Chapter 220: So-Called Love at First Sight

Ning Feiliu, surnamed Ning, his martial soul looked just like that pale golden sword...

Jiang Xi searched through her mind, but she could not find any faction in the Heaven Dou Empire that matched it.

No matter how she thought about it, she could not imagine that Ning Feiliu was a direct descendant of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

After all, everyone knew that the martial soul of a direct descendant of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and they were all Auxiliary System Soul Masters with no combat ability.

Let alone a single block and counter-attack that heavily injured a thousand-year Soul Beast.

It seems... the other party is a commoner Spirit Master.

But looking at his age, he became a Soul King before eighteen? Jiang Xi found it hard to believe, but given Ning Feiliu's speed—which she hadn't even been able to react to—and the power that heavily injured a thousand-year Soul Beast in one move, she wouldn't believe it if he weren't a powerful Soul King.

If she didn't think it was too absurd, and hadn't actually seen Ning Feiliu's five Soul Rings, she would have even thought Ning Feiliu might be a powerful Soul Emperor.

In fact, it was about the same; the multiple updates to his Soul Rings brought about by Exploding Ring meant that Ning Feiliu could now completely rival a Soul Emperor with the stature of a Soul King.

The Enhancement from having all Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings or higher had already displayed its might at this moment.

This was also why Twin Spirits were so powerful in the later stages; the Enhancement effect of all Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings allowed one to easily cross major ranks in soul power to fight.

"This..." Shui Bing'er and the others walked up at this time, but looking at Ning Feiliu's young and handsome face, she didn't quite know how to start.

Ning Feiliu was a powerful Soul King; according to common sense, he should definitely be their senior.

But looking at Ning Feiliu's young face, which even looked about the same age as them, Shui Bing'er found it hard to say.

"Ah... just call me by my name. Don't look at these five Soul Rings; actually, I'm only fifteen... uh, two months away from ten." Ning Feiliu said casually.

He didn't intend to disguise anything; just disguising his Soul Ring configuration was enough to cover things up.

There was no need to hide anything else.

"Fifteen?" Suddenly, Jiang Xi, Shui Bing'er, and the others were all stunned.

Shui Bing'er was even dumbfounded; Ning Feiliu was clearly the same age as her, and she was even four months younger than others.

Yet Ning Feiliu was already a Soul King, while she was still only a Soul Elder...

Suddenly, Jiang Xi thought of something and exclaimed, "Could it be that you are a member of the Heavenly Generation in Heaven Dou City?"

"Heavenly Generation? What?" Ning Feiliu was stunned for a moment.

He had truly forgotten that he still had this reputation.

"It's that group of the most talented Spirit Masters with the highest natural talent in the imperial capital, Heaven Dou City. It is said that they are the strongest generation in the Heaven Dou Empire in a hundred years. They all broke through to Soul Elder before the age of fourteen, and the two strongest have already broken through to the Soul Ancestor realm," Jiang Xi said dreamily.

Ning Feiliu roughly understood and felt a bit helpless.

It was probably the reputation of their Moon Emperor Team that the audience in Heaven Dou City was spreading everywhere, which included him and Dugu Yan, and barely managed to include Yu Tianheng through flattery, collectively called the Heavenly Generation trio.

In fact, it was indeed the case. Ning Feiliu had once made a great name for himself at the Great Spirit Arena, coupled with Dugu Yan's absurd record of becoming a Soul Ancestor at thirteen, and the three's backgrounds, so the rumor of the "Heavenly Generation" spread.

The composition of the audience at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena was complex; besides the local residents of Heaven Dou City, there were many chambers of commerce and powerful Spirit Masters from other places.

There were even many chambers of commerce in Heaven Dou City. After these people heard the rumor of the "Heavenly Generation," they used it as a topic of conversation when they went to other places, and then it spread to other parts of the Heaven Dou Empire.

It was just that the transmission of rumors on the Douluo Continent was relatively vague and not as accurate as the internet.

Even on the internet of Ning Feiliu's past life, where the charm of journalism was prevalent, the truth was often lost as news was passed along.

The most classic example was the news about that plastic surgery family photo advertisement; it had been circulating on the internet for over a decade, yet few people still knew what the real truth was.

Do you even know what the wife in that plastic surgery family was actually called?

You don't, right?

The rumor of this "Heavenly Generation" was the same. Jiang Xi had only heard their teachers at the academy talk about it, and they sighed that perhaps the Heaven Dou Empire had hope in this year's Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

If that didn't work, the next generation would definitely be able to dominate the entire Douluo Dalu and revitalize the majesty of Heaven Dou.

But she hadn't heard the names of Ning Feiliu, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng.

