Chapter 08 :- Secret Independent Space

After pampering Ning Rongrong both Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo followed Ning Fengzhi to a particular room.

The room was the highly secured and most well-kept secret of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The Secrecy of the room was so well maintained that no one other than Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong and Chen Jin knew about it.

There was a passage in the room that led to a unique independent space.

But the entrance to that space was only accessible by going down a correct stair among many others and by clearing a maze.

They were by no means easy, as the tunnel leading to it was very dangerous and was installed with various mechanisms, traps and natural barriers.

It was so dangerous that even a rank 99 Limit Douluo may fall if they are not careful enough.

Readers may ask how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect arranged it? and what was it for?

Then the answer is: their Ancestral Founder is the one who created this independent space. And it is only accessible to the Sect Masters of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the most trusted protectors.

The Entrance to the independent space can only be opened by using the Martial Spirit of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and the blood of the descendants to recognise its identity before letting them enter.

As for what was it for? No one knew about it. As there were no records about it.

Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong and Chen Jin followed the hidden stairs. The stairs led down to an underground tunnel present below the lake.

There were many such staircases present in the room that leads to different areas filled with deadly traps ( even capable of slaying rank 99 limit Douluo ). Out of all those stairs, only one of them led to the underground tunnel. What's more, is that the stairs constantly change their position.

These were all the security measures arranged by their Ancestral Founder.

Clearing this level correctly will enable people to access the tunnel section.

Only with keen perception, vision and correct timing can one pass the obstacle. However, It was easy for the descendants with the blood of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to pass the level because of their bloodline affinity, which enables them to sense and predict the actual position of the correct stairs.

Entering the right stairs, they started walking down.

The stairs were damp and covered in moss as water dripped down the walls of the tunnel.

The tunnel was not dark as there were soul guides present as a source of light, that was illuminating the area.

After walking down the stairs for 45 minutes they arrived at the entrance of the tunnel.

The tunnel was vast and huge like a maze. This was the second stage of protection that lead to the highly mysterious independent space.

They had to clear this maze to reach their destination.

There were countless traps in this maze.

Three of them proceeded cautiously because there were traps with lethal poisons, secret weapons, illusions and many more.

After more than 4 hours of hard work, they managed to clear the mage. Finally, they saw the sight of a 90 feet tall grand gate.

There were engraving of mysterious writings and curvings of many extinct soul beasts in the giant entrance. In the middle of the entrance, there was a small hole carved out in the shape of a pagoda.

Ning Fengzhi along with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo became serious when they saw the giant gate.

After relaxing for a while and stabilising themselves, three of them reached the entrance.

"Martial Spirit Possession... "

2 yellow, 2 purple, and 3 black rings appeared as Ning Fengzhi opened his Martial Spirit, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

He slowly directed his Martial Spirit towards the hole carved out in the shape of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

As the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda entered the carving the whole space was illuminated with seven colours as the entrance was shining brightly.

Seeing this Ning Fengzhi quickly cut his finger and threw a drop of blood toward the huge entrance. Seeing this both Bone And Sword Douluo cut their finger and sent a drop of blood towards the huge Entrance.

The door absorbed all three drops of blood from them.

"Clank!... Clink!... Clank!... " Metallic sound was heard as the huge entrance to the independent Space opened slowly.

Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong and Chen Jin looked at each other and nodded slightly before entering. As they stepped into the gate at the same time they vanished instantly.

When they opened their eyes, they were inside a huge Hall filled with Ice and snow.

The room was very cold. It was so cold that even Sword Douluo had to use his Martial Spirit True Body to protect himself. Without wasting any time both Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo possessed their Wuhun true body.

They were still feeling cold even after having their Wuhun True Body Possessed. Without minding about the cold they proceeded in a certain direction.

Three of them stopped when they saw three ice coffins in their sight.

The coffins were no ordinary coffins and were made with the essence of ice, ten thousand year ice essence.

These ten thousand year ice essence is helpful to any Martial Spirit with Ice attribute.

The Ten Thousand Year Ice essence can help the Ice attribute Martial Spirit to reach much further height and is rumoured that taking it can help an Ice attribute Martial Spirit to reach the level of ultimate ice.

Three of them stopped after reaching 50 meters from the coffins. Because of the sharp increase in cold they can no longer go any further.

Only Martial Spirit with Ultimate Ice can overcome the extreme cold of ten thousand year ice essence. Even it is difficult for rank 99 Limit Douluo to move close to the Ten Thousand Year ice essence.

