155: Chapter 155 The Heart of the Ancient Tree of Life, Ah Yin Recognizes It as Her Master?

Outside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, seeing they were about to arrive, with a thought, Ning Rongrong separated from Su Ling's body.

"Brother Su, we've arrived so quickly!" Ning Rongrong said in surprise.

Su Ling smiled and said, "We need to make it in time for lunch, let's go in."

"By the way, are Ma Hongjun and Oscar both here?" Su Ling asked.

Ning Rongrong said, "They have both gone out for training and are not in the Sect."

"They both went for training?" Su Ling asked, puzzled.

"Yes, a year after returning from the Intermediate competition, everyone left one after another," Ning Rongrong said.

Su Ling said, "It's not wrong to go out for training. After living in the academy for so long, of course they need to go out and experience the World."

Originally, Su Ling wanted to take Ma Hongjun and Oscar with him. After all, he had already given them immortal medicinal herbs, and they had the Aptitude to become gods.

As for the others, Su Ling did not want to take them for the time being.

If they went to Sea God Island without his help, they might not pass the trials. Since they weren't there, he wouldn't consider it for now.

"Let's go, we're going in. Dad, Grandpa Sword, and Bone Douluo have been waiting for you for a long time," Ning Rongrong said.

At this moment, Su Ling looked at the walls of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School again. They had been heightened and reinforced. Scanning with his Mental Energy, he could see hidden Sharp Weapons crafted from the ones he had provided.

It could be said that over these years, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had been preparing for a possible attack by Spirit Hall.

Not long after entering the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo walked out to meet them.

Looking at the three of them now, Sword Douluo was still level 96, and Bone Douluo was level 95.

Ning Fengzhi's Soul Power had accumulated over time and had now reached level 88. His physical appearance had also changed significantly; he looked much younger and more energetic than before.

At this point, Ning Fengzhi should have been in his sixties, but in reality, he looked only about forty years old.

"Su Ling, you've finally returned!" Ning Fengzhi said with a smile. Compared to before, his smile carried an extra hint of confidence.

"Uncle Ning! Senior Sword, Senior Bone." Su Ling said.

"Oh, Su Ling, it looks like you've made great progress," Sword Douluo said.

Su Ling also smiled and replied, "I have made some progress!"

"Dad, hurry and have the kitchen prepare lunch. We haven't had lunch yet," Ning Rongrong reminded him quickly.

"Right, right, I will have someone prepare it immediately," Ning Fengzhi laughed, and then immediately arranged for it.

"Su Ling, now that you've returned, have you noticed anything different about our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?" Ning Fengzhi said somewhat proudly.

Su Ling said, "The defenses are much better, and there are more people. It seems there are many ordinary soldiers, and I assume they have all learned to use various Hidden Weapons."

Ning Fengzhi nodded and said, "That's right. I have recruited and trained five thousand elite soldiers. Every one of them can use Hidden Weapons, and when they use them, I have the Sect Disciples assist them to enhance their power. Each of these soldiers can unleash powerful combat strength."

After becoming a Spirit Douluo, Ning Fengzhi was in high Spirits. He was confident in leading the Sect to even greater heights.

"In addition, over these years, I have also had our Sect's scouts keep a constant watch on the movements of Spirit Hall. This has proven what you said before, Su Ling—Spirit Hall's ambition is not small, and the possibility of them attacking us is high. After all, over these many years, Spirit Hall has struck at our high-level members more than once."

"By the way, Su Ling, have you mentioned this to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect? Since we might face an attack, it is possible they are the same."

"Uncle Ning, I have already sent people to tell them. However, even if they are prepared, I estimate it will be very difficult, because Spirit Hall might send many experts at once," Su Ling said.

In the original story, there were actually many experts. Although their high-end combat power was not as good as Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, it would be very difficult for Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to face four Title Douluo while also protecting the others in the Sect.

Especially with Sword Douluo staying behind to cover the retreat while facing four Title Douluo alone—even at level 96, he was no match for them.

"Su Ling, don't worry. With me and the old sword here, there is nothing to fear," Bone Douluo said with a confident look.

In the novel, the attack began suddenly. Now, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was prepared, so it shouldn't be that tragic.

However, this still made Su Ling feel somewhat uneasy!

Originally, Su Ling had thought that if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect could unite, resisting Spirit Hall's attack would be much better.

But on second thought, the attacks on the two major Sects were carried out simultaneously. Spirit Hall split its forces into two paths. If they combined into one place, the battle would be even more difficult.

Moreover, with a joint defense, where would they defend, and who would abandon their own Sect?

So, as soon as Su Ling had this thought, he gave it up.