And seeing Ning Feiliu, if someone could become a Soul King at fifteen, Jiang Xi could only think of him as a member of that absurd "Heavenly Generation."

"Probably... I guess that's me," Ning Feiliu said helplessly.

"So amazing..." Gu Qingbo, who was on the side, couldn't help but look at him with admiration and murmured.

"Ah... it's alright," Ning Feiliu was truly a bit embarrassed.

"This is very amazing. Feiliu... Big Brother, you are the same age as me, yet you are already a Soul King. It can be said that you are a genius unique in the entire Douluo Dalu!" Shui Bing'er said earnestly at this moment.

"Alright, alright, stop praising me." Ning Feiliu really couldn't handle such praise and quickly conceded, "I am indeed quite amazing. Alright, since that's the case, I'll be going now."

Now that the good deeds were done and the +1 count appeared on all three tasks, it was time for him to leave.

After all, he couldn't handle continuing to be praised by a group of pretty girls here.

Ning Feiliu was naturally an introverted person, which had a lot to do with his past life's country and the education he received.

Although he also had an unyielding and competitive personality, on the surface, he still preferred to remain humble.

This was probably the national character of the descendants of Yan and Huang in China.

Ning Feiliu didn't want to have any more interactions with the people from Tianshui Academy at this moment and planned to leave the Star Dou Great Forest directly to continue his own journey of training.

"Wait!" Seeing that Ning Feiliu was really about to leave, Shui Bing'er, for some reason, reached out and grabbed him.

Then, the next moment, she quickly and shyly retracted her hand.

"?" Ning Feiliu looked at her in confusion.

"Big Brother Feiliu, are you... heading to Tianshui City after just obtaining your Soul Ring?" Shui Bing'er asked curiously at this moment.

Tianshui City was the town where Tianshui Academy was located, just like how Notting City had Notting Academy, Heaven Dou City had the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, and Soto City had the Suotuo Advanced Academy.

It was very common to name an academy after a place name.

And Tianshui City was very close to here. Shui Bing'er was also a clever girl and vaguely guessed that although Ning Feiliu came from Heaven Dou City, his trip here was likely not to return to Heaven Dou City after obtaining his Soul Ring, but to head to Tianshui City.

"Tianshui City?" Ning Feiliu didn't mind; he could continue his journey from Tianshui City.

Actually, he had originally planned to start from a town separated by mountain ranges below Tianshui City, but now it was basically the same.

He didn't deny the matter of obtaining a Soul Ring, as he had indeed just come out after obtaining one.

It was just that it might be different from what Shui Bing'er and the others thought; he had obtained his second Soul Ring, not his fifth as a symbol of just breaking through to Soul King. "Alright then," he nodded and said, "Then I'll accompany you on your way. It just so happens you can act as my tour guide."

Suddenly, the girls were all somewhat excited.

Jiang Xi also readily agreed, saying, "Then for this journey, I will have to rely on you to look after us, Feiliu."

It was just that none of them noticed that they had absolutely no guard against Ning Feiliu.

According to common sense, a group of pretty girls in the wild should be extremely wary when encountering a strange, powerful man.

Especially since Tianshui Academy was an academy consisting entirely of pretty girls, and the academy mentioned education regarding this aspect repeatedly.

As a teacher, Jiang Xi had also often spoken to Shui Bing'er and the others about this matter.

Yet at this moment, they had completely forgotten about it when facing Ning Feiliu.

But they could not be blamed; after all, Ning Feiliu gave them a natural sense of affinity that made them want to be close to him.

If Ning Feiliu were uglier in appearance, it would be one thing; they would likely feel something was wrong even if they had a good impression of him.

Why would they develop a good impression of an ugly man for no reason?

It must be a charm-type soul skill or method! But Ning Feiliu was a handsome youth; his already good looks, combined with the moonlight baptism from practicing the Moonlight Breathing Method and the aura bonus brought by the Qiluo Tulip, really made him seem like a god descended from the heavens.

Therefore, Jiang Xi, Shui Bing'er, and the others agreed to travel together without the slightest hesitation at this moment; they even took the initiative to invite Ning Feiliu.

With Ning Feiliu accompanying them, the girls all appeared much quieter.

But soon, Qiu Ruisui among them could not help but ask curiously, "Big Brother Feiliu, did you come from Heaven Dou City, traveling across the Star Dou Great Forest?"

"That's right, I just finished obtaining a Soul Ring, and... well, I plan to travel through the entire Northern Territory of the continent, so I headed this way," Ning Feiliu said casually.

"Traveling the continent?" Shen Liu Yu appeared somewhat excited and said, "I also want to travel the continent in the future, but it's a pity... my strength isn't as strong as yours, Big Brother Feiliu."

