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Chapter 14: Ning Fengzhi's Schemes.
Author: Fu Hejun
Barak Kingdom.
This nation is located south of the Heaven Dou Empire and borders Fasinuo Province. Though called a Kingdom, its area is actually only three-quarters the size of Fasinuo Province. Within the Kingdom's borders, there are two most important cities. One is Barak City, the capital where the royal family resides. The other city is Soto City, known as the granary of Barak, located in the center of the most fertile Lima Plain within the Barak Kingdom.
Soto City is a large city, which can be seen from its Spirit Hall's configuration as a Level 3 Main Spirit Hall.
At this moment, at Soto City's East Gate.
The city gate was wide open, and from time to time, pedestrians walked in.
A young man dressed in white mixed in with the pedestrians, walking in very inconspicuously.
After completely entering the city gate, he surveyed the city and unconsciously exclaimed, "Finally here, Soto City..." At the same time, he added in his mind: a famous check-in location in Douluo Continent, a place almost all Transmigrators would come to.
And this person was, naturally, Ye Cheng.
As for the reason he came here, besides wanting to experience the original characters and personally witness, or even participate in, some of the plot, the most important reason was to repay a favor.
To repay Sword Douluo, or rather, to repay the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's favor.
At that time, at the Hotel, Sword Douluo came to visit.
Since they had, in a way, become acquainted through their clash, their subsequent conversation was quite pleasant. During this time, Sword Douluo subtly probed Ye Cheng's impression of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and implicitly stated that if he returned to his ancestral Sect, he could immediately become the Sect Master of a Sect.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one of the esteemed Upper Three Sects, would henceforth be under his control! The temptation was undoubtedly immense.
However, facing such an irresistible temptation for ordinary people, Ye Cheng remained unmoved. He merely brushed it off casually.
Sword Douluo was somewhat disappointed, but he didn't probe further. He simply turned to another matter: the Wang Family from Balong City, who had abandoned their City and fled, were currently imprisoned in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Prison.
The entire Wang Family, one hundred and sixty-three people in total, not a single one was left out.
When he heard this news, Ye Cheng inwardly thought, "As expected." As long as he possessed strength himself and was qualified to be courted by others, someone would naturally help him capture his enemies to forge a good relationship with him. He wouldn't need to bother chasing his enemies all over the Continent himself.
After learning that the Wang Family had been captured and imprisoned.
Ye Cheng didn't show much excitement; he merely said calmly, "Since that's the case, then I'll trouble Senior to 'deal with' them for me. Consider this a Favor I owe your Sect. Within the scope of my abilities, if you have any requests, I will certainly not refuse!"
These words indicated that he had acknowledged this Favor.
The Favor of a Limit Douluo, the strongest in the current era, its value was simply immeasurable!
If other Sect Powers had received this Favor, they would probably be overjoyed. But for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, this Favor seemed a bit... too distant.
After all, what was Ye Cheng's identity?
He was the son of the current Sect Master, Ning Fengzhi, and even possessed the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, something the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had always dreamed of!
With such a background, he was naturally a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He should have been a part of the Sect, leading the Sect to develop and prosper. Yet now, they still had to rely on a Favor to win him over; it was simply...
Thus, when Sword Douluo heard Ye Cheng say, "if you have any requests, I will certainly not refuse", he almost wanted to simply use this Favor to demand he join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Fortunately, reason told him that doing so wouldn't work. Even if he were incredibly lucky and managed to force Ye Cheng to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect through this Favor, it would only make their relationship more distant. After all, this so-called "Favor" wasn't actually that significant.
To Ye Cheng, the Wang Family were merely lambs awaiting slaughter, not unconquerable enemies. If they ran, it would at most be a bit troublesome, requiring a bit more effort to find them.
It's easy to imagine, how much value such a "Favor" could truly hold?
Ye Cheng's words, "if you have any requests, I will certainly not refuse", were just for show. To truly believe that this Favor could make him risk his life was simply impossible. It was purely overthinking.
So, Sword Douluo naturally wouldn't propose such a request for him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Instead, he recalled Ning Fengzhi's instructions to him before he departed, and an idea immediately formed in his mind.
He decided to change his approach.
Since they couldn't make Ye Cheng directly return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they might as well take a gradual approach, first building a good relationship.
After all, in Sword Douluo's and others' eyes, the biggest reason Ye Cheng was unwilling to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was still because White Cloud City was destroyed back then, his mother died tragically, yet Ning Fengzhi, as his father, had "ignored" it.
Under such circumstances, anyone else would harbor resentment and would have no good feelings whatsoever for the Sect represented by their father.
Therefore, to make Ye Cheng change his perception and willingly join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they first needed to change his impression of the Sect.
