This was the thought that came to Ma Hongjun's mind after Di Xin's water shot into his body.
This ten-thousand-year soul skill was indeed powerful. Unlike other explosive skills, the effect of this soul skill was like boiling a frog in slow water; death would come without warning.
The water in Ma Hongjun's body had reached a point where it was about to explode.
His body was swollen and bloated.
Fortunately, he had the Ice and Fire Body Refinement before, and ice and water were similar, so his body had a certain resistance to water, giving Ma Hongjun time to think.
Ma Hongjun had already thought of a way to break the deadlock.
Use water to break water.
His third soul ring shone, and the blue dark patterns on the Dragon Soul Spear lit up one after another. Ma Hongjun controlled the water that had overflowed in his body and guided it into the Dragon Soul Spear.
Then he reflected it out.
On the Dragon Soul Spear, the water formed the shape of bullets.
Then he fired the water gun, swoosh swoosh swoosh...
Di Xin's expression changed drastically. She was very surprised to see that the water she shot out had been used by the other party and reflected back.
She was very surprised that the other party had a water attribute soul skill.
However, water elemental soul masters were completely unfazed by water-attribute attacks. With a wave of her hand, Di Xin drew all the water aimed at her into a water sphere in her hand.
This water passed through Ma Hongjun's body and returned to her hand.
Seeing that his water was ineffective against Di Xin, Ma Hongjun turned his attention to the flying soul master Yue Ruying in the air.
Yue Ruying, however, did not possess Di Xin's ability to calmly withstand water gun attacks. After a barrage of shots, she was drenched and stumbled down from the sky.
The water Ma Hongjun shot was extremely sticky, clinging to her feathers. Since it was also created from soul power, this sticky effect had a strong attachment.
At this point, neither of them had any means to deal with Ma Hongjun.
They both fell to Ma Hongjun's spear.
The other soul masters, after witnessing this spectacular battle, dared not utter a sound; the shock Ma Hongjun had given them was simply too great.
"Not bad. The three of you are stronger than these three sleazy bastards,"
Ma Hongjun said, pointing to the three gloating scoundrels beside him.
"Our Soul Masters need management. Besides rules, there are also rewards. The Soul Rings you need for advancement will be provided
by our Fairy Robe Pavilion. Higher-level members will help lower-level members. As for specific matters, Senior Bai, who is here with me, will formulate and arrange them.
Senior Bai used to be a member of the teaching committee of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and he is very familiar with how to manage Soul Masters. Now that he has condescended to come to our Fairy Robe Pavilion, I hope everyone can cooperate with Senior Bai's work.
Of course, you don't have to cooperate, as long as you have Senior Bai's strength.
Now Senior Bai is the first elder of our Fairy Robe Pavilion, responsible for managing all the Soul Masters of Fairy Robe Pavilion. Senior
Bai is an eight-ring Soul Douluo. It is our honor to have him leading us."
The Soul Masters looked at Bai Baoshan, their eyes immediately becoming respectful.
They had already thought that Bai Baoshan was definitely not simple, possibly a Soul Emperor.
Now, a Soul Douluo.
This was the first time they had seen a Soul Master of this level.
"You brat, I didn't have this much trouble back at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. I've only just come here, and you've already arranged everything so clearly. You're not being polite at all!"
"Didn't you want to work for me, sir? I
had no choice, Elder Bai. Now that Fairy Robe Pavilion is starting up, it needs a strong person like you to help oversee things. I'm still too young."
With a Soul Douluo strongman overseeing things, the Soul Masters all felt more secure. A strong person is a reliable support.
Whether they behaved properly or not didn't
matter now; with a Soul Douluo around, they didn't have to worry about being bullied. Most importantly, they wouldn't have to worry about acquiring Soul Rings in the future.
Bai Baoshan was an expert at managing Soul Masters. With so many years of management experience at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, managing Ma Hongjun's fledgling small force was a piece of cake.
Ma Hongjun instructed Bai Baoshan to focus on taking care of the three sleazy scoundrels, to cleanse them of their sleazy aura,
and to casually help them attach their Soul Rings.
After arranging things, Ma Hongjun once again became a hands-off manager. That
evening, he rekindled his bond with the Shuang'er sisters and released the remaining fluids from his body during the day.
The next day, Ma Hongjun and Bai Baoshan, along with the three lecherous scoundrels, entered Sunset Forest to help Bu Le and Old Goose obtain their fifth spirit rings.
However, Ma Hongjun didn't need to accompany them; his purpose was to go to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. He
was about to go to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and as his son-in-law's first visit, he felt he should bring a gift. After much thought, he decided that bringing immortal herbs would be appropriate.
