Is Your Dad Li Gang?

Ning Tian gave Wu Feng no room to refuse. Her tone was especially firm.

Wu Feng was a reckless hothead who did things without rhyme or reason, acting on whatever came to mind. She had no idea how much her unilateral decision to break off the engagement could affect the sect.

On a smaller scale, Wu Feng had merely disobeyed a sect order out of willfulness and offended a talented young sect member whose future was still uncertain.

But on a larger scale, Wu Feng had effectively squandered the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's credibility, giving helpless orphans reason to distrust the arrangements made by the sect's leadership after they joined.

Su Yuan was merely one example. There were plenty more like him in the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

The sect wanted to change things but lacked the power to act. All it could do was minimize the impact of such incidents.

Wasn't even Shrek Academy, the continent's foremost academy, just as rotten and bloated within, its tail too large to wag?

Their Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was certainly no exception.

Ning Tian was equally powerless to change things. All she could do was reduce the impact of this incident, spare Wu Feng an overly severe punishment, and ensure Su Yuan received the compensation he deserved.

After the two girls found Ning Zhiyuan, they gave him a brief account of what had happened.

At first, Ning Zhiyuan's blood pressure rose a little, and the words "Warning, warning" kept ringing in his ears.

He very much wanted to teach Wu Feng a lesson.

But as Ning Tian's father, he had to take her determination to protect Wu Feng into account. In the end, Ning Zhiyuan compromised and left the matter to Ning Tian.

Ultimately, this was just a reasonably talented young man. Until a genius matured, he was no powerhouse.

Without that strength, he had nothing of equivalent value to offer in exchange.

Compared with Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and the mainstay of the faction backing Wu Feng, Su Yuan's foundations were still far too shallow. His Martial Soul wasn't powerful enough to make Ning Zhiyuan go all in, either.

As long as he remained in the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the day would come when they won his loyalty.

"Young mistress, was it really that simple?"

As they walked along, Wu Feng scratched her head in bewilderment.

Ning Tian had made it sound so serious earlier, yet Ning Zhiyuan hadn't punished her-or even scolded her?

"What else did you expect? There was never any need to take things that far, yet you just had to push everything to extremes." Ning Tian gave her an exasperated swat.

"And don't think this is really over so easily. Father only let you off because I pleaded for you this time. See what would happen if it were anyone else-you'd never escape punishment under the sect rules!"

"You're the best, young mistress!" Wu Feng cheered, wrapping both arms around Ning Tian and nuzzling against her.

All Ning Tian's other lectures went in one of Wu Feng's ears and out the other. Only the words "Father only let you off because I pleaded for you" lodged themselves deep in her mind.

Just as I thought, the young mistress is worth following for the rest of my life!

Ning Tian pressed a hand to her forehead. She truly had no idea what to do with Wu Feng.

Being a fire-attribute Soul Master was one thing. Everyone knew fire-attribute Soul Masters had bad tempers and little patience.

But Wu Feng went beyond even that.

She lowered her head, first glancing at the tops of her own feet, then at her forearm, which had disappeared straight into an abyss after Wu Feng hugged it. She couldn't help biting her lower lip.

Damn it...

So all the nutrients that should have gone toward growing your brain went toward growing something else instead? Is that why you're so brainless, Feng?

Distracted by these peculiar thoughts, Ning Tian ended up being led to Su Yuan's courtyard with Wu Feng clinging to her arm.

Only when Wu Feng stopped walking did Ning Tian come back to her senses. She composed herself and resumed the dignified bearing of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's young lady.

"Feng, knock on the door," Ning Tian instructed.

Wu Feng nodded, took a few steps forward, and knocked on Su Yuan's tightly shut door.

Inside the room.

Su Yuan, who had been lying in bed letting his thoughts wander, heard the knock. He rubbed his eyes and got out of bed.

Having only just obtained his system, he was understandably excited. He had spent a long time tossing and turning in bed as he studied it.

After all, this was his cheat. If he failed to discover some special function and consequently missed out on the system's help at a crucial moment in the future, that would be a tremendous loss.

Just moments ago, for instance, Su Yuan had discovered one of the system's features.

The [Never Bully a Poor Young Man] trait allowed him to obtain a God-Gifted Soul Ring and break through his current bottleneck without absorbing a Soul Ring.

And this God-Gifted Soul Ring was entirely extra. It did not count toward his normal nine Soul Rings.

In other words, besides the God-Gifted Soul Ring, he could absorb another Soul Ring that his body could withstand into the same Soul Ring slot, increasing its age a second time.

With nine Soul Ring slots, he could absorb nine normal Soul Rings and also use God-Gifted Soul Rings to increase their ages a second time...

That discovery had kept Su Yuan excited for quite a while.

That was how an unintelligent system worked. The host had to explore every function himself.

If Su Yuan hadn't actively investigated, he would never have known the trait came with a hidden benefit like this.

He already had two God-Gifted Soul Ring imprints now. He could activate them whenever he wanted to increase the ages of his first two Soul Rings.

Over the past few hours, besides studying the system, Su Yuan had been constantly suppressing the urge to use the God-Gifted Soul Rings immediately.

He knew very well that using the God-Gifted Soul Rings now would mean maximizing his losses.

With his current physical strength, he couldn't possibly bring out the full potential of those two God-Gifted Soul Rings.

But how did that saying go again?

Use it sooner, enjoy it sooner!

And so Su Yuan had become trapped in an internal struggle between "use it sooner, enjoy it sooner" and "use it later, reap the greatest gains."

Only now did the knocking interrupt his wandering thoughts.

"Who is it...?" Su Yuan muttered as he opened the door.

Normally, no one would visit his place even once in tens of thousands of years. Yet because of the business with Wu Feng, things had actually become lively these past two days.

Just as that thought crossed his mind, Wu Feng's face appeared before him.

"Wu Feng? What are you doing here?"

"What, am I not allowed to come? Is this place some dragon's pool or tiger's den?" Busty and brainless, Wu Feng still spoke in that same infuriating tone.

So much so that even Su Yuan, who usually took everything with a laid-back attitude, couldn't help letting a hint of danger creep into his smile.

You damn furry. No wonder you made Huo so furious he wanted to kill you in the original story. With a mouth like yours, the only reason Zhongli Wu hasn't dragged you off for modifications is that you were born in the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

How could a damn furry be this desperate for a beating?

"Feng!" Even Ning Tian, standing at the doorway, couldn't bear to listen anymore. Her voice was stern.

They had come to apologize and offer compensation, not pick a fight!

Only after Ning Tian spoke did Wu Feng rein herself in a little and reluctantly step aside.

"There's no need to introduce me. You already know who I am. This young lady behind me is Ning Tian. Do you know who her father is?" Wu Feng's tone carried a note of pride.

"...Who?" Su Yuan did know who Ning Tian was, as well as her status.

But who her father was? Su Yuan genuinely had no idea.

The man had never appeared in the original story. How was Su Yuan supposed to know?

And Wu Feng's tone, in particular, made it impossible for Su Yuan to suppress the urge to snark.

What's with that arrogant tone? Is your dad Li Gang or something?

[Ding-]

"Huh?!"