As for how to change his impression, Ning Fengzhi already had a plan. That was to have Ye Cheng interact with his youngest daughter, Ning Rongrong, who was his paternal half-sister by relationship.
Ning Fengzhi had thoroughly analyzed Ye Cheng's psychology, believing that Ye Cheng, who had drifted across the Continent since the age of six, isolated and reliant on no one, must absolutely yearn for family affection within his heart!
Originally, the best candidate should have been him, the father, but unfortunately, his "failure to help" back then had severely damaged his character in this child's eyes. He, as a father, was probably a heartless, unfeeling scumbag.
Because of this, due to the 'hate the house, hate the crow' effect, he would certainly have no good feelings whatsoever towards the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
But if it were Ning Rongrong, his sister, the situation would likely be different. After all, few people would harbor ill will towards such a cute girl, right?
Plus, with the added layer of being his sister... Ning Fengzhi believed that as long as the two interacted for a period of time, Ye Cheng would inevitably fall for Ning Rongrong's charm and become a Sister Complex.
By then, because of Ning Rongrong, and the 'love the house, love the crow' effect, Ye Cheng's impression of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would definitely greatly improve. And along with that, towards him, the father... perhaps, probably, maybe, he wouldn't be so hostile anymore?
That was all.
These were all things Ning Fengzhi had thoroughly analyzed and explained to Sword Douluo before he left. Therefore, seeing Ye Cheng make a promise, Sword Douluo went with the flow and stated that there was indeed one matter at hand that required his help.
That was, he hoped Ye Cheng could accompany and protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Little Princess, his paternal half-sister, Ning Rongrong, for a period of time.
When Ye Cheng heard such an outrageous request, he was initially a bit surprised. After thinking it over carefully, he somewhat understood their purpose in doing so. He chuckled inwardly: "With Ning Rongrong's spoiled and willful personality, you expect her to get along well with people? It'd be good enough if she didn't make enemies. You really have no idea, do you?"
Although he found their intentions amusing, Ye Cheng did not refuse. Firstly, because he could coincidentally repay this Favor. Secondly, he also wanted to make contact with the original Protagonist Group.
After all, having come to Douluo Continent, not interfering with the plot, abusing Scum San, and saving the cute girls would be too much of a pity.
Thus, Ye Cheng arrived in Soto City.
(end of chapter)
Author: Fu Hejun
Barak Kingdom.
This nation is located south of the Heaven Dou Empire and borders Fasinuo Province. Though called a Kingdom, its area is actually only three-quarters the size of Fasinuo Province. Within the Kingdom's borders, there are two most important cities. One is Barak City, the capital where the royal family resides. The other city is Soto City, known as the granary of Barak, located in the center of the most fertile Lima Plain within the Barak Kingdom.
Soto City is a large city, which can be seen from its Spirit Hall's configuration as a Level 3 Main Spirit Hall.
At this moment, at Soto City's East Gate.
The city gate was wide open, and from time to time, pedestrians walked in.
A young man dressed in white mixed in with the pedestrians, walking in very inconspicuously.
After completely entering the city gate, he surveyed the city and unconsciously exclaimed, "Finally here, Soto City..." At the same time, he added in his mind: a famous check-in location in Douluo Continent, a place almost all Transmigrators would come to.
And this person was, naturally, Ye Cheng.
As for the reason he came here, besides wanting to experience the original characters and personally witness, or even participate in, some of the plot, the most important reason was to repay a favor.
To repay Sword Douluo, or rather, to repay the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's favor.
At that time, at the Hotel, Sword Douluo came to visit.
Since they had, in a way, become acquainted through their clash, their subsequent conversation was quite pleasant. During this time, Sword Douluo subtly probed Ye Cheng's impression of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and implicitly stated that if he returned to his ancestral Sect, he could immediately become the Sect Master of a Sect.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one of the esteemed Upper Three Sects, would henceforth be under his control! The temptation was undoubtedly immense.
However, facing such an irresistible temptation for ordinary people, Ye Cheng remained unmoved. He merely brushed it off casually.
Sword Douluo was somewhat disappointed, but he didn't probe further. He simply turned to another matter: the Wang Family from Balong City, who had abandoned their City and fled, were currently imprisoned in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Prison.
The entire Wang Family, one hundred and sixty-three people in total, not a single one was left out.
When he heard this news, Ye Cheng inwardly thought, "As expected." As long as he possessed strength himself and was qualified to be courted by others, someone would naturally help him capture his enemies to forge a good relationship with him. He wouldn't need to bother chasing his enemies all over the Continent himself.
After learning that the Wang Family had been captured and imprisoned.
