Hearing her, Ning Fengzhi set down his book and looked fondly at his daughter as she came skipping in.
"You're a grown young lady now, yet you still can't walk properly. What are you rushing for?"
Ning Rongrong gave a little huff and ran up to the long table. Her soul tool flashed, and she slapped the gemstone-type ten thousand year skull bone onto the tabletop.
At the clack, Ning Fengzhi froze.
Chen Xin and Gu Rong opened their eyes simultaneously.
Gu Rong reached out, picked up the bone, and felt it.
"Is this the ten thousand year gemstone skull bone that went missing from the Heaven Dou Auction House?"
Then he turned toward Gu Feng, his expression decidedly odd.
"Little Feng, what's this about?"
Ning Fengzhi frowned and asked,
"Little Feng, where exactly did you get this?"
Gu Feng answered evenly,
"I took it back from Shi Nian."
Ning Fengzhi knitted his brows and said,
"Remnant Dream Shi Nian? That level seventy-two control-type Soul Sage from Canghui Academy?"
"Yes, him."
Beside him, Ning Rongrong planted both hands on her hips and proudly cut in.
"That old fellow was trying to assassinate Feng Xiaotian from Godwind Academy in a secluded alley. Brother Feng and I happened to run into him!"
"After he spotted us, he wanted to kill us to silence us, too!"
At the words "silence us," Gu Rong's face darkened. His withered hand slammed down hard enough to make the table tremble.
"That old bastard was courting death! He dared lay a hand on my granddaughter? Where is he? I'll go to Canghui Academy right now and tear the whole lot of them apart!"
Gu Feng waved a hand.
"No need to make the trip, Grandpa Bone. He's already dead."
The hall fell silent in an instant.
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