Preparing to Escape

"There was one other possibility." Ever since Ning Fengzhi had heard of Canghai City's rise, he seemed to have thought of something as well. "Along the East Sea coast, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has very few shops in that region. Especially within a hundred li of Canghai City, they have no need for anything from my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at all. They're self-sufficient. If Zhu Zhuqing went there, then I truly wouldn't be able to find her."

Gu Rong was silent for a while before he spoke, a trace of puzzlement in his voice.

"Fengzhi, why care about one little girl? Her talent isn't top-tier. She only made it this far by relying on a reckless drive that doesn't care if she lives or dies. As for the Star Luo Imperial Family, even if we find her, it won't affect the continent's situation much. You can't possibly be doing this just to do Star Luo a favor, can you?"

Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi voiced his own premonition.

"The matter on Star Luo's side isn't something my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect needs to worry about. What I value is this girl's choice."

"Choice?"

"Yes," Ning Fengzhi said. "Zhu Zhuqing escaped from the Star Luo Imperial Family. A girl not yet twenty years old, going this far to break free from the arrangements of fate—someone ruthless enough to do that won't be ordinary in the future. Just in case. Consider it leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect one more path in advance."

Gu Rong did not ask any further.

He had never liked expressing himself in long speeches, but every decision Ning Fengzhi made always had its reasons.

And even if they were wrong, it was nothing much. She was only a little girl, after all.