"Hell Spirit Cat, White Tiger… Dean Flender, the students here really do have extraordinary backgrounds." Chen Ming turned his head at this moment, a faint, ambiguous smile on his face as he glanced at Flender.
"This… Our academy only… We really don't have any thoughts of betraying the empire." Flender instantly panicked and hurried to explain.
White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat — these were famous and powerful Martial Souls in the Star Luo Empire. More than that, they were Martial Souls tied to the imperial family.
Any academy in the Heaven Dou Empire that dared accept students like this would be suspected of having ties to the Star Luo Empire.
Even Shrek could not bear such a heavy accusation.
And what was Chen Ming's status?
Honorary Elder of Spirit Hall.
Golden Crocodile Douluo's disciple.
Duke of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Study companion of the crown prince's residence.
Friend of the current crown prince.
Student of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
Even in the Heaven Dou Empire, this was a top-level identity.
If Chen Ming really said one word about this, Shrek could basically forget about staying in the Heaven Dou Empire.
That one sentence scared Flender so badly that cold sweat flowed down his back. He was afraid Chen Ming would look into the matter.
Some things weighed only a few ounces when no one cared.
But once placed on the scale, even a thousand catties would not be enough.
"I can tell. This is just someone escaping from the Star Luo Empire's royal struggle and running to the Heaven Dou Empire."
"Dean Flender definitely has no intention of colluding with the Star Luo Empire."
"But you should still pay attention to public influence."
"Certainly, certainly." Flender wiped his sweat and nodded with a bent back.
"Since your academy has finished its recruitment, we shall take our leave as well. Dean Flender, the green mountains remain unchanged and the green waters flow on forever. We shall meet again another day."
Chen Ming cupped his fists toward Flender.
Flender immediately returned the gesture.
After that, Chen Ming and Ning Rongrong left Shrek Academy and headed toward Heaven Dou City, the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Before the two of them had traveled for even a few days, they stopped to eat at a hotel under the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
At that moment, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open.
Ning Fengzhi entered with a smile, bringing Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo with him. Then he sat beside Ning Rongrong.
"Elder Chen, long time no see."
Ning Fengzhi's voice was gentle, but there was joy in it that he could not hide.
"Sect Master Ning, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, long time no see."
Chen Ming was not surprised by their arrival.
Ning Rongrong, however, tensed slightly. Clearly, being caught after "sneaking out" still made her somewhat embarrassed.
"I heard you have already found a way to advance the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?"
Ning Fengzhi went straight to the point as soon as he arrived.
"That's right. I simulated it for a long time and finally found a suitable method."
"Sect Master Ning, take a look at this."
Chen Ming took out a small piece of gemstone and placed it on the table.
Ning Fengzhi picked it up and sensed it. He felt that the material of this gemstone was more than ninety-eight percent similar to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
"This is?"
If the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul could leave behind real fragments, Ning Fengzhi would have almost suspected that this gemstone was a broken piece of someone's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
"Sect Master Ning, do you remember that I bought large numbers of soul tools from you for a long time and took them back to take apart?"
"While dismantling those soul tools, I worked backward and recreated their technique for fusing metal properties."
"Using that as a base, I combined it with the traits of the Rainbow Dragon's dragon bone and the traits of different metals, and finally created a special method."
"This is a gemstone crystal I made according to the material of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."
"I used my own control over the elements, slowly gathered different energies over time, then refined them until this crystal was formed."
"This kind of crystal has an extremely high degree of compatibility with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."
In truth, Chen Ming had not only used the Rainbow Dragon's dragon bone and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as references.
While researching the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, he had also studied the medicinal effects of the Aromatic Silk Beauty in detail.
Using the Spirit Power he had obtained from Ning Rongrong for experiments, he had finally gathered the complete data.
His deduction process was more like starting with the answer, then working backward from it.
The process was different, but the result had already been locked in before the calculations even began.
"Could this kind of gemstone make up for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's natural flaw?"
Ning Fengzhi's eyes lit up. It seemed he already had a plan in mind.
"The gemstone alone isn't enough. You also need a sufficient quantity of it, as well as the origin essence of a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit Master.
Using those materials, you first shape an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda outside your body.
Then, through refinement, you use that Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to rebuild your own Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul.
In other words, you first forge a Martial Soul embryo outside your body, then refine that embryo into your actual Martial Soul, reconstructing it and allowing it to break through its innate limitations."
Chen Ming explained the principle behind the technique.
It was similar to the concept of refining a magical treasure. By using the false to cultivate the true, one would first create an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda outside the body, then use it as a blueprint to reconstruct their own Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul.
"Then after the breakthrough, what will be the limit of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?"
"Level 89?"
Ning Fengzhi turned the gemstone over in his hand, unable to tell whether he felt pleased or disappointed.
"That's right. The upper limit of the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is Level 89."
"However, once the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda has been formed, you can use the same method to forge a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and refine it into your Martial Soul."
"At that point, your cultivation limit will rise to Level 99."
"It cannot evolve directly into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda because the process must be carried out step by step."
"It's like a sub-dragon slowly transforming into a true dragon. Each evolution changes a part of it, and in the end, the full transformation is completed."
"Each transformation should also raise one's innate Spirit Power talent by about one level. At most, it can probably rise to the level of innate full Spirit Power."
"This…"
Joy appeared on Ning Fengzhi's face.
But then he thought of another matter and quickly asked again.
"May I ask, can a Martial Soul transformed this way be passed down? Will it regress?"
"Will later generations also need to transform through this method?"
"This kind of Martial Soul basically won't regress. It can be passed down like a normal Martial Soul."
"After all, during the process, the upper limit of the vessel is rebuilt. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is raised into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."
"Its limit is widened and stabilized."
"Rather than saying it raises one person's talent and traits, it would be better to say that it transforms the upper limit of the entire bloodline."
"When passed down, it will still be the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Some individuals may regress, but the overall inheritance will not have a problem."
As Chen Ming spoke, he took out a sheet of paper and handed it to Ning Fengzhi.
"Sect Master Ning, shaping the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda requires a large number of materials. This is the list. Take a look first."
Ning Fengzhi lowered his head.
He saw more than ten kinds of gemstones on the list, each with different levels of rarity and attributes, along with dozens of rare metals and medicinal herbs.
There were also many materials from spiritual-type Spirit Beasts and some high-age medicinal herbs.
"As long as you can help my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect complete this transformation, these materials are not a problem."
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