Tears streamed down Ning Rongrong's face.
Gu Rong's heart had turned to ashes. He looked at Ning Rongrong with utter disappointment and said,
"Rongrong, you..."
"Do you have any idea what you've done?"
"Grandpa Bone..."
Ning Rongrong choked on her sobs, barely able to speak.
"I didn't mean to..."
"Really... I didn't mean to... I just didn't want to see the two clans clash over Ning Xuan..."
She was still trying to shift the blame onto Ning Xuan.
Little did she know.
This would only disappoint Gu Rong even more.
"What do you want?"
Gu Rong ignored her and turned to ask Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Hao instead.
Since neither of them had killed him outright, they must have another purpose.
"Immortal herbs!"
Tang Hao was brief and to the point.
Gu Rong's pupils abruptly contracted.
"You did all this for the immortal herbs?"
At the same time, he quickly fell silent, understanding what Yu Yuanzhen and the others wanted.
They intended to use his and Ning Rongrong's lives to force the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to exchange immortal herbs for them.
"Shameless!"
Ning Rongrong trembled all over with anger.
But then she met Gu Rong's icy gaze, and an involuntary shudder ran through her.
"I can cooperate with you."
Gu Rong's voice sounded terribly old and feeble.
He understood.
Faced with such a choice, Ning Fengzhi could only agree.
So what he had to do now was preserve himself.
He absolutely could not let his Martial Soul be destroyed!!!
"Why should I trust you?"
Tang Hao sneered, then turned to Yu Yuanzhen and said,
"If he recovers on the way, he'll be a lot of trouble."
Yu Yuanzhen frowned in thought.
He understood Tang Hao's concerns, but if they truly crippled Gu Rong, then even if he obtained