Yu Yuanzhen: Ning Fengzhi was wise all his life, so how did he have an idiot daughter like you?

"But if Clear Sky Douluo wants immortal herbs, I do have a way."

Yu Yuanzhen's eyes brimmed with icy menace.

He had finally thought of the key piece that would complete his plan.

"What way?"

Tang Hao asked urgently.

Yet Yu Yuanzhen's gaze suddenly landed on Ning Rongrong, eerie and cold, until her skin crawled all over.

"Though immortal herbs are precious, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could offer one as a betrothal gift. That proves they must have more than one."

Tang Hao's gaze slowly settled on Ning Rongrong as well.

He frowned slightly.

"What if Ning Fengzhi refuses to give us any?"

He understood what Yu Yuanzhen meant: use Ning Rongrong as a bargaining chip to trade with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for immortal herbs.

But would Ning Fengzhi really be willing to hand them over?

"Refuses?"

Yu Yuanzhen sneered.

"That would only mean our bargaining chips weren't enough."

At this point, no matter how foolish Ning Rongrong was, she could understand what the two were planning. Her face immediately paled, and she turned to run.

But she was facing two Titled Douluo.

Just a wisp of their presence once again suppressed her, leaving her trembling all over and unable to move an inch.

Tang Hao grabbed her and threw her back onto the floor of the Meeting Hall.

"No, Clan Leader Yu Yuanzhen, you can't treat me like this. I came to improve relations between our two clans."

Ning Rongrong spoke with a slight tremble.

"Improve relations?"

Yu Yuanzhen looked at her, finally tearing away his pretense with disdain.

"Idiot!"

"Ning Fengzhi was wise all his life. I really don't know how he could have an idiot like you for a daughter!"

"You think the likes of you could improve relations between our clans?"

Ning Rongrong stood dumb as a wooden chicken.

What did he mean?

"But I do have to thank an idiot like you for the information you brought."

Yu Yuanzhen chuckled at Tang Hao and pointed disdainfully at Ning Rongrong, who had been thrown to the floor.

"This idiot brought us some information."

Tang Hao's expression darkened.

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect plans to send Bone Douluo Gu Rong to break into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to kill and wreak destruction while I'm taking my people to return the betrothal gifts."

Killing intent lay fully exposed in Yu Yuanzhen's eyes.

"If Clear Sky Douluo can keep Gu Rong here when the time comes, we can threaten them with both their lives. Would the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect still dare refuse to hand over the immortal herbs?"

Boom-

The icy words were deafening.

Ning Rongrong's eyes instantly widened, filled with utter despair!

Only then did she finally understand how much trouble she had caused!

"No, you can't do this."

She cried out and tried to rise, only for Yu Yuanzhen to slap her down again, her cheek rapidly turning red and swollen.

"Idiot."

Looking at her, Yu Yuanzhen could not help cursing again.

"You're making me laugh my ass off."

"If someone like you appeared in my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, I'd skin her and rip out her tendons. What a fucking moron!"

Ning Rongrong felt as though she had been struck by lightning!

"Uncle Tang Hao, you can't listen to him! You can't do this. Third Brother and I are very close. We're even classmates."

She could only look pleadingly at Tang Hao.

But Tang Hao frowned.

"Once little San recovers, I'll take him away from Shrek Academy. Having an idiot like you as a classmate would lower his intelligence."

Ning Rongrong: ...

"Guards, escort our Miss Rongrong out!"

Having received Tang Hao's confirmation, Yu Yuanzhen was in such high spirits that he could not help roaring with laughter.

Heaven Dou City.

The Martial Soul Temple.

Salas's expression was utterly grim.

"The death of the temple's honorary elder must have something to do with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"But we have no evidence right now."

A deacon gave a bitter smile.

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect isn't some minor clan we can manipulate however we please. I think we should report this to His Holiness the Pope immediately."

"No!"

Salas's gaze turned cold.

"If I can't even handle such a trivial matter, what will His Holiness the Pope think of me?"

A temple knight suddenly entered and said,

"Temple Master, this is a bill sent over from the Seven Treasure Marketplace."

He handed over a stack of itemized lists.

Salas took them, and a single glance sent him into a rage.

"That impudent brat dares insult our temple!"

The deacon froze, then hurried over and took the shopping list to examine it. The corners of his mouth immediately twitched.

A bill for a million Gold Soul Coins!

"Go prepare a carriage and horses. Tomorrow, I'll visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect myself and ask Ning Fengzhi whether he wants this million Gold Soul Coins!"

Salas spoke grimly.

When his people from the Martial Soul Temple took things from any establishment in Heaven Dou City, they had never made a habit of paying Gold Soul Coins.

This was the first time anyone had sent an itemized bill to him.

If this was not an insult, what was?

"Temple Master, wouldn't that be a little inappropriate...?"

The temple deacon hesitated.

They were reasonably asking you to pay. Refusing was one thing, but you were even going to unleash everything right in their faces and cause trouble at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?

Wouldn't that be a little inappropriate?

Even if Ning Fengzhi was good-tempered, you couldn't bully him like this.

Besides, Ning Fengzhi had led the enormous Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to ever greater prosperity. Could he really be that easy to bully?

"Get out!"

Salas glared and snapped.

The deacon jumped in fright. Not daring to say anything more, he hurried away.

Left alone, Salas sat down again, his expression grim and his eyes greedy.

He did not care how Yu Xiaogang had actually died.

Everything he had done.

Had merely been to determine where the immortal herbs really were.

Now, despite Ning Xuan's repeated denials and Tang Yuehua covering for him, Salas was almost certain the immortal herbs were in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

He had needed a reason to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Unexpectedly, Ning Xuan had handed him one himself.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi sat in the Meeting Hall with a dark expression, listening to the clan member below report.

"Sect Master, we've already spread word of the young lady's disappearance to every branch under the sect's jurisdiction and told them to report immediately if they find any leads."

"But we still haven't received any leads."

"All right, I understand."

Ning Fengzhi waved a hand.

"Keep investigating."

"You must find a lead on the young lady."

"Understood."

"By the way, have the Young Sect Master and Elder Chen Xin returned?"

Ning Fengzhi suddenly asked.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect member, who had been about to leave, hastily answered,

"They've been notified. They should be on their way back."

"All right, I understand."

Ning Fengzhi nodded.

Only after the clan member left did Ning Fengzhi's expression turn even uglier.

He opened his hand.

A corner of the note pressed against his thigh was revealed.

Delicate handwriting came into view.

"Dad, I won't let you keep making mistakes."

Looking at that line of writing, Ning Fengzhi felt old tears streaming down his face, his heart and strength exhausted.

He did not know what Ning Rongrong wanted to do!

He only prayed...

That she would not do anything to harm the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's interests.

Just then, footsteps sounded outside the Meeting Hall again.

"Dad, we're back."

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