Chapter 53 - Beautiful Silk Tulip

Seven Treasured Glazed Tile Clan,

Ning Rongrong had come back to the clan for nearly a week but it seemed that her father was away from the clan when she had arrived and after waiting for an entire week had she gotten any new of his return but she was still pissed off that he took so long to return.

She was in her room cultivating and when she heard from her Grandpa Bone that her father had come back she stopped cultivating and went straight to his room.

Inside Ning Fenghzi's room he was checking out all the happenings of the clan while he was away, he had already told one of the servants to call Ning Rongrong so he was only passing the time until she comes. He wanted to talk to her for a while before dealing with the matter of the Strength Clan Head.

"Daddy, how can you leave me here and go out for so long, you should be thankful that you've left behind Grandpa Bone or else, hmph"

"Haha, I only got to know that my little she-devil was back just a few hours back, I even rushed back knowing that you were back you know"

He wanted to hug his daughter but just when he was about to she slipped away, this caused him to be a little surprised because he knew his daughter very well and she hated to cultivate and she hated to do body training more than that, he was a Spirit Saint and even if he was a Support type spirit master his body was still enhanced by his spirit power but Ning Rongrong was still able to escape from him which only meant that she was training diligently and had improved quite a lot.

This caused a smile to come upon his face,

"Rongrong daddy missed you so let daddy have a hug will you??"

"Hmph, but Grandpa Bone said that he was the one who missed me the most"

"Nonsense, it was me who missed you the most, that Old Bone is clearly lying"

When Rongrong said that, the Sword Douluo flipped out in rage at the old man next to Rongrong.

"Hmph, no matter how much you deny it, it was me who missed her the most"

"You want to find out who missed me the most, I have the best method to find out"

Rongrong then said while interrupting the two of them, this caused Ning Fenghzi to give out a wry smile while he thought,

'She still causes havoc after going out for so long'

"Whoever gives me the best gift will be the one who missed me the most"

Ning Fenghzi who couldn't bear to see his two 'Uncles' compete anymore said,

"Alright, alright, break it up to you two"

"Rongrong, daddy also missed you so I bought back some gifts for you, here take a look"

He then gave her the few beautifying pills, skin whitening pills and the spirit restoring pills for the Spirit Elder rank. He also kept a batch of cosmetic pills for his wife too, after giving the pills he then took out the Powder Shooting Shadow,

"This is a weapon I won at the auction, I think you will find it very useful"

But he didn't find the excited expression on her face that he had expected, she was more disappointed if anything,

"Daddy, these are Brother San's weapons how did you get them and these pills are also Brother San's, he gave us a few pills once in Shrek and I remember that these were the same pills he had given us as back then"

This time it was Ning Fenghzi and Sword Douluo to be surprised, they knew the maker of these weapons and knowing that it was a classmate of Rongrong made them slightly wary against him,

"The weapons you have are not so strong, he gave us a different set which was much more powerful, this sleeve dart is his creation too"

"Haha, it seems that this Brother San is quite out of the ordinary if he can make weapons like these"

"Grandpa Bone, even in terms of cultivation I can't match up to Brother San, he is much stronger than me too"

"Oh, tell me about this Brother San of yours, what's his age and what's his current rank??"

"Brother San has a Blue Silver Grass as his spirit he's currently 13 years and he told me he was at the Spirit King Rank and only needed a Spirit Ring"

"Blue Silver Grass, I see and a Spirit Ki-.... wait what was his age again??"

"He's thirteen years just like me"

"And he's a Spirit King are you sure??"

"Of course he's a Spirit King, though he was the fastest to reach the Spirit King Rank, I feel like I broke through too and should reach the Spirit King rank if I get my Spirit Ring and advance to the Spirit Ancestor Rank"

"Wait, what did you say?? You need a Spirit Ring to advance to the Ancestor Rank, that means your current rank should be at 40??"

"Right, I forgot to tell Papa, but all us Shrek Devils have reached the Spirit Ancestor Rank, while one of us even reached the Spirit King Rank"

Hearing that all three of their expressions turned grave, they knew what it meant to have such high cultivation at such a young age, there were quite a lot of nefarious methods which can let one cultivate at extremely fast speeds but on the cost of reducing their lifespan or deteriorating their spirit.

Though it might give you quite a lot in the short term it would make your later progress quite slow and may even limit your cultivation in the future. If she had been used for such cultivation then though her cultivation speed would increase now it would not reach more than the Spirit King rank.

Seeing their grave expressions Rongrong felt something was wrong and asked them,

"W-What's wrong, isn't it good that my cultivation speed is so fast??"

Ning Fenghzi with a serious expression then asked her,

"Rongrong, tell me how did you cultivate and what all happened to you after you joined Shrek"

Rongrong seeing their serious expression didn't hide anything and told them everything that happened after she reached Shrek, how she found out that she was not so special, all that happened at Star Dou Forest, the spirit colosseum, the battle against the emperor team, the Heaven Dou Academy and finally about them joining Blue Tyrant Academy which is now Shrek Academy.

When the three of them heard about all that they were quite surprised at Grandmasters training methods, they were even surprised at Tang San's medical knowledge and hidden weapon knowledge, of course, she didn't go into detail about all that but they could pick up on such small things by themselves.

"Two months back I reached the 39th rank and half a month back Brother San came back from training with Senior Dugu Bo"

"Wait what do you mean by training with Dugu Bo??"

