Chapter 226 Only Death is Possible!
Several days later.
Inside the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Ning Fengzhi, who had declined the welcoming ceremony, chose to arrive in a low-key manner. He carried his sword and bone, and looked at the extraordinary "Emperor Qinghe" with a rather complicated expression.
"Sect Master Ning, what are your thoughts on my engagement with Rongrong?" Qian Renxue asked first.
"…"
Ning Fengzhi looked at Qian Renxue, who was wearing Xue Qinghe's face, and sighed inwardly. He straightened his expression and said:
"Miss Qian Renxue, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and I are already standing here. There's no need for this hiding, is there?"
"Qian Renxue?"
Qian Renxue's eyes flashed. "What is Sect Master Ning talking about? Miss Qian Renxue is not here."
"Hehe!"
Seeing Qian Renxue's pretentious act, Bone Douluo couldn't help but sneer. "Miss Qian Renxue, I don't understand why you, a woman, would agree to a marriage alliance with my sect in the first place?"
"Uncle Bone!"
Ning Fengzhi gave a cold shout. He knew that Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo were angry, but such words could not be said in this situation!
Bone Douluo gave Ning Fengzhi a disapproving look, then shut his mouth and remained silent.
Qian Renxue's eyes turned cold. What exactly was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect doing here? Were they preparing to declare war?
…
Heaven Dou Academy.
"Your father and your two grandfathers have arrived."
Dugu Yan sipped her tea, appearing unhurried. She glanced at the nervous Ning Rongrong and said, "Now you can rest assured, right? I told you, nothing would happen to them."
"Did they go straight back to their sect after they left?" Ning Rongrong asked anxiously.
"They are heading towards Heaven Dou Academy."
Dugu Yan pointed outside. "Look, they arrived pretty quickly!"
Ning Rongrong looked in the direction the finger was pointing and saw that Ning Fengzhi and his two companions were surrounded by the teachers and dean of Heaven Dou Academy. They were now stuck there.
When Ning Rongrong saw the familiar faces of Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, she instantly lost her composure!
"Dad! Grandpa Sword! Grandpa Bone!"
"Rongrong!"
Seeing Ning Rongrong run forward, Ye Lingling nudged Dugu Yan. "Did you get the news a while ago?"
"Of course! They sent me the message when they left Heaven Dou City!"
"Then why are you only saying it now?"
Dugu Yan looked at the three excited people in front of her and said, "I just love seeing Ning Rongrong so nervous. It's so satisfying!"
"Well…"
"Ning Rongrong is really unlucky to have offended you," Ye Lingling said truthfully.
"Now you've offended me!" Dugu Yan glared at her!
…
After Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo withdrew, only Ning Fengzhi and his daughter Ning Rongrong remained.
"Should I stay here? I want to go home." Ning Rongrong looked at her father with a wronged expression.
She really didn't want to stay here anymore. Even if she would die if she went back, she still wanted to go back!
Looking at his daughter like this, Ning Fengzhi's eyes revealed a hint of reluctance, but it quickly turned into a look of determination.
"Rongrong, don't be stubborn! You'll only be safe if you stay here!"
"Is the sect going to war with Spirit Hall?"
"No!"
"Then I want to go back!"
"No! Rongrong, you can't be willful about something like this!"
Ning Fengzhi's tone was resolute, leaving no room for negotiation whatsoever.
He looked at the aggrieved Ning Rongrong, patted her head, and sighed. "Spirit Hall promised me that as long as you behave, they will preserve the bloodline of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"Isn't it just that they're after our spirits!" Ning Rongrong pouted and said angrily.
"That sounds nice, preserving our bloodline! In reality, isn't it just keeping us like pigs in a pen to store the spirits of the three upper sects?!"
"Like the remnants of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, they can't even leave Heaven Dou City! What's the point of living like this!"
"Rongrong!"
Ning Fengzhi snapped at her. "Living is the meaning! Passing down our spirit is the meaning! Do you want our spirit to disappear completely from the continent?"
"Then you can find someone else! I don't want to! I want to go home!"
"Rongrong! Spirit Hall will not force you! If you don't like it, they will not force you to marry someone else."
"I am now the Empress of Heaven Dou! Isn't this considered forced marriage?"
"This is different!"
"What's different?"
You'll find out later.
Ning Fengzhi sighed deeply and stood up. "Rongrong, you are my daughter. I hope that in the future, you will be able to shoulder the responsibility of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect once again!"
"I can't carry this! I just want to go home!"
"Don't be willful! Rongrong, you're not a little kid anymore! Haven't your life at Shrek Academy and your experiences in Heaven Dou City changed you?"
"…"
"Rongrong, from now on, only you can lead and protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spirit masters!"
"Why! Why me?!"
"Because you are my daughter, the most outstanding genius of this generation in our sect! And the future empress of the Heaven Dou Empire! There is no one more suitable than you!"
Ning Fengzhi said firmly.
Ning Rongrong was puzzled and extremely confused. What use were these identities? The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was about to be destroyed!
The sect leader's daughter, the most talented spirit master? In the end, wasn't she just a support-type spirit master who didn't even have the most basic combat abilities?
Ning Rongrong lowered her head. "Does the sect have to fight to the death with Spirit Hall?"
"Let's look to the future!"
Ning Fengzhi gazed at the sky. "Perhaps Spirit Hall won't even exist in the future?"
After saying that, he gave a self-deprecating laugh.
"However, if Spirit Hall wants to start a war, the sect will not surrender! Uncle Sword, Uncle Bone, and I, in the end… sigh…"
Ning Rongrong looked at him. "I want to go home… I want to be with you all…"
"Rongrong, I know you're a good child, but what can you do if you go back to the sect? What can you change?"
Ning Fengzhi's tone softened a bit. "If it really comes to that, even if you become a Soul Sage and reach the same level as me, there will only be one outcome, and nothing can be changed."
"But you are alive. As long as you live well, you can do far more than die for your sect!"
Ning Fengzhi said, "I hope you understand this."
"Then why aren't you alive?"
"They are different."
Ning Fengzhi shook his head. One Soul Sage sect master and two Titled Douluo.
Would Spirit Hall accept them? Even if they did, how would they cope?
Given their immense influence over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and all support-type spirit masters in the world, would Spirit Hall feel comfortable letting them live?
Even if Spirit Hall let them live, would they want to live?
The sect leaders, elders, and high-ranking members of both the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan chose to die for their sects.
Whether it was passive or active, whether they wanted it or not, the result was the same!
As beings of the same level as them, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo had no other choice!
They had only one option: death!
If they chose to live a life of compromise and humiliation, all that awaited them was exclusion by Spirit Hall and the slander and abuse from all the spirit masters in the world!
The backbone of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spirit masters would bend completely at that moment! They would no longer be qualified to call themselves the number one support spirit master in the world!
Because they wouldn't deserve it!
Why were Tang Xiao and Yu Yuanzhen both dead? They both died for their sects! But Ning Fengzhi was still alive!
He could not live! Neither for the sake of the sect nor for the sake of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spirit masters! He could not live!
Ning Fengzhi sighed deeply.
He simply couldn't bring himself to surrender to Spirit Hall.
Even knowing that Spirit Hall had a god, he still couldn't do it.
He represented more than just himself! As the sect master of the number one support-type sect in the world, he represented all the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spirit masters and countless support-type spirit masters!
His surrender meant they had all surrendered!
From now on, regardless of whether they were Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spirit masters or support-type spirit masters, they would be considered inferior!
"Dad, what exactly did you talk about when you came to Heaven Dou City today?"
"What did we talk about? Nothing much. I just came to confirm some things, to confirm some things in my heart."
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