Chapter 307: Small Person

Unlike Ning Zhuo's face was solemn; after discussing with the two, he decided to agree to this ransom again and let Ning Xiangguo go one more time.

Unlike Ning Zhuo comforted his uncle and aunt well, then immediately went to see the Ning Clan ancestor Ning Jiufan to explain the situation to him.

Ning Jiufan then asked Unlike Ning Zhuo, how do you see it?

Unlike Ning Zhuo said: "I think this is because I participated in the palace examination and my battle record is quite good. Obviously, many people don't want to see me win like this. So, they used low-class methods to drag out my energy and time."

Ning Jiufan stroked his beard, his eyes looking at Unlike Ning Zhuo containing a hint of appreciation.

In his view, Unlike Ning Zhuo's battle record was more than just "quite good"; it was excellent to the point of exceeding imagination. The latter could win in duels with many Golden Core cultivators, achieving more victories than defeats. This was unique among Qi Condensation cultivators, and even Meng Chong could not compare to Unlike Ning Zhuo.

"It is quite normal for you to be targeted. It is also quite good that you can see this essence." Ning Jiufan said, "So, there is no hope of redeeming your cousin by relying on ransom. What do you plan to do?"

Ning Jiufan was still testing Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo sighed, looking at Ning Jiufan with a face full of worry: "Ancestor, although I am not close to my uncle's family. To be honest, I lived under others' roofs for a long time, and they gave me many cold eyes and poor treatment."

"But for one thing, they are ultimately my closest blood relatives in this world. For another, I did grow up partly under their protection."

"In terms of emotion and reason, it is impossible for me to ignore them."

"When poor, one improves oneself; when successful, one helps the world. Therefore, having achieved a little, I thought of repaying them and repaying this kindness."

"In this situation now, I know clearly that this is the enemy's conspiracy, but I can only fall into their trap."

After hearing these words, Ning Jiufan couldn't help but stroke his beard again and sighed: "Sigh, you child..."

He stopped abruptly, but in his heart, he was very satisfied with Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was usually unreliable and always shouted about splitting the family, but he was ultimately a member of the Ning Clan and was very persistent about family affection.

Ning Jiufan had already checked Unlike Ning Zhuo's intelligence and knew deeply that Ning Ze's family's treatment of Unlike Ning Zhuo was more than just poor treatment and cold eyes; it was indifference, treating him as a burden. This point could be seen from the fact that "Unlike Ning Zhuo lost his mother at two years old, but it was only several years later that he was adopted by Ning Ze's family."

Even so, Unlike Ning Zhuo still treated Ning Ze's family so generously. At the critical juncture of the palace examination, he was still unwilling to give up on Ning Ji and was willing to fall into the trap.

Such a "yielding" posture made Ning Jiufan quite moved.

"To recognize a person, one must not only look at what he says, but also look at what he does."

"This child Unlike Ning Zhuo is not bad; deep down, he is pure, good, and kind."

"He is a good seedling!"

"With such capacity and pattern, if he serves as the Clan Head in the future, perhaps it will be a good thing for the entire clan."

Ning Jiufan had already accumulated more and more disappointment and dissatisfaction with the current Ning Clan main lineage.

Every time Unlike Ning Zhuo mentioned splitting the family in front of him, quantitative changes led to qualitative changes, and he began to really imagine the situation of Unlike Ning Zhuo being in charge in the future.

Ning Jiufan said: "You don't need to worry about this matter. I will arrange it."

Unlike Ning Zhuo became nervous: "Ancestor, do you want to do it yourself? That won't do!"

"You are our Ning Clan's greatest hope."

"For the next palace examination, it's fine without me, but it absolutely won't do without you!"

"The reason I was able to perform quite well was just taking advantage of the palace examination rules."

"I would rather have my energy and time dragged out, but you must absolutely not, Ancestor. If you do this, the enemy will probably laugh even in their sleep!"

Seeing Unlike Ning Zhuo's nervous appearance for his sake, Ning Jiufan was greatly comforted and couldn't help but reach out and stroke Unlike Ning Zhuo's head.

This was the first time Ning Jiufan had done such an intimate action.

Not to mention, the feel of this big head was quite good!

"I have my own sense of proportion, Little Zhuo, you don't need to worry."

"You also don't need to belittle yourself. The second round of the palace examination has progressed to now, and anyone can see that the Lava Xian Gong's palace examination is very biased toward the trial disciples."

"You have switched to cultivating the Five Elements Qi Law, so you are one of the Lava Xian Gong's own people. For the next palace examination, this advantage in identity cannot be ignored."

