Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor

With Xiao Wu's current abilities, she couldn't sense that Chen Ming had placed a mark on her. At this point, everything happening within her body was no longer under her control but under Chen Ming's.

If her martial soul and body wanted to collapse, they'd have to get Chen Ming's permission first. With Chen Ming's current strength, controlling the origin of a martial soul from someone who hadn't even reached the Soul Grandmaster level was ridiculously easy.

Under Chen Ming's manipulation, the essence of the Fire Dragon Martial Soul was activated, and impurities were removed. Externally, this manifested as Xiao Wu's body trembling, her face flushed, soft moans escaping her lips, and a pair of dragon horns on her head glowing a deep crimson. A faint dragon aura emanated from her body.

As Chen Ming spread his hands and withdrew his soul power and spiritual energy, Xiao Wu's body swayed slightly. Just as it seemed she was about to fall, Ning Rongrong, standing nearby, caught her.

Although Ning Rongrong's physique was quite different from Xiao Wu's, she was a Soul Grandmaster. While the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda didn't enhance her physical attributes, using soul power to strengthen her body enough to support Xiao Wu was no problem at all.

After confirming that Xiao Wu's soul power had stabilized, Gu Rong immediately flashed to her side and pressed his fingers on her pulse point to assess her condition.

When he sensed that Xiao Wu's previously unstable martial soul had fully stabilized and her soul power had risen from innate level nine to level ten, Gu Rong's wizened face broke into a smile.

Xiao Wu had been preparing to muster her energy to ask what had happened, but seeing Gu Rong grinning in front of her like a zombie, she couldn't hold back and fainted on the spot, leaving Gu Rong—who had been about to offer to take her as a disciple—frozen awkwardly.

Even Ning Rongrong, upon seeing Gu Rong's appearance, couldn't help but wrinkle her brows slightly. Though she said nothing, her expression still dealt Gu Rong a psychological blow.

Enduring the pain of being looked down upon, Gu Rong returned to Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo's side and shared his judgment.

"Xiao Wu's martial soul has stabilized, and it seems her ability to cultivate has been restored. Her soul power has also broken through from level nine to level ten. She looks ready to absorb her first soul ring."

"What?" Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but gasp and looked at Chen Ming with a hint of greed in his eyes.

In just a few minutes, he had fixed a soul master's congenital defect.

Dragonkin girls were rare treasures on the continent, but a girl with an innate level nine soul power and a Red Dragon martial soul was a seed for a future Titled Douluo. The value of the two couldn't even be compared.

Even though Ning Fengzhi kept reminding himself that Chen Ming was untouchable, seeing this display still gave him the urge to forcibly keep Chen Ming here and have him marry Ning Rongrong.

If Chen Ming could stay in the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, it wouldn't just be one or two Titled Douluo in future generations. The number could very well double.

Noticing Ning Fengzhi's burning gaze, Dugu Bo stepped forward and stood in front of Chen Ming. Although he said nothing, the look in his eyes made Ning Fengzhi suppress his impulse.@@novelbin@@

He patted Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo on the shoulders, smiled at Dugu Bo, and then retrieved a green soul bone from his storage soul tool.

"This soul bone comes from a 40,000-year-old Jade-Scaled Snake King. It's a left arm bone with a poison-element offensive soul skill and has yet to be absorbed by anyone in the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. The help that Chen Ming has provided to our sect is invaluable. To repair Xiao Wu's martial soul issue is of great significance to us, so we'd like to offer this Jade-Scaled Snake King's left arm bone as a token of gratitude."

This soul bone had been hidden in Ning Fengzhi's storage soul tool since the morning. If it weren't for Chen Ming fixing Xiao Wu's condition, even if Dugu Bo and Chen Ming left the sect, Ning Fengzhi wouldn't have revealed that he had this soul bone.

Seeing the soul bone, Dugu Bo's eyes flashed, and a kind smile appeared on his face as he reached out to take the soul bone and put it directly into his storage soul tool. Then he stepped slightly aside, revealing Chen Ming.

Dugu Bo had grown accustomed to Chen Ming's high standards and could guess without a second thought that Chen Ming would never absorb this soul bone. He decided to keep it for himself, thinking he might be able to use it to advance further and break through to level 95.

Dugu Bo wasn't a greedy man; ordinary wealth didn't tempt him. But the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was offering far too much.

If Ning Fengzhi had given him this soul bone a few years ago, Dugu Bo might have considered joining the sect as a Guardian.

Dugu Bo knew his situation well. Though he appeared mighty as the Poison Douluo, in reality, he was dirt poor. Before Chen Ming's arrival, he had been guarding a treasure mountain he couldn't exploit. A 40,000-year-old top-grade soul bone was enough to accomplish many things.

If Ning Fengzhi wanted to win over his future grandson-in-law, so be it.

Ever since Chen Ming had accompanied him to Biluochen City to support the Chen family, Dugu Bo understood that Chen Ming deeply valued family and relationships. While Chen Ming's personality wasn't as stubborn as his own, they were quite similar in this regard. Chen Ming wasn't the type to disrespect elders or act like an ungrateful brat.

Though it seemed like Dugu Bo had gained the most from their interactions, he was fully aware of how he had reached a soul power level of 94.

With Dugu Bo's tacit approval, Chen Ming stayed in the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect for two days under Ning Fengzhi's enthusiastic hospitality. During this time, Chen Ming not only studied the Jewel Beast Martial Soul but also examined other special martial souls within the sect.

On the third day, Ning Fengzhi arranged for Ning Tie to bring a century-old Swift Wind Falcon as Xiao Wu's first soul ring. After observing the changes in the Jewel Beast Martial Soul before and after absorbing the soul ring, Chen Ming and Dugu Bo prepared to leave the sect.

When Chen Ming departed, Ning Fengzhi first offered some sect specialties (gold soul coins) and then personally escorted Chen Ming and Dugu Bo ten miles beyond the sect's gates, accompanied by Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. Only after watching them leave did Ning Fengzhi return to the sect.

The news of Chen Ming's close ties with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect spread quickly through the spies of various factions. From that point on, Chen Ming's background on the continent grew to include not only Dugu Bo, Spirit Hall, and Heaven Dou Empire's Royal Academy but also the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Although this would inevitably bring Chen Ming some trouble in the future, the help the sect could provide far outweighed any potential issues.