Chapter 175: True Face

And it was not just Ning Fengzhi who was closely watching "Yafei," there was also...

"Yafei..." Salas, the Hall Master of the Wuhun Holy Hall in Heaven Dou City and a Platinum Bishop, was in another private room at this moment, rubbing his brow as he watched Ning Feiliu, who was being greeted by the cheers of ten thousand people on the Douhun Platform.

He also felt it was a pity that such a genius Spirit Master, who clearly had no faction affiliation and was very likely a "Yafei" of grassroots origin, had not been discovered by the Spirit Hall and recruited into their ranks earlier.

However, it was also very possible that they had discovered him, but simply did not recruit him.

As a Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall, Salas was one of the highest-ranking individuals within the Spirit Hall, aside from the Title Douluo-level Elders, and he was very clear about his own organization's affairs.

Over these past few decades, the Spirit Hall had become increasingly arrogant.

Even so-called genius Spirit Masters were not valued by the many Bishops and Senior Deacons within the Spirit Hall.

The current Spirit Hall preferred to let those grassroots genius Spirit Masters rush to join them on their own; in a word, they did not like to take the initiative themselves, they preferred the other party to be proactive!

What Innate Full Spirit Power, what a mutated phoenix martial soul appearing in a village with a common chicken martial soul, what an extremely rare food-type Spirit Master with Innate Full Spirit Power... and what, is my Spirit Hall not powerful enough?

No matter how genius these grassroots Spirit Masters were, they had no resources and could not compare to my great Spirit Hall.

However, the Spirit Hall could indeed be proud of this point now; their influence was unmatched across the entire Douluo Dalu, and even the Clear Sky Sect, known as the number one Spirit Master sect in the world, could only begrudgingly announce their retirement from the continent under their might, no longer appearing on the Douluo Continent.

In terms of resources, it was the same; from medicinal herbs for body tempering and physical recovery to Mimicry Cultivation Fields, as well as the many studies and theories on Soul Rings, the Spirit Hall's reserves in these areas were also unrivaled.

Joining their Spirit Hall also meant that the powerful Spirit Masters of the Spirit Hall could be dispatched at any time and place to help hunt for the most suitable and best Soul Rings; this was the greatest cultivation resource!

Coupled with the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament over these past few decades, most of the champions had come from their Spirit Hall.

This was enough to prove just how huge an advantage their young Spirit Masters possessed.

Therefore, all grassroots Spirit Masters on the Douluo Continent who wanted to get ahead and had excellent talent should be even more eager to join their Spirit Hall!

Where would there be any need for them to take the initiative to recruit others?

Salas actually thought the same way, so although he knew about the current status quo of the Spirit Hall being indifferent to recruiting grassroots Spirit Masters, he had no intention of changing it.

Now, seeing "Yafei," he felt a bit of regret.

If he had recruited him into the Spirit Hall a step earlier, when "Yafei" was weak and had not yet received the favor of Dugu Bo, how could there be the situation now where he wanted to recruit him but could not.

He also understood a little; perhaps the reason "Yafei" rejected their recruitment was because he did not want to fail the great kindness and grace Dugu Bo had shown him.

So, it is said that tempting with profit is not always completely effective; it is more reliable to move people's hearts with kindness and sentiment.

"This person knows how to use Exploding Ring and self-created spirit skills, and his Soul Rings can be absorbed a second time; his future potential is no weaker than Twin Spirits," Salas said in a low voice, "But... how can he be recruited? A private meeting? But he... why does he hide his true face?"

He always had an intuition that "Yafei's" true face would be the key to breaking the deadlock.

The higher one's position, the more one believes in their own premonitions and intuition, so Salas said in a low voice, "Then only by revealing Yafei's true face might there be a way..."

But how to reveal his true face?

Salas's mind turned, and he said, "In a Spirit Fighting Battle! But... Yafei's strength is extraordinary; defeating him in a Spirit Fighting Battle will not be easy."

"No!" He suddenly paused and said, "It is not necessary to defeat Yafei to reveal his true face!"

Why must one want to defeat "Yafei" to reveal the true face beneath his mask?

Wouldn't it be enough to just shatter or remove that mask of his?

Salas immediately had an idea; he looked at his confidant behind him, beckoned, and said, "Sam, come here... I have a task for you..."

"Yes." Sam immediately walked to Salas's side and listened carefully to Salas's words.

Another week passed, and Ning Feiliu's winning streak in team Spirit Fighting Battles continued, only he could no longer manage three different types of Spirit Fighting Battles in a single day.

Because... it was still the same situation: the higher the number of consecutive wins in Spirit Fighting Battles, the stronger the opponents matched later on.

The talent of Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianxin, Yufeng, and the others was good, but their strength and cultivation were still far behind; for example, the strongest, Yu Tianheng, was only at level 34 soul power now.

Facing a group of opponents with soul power above level 35, no matter how formidable his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul was, it could at most bridge a strength gap of two to three levels of soul power.

So when facing opponents with higher soul power levels, the average strength of the Moon Emperor Team was not enough.

So at this time... Ning Feiliu had to step in!

Ning Feiliu, now counting the several Thousand-Year Spirit Rings he had absorbed earlier and that Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, had strength so great that it was clearly different from other Spirit Masters at level 39.

In this situation, his intervention could naturally secure the victory.

However, he felt that he was becoming more and more like San Ge from the original story—the real San Ge.

After all, the original owner was also the third in rank.

But Ning Feiliu could actually accept it; if all else failed, he would just use his ultimate moves.

Either 【Summoning of the God of Forge】 or 【Summoning of the God of Ice and Snow】 could instantly kill his opponents if used.

But Ning Feiliu's consumption was real; he could only complete two, at most three, Spirit Fighting Battles a day, so currently, his Calm Rune quest winning streak had only just reached ninety-one consecutive wins.

But no matter what, he could finally see the hope of completing the quest.

Nine more wins! Ning Feiliu would be able to complete this series of quests and obtain the most generous reward among all the rewards he had received so far—the World Rune: Calm!

At the same time, Ning Feiliu was still attempting to craft new Alchemy Potions and working on the quest related to the Blooming Spirit Flower.

That night.

Ning Feiliu used a precision blade to dissect the brain of the last Soul Beast—a ten-year Nightmare Beast—using electrical stimulation and his own spirit power to probe various parts, studying it thoroughly.

Then, after completely dismantling the fragmented Soul Beast brain, he wrote a series of research results in the research notebook beside him.

"The Nightmare Beast brain presents a semi-energized state; the function of its prefrontal cortex is..."

"After severing the connection to the body, it still possesses a certain energy supply to maintain consciousness..."

"The spirit sea has a certain connection with the brain, specifically as..."

"From this, it can be concluded that the manifestation of spirit power on the Douluo Continent is a complex energy body mixed with biological consciousness soul power and electricity that can be projected externally..."

As Ning Feiliu wrote down the last elegant character, that familiar line of small text appeared before his eyes again, then shattered into pieces, turning into pure knowledge that emerged in his mind.

"Blooming Spirit Flower..." He looked at the formation, breeding, and cultivation methods of the Blooming Spirit Flower in his mind, and his eyes slowly brightened.

"I wonder... if it can be successfully cultivated here on the Douluo Continent." Ning Feiliu muttered to himself with some curiosity.

(End of chapter)