Lu Jiang spoke with Acheron and Firefly for a moment.
They exchanged information about their conditions.
By drawing Acheron, Lu Jiang's strength had improved as well.
Once Acheron recovered, taking down Sword Douluo with a single slash would not be a problem.
Then the entire Seven Treasures would be shattered!
Just as he was about to leave—
A white figure suddenly descended from the sky.
It landed before Lu Jiang.
The moment Lu Jiang saw that distinctive white hair, he understood. This was Chen Xin, Sword Douluo, one of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's two Titled Douluo.
He had not expected them to track him down so quickly.
Lu Jiang knew that Sword Douluo's strength ranked among the very best of all Titled Douluo.
He had just fought Tang Hao, while Acheron and the others were still recovering. For now, he could not clash with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Lu Jiang had already come up with a whole series of excuses.
In short, he only needed three days. He just had to stall for three days.
After three days, once Acheron and the others' action points had recovered, he would be a towering hero once more.
So Lu Jiang closed his eyes and waited quietly.
When he opened them again, Chen Xin was looking up at the trace where Acheron Slash had torn through space.
"What happened here just now? Do you know?"
Chen Xin did not look at him. His full attention was focused on examining the sword aura Acheron had left behind.
Lu Jiang breathed a sigh of relief. He had not expected Chen Xin to ask that.
He had thought he was completely exposed, and that the Sect Master had sent Chen Xin to capture him.
So Lu Jiang put on an innocent expression and said,
"Elder, I don't know either."
"I was over there just now when I sensed an extremely powerful force from this direction, along with incredibly pure Blade Intent."
"I thought you had come to save me, Elder, so I hurried over here."
Chen Xin lowered his head and glanced at Lu Jiang. To him, figuring out who had unleashed that slash was more important than anything else.
Judging by that supreme Blade Intent, its wielder was undoubtedly a peerless expert.
Even if Chen Xin faced that person himself, he could only admit defeat.
However, since Lu Jiang claimed not to have seen that person, he was of no further use to Chen Xin.
He could simply be taken back for the Sect Master to deal with.
"Come. Return to the sect with me. The Sect Master wants an explanation from you."
Without another word, Chen Xin coldly summoned two Flying Swords.
One of them slowly descended beneath Lu Jiang's feet.
"Get on."
Chen Xin had always been too lazy to waste effort on anything outside the sword.
As a result, he was astonishingly efficient in everything he did.
Lu Jiang hesitated briefly before stepping onto Chen Xin's sword.
Chen Xin, however, did not care about that.
He directly released Soul Power and secured Lu Jiang's feet to the Flying Sword.
Then he immediately rode the Flying Sword into the sky, flying toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Before long, Lu Jiang returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
The moment he entered the ruined Sect Master's Hall, he was met with Ning Fengzhi's iron-gray expression.
"Sect Master, you... wanted to see me?"
Lu Jiang pointed at his own nose in confusion, then looked at Ning Fengzhi with curiosity.
It was as though he truly were an uninformed outsider.
Ning Fengzhi sat in his chair with one hand supporting his head, his eyes closed as he rested.
Upon hearing Lu Jiang's voice, he slowly asked,
"Tell me. Why did you run?"
Ning Fengzhi's tone was extremely cold, even carrying a faint trace of killing intent.
Yet both emotions were concealed beneath his gentle voice. Anyone who did not listen carefully would not notice them at all.
It had to be said that Ning Fengzhi truly deserved his long tenure as Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
He was indeed exceptionally skilled at concealing his emotions.
Unfortunately, when it came to reading people, Ning Fengzhi was clearly no match for Lu Jiang.
After spending so long in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's outer sect, Lu Jiang had long since learned to infer what people were thinking from the slightest shifts in tone and expression.
If he had not possessed that skill, Ning Rongrong would probably have toyed him to death back when he was still in the outer sect.
When that Little Princess was in a bad mood, she truly could kill someone for amusement.
Thus, Lu Jiang rapidly ran through every possible excuse in his mind before saying to Ning Fengzhi,
"Run? When did I run?"
"I merely went down the mountain to train."
"After returning to the sect, I deeply understood Sect Master Ning's efforts in nurturing me."
"So I wanted to improve my strength as quickly as possible and become a pillar of the sect sooner, helping the Sect Master bear some of the pressure from outside the sect."
Lu Jiang's answer cleverly struck at Ning Fengzhi's current sore spot.
In truth, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was not afraid of being destroyed.
What it feared was having no powerful experts stationed within it.
Without the two Titled Douluo, Sword and Bone, the moment disaster struck the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the other sects would likely rush over to snatch away its disciples.
That was why Ning Fengzhi had wanted to cultivate Lu Jiang.
"Then what was going on with that Rongrong who returned with you? Where is she?"
"And when you returned to the sect this time, were you truly sincere?"
Ning Fengzhi opened his eyes and looked at Lu Jiang. By the time Lu Jiang began defending himself, half of Ning Fengzhi's anger had already dissipated.
At the very least, it meant Lu Jiang might still be innocent.
Sure enough, Lu Jiang revealed a surprised expression before saying,
"Rongrong said before that she wanted to go down the mountain with me to train, but I never saw her, so I left first."
"Sect Master, what happened to our sect?"
Lu Jiang looked at the surrounding ruins with a shocked expression.
Only then did he remember to ask about the sect's destruction.
Ning Fengzhi stared into Lu Jiang's eyes and told him everything that had happened within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
After Lu Jiang finished listening, an utterly shocked expression immediately appeared on his face.
"Something like that actually happened? Then that fake Rongrong approached me only to use me to sneak into our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"
"Ah, it's all my fault. I couldn't tell loyalty from treachery, and I was fooled by that fake Rongrong."
At that point, Lu Jiang put on a heartbroken expression, clutching his chest as he said,
"That person was truly vile, using my deep feelings for Rongrong against me."
"Sect Master, you know that no matter what Rongrong tells me to do, I will do it."
"Even though she was a fake Rongrong, I did not doubt her in the slightest when I saw her."
Seeing how deeply Lu Jiang cared for his daughter, Ning Fengzhi immediately felt a little better.
At least it showed that Lu Jiang had been deceived as well. Like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he was also one of the victims.
That would make it easier to bind him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Meanwhile, the corners of Lu Jiang's mouth rose ever so slightly without anyone noticing.
My acting is truly flawless.
It has to be worth an Oscar statuette!
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