"Unfortunately, a lucky chance was only ever a lucky chance. Our hopes came to nothing and instead hastened the Ning Family's downfall, plunging us ever faster beyond redemption. With fate and fortune turning against us, how could there be any lucky escape? I've given up all hope."
"Dad, it hasn't come to that! If we try one more time, there may still be hope. The Former Principal is such a good person. As long as we truly repent, she'll surely leave us a way to survive," Ning Qingcheng said anxiously.
"Given the Former Principal's character, if this were her doing, she would never be so ruthless and leave us no way out. But I'm certain the person behind this scheme isn't the Former Principal. This person is truly too ruthless. He's determined to plunge our Ning Family beyond redemption and wipe out our bloodline!"
Ning Suifeng smiled bitterly. "Do you know what our ancestral graveyard is?"
"What is it?"
Ning Suifeng said heavily, "It's precisely where the Phoenix Vein's left foot rests!"
"The Phoenix Vein's left foot?" Ning Qingcheng was shocked.
"Yes. The feng shui arrangement Blind Hong set up back then used the Ning Family's ancestral graveyard, supplemented by yin energy, to forcibly pin down the Phoenix Vein's left foot, while the Meng Group Headquarters gathered heavenly yang energy to seal its right foot. That was why you or Meng Chenyu had a chance to obtain a little of the Phoenix Vein."
"But now... that's already destined to be impossible."
"From the moment our ancestral graveyard collapsed, the Phoenix Vein's left foot was free to move."
"And lately, trouble has been coming one after another for the Meng Group as well. Its complete collapse is only days away. I reckon that in another ten days or so, something is