85: Chapter 85 Ning Rongrong Advances to Soul King, Huo Wu Joins Shrek Academy?

Facing Huo Wu's questioning, Huo Lie did not know how to answer for a moment, especially with Su Ling and Ning Rongrong right there.

"Huo Wu, how about we wait until we return to tell you and your brother, Huo Wushuang, about this issue?" Huo Lie said.

"That works too!" Huo Wu said. So many years had already passed; waiting a little longer didn't matter.

"Let's go, we will continue to help them find a spirit ring." Huo Lie looked at Su Ling and Ning Rongrong. After all, Su Ling had just helped them and was a great benefactor to him; he couldn't just leave like this.

Su Ling said, "Uncle Lie, your body has just recovered. We will look for it ourselves from here on out. Wu'er, you leave with Uncle Lie."

"Brother Su, but there are only two of you. Isn't that too risky?" Huo Wu said.

"It won't be. Since we dared to come as two people, we must have made sufficient preparations. Uncle Lie has just recovered and cannot endure any more battles," Su Ling said.

Huo Wu listened to Su Ling's words, and she also trusted him.

"Alright then, Brother Su and Rongrong, you must be careful," Huo Wu said.

"Su Ling, thank you!" Before leaving, Huo Lie earnestly bowed to Su Ling. This bow was in gratitude for Su Ling saving his life.

After the two left, Su Ling and Ning Rongrong continued to search for a spirit ring.

After walking a few kilometers, Su Ling discovered another area suitable for resting, so he took out the High-Level Protection Array again.

"Rongrong, you stay in here. I will go out and bring a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast inside," Su Ling said.

"Okay, Brother Su, you must be careful," Ning Rongrong replied.

Su Ling had used this method to help Zhu Zhuxin and Zhu Zhuqing find their spirit rings. She had heard about the process from the Zhu sisters later, so she naturally understood what Su Ling meant.

Moreover, she was also a Support Spirit Master and could only rely on Su Ling to hunt the Spirit Beast.

"Rest assured, Rongrong, I will be back shortly."

Su Ling left the array, then walked directly in another direction for two or three kilometers before taking out the fragrant immortal grass.

At this moment, the area they were in was not too deep into the Sunset Forest; it was basically dominated by Spirit Beasts between ten thousand and twenty thousand years old.

Of the two Black Cloud Red Flame Snakes they had encountered earlier, one was over thirty thousand years old, which was quite rare around here.

The medicinal fragrance of the fragrant immortal grass drifted out, and it soon had an effect. A Spirit Beast over fifteen thousand years old arrived and charged directly at Su Ling.

Su Ling could only protect the fragrant immortal grass; he couldn't put it away until he found a suitable Spirit Beast.

Fortunately, with the Carefree Metamorphosis at Major Achievement, Su Ling was still able to dodge with ease amidst a group of Spirit Beasts.

"Got one!"

After waiting for about half an incense stick of time, Su Ling finally found a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast suitable for Ning Rongrong.

After spotting the target, Su Ling put away the fragrant immortal grass.

Having lost the target, the group of Spirit Beasts were all very angry, so when Su Ling went to attack the target Spirit Beast, the remaining Spirit Beasts all came to surround and attack him.

However, after discovering the target, Su Ling immediately released his Spirit. Several arrows flew past and pierced through its body, and then Su Ling stepped forward and punched its head.

A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was knocked unconscious by Su Ling just like that. He stored it into the System space and then quickly returned to the array.

"Brother Su, you finished so quickly?" Ning Rongrong looked at Su Ling in surprise. How long had he been gone, and he had already taken care of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

Su Ling took the Spirit Beast out of the System space and said, "Rongrong, this Spirit Beast is quite good. Hurry up and kill it to absorb the spirit ring."

"Oh, Brother Su, I will immediately..."

Ning Rongrong had absorbed four spirit rings before, so she had experience. However, after one slash, the Spirit Beast was still struggling. Su Ling stepped up and kicked it, then had Ning Rongrong deliver another strike to end the Spirit Beast's life.

A black spirit ring lit up, and Ning Rongrong sat cross-legged to begin absorbing the spirit ring.

Inside the High-Level Protection Array, everything was very safe. Su Ling took out a lounge chair and lay down on it to rest.

Ning Rongrong's body was decent enough, and her Mental Energy was sufficient; there was no problem with her absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

One day later, Ning Rongrong's first black spirit ring finally appeared.

For her, there wasn't much difference between level forty-one and level forty-nine; after all, the amplification was fifty percent, and the effects were the same for both.

The only difference was that level forty-nine had higher and deeper Soul Power than level forty-one, and the skills could be maintained for longer. That was the biggest benefit.

