Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Bet

Ning Fengzhi was instantly overjoyed at the sight.

With this powerful backer, even if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was later absorbed into Spirit Hall's subordinates, at least its situation would improve.

At a time like this, it was necessary to make his stance clear.

Ning Fengzhi cleared his throat and stepped onto the high platform. With the aid of Soul Power, his voice spread throughout the hall.

"Everyone."

Countless gazes turned toward him.

Smiling, Ning Fengzhi slowly said, "Today is my daughter's full moon banquet. I am delighted that everyone has honored us with their presence."

"However, there is another matter I intend to announce today."

"Just now, His Holiness the Pope decided to accept my daughter as his disciple. At the same time, I formally declare Ning Rongrong, my daughter, to be the heir to the next Sect Master!"

The announcement caused an uproar.

The Pope of Spirit Hall had accepted the next Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a disciple?

The implications behind this were obvious.

Xue Ye's expression was incomparably ugly. He had come here intending to win over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Now, he seemed to understand Ning Fengzhi's previously distant attitude.

It turned out Ning Fengzhi already had a better choice in mind.

Honestly, when Ning Fengzhi had wanted Pei An to accept Ning Rongrong as his disciple, Xue Ye had not paid much attention to it.

In his eyes, that might merely have been the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's way of drawing closer to Spirit Hall.

It was understandable for a faction to cultivate ties in several directions.

But Ning Fengzhi had directly announced Ning Rongrong as the heir to the next Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. That gave it an entirely different meaning.

The heir was becoming the disciple of Spirit Hall's Pope.

This was clearly a pledge of allegiance!

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was not trying to improve its relationship with Spirit Hall.

It was clearly preparing to stand directly with Spirit Hall's faction.

The representative of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was equally livid.

The Clear Sky Sect had only recently been forced by Spirit Hall to seal off its mountain, and now the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had chosen to stand on Spirit Hall's side as well.

Of the Upper Three Sects, only the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan remained.

This was hardly good news for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Ning Fengzhi had not made this choice on a whim.

Before this, he had deliberated over it for a long time.

Ning Fengzhi was gambling on Pei An's future.

What troubled him most was Pei An's surname.

Pei An was, after all, surnamed Pei, not Qian.

Although he was currently Spirit Hall's Pope, who could guarantee what Qian Daoliu truly thought?

This was also because Ning Fengzhi did not know about Pei An's relationship with Qian Renxue.

Otherwise, he would never have had such concerns.

Yet the moment he placed this bet, the factions across the continent were thrown into turmoil.

Relations between the Two Great Empires eased considerably afterward.

The reason was simple: Spirit Hall's recent actions had made them genuinely fearful and wary.

Without even realizing it, Pei An had reduced the occurrence of many local conflicts.

Still, he did not care about the shift in attitude between the Two Great Empires.

No matter how much they eased their relations, the Two Great Empires could never truly unite.

Everyone harbored ulterior motives and remained wary of one another. It was only a matter of how much wariness they held.

That was human nature. Even before a powerful external enemy, it was difficult to truly act in concert.

As long as that remained the case, Pei An had no reason to care about their reactions.

Once he inherited the Divine Throne, everything would resolve itself.

Speaking of which, Pei An's God of Life Inheritance was completely different from Tang San's Sea God Nine Tests in the Original Work.

Pei An's God of Life Inheritance had only a single test from beginning to end:

Mastery of the Law of Life.

Whenever Pei An's comprehension of the Law of Life reached a certain stage, the Goddess of Life would bestow a reward.

This method seemed simple, but in truth, its difficulty far surpassed those so-called Sea God tests.

Even for someone as exceptionally gifted as Pei An, he was, by comparison, only around the level of the Fourth Life Test.

And the further he progressed, the more he realized how difficult it became to deepen his comprehension of the Law of Life.

In exchange, however, his combat strength would become extraordinarily abnormal.

Sometimes, an inexplicable thought surfaced in Pei An's mind:

Could creating little lives help him comprehend the Law of Life?

But he quickly dismissed the idea.

If he really had to rely on that method to understand the Law of Life—

then he might as well forget becoming the God of Life and become the God of Reproduction instead.

Though, strictly speaking, reproduction was also a form of life.

There was one other person who was quite pleased by this affair.

That was Ning Rongrong's mother, Wang Yue.

Ning Fengzhi had more than one wife, and Wang Yue was merely one of them.

Previously, the position of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's mistress had remained vacant.

But now, the daughter gained status through her master, and the mother through her daughter. After Pei An accepted Ning Rongrong as his disciple, Wang Yue directly secured the position of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's mistress.

Although he had accepted Ning Rongrong as a disciple, Pei An did not take her back to Spirit Hall.

After all, she was only a child who had just reached her full month. It was better for her to remain with her parents.

However, Ning Fengzhi also said that once Ning Rongrong turned three, she would go to Spirit Hall and formally begin studying under Pei An.

Pei An had no objections to that.

The younger she was, the more effective his education of Ning Rongrong would be.

Since Pei An had accepted this student, he would not simply leave her to grow on her own.

As for the Clear Sky Sect, some elders had already begun to waver.

The rumors concerning Tang Yuehua and Pei An were also breaking through their Psychological Defense.

With its industries being sold off and its sect sealed away, the Clear Sky Sect had not had an easy time recently.

Not only ordinary disciples, but even some high-level members had begun expressing dissatisfaction.

The voices blaming Tang Hao grew louder by the day.

At first, they had restrained themselves because of Tang Xiao, but as time passed, they became increasingly bold.

In the end, they were only one step away from cursing Tang Hao to Tang Xiao's face.

Combined with the matter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, certain thoughts began to grow like newly sprouted seedlings.

If the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could cling to Pei An through Ning Rongrong, then perhaps they did not necessarily have to oppose Pei An. Could they not choose another path?

A wife was closer than a student, after all...

Tang Yuehua, who had previously been sent to Spirit Hall as a hostage under the guise of being Pei An's wife, was once again seen as hope by certain people.

The irony was that a large portion of them seemed to be the very same group of people.

Some even deliberately wrote letters to Tang Yuehua, instructing her to do certain things.

But Tang Yuehua did not respond.

She no longer wished to pay any attention to those shameless old men in the sect.

From the moment she left the Clear Sky Sect, she had already repaid the sect enough.

For what remained, she only wanted to follow her own heart.

Even if she launched an offensive against Pei An later, it would only be for herself, never for anyone else.

For the time being, however, Pei An was not particularly concerned with these matters.

After settling the affairs within the hall and asking Golden Crocodile Douluo to temporarily handle matters for a while, he set out on a new journey with Bibi Dong.

There was a certain opportunity he thought they could try for.