In a teahouse in Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi looked calmly at "Xue Qinghe" and Xia Yuan.
But inside, he was anything but calm.
When he heard about the sweeping changes at the Heaven Dou court, Ning Fengzhi had suspected that his disciple might have struck some deal with Spirit Hall.
Never had he imagined that his disciple was not Xue Qinghe at all, but someone from Spirit Hall.
He had not spent every day with "Xue Qinghe"; they were only teacher and disciple. Still, they had met many times. How had he noticed nothing?
Then again, "Xue Qinghe" had already been Qian Renxue when he first met her.
She clearly had some extraordinary means of concealing herself.
Seen that way, it was hardly surprising that he had failed to notice.
Xia Yuan, though, was harder for him to understand.
According to his investigation, Xia Yuan was supposed to be a commoner Soul Master whose Martial Soul had mutated.
Perhaps some later opportunity had brought him greater rewards, allowing him to climb to where he stood today.
Yet he, too, had ties to Spirit Hall.
More precisely, he had ties to Qian Renxue.
Ning Fengzhi could plainly see that Qian Renxue was in exactly the same state as his daughter Ning Rongrong.
At this point, there was nothing left for Ning Fengzhi to say.
He had been caught in a trap, through and through.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had only one Titled Douluo: its clan leader.
Spirit Hall still had not released the current leader of the Clear Sky Sect, and the sect had not uttered a peep.
What could the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect do?
Besides, Xia Yuan had fulfilled the dream passed down through generations of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect: Ning Rongrong's Martial