(Five updates)
After finally finishing Ning Rongrong's dark cuisine, Ning Fengzhi endured the churning pain in his stomach and said,
"Rongrong, you came to see Dad so late because of Yang Ming, didn't you?"
Before she could speak, Ning Fengzhi covered his forehead and said,
"Actually, even if you hadn't come to see me, I was planning to talk to you about this. Based on the investigation I conducted with my people throughout the day, we can basically confirm that Yang Ming isn't the murderer. But that raises another question: who was the real culprit who killed Feng Xiaotian?"
"After all, Feng Xiaotian's background isn't insignificant. He has the support of both an academy and a sect behind him. They're pressuring me now, demanding that we find Feng Xiaotian's true killer. As long as the culprit remains unfound, if we release Yang Ming just like that, those old men and women from Godwind Academy definitely won't let it go. They'll take their anger out on Yang Ming."
"So at this stage, although Yang Ming is temporarily being detained in the Spirit Hall sanctuary, it may not be a bad thing. At least it keeps him from being attacked by Godwind Academy."
Listening to her father's explanation, Ning Rongrong bit her lower lip the entire time, nearly breaking the skin.
"But..." Ning Rongrong thought for a moment and said, "Dad, if you never find the real killer who murdered Feng Xiaotian, wouldn't that mean Yang Ming will be imprisoned in the Martial Soul Saint Hall forever?"
"If it really comes to that," Ning Fengzhi sighed. Seeing a mist of tears rise in his daughter's beautiful eyes, his own gaze then turned resolute as he said, "then I'll have no choice but to swallow my pride and ask those people from Godwind