Now that she had broken through to level fifty-one, the Support effect was sixty percent.

After the black spirit ring appeared, Ning Rongrong didn't stop immediately; instead, she continued to Cultivate for another hour before getting up to report the good news to Su Ling.

"Brother Su, thank you."

Ning Rongrong rushed up and hugged Su Ling tightly.

Su Ling said, "Since you have already reached level fifty-one, let me help you advance one more level. Hmm... it doesn't seem appropriate here; let's go back to the academy."

"Okay, Brother Su," Ning Rongrong said.

When the two returned to Shrek Academy together, it was already two days later, and the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament was not yet over.

But Su Ling felt there was no need for them to participate.

So the two stayed at the academy. Su Ling also had Ning Rongrong take a Elementary Spirit Ascension Pill. After this time, Ning Rongrong's Soul Power successfully increased from level fifty-one to level fifty-two.

Upon reaching level fifty-two, the effect of taking the Elementary Spirit Ascension Pill would decrease in the future, so Su Ling temporarily did not have Ning Rongrong continue taking the Medicinal Pill.

After waiting at the academy for about five days, Shrek Academy finally returned.

The results of the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament had wins and losses; they were even defeated by Shenfeng Academy once. Feng Xiaotian defeated four of them by himself, and in the end, they had no choice but to admit defeat.

Besides that, Shrek also narrowly lost to Thunder Academy.

However, Shrek achieved victories in battles against other academies, including Tianshui Academy and Blazing Academy.

Because Huo Wu did not participate in the battle when she returned; she might have wanted to preserve her level fifty-one strength!

After the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament ended, they were about to head to the finals venue.

The plot had changed a bit, but the finals venue still seemed to be Spirit City.

Everyone would set off in three days, accompanying the Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to Spirit City.

However, on the second day before their departure, Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang from Blazing Academy arrived together.

After the two arrived, they went directly to find Flender.

After learning of their intentions, Flender was completely stunned.

"Are you sure you want to join our Shrek? You are the captain and vice-captain of Blazing Academy; you must be joking," Flender said.

Huo Wu said, "We are not joking. This was also invited by Brother Su."

"You said Su Ling invited you?"

"I will call Su Ling over immediately!" Hearing that it was Su Ling's doing, Flender couldn't help but reveal a cunning smile.

With two more powerful Spirit Ancestors joining, Shrek would surely take off in this Advanced Spirit Master Tournament.

Once Shrek won the championship, Flender was already planning the academy's development, next year's tuition, and so on.

After a while, Su Ling was called over by Flender.

As soon as she saw Su Ling arrive, Huo Wu excitedly came over to greet him.

"Brother Su, I'm here, and my brother came with me too," Huo Wu said.

"Su Ling, can you really lead us to win the championship?" Huo Wushuang looked at Su Ling with a calm expression.

People in love are somewhat impulsive; the usually clever Huo Wu was not as composed as Huo Wushuang at this moment.

However, this couldn't be blamed on Huo Wu, because Huo Wushuang did not yet know of Su Ling's prowess, while Huo Wu did.

"Brother, Brother Su certainly can. And I am already a Spirit King; with my help, we certainly can," Huo Wu said.

"Eh, another Spirit King? Good, very good." Flender was even happier when he heard this; the stronger the team, the happier he was.

Facing Huo Wushuang, Su Ling said, "Of course I can, I guarantee it."

"Alright, I have no issues. My sister and I have now officially withdrawn from Blazing Academy. Here are the documents; we hope to join you," Huo Wushuang said.

"Welcome!"

"Dean, please handle the paperwork for them," Su Ling said.

"That is naturally no problem. You two come with me," Flender said.

"Huo Wu, you go handle the paperwork. I have something to take care of today, and we will eat together when I return tonight," Su Ling said.

"Okay." Huo Wu nodded, then followed Flender to handle the paperwork.

As for Su Ling, after leaving Flender's office, he took Ning Rongrong and left Shrek to head to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

For this trip to Spirit City, following the normal competition process, Su Ling was confident in winning the championship, but he was afraid of danger.

After all, the current power of Spirit Hall was not something he could handle.

Although Su Ling could not confront Spirit Hall directly, he could still utilize the power of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Of course, it would be no problem to look for Qian Renxue at a critical moment.

...

At noon, after arriving at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Rongrong, as usual, showed off her level fifty-two Soul Power in front of Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.

One must know that at this time, Ning Rongrong was only fifteen years old. A Spirit King, and at level fifty-two at that—how could people not be excited?

After being shocked by Ning Rongrong's Soul Power, Ning Fengzhi said, "Rongrong, we are already prepared to go to Spirit City with you all. We originally planned to go to Shrek to find you tomorrow; we didn't expect you to return first."

