Chapter 2

Gu Rong had just broken through to the ninety-sixth level not long ago, and during this period most of the time he was sparring with Chen Xin to quickly adapt to his newly broken-through strength.

Gu Rong's breakthrough was first due to his soul power already reaching the peak of ninety-fifth level, only one step away from ninety-sixth.

And his comprehension of the ninety-sixth level is also not lacking, after all with Chen Xin around, Gu Rong couldn't help but become familiar.

The main reason for Gu Rong's breakthrough was the whale glue, a piece of whale glue aged up to fifty thousand years.

Now it's the Douluo Continent; whether ordinary people or Soul Masters, they haven't uncovered the true use of whale glue, its only effect being to enhance virility.

It must be said, the virility-enhancing effect of whale glue is indeed effective; even if you only have three seconds of combat time, taking a bit of whale glue beforehand can boost your combat power by more than tenfold.

And when Gu Xuan took whale glue back then, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong etc all wore looks of disbelief, because Gu Xuan was only eight years old at that time.

But after they later learned of the miraculous uses of whale glue, Ning Fengzhi began secretly purchasing whale glue across the continent.

That fifty-thousand-year-old piece of whale glue was obtained from a coastal city for a hundred thousand gold spirit coins.

One hundred thousand gold spirit coins could be a huge sum that ordinary people could never spend in a lifetime; for most Soul Masters it's also a considerable fortune, but for the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect it's just a drop in the bucket.

However, Gu Xuan knows that if this piece of whale glue were placed in the Douluo Continent II era, its value would at least increase fivefold or more.

That piece of whale glue was obtained a year ago; after taking it, Gu Rong painstakingly cultivated for over half a year, and only then did he successfully break through to the ninety-sixth level three months ago, thereby boosting the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's strength again.

With the assistance of the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, Gu Rong and Chen Xin, these two ninety-sixth-level Super Douluo, can be considered as ninety-seventh level; they can be said to be the undisputed leaders of the Top Three Sects nowadays.

But they naturally cannot go out to proclaim this; at such a time they should secretly develop, so that they will astonish everyone later; Ning Fengzhi is well-versed in the way of the old six.

Gu Xuan left the courtyard and headed toward Chen Xin's separate residence.

Chen Xin's separate residence and Gu Rong's separate residence are actually quite close, right next to each other, but Chen Xin usually doesn't live here; he lives in the sword bamboo forest behind the mountain, which is still some distance away.

Gu Xuan had just left the courtyard and walked less than five minutes when a lovely, clear voice came from behind him, as pleasant as the song of an oriole.

"Gu Xuan brother, where are you going?"

Gu Xuan turned his head and saw Ning Rongrong wearing a light cyan one-piece short dress, a pair of jade-white calves fair and delicate, her little feet stepping on two brown leather boots with small heels, standing there, forming a beautiful scene.

It must be said, Ning Rongrong not only inherited Ning Fengzhi's looks, but even surpassed them; at just eleven years old she already has a graceful and elegant bearing.

However, Gu Xuan doesn't like lolis; although Ning Rongrong is good-looking, she looks like a minor, which makes Gu Xuan, this lsp, feel guilty, so until now he has been treating Ning Rongrong as a sister to raise.

As for what will happen in the future, Gu Xuan hasn't thought about it; at least for now he has no feelings toward Ning Rongrong, at most just enjoying the view.

"Rongrong, I'm going to look for Grandfather; I just broke through to thirtieth level." Gu Xuan looked at Ning Rongrong, and couldn't help but put on a gentle smile.

Faced with a cute little sister who listens to his words, Gu Xuan finds it hard not to feel a protective affection.

"Gu Xuan brother, you broke through to thirtieth level so quickly?" Ning Rongrong heard this, clasped her small hands together and gave them a little squeeze, then smiled and said: "Congratulations, Gu Xuan brother, on your breakthrough. You're truly a monster; although your innate soul power is one level lower than mine, your cultivation speed is several times mine."

