Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 7 Plot
Then, an idea flashed through Lin Rong's mind, and he continued with what he had just said:
"Your clan's Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda is a gemstone martial spirit."

Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes after hearing this: "Nonsense, isn't this a well-known fact? You can tell it just by listening to the name!"

"Then Miss Ning might as well choose to hunt gem soul beasts to obtain soul rings." Lin Rong stated his purpose:

"The first soul skill of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda is nothing more than a boost in strength or agility."

"Then the Diamond Mammoth and Emerald Demon Bird are two good soul beasts to choose from."

"Diamonds and kingfisher feathers are both gemstones. They complement the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower, don't they?"

After saying that, Lin Rong led the old housekeeper out of the valley. When they were about to leave the valley, he turned back and said something to provoke Ning Rongrong:
"Oh, right."

"My first spirit ring is over 400 years old. I believe that as the daughter of Sect Master Ning, you will definitely not look down on spirit beasts that are less than 400 years old!"

Without waiting for Ning Rongrong to react, Lin Rong left without looking back.

"Damn it! Are you looking down on me?" After Ning Rongrong realized what was happening, she turned toward the valley entrance and yelled like a hedgehog with its hair standing on end:

"It's just the first spirit ring in four hundred years. What's there to be proud of? I can make one for you in a minute!"

On the side, the captain of the guard team, Gu Feng, said weakly: "Well, Miss, we..."

"What are you still standing there for?" Ning Rongrong glared at Gu Feng fiercely and ordered:
"Didn't you hear what I just said? Go find a diamond mammoth. Don't buy one that's less than four hundred years old."

"Now! Immediately! Immediately!"

"Yes!"

Seven voices answered in unison and echoed in the valley. They looked at each other and sighed in their hearts that this little ancestor was really hard to serve. Soul beasts like the Diamond Mammoth are extremely rare and very hard to find!

……

On the way back to Tiandou City, Lin Rong sat in the carriage, thinking about things.

In the original novel, Ning Rongrong's martial soul evolved from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower after absorbing the Qiluo Tulip.

Qiluo Tulip, consuming the essence of heaven and earth, the light of the sun and the moon, complements the best of gemstone-type martial spirits, and can therefore allow the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower to evolve into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower.

But natural gems are the essence of heaven and earth, and gem-type soul beasts can also absorb the light of the sun and the moon.

Even if it is not as good as the Qiluo Tulip, but a little bit adds up to a lot, and with the blessing of the soul rings produced by many gem soul beasts, it may not be impossible to evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower.

Moreover, regardless of whether this matter succeeds or not, Lin Rong will not suffer any loss.

On the contrary, if he succeeds, he can also gain favor from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, which will be beneficial to his future plans.

The most important thing is that this incident can be used to indirectly educate Ning Rongrong, the uneducated girl.

The reason why Ning Rongrong was able to act lawless was simply because she relied on the doting of the two Titled Douluo of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, making it impossible for Ning Fengzhi to educate her.

But once Ning Rongrong's martial soul shows signs of evolution, things will be different.

The Seven Treasures Glazed Tower involves the foundation of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect.

Therefore, as long as Ning Rongrong's martial soul shows signs of evolution, Ning Fengzhi will strictly require Ning Rongrong to practice hard in order to obtain the next soul ring earlier.

The two Titled Douluo would tolerate Ning Rongrong in small matters, but would only obey Ning Fengzhi's orders in such big matters.

"Ning Rongrong, if my vision comes true, then your leisurely life will be completely gone!"

"Soul power training, noble education, and learning the method of distraction control, this is what you should do."

"As for that Shrek Academy, you'd better not go there. Just stay in the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and be the young master."

……

"Ah sneeze!"

Ning Rongrong rubbed her nose.

On the side, the captain of the guard team, Gu Feng, heard the voice and immediately said:
"Miss, it's very cold in spring, especially in the forest. You'd better wear more clothes to avoid catching a cold."

"Huh? Are you teaching me how to do things?" Ning Rongrong didn't appreciate it at all, but she consciously took out a fur coat from her soul guide and put it on.

"If you have the free time to hang around me, why don't you go find the diamond mammoth!" "This..." Gu Feng suddenly felt embarrassed.