"Good, as long as you Seniors have confidence," Su Ling said.

"Su Ling, what level are you at now?" Ning Fengzhi suddenly asked.

"Level 90." Su Ling did not hide it and answered Ning Fengzhi truthfully.

Regarding his current combat strength, Su Ling felt no need to immediately absorb a 100,000-year spirit ring to advance. Su Ling was a perfectionist regarding his ninth spirit ring; it had to be a million-year one.

"What?"

"Su Ling, you are already level 90?"

Several people looked at Su Ling in astonishment, their expressions a mix of shock and skepticism.

Su Ling immediately released his Spirit and spirit rings.

Eight spirit rings appeared.

Seven black and one gold. This spirit ring configuration was somewhat strange, jumping directly from ten-thousand-year spirit rings to a million-year spirit ring.

"What does this golden spirit ring mean?" Ning Fengzhi said.

Even though he had read many classic books and ancient texts, he had never seen any records of a golden spirit ring. While gold and yellow were somewhat similar, one could still see the difference if looking closely.

After all, the Soul Power intensity Su Ling displayed at this moment was indeed level 90, and they didn't think Su Ling's eighth spirit ring was a hundred-year yellow spirit ring either.

Su Ling said, "This is a rather special spirit ring, which is why it appears golden."

"Brother Su, what is the age of this spirit ring?" Ning Rongrong asked with a curious look.

"You can just consider it a spirit ring better than a general 100,000-year spirit ring," Su Ling said.

"Better than a 100,000-year spirit ring?" Ning Fengzhi said in surprise.

"That's right, it's just a special spirit ring."

"Su Ling, since you are already level 90, do you want to look for your ninth spirit ring? We can assist you," Sword Douluo offered.

"Senior Sword, that won't be necessary. My ninth spirit ring still needs to wait for a while; it's not for now."

"You still need to wait for a while? Only you, Su Ling, would say that. If it were anyone else, they would have wanted to advance to Title Douluo long ago," Bone Douluo said.

"At twenty-four years old, you are already level 90. Su Ling, I certainly didn't misjudge you. There is still some time before lunch, let's walk around again and see if there are any shortcomings in the Sect's defensive layout," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile.

From afternoon until evening, Su Ling stayed at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. He was taken around the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School by Ning Fengzhi and also sparred with Bone Douluo.

The two only used physical strength without Soul Power. At this time, Bone Douluo was no longer Su Ling's match.

This made Ning Fengzhi realize Su Ling's power once again.

Early the next morning!

Su Ling left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School with Ning Rongrong again.

After the two left, the three of them gathered together again.

"Fengzhi, Su Ling is growing too fast. I feel that even if I use my Spirit and Soul Power, I might not be his opponent," Bone Douluo commented.

"Yes, fortunately, we are on good terms with him, and there is Rongrong in between, so the next period will be the best time for our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to develop."

"However, the first step of development must be to withstand the attack from Spirit Hall," Ning Fengzhi said.

"Fengzhi, rest assured. After our long preparations and drills, if Spirit Hall comes, we will make sure they never return," Sword Douluo said.

"By the way, Su Ling, this kid is truly loyal. He actually gave me a ten-thousand-year medicinal herb to help me break through, and a Spirit Bone."

The three looked at each other and smiled.

They had all received a Spirit Bone. The ones Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi received were brought by Su Ling from Slaughter City, and no one knew how many times they had been absorbed.

Fortunately, they were suitable for the two of them. Although they could not increase Soul Power, they could increase combat strength.

Bone Douluo had been stuck at level 95, lacking an opportunity.

Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School also treasured ten-thousand-year medicinal herbs, not every one of these herbs could help a Spirit Master increase Soul Power.

As for the Spirit Bone Sword Douluo received, it was obtained by Su Ling from the System.

Sword Douluo himself was only a step away from level 97. The fact that he could advance after losing his arm in the battle against Spirit Hall showed that his accumulation was already sufficient; all he lacked was an opportunity.

A 50,000-year Spirit Bone could potentially become the opportunity for his Breakthrough.

Of course, Su Ling gave so many things, but he also took away some good things. He took quite a lot of various Hidden Weapons and equipment; there were definitely over a thousand sets.

If calculated according to the pricing of Tang San's Hidden Weapons, these thousands of sets would be worth at least ten million gold coins. So, although Su Ling gave things away, neither side lost out.

After Su Ling left, the three of them also began to absorb their Spirit Bones in batches.

As for the million-year Spirit Bone that Su Ling had previously offered for Ning Rongrong, it was not yet the right time, and the time required to absorb a million-year Spirit Bone was inestimable.

