A heavy, oppressive feeling unlike before instantly filled the entire reception room.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's father stared fixedly at Fang Li, the emotions surfacing in his eyes difficult to comprehend.
They seemed like obsession, resentment, and boundless regret.
For a man who had just denied the existence of emotions, for so many different feelings to appear in an instant was practically unbelievable.
Yet those emotions vanished just as quickly.
In their place came a chill and sharpness even more terrifying than before.
The aura around the man, like a honed blade, swelled severalfold in an instant.
That was where the pressure came from.
"So, you're the current Seven Nights?"
The man spoke in a voice far colder than before.
"I heard long ago that an unprecedented genius had emerged from that clan. In less than twenty years, you stood out among countless outstanding talents from all over the world and became the youngest heir to the Seven Nights name in history. Nanaya Huang Li even took you as his adopted son. So you're that so-called genius?"
It seemed that even after leaving the Seven Nights Clan, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's father had continued watching the clan, never relaxing his vigilance for a moment.
"How is Huang Li?" the man asked expressionlessly. "Is he still as naïve as ever?"
At those words, Fang Li's faintly amused expression disappeared as well, turning indifferent.
"Whether he's naïve or not, I don't know," Fang Li said flatly. "I only know that he's living quite leisurely. If I hadn't wanted to come to this school, he probably would have stepped down long ago and gone into seclusion."
"Just as unchanged as ever." The man sneered. "He clearly possesses power and ability that others could never attain in their entire lives, yet he has no awareness of it and