"Fengzhi, are you inside absorbing the Immortal Herb?"
Chen Xin's deep shout was like a clap of thunder.
Gu Rong stood where he was, the anxiety on his face slowly fading.
He turned and met Chen Xin's gaze. The sword light in his old friend's eyes was somewhat clouded, yet it seemed tempered by that murkiness, becoming even fiercer.
"That's right!" Gu Rong did not conceal it or make any more excuses.
"A thief broke into the valley and destroyed the spirit spring and herb garden, but they missed the one plant that could evolve Fengzhi's Martial Soul.
"Fengzhi is absorbing the Immortal Herb and evolving his Martial Soul.
"Are you going in there to interrupt him?
"To waste an Immortal Herb and turn the Sect's wish of a thousand years into nothing?"
He stared into Chen Xin's sword light and pressed forward step by step, refusing to yield in the slightest.
Chen Xin fell silent, and the sword light in his eyes dimmed again.
"But... he promised me that Rongrong's Martial Soul would evolve.
"Old Bonehead, Rongrong has called you Grandpa ever since she learned to speak. It has been nearly twelve years.
"She truly sees us as the people closest to her."
Chen Xin's voice trembled slightly. Beneath his hesitation and guilt lay a deep doubt toward himself.
Clearly, under Ning Fengzhi's orders, Chen Xin and Gu Rong had ambushed Dugu Bo and kidnapped his granddaughter. This had affected Chen Xin greatly.
If they had merely dealt with Dugu Bo, that would have been one thing. They were both Titled Douluo; for the Sect's future, Chen Xin was willing to be the executioner!
But why did they have to kidnap Dugu Yan as well? Why use her to threaten Dugu Bo?
What Titled Douluo would willingly submit to