Ye Cheng didn't show much excitement; he merely said calmly, "Since that's the case, then I'll trouble Senior to 'deal with' them for me. Consider this a Favor I owe your Sect. Within the scope of my abilities, if you have any requests, I will certainly not refuse!"
These words indicated that he had acknowledged this Favor.
The Favor of a Limit Douluo, the strongest in the current era, its value was simply immeasurable!
If other Sect Powers had received this Favor, they would probably be overjoyed. But for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, this Favor seemed a bit... too distant.
After all, what was Ye Cheng's identity?
He was the son of the current Sect Master, Ning Fengzhi, and even possessed the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, something the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had always dreamed of!
With such a background, he was naturally a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He should have been a part of the Sect, leading the Sect to develop and prosper. Yet now, they still had to rely on a Favor to win him over; it was simply...
Thus, when Sword Douluo heard Ye Cheng say, "if you have any requests, I will certainly not refuse", he almost wanted to simply use this Favor to demand he join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Fortunately, reason told him that doing so wouldn't work. Even if he were incredibly lucky and managed to force Ye Cheng to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect through this Favor, it would only make their relationship more distant. After all, this so-called "Favor" wasn't actually that significant.
To Ye Cheng, the Wang Family were merely lambs awaiting slaughter, not unconquerable enemies. If they ran, it would at most be a bit troublesome, requiring a bit more effort to find them.
It's easy to imagine, how much value such a "Favor" could truly hold?
Ye Cheng's words, "if you have any requests, I will certainly not refuse", were just for show. To truly believe that this Favor could make him risk his life was simply impossible. It was purely overthinking.
So, Sword Douluo naturally wouldn't propose such a request for him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Instead, he recalled Ning Fengzhi's instructions to him before he departed, and an idea immediately formed in his mind.
He decided to change his approach.
Since they couldn't make Ye Cheng directly return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they might as well take a gradual approach, first building a good relationship.
After all, in Sword Douluo's and others' eyes, the biggest reason Ye Cheng was unwilling to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was still because White Cloud City was destroyed back then, his mother died tragically, yet Ning Fengzhi, as his father, had "ignored" it.
Under such circumstances, anyone else would harbor resentment and would have no good feelings whatsoever for the Sect represented by their father.
Therefore, to make Ye Cheng change his perception and willingly join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they first needed to change his impression of the Sect.
As for how to change his impression, Ning Fengzhi already had a plan. That was to have Ye Cheng interact with his youngest daughter, Ning Rongrong, who was his paternal half-sister by relationship.
Ning Fengzhi had thoroughly analyzed Ye Cheng's psychology, believing that Ye Cheng, who had drifted across the Continent since the age of six, isolated and reliant on no one, must absolutely yearn for family affection within his heart!
Originally, the best candidate should have been him, the father, but unfortunately, his "failure to help" back then had severely damaged his character in this child's eyes. He, as a father, was probably a heartless, unfeeling scumbag.
Because of this, due to the 'hate the house, hate the crow' effect, he would certainly have no good feelings whatsoever towards the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
But if it were Ning Rongrong, his sister, the situation would likely be different. After all, few people would harbor ill will towards such a cute girl, right?
Plus, with the added layer of being his sister... Ning Fengzhi believed that as long as the two interacted for a period of time, Ye Cheng would inevitably fall for Ning Rongrong's charm and become a Sister Complex.
By then, because of Ning Rongrong, and the 'love the house, love the crow' effect, Ye Cheng's impression of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would definitely greatly improve. And along with that, towards him, the father... perhaps, probably, maybe, he wouldn't be so hostile anymore?
That was all.
These were all things Ning Fengzhi had thoroughly analyzed and explained to Sword Douluo before he left. Therefore, seeing Ye Cheng make a promise, Sword Douluo went with the flow and stated that there was indeed one matter at hand that required his help.
That was, he hoped Ye Cheng could accompany and protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Little Princess, his paternal half-sister, Ning Rongrong, for a period of time.
When Ye Cheng heard such an outrageous request, he was initially a bit surprised. After thinking it over carefully, he somewhat understood their purpose in doing so. He chuckled inwardly: "With Ning Rongrong's spoiled and willful personality, you expect her to get along well with people? It'd be good enough if she didn't make enemies. You really have no idea, do you?"
Although he found their intentions amusing, Ye Cheng did not refuse. Firstly, because he could coincidentally repay this Favor. Secondly, he also wanted to make contact with the original Protagonist Group.
After all, having come to Douluo Continent, not interfering with the plot, abusing Scum San, and saving the cute girls would be too much of a pity.
Thus, Ye Cheng arrived in Soto City.
(end of chapter)