Moreover, Su Ling was leaving in just over a month, so he did not give it to Ning Rongrong.

Returning to the Divine Arrow Marquis Mansion, Su Ling's next move was to take his goddesses to search for spirit rings.

These goddesses were Zhu Zhuxin, Zhu Zhuqing, and Feng Yuer.

However, Su Ling did not go immediately; instead, he went to see Ye Lingling first.

After all, searching for spirit rings might take some time, and he had promised to visit her every few days, so he could not keep her waiting anxiously.

Therefore, searching for the spirit rings for the three women would have to wait another day.

Upon arriving at the location, Su Ling directly activated the Formation and walked inside.

At this moment, Ye Lingling was Cultivating. Sensing someone had arrived, she immediately opened her eyes.

"Brother Su, you are here." Ye Lingling immediately stood up to welcome him.

"Lingling!"

"Are you getting used to living here?" Su Ling asked.

Ye Lingling replied, "It is quite good. This place is much better than when I was hiding in Heaven Dou City. There is no danger here, and the environment is nice; it is perfect for my Cultivation."

"That is good. Just hold on for another month or so, and we can set off," Su Ling said.

"Brother Su, I took the Medicinal Pill you gave me yesterday. Just one pill allowed me to Breakthrough to level fifty-three," Ye Lingling added.

"Is that so? Then congratulations, Lingling."

"Brother Su, can you stay tonight to assist me?" Ye Lingling asked. Her face flushed slightly, and she had summoned all her courage to say this.

Su Ling thought to himself, isn't this the opportunity he had been waiting for?

"Very well. Since you want me to stay, Lingling, then I shall stay," Su Ling said.

Tonight, he would finally win over Ye Lingling.

"O-okay!" Ye Lingling replied. She had been worried that Su Ling might refuse, and seeing that he had agreed, the heavy stone in her heart finally fell.

Inside the Formation, Su Ling did not remain idle after staying behind.

He still had plenty of fresh meat and vegetables in his System space, and he enjoyed some roasted meat with Ye Lingling.

And when night fell, the real show began.

[Ding... Ye Lingling's favorability +2. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining Red Treasure Chest *2]

[Ding... Congratulations to the Host for completing an intimate interaction with the goddess Ye Lingling for the first time. Reward: 100,000-year Heart of the Life Ancient Tree *1. All of the Host's spirit ring ages increased by 20,000 years (million-year spirit rings cannot be further increased).]

[Ding... Ye Lingling's favorability is greater than or equal to 100]

[Bound Goddess: Ye Lingling] [Goddess Comprehensive Value: 96] [Favorability: 100 (You are her entire World)] [Binding Effect: The Host can gain 100% of the Bound Goddess's daily Cultivation results without reducing the Bound Goddess's Cultivation speed.] [Binding Skill 1: Healing (Active skill, can use 80% of Ye Lingling's current strongest healing ability)] [Binding Skill 2: Soul Power Recovery (Active skill, after Soul Power is consumed, Soul Power can be restored to 50% of the total Soul Power at the Peak at once. Skill cooldown: 30 minutes)] [Binding Skill 3: Perception (When Ye Lingling encounters danger within 10,000 meters of the Host, the Host can immediately perceive her location)] [Binding Skill 4: Fusion (Unleash a Martial Soul Fusion Skill by merging into the Host's body, can be stacked with other goddesses)]

He had finally raised Ye Lingling's favorability to one hundred.

Ye Lingling's skills were of great help to Su Ling, especially the healing and Soul Power recovery.

Now, being able to restore 50% in 30 minutes was an incredible skill, allowing Su Ling to last much longer in future battles.

Looking at the improvements to himself, all spirit ring ages increased by 20,000 years.

[Host: Su Ling] [Age: 24] [Spirit: Primordial War Bow] [Soul Power: Level 90] [Mental Energy: Level 97] [spirit rings: Black (30,320 years, Water attribute), Black (30,652 years, Wood attribute), Black (31,358 years, Fire attribute), Black (50,086 years, Gold/Earth attribute), Black (65,680 years, Wind/Thunder dual attributes), Black (80,188 years, Light attribute), Black (90,523 years, Wind, Thunder, Time, Space, Darkness, Evil, Strength), Gold (1,000,000 years, Perfect Adaptation)] [Spirit Bones: external Spirit Bone Golden Dragon Armor (203,560 years), external Spirit Bone Void Wind-Thunder Wings (1,000,000 years), Wisdom Skull Bone (100,000 years)] [Cultivation Technique: Concentration Technique (Fifth Layer), Supreme Hunyuan Scripture Basic Upper Volume] [Skills: Carefree Metamorphosis (Perfection, already comprehended skill: Heaven and Earth Carefree), Eight Desolations Fist (Perfection, already comprehended Eight Wasteland Unity), Glorious Sword Art (Major Achievement)] [Domain: Intermediate Hunyuan Domain]

At this moment, Su Ling's spirit ring ages had increased once again, though it was a pity that the seventh spirit ring had not yet reached 100,000 years.

