Ning Rongrong Came to Apologize—I Was Wrong!

The surroundings vanished in an instant, and Lu Jiang returned to that antique courtyard.

"Impressive, impressive. Got any more?"

Lu Jiang grinned foolishly, like an idiot watching a performance.

Sparkle turned sideways, a faint red glimmer appearing in her eyes.

"More?"

"That's my favorite kind of fun."

After saying that, Sparkle walked over to Lu Jiang, reached behind him, and pulled out a remote control.

"Guess how many bombs I just planted in your home?"

Lu Jiang's heart skipped a beat. Bombs? When had she done that?

Sparkle giggled, then bent down and placed the remote in Lu Jiang's hand.

"It's simple. Just press it and you'll know."

Thinking Sparkle was merely pulling a prank, Lu Jiang tried to hand the remote back to her.

But then he suddenly realized that Sparkle had his hand in a death grip.

She was even guiding his finger slowly toward the button.

"Wait, you wouldn't be—"

Lu Jiang's eyes widened in shock. Before he could finish speaking, Sparkle had already pressed his finger down.

Yet the explosion Lu Jiang had imagined never came.

Just as he stared curiously at the remote in his hand, wondering whether it was broken—

Sparkle beside him suddenly burst into laughter.

"If it didn't go off, then naturally there weren't any bombs, you little idiot."

Sparkle laughed so hard that her stomach hurt.

Seeing this, Firefly covered her mouth and secretly laughed as well.

The reason she had not stopped Sparkle earlier was because she knew there were no bombs in the courtyard at all.

With her here, she would never allow anything that might harm the Trailblazer to happen.

Even if it was Sparkle, the moment she showed even the slightest ill intent toward Lu Jiang, Firefly would eliminate her without hesitation.

When Lu Jiang saw Firefly snickering, he pretended to be angry, walked over to her, and pinched her soft cheek.

"What are you laughing at? What's so funny? Honestly."

Firefly had yet to recover from the Trailblazer's sudden attack.

Her body instantly tensed up, leaving her at a loss.

"Mm... Trailblazer, I wasn't."

Seeing the sweet interaction between the two, Sparkle secretly laughed.

"Hehe, you two really are clingy."

"No need for dinner now. I'm already full from all this dog food."

Amid their playful bickering, the sun gradually set.

Lu Jiang looked at his status panel.

With Sparkle joining him, another powerful member had been added to his character cards.

At the same time, the system had also upgraded.

The characters he summoned could now move more than ten thousand meters away from him.

That was an extremely useful ability for him.

The range in which his characters could operate was the range of his effective nuclear strikes.

Lu Jiang was already looking forward to the next draw.

Who would he get, he wondered?

Would it be Kafka, whose Spirit Whisper could plant suggestions, or Acheron, the strongest Void Emanator who could cut through everything?

Lu Jiang increasingly felt that he needed more Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

So he was determined to claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!

Just as Lu Jiang was about to go out and buy some ingredients before returning to cook dinner—

He suddenly felt as though someone was watching him from the shadows.

Lu Jiang immediately quickened his pace warily.

Just as he expected, when he sped up, the person following him sped up as well.

Lu Jiang pretended to be relaxed as he strolled along the street.

Then, while the person behind him let down their guard, he flashed into a small alley beside him.

When the person following him realized Lu Jiang had disappeared, they seemed to panic and hurried after him.

Yet after entering the alley Lu Jiang had just gone into, they found no sign of him.

Just as they were wondering what had happened, someone suddenly tapped them on the shoulder.

"Hey, you've been following me for so long. Aren't you tired?"

Lu Jiang's voice came from behind, startling the person.

Only when they turned around did Lu Jiang finally see their face clearly.

"Ning Rongrong? Why is it you?"

Though Lu Jiang was somewhat surprised, he did not show too much shock.

After all, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had already discovered his talent.

It was only a matter of time before they played the emotional card that was Ning Rongrong.

He was not surprised by her arrival.

He was only slightly surprised that Ning Rongrong had come so quickly.

Was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect really this unable to keep its cool?

Once Ning Rongrong saw that the person behind her was Lu Jiang, she let out a sigh of relief.

"So it's you! You scared me to death!"

Looking somewhat angry, Ning Rongrong pointed at Lu Jiang's nose and said, She still thought Lu Jiang was the same obedient lapdog from before.

That she could bring him back just by throwing a little tantrum.

"But since I'm in a good mood today, I won't hold it against you."

"Still, you have to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with me."

Lu Jiang merely gave a disdainful chuckle before saying to Ning Rongrong, "What? You were the ones who drove me out, and now you're the ones telling me to come back."

"Am I some dog you raised? You call me over when you want me and send me away when you don't?"

Ning Rongrong grew somewhat anxious.

"Of course not!"

"Fine, I know what you're thinking. You felt humiliated after I dumped you, so you ran away from the sect, right?"

"I've already spoken to Father. As long as you return, we can let bygones be bygones. We can even give you a chance to advance directly into the inner sect!"

"Don't you just want the sect to notice you? As long as you come back now, any honor you want can be yours. Satisfied?"

Lu Jiang shook his head. Even now, Ning Rongrong still could not change her Eldest Young Lady temperament.

Couldn't she see who was begging whom now?

"Go back? Why should I?"

Ning Rongrong was somewhat stunned. She had never seen Lu Jiang defy her before.

"Y-you've changed! You never used to refuse me!"

Ning Rongrong suddenly put on an aggrieved expression and shouted at Lu Jiang.

"Get this straight. There is no longer any relationship between me, you, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"Please stop harassing me!"

With that, Lu Jiang turned to leave.

This time, it was Ning Rongrong who panicked. She knew very well what would happen if she failed to complete her task.

Thus, Ning Rongrong shouted directly, "Fine! You've gotten quite capable after just a few days apart. Fine, I'll apologize to you."

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have broken up with you."

"Now can you stop making a scene and obediently return to the sect with me?"

Lu Jiang could not even be bothered to respond to her anymore. There was no point reasoning with an Eldest Young Lady as self-centered as her.

Seeing that even this could not persuade him, Ning Rongrong stamped her feet in anger.

"Lu Jiang, you'll definitely regret this!"