Ning Rongrong Runs Away from Her Engagement

"Sure enough, I'm the only one who truly loves Dong'er."

Xuan Jian looked at the Lovesick Heartbreak Red in his hand and muttered to himself.

He had no intention of consuming the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. Instead, he planned to keep it as proof of his feelings for Bibi Dong.

Meanwhile, Dugu Bo had been using his spiritual power to sense the situation inside the cave.

When he felt his grandson's aura flicker out like a candle in the wind, Dugu Bo went completely mad.

"Bastards! You actually dared to kill my Jue'er! Even if this old man dies today, I'll drag you down with me!"

Two yellow, two purple, and five black soul rings flashed into existence. As his seventh soul ring lit up, Dugu Bo transformed into a hundred-meter-long giant dragon shrouded in blue frigid flames and charged recklessly toward the cave behind the waterfall.

He intended to make that so-called Pope's disciple inside accompany his grandson in death.

"Two Extremes Still Domain!"

At the critical moment, Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Everything within the domain space was frozen.

Naturally, that included Dugu Bo.

However, Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei were unable to move as well, and their Soul Power was being consumed far faster than Dugu Bo's.

"I never expected you two to be hiding such a trump card. But today, this old man is determined to kill the murderer who slew my grandson. Not even the Pope can save him."

Although Dugu Bo had been immobilized, he noticed that Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei's Soul Power was draining at a visible rate. Once it was exhausted, that would be the moment he broke free.

When that time came, everyone here would accompany his grandson in death.

Chrysanthemum Pass knew this could not continue. He shouted sharply, "Old Poison, I warned you in advance. You were the one who refused to see reason and caused your own grandson to lose his life for nothing."

"I don't care! I only know that you killed my Jue'er! This old man wants you to accompany my Jue'er in death!" Dugu Bo struggled even harder, faintly showing signs of breaking free from the Two Extremes Still Domain.

Just then, Xuan Jian darted out through the ventilation opening of the cave's stone chamber. With a single sentence, he made Dugu Bo regain his composure:

"Old Poison, do you not even care about your granddaughter, your son, and your daughter-in-law? If you risk your life here against Grandpa Chrysanthemum and Grandpa Gui, I don't know whether they'll die, but I do know that your granddaughter, your son, and your daughter-in-law will definitely die."

As he spoke, Xuan Jian activated his movement technique and fled into the distance. Though he was not as fast as Lin Yuan, he disappeared from sight within seconds.

Watching Xuan Jian's retreating figure, Dugu Bo gradually stopped struggling.

He knew he had lost, and lost utterly. Not only had he lost a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, but he had also lost his grandson's life.

How was he supposed to explain this to his granddaughter when he returned? How was he supposed to explain it to his son and daughter-in-law?

"Spirit Hall, this old man will remember this debt. Sooner or later, I will make you repay this blood debt in blood!" Dugu Bo roared.

Hearing this, Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei did not dare delay. They released their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and turned into a golden and black streak of light, flying into the distance.

Only Dugu Bo remained behind.

In a daze, he slipped into the cave's stone chamber. Looking at his grandson's mutilated corpse, its head, arms, and lower body severed, he silently gathered it up.

Then he took away the Blue Silver Emperor Seed of Life, which Xuan Jian had not had time to retrieve because Dugu Bo had gone berserk.

This was also something his grandson had always wanted.

He would plant it beside his grandson's grave, so it could remain by his side forever.

At the very instant Dugu Jue died, the atmosphere within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was no better.

One of the Soul Emperor guards secretly assigned to protect Ning Rongrong wore a grave expression as he hurried to Ning Fengzhi's residence.

"Sect Master!"

The Soul Emperor guard dropped to one knee outside the door, his voice carrying barely concealed urgency.

Ning Fengzhi had been stuck at the level seventy-nine bottleneck for years. Due to the innate limitations of his Martial Soul, he would never be able to break through to level eighty in his lifetime.

His only possible hope of breaking through had been the Aromatic Silk Beauty, but he had given it to Ning Rongrong, whose innate talent was greater.

Thus, he had barely cultivated at all in recent years.

He had been about to sleep with the fox girl he had just bought, preparing to contribute to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's lineage. Upon hearing the voice outside, he immediately put on his clothes, walked out, and frowned as he asked:

"Why are you panicking? What exactly happened?"

The Soul Emperor guard respectfully replied, "Today, the young miss exchanged clothes with one of her maids and secretly slipped out of the sect."

Upon hearing this, Ning Fengzhi felt his vision go dark, as though the sky were about to collapse. Tomorrow was his daughter's engagement ceremony with Long Aotian.

Although it was somewhat early, Ning Fengzhi had promised that as long as Long Aotian advanced to Soul Ancestor, he would set a wedding date for the two of them.

Now, Long Aotian had broken through to Soul Ancestor at merely twelve years old. With Long Aotian, a twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor possessing Twin Martial Souls and innate full Soul Power, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's future prosperity for several more centuries would not be a problem.

Yet at this critical moment, his daughter had run away from her engagement.

If Long Aotian found out, how could that possibly be acceptable?

Any man with even a shred of pride would surely regard it as the greatest humiliation.

"Where did she go?"

Ning Fengzhi rarely lost his temper with his subordinates.

"I've already sent people to look for her, but..."

The Soul Emperor guard hesitated.

Ning Fengzhi shouted sternly, "Go! Send out everyone we can spare. No matter what, bring her back before tomorrow's engagement banquet begins. Even if you have to tie her up, bring her back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect! As the next sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she actually ran away from her engagement the day before it was to take place. This is simply absurd..."

"Yes, Sect Master." The Soul Emperor guard respectfully withdrew.

Once he had left, Ning Fengzhi had no interest in enjoying any fox girl. He immediately sought out Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to discuss the matter with them.

When Bone Douluo learned that Ning Rongrong had run away from her engagement, his head immediately began to ache.

Sword Douluo was even more furious with Ning Rongrong than ever before. "Nonsense! Rongrong is being absolutely ridiculous."

"She actually ran off on her own the day before her engagement. What does she take Aotian for?"

"Does she take the marriage agreement of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a joke?"

After all, Long Aotian was his disciple and the one who had inherited his Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul.

In a sense, Long Aotian was no different from his own grandson.

Sword Douluo had always treated Long Aotian as a descendant of the Chen family bloodline.

He had never expected Ning Rongrong to dare run away from her engagement. She was treating their marriage like a joke.

Gu Rong felt no better, but the affection he had shown Ning Rongrong since childhood still outweighed the bond between master and disciple he shared with Long Aotian, whom he had only accepted as a disciple when he was six.

"Perhaps Rongrong was just being playful for a moment. The most urgent matter is to find her first. There's no use sulking here. Besides, Aotian bears some responsibility too. If he had kept a proper eye on Rongrong, wouldn't this have never happened? Instead, he took her off to look for Tang Hao's wife's Soul Bone, and now he's even let his own fiancée run away..."

Gu Rong tried to smooth things over.