97: Chapter 97 Becoming sworn brothers with Qian Renxue?

[Ding... Congratulations to the Host for completing an interaction with the goddess Liu Erlong, obtaining a black treasure chest * 1]

[Ding... Congratulations to the Host for completing an interaction with the goddess Liu Erlong, obtaining a purple treasure chest * 1]

From the first day to the next morning, after such a long time of effort, Su Ling only obtained two treasure chests.

Dressed neatly, Su Ling used the thousand illusion mask to quietly leave Liu Erlong's place, then left Heaven Dou City and headed towards the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

This time, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had chosen to stand with him; as for Qian Renxue, her identity was irrelevant.

Whether starting from the Empire level or from the direction of recruiting himself, there was no mistake.

An hour later, Su Ling arrived at the gate of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Su Ling looked behind him, seeing no one following, and removed the thousand illusion mask.

The guards at the gate saw Su Ling arrive and immediately bowed, saying: "Greetings, Supporter Su."

"The Sect Master said that if you came, you could go directly to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Hall."

"Alright, thank you!"

Su Ling exchanged pleasantries and headed straight for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Hall, which was also the largest meeting place of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

However, when Su Ling entered the Sect, someone still ran ahead to report.

When Su Ling walked to the front of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Hall, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo had all walked out.

They valued Su Ling quite highly.

They were steadily acting as angel investors.

"Su Ling, you've finally returned." Ning Fengzhi came up and patted Su Ling on the shoulder.

"Good lad, to be able to escape under Bibi Dong's pursuit, that is remarkable," said Bone Douluo.

Su Ling smiled and said: "It was just good luck. My combat ability is far inferior to hers, but she cannot compare to me in the ability to escape."

"Su Ling, when you have time, let's also compare to see whose speed is the fastest," Sword Douluo said.

With the Seven Kill Sword controlling flight, Sword Douluo's flight speed was also among the best on the continent.

"Hmm, then I definitely cannot compare to you, Senior," Su Ling said.

While speaking, Ning Rongrong and the others also ran over together.

While notifying Ning Fengzhi, they also notified everyone from Shrek.

Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuxin, and Huo Wu all ran over together and surrounded Su Ling.

Ning Fengzhi looked at this scene, feeling truly helpless.

They had long understood that Su Ling had more than just his daughter, Ning Rongrong, as a close female friend; there were truly quite a few.

But as long as Su Ling was outstanding enough, what did it matter if there were a few more close female friends?

After all, as the Sect Master, he also had many women.

Moreover, every one of these women around Su Ling possessed extraordinary talent; it could be said that as long as they didn't encounter accidents during their growth, each of them could become a Titled Douluo.

For the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, these people definitely brought benefits and no harm.

At first, he was a bit annoyed, but looking at the long-term benefits, that annoyance in his heart was nothing.

"Brother Su, did you encounter any danger on this trip?"

"Brother Su, did you send Xiao Wu back safely?"

"Brother Su..."

A group of women were chattering away, all concerned about Su Ling, and of course, also about Xiao Wu.

Su Ling said: "Everyone, rest assured, both Xiao Wu and I are fine."

"Su Ling, I have observed during this period that the Spirit Hall has made no moves. They likely won't do anything to others besides you," Ning Fengzhi said.

"I think so too," Su Ling said.

Looking at the novel's plot, everyone eventually grew up safely after leaving.

If the Spirit Hall really wanted to make a move, under the circumstances of everyone going out to train alone, then Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and others would very likely not have survived.

"That's great, doesn't that mean I can go home too?" Tai Long said happily. Having won the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament, he hadn't gone home to share the good news yet.

Ning Fengzhi said: "You should wait a bit longer to go home. Emperor Xue Ye is also holding a banquet in the palace waiting for Su Ling's return. At that time, you will still have rewards, and you need to go to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace together."

"Are there rewards to get again? I like that," Ma Hongjun said with a smile. He liked gold coins the most.

"Su Ling, when do you plan to go?" Ning Fengzhi said.

"Then let it be tomorrow. We can notify the Empire side today," Su Ling said.

Ning Fengzhi nodded and said: "I have the same intention."

"Let's go. Today is the day of Su Ling's safe return, we must hold a welcome banquet for you. Someone... set the banquet," Ning Fengzhi said.

Upon hearing there was food, joy appeared on the Faces of Ma Hongjun and the others.

The banquet started at noon and ended in the evening.

Su Ling also returned to his room.

The women also went back to rest at this time and did not disturb Su Ling.

After returning to his room, Su Ling took a look at the treasure chests on the System.

"This time going to the Imperial Palace, I must obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud."

This was Su Ling's purpose for going to the Imperial Palace. It concerned the Sea God's Legacy, and the importance of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud went without saying; he had to get it into his hands first.

[Remaining unopened treasure chests: white * 150, yellow * 39, purple * 28, black * 10, red * 5, gold * 1]

In the blink of an eye, ten black treasure chests, five red treasure chests, and one gold treasure chest had accumulated in the System.

Red treasure chests could produce 100,000-year-level items or immortal-grade medicinal herbs, and gold treasure chests could produce million-year items, and there were even super treasure chests above the gold ones.

