Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, dedicated medical room.
Ning Fengzhi and the others had tightly furrowed brows.
In Ye Renxin's hand, the Nine Heart Begonia emitted verdant light, petals condensed from soul power continuously falling.
Two yellow, two purple, four black, one red.
Nine soul rings appeared.
The petals falling from the Nine Heart Begonia gathered in one place, forming a small sea of flowers that spun and rotated.
At the center of the sea of flowers was a not-too-large bed, on which a girl with golden碎发 lay quietly.
However, in the next moment.
The petals of the sea of flowers were repelled.
Ye Renxin's body trembled slightly, blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth.
The martial soul Nine Heart Begonia disappeared, and the falling petals also vanished without a trace.
"Elder Ye, how is Ning Tian's condition?"
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was inferior to the specialized Nine Heart Begonia in terms of healing, but Ning Fengzhi could roughly assess Ning Tian's situation.
Although he didn't hold out much hope, he still anxiously inquired.
"Sect Master, for the Second Young Master's condition, I am powerless." Ye Renxin sighed. "It's not a physical injury, but a problem at the soul and mental level."
"The Second Young Master's mental aspect is rejecting everything from the outside world."
"Unable to enter the mental world to awaken his consciousness, treatment has no meaning."
The first attack on Ning Tian seemed to have something enter Ning Tian's consciousness, causing Ning Tian's consciousness to fall into a deep slumber, with an extremely strong self-protection mechanism.
Ye Renxin had wanted to probe it.
Even with the Nine Heart Begonia possessing his body, he was still repelled by Ning Tian's mental power.
He was a Title Douluo!
Yet repelled by the mental power of a mere Soul King.
"Grandpa, is there no other way?" Ye Lingling asked.
"Unless the mental power exceeds Ning Tian's current level and forcibly breaks through her defense."
"Moreover, up to now, I still don't understand why her gender changed."
A young man in his twenties goes out and comes back completely transformed into a girl who looks sixteen or seventeen—it's impossible not to be shocked.
But checks on all aspects of the body showed no problems.
The only problem was that she couldn't wake up.
"Renxin, give me a definite answer—when can my disciple wake up? Is she in danger now?"
The speaker was Lou Gao. Ning Tian was his disciple, the inheritor of the Soul Tool Pavilion's soul tools.
This trip to Gengxin City in the Star Luo Empire was originally meant as a form of training.
Moreover, Ye Renxin had intended to matchmake his granddaughter with Ning Tian, so as a master, why stop it?
Just right, Liu Ruyan who had recently broken through to level 93 also wanted to go out for a stroll, so let her protect Ning Tian and Ye Lingling along the way.
A level 93 Title Douluo escorting two—how could there still be danger?
In the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the only pit that was named Ning Rongrong was one; anyone else going out casually would at most encounter a Limit Douluo with high probability.
Others didn't have this treatment.
In the end, what was this? Attacked, and now even the gender changed.
Hearing Lou Gao's question, Ye Renxin let out a long sigh: "Elder Lou Gao, even if you ask me like this, I have no way to answer."
"No need to be too pessimistic." Ning Fengzhi patted Ye Renxin's shoulder. Although this time it was Ye Renxin's proposal to let Ning Tian and Ye Lingling go out to follow to Gengxin City, but it was irrelevant!
As long as the person was still there, it wasn't time to despair—wasn't there still Rongrong?
When she came back, everything wouldn't be a problem.
Wait...
Ning Fengzhi was stunned for a moment.
When did he, upon encountering a problem, not think of solving it himself, but subconsciously think of his own daughter, believing she definitely had the ability to solve it.
And without feeling any burden in his heart.
This...
Ning Fengzhi shook his head.
If he kept thinking like this, it would feel like he was being sidelined.
Ning Fengzhi walked to Liu Ruyan's side.
"Elder Liu, about the attack, trouble you to tell me in detail—pay attention to important details."
"Yes, Sect Master." Liu Ruyan nodded.
She still quite respected her own sect master.
No matter what, Ning Fengzhi was now a level 97 Title Douluo. Although there were rumors in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that Ning Fengzhi was living off his daughter's soft rice, having something to eat was better than nothing.
Moreover, her reaching Title Douluo was thanks to Ning Rongrong.
Without the soul rings Ning Rongrong brought back, plus Tokisaki Kurumi helping to clear the meridians, she might not have stepped into Title Douluo in her lifetime.
Not to mention obtaining the 100,000-year soul ring that could change aptitude, now reaching a terrifying strength of level 93.
Liu Ruyan threw away the miscellaneous thoughts, taking a deep breath:
"It was like this, Sect Master..."
Half a quarter of an hour passed in a flash.
Everyone present listened carefully to Liu Ruyan's narration, including how they encountered the first attack, and the second attack that followed closely.
Unlike the first attack with the white unidentified light cluster, the second attack was more like an accident.
No, rather than an accident, the second black-robed person's attack on them had a very clear goal: to take away Ning Tian who had been invaded by the light cluster in his consciousness.
Thus, Liu Ruyan fought fiercely with the black-robed person.
The black-robed person's martial soul was red grass, and extremely eerie.
The opponent was only at the Soul Douluo level, but the soul rings were—
Purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red.
The soul rings were different from the optimal configuration for ordinary soul masters, and the eighth soul ring even reached 100,000 years.
Plus the strange footwork, and the soul tools occasionally thrown out.
Unexpectedly, it was a fifty-fifty fight with her, a level 93 Title Douluo.
In the end, it seemed some accident occurred.
The opponent then quickly retreated.
And Liu Ruyan was also worried about Ning Tian's condition on her side.
After Ye Lingling confirmed Ning Tian had no life-threatening danger, Liu Ruyan, not minding even the stolen soul tools and pills, sped up and brought Ye Lingling and Ning Tian back to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
She didn't even care about the carriage and accompanying personnel along the way, just giving them an order to return.
There were priorities in matters.
Ning Tian was Ning Fengzhi's second son; his importance couldn't compare to Ning Rongrong, but if something happened carelessly, it would still be very troublesome.
Moreover, there was Ye Renxin's granddaughter—this was the only seedling!
She had no choice but to hurry back.
Then, returning to the sect, finding Ning Fengzhi, and now it was the current situation.
"Elder Liu, your speculation is that the opponent's goal was likely not the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but that light cluster—can I understand it that way?"
Ning Fengzhi pondered; Liu Ruyan hadn't stated it explicitly, but the content of her words faintly pointed it out.
"Yes, Sect Master. The enemy retreated in the end, perhaps sensing the changes in Ning Tian before leaving; I can't judge that point."
"However, the opponent deliberately taking the pills and soul tools before leaving—I think that shouldn't have been the initial idea."
Taking the items was done before leaving; if the goal was the items heading to Gengxin City, it would be impossible not to pay any attention during the battle.
"The martial soul is red grass." Ning Fengzhi pinched his chin in thought, turning his head to look at Sword Douluo beside him, asking, "Sword Uncle, do you know this kind of martial soul?"
Sword Douluo shook his head, sighing: "Martial souls are myriad and countless; it's hard to judge with just this information."
"Not hard to judge oh." An abrupt voice echoed in the room; the empty space distorted, a pitch-black door emerging, after which three people walked out from inside. "That martial soul is a mutated Blue Silver Emperor."