"Oh yes, I almost forgot, Senior Dugu Bo took in Tang San to teach him about poison and medicine, I'm not sure about the details but I know that Tang San isn't his disciple or anything like that. After coming back he gave us all immortal herbs which helped us without breakthroughs, Ma Hongjin was so lucky that he directly broke through to the Spirit King Rank with a Ten Thousand Year Ring as his Fourth Ring"

"A spirit having a black fourth ring!! What spirit did he have and how did he get this ring??"

This was something they could not ignore, even if one used nefarious cultivation techniques it can't affect things like their Spirit Rings or improving or changing their spirit, to have a spirit with a black fourth ring, would only mean his luck and talent was quite good.

They calmed down a little after hearing that, Ning Fenghzi then asked her,

"What immortal did you get from that Tang San??"

"I got this immortal herb which he called Beautiful Silk Tulip"

When she said that name both Ning Fenghzi and Sword Douluo exchanged glances at each other, the Sword douluo took out a Jade case and opened it.

When Rongrong saw what was inside the jade case she let out a surprised shriek,

"That's it, that's the Beautiful Silk Tulip brother san gave me. Grandpa Sword how do you have one?? Brother San told me that they were quite rare and can't easily be found"

"So this is one of those herbs which let those kids reach the Spirit King rank right??"

"Papa you're so lucky to find this herb, Brother San told us that in one place only one herb of the same kind can grow and to find two meant that you were blessed by the heavens"

"Haha, though it is a good herb I don't think it can help me much since I'm in the Spirit Saint rank and not to forget about our Seven Treasures spirit problem"

"No papa this herb has another effect on me apart from raising my rank, look at this"

Saying that she put her hand up and drew out her spirit, Ning Fenghzi didn't quite understand at first but the Sword Douluo did,

"Nine Colours and Nine Floors, heavens it's the Nine Treasured Pagoda!!!"

"What!!"

Both Ning Fenghzi and the Bone Douluo were shocked at that, this was only a legend passed down in their clan, it was almost considered a fairy tale if they hadn't seen it right in front of their eyes. Ning Fenghzi had tried every possible method he could to get this spirit but in the end, he was unable to do so, he had given up thinking that it was only a story and might not be real but on seeing it now he was sure, the legends were real.

He then looked at the Beautiful Silk Tulip in the Jade case thinking about what to do, whether to use this or leave it for future generations.

"Papa, are you going to use this herb, I can tell you how to use it, Brother San told me that you shouldn't directly eat it and only inhale the gases from the top end of the herb while cultivating"

"Uncle Sword what do you think I should do??"

Cheng Xin understood what he meant, he was someone who was already old and might not even be able to reach the Titled Douluo realm, using this immortal herb might even be a waste on him.

"These days the winds of Douluo have been terrifyingly quiet, I think it would be to do something now instead of hoping for the future"

Ning Fenghzi understood what he meant, even he had a feeling that there would soon be a storm in the Douluo Continent and even their Seven Treasured Clan might not be able to withstand it.

…

It was nearly half an hour since Ning Fenghzi went into a private room along with Chen Xin to absorb the immortal herb, after waiting for some time Rongrong saw that the door finally opened and her father came out with a smile on his face.

"Rongrong, Uncle Bone, Uncle Sword, the matter of me breaking through should be kept confidential for now and no one should say a word about it, that includes Rongrong's Nine Treasured Glazed Tile Pagoda as well"

"Understood sect master"

The three of them nodded, this was a direct order from the sect master so how could they ignore it,

"Uncle Sword please check Rongrong's vitality once more, I just want to make sure that it isn't injured and also check her foundations"

Nodding his head Chen Xin put his hand on Rongrong's shoulder, after checking for a while he said,

"Her vitality is fine and it seems that she can even live as long as a titled douluo, I'm not sure if it's due to her training, the herb or her spirit or maybe all of them but we don't need to worry about her burning her vitality anymore, as for her foundations, even I'm shocked at it, it's almost as if her body is on par with a mid-level beast spirit master"

When they heard that both Ning Fenghzi and Gu Rong were surprised, a support type spirit master would usually have a weak body compared to other types of spirit masters. Even the Seven Treasured Glazed Tile Pagoda couldn't cover up that weakness, that was why for support type spirit masters to advance is quite harder than compared to normal spirit masters.

"Well, Shrek deserves its reputation I guess, they really do only accept monsters"

"I think this Grandmaster, Xiao Gang is more interesting though, he should be from the Blue Tyrant Lightning Dragon Clan, I remember briefly meeting him once but I think re-introductions are in order don't you think Uncle Bone??"

"Yes, also I think we should deal with that kid Tai Tan first before anything"

"Oh right, I almost forgot, Rongrong why did you ask your grandpa bone to find a blacksmith clan??"

"Ah right, Brother San said that he would sell his hidden weapons to us but to mass-produce it we should help him find a decent blacksmith clan, that was one of the reasons I came back home"

"You said he has other weapons didn't you, do you have any on hand??"

"Yes, I have quite a few weapons which were given to me by brother san, I was thinking that maybe we can equip our clansmen with these weapons"

…

After that Ning Fenghzi saw a demonstration of how powerful these weapons were he was really tempted to buy them. He then told his uncle bone to take them to Heaven Dou Capital to Shrek Academy, he had to admit that kid he met in the auction has been giving him a lot of surprises, he even had thoughts of trying to rope him into his clan even if it was through marriage.