Ning Rongrong said, "Brother Su asked me to come back; he has something to discuss with you."

"Oh, Su Ling, whatever it is, feel free to say it," Ning Fengzhi said.

Su Ling said, "It's like this: I feel that our trip to the Spirit City competition this time might be dangerous."

"Danger?" Ning Fengzhi thought for a moment and continued, "This year is indeed different from previous years. The finals of the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament have never been held in Spirit City; this is the first time."

"Furthermore, your Soul Power now far exceeds your peers. Once you are allowed to grow, it might make Spirit Hall feel threatened, especially after you win the championship."

In fact, Ning Fengzhi did not trust Spirit Hall either; the entire Sect had quite a few grudges with Spirit Hall.

It was just that the current Sect could not yet fall out with a behemoth like Spirit Hall; otherwise, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would have dealt with Spirit Hall long ago.

"Daddy, is what Brother Su said true?" Ning Rongrong asked.

"Rongrong, have you forgotten your experience at Spirit Hall nine years ago when you were six?" Sword Douluo reminded her.

"Yes... that's right!"

"Spirit Hall is hateful. Last time, they killed quite a few people from our Sect, and we were almost..."

She had almost forgotten this past event if Sword Douluo hadn't mentioned it.

That time, Spirit Hall held a Spirit Assembly, wanting to bring all the Sects under their command at once, but they were stopped.

"Su Ling, rest assured. We will definitely be prepared and won't let Spirit Hall harm you all," Ning Fengzhi said.

"That's good!" Su Ling nodded.

"By the way, Uncle Ning, I have already found the whereabouts of another Qiluo Tulip. It should be available for use in three months."

After thinking it over, Su Ling decided to release this information, which could give Ning Fengzhi and the others some hope.

After all, he still needed to rely on the power of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School at the moment; not giving them some benefits certainly wouldn't do.

"Are you talking about that immortal medicinal herb that let Rongrong's Spirit evolve after she took it?" The originally calm Ning Fengzhi became excited instantly.

Su Ling said, "Yes, it can be used in three months."

"That's great! That means Daddy's Spirit can also evolve. Given Daddy's Soul Power, after taking it, he will definitely reach level eighty directly," Ning Rongrong also smiled.

"That's great, Fengzhi, you have hope too." Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo offered their congratulations.

"Su Ling, is what you said true? Do I still have hope for my Spirit to evolve?" Ning Fengzhi asked.

Spirit evolution was simply too important to him. For a chance at evolution, he would be willing to exhaust all the financial and material resources of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

"Mm, it should be able to evolve," Su Ling said.

"Good. If my Spirit evolves, Su Ling, you will be the greatest benefactor of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, our benefactor forever," Ning Fengzhi said.

Su Ling still had two tulips of romance on him, so taking one out was not a problem.

Upon learning that Su Ling still had a Qiluo Tulip, Ning Fengzhi appeared even more enthusiastic.

However, Su Ling still had to host a welcome dinner for Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang that evening, so he didn't stay at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School for long. Shortly after eating lunch, he left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School with Ning Rongrong.

After Su Ling left, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo sat together to discuss.

"This Su Ling really does have another Qiluo Tulip. Fengzhi, you can finally realize your wish," Sword Douluo said.

"Uncle Sword, Uncle Bone, actually this is also a transaction. Su Ling may have sensed the danger of this Advanced Spirit Master Tournament and needs us to take action," Ning Fengzhi said.

"This Su Ling, why didn't he take out the Qiluo Tulip earlier? Sigh... why don't we catch him and interrogate him?" Bone Douluo suddenly suggested.

"Old Bone, what would you have Rongrong do if you did that?" Sword Douluo rolled his eyes at Bone Douluo; furthermore, he disdained using such methods.

"Su Ling is a Genius; the Haotian Twin Stars are not even worth mentioning in front of him. Some things should just take their natural course; we absolutely cannot force him."

"Moreover, Su Ling is a person who values relationships and righteousness. As long as he has enough sense of belonging to our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, I think the benefits our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will receive will be more than just this."

"In short, Uncle Bone, you must not say things like that again," Ning Fengzhi said.

Bone Douluo nodded and said, "Alright, I won't mention this matter again."

"This time, I originally only planned for the three of us to take some people, which would have been enough."

"It seems that is not enough. We should have the Sect's Spirit Douluo and Spirit Saint—no, everyone above Spirit King should be dispatched. Let's calculate and deploy our manpower in advance to prevent any accidents."

Ning Fengzhi made the decision directly, willing to bet the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to protect the safety of Su Ling and his group.