Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 211 Clues
That night.

Lin Rong sat on the sofa, waiting for someone to arrive.

After an unknown amount of time, Ning Fengzhi walked in into the night.

"The leader of the Royal Knights has been selected."

He walked quickly to the sofa beside him, took off the cloak he was wearing, sat down and said:

"Between the two captains, Jin Wen and Zong Xuan, Emperor Xue Ye chose Jin Wen."

"The emperor's mentality is normal." Lin Rong replied calmly.

In fact, he had some guesses about the outcome of tonight.

Although Deputy Captain Zong Xuan's true identity is an illegitimate son of the royal family and has the blood of the Xue family flowing in his veins, it is precisely because of this that Xue Ye is even less likely to hand over the position of leader of the Royal Knights to him.

A powerful leader of the Royal Knights, with royal blood flowing in his veins, could very likely lead the Royal Knights to seize power and usurp the throne if he developed thoughts that he shouldn't have.

This is also why, after Xue Ye succeeded to the throne of the Tiandou Empire, he immediately promoted his trusted confidant Xue Zhong to the position of leader of the Royal Knights to replace Zong Xuan, in order to prevent such a thing from happening.

Although Jin Wen was not Xue Ye’s confidant, he was also the only choice.

In the entire Royal Knights, only the two deputy captains have enough qualifications and prestige to convince the others. The rest of the people who are willing to succeed the captain cannot gain the recognition of the other soldiers.

But Lin Rong also knew that Jin Wen's position as leader was only temporary, because Xue Ye would definitely train new confidants and send them to the Royal Knights to gain experience, and when the time was right, he would push them to the position of leader of the Royal Knights.

But this will take at least ten years. If it really takes more than ten years, the Tiandou Empire will have changed hands.

"Um, sir, I have something I want to ask you."

Ning Fengzhi looked at Lin Rong, his tone surprisingly a little shy.

"Then ask." Lin Rong looked at him and quickly understood something, but still pretended not to know.

Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi instantly became a little excited. He tried to slow down his speech and speak as clearly as possible:
"Sir, I want to know how Sarath broke through to become a Titled Douluo?"

As soon as he asked the question, he looked at Lin Rong anxiously, afraid of hearing an answer that would disappoint him.

If Salas can break through to the Titled Douluo, perhaps he can also break the limitations of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda martial spirit and break through to the Soul Douluo or even the Titled Douluo.

"Salas? He used the power of the divine weapon to break through to the Titled Douluo. As a price, he lost twenty years of life."

Divine Artifact! Twenty Years of Life!

After hearing this, Ning Fengzhi did not immediately ask what kind of magic weapon it was. Instead, his expression changed and he struggled internally.

Although he looks like he is in his early thirties or forties, he is actually quite old and is already in his sixties this year.

Ning Rongrong is young, but she is his youngest and only daughter. He has many sons.

Although the life span of a soul master is longer than that of an ordinary person, it is only a little longer. Only by breaking through to the realm of Titled Douluo can the life span be significantly increased.

After a Soul Sage breaks through to the Soul Douluo level, his lifespan will not increase. That’s why Ning Fengzhi was hesitating about whether it was worth wasting at least ten years of his life just to break through to the Soul Douluo level.

As for the Titled Douluo, he no longer considered it.

Sarath's soul power is at least level 87, and it took him 20 years of life to break through to the Titled Douluo. If he were a level 79 Soul Saint, who knows how much life he would have to spend. Maybe the rest of his life would not be enough for him to break through to the Titled Douluo.

After hesitating for a few minutes, Ning Fengzhi made up his mind and asked resolutely:

"Sir, I want to use the power of that artifact to break the restrictions of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda Martial Spirit on me, and break through to Soul Douluo. How much life will this consume?"

"Uh..." Lin Rong broke Ning Fengzhi's fantasy and said bluntly:

"I don't think I said that the power of this artifact can be used by everyone."

"Yes, is that so?" Ning Fengzhi took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off his face, with an extremely embarrassed expression on his face.

At the same time, his emotions were extremely complicated. He felt disappointed that he could not break through the limitations of his martial soul, but also relieved that he did not have to waste his life.

Seeing this, Lin Rong comforted him:
"Breaking the restrictions of martial spirits is difficult for ordinary people, but for gods it is a simple matter that cannot be simpler."

"Isn't your daughter the inheritor of the Nine-Colored Goddess? Once her affinity with the Goddess is raised to a high enough level, she will be able to use the power of the Nine-Colored Shawl to allow your martial soul to evolve to the Eight Treasures or even the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower."

"Sir, are you serious?" Ning Fengzhi's depressed mood became cheerful again.

In response, Lin Rong simply replied:
"Nonsense, what good would it be for me to lie to you?"

Ning Fengzhi thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true.

There was really no need for Lin Rong to lie to him, and in his eyes the other party was extremely mysterious and knew a lot of information about the gods.

Therefore, the credibility of this news is not low.

"By the way, how's the matter I asked you to investigate going?"

Lin Rong changed the subject, picked up the teacup on the table and drank it slowly.

Although his Lin family is the hereditary dukedom of the Tiandou Empire, it is still far behind the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, especially in terms of manpower distributed across the continent.

As a top sect that is rich enough to rival a country, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's chambers of commerce are spread across the entire continent. It has a wide network of contacts and many followers, and the various sources of information are far more complete than those collected by his secret guards.

Therefore, Lin Rong handed the task of finding the successor of the God of Light to Ning Fengzhi.

"There are some clues, but few clues." Ning Fengzhi sorted out his thoughts and spoke slowly:

"According to the information you provided, sir, the inheritor of the God of Light possesses both the attributes of light and death."

"According to this information, my men found some useful clues in the Seagod City of the Seagod Empire, which was formerly the Vast Sea City."

As he spoke, Ning Fengzhi took out a portrait and handed it to Lin Rong, and continued:
"The person in the portrait is named Jixiang. He is a descendant of a resident of Sea God Island. He was expelled from Sea God Island because he did not awaken his companion spirit power when he was six years old."

"But after the meteor fell on Douluo Continent, this Jixiang suddenly gained soul power, and at a young age, he had excellent medical skills and saved many people. He became quite famous among the lower-class people in Sea God City."

"For someone without soul power to suddenly have soul power, only the inheritance of gods can... Of course, magical skills like Xuantian Gong are not included."

"Therefore, it is very likely that this Jixiang has inherited the legacy of a god, but we cannot be sure whether the legacy he received is from the God of Light."

(End of this chapter)