After leaving the Moon Gazing Tower, Tang Tian did not return to the academy.
Instead, he hired a carriage and went straight to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's compound in Heaven Dou City.
At that moment, Ning Fengzhi was reviewing account books in that lavish reception hall.
As the wealthiest sect on the continent, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect accumulated mountains of daily accounts, yet he handled them with ease.
"Sect Master, Young Master Tang Tian requests an audience."
Hearing the announcement outside the door, Ning Fengzhi's pen hand abruptly paused, and his eyes instantly lit up.
Without hesitation, he pushed aside the account books before him:
"Quick! Show him in!"
Tang Tian strode into the reception hall and sat down opposite Ning Fengzhi with complete ease.
Looking at this monster whose steady presence bore no resemblance whatsoever to that of a twelve-year-old boy, Ning Fengzhi's lips curved into a smile as pleasant as a spring breeze:
"My young friend Tang Tian, what brings you here today? I heard you stole the limelight at Heaven Dou Royal Academy today. Shouldn't you be busy refining divine pills?"
Tang Tian could not be bothered to beat around the bush and got straight to the point:
"Sect Master Ning, I want to make a deal with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one that can change the balance of power on the continent."
Ning Fengzhi raised his eyebrows slightly, deeply interested. "Oh? What kind of deal?"
Without wasting words, Tang Tian took a mutton-fat jade box from inside his robes and slid it open with a snap.
A pill lay quietly inside.
The instant Ning Fengzhi saw the pill clearly, his pupils contracted sharply!
A knowledgeable, supremely wealthy man like him recognized the staggering value contained in this thing at a