."
Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi and the other two about her situation.
"Catch a few hundred-year Soul Beasts?" Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo couldn't offer any useful advice on Ning Rongrong's cultivation method, but Sword Douluo thought of his previous experience cultivating Ning Rongrong's technique.
"Rongrong, are you worried about your Soul Ring conflicting with the true qi you've cultivated?"
"Exactly." Ning Rongrong nodded.
The Soul Ring attached to the Martial Soul was, after all, a product of a Soul Beast. Whether it would repel her own true qi needed to be rigorously confirmed.
"I'll go catch a few from the enclosed forest right now." Sword Douluo stepped on his sword, turning into a streak of light and flying towards the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect's Soul Beast enclosure.
Hundred-year Soul Beasts, and even thousand-year Soul Beasts, could be kept in captivity. This was the foundation of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects.
In just over ten minutes, Sword Douluo had caught three dying hundred-year Soul Beasts.
It must be said that the efficiency of a Titled Douluo was high.
Soft Bones Rabbit, Blue Silver Grass, Fire Pheasant.
All three Soul Beasts were around four hundred years old.
The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul had an advantage: it wasn't picky about Soul Beasts. All Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul Abilities were fixed; for example, the first Spirit Ability would only be "Power."
It wouldn't change based on the type of Soul Beast absorbed.
The effect of the Soul Power granted by the Soul Ring was more like activating the inherent abilities of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda itself. The higher the level of the Soul Ring, the less Soul Power was consumed to achieve the same effect.
Ning Rongrong walked directly to the Soft Bones Rabbit.
Rabbits are quite cute!
Its long ears lay on its back, its half-closed eyes showed a blood-red color, and its weak body trembled continuously, as if it knew its death was imminent.
Without hesitation, Ning Rongrong used a dagger to slit the Soft Bones Rabbit's neck.
In an instant, scarlet blood gushed out. The already dying Soft Bones Rabbit lost its life a few seconds later.
Above the Soft Bones Rabbit's corpse, a yellow Soul Ring gradually condensed.
Seeing Ning Rongrong reach out to touch the Soul Ring, she absorbed it directly.
Ning Fengzhi's brows furrowed.
Too reckless!
However, before Ning Fengzhi could think further,
the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile floating around Ning Rongrong gained its first Soul Ring.
"So fast!"
Not only Ning Fengzhi, but even the two Titled Douluo were startled by Ning Rongrong's casual absorption of the Soul Ring.
But what shocked the three the most was the Soul Power fluctuation coming from Ning Rongrong.
This was completely unscientific.
"Level 20, huh..."
Ning Rongrong slowly opened her eyes, murmuring.
Seeing the incredible scene before them, coupled with Ning Rongrong's murmur, Ning Fengzhi and the two confirmed that Ning Rongrong had already reached Spirit Grandmaster. As long as she absorbed another Soul Ring, then...
"Hiss—"
The three gasped.
"Crack—"
Suddenly, the single hundred-year Soul Ring floating around Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda made a sound as if it was about to shatter.
Dense cracks appeared on the Soul Ring.
"This, this is...?" Ning Fengzhi was about to speak, but he saw Ning Rongrong place her other hand on her left arm, which was holding the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
"Bang!"
The hundred-year Soul Ring turned into specks of Soul Power and dispersed.
Ning Rongrong ignored Ning Fengzhi and walked to the Fire Pheasant, striking again with her knife.
Similarly, in a few seconds, a Soul Ring condensed again at the position of Ning Rongrong's first pagoda layer.
"The Soul Ring shattered, and she can still absorb a Soul Ring?" Ning Fengzhi and the two stared wide-eyed. The Sect Master of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, who had seen many great waves, had truly never witnessed such a terrifying scene.
On the Douluo Continent, a shattered Soul Ring meant completely losing that Martial Soul slot.
However, Ning Rongrong absorbing a Soul Ring again in the same position shattered their understanding.
Still, before Ning Fengzhi and the others could ask,
Ning Rongrong walked to the last Blue Silver Grass plant Soul Beast and ended its life.
While the first Soul Ring was still intensely glowing, Ning Rongrong began to absorb the second hundred-year Soul Ring.
This time, the speed was much slower.
During the process, the hundred-year Soul Ring resting on the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda gradually developed cracks.
When she finished absorbing the second Soul Ring, Ning Rongrong's energy fluctuations...
Ning Fengzhi exchanged glances with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo; the shock in their hearts lingered.
Level 30 quasi-Spirit Elder, meaning Ning Rongrong had now reached the Spirit Elder realm, and it was highly possible she could absorb a Soul Ring again.
"Indeed, it won't work."
Ning Fengzhi was shocked beyond words, but Ning Rongrong's voice rang out again.
At this moment, Ning Fengzhi noticed the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda in Ning Rongrong's hand. The first Soul Ring was covered in dense cracks, and the second Soul Ring she had just absorbed also showed signs of breaking.
Similar to her previous action, Ning Rongrong did not hesitate, using her true qi to shatter the Soul Ring.
"You, this is..."
Ning Fengzhi hesitated, not knowing where to begin his questions.
"Dad, I'm afraid I can't absorb Soul Rings."
The Soul Power of the Soul Ring repelled the true qi very strongly. If she hadn't forcibly unblocked 12 meridians and cleansed them with true qi to stabilize them, she might have ended up like Sword Douluo, with true qi and Soul Power running wild in her body.
Seeing the worried expressions of the three, Ning Rongrong continued, "There are still three years. Perhaps I can find a solution. If I can't solve it in three years, it won won't be too late to give up."
Ning Rongrong's words were a small comfort to Ning Fengzhi, at least preventing the bizarre situation of a certain Grandmaster's "farts like thunder."
"Rongrong, how confident are you?" Ning Rongrong's cultivation method seemed feasible, which greatly interested Sword Douluo, but he was still concerned about Ning Rongrong's safety.
Sword Douluo's words were also the concern of Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi.
"I will spend three years condensing Soul Rings."
Condensing rings!
Similar to what Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts did.
Having just absorbed three Soul Rings and expelled their energy from her body,
Ning Rongrong had roughly confirmed some things.
Martial Soul cultivation, or rather, the Soul Ring system of the Douluo Continent, was likely about stealing the power of Soul Beasts to empower oneself.
In that case, by using true qi to simulate the structure of a Soul Ring and resonate with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, she might be able to use Martial Soul Abilities.
As for whether she could achieve the incredible act of swinging the pagoda to smash people,
that remained to be seen.