Chapter 27 : Shocking Information (Re-edit)

Some time passed.

One week had passed since Shirou made Ciel his apprentice. Every day, Ciel always trains to start from the morning he will practice improving his physical fitness running around Tian Dou City, during the day Ciel will practice swinging the sword as much as possible until his two hands are unable to withstand the pressure of the sword, and at night Ciel will practice increasing his soul power by meditating using the pill Shirou gave him which is a cultivation speed increase pill by 10 times.

As a result, within 1 week of full training, Ciel's physical fitness increased very significantly because the essence in his body, namely the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower essence began to slowly absorb his body and increase his physical fitness. Ciel's physical fitness can now withstand the pressure of 10 times the gravitational pressure of his body mass which earned him a gift from Shirou which is a storage bracelet that has a size of 500 cubic meters.

Ciel who received the gift from Shirou was very happy especially the gift he got was a very step soul guidance device that even a Soul Master is very difficult to get.

Aside from Ciel's development, Shirou and Lily never slack off in their training either. Shirou had also created a gravity bracelet that he used every day just like Ciel. Since Shirou can't use his house yet, Shirou can only rely on the gravity bracelet to increase his physical fitness.

At night, Shirou and Lily also did meditation exercises to increase their soul power. Shirou himself didn't increase his soul power much as he needed more soul power supply than the average Soul Master, while Lily who received cultivation enhancing pills from Shirou had also increased significantly which made Lily very happy.

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Douluo Continent, Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect, Sect Hall.

Inside the Sect Hall, we can see that there are four people there. Three people were sitting in their respective positions while the last person was kneeling in front of them. In the middle position was Ning Fenzhi who was the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect, on the left side of Ning Fenzhi was Chen Xin otherwise known as Sword Douluo who served as the Sect Elder of the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect, and finally on the right side of Ning Fenzhi was Gu Rong who was known as Bone Douluo served as the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect Elder just like Chen Xin.

"Sect Master, we have obtained some information regarding Master Shirou," The Sect member said respectfully and politely to Ning Fenzhi and called out Shirou's name using a respectful name since Ning Fenzhi had ordered this to their Sect.

"Continue." Ning Fenzhi nodded in curiosity about Shirou's background. Not only him but Chen Xin and Gu Rong had a high curiosity about Shirou's background. The background of a child who has extraordinary knowledge.

"The information we got from several sources was that two years ago, Lord Shirou was seen carrying out some activities in Notting City which is on the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Lou Empire. There are several activities that Mr. Shirou does, such as going out to eat, shopping and we also found that there was a resident who said that he had also remembered that Mr. Shirou had asked about the location of the Wuhun Hall. We guessed that Master Shirou's goal was probably to awaken his martial soul at that time."

Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fenzhi frowned at the information their sect members had said. Ning Fenzhi immediately said, "Is that all?"

The Sect member was slightly taken aback, but continued, "Apart from that information, a year after Master Shirou awakened his martial soul in Wuhun Hall, Master Shirou was never seen again in Notting City doing any of his activities."

" Look no further? Is there any chance that Xiao Shi will go on his adventure 1 year after he awakens his martial soul? But, this information…" Ning Fenzhi frowned and wanted to say but Chen Xin immediately cut him off.

"Is that all the information you got? What about the background?"

The Sect member shook his head and said, "We didn't find any background information from Master Shirou. Either from where he was born, or anything related to Master Shirou. We never found it. We've searched the entire Douluo continent and only left in the far north that we didn't go, we didn't get any information about Lord Shirou"

Ning Fenzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin fell silent hearing the information. Gu Rong hastily said, "Have you guys been tracking in Notting City or the surrounding area? with him doing activities there, there is a possibility that he must have been born nearby"

The Sect member nodded and said, "Venerable Bone Douluo, we have tracked down the entirety of Notting City and the surrounding villages. We went to various hospitals and looked for his birth certificate. However, overall the results we got, we didn't find anything related to Mister Shirou"

The Sect Hall returned to silence with the information that had just been received. Chen Xin hastily said, "Is there a chance that Xiao Shi is not actually from this Douluo continent?"

Ning Fenzhi suddenly woke up in his mind and sighed as he said, "It seems so. There's a chance that we won't be able to find Xiao Shi's background as he's not from this Douluo continent."

Ning Fenzhi paused and looked back at the sect members and said, "Fine. Then how about the development of Xiao Shi now? I heard from the information you said earlier, it looks like a small child is now following him."

The Sect members nodded and said, "That's right, Sect Master. One week ago, we discovered that there was a small child following Mr. Shirou. We tracked down information about this child, previously this child was a slave sold at the Ran Li Pavilion shop in Tian Dou City."

"A slave?" Ning Fenzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin muttered in low tones as the Sect Members continued.

"For one week we searched for information about this child, this child came from a small village close to Tian Dou City, namely Poultry Village. The child only had a father while his mother had died from an illness. At the time the child had awakened a martial soul, it was a pity that he only awakened the stone sword martial soul that the boy named Zanpakuto, and the awakened soul power was only level 1 soul power. This made the father of the child very disappointed and sold the child. directly to the slave trader because of that feeling of disappointment and he did not want to take care of the child."

