Ning Fengzhi

"You've gotten thinner." She frowned, her tone carrying displeasure. "Why were you gone for so many days? You said one month, but how long have you gone over now?"

"There was more to do than I expected." Nezha closed the door and sat down by the table.

Xiao Wu moved closer and sat across from him, her pink eyes sparkling. "Well? Did you get your eighth Soul Ring?"

Nezha nodded.

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up. "What Soul Beast was it?"

"The Titan Snow Demon King."

"The Titan Snow Demon King?" Xiao Wu blinked. "It sounds really powerful."

"One of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North," Nezha said casually.

Xiao Wu froze for a moment, then her eyes widened. "The Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North? Doesn't that put it on the same level as Da Ming and Er Ming?"

"A little stronger than Da Ming and Er Ming."

Xiao Wu opened her mouth and did not close it for a long while.

"Y-you found another treasure?"

"More or less." Nezha pulled out several chunks of ice-element Soul Beast meat he had hunted in the Far North from his Storage Soul Tool and placed them on the table. "Got them on the way back."

Xiao Wu's attention was instantly drawn to the meat. She reached out, squeezed it, and nodded in satisfaction.

"By the way, how's the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Shield? Nothing happened, right?"

"Nothing. It works wonderfully." Xiao Wu patted her Storage Soul Tool. "I've kept it with me the whole time. But since you were gone, I didn't go out and cause trouble. I only went to the Ye Family a few times to study medicine with Auntie."

"That's good." Nezha stood up.

He took two steps around the room, then suddenly stopped and looked back