Ning Fengzhi felt that something was off.
It was as if someone were deliberately sowing discord among the various factions.
After defeating the Spirit Hall Empire and achieving complete victory, the factions should have been happily and peacefully dividing up Spirit Hall's spoils under the leadership of Tang San, the Sea God. The only exception would have been their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Even if there were conflicts of interest, they wouldn't have erupted so soon. After all, Spirit Hall's spoils were enough to keep them all rolling in riches for a long time.
But now, the situation was downright bizarre.
He would set aside his own Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for the moment.
A clash with Xue Beng was inevitable, given that he had taken in the remnants of Spirit Hall.
But what about Xue Beng and Shrek Academy?
Though Ning Fengzhi looked down on Xue Beng, he had to admit that the man wasn't entirely useless. At the very least, he knew how to read the wind and gauge people's moods.
Under normal circumstances, he should have constantly tried to curry favor with Yu Xiaogang, the only powerful patron he could win over.
After all, Yu Xiaogang himself might not amount to much, but the factions connected to him were all formidable.
When Ning Fengzhi had once declared that whoever won over the Grandmaster would win the world, it wasn't because he thought highly of Yu Xiaogang himself. He valued the network of connections and shared interests behind him.
Xue Beng had fawned over Yu Xiaogang for the same reason.
Normally, even if Xue Beng suffered a personal slight, he wouldn't offend Yu Xiaogang.
But the truth was that Xue Beng and Yu Xiaogang had gotten along very well at first, only to suddenly become complete