"I haven't even been to Heaven Dou City yet..." Xue Wu also felt some longing at this time, but suddenly she thought of something and said to Ning Feiliu, "By the way, I haven't thanked you for saving my life just now, Big Brother Feiliu... Thank you, Brother Feiliu. Oh, right, and I should introduce myself, my name is Xue Wu."

Ning Feiliu had not recalled anything yet at this time.

But then, reminded by Xue Wu, Shui Bing'er and the others also remembered to introduce themselves.

And so, they introduced themselves one by one.

"Hello Brother Feiliu, my name is Shen Liu Yu."

"My name is Yu Hai Rou."

"My name is Gu Qingbo."

"My name is Qiu Ruoshui."

Finally, Shui Bing'er also said somewhat shyly, "Hello Brother Feiliu, my name is Shui Bing'er."

Ning Feiliu truly did not recognize the previous few names, but this last name...

He was stunned for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal and said with a smile, "Calling me 'Brother'... might not be appropriate, right? It seems we are the same age; everyone can just call me by my name. Otherwise, I can't very well go around calling you one by one... Sister Xue Wu, Sister Liu Yu, Sister Hai Rou, Sister Qingbo, Sister Ruoshui, Sister Bing'er... like that, right?"

These words of his instantly closed the distance between him and the girls significantly.

Mainly, he really hadn't expected to encounter Shui Bing'er and the others, who should be the members of the Tianshui Team participating in the next Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

However, he was only slightly surprised; after all, Shui Bing'er and the others only had a limited amount of screen time in the original Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Among them, the Spirit Fusion Skill—Ice and Snow Fluttering—was indeed somewhat similar to his Summoning of the Ice and Snow God.

It was just that in terms of power, it was certainly far inferior to the Summoning of the Ice and Snow God.

And thinking about it carefully, this wasn't considered much of a coincidence.

After all, he had already transmigrated to this world for four years; it was very normal to encounter some characters from the original work.

As time passed, he would sooner or later encounter more characters from the original work, such as the genius Spirit Masters of the Five Elements Academies, the Shrek Academy group led by Tang San, and even the core characters of the Spirit Hall.

It was inevitable that he would meet these people on his path to the summit.

Ning Feiliu relaxed his mindset.

"Alright then... Feiliu, this is Yue'er, she is my younger sister. How about we wait for her to finish absorbing her Soul Ring before we set off?" Shui Bing'er looked at him with a shy face and a smile, saying.

"Of course," Ning Feiliu found a random large tree, sat down, and said, "It's a good time to rest for a bit."

Seeing this, the girls all sat down around him without any avoidance.

At the same time, the girls began to curiously ask him some questions.

For example, what was Heaven Dou City like? What was Ning Feiliu's martial soul? What were the other members of the Heavenly Generation like? Ning Feiliu didn't think there was anything to it, and basically said whatever was asked.

Chatting and talking with pretty girls like this was just like going to a foot massage parlor; it could also be considered a form of alternative psychological relaxation.

It must be said that Ning Feiliu had always been like this; he was relatively tolerant toward girls, especially pretty girls.

Just like how he was toward Ye Lingling.

This wasn't because he was lecherous; he just felt that his mood would be quite good this way.

Of course, if he encountered those girls with bad personalities, like Ning Rongrong, no matter how pretty or cute they were, Ning Feiliu would only think they were an ugly monster.

They chatted for quite a while, and Ning Feiliu even felt a bit hungry afterward, so he took out a large amount of ingredients from the Steel Sun Box and started a barbecue right on the spot.

With the skills he had maxed out through the Wandering God series cheat, it naturally went without saying.

Shui Bing'er and the others all appeared very happy; after all, having been out for so many days, they were either eating dry rations or slightly boiled dry rations—who would like to eat like that all the time?

After this simple yet extremely delicious barbecue by Ning Feiliu, they ate quite happily.

It was the classic protagonist trope of winning the heart of a beautiful girl encountered in the wild with a barbecue; what was important was that Ning Feiliu was also so handsome and had such strong strength.

Then naturally, it went without saying for Shui Bing'er and the others; if Ning Feiliu had a favorability system, he would already be able to see that the favorability of several girls among them was already close to or even at full marks.

It was just that in their hearts, they thought this was probably love at first sight...

It wasn't until three hours had passed that Shui Yue'er successfully finished absorbing the Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and woke up, and then she immediately smelled a pungent aroma.

Updating early today. I originally wanted to ask for leave, but leave slips are precious, so forget it. The author is going on a date tonight. Also, wishing everyone a happy Qixi Festival.

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