Seven Treasures City, in terms of scale, is not a large city. It primarily serves as a trading platform for the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School
's disciples scattered throughout the Heaven Dou Empire. Besides the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School members, most are people from villages near Heaven Dou City seeking a living, or merchants from all over the world actively seeking cooperation with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School.
Early in the morning, the city gates of Seven Treasures City opened. Logically, by this time, the area outside the city should have been crowded with people.
But today was different. The Soul Masters guarding the city leisurely opened the gates. Not only was there no one there, but a strange, dark green mist enveloped the entire Seven Treasures City. Faced with
such an eerie scene, no one dared to approach. Only a few more resourceful
individuals planned to climb the city walls to investigate. However, the fastest runner, barely having taken a breath after reaching the top, suddenly changed his expression, instinctively reaching for his own throat.
"The fog... is poisonous."
Immediately, he lost all life, collapsing straight down and tumbling down the city gate stairs...
Half an hour later, Ning Fengzhi, who hadn't even had time to tidy himself up, was dragged out by Chen Xin and Gu Rong.
Although their methods towards their sect leader were somewhat rough, this wasn't the time to worry about that.
The three flew in from the air, their faces turning visibly dark as they looked at the dark green poisonous fog that had already spread to the walls of Seven Treasures City.
Chen Xin and Gu Rong, in particular, had terrifyingly grim expressions, as if they were about to drip water.
Immediately, the hot-tempered Gu Rong roared, "Dugu Bo, you old poisoner, get out here!"
Ning Fengzhi also took this opportunity to tidy himself up, using his soul power to loudly proclaim, "Senior Bilin Douluo, I wonder what my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has done to offend you? Fengzhi apologizes to you in advance."
"Hehe, I dare not accept such praise. You are the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the second most powerful sect in the world, with immense power. How could a wandering hermit like me deserve your apology?" Whether
intentionally or not, Dugu Bo emphasized the second two words significantly.
Not to mention Ning Fengzhi, anyone with normal hearing could hear it.
In an instant, the direct disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, who had just awakened from their slumber, were enraged.
If they weren't support-type disciples and didn't yet possess the cultivation of a Title Douluo, they might have died in the poisonous fog before even seeing Dugu Bo. They were so arrogant that they wanted to show Dugu Bo why their flowers were red.
"You bastard, Dugu Bo, do you really think I wouldn't dare kill you?!"
Compared to Ning Fengzhi, the word "second" hurt Gu Rong and Chen Xin even more.
Even with Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi's assistance, they still couldn't defeat the two brothers from the Clear Sky Sect.
Chen Xin was alright; compared to his father and grandfather, he had already somewhat given up, and aside from the involvement of a certain spoiled young lady, he wasn't that angry.
But the narrow-minded Gu Rong couldn't tolerate the slightest mockery and was extremely furious.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Dugu Bo ignored him, and the poisonous fog that had already spread over the city walls slowly surged, pressing directly towards the interior of Seven Treasures City.
Now, even with his impeccable manners and composure, Ning Fengzhi could no longer remain calm. "Your Majesty Bilin, I beg you to show mercy. If I, Ning Fengzhi, have offended you in any way, please speak frankly, and I will certainly give you an explanation.
But the nearly 100,000 people in Seven Treasures City are innocent. Even if you wish to take revenge on my Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School, you should not involve them!"
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ning Fengzhi respectfully bowed deeply towards the city gates, instantly moving the people of Seven Treasures City who were filled with unease.
Such persuasive reasoning and emotional appeal were so effective that unless Dugu Bo truly wanted to be ostracized by the entire continent, he wouldn't have dared to act.
Hidden within the poisonous fog, Dugu Bo couldn't help but marvel at Ning Fengzhi's cunning upon hearing his words.
By placing himself on the guise of righteousness, Ning Fengzhi had directly placed Dugu Bo, a Title Douluo whose reputation was already questionable, in a precarious position.
If Lin Yu were here, he would undoubtedly recognize Ning Fengzhi's tactics immediately—wasn't this the kind of moral blackmail he had encountered online in his previous life, a classic example of feigned retreat followed by deliberate advance?
Faced with this situation, even Lin Yu was helpless. After all, those skilled in moral blackmail often had very low moral standards, or even no morals at all. It's not like you'd bite a dog back after it bites you.
(Dragonite: I prefer dog meat hotpot!)
Humans are social animals, and with the family's troubles recently resolved, he's been busy finding another marriage for his son (finding a stepmother for Dugu Yan), not wanting to offend the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School too much.
The thick, dark green mist had already spread over the city walls and was about to flood into Seven Treasure City. Ning Fengzhi had already ordered his sect disciples to evacuate to Seven Treasure Mountain, leaving only uninvolved civilians.
If Dugu Bo made a move, he would have Chen Xin and Gu Rong attack together; even if they couldn't kill Dugu Bo, they would at least give him a severe beating.
The only thing that bothered him was that if those unrelated civilians in Seven Treasure City died, he might have to pay a large sum of money.
"Sect Leader Ning cherishes the people of Tiandou and is courageous in taking responsibility, which truly moves this old man. This also puts me in a difficult position, since I promised my little grandson that I would avenge him."
Dugu Bo's words stunned Ning Fengzhi. This old man only had one son and one granddaughter, so where did this grandson come from?
Of all the bad luck, their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had run into them, and it seemed they had offended him quite badly!
Dugu Bo was, after all, a Title Douluo, so he wouldn't lie (even a godchild counts as a grandchild), so Ning Fengzhi subconsciously assumed that it was a descendant of Dugu Bo's past scandals.
This wasn't uncommon in the Soul Master world; the neighboring Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan, not far from them, had people coming to claim ancestry every year.
Of course, most of them were just bluffing and freeloading, but there were always one or two who genuinely possessed dragon-type martial souls.
Although Dugu Bo's martial soul wasn't a dragon, it was still classified as a sub-dragon. After all, dragons are... well, it's not surprising that they suddenly have a grandson who's been living away from home.
Ning Fengzhi had nothing more to say. Whoever it was, since they'd brought such trouble to the sect and offended Dugu Bo, the most troublesome Title Douluo, he would punish them severely.
Immediately, Ning Fengzhi's expression turned serious, and he said solemnly to Dugu Bo outside Seven Treasures City, "Please put aside your anger, Your Majesty. Fengzhi will definitely investigate thoroughly and punish them severely, and will certainly give Your Majesty a satisfactory answer!"
Hiding in the poisonous fog, Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself, "You said it yourself, don't say I forced you."
Dugu Bo coughed lightly, his expression calm, and said, "There's no need to investigate that. My grandson is named Lin Yu. I'm sure Sect Leader Ning knows him, right? Shameless, bullying the weak, His Majesty Bone Douluo!"
Ning Fengzhi's face stiffened, and he immediately regretted speaking too confidently in order to leave a good impression on Dugu Bo regarding the cooperation with the Heavenly Dou Empire. Now, he could only bite the bullet and say, "Senior Dugu, that young man is the son of Marquis Chengyang. He and you..."
"What? Is it wrong for him to be my adopted grandson? Is an adopted grandson not a grandson?"