"Dad… what's wrong?"
Ning Rongrong stared blankly at her father, totally unable to understand.
"Your Spirit evolved! Our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's thousand-year dream was fulfilled! Why aren't you happy—?"
A sound escaped Ning Fengzhi's throat.
A laugh.
Dry.
Hoarse.
Scraping like broken glass grinding against each other.
"What's wrong with me?"
He slowly raised his eyes, staring at his daughter as if looking at a stranger.
"Ning Rongrong… do you really have no idea what's wrong with me?"
The chill in his gaze stabbed straight into her bones.
Her heart skipped.
Her palms went cold.
Ning Fengzhi's smile completely vanished.
Only an icy, suffocating fury remained.
"I'll ask you again."
He clenched his jaw.
"Recently… have you heard a voice?"
A tremor ran down his lips.
"A voice calling itself—'Feng Ran Pavilion's Will'?"
Feng Ran Pavilion?
Ning Rongrong blinked.
That seemed… familiar.
After searching her memory for a moment, her face brightened in realization.
Wasn't that the strange voice she'd heard before? The one nagging her to become a… server?
She looked at Ning Fengzhi, confused why he was asking something so trivial.
But that single confused expression—
Shattered Ning Fengzhi's last thread of hope.
His breath trembled.
"Answer me!!"
Thunder exploded in the forest.
"Yes—yes, I heard it!"
Ning Rongrong hugged her arms in fear. "But why does that matter? Why does it make you—"
"Why?!"
Ning Fengzhi slammed his hand into the ground, spirit power erupting.
"It has everything to do with it!"
His voice cracked with anguish and fury.
"You ignorant girl! Do you know what kind of disaster your arrogance has brought to our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?!"
Oscar, watching Ning Rongrong tremble, finally couldn't bear it.
He stepped forward.
"Uncle Ning, please calm down. Rongrong didn't mean—"
He shouldn't have spoken.
Ning Fengzhi's bloodshot eyes whipped toward him.
"Get. Out!"
A kick blasted Oscar in the chest, sending him flying several meters. He hit the ground hard, curling up as he struggled for breath.
Flender and Zhao Wuji rushed to him—
But neither dared to raise their heads.
Seeking justice?
Defending their student?
They weren't suicidal.
Ning Fengzhi right now was a beast driven into a corner.
Whoever touched him—would die.
Ning Fengzhi didn't spare Oscar another glance.
"You! What sort of thing are you!
Do you think you have the right to speak here?!"
Then he turned back to his daughter.
His voice dropped.
Low.
Cold.
Like winter frost.
"Do you know what kind of existence the owner of Feng Ran Pavilion is?"
"With a flick of a finger, he can elevate a Titled Douluo on the spot."
"With a casual gesture, he broke the millennium-long bottleneck our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School believed unbreakable!"
His voice was soft—yet every word cracked like an ice pick.
"But you—!"
His anger surged like a tidal wave.
"You unfilial daughter, you REFUSED that senior's invitation!"
"You even said you would TEAR DOWN his shop!"
Silence.
Absolute silence.
Flender and Zhao Wuji felt their scalps numb.
A Titled Douluo promoted with a flick of a finger?
This had to be a joke.
But this was Ning Fengzhi speaking.
Ning Fengzhi was not someone who joked about such things.
"Dad…"
Ning Rongrong finally regained her voice—only to snap in anger.
"Don't tell me you BELIEVE that nonsense?!"
"How could someone like that exist?!"
Her shrill words mirrored the thoughts of Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, even Oscar in his crumpled state.
Impossible.
Ridiculous.
Absurd.
How could such a being exist?
"Heh—"
Ning Fengzhi's lips curled into a cold, mocking smile.
"You think I'm deceived?"
"Then let me remind you of a name."
His next words hit like a hammer.
"Zhu Zhuqing."
Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Flender all stiffened.
Zhu Zhuqing—
The girl who vanished right under their noses.
The one Flender planned to hunt down for the secret of her Immortal Herb.
The one who ran from them without leaving a trace.
Ning Rongrong pouted.
"What about her? What does she have to do with this—"
Ning Fengzhi's breath frosted over.
"Do you know…"
Every word trembled with suppressed fury.
"…that because YOU rejected that senior, the blessing that SHOULD HAVE BEEN OURS…"
"…was taken by HER?"
"Do you know that because of YOUR arrogance, the supreme chance intended for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School…"
"…is now in the hands of an outsider?!"
He roared:
"I SAW HER TODAY!"
"She has already broken through!"
"She is a SPIRIT ELDER!"
"AND IT WAS YOU—!!"
Ning Fengzhi jabbed a trembling finger at his daughter's forehead.
"You! You personally handed that opportunity away!"
Ning Rongrong felt a deafening buzz fill her skull.
Spirit Elder?!
In how many days?!
She couldn't even process it.
But she didn't get the chance.
Because at that moment—
A chilling voice spoke behind her.
Cold.
Poisonous.
Filled with hate.
"So…
that bitch got the Immortal Herb that way."
"She dared to betray me…"
"Run to another man!"
"Hide in that Feng Ran Pavilion?!"
The moment that voice fell—
Ning Fengzhi stopped moving.
His expression went blank.
Then all emotion drained from his face.
Heartache vanished.
Rage vanished.
Even the fear for his sect dissipated.
What replaced it—
Was pure, lethal coldness.
As if someone had stepped on a mine.
He slowly turned his head toward the speaker.
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo moved at the exact same moment.
Together.
Their expressions emotionless.
Their killing intent unmistakable.
Their eyes locked on—
Dai Mubai.
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