"Rongrong, your idea is dangerous!" Ning Fengzhi's hand trembled slightly as he lifted his teacup, but he still forced himself to take a sip to calm his nerves.
Using five 100,000-year spirit bones to enhance his innate talent and elevate his spirit to the next level and that included a 100,000-year external spirit bone.
Whether 100,000-year spirit bones could defy fate and transform the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was a question for later.
But were 100,000-year spirit beasts that easy to find and kill?
Even if they found and killed them, and even if they dropped spirit bones wouldn't feeding so many spirit bones to a Title Douluo be more worthwhile?
With that, Sword Douluo might even reach rank 98, approaching rank 99. Combined with his own support as a Spirit Douluo, they might not even need to fear Qian Daoliu!
"Rongrong, let's talk about something more realistic. Your plan is a bit too outlandish."
"Really? I think it's pretty good!" Ning Rongrong said, puzzled. "Stacking five 100,000-year spirit bones might also raise Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone by one rank, but the effect wouldn't be that noticeable."
"Eh? Why wouldn't it be noticeable?" Dugu Yan asked, confused.
"Sister Yan, don't you get it?" Ning Rongrong explained. "Whether it's Grandpa Sword or Grandpa Bone, they're just one person."
"But if Dad absorbs five more 100,000-year spirit bones, he'll have six in total."
"At that point, not only would his physique surpass that of an ordinary Title Douluo, but if he also breaks through to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the improvement wouldn't just be for one person."
Dugu Yan: "?"
Ning Fengzhi: "?"
A faint sense of foreboding crept into Ning Fengzhi's heart, but he couldn't quite place it yet.
"Sister Yan, spirit abilities can be inherited. If he works hard after that, maybe in 20 years, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan could directly be renamed the Nine "
"Stop! Cough Ning Rongrong, you stop right there!"
Ning Fengzhi's scalp went numb. His usually calm face flushed with embarrassment and anger as he hurriedly cut her off.
Ning Rongrong, you're getting more and more ridiculous.
Six 100,000-year spirit bones as a foundation, a physique stronger than most Title Douluo
Are you worried my kidneys can't handle it?!
What kind of spirit evolution scheme is this?! And in 20 years, a mighty Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan?
I, Ning Fengzhi, have standards! The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan has dignity!
If they did things this way, how could he ever show his face in the Douluo Continent again?
One day, people would point at him and say:
"Look, that's the legendary patriarch of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, the strongest support sect Ning Fengzhi. Through sheer personal effort, he renamed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan."
"Rumor has it his descendants fill the entire Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, cementing the prestige of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."
"Even a 99th-ranked Title Douluo would have to bow before Patriarch Ning, sighing in private that they lack the stamina to match him."
Thinking this far, Ning Fengzhi's eyelids twitched violently.
Yes, he was a businessman but face was still important! This kind of absurd reputation? No thanks!
"Fengzhi, actually… if you think about it, it's not wrong!" A sudden voice interrupted Ning Fengzhi's thoughts.
Snapping back to reality, Ning Fengzhi looked up at Bone Douluo, who was teasing him, and sighed helplessly.
"If Rongrong spouts nonsense, fine but Uncle Bone, why are you joining in?"
"It is a bit ridiculous, but six 100,000-year spirit bones… if we work hard, it's not impossible to collect them. Rongrong did say she knows the locations of many 100,000-year spirit beasts."
"Though after that, Fengzhi, you'd have to put in the effort yourself."
"We can help with the spirit bones, but the rest…"
"Uncle Sword, I won't hog all the benefits. 100,000-year spirit bones are too precious they should go to you two elders and Elder Dugu first!" Ning Fengzhi interrupted, his face darkening.
Good grief, you two elders are just as outrageous!
You're both Title Douluo beyond rank 95 and you're seriously considering the feasibility of Rongrong's nonsense?!
Have you no regard for the fragile psyche of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's patriarch?!
"Ahem " Ning Fengzhi coughed lightly, pulling everyone's attention back. Then, with a stern expression, he looked at Ning Rongrong, who was eagerly awaiting his decision.
"Rongrong, this proposal of yours is rejected."
"Why? Isn't it feasible?"
"This isn't about feasibility!" Ning Fengzhi, who had always maintained a gentle and scholarly demeanor, was on the verge of losing his composure.
Just who the hell taught Rongrong these strange things?! When I find out, I'll break their legs!
"At any rate, this is too absurd. Rongrong, don't forget you are the one with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda now."
"But… but…" Ning Rongrong's soft voice piped up. "If I brought back a whole group of Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagodas, wouldn't Dad get angry?"
"I'm too young anyway, and it's not appropriate. Besides, at most, there'd only be one per year! And it might not even be a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. The efficiency is too low the effort and reward are completely disproportionate."
Silence.
The entire hall fell deathly quiet.
"Rongrong… you can't be serious?" Ning Fengzhi's face paled in horror.
He immediately resolved to burn all those strange books Rongrong had been reading scatter the ashes to the wind!
What in the world has Rongrong been learning with her Split Spirit Control?!
Beside him, Sword Douluo and the others were so shocked they couldn't even speak.
"Pfft " Ning Rongrong glanced around, then suddenly burst out laughing. "I surrender! Dad, everything I just said was a joke. Don't look at me like that!"
"I have zero interest in marriage. If anything, I'm more interested in ascending to godhood at rank 100. So there's no way I'd do something so absurd."
As soon as she finished, multiple sighs of relief echoed around her.
"Rongrong, then what you just…" Ning Fengzhi patted his chest, steadying his breathing.
This little demoness she nearly gave me a heart attack!
"Oh, that? I just thought you were always too serious. I rarely see your expression break, so I thought it'd be fun to tease you a little."
Ning Fengzhi: "..."
"However, regarding your breakthrough to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, I do have a relatively feasible plan. But even at minimum, you'd probably need one 100,000-year spirit bone related to life energy."
"A life-attribute 100,000-year spirit bone?" Ning Fengzhi refocused.
"Right. Based on my understanding of my own Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and the tendencies of your Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, your spirit leans toward life recovery."
"For example, when you reach the Seven Aperture Dispersed Heart, you gain the ability to heal others."
In the original story, Ning Fengzhi had used the Seven Aperture Dispersed Heart and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to pull Emperor Xue Ye back from the brink of death, extending his life by a few days to settle his affairs.
"The healing ability of the Seven Aperture Dispersed Heart isn't granted by soul rings it's a skill derived from Split Spirit Control combined with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's traits, like a self-created spirit skill."
"So, if we enhance this aspect further, there's a chance Dad's spirit could evolve into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."
"I see." Ning Fengzhi nodded thoughtfully.
Bone Douluo, however, frowned slightly. "Which 100,000-year spirit beast's spirit bone would be needed for the breakthrough?"
Ning Rongrong might occasionally be eccentric, but when it came to serious matters, she was sharp.
Since that unknown deity had told her about the top powers on the continent, and since she sounded so certain now, she must already have answers regarding suitable spirit beasts.
"The spirit bone of a 100,000-year Emerald Swan, or a 100,000-year Blue Silver Emperor."
"As long as the spirit skill effect leans toward life recovery, I'm fairly confident either could help Dad's Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda advance to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."