Gu Xuan and Ning Rongrong share the same birthday, so Gu Xuan happens to be one year older than Ning Rongrong.

While speaking, Ning Rongrong had already come to Gu Xuan's side; Gu Xuan patted her small head, which is only 1.58 meters tall, and softly said: "Rongrong is also impressive; although you're just a support-type Soul Master, at your young age your soul power has already reached twenty-sixth level—who else can compare to you?"

Ning Rongrong greatly enjoyed Gu Xuan's big hand, she curled the corners of her mouth, showing a cute smile, and replied: "Tch, who else could compare to Gu Xuan brother? I don't care about others; Gu Xuan brother is my goal."

Gu Xuan withdrew his big hand, lightly brushed the tip of Ning Rongrong's nose, and said: "Then Rongrong, you'd better work hard; I won't wait for you. If you don't strive, you'd better watch out lest you can't even see my heel in the future."

"Hehehe…" Ning Rongrong, upon hearing that, made a very cute face at Gu Xuan and replied: "I don't want you to wait for me? When I was little I hated you to death, but now I know that back then Gu Xuan brother was strict with me for my own good, so I won't ask Gu Xuan brother to wait, because I will chase after him myself."

Upon hearing that, Gu Xuan's smile grew wider; as long as Ning Rongrong maintains her current perseverance and persists, her present achievements will definitely be far stronger than in the original story.

"Alright, I'll wait for Rongrong to chase after me; if one day she catches up to me, I'll give her a gift." Gu Xuan laughed.

Hearing the two words "gift", Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up, and she happily said: "Then Gu Xuan brother's gift had better satisfy me, otherwise I won't like Gu Xuan brother."

Ning Rongrong said while taking hold of Gu Xuan's big hand, walking and saying: "Let's go, let's find Grandfather Bone."

The sword bamboo forest is behind the mountain; because Ning Rongrong is with him, Gu Xuan slowed his pace, leisurely heading toward the sword bamboo forest.

After half an hour, Gu Xuan and Ning Rongrong arrived at the place where Chen Xin usually trains; this is a vast expanse of green sword bamboo forest, already not lacking sword bamboo with over a thousand years of cultivation.

These sword bamboos are not only a natural mimetic training ground for sword martial soul Soul Masters; likewise, for sword dao experts like Chen Xin, these sword bamboos are also the best companions.

When Chen Xin's grandfather first planted these sword bamboos, they were just ordinary bamboo; but after a hundred years, these bamboos have somewhat absorbed sword qi, becoming a mutually beneficial existence with the Seven Slaughter Sword.

Due to the constant infusion of sword qi, some of these sword bamboos have reached thousand-year level in just over a hundred years, and have become sentient sword bamboos, which can be considered anomalies among spirit beasts.

Because Chen Xin can command these sword bamboos for his own use, they amount to a natural bodyguard.

Just stepping into the sword bamboo forest's range, Gu Xuan could feel a sharp sword intent, the same as Second Uncle Chen Xin's sword intent—both are sharp and unstoppable, like the momentum of breaking an army.

However, these sword bamboos did not attack Gu Xuan and Ning Rongrong, because the sword bamboos are sentient; Gu Xuan and Ning Rongrong often come here to play, or receive guidance from Gu Rong and Chen Xin, and these sword bamboos have tacitly accepted Gu Xuan and Ning Rongrong as masters of this place.

In a pavilion at the center of the bamboo forest, Chen Xin, who was playing chess against Gu Rong on the board, suddenly raised his eyebrows and smiled at Gu Rong: "The two little rascals have come."

Gu Rong lifted his head, looking toward the path leading to this pavilion; not long after, a handsome youth and lovely girl approached from afar.

From far away, one could hear Ning Rongrong's voice: "Sword Grandfather, Bone Grandfather, Rongrong has come to play with you."

The two white-haired, youthful-looking elders smiled wryly; today's chess game hasn't yet been decided, but afterwards they probably won't have the heart to continue.

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