From the outside, Ning Fengzhi, Sword and Bone saw the bodies of three people being sealed in the ice coffins.

Those three were no one other than the previous generation sect master of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi's grandfather and Sword and Bone Douluo's fathers.

That day after being rescued by Tang Chen, three of them were gravely injured and had no chance of surviving. Though as rank 98 Super Douluo, they had a life span of about 300~350 years, it was difficult for them to support that period of time because of the injury which affected their vitality.

Seeing no hope of cure they sealed themselves in the Ten thousand year ice essence coffin, cutting off their senses. Thanks to the presence of Ten Thousand Years Ice Essence left behind by the Founding Ancestor, that could support for such a long period albeit barely.

Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo looked at those three figures sealed in Ice with sorrow and grief and endless pain. They very much hoped to find a cure for them to wake them up from their deep slumber, but so far they have not found any medicine to cure their injuries.

Previously when mentioning the story about the fight of his three grandfathers and a rank 99 limit Douluo, in the Imperial Court, Ning Fengzhi concealed much information because those involved the highest level of the secret of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

After spending some time in the independent space, they came out and started walking toward the library, which was present somewhere in the same tunnel.

No one spoke a word in the entire journey as they were in grief.

The library of Seven Treasure glazed tile sect has more than ten thousand books arranged in high selves. Other than Spirit Hall, no power present on the mainland has such a rich heritage and diversity of books.

The books in the library covered each and everything topic. Including various martial spirits, Soul Beasts, Herbs, Poisons, manuals, martial arts and historic data about the douluo continent, even cultivation experiences written by the predecessors of each generation of the Seven treasure glazed tile sect.

There are even some of the books that have been passed down from the hands of the Founding Ancestor. Even cheats containing his views and unique ideas in cultivation were present in the library.

To access the library one has to walk through a spiral staircase down to a dungeon through various traps and mechanisms.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect highly values their collection of books, as they consider knowledge their greatest wealth. Thus gaining themselves a massive fortune and becoming the wealthiest sect on the mainland.

Walking into the library, one could see glass-fronted bookcases and gothic panels, stretching twenty feet to frescoed and plaster medallioned ceiling. there was a fireplace by the sitting area. Candles could be seen burning to illuminate the area sparsely.

Three of them walked into the library and sat on the chairs by the fireplace.

"Congratulations Uncle Sword for your advancement to rank 97. Thanks for your hard work all these years. Honestly, it had been too tiring for both of you." replied Ning Fengzhi sincerely.

"Haha, brat! you become quite glib tongues. Don't worry the presence of Rongrong, helps us stay happy and stressed free." said Sword Douluo with a hearty smile.

But after some time Sword Douluo's face became serious.

He replied,

" But this may be as far as I could cultivate, maybe reaching rank 98 is not impossible but that's my limit."

"The only regret I have is that I can't possibly get a glimpse of the legendary rank 99, the pinnacle of the human level, ever in this life," said Sword Douluo self mockingly.

Whenever he thought of his father's dreams of reaching level 99, the pinnacle of the human race, he could not help but become sad. His father was talented and could reach the level of 99 limits Douluo if not for that mishap they met with.

" You do not have to belittle yourself, Uncle Sword. I'll see if I can get any information regarding those heaven earth materials or those immortal herbs and help both of you acquire them, uncle Sword Uncle Bone. Only Heaven and Earth materials can help increase your realms."

"Anyway, I know my limit. You don't have to take a headache for it. You should start looking for some talented genius and foster them to lighten our burden."

Replied Sword Douluo jokingly. Hearing Chen Jin's remark Bone Douluo Gu Rong also agreed to his proposal to foster some geniuses that could replace them in the future.

"By the what did you discuss with Emperor Xue ? " asked Chen Jin, Sword Douluo.

"It's mostly about the threat of Spirit Hall and about various reforms to increase the strength of the Empire," replied Ning Fengzhi

"The threat of Spirit Hall to us is great, and currently the Spirit Hall is too quiet, I smell something fishy because the Pope of the Spirit Hall is not someone who stays quiet," said Ning Fengzhi.

"Yes, Spirit Hall has never stayed so low-keyed, unless they are planning or trying to achieve something, hidden from our eyes."

"Maybe, they are planning something big, this time!!"

"We need to order our disciples and forces to be battle-ready at any instance. With your seventh fold boost I can fight level 98 super douluo to draw and if Gu Rong joins together, slaying rank 98 title douluo is not impossible. But we need to prepare early for any possible incoming threat from Spirit Hall." said Sword Douluo.

