Ning Fengzhi suddenly brought up the message Ning Rongrong had sent back to the sect some time ago. They had been greatly shocked by it and had wanted to find that person, only to find no trace of him whatsoever.
They had even wondered whether Rongrong had lied, but after secretly questioning Shrek's vice dean, Zhao Wuji, who had traveled with her, they received confirmation and finally established that it had indeed happened.
As for why they had not connected that person with Xiao Wujiu, it was naturally because the weapon he had used to overpower the Titan Giant Ape was called a Mace, and he also possessed a Bright Silver Spear.
By their judgment, this person should have been a rare wielder of Twin Martial Souls. Though no Spirit Rings had been seen, he had chased the Titan Giant Ape around. His strength was likely at the Title Douluo level—and among the strongest of them at that!
Now, another Xiao Wujiu had appeared, and the four Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings on his cauldron could not be faked. That was why Ning Fengzhi had not linked the two together.
"Hard to say. We never fought that mysterious young man, so we cannot tell who is stronger."
"I think Old Sword Man has a point."
Ning Fengzhi fell silent for a moment and gazed quietly beyond Seven Treasure City. A gleam of wisdom flashed through his eyes, as though he had already seen, through all these events and pieces of information, the continent's increasingly treacherous and unpredictable situation.
"Ah, these are troubled times..."
The next morning.
Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince Palace.
Xue Qinghe sat in the reception hall, quietly savoring his tea. Two guards stood by the entrance, silent and reserved.
Other than that, there was no one else present.