Upon arriving at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, only Tang San was there; Poison Douluo was not
. Tang San was currently preparing herbs. Ma Hongjun explained his purpose, asking Tang San to help him select four immortal herbs suitable for Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.
After browsing the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Tang San finally selected four immortal herbs, packaged them in a special box, and gave them to Ma Hongjun, explaining their usage and effects.
Although the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well is a treasure trove, it doesn't have many immortal plants, only about twenty at most. Tang San wasn't sure about some of them, and he didn't recognize them all.
Ma Hongjun taking four this time was actually quite a lot, but giving them to Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo wasn't a loss. These two Title Douluos were getting a good deal by using immortal plants to gain their favor.
Moreover, Sword Douluo had spared Xiao Wu's life a few months ago.
In that situation, not killing was an act of kindness. He
had also recently saved Ma Hongjun and Tang San's lives in a roundabout way, so giving him an immortal plant was only right.
As for why he gave one to a complete stranger like Bone Douluo, that's a matter of conduct.
Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo were both pillars of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, with similar status. As the future son-in-law of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, giving one and not the other would offend someone. With
four immortal plants in hand, Ma Hongjun embarked on his journey to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, being a major sect, was relatively easy to find.
On the afternoon of the second day, Ma Hongjun finally arrived.
As expected of a major sect, Ma Hongjun had scoffed when Ning Rongrong mentioned her family's castle.
Now, seeing it, it wasn't just a castle, but a magnificent and luxurious one.
Even the Heaven Dou Royal Academy wasn't as grand; it was more like a condensed version of Heaven Dou City.
Because it was so close to Heaven Dou City and the geographical environment was similar, the architectural style wasn't significantly different.
However, being smaller, its luxury was a whole level higher.
No wonder there were live-in sons-in-law here.
Seeing the luxurious castle before him, Ma Hongjun thought that being a live-in son-in-law here would be quite wonderful.
Unfortunately, Ma Hongjun had a very good stomach and didn't like being a kept man.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was rather complex. Because they possessed support-type martial souls, they needed to coexist with families using power-attack and agility-attack martial souls.
Therefore, although the forces residing in this castle were unified, there were many different factions.
The Ning family has many branches, and each branch has a close ties with a non-Nan family.
The direct line, Ning Rongrong's branch, is on good terms with the Chen family of Sword Douluo and the Ku family of Bone Douluo.
"Hello, this is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. May I ask what brings you here?"
The castle guard stopped Ma Hongjun and asked politely.
Ma Hongjun smiled and said,
"Please announce my arrival. I'm here to see Ning Rongrong!"
The guard asked again, sounding somewhat surprised,
"You're here to see our young lady?"
"Yes."
The guard was a young man, and he looked at Ma Hongjun with some curiosity. Given Ma Hongjun's appearance and his similar age to Ning Rongrong, there was definitely something fishy about him.
Ning Rongrong was the goddess of the younger generation of their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School; who wouldn't want to marry her?
Marrying her would be like "climbing the branch to become a phoenix."
Therefore, the young guard's eyes held a hint of hostility as he looked at Ma Hongjun.
However, he knew that anyone who knew their young lady must have an extraordinary background, so he immediately acted very politely.
"Please leave your name so I can inform her."
"Ma Hongjun."
Leaving Ma Hongjun sitting in the reception room, a guard went into the castle. The castle was so large that it would probably take a while to inform her.
Ma Hongjun had no choice but to sit and wait. After all, it was his first time meeting his father-in-law, and he had to behave properly.
The Spirit Hall had a warrant, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School should have something similar. He should have had Ning Rongrong leave one beforehand, otherwise he wouldn't be waiting here now.
Not long after, the guard returned, followed by two young men in blue and white brocade robes.
"Young masters, this is the one who came to see the young lady."
The two young men in brocade robes nodded, looking at Ma Hongjun. The young man in white said,
"Your name is Ma Hongjun, right? What is your relationship with Rongrong?"
His tone was very unfriendly, full of questioning, and it seemed that he had heard of Ma Hongjun before.
Ma Hongjun, somewhat puzzled, didn't rush to answer. He stood up and sized up the two men, still unsure of their relationship with Ning Rongrong.
But judging from their appearance, especially the one in white, they seemed very hostile.
Ma Hongjun didn't want trouble; a good first impression was crucial when visiting his future father-in-law's house.
So, he politely asked,
"And you are?"
Seeing Ma Hongjun's lack of response and subsequent question, the young man in white looked anxious and was about to speak again.
The young man in blue stopped him and answered,
"I'm Rongrong's brother. What's your relationship with Rongrong?"
Upon hearing this, Ma Hongjun immediately relaxed and, without thinking, blurted out,
"Oh, you're my brother-in-law!"
(End of Chapter)