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"Alright."

"I agree to an alliance."

Upon hearing Lin Chuan say this, Ning Fengzhi smiled.

He extended his hand, and Lin Chuan did the same. Their hands clasped together.

There was no ceremony, no treaty, no witnesses.

Only two people and a promise.

"Pleasure working with you," Ning Fengzhi said.

"Pleasure working with you," Lin Chuan said.

Meanwhile, at the Delightful Arrival Inn in Heaven Dou City.

First Elder Tang Lie sat at the table, clutching a freshly delivered secret report. His expression was incomparably grim.

The handwriting on the report was messy, clearly written in haste, but its contents made his heart sink to the bottom.

Ning Fengzhi, Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, had arrived in Heaven Dou City today and headed for Shrek Academy.

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect... Ning Fengzhi..."

The First Elder muttered to himself, his fingers trembling faintly.

"What was he doing here?"

The Fifth Elder sat opposite him, the flesh on his face twitching. "What else could he be doing? He's here to win over Lin Chuan! To curry favor with the Patriarch! That old fox from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has a nose keener than a dog's—he caught a whiff of something good and came running!"

The Sixth Elder sighed, his brow tightly furrowed. "It isn't just Ning Fengzhi. I heard that Heaven Dou's emperor, Xue Qinghe, also holds Lin Chuan in extremely high regard. When the Patriarch left Slaughter City last time, he personally went outside the city to welcome him, with tremendous pomp. And Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, Sword Douluo Chen Xin—they're all protecting Lin Chuan. Now Ning Fengzhi has come as well. We..."

He did not continue, but the meaning was already obvious.

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