However, the 100,000-year Heart of the Life Ancient Tree caught Su Ling by surprise; this was definitely a good item.

[100,000-year Heart of the Life Ancient Tree: Contains all the essence of a 100,000-year Life Ancient Tree. After consuming it, Ye Lingling can increase her Soul Power and evolve her Spirit.]

"This item?" Su Ling glanced at the description; it was even better than he had imagined.

Just as Su Ling was marveling, he saw Ye Lingling release her Spirit and use a Spirit Ability to heal herself.

"Brother Su, I am not in pain anymore, we can go again..."

Su Ling said, "Lingling, wait a moment. I just remembered, I have something here that is especially suitable for you. Come and absorb it."

Su Ling was never stingy with his goddesses.

"Okay!" Ye Lingling nodded.

Su Ling took out the 100,000-year Heart of the Life Ancient Tree directly. This thing might be even better than what Ye Lingling had.

The two goddesses seemed to be on the same path, both following the life route. What about their future God Positions?

Forget it, he would not worry about that for now. Even without God Positions, he would pile up resources to make his goddesses become gods.

The moment the 100,000-year Heart of the Life Ancient Tree appeared, the Formation was filled with life energy, and the grass and flowers began to grow at a visible rate.

Seeing this, Su Ling directly took out the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin.

He placed her on the ground, and after feeling the life energy, Ah Yin also began to grow rapidly.

Looking at Ah Yin, Su Ling felt conflicted.

Since she was already in his hands, there was no reason to give her back.

Right, he could make her acknowledge him as master.

While he was pondering, Ye Lingling spoke, "Brother Su, what is this?"

Su Ling immediately said, "Lingling, absorb and fuse with it."

"Okay, I understand!" Ye Lingling said. She was very obedient.

"Brother Su, how do I fuse with this?" Ye Lingling asked in confusion.

"Just like absorbing a spirit ring," Su Ling prompted.

"Understood."

Once the 100,000-year Heart of the Life Ancient Tree was fused, the external life energy vanished, and the plants stopped growing.

In just this short while, Ah Yin had grown the fastest, actually breaking through the hundred-year boundary to reach the thousand-year level in such a short time.

While Ye Lingling was fusing with the Heart of the Life Ancient Tree, Su Ling looked at Ah Yin and said, "Ah Yin, I will give you a chance. Acknowledge me as your master, and I can allow you to reach the 100,000-year level in a short time. You will have a chance to see your son, Tang San, in the future."

With Ah Yin, he could not use hard tactics; he had to use a soft approach.

Hearing Su Ling mention Tang San, Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass leaves trembled.

It was obvious that after reaching the thousand-year level, Ah Yin's intelligence had recovered significantly, and she could understand what Su Ling was saying.

It was easiest to manipulate her while her intelligence had not yet fully recovered.

"Tang San is doing very well. He is not even twenty yet and has already become a Spirit King. If you agree to acknowledge me as master, I promise to let you return to your Peak within twenty years. You will still have a chance to see him in this lifetime," Su Ling said.

Ah Yin's situation was different from the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress; the System displayed it differently.

[Goddess: Ah Yin (Quasi-Goddess, not yet transformed)] [Goddess Comprehensive Value: 0 (Previously 94)] [Binding Requirement: Favorability 60 or above] [Current Favorability: 1]

At this moment, Ah Yin also knew she had no room for choice, and this was the only opportunity in her lifetime to see her son, Tang San.

Even though her intelligence had not fully recovered, the obsession with Tang San made her choose to acknowledge Su Ling as her master regardless of everything else.

Facing Su Ling, Ah Yin nodded with her leaves to signify her agreement.

Seeing this, Su Ling took out the Master-Servant Contract.

The first page was occupied by the Ice Leopard Douluo, so the second page would be reserved for Ah Yin.

This goddess, Ah Yin, could not be handled by conventional means; he had to use strict measures. Only after she acknowledged him as master could Su Ling Cultivate her with peace of mind and let her return to her Peak.

As for seeing Tang San? That was possible, no problem at all; this was what he had promised Ah Yin.

Besides, now that she had acknowledged him as master, Tang San was nothing. Su Ling was very confident.