Chapter 164: CHALLENGE

Ning Fengzhi was stunned for a moment, but he did not, because of this, associate any connection between Ning Feiliu and "Yafei."

After all, he was not a modern person and had not seen so many dramatic tropes from novels and literary works, so it was indeed difficult for him to deduce from Ning Mingrui's words that Ning Feiliu was "Yafei," and "Yafei" was Ning Feiliu.

However, he did not give up on the possibility of Ning Mingrui hosting "Yafei."

"Mingrui, you should go and try to ask him; it will also allow you to improve your friendship with him when the time comes," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile.

Ning Mingrui sighed, then had no choice but to say, "Father, then I will do my best."

He understood Ning Feiliu's feelings a bit better now, although he could understand that Ning Fengzhi was doing this for the continuation of the sect.

Because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was too weak due to its own martial soul lacking combat power, it had to win over powerful Battle Soul Masters from the outside.

Plus, his sons were indeed mediocre in innate talent.

Ning Feiliu's own talent was not outstanding, and no one could have expected him to have such heaven-defying comprehension, allowing him to be reborn.

It was a helpless matter that Ning Fengzhi overlooked Ning Feiliu.

But... everyone hopes that their parents love them unconditionally and feel that their child is the most outstanding, no matter what.

So, Ning Fengzhi acting like this really hurt his child's heart.

In Ning Mingrui's eyes, perhaps if Ning Feiliu were truly a child with ordinary talent, it wouldn't matter even if he were heartbroken by his father.

Even if Ning Feiliu were heartbroken, he would just be an ordinary direct disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, having no impact on the sect.

With him, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not become stronger; without him, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not decline because of it.

But he was "Yafei," and that was different.

Without Ning Feiliu, perhaps the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not decline, but it would lose an opportunity to go further and become stronger.

Based on Ning Feiliu's strength and talent, Ning Mingrui had clearly realized during this time that Ning Feiliu's lineage would definitely be able to lead their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to an unprecedented peak in the future!

However, Ning Feiliu's attitude toward Ning Fengzhi had not softened in the slightest, which left him not knowing how to persuade Ning Feiliu to serve the sect.

Even though Ning Feiliu had once said that if Ning Mingrui became the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he would help the sect become stronger.

But for some reason, Ning Mingrui always felt a vague sensation in Ning Feiliu's words.

It seemed... that Feiliu would leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the future.

Even if Ning Mingrui became the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the future, it would still be the case.

Therefore, he realized that to keep Ning Feiliu's lineage in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the future, he could only do so by eliminating his resentment toward his father and his relatives.

It was just... seeing his father Ning Fengzhi still giving Ning Feiliu the cold shoulder, he did not know what to do.

Perhaps only when Ning Fengzhi knew that Ning Feiliu's true identity was that famous high disciple of the Poison Douluo in Heaven Dou City, "Yafei," would he have a change of heart and begin to attach extraordinary importance to Ning Feiliu.

But he was also very clear that if he really told Ning Fengzhi about this, even if Ning Fengzhi truly valued Ning Feiliu because of it, Ning Feiliu would only harbor more resentment after finding out, and would even grow distant from him.

So he was somewhat at a loss; how... could he make the resentment in Ning Feiliu's heart disappear?

Ning Feiliu was unaware of this matter; he had simply arrived at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena and started scouting for "opponents."

He went straight to the Soul Ancestor-level Great Spirit Arena, intending to pick some junior Soul Ancestors to challenge.

His outfit, unique to "Yafei," was still very conspicuous, but what made people laugh and cry was that after "Yafei" became famous throughout Heaven Dou City, many masks of the same type appeared for sale around the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.

This was probably the so-called celebrity effect, and this Death God Mask, which looked sorrowless and joyless with an eerie feeling, had a sense of coldness.

This was much more stylish than ordinary masks or cloaks.

So this style of mask sold like hotcakes, but basically, no one dared to impersonate Ning Feiliu.

Even if they did, it would be very easy for people to see through it.

After all, Ning Feiliu's current Soul Ring configuration was truly too unique; probably only a Twin Spirits Spirit Master would have the ability to disguise his Soul Ring configuration.

And Twin Spirits Spirit Masters... there were only two in this period of the Douluo world, one was Bibi Dong, and the other was Tang San.

These two... well, Bibi Dong certainly wouldn't, but as for San Ge...

Given San Ge's character, he could actually disguise himself, and if there were benefits, he would probably disguise himself as him without blushing or skipping a beat.

Although San Ge had indeed never done such a thing in the original plot, given San Ge's flexible moral bottom line, there was no doubt he would definitely do it if there were profit to be made.

