Ning Fengzhi turned around and looked directly into the only part of Mo Lin's face not covered by his mask—his eyes. "Hall Master Mo, the Clear Sky Sect has been in seclusion for many years. I doubt they have much treasure or resources left. Your hall would be better off resting and preparing for what comes next. Don't lose sight of the greater good for some minor gains."
"Then I thank Sect Master Ning for the reminder." Ning Fengzhi was still, after all, a man of the Heaven Dou Empire. Even offering this small reminder was already somewhat overstepping his bounds. Mo Lin had merely wanted to see whether Ning Fengzhi was truly driven by profit, and it now appeared that he was. His relationship with the Heaven Dou Empire was only one of cooperation.
To put it bluntly, Ning Fengzhi simply did not want the name "Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect" to vanish into the river of history. In his eyes, and in the eyes of those from Spirit Hall, once Spirit Hall ruled the continent, it would inevitably either eliminate or absorb the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Though the sect had now nominally submitted to the Heaven Dou Empire, which carried a faint sense of living under another's roof, he could at least comfort himself by saying that the nature of a "nation" differed from that of a "sect."
Therefore, once the Heaven Dou Empire lost its value as a partner and could no longer support each other with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so long as Mo Lin could provide a similar justification, Ning Fengzhi would absolutely abandon the Heaven Dou Empire and join Mo Lin.
As for Ning Rongrong, one of the Shrek Seven Monsters, although Ning Fengzhi doted excessively on his daughter, compared