"I..." Ning Rongrong looked around in a panic.
Everyone wore excited expressions. If the Talisman could be copied, and each of them could have one, who wouldn't want it?
Tang San watched expectantly, hoping she would offer the Talisman for his master to study. She shouldn't be stingy.
Zhu Zhuqing was also eager, but since it belonged to Ning Rongrong, she quietly hid behind Dai Shengyang.
Sorry, Rongrong. Once I defeat my older sister, I'll make it up to you twice over.
She felt terribly guilty for not stepping forward to help her friend this time.
Seeing that no one was speaking up for her, Ning Rongrong was so anxious she was nearly in tears.
Flender worried that making Ning Rongrong cry would bring trouble. He wanted to intervene, but Yu Xiaogang stopped him.
"Ning Rongrong! Are you going to let your selfish desires affect everyone?" Grandmaster loudly berated her.
"I, I..."
"Why do you people always have to take what belongs to someone else?" Xiao Wu couldn't stand it any longer. She wrapped an arm around Ning Rongrong and lifted her chin in defiance.
"Xiao Wu, don't make a scene." Tang San frowned. Xiao Wu had nearly ruined his plans.
"I'm not making a scene. Third Brother, tell me, isn't it true? The Talisman clearly belongs to Rongrong, so why is Grandmaster demanding it from her?"
"Sister Xiao Wu." Ning Rongrong gratefully buried her face against her chest.
She hadn't expected anyone at the academy to stand up for her. How wonderful. She was so moved that tears streamed down her face.
"Xiao Wu." Tang San hurried over to pull her away, but she shook him off.
"Third Brother, answer me! Isn't Grandmaster in the wrong?"
Seeing how stubbornly Xiao Wu pressed the issue, Tang San hesitated. "My master was only trying to help everyone. He meant well..."
"Third Brother, you!" Xiao Wu stared at Tang San in shock, as if she no longer recognized him.
The room fell silent.
"Ning Rongrong, you've truly disappointed me." Grandmaster shook his head coldly.
"Enough, enough. Grandmaster was only making a suggestion, and he meant well. The Talisman belongs to Ning Rongrong, so she can do whatever she wants with it. Let's all stop coveting it."
Flender spoke loudly, trying to put an end to the matter, but it was already too late.
"Coveting what?" Ning Fengzhi walked in from outside, his expression cold.
Chen Xin followed behind him, his beard quivering with anger.
What a Shrek! They actually dared to covet Rongrong's Talisman. They were asking for death!
"Sect Master Ning?" Flender froze where he stood, while Yu Xiaogang slowly retreated behind him.
He had never expected Ning Fengzhi to show up at a time like this.
"Daddy!" Ning Rongrong sobbed as she threw herself into her father's arms, her cries full of grievance.
Ning Fengzhi's face turned livid. He had just remembered the Talisman his daughter had shown him earlier and had come to find Rongrong, never expecting to witness this scene.
"I assume Rongrong found this Talisman, correct?" He forced down his anger, his icy gaze sweeping over everyone. He was rarely this furious.
"Yes." Flender nodded.
"Then I don't think I imagined what I just saw."
"Xiaogang was only trying to help." Flender couldn't help explaining, but Ning Fengzhi pointed at the door, his gaze cold.
"Get out!" He dismissed them outright.
Chen Xin gripped his sword, wishing he could cut them all down right there.
"Fine, fine. We're leaving." Flender hurriedly led the academy members out of the sect. Ning Rongrong, naturally, stayed behind.
"Waaah..." She clung to Ning Fengzhi, sobbing her heart out.
Ning Fengzhi patted her back and gave Chen Xin a look. Chen Xin glanced outside and immediately understood. He turned and left.
At Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu returned with the unconscious Qian Renxue in his arms.
"Find me the best healing Soul Masters! You must cure Xue'er!" he shouted at the servants.
"Yes!" Everyone clasped their hands and obeyed.
Qian Daoliu held his granddaughter's hand, his eyes filled with worry. "Xue'er, even if I have to beg the Angel God for help, Grandpa will wake you."
"Big Brother." Golden Crocodile Douluo patted his shoulder and sighed. "She'll be all right."
After comforting him, he quietly left. In the end, he didn't mention that the demon had escaped.
Perhaps Qian Daoliu, with his powerful spiritual force, had already noticed. But with his granddaughter in this state, he had no strength left to worry about anything else.
The Angel God couldn't possibly matter more than his granddaughter.
Meanwhile, Qian Renxue's soul was still living inside Dai Xieyue's body. After several days of getting used to it, she could now talk and communicate with Dai Xieyue.
Skywater City, Skywater Academy.
Dai Xieyue stood on a rooftop, looking down at the students in the street.
Row after row of long legs swayed before his eyes, but his resolve never wavered.
"How long do you think it'll take you to find her if you keep searching like this?" Qian Renxue couldn't help grumbling.
"Shut up. You're so annoying." Dai Xieyue frowned and left to search somewhere else.
"You should look in places girls are more likely to go, like clothing stores or flower-viewing gatherings!"
Dai Xieyue's eyes lit up. She had a point. He was just about to head for the girls' dormitory when he suddenly realized something.
"This whole academy is full of girls, you idiot!" he swore. What kind of ridiculous idea was that?
"Then why not check the dorms?" Qian Renxue asked, thoroughly bored, rolling her eyes in her mind.
"Hmph! As if I needed you to tell me."
Dai Xieyue leaped to the dormitory. His nimble movements went completely unnoticed.
He hid in the shadows and searched several rooms in a row, but found no sign of his target.
"I really want to kill everyone in this city!" Dai Xieyue was so furious he wanted to start killing.
"Hmph. If you attack, she'll run away. Do you think you can catch her?"
Qian Renxue spoke disdainfully, as if mocking him. In truth, she didn't want him to slaughter the whole city.
She knew he really would do something like that.
"Argh!"
Just as Dai Xieyue clutched his head in despair, a beautiful, ice-cold woman with blue hair walked by, stepping across the shadows.
"That's her!" Qian Renxue said at once.
"What? How can you be sure?" He froze.
"Are you stupid? They have the same scent!"
"Who said you could smell my scent, Your Highness? Don't you dare!" Dai Xieyue snapped, but still headed toward the blue-haired woman.
"Please. As if I wanted to smell you." Qian Renxue scoffed.
The moment Dai Xieyue entered her shadow, he knew she was the one he'd been looking for. Shui Bing'er noticed him at the same time.
"You!" Shui Bing'er spun around in shock.
"Ha ha ha ha! Prepare to die, Skywater City!" Dai Xieyue spread his arms wide. Shadow Ninjas appeared one after another in the corridor, quickly crowding the entire teaching building.
"Shadow Brutes!" Shui Bing'er refused to back down. Four brutes emerged from the ground to protect her.
"What's that? Aaaah!" In the dormitory building, students were cut in half by the Shadow Ninjas' blades.
"Let's slaughter them all today!"
Dai Xieyue waved his hand. The Shadow Ninjas packed into the corridor charged forward, and Shui Bing'er's face filled with alarm.
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