For example, if Tang San happened to discover here that Dugu Bo possessed a treasure bowl of herbs like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, containing a large number of precious herbs.

And if he disguised himself as Ning Feiliu, he could sneak into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well...

Tang San would definitely do it, and then sneak directly into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to pluck all the herbs away!

Ning Feiliu truly believed that this upright gentleman, Young Master Tang San, was the type who could do such a thing.

But Tang San was not here right now, and Ning Feiliu and Tang San had no connection at the moment, so of course, it was impossible for Tang San to be impersonating him.

No one was bold enough to impersonate Ning Feiliu either, as he had the moody Poison Douluo Dugu Bo behind him.

Who would be so bold as to dare impersonate him?

Therefore, Ning Feiliu's figure in the front row of the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena's spectator stands was particularly conspicuous.

Immediately, the surrounding spectators began to discuss excitedly.

"Yafei is here..."

"He has finally appeared again; Yafei has been missing for a full eight days."

"Every time Yafei uses the Summoning of the God of Casting, he disappears for a day or two before appearing; this time he disappeared for too long, and I thought Yafei wouldn't come again."

"Haven't you noticed? After the first time Yafei used the Summoning of the God of Casting and appeared again, his first Soul Ring turned into a thousand-year one. So could it be that every time he detonates his own Soul Ring to use a Self-Created Spirit Skill, he goes to re-acquire a Soul Ring?"

"Hiss... doesn't that mean Yafei can replace his Soul Rings with higher-level ones one after another?"

"You only realized this now? Those two Self-Created Spirit Skills are not just powerful, they can also replace Soul Rings!"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple... otherwise, wouldn't Yafei go to replace his Soul Rings with high-quality ones every time he uses a Self-Created Spirit Skill? He doesn't even use his powerful Self-Created Spirit Skills that often..."

"Regardless, Yafei is simply too strong... he is probably the most talented Spirit Master of the younger generation in the last thirty years!"

Actually, the reason this person said "in the last thirty years" was because going back a bit further would bring up Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.

Currently, Ning Feiliu is very strong, but compared to genius Spirit Masters like Tang Hao who already have famous battle records, ordinary people dare not boast that Ning Feiliu is far stronger or more talented than them, which is why they said it that way.

"He currently has no opponents at the Soul Elder level, ever since he defeated the Owl Ling Yue in a cross-rank challenge last time... So, is he thinking of attempting another cross-rank challenge now, to challenge a Soul Ancestor level opponent here?!"

"That must be it! Yafei is truly too amazing! He can be called the true strongest of the younger generation!"

"Nowadays, our Heaven Dou Empire has seen the emergence of many genius Spirit Masters in this generation: the Crescent Moon's Solemnity Yafei, who created a powerful soul skill and can challenge across ranks; Yu Tianheng, the successor to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect designated by the previous generation; Yu Tianxin, who is called one of the Blue Dragon Twin Jades alongside Yu Tianheng; and Dugu Yan, the granddaughter of the Poison Douluo who broke through to Soul Ancestor at fourteen... These four have displayed talent that crushes their peers at such a young age; our Heaven Dou Empire is about to welcome a golden age!"

"With the appearance of these four genius Spirit Masters, who display talent as immeasurable as the height of the sky, the genius Spirit Masters of this generation in our Heaven Dou Empire... can well be called the Heavenly Generation!"

"Yafei and Dugu Yan... this pair under the Poison Douluo can indeed be called talent as immeasurable as the height of the sky, but what do Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin count for? Are they worthy of being compared to these two?"

"What did you say?!"

"You are a disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect... Then it's fine... Ah, yes, yes, yes, what you said is correct."

The noisy discussions around Ning Feiliu never ceased, which made him feel somewhat helpless whenever he heard them.

Why do these guys like talking about such things so much, and even giving people nicknames?

But after all, in this era, there are no other forms of entertainment. The key is that because of the existence of martial souls and Spirit Masters on the Douluo Continent, their agriculture is not as backward as in the real ancient times, and food is quite abundant.

Why was agriculture backward in ancient times? Because there were no sufficient farming tools to reclaim wasteland, no sufficient livestock to tend the fields, and relying solely on human labor to reclaim and till the land was completely insufficient.

But what about this world of the Douluo Continent?

To say nothing else, the Spirit Hall conducts martial soul awakening for everyone. Even if they have no Innate Soul Power and cannot cultivate, after awakening their martial souls and being able to summon them, Spirit Masters with Beast Spirits can improve their physical fitness.

Spirit Masters with Tool Spirits can use their own martial souls to perform farming, or go hunt wild beasts to fill their stomachs.