The other six guards have all gone to look for the diamond mammoth. Now he is the only one left to protect the young lady's safety, and he must not leave.

If anything happens to this little ancestor, the two princes in the sect will tear his bones and skin him alive.

"Bang~bang~"

Suddenly, a burst of fireworks came from the distant sky, and the shape of a seven-story pagoda bloomed in the air.

"Found it? So fast!" Gu Feng couldn't help but be surprised after seeing the fireworks.

Ning Rongrong didn't think so. Now she only wanted to obtain the diamond mammoth's soul ring and didn't want to waste even a second.

"What are you still standing there for? Take me there quickly."

……

Inside the carriage.

Lin Rong was doing two things at once, practicing the Marrow Cleansing Sutra to cultivate his soul power while asking:
"Grandpa Yu, it's been more than two months, and there's still no news about the guards sent to the Barak Kingdom?"

"Reply to the young master's question."

On the side, the old butler thought for a moment and replied respectfully:
"Captain Xu has found a child who has awakened the Fire Phoenix spirit in a village near Soto City in the Barak Kingdom."

"According to the young master's instructions, the child cannot be threatened, only bribed."

"Captain Xu remembered your teachings and saw that the child was eager for the delicacies in the towns along the way, so he took the child to taste the delicacies of various places along the way, which delayed him for quite a while."

"When we went to the Sunset Forest to hunt souls, according to the news from the secret sentry, they were not far from Tiandou City."

"After a few days, they should have arrived at the Duke's Palace."

"Well, that's great." Lin Rong nodded slightly and then stopped talking.

Among the Shrek Seven Devils, Dai Mubai was born into the royal family of the Xingluo Empire, Zhu Zhuqing was born into the family of the Xingluo Queen; Tang San and Ning Rongrong were born into the Upper Three Sects; and Xiao Wu was the incarnation of a hundred thousand year old soul beast.

Only Oscar and Ma Hongjun came from poor families and were the two most suitable to be recruited.

However, although Oscar is loyal and righteous, he is too shrewd, sensitive, suspicious, and has many small thoughts.

This can be seen from the scene in the original novel where Tang San deliberately let Oscar eavesdrop on his conversation with Ning Rongrong on Sea God Island so that Oscar could resolve his emotional knot.

For this kind of person, you will not be loyal to any force. You can only be brothers with him, exchange sincerity for sincerity, and make him do things willingly based on friendship.

Unfortunately, Lin Rong can give Oscar a lot of things, such as wealth, power, and entourage. He can satisfy Oscar with all these, but he cannot give Oscar his true love.

Ma Hongjun is different. This little fat boy has a simple mind and will listen to whoever treats him well. He is very suitable to be trained as a thug and become a sharp blade in Lin Rong's hands.

As for why they had to wait until Ma Hongjun's martial soul awakened before recruiting him, there are two reasons.

Firstly, although the village where Ma Hongjun is located is not difficult to guess: it is near Shrek Academy, the martial souls of all the villagers are chickens.

But there are tens of thousands of people on the mainland, and there are many people with the same name and surname. If you look for someone before your martial soul awakens, you may find the wrong person.

Secondly, recruiting someone still requires a reason, and Ma Hongjun's innate talent for ninth-level soul power is the best reason for Lin Rong to recruit him.

Of the Shrek Seven Devils, Ma Hongjun is now in Lin Rong's hands, and once Ning Rongrong's spirit shows signs of evolution, Ning Fengzhi will never let his daughter go to Shrek Academy.

As a result, two of the seven Shrek Devils have died, leaving only Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar.

However, Lin Rong later had other plans for Tang San, and coupled with the butterfly effect brought about by this action, Tang San and Xiao Wu would not appear in Shrek Academy.

As a result, only three of the Shrek Seven Devils were left.

If it is true as the original novel says, that the academy decided to continue operating because of the recruitment of Tang San and the other three, then six years later, Shrek Academy would have been disbanded on the spot.

Tang San is only six years old now, and there are still fourteen years before the world goes into chaos. The Douluo Continent is still too peaceful today.

Thinking of this, Lin Rong suddenly opened his mouth and instructed the old housekeeper:
"Grandpa Yu, after returning home, send someone to Yuexuan to deliver a visiting card. We will choose a day to visit Madam Yue."

(End of this chapter)