"You two are finally back. What did Senior Bi Ji call you away for?"
"Just a little family matter. Don't worry about it. We should hurry and leave this place, finish what we came to Star Dou Forest for, and then get out of here."
"Those two are probably getting very anxious by now. They're not like us. They've spent so long in Star Dou Forest just for a third Soul Ring that the sect behind them must be getting quite worried."
Di Qiu'er gave Xiao Hongchen a casual answer. It really had been a family matter. Getting scolded by her own father counted as family business, didn't it?
So she, Di Qiu'er, definitely hadn't lied just now. She had merely made a little use of the art of language.
Still, Di Qiu'er wasn't wrong. Compared with their group, who were free to act as they pleased, Ning Tian and Wu Feng had far too many burdens resting on their shoulders.
Ning Tian, in particular, was the Young Sect Master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. With something this serious happening, she would have to report it to her superiors no matter what.
All her Protectors had been wiped out. This would probably have a considerable impact on her standing within the sect. There was no helping it; the sect already had quite a few complaints about her and Wu Feng.
They naturally hadn't gone to Shrek Academy simply to study there. Could Shrek Academy's research into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul possibly be more profound than the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's own?
For someone like Ning Tian, Shrek Academy's Outer Court was a platform for making connections. There, she could forge friendships ahead of time with future key members of major powers, or even