"I suspect Spirit Hall was behind all of this."
"Aotian never parades around like Yu Tianlong, so they couldn't get to him directly. They decided to use Rongrong to drive a wedge between him and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"Luckily, Rongrong has grown up. She cleared things up with Aotian in time, or I think they would have succeeded."
"There's no time to lose, Uncle Jian. I'll go to Heaven Dou City with you now and bring Aotian back."
"All right." Sword Douluo understood how serious the matter was and dared not delay.
Just as the two were about to leave, a guard called from outside, "Sect Master, elders, His Highness the Crown Prince has brought Young Master Aotian back."
Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo all looked surprised.
A moment later, the guards escorted Long Aotian and Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe, into the hall.
Qian Renxue told them the whole "story."
According to her, after Sword Douluo had left with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing, Salas, the Platinum Bishop of Heaven Dou City's Spirit Holy Hall, had approached Long Aotian to recruit him.
When Long Aotian refused, Salas tried to take him away by force.
Fortunately, she had discovered what was happening and promptly mobilized the Heaven Dou Royal Knights to confront Salas.
That was the only reason Spirit Hall had failed.
Ning Fengzhi and the two Douluo were shaken by what they heard.
They condemned Spirit Hall's shameless conduct on the spot.
At the same time, they could not help feeling relieved.
They were grateful for Long Aotian's integrity and Xue Qinghe's timely intervention.
Otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
Yet none of the three noticed the venom deep in Long Aotian's eyes. He looked at them as though they