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Chapter 4: The Game Ends, The Role of Whale Glue
Chen Xin spoke again:
"Although you are born with full soul power, a swordsman cannot cross the threshold with talent alone. Before I started teaching you, I made it clear that if you cannot satisfy me, I will not pass on my mantle to you."
Li Jiuyou nodded. Let's start by learning the basic sword techniques.
"master……"
"Don't call me master. You haven't even entered the door yet. At most, I can only teach you how to wield a sword."
"Then how should I address you?"
Chen Xin was clearly in a dilemma upon hearing this.
He wanted to test Li Jiuyou's swordsmanship talent first, as he didn't know how to address him at this stage.
Fortunately, Ning Fengzhi stepped in at this moment to smooth things over:
"How about we call him Grandpa Jian, just like Rongrong does?"
Li Jiuyou glanced at Chen Xin, who only hesitated but did not resist.
With Chen Xin's strength, he could easily develop steadily until the late game, so getting close to him was definitely not a wrong choice. At the same time, he knew Chen Xin's personality; he would truly do everything in his power to protect the person he wanted to protect.
"Grandpa Sword".
Li Jiuyou took the initiative to call out, which surprised Chen Xin, but she neither refused nor agreed.
Anyway, this is only temporary, and the specific outcome depends on Li Jiuyou's talent.
Seeing this, Li Jiuyou knew that the outcome was probably secure, and he called out to Gu Rong, "Grandpa Bone."
Gu Rong was quite surprised.
This matter clearly has nothing to do with me, so why am I being dragged into it?
With my appearance, what child would want to be close to me? Rongrong was with me since before she was fully developed, but what about this guy?
"I remember that it was Grandpa Bones who saved me. I will always remember that day."
Seeing Gu Rong's expression, Li Jiuyou immediately tried to smooth things over.
Sure enough, Gu Rong was relieved.
He had been handling so many matters for the sect that he subconsciously began to suspect a six-year-old child.
He's just a little kid, what bad intentions could he possibly have?
Gu Rong roughly understood that Li Jiuyou must have suffered a huge mental shock from the murder of his parents and the brush with death, and only wanted to get close to him after he was rescued.
Given that this child is precocious, I imagine he is afraid every time he sees himself, yet he controls his body from hiding, afraid of hurting himself.
"Good child, if Old Swordsman is unwilling to teach you, your Bone Grandpa will teach you, and he'll be far better than him!"
Gu Rong laughed and snatched Li Jiuyou from Chen Xin's hands, rubbing his head.
Chen Xin was displeased upon seeing this.
I may not teach this old man, but you can't just take it from me!
Then they began their usual confrontation.
"Old man, what do you mean by this? You've managed to snatch someone from me?"
"What, you're not convinced? Then let's have a go!"
"Let's go!"
The two then vanished immediately and reappeared in the sky.
Ning Fengzhi smiled helplessly and asked Li Jiuyou, "Little Jiuyou, tell me what information your martial soul gave you, and Uncle Ning will choose your first spirit ring for you, how about it?"
As the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and with a heart set on solving the problem of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's martial soul defects, Ning Fengzhi's martial soul theory is very strong.
Li Jiuyou knew this was the final step; once this was accomplished, his future would be bright.
"Uncle Ning, can I wait a while before trying to get the spirit ring?"
"Huh? Why is that?"
“I’m going with Rongrong…” Li Jiuyou looked at Ning Fengzhi and said directly, “Shadows cannot leave alone.”
Ning Fengzhi was now in a real bind.
On the one hand, he didn't want to waste Li Jiuyou's talent and wanted him to directly obtain a soul ring.
On the one hand, he felt that cultivating their relationship was a better choice. It wouldn't take Rongrong long to reach level one in cultivation, provided that she didn't become playful.
Seemingly sensing Ning Fengzhi's hesitation, Li Jiuyou decided to add a bargaining chip that Ning Fengzhi couldn't refuse.
"Uncle Ning, I actually have another reason."
"Oh? What is it? Tell me."
"Actually, I know what those people are researching. They're researching something that can improve physical fitness..."
That's right, what Li Jiuyou is talking about is whale glue.
This is a treasure that can improve physical fitness and allow Soul Masters to obtain higher-age Soul Rings.
He witnessed the entire event. After Gu Rong arrived, he didn't look at the research results but killed everyone directly.
In other words, the nature of that unknown research can be entirely fabricated by oneself.
That research that yielded no results could now be used as leverage through the information gap provided by their foresight.
As expected, Ning Fengzhi showed an expression of interest.
Since the shadows cannot be shown on ordinary days, these children who have not yet awakened their martial souls can only learn about martial souls in advance by reading books.
What reason could make Li Jiuyou, who should have immediately acquired his first spirit ring, feel that it was a better choice to postpone acquiring it?
"It's whale glue."
Li Jiuyou pretended to recall:
"I saw it. Several people melted whale glue over a fire and then ate it. I was playing under the bed when I heard them say that whale glue could improve a person's physical fitness and increase the age of the absorbed soul rings."
Whale glue?
Ning Fengzhi was quite familiar with whale glue, but he didn't know it had this other use.
He looked at Li Jiuyou, whose face showed no sign of lying, indicating that everything he said was true.
Whether whale glue will work remains to be seen.
If what Li Jiuyou said is true, then obtaining a soul ring is indeed something that cannot be rushed.
Even if those people's research is wrong, it's only a month or two. With the resources of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Li Jiuyou's cultivation speed won't fall behind. Besides, he can still cultivate even without obtaining a soul ring; at most, he'll just waste some soul power that he can't absorb.
Having Li Jiuyou acquire his first soul ring together with Rongrong would also be a good opportunity to cultivate their relationship.
Unless one possesses twin martial souls, a soul master can obtain a maximum of nine soul rings in their lifetime. No one can forget the person who obtained soul rings alongside them, which is a very good development.
Ning Rongrong was even happier.
She was already caught up in the novelty, and Li Jiuyou's overly docile behavior made her feel that even though she was only at the ninth level of the Innate Realm, she was much stronger than Li Jiuyou with full Innate Soul Power.
As for terms like whale glue that she had never heard of, she had no idea what they meant and had no interest in them at the moment.
But it sounds like something good.
Both children's eyes fell on Ning Fengzhi, who nodded slightly and said:
"Regarding the whale glue, I will naturally send people to experiment. I promised you, Xiao Jiuyou, so just wait until Rongrong reaches level ten before we go to get the soul ring together."
Upon hearing Ning Fengzhi's words, Li Jiuyou knew that things were going well.
Not only will I have enough time to cultivate the Heavenly Gang Technique, but the age of my first soul ring will also increase significantly.
As the one who proposed whale glue, and given Ning Fengzhi's goodwill, Li Jiuyou believed he would allow him to take whale glue as well.
If he didn't do this, then he wouldn't be Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.