Ten li southwest of Heaven Dou City, a resplendent castle stood against the mountainside. At the mountaintop, a seven-story glazed-tile pagoda gleamed brilliantly beneath the sunlight.
This was Seven Treasure City, the headquarters of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
At that moment, within an elegant courtyard halfway up the mountain.
Ning Fengzhi held a teacup in his right hand while rolling a black chess piece between the fingers of his left, his attention fixed intently on the board before him.
"Right here! Uncle Sword, it seems you're about to lose."
Smiling, he placed the black piece on the board, then raised his hand and gathered up all the surrounding white pieces.
He looked as though he was not at all worried about his daughter running away from home.
He was unhurried, but Chen Xin, the Sword Douluo seated across from him, was so anxious that he kept slapping his thigh.
"Fengzhi, you still have the mood to play chess?"
"Rongrong has left! She said she was going to the Shrek Academy you mentioned!"
"What exactly are you thinking? You won't let Rongrong attend the perfectly good Heaven Dou Royal Academy, yet you insist on sending her to some monster academy?"
Ning Fengzhi remained unruffled upon hearing this and calmly took a sip of tea.
"Uncle Sword, neither you nor Uncle Gu need to worry about Rongrong. I know what I'm doing."
His voice drifted softly as he said, "Besides, Rongrong isn't that young anymore. It's time for her to venture out and temper her character."
"Otherwise, how will she inherit such a vast sect in the future?"
Chen Xin slapped the table and shouted, "Anywhere would temper her. Why does she have to go to a place like Suotuo City?"
"What kind of place is this Shrek Academy? Does