Night Visit to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect! Ning Fengzhi: You Don't Want to Go Back to Being a Slave, Do You?

Night.

Ozka and Feng Xiaodi suppressed their Soul Power auras, donned black outfits, and slipped into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as easily as if no one were there to stop them.

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's grounds are complicated. Finding the fox-eared woman might be difficult."

"Why don't we grab someone and make them tell us?"

"Who? Are you sure an ordinary sect disciple would know where their sect master, Ning Yuzhi... no, Ning Fengzhi, would have put the fox-eared woman?"

"Mm... you have a point. Ah, we'll just have to look slowly." Ozka sighed.

Feng Xiaodi whispered, "Ozka, we don't necessarily have to rescue the fox-eared woman this time. We just need to make sure she's doing well in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"Mm, let's look over there."

Before they knew it, they had reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's assembly hall.

"Don't get any closer! I sense a lot of people inside."

"Oh~ Let's try somewhere else. It's obvious that can't be where the fox-eared woman lives."

"Sure. Let's look over there. That should be the area where the sect disciples live."

And so, the two wandered around the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's residential quarters for half an hour, but still couldn't find the fox-eared woman.

"Who's there?!"

Bang!

Just as the two had let their guard down, a disciple who'd gotten up to relieve himself in the middle of the night ran straight into Feng Xiaodi. The moment he opened his mouth, Feng Xiaodi knocked him unconscious with a palm strike.

Ozka suggested, "Why don't we just ask someone? If we keep looking like this, it'll be dawn before we know it! The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is pretty big."

"Fair enough."

They carried the man to a woodshed and splashed a dipper of water over him to wake him up.

"Who are you? I'm warning you, this is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect! Don't you dare try anything!" The disciple was a little panicked.

Feng Xiaodi gave him a wicked smile. "Relax, we're not going to kill you. Just tell me where the fox-eared woman your sect master bought at the auction today is."

"The fox-eared woman?"

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple's expression turned strange. Bah! What a lecher!

Smack~

Ozka slapped the back of the disciple's head and snapped, "Don't go thinking about dirty things! Or I'll kill you!"

"Don't, don't!" The disciple immediately came to his senses. His life was in their hands, after all.

"Speak! Where is she?"

"In our sect master's residence!"

"Where's your sect master's residence?"

"About a kilometer in that direction. Turn left and you'll see it—the grandest building."

Ozka rolled his wrist and grinned wickedly. "Good! If we find out you lied to us, we'll come back and take your life!"

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare."

With a thud, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple was knocked unconscious again.

Then the two raced toward Ning Fengzhi's residence.

Halfway there, Feng Xiaodi suddenly paused and hurriedly asked, "Ozka, tell me... how would an ordinary disciple know the fox-eared woman was at Ning Fengzhi's residence?"

"Well..."

Ozka thought for a moment, then said gravely, "I bet he was trying to trick us into going to Ning Fengzhi's residence, luring us into danger! He wanted to use the two Titled Douluo to kill us! That's exactly what a proper sect disciple should do when facing powerful enemies!"

"Uh... that actually makes a lot of sense. Too bad he doesn't know how terrifyingly strong we are!" Feng Xiaodi was convinced by Ozka's reasoning. After all, luring intruders in front of the sect's strongest fighters was perfectly logical and utterly foolproof!

Halfway there.

The two passed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's assembly hall and saw that no one was inside anymore. It seemed everyone had left.

Soon.

Ozka and Feng Xiaodi easily found Ning Fengzhi's residence. It really was the grandest building there: a magnificent villa.

"Shh~ There are Shadow Guards over there! Don't do anything rash!"

"Mm. Go knock the Shadow Guards out first."

"Uh... fine. Since I'm stronger, I guess I have to do it. Who else would?" Feng Xiaodi gave a wry smile and went off to take care of it.

A short while later, the five Shadow Guards had been dealt with.

Feng Xiaodi and Ozka climbed up to the villa's second floor together and searched room by room.

"Huh? A house this big, and only a few people live here? What a waste!"

"My family's villa is just as big," Feng Xiaodi said, "but there are more than ten of us across four generations living together."

"Heh~ Capitalists really are decadent," Ozka muttered sourly.

"Heh~ Don't be jealous. The room up ahead has its lights on. That must be it."

The two approached the room and, sure enough, saw the fox-eared woman from the auction that day.

Ozka was surprised. "Huh? She really is here! That sect disciple didn't lie to us!"

"Shh~ Don't do anything rash! Ning Fengzhi's coming in!"

Inside the room, the fox-eared woman nervously watched the entrance. Ning Fengzhi wore a silk sleeping robe. He was refined and elegant, his chest slightly exposed, and his body still damp.

Thump~

The fox-eared woman dropped to her knees and begged, "Lord Soul Master, please, let me go! I'll remember your kindness every single day from now on!"

Ning Fengzhi helped her up and said with a kind smile, "Do you know why I bought you at the auction?"

The fox-eared woman nervously shook her head.

Ning Fengzhi smiled and explained, "I've seen many slaves like you. Their misfortune came from Martial Soul Mutation! But they've already lost their souls, so there's no point in saving them. You, though, still have a soul! You still have your own personality! So, since I've encountered you, how could I not lend you a helping hand?"

Hearing this, the fox-eared woman was deeply moved, and her eyes immediately grew wet.

"Thank you! Thank you! You're a good person!"

Ning Fengzhi smiled, helped the fox-eared woman sit on the edge of the bed, and sighed. "Ah~ That's just the way the world is. I only did what I could. From now on, live well in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. I can promise you'll have everything you need."

"Thank you! Sob~ Sob~" The fox-eared woman choked out her thanks and wept, tears streaming down her face.

Ning Fengzhi wiped away the fox-eared woman's tears and smiled. "Don't cry. Better days are ahead. As long as you become my woman, I, Ning Fengzhi, will be there to support you from now on!"

"Huh?"

The fox-eared woman froze. She had been trained as a slave; how could she possibly misunderstand what "become his woman" meant?

She blinked her tear-filled eyes in confusion and gazed innocently at Ning Fengzhi.

Ning Fengzhi smiled. "Don't worry. I, Ning Fengzhi, will never mistreat you. This is also the best place for you. After all, if you leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, your special status will make you a target for countless nobles who'll want to capture you and drag you back. You don't want to go back to being a slave, do you?"

"I... I..." The fox-eared woman looked at Ning Fengzhi in terror. Her body began to tremble, and so did her voice and pupils.

So she hadn't been rescued after all!

She'd only escaped the tiger's jaws to fall into the wolf's den!