Blue Tyrant Academy
Dawn was just breaking.
Uniformed students were already coming and going at the academy entrance.
Ning Xuan did not get out of the carriage.
Instead, he had the coachman tell the gatekeeper to contact his younger sister, Ning Rongrong, and have her return to the clan with him.
While he was sitting there with nothing to do, he happened to lift the carriage curtain and spotted another carriage waiting not far away.
Its exterior was gray-black, making it look plain and understated.
But Ning Xuan noticed the dragon emblem on its canopy.
It was a carriage from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
What were they doing outside Blue Tyrant Academy?
Ning Xuan frowned, but before he could think much more about it, he saw Ning Rongrong walk out of the academy.
"What are you here for?"
Once she got into the carriage, Ning Rongrong asked with a dark expression.
"I happen to be returning to the clan today. Father asked me to bring you along."
Ning Xuan's voice was just as flat.
Though the two of them were siblings, their relationship was very distant. It gave Ning Fengzhi no end of headaches, which was why he often had Ning Xuan take Ning Rongrong back to the clan with him.
As for the reason, of course, it was to help the siblings grow closer.
But perhaps even Ning Fengzhi himself had not expected it.
It had the opposite effect.
"What are you going back for this time?"
Ning Rongrong raised an eyebrow.
"Ning Xuan, did you argue with Dean Erlong again?"
"Why do you ask?"
Her words piqued Ning Xuan's interest.
How did Ning Rongrong know about what had happened between him and Liu Erlong?
"There, that's Dean Erlong's carriage."
Ning Rongrong lifted the carriage curtain and pointed to the carriage in the distance.
"Normally, you'd have run over to fuss over her like a lovesick puppy. The fact that you're sitting here as steady as an old dog today means you must've had a fight."
As steady as an old dog?
Now that was quite a description.
Ning Xuan's mouth twitched. Just as he was about to speak, a familiar figure emerged from Blue Tyrant Academy.
Ning Xuan was about to tell the coachman to leave when he heard Ning Rongrong call out and wave to her.
"Dean Erlong."
Ning Xuan's face immediately darkened.
If he left now, it would only make him look even more guilty.
So he simply closed his eyes and began meditating.
"Rongrong, where are you going?"
Liu Erlong walked over, her gaze sweeping coolly across Ning Xuan's face.
"Back to the clan for a bit."
Ning Rongrong was clearly much warmer toward Liu Erlong. She smiled as she spoke.
"Mm, going back is good."
Liu Erlong smiled too.
"I happen to have something to take care of there today as well."
"Oh, is that so?"
Ning Rongrong smiled with pursed lips.
"Dean Erlong really should go back now. Maybe the next time we meet, I can call you Sister-in-law."
At those words, Ning Xuan's heart stopped for a beat, though his eyes were still closed as he meditated.
He abruptly opened his eyes, his voice icy.
"Rongrong, don't talk nonsense."
Liu Erlong was no better. Her smile quickly turned mocking.
"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you, Rongrong."
Ning Rongrong wasn't stupid. How could she fail to hear what the two of them meant? Her brows rose at once.
"Ning Xuan, what did you do?"
Ning Xuan's face was gloomy. Sunlight happened to fall through the carriage window onto his face, casting a large shadow beneath his features.
"Let's go back. We'll talk there."
Ning Xuan didn't want things to get too ugly in public.
After all, given his status as the young master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, every word and action of his represented the clan and sect.
"Of course you don't dare."
But if he wanted to leave, how could Liu Erlong let him go so easily?
"After all, you're obviously afraid to let your younger sister find out what you did."
Ning Xuan's brows furrowed at once.
"Ning Xuan, what exactly did you do?"
Ning Rongrong turned to ask him, her tone hostile.
"I'm telling you, if you really did something that went too far, you'd better apologize to Dean Erlong right now. Maybe she'll reluctantly forgive you for my sake."
"Well? Dare to say it?"
Liu Erlong looked at Ning Xuan with a teasing expression too.
"We'll talk when we get back."
Ning Xuan replied coldly.
Throughout the whole exchange, he didn't even look at Liu Erlong again.
"Dean Erlong, then please tell me. Once we're back, I'll make sure Father gives him a proper scolding."
Ning Rongrong turned to Liu Erlong as she spoke.
Liu Erlong's gaze grew even more teasing.
"It's nothing much. I'm actually going back to the clan this time to discuss calling off the engagement."
"Calling off the engagement?"
Ning Rongrong cried out in shock.
She turned back and glared at Ning Xuan angrily.
"Ning Xuan, what terrible thing did you do?"
"Hurry up and apologize to Dean Erlong! Didn't you hear that she's going to break off the engagement with you?"
"I'm the one who wants to break it off with her!"
Ning Xuan finally couldn't hold back and spoke up.
Then he looked up at Liu Erlong, his voice full of disgust.
"Liu Erlong, do you really want to make this impossible to clean up here?"
Liu Erlong smiled disdainfully.
"Why should I be afraid? I haven't done anything wrong."
"You're the one who's hypocritical and petty. What do I have to be afraid of?"
"Even if things get ugly here, it'll be the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that loses face. What does that have to do with me?"
At that moment, Ning Xuan felt as if he had never known her.
"You don't care about your own dignity, or the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's, but I still care about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's."
"Liu Erlong, you'd better watch yourself."
After saying that, Ning Xuan looked at the coachman.
"Back to the clan."
"No!"
Ning Rongrong cried out. She continued to glare fiercely at Ning Xuan.
"Ning Xuan, I don't care what you did. You have to apologize to Dean Erlong today."
"Otherwise..."
"Otherwise, I won't go back with you."
Ning Xuan looked at his younger sister with a gloomy expression.
"Rongrong, no matter how spoiled you usually act, I can indulge you. But this time, answer me: are you coming back with me or not?"
"No!"
Ning Rongrong met him head-on, answering without backing down.
"Ning Xuan, you must apologize to Teacher Erlong!"
But the next moment, Ning Xuan simply kicked her off the carriage.
"Back to the clan."
The carriage curtain fell, and Ning Xuan's voice was ice-cold.
"Ning Xuan, you good-for-nothing."
"You only dare bully your own little sister. What kind of ability is that?"
From behind the carriage came Ning Rongrong's furious shouting.
Ning Xuan remained unmoved.
Since Ning Rongrong wouldn't stand with him, he wouldn't care for a little sister like her either.
"Dean Erlong, tell me what happened."
"Don't worry. I'll definitely go back to the clan and have Father teach that good-for-nothing Ning Xuan a good lesson, and give you justice."
Ning Rongrong's voice continued to drift faintly toward them.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
It stood northwest of Heaven Dou City, about fifty or sixty li from the city-not too far, but not too close either.
The carriage carrying Ning Xuan traveled smoothly all the way.
Before long, it entered the castle.
As soon as he climbed down from the carriage, someone hurried over to greet him.
"Young Sect Master, you're back."
"Mm."
A smile rose on Ning Xuan's face once more. He asked warmly,
"Have you seen my father?"
"The Sect Master is in the council hall, discussing your marriage with two elders."
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