"If something were to happen, we should first evacuate the children, women, weak and elderly persons down to the Independent Space. The hidden world present in it can support our entire sect forever," replied Bone Douluo.

"Yes, Uncle Bone and Uncle Sword. If it was not for our Auxiliary Spirit we could have fought our enemies head-on," replied Ning Fengzhi with slight regret in his voice.

Sometimes, he felt too powerless. He wanted to fight, but his martial Spirit was not suitable for any combat and had to be always protected by Sword and Bone Douluo.

He worried about the future of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's future. If the disciples had something, at least to protect themselves like those ancient soul guides or weapons, he could guarantee the survival of the sect against any possible threats and variable factors.

"Other than that, what did you discuss with Emperor Xue," asked Chen Jin while Gu Rong was silent the whole time.

"It's about our cooperation with Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Sect and Imperial troops to tackle the spirit, Hall. Though we have high-end strength, having two uncles but our disciples will be exposed to the other Spirit Masters, if this happens then we will lose a lot."

"Moreover, our clansmen are small in number in comparison to the Blue electric tyrant dragon sect. So if we co-operate and support the disciples of Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Sect and the Empire's Army, we can give Spirit Hall an equal fight," said Ning Fengzhi.

"The presence of our Auxiliary spirit department can determine the outcome of any battles."

"But there's still a hidden danger left on our Empire's side, that's the presence of Star Luo Empire. Both the Empires have been at war against each other. So it's hard to tell if they take advantage of our fight with Spirit Hall and attack us suddenly or if they unite with the forces of Spirit Hall to attack us, any possibilities can not be ruled out." Replied Ning Fengzhi.

"We not only have Spirit Hall as our enemies but also Star Luo empire. once the fighting starts between the two the other one will get the bargain. So we have to be cautious of both the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall. we should start recruiting talented soul masters from younger generations to nurture them, and increase our combat power. " replied Sword douluo.

"By the way Fengzhi you don't have to worry about all these trivial matters, once Gu Rong breaks through rank 96 we'll not have much of an issue, at least the survival of our sect is not an issue."

" Eh... What did you say uncle Sword? Uncle Bone is going to breakthrough to rank 96? "

"Uh... Um... Oops... looks like it slipped away from my mouth. It was supposed to be a surprise!" replied Sword douluo.

"Hmph! you narcissist fellow! " hummed Bone Douluo sounding dissatisfied.

"haha... god bless my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Uncle Bone Uncle Sword both of your presence has helped the sect too extensively. I can't help but be more thankful to both of you for hard work all these years." replied Ning Fengzhi.

"By the way how long will it take for you to breakthrough to level 96 uncle bones? " asked Ning Fengzhi.

"According to my estimation it will take me at most as a month and as a minimum of 3 weeks to breakthrough," replied Gu Rong Bone douluo.

After discussions of all the issues, three of them wrapped up their meeting.

"By the way Fengzhi, I'll bring Rongrong to hunt a beautiful spirit beast for her spirit ring tomorrow," replied Sword Douluo.

"You fart! this grandfather here will take Rongrong for spirit beast hunting," replied Bone douluo

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Seeing a small shura field developing, Ning Fengzhi tried to mediate both parties.

"Don't intervene, if not for you our cute little princess Rongrong would not have been angry in the morning." Both Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo glared at Ning Fengzhi.

Whenever it comes to Rongrong both Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo enter the mode of protective grandpas.

"Certainly it's your fault, without asking both her grandpas how dare you plan to betroth our little princess to those good for nothing little shits of the Imperial city." roared both Bone douluo and Sword Douluo together at Ning Fengzhi.

"Humph.... wait till I settle the issue with Chen Jin then I'll pack you up "

"Come on old fellow let's see the sharpness of your sword now, if I win I'll accompany Rongrong to hunt for Spirit Beast. " replied bone douluo before flying out.

Turning towards Ning Fengzhi Sword douluo replied "Just wait, Fengzhi! I pack you up after solving this Skeleton brained old fellow!" before flying away.

Ning Fengzhi Sighed, seeing his dignity as a sect master is like dust in front of both these two Uncles.

He was quite depressed thinking about how Uncle Bones and Uncle Sword treat, him just like some child, and always scolds him if anything happens to Rongrong.

He felt depressed and helpless thinking about the little nizhi's tyranny, cunning and pampered behaviour in front of his grandpas.