Su Ling didn't know what super treasure chests could produce for now, but it certainly wouldn't be bad.

Regarding the five red treasure chests, Su Ling still held the same idea as before; if he didn't have a specific need, he would keep them to accumulate for a gold treasure chest.

"System, open three black treasure chests for me," Su Ling thought.

[Ding... Opened three black treasure chests. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a 50,000-year Spirit Bone * 1, 10,000-year medicinal herb * 1, and top-grade 10,000-year whale glue * 3]

"Very good, this 50,000-year Spirit Bone should be enough," Su Ling whispered.

The luck was very good. This 50,000-year Spirit Bone was suitable for agility-attack system Spirit Masters, and the Heaven Dou Empire royal Family's Spirit, the Swan, basically also followed the agility-attack route.

If he couldn't get the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as a championship prize tomorrow, he would use this 50,000-year Spirit Bone to trade for it. He believed Emperor Xue Ye would not refuse.

After all, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was gathering dust in the treasury with no one able to use it; it would be better to trade it for a Spirit Bone that the royal Family could use.

Having obtained the Spirit Bone, Su Ling did not open the other treasure chests for the time being.

"System, give me all the Cultivation effects from the goddesses accumulated during this period."

In an instant, a massive amount of energy was injected into Su Ling's body, and Su Ling immediately operated his Cultivation Technique to Cultivate.

Su Ling's Soul Power grew, and an hour later, he successfully increased from level 65 to level 66.

However, Su Ling did not stop; he continued to Cultivate to stabilize his Soul Power.

The next morning!

Shortly after breakfast, everyone, led by Ning Fengzhi, headed to Heaven Dou City together.

Besides Ning Fengzhi and the others, the current team included the Shrek group, including Su Ling, Zhu Zhuxin, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Jiang Zhu, Feng Yuer, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Tai Long, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Luo Sha, and Xu Yanyan.

There was one more thing Su Ling only found out last night.

Ning Fengzhi played a good hand, saying it was to protect everyone, and then brought everyone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

While protecting them, he also recruited everyone to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

As of now, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Luo Sha, and Xu Yanyan had all chosen to join.

Tai Long wanted to return to his Family, so he didn't join, and Huo Wushuang wanted to return to his academy.

The attitudes of the other goddesses were very clear: they would wait until Su Ling returned before deciding.

Entering Heaven Dou City, Flender also brought Liu Erlong and Zhao Wuji to meet up with everyone and head to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace together.

Knowing the news, Qian Renxue was also waiting at the gate of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace early, giving everyone plenty of Face.

"Su Ling, welcome back," Qian Renxue came straight to Su Ling's side.

If there weren't so many people, Qian Renxue would have wanted to hug Su Ling.

Under Bibi Dong's personal pursuit, Su Ling could still return safely, which was enough to show Su Ling's strength. After all, even if it were her, it probably wouldn't work.

However, this also made her feel a sense of crisis. Her talent was certainly very strong, and her Soul Power was about to reach level 70 soon.

But after seeing Su Ling's battle, she didn't have the confidence to defeat Su Ling anymore.

The talent she was proud of seemed to become ordinary in front of Su Ling.

So, after returning from this Advanced Spirit Master Tournament, Qian Renxue also made a decision.

She needed to set aside more time to Cultivate and not fall too far behind Su Ling.

"Brother Qinghe, thank you for your help in protecting us in Shrek," Su Ling said.

"Look at what you're saying. We are good brothers; if I don't help you, who would I help?" Qian Renxue said with a smile.

"Brothers?" Su Ling repeated.

Qian Renxue suddenly thought of an excellent way to win over Su Ling. She hated herself for not thinking of it earlier.

"Su Ling, I think we might as well become sworn brothers. What do you think? However, my talent is average, it just depends on whether you mind or not," Qian Renxue said.

"Brother Qinghe, what are you saying? How could I, Su Ling, be that kind of person?"

"I am willing to become sworn brothers with you," Su Ling said with a smile.

"Good, good, good!"

"Today you are meeting my Father, we will hold a ceremony later to announce it," Qian Renxue said.

"Hmm," Su Ling nodded.

For Qian Renxue, it was indeed becoming sworn brothers with Su Ling, but for Su Ling, that surname would have to be changed—it should be changed to a different gender.

"Let's go, Father has been waiting for you for a long time, let's enter together."

After saying this, Xue Qinghe directly took Su Ling's hand, displaying the Crown Prince's virtue of respecting the virtuous and lowering himself, which made many people around praise him.

Even Ning Fengzhi had to admire Qian Renxue's methods.

[Ding... Qian Renxue favorability + 5, obtained white treasure chest * 2, yellow treasure chest * 1]

Entering the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Su Ling quickly arrived in front of the Heaven Dou Great Hall.

"Please, Sect Master Ning of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and all current members of Shrek, enter the hall."

The group entered together, lining up in the front.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"Good, very good!" Xue Ye glanced and said.

"Worthy of being the championship team, truly extraordinary."

"Someone, announce the rewards!" Xue Ye didn't dawdle and directly had someone announce them.

