Sheng Zui told Nangong Ming what had happened on the way back. He also came clean about Gu Gan's whereabouts being unknown, then straightened his back and knelt silently before the door.
Gongsun Qi's sudden trip to Taiyi had been unexpected. More surprising still, he had barged into Taiyi Academy and snatched a Futuo Tower Fragment.
Nangong Ming's thoughts raced. The information at hand made him more concerned about what to do next, so he had no desire to lecture his son.
With a dark expression, he walked past Sheng Zui and headed outside. Jiang Chi, Cao Yan, and the others followed close behind.
They had not gone far before Sheng Zui and the others heard Nangong Ming order Cao Yan and Jiang Chi to immediately send people to the Endless Sea to search for Gu Gan.
Han Bing paused as he passed Sheng Zui. He glanced at the young man, still trapped by his father's Five Elements Pressure and unable to rise, and said quietly, "I'll go check on things first. Don't do anything rash while you're angry."
They knew Sheng Zui and Gu Gan were like fire and water. Gu Gan had nearly died, and the fact that Sheng Zui hadn't returned grinning as he reported the news already showed remarkable restraint.
If Sheng Zui was scolded and punished because of Gu Gan, then forced to kneel helplessly before the new children, he was probably already seething. He might well lose control and try to break through the suppression at any cost.
That would only make their father angrier with him, and the consequences would be even worse.
Faced with his older brother's advice, Sheng Zui remained silent.
He knelt on the ground, his expression cold and his eyes lowered, as if he could neither see anyone nor