"Stone sword martial soul? Level 1 soul power?" Chen Xin and Ning Fenzhi muttered under their breath. The two of them became interested in the reason why Shirou had bought Ciel even though seeing the child's martial soul and soul power, such things should not enter Shirou's eyes.

"Apart from that too, we got some additional information, that the people guarding Mr. Shirou who had been assigned overheard some calls. It seems that this child who follows Master Shirou often calls Master Shirou by the name of Master. We think this kid may have adored Master Shirou as his Master" The Sect member said slightly confused considering Shirou and Ciel's age of only 2 years.

"Worship a Master?" Chen Xin and Ning Fenzhi became shocked again to hear the information.

Gu Rong, who saw Chen Xin and Ning Fenzhi's shock, immediately asked, "What made the two of you so shocked by this information?"

Chen Xin looked at Gu Rong and said, "Old Bone, didn't you listen to the information that was previously said?"

Gu Rong raised his brows, sniffed discontentedly as he said, "Old Sword, what do you mean? Are you saying that I didn't listen to the information beforehand?"

"Ha? Who said such a thing, why Old Bone? Do you want to mess with me?" Chen Xin said in a slightly irritated tone as he looked at Gu Rong with a serious look.

"No need to worry! Let's go to the backyard." Gu Rong immediately rose from his seat position.

However, before Chen Xin wanted to get up as well, Ning Fenzhi hurriedly said. "Uncle Sword, Uncle Bones. Maybe we should settle this matter first before taking care of personal matters." Ning Fenzhi sighed tiredly remembering the two elders' cat-and-mouse personalities whenever they argued.

"Hmph!" Gu Rong and Chen Xin sniffed discontentedly as they sat back down to their positions.

Gu Rong turned his attention to Ning Fenzhi and said, "Fenzhi, what surprised you with this information?"

Ning Fenzhi turned his attention to Gu Rong and said, "Bone Man, I am surprised that Xiao Shi accepted that child as his disciple even with a trash martial soul as well as a tier 1 soul force. Me and Uncle Sword only thought there was a possibility of a child being accepted by Xiao Shi. being a student is not a random child. Considering Xiao Shi's temperament, attitude, and knowledge. There is a possibility that there are some secrets about that child's martial soul that Xiao Shi knew until he accepted the boy as his disciple."

"I see" Gu Rong nodded and said, "From the information said earlier, the child's martial soul is related to the sword."

Ning Fenzhi nodded and said, "Yes. And it's a stone sword martial soul, if I'm not mistaken it's called Zanpakuto."

As soon as Ning Fenzhi and Gu Rong turned their attention to Chen Xin who was more familiar with sword matters, Ning Fenzhi hurriedly said, "Uncle Sword, do you have any knowledge of this martial soul?"

Chen Xin frowned and tried to seek knowledge of the sword martial soul. Chen Xin tried to remember the entirety of the notes left by his Grandfather and Father. However, Chen Xin shook his head and said, "No, I don't know anything. This is my first time listening to martial souls. Even in my Grandfather and Father's records, they never met someone who possessed this martial soul."

"What is a mutant martial soul?" Gu Rong asked curiously.

Ning Fenzhi sighed and said, "For now, we still can't guess about this martial soul. We can only find out after we meet Xiao Shi again."

Ning Fenzhi looked at the Sect Members and said, "By the way, how about the gathering of the medicinal ingredients that have been ordered?"

"Sect Master, we have collected half the medicinal ingredients. However, since the medicinal ingredients requested are step-by-step medicinal ingredients, it will be a little difficult to find medicinal ingredients in sufficient quantities."

Ning Fenzhi nodded and said, "No problem. Just continue the process of gathering the medicinal ingredients." Ning Fenzhi paused for a moment and continued, "What about the Delicate Silk Tulip Flower immortal plant? Have you found any sign of the flower's existence?"

The Sect member shook his head and said, "We apologize, Sect Master. We have not been able to find any information or traces of the existence of the Delicate Silk Tulip Flower perennial plant. We even went to the Yang Sect to ask, but even Sect Master Yang doesn't know the whereabouts of this Delicate Silk Tulip. We have plans to go see Venerable Poison Douluo inquire about it on the recommendation of Sect Master Yang."

"Meet Dugu Bo?" Ning Fenzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong immediately frowned because they knew how tempered this Dugu Bo was.

Ning Fenzhi immediately asked, "Is it true that Sect Master Yang asked to come to Lord Dugu Bo?"

The Sect members nodded and said, "Right, Sect Master. Sect Master Yang said Venerable Poison Douluo had some knowledge of medicinal plants that were not inferior to him. Sect Master Yang requested to come to Venerable Poison Doulu to inquire about the whereabouts of the Refined Silk Tulip Flower."

"I see." Ning Fenzhi nodded and looked at Chen Xin.

Chen Xin who saw this gaze immediately understood and looked at the Sect Members and said, "As for Dugu Bo's business, you guys don't think too much about it. With the temperament that Dugu Bo has, it will be very difficult for you to get information from him. Later I will travel to ask him directly"

"I see." The Sect Member nodded happily as he didn't have to deal with the infamous Dugo Bo whose temperament was quite difficult to deal with.