"This time, Shrek Academy won the championship. It is the glory of Shrek and also the glory of my Heaven Dou Empire. Specifically reward Shrek Academy with 500,000 gold coins as encouragement."

"All members participating in this Advanced Spirit Master Tournament are rewarded with 10,000 gold coins each and can become Viscounts of the Empire."

"Su Ling, for your excellent performance in this tournament, you are titled Marquis of Divine Arrows of the Heaven Dou Empire, rewarded with 100,000 gold coins, and can choose one treasure from the first-grade treasury of the Heaven Dou Empire."

After the announcement, smiles appeared on everyone's Faces.

Especially Flender; rewarding Shrek Academy with 500,000 gold coins at once was definitely a large number for him.

With these gold coins, the scale of Shrek could be expanded further.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" everyone said simultaneously.

"Brother Su, congratulations. This first-grade treasury has quite a few good things, but this is still not satisfying enough," Ning Rongrong whispered in Su Ling's ear.

"Rongrong, what do you mean by that?" Su Ling asked.

"Brother Su, the Heaven Dou Empire still has a special-grade treasury. Only inside there are the truly good things; the good things regarded as national treasures by the Heaven Dou Empire are all in there," Ning Rongrong said.

"Rongrong, I understand," Su Ling said.

Originally, he thought he could get the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the first-grade treasury, which would save trouble.

Who knew that this Heaven Dou Empire was still a bit stingy.

"Your Majesty!" Su Ling stepped forward directly.

"Marquis of Divine Arrows, are there any dissatisfactions?" Xue Ye said.

Su Ling neither refused nor accepted this title of Marquis; it depended on how the subsequent noble rank was arranged. If it was just nominal, he didn't mind accepting it; but if the Heaven Dou Empire wanted to restrict him too much, he would rather not have this title.

Su Ling said: "Your Majesty, can I change the treasure from this first-grade treasury? There is one item I need, but it should not be in the first-grade treasury."

"Oh, Marquis of Divine Arrows, tell me, what treasure do you want?" Xue Ye said.

"Your Majesty, can you bestow the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud upon me?" Su Ling said.

"What! You want the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud?"

"Do you know that this item has been unusable by anyone to this day? Are you sure you need it?" Xue Ye said.

"Hmm!" Su Ling nodded.

If he could get something for free, he definitely had to get it for free; if it really didn't work, he could trade later, it wouldn't be too late.

Asking for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, this Xue Ye seemed to be reluctant.

After all, this was a national treasure, and naturally, it had its special features, it was just that this special feature had not been developed to this day.

"This Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud is the number one national treasure of my Heaven Dou Empire!"

Emperor Xue Ye seemed to be a bit reluctant, a bit hesitant!

Seeing this, Qian Renxue immediately said: "Father, I have already prepared to become sworn brothers with Su Ling! I beg Father to bestow the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Su Ling!"

Hearing Qian Renxue's words, Xue Ye seemed unmoved. "The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud is a treasure that guards the nation. Unless there is a significant contribution to the Empire, it cannot be rewarded. This is the rule of the Empire. Wait until Su Ling makes another contribution to the Empire, then the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud can be rewarded!"

Xue Ye said this, and Qian Renxue was speechless! But this was also normal; after all, Xue Ye hadn't seen Su Ling fight with his own eyes, and the current rewards were already very good!

And Su Ling also knew that this Xue Ye was not so easy to talk to!

"Your Majesty, I am willing to exchange it with other things!" Su Ling said directly!

"Exchange? What thing could be better than the national treasure of my Heaven Dou Empire?"

But in the next second, Su Ling took out the 50,000-year Spirit Bone he had prepared!

Items produced by the System are must-be high quality!

Even for the Heaven Dou Empire, it was very difficult to take out such a high-quality 50,000-year Spirit Bone!

They could define many items as national treasures, but they didn't have a high-quality 50,000-year Spirit Bone!

"Your Majesty, can this 50,000-year Spirit Bone suitable for the agility-attack system be used for the exchange?"

Xue Ye was also a Spirit Master; he naturally saw the value of this Spirit Bone!

"This!"

Xue Ye wanted to speak, but he had just said that whole pile, so he was a bit embarrassed!

But if he didn't trade, he would miss a rare opportunity!

A national treasure that no one could use and a high-quality Spirit Bone—which was good and which was inferior was clear at a glance!

Xue Ye was not stupid. If these two things were taken out for rewards at the same time, everyone would probably not hesitate to choose the Spirit Bone.

"Since you are willing, Su Ling, then let's trade. The reward previously given to you is still valid; you can go to the first-grade treasury to choose a treasure you want," Xue Ye said. He still couldn't resist choosing the Spirit Bone.

It was not difficult for the Heaven Dou Empire to collect gold coins, special spirit tools, or even various unique items, but Spirit Bones were rare. Xue Ye would not give up this opportunity.

This Spirit Bone could even be passed down through generations in the royal Family; not trading for it would be stupid.

Qian Renxue was very helpless, thinking that Xue Ye was old after all, and his vision was becoming increasingly short-sighted.