Chapter 210: Fang Family

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Zeng Yi and the members of the Fang family chatted in the living room for a while, getting a general understanding of the Fang family's situation.

The Fang family was considered a prestigious family in Skywater City, with their patriarch being a hereditary count bestowed by the Heaven Dou Empire. The patriarch, Fang Zhenlin, was also the father of Fang Nan and Fang Ling, and a formidable Spirit Saint. Fang Zhenlin had three children: Fang Nan, Fang Ling, and an elder daughter who was the mother of Shui Bing'er, named Fang Xi.

The Fang family's martial spirit was a type of ice-based avian spirit beast, the Ice Sparrow. Although it was not considered top-tier among the beast martial spirits, it was still a powerful one.

Fang Nan, the second Miss of the Fang family, was twenty-eight years old, a Spirit Ancestor with a spirit power level of forty-five. Her talent, though not top-tier, surpassed most Spirit Masters.

Fang Ling, three years younger than Fang Nan, was a Spirit Elder with a spirit power level of thirty-eight, with talent similar to his sister.

However, Shui Bing'er was exceptional. Her mother, Fang Xi, the eldest daughter of the Fang family, married into the City Lord's mansion in Skywater City. Shui Bing'er herself was the daughter of the city lord, making her a distinguished lady. Moreover, her own cultivation talent was extremely abnormal. Her martial spirit was inherited from her mother but underwent a mutation that developed in a positive direction. The inherited martial spirit, Ice Sparrow, mutated into a top-tier beast martial spirit, Ice Phoenix.

The Phoenix was a legendary divine beast in Zeng Yi's original world, the king of birds. In the Douluo Continent, it was also an extremely powerful existence. With the name Phoenix in the martial spirit, it must be extraordinary.

This reminded Zeng Yi of his junior brother at Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun, whose martial spirit was a Evil Fire Phoenix. His martial spirit was also powerful, but slightly inferior to Shui Bing'er as his mutated martial spirit had some issues. Once those issues were resolved, he would reach the same level as Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix martial spirit.

Zeng Yi also learned that Shui Bing'er, at sixteen years old, already had a spirit power level of thirty-nine, about to break through to a Spirit Ancestor. With such talent, she was stronger than the remaining students of Shrek Academy, except Tang San and Xiao Wu, both being spirit beasts.

This made Zeng Yi realize once again that, apart from Tang San, the strongest student at Shrek Academy, the rest of the students, referred to as monsters, were quite mediocre. Viewing the entire continent, among all the elite Spirit Master Academies and major powers, there were many with talents surpassing theirs.

Fortunately, they had encountered Tang San, the true heir!

Upon learning about the dangerous situation his daughter encountered on the way here and how Zeng Yi rescued her, Fang Zhenlin was furious. However, once he realized that Zeng Yi had saved his daughter, he was surprised. To be able to kill a Spirit King, especially one with a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, with only the level of a Spirit Elder, was enough to astonish anyone.

Even Shui Bing'er fell silent.

Although they had never truly fought, the fact that Zeng Yi had killed a Spirit King was undeniable, something Shui Bing'er felt she couldn't achieve.

"I heard from my daughter that you are from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. I have a close friend in the sect who is an elder. Who knows, maybe I know the elder you studied under." Fang Zhenlin said with a smile to Zeng Yi.

Knowing Zeng Yi's identity, Fang Zhenlin felt even more at ease. As a count of the Heaven Dou Empire and a military figure with some reputation within the empire, he naturally knew about the close relationship between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the imperial family. The current patriarch of the sect was also the teacher of the current crown prince.

Since Zeng Yi was from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Fang Zhenlin naturally wouldn't have any wariness towards him. They were on the same side after all. Moreover, someone with Zeng Yi's talent would undoubtedly hold a high position in the sect. In the future, he would undoubtedly become a pillar of the sect. Thus, it was important to establish a good relationship now.

"Um, do you know Chen Xin?" Zeng Yi couldn't help asking.

"Elder Chen?" Fang Zhenlin was taken aback. He knew the names of many elders in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he had never heard of anyone with the surname Chen.

"What about the Sword Douluo?"

"Sword Douluo! Your master is Sword Douluo?" Fang Zhenlin was greatly shocked. The Sword Douluo was the guardian deity of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect! He never expected that the young man before him was a disciple of the Sword Douluo.

This was truly astounding.

"Yes."

This time, Zeng Yi could proudly say that his master was the Sword Douluo. He didn't believe that the old man would come out again and give him a beating.

With this background, Zeng Yi would be able to avoid many troubles during his travels. If anyone thought of making a move on him, they would have to consider whether they could afford to offend a Titled Douluo.

Zeng Yi was more than willing to use his cheap master's name to get things done.

Fang Ling exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Zeng Yi, you're actually a disciple of a Titled Douluo. No wonder you're so strong!"

"What do you mean I'm strong because I'm a disciple of a Titled Douluo? Other disciples and descendants of Titled Douluo don't have strength on par with mine. My strength is my own; what does it have to do with my master?" Zeng Yi muttered inwardly.

After hearing this, Fang Zhenlin couldn't help but smile. He really liked this young man. He had a strong background, formidable personal strength, a graceful temperament, and handsome looks. He was also incredibly humble, lacking the arrogance of a genius. A talent like this would undoubtedly elevate the Fang family to greater heights.

Unfortunately, his daughter was too old compared to him; otherwise, he would definitely consider marrying her off to him.

Now he wanted to play matchmaker and worry that others might think his daughter was too old. The only option was to pair this young man with his granddaughter.

Fang Zhenlin was well aware of his granddaughter Shui Bing'er's appearance, akin to a heavenly fair maiden. He believed that there were not many men who could resist her charm. Moreover, both of them were young talents, Spirit Masters, and would surely have many common topics. It didn't matter if they weren't familiar with each other at first; they would become close in due time.

He knew his granddaughter well. She felt disdain towards those of the opposite sex her age because she believed she was too superior. But now, she had encountered someone whose talent surpassed hers and was even more outstanding. This would definitely catch her attention.

Moreover, during the meal, Fang Zhenlin noticed that his granddaughter's gaze was mostly fixed on Zeng Yi, indicating that Zeng Yi had already captured her attention.

Love often starts from a point like this!

This reminded him of the time when he pursued his wife back then.

It really was good fortune for the old man. He could obtain such an outstanding son-in-law.

After everything was settled, he would definitely treat him to a meal.

Although it hadn't officially started yet, Fang Zhenlin felt reassured.

After all, in history, beauties fell for heroes.

And heroes loved beauties too.

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[[Notes: 318 power stones this week - another personal record. Sigh~, am I suffering from success ? :wink:

Thanks for spending your time to read the story.]]