These ordinary people without soul power might not be able to beat Soul Beasts, but can't they beat ordinary wild beasts?

Therefore, food on the Douluo Continent is relatively sufficient, and ordinary people can barely fill their stomachs as long as they don't encounter disasters.

In times of peace, they can even eat some meat.

Compared to those real ancient times, the Douluo Continent is truly a very happy and peaceful world.

So ordinary people are very idle in their daily lives and don't have to rush about for their three meals a day.

Being idle with nothing to do, they can only use these stories after tea and meals to chat with each other and kill time.

Just like those mysterious organizations at the entrance of the village in Ning Feiliu's past life; even with mobile phones and televisions in that past life, the members of those mysterious organizations were happy to gather at the village entrance every day, and with a few words, they could ruin a person's reputation.

Then in this era without mobile phones or televisions, it goes without saying for these ordinary people.

They love coming to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena to watch powerful Spirit Masters fight, and then use that as a topic of conversation.

Even the secret affairs of big shots are things they will laugh and talk about.

These onlookers sometimes really don't think that much; what should be said and what shouldn't be said will all be discussed unintentionally in their mouths.

Geniuses like Ning Feiliu are even more talked about with relish.

It's just that Ning Feiliu finds it quite strange that he is suddenly called something like the "Heavenly Generation"...

Fortunately, it's not some Golden Generation. I don't know if these people know that the Spirit Hall Golden Generation intentionally avoids them, or if they just simply feel that this "Heavenly Generation" fits the title of the Heaven Dou Empire and is more suitable as a description.

Anyway, Ning Feiliu feels this title is a bit better...

But it's still too awkward.

But just when Ning Feiliu was feeling a bit awkward...

"Yafei?" A strange, cold, and crisp female voice suddenly appeared in his ear.

Ning Feiliu turned to look and discovered it was a cold and tall semi-mature young girl, who looked very good, but...

He truly did not recognize her.

The girl's graceful figure appeared more mature, almost the height and build of an adult woman, and at the same time, she exuded a trace of an aura as cold as frost.

But...

The girl was not cold and aloof, but was looking at him with a grin.

"You are..." Ning Feiliu frowned and asked.

"My name is... Shuang Lan. Hmm, although I think I should be a bit famous, I don't know if you recognize me, so I'd better introduce myself." Shuang Lan immediately said with a smile.

"Shuang Lan?" Ning Feiliu raised an eyebrow under his mask and said.

"It seems you really do recognize me." Shuang Lan said with a chuckle.

"The vice-captain of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team, martial soul Ice Sword Dragon, your current soul power cultivation should be around level 42?" Ning Feiliu said immediately.

He had once studied all the team members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, so of course, he recognized Shuang Lan.

It's just that... Shuang Lan was not originally an opponent he had studied, but it's not impossible to challenge Shuang Lan now.

It's just that having used 【Summoning of the Ice and Snow God】 not long ago, he didn't want to attempt a second Exploding Ring so quickly and try to re-absorb a Soul Ring again.

After all, having just finished absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring not long ago, growth that is too rapid might instead cause damage or even tear the meridians inside his body.

"To be precise, it's level 43." Shuang Lan's smile deepened as she said.

"So, do you have any business coming to find me?" Ning Feiliu said indifferently, "Inviting me to join the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy? Then I see you are destined to be disappointed."

"No, I didn't come to invite you to join the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy." Shuang Lan shook her head and said, "I came to challenge you... and want to ask you some questions."

"Questions?" Ning Feiliu smiled, "Do I have any obligation to answer your questions?"

"No." Shuang Lan shook her head and said, "But I can do you a favor."

"A favor?" Ning Feiliu frowned; he didn't have anything he needed to ask of Shuang Lan.

"Although I don't know why you are pursuing victory so much—perhaps it's a bet, perhaps a promise or something—I can see that you are pursuing an ultimate winning streak.

Currently, your One-on-One Soul Fighting winning streak is at the thirty-eighth match, and your Two-on-Two Soul Fighting winning streak is at the twenty-seventh match.

That is already an invincible record at the Soul Elder level, but you still haven't stopped, and now you are even considering a cross-rank challenge against a Soul Ancestor."

"So I guess your goal should be the number of one hundred consecutive wins, and regardless of any form of Spirit Fighting..." Shuang Lan said with a smile, "It's just that you haven't participated in a Team Battle Spirit Fight. I guess it's not that you have no intention of doing so, but that you can't find suitable teammates to form a team...

So I can help you continue to obtain one hundred consecutive wins in Spirit Fighting, and in a very stable way."

(End of chapter)