"Next, our Ning Clan will inevitably only have the two of us participating in the palace examination. We must advance together; even if we cannot obtain the position of Palace Master, we can seek other high-grade positions and lay a solid foundation for the Ning Clan to gain a foothold in Fire Persimmon Immortal City in the future!"

"I will take on this little wind and rain for you, Ancestor. Next, you must go all out and not be distracted by outside trifles."

Unlike Ning Zhuo was moved to the point that his eyes turned red, and he immediately bowed deeply.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was not surprised to obtain Ning Jiufan's protection. The latter's performance was also one of the situations he had estimated.

After he withdrew, he immediately summoned Ning Xiangguo and told the latter that he had received the ancestor's protection and would go all out for the palace examination, no longer asking about outside trifles.

Ning Xiangguo immediately revealed a hint of joy, congratulating Unlike Ning Zhuo on being so recognized and cherished by his own ancestor, having broad prospects and a bright future. He very much agreed with Ning Jiufan's view; this must be the enemy's trick to drag out Unlike Ning Zhuo. If Unlike Ning Zhuo was affected, the entire Ning Clan would be affected, and the enemy must absolutely not be allowed to succeed!

Don't look at how Ning Xiangguo spoke eloquently; Unlike Ning Zhuo understood the latter's identity as an internal traitor.

The one Ning Xiangguo secretly defected to was the City Lord's Mansion.

And according to the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit's subsequent intelligence, Unlike Ning Zhuo also knew that the masked man's group was the City Lord's Mansion's black glove.

The masked assassin was good at using Gu worms and had once taken action to secretly harm the genius cultivators of the three families.

Ning Xiangguo himself did not know the true camp of the masked man's group. But this did not prevent him from sending his own intelligence to the dark line at a fixed time.

The City Lord's Mansion's dark line received this intelligence and immediately presented it to the superior.

The superior looked at it and immediately became anxious.

They had finally found a way to interfere with Unlike Ning Zhuo, but it was broken by Ning Jiufan.

This immediately made the superior produce strong malice, wanting to take advantage of the time when Ning Ji was still effective to squeeze out all his value, letting his death cause a major impact on Unlike Ning Zhuo's mind!

"Although Unlike Ning Zhuo is a genius, he is ultimately just a sixteen-year-old child."

"Even if his relationship with his uncle's family is thin, as long as Ning Ji dies, I still have a backup plan; I can widely spread rumors, ruin Unlike Ning Zhuo's righteous reputation, and let him be stifled and irritable."

The superior reported his opinion upward quickly.

The action plan was finally sent to Fei Si's hands.

"Unlike Ning Zhuo..." Fei Si sighed, and Unlike Ning Zhuo's appearance of bowing to him, being respectful and submissive, floated before his eyes again.

But Fei Si could perceive the fire burning in the depths of Unlike Ning Zhuo's eyes.

"You brat, you ultimately blocked my Meng family's path."

No matter how much Fei Si appreciated Unlike Ning Zhuo, he couldn't sacrifice his own interests for him.

Fei Si attached himself to Meng Kui; if the Meng family's interests were damaged, his interests were damaged.

Therefore, he used his vicious and ruthless wisdom to improve the entire action plan.

After the superior received Fei Si's instructions, the more he pondered, the more he felt it was exquisite; while sighing "As expected of Lord Fei Si," he executed it with all his might.

Soon, the masked man received the order to take action and came before Ning Ji.

"You are going to die!"

"Unlike Ning Zhuo is not saving you."

"Before you die, is there anything you want to say?"

Ning Ji was shocked, shouting that it was impossible, begging bitterly.

The masked man tortured him greatly; Ning Ji was tortured to the point of wishing he were dead, cursing Unlike Ning Zhuo and others to the masked man, venting the wild rage and regret in his heart before death.

Ning Jiufan issued instructions, ordering a group of clan experts to raid the kidnappers' location and forcibly rescue Ning Ji, not giving the enemy space to play tricks.

Ning Xiangguo also received a secret order from the City Lord's Mansion. Through the operation of other dark lines, he led a group of confidants and successfully mixed into the rescue team.

Ning Ji died.

The rescue mission failed.

But Ning Xiangguo succeeded!

He intercepted Grandma Xiaohui, who was attempting to flee, and captured her. He sent the evidence of the latter kidnapping Ning Ji, along with the person, to Unlike Ning Zhuo's hands.

Unlike Ning Zhuo saw the evidence, and in front of Ning Xiangguo, his face was as calm as water, and he was so angry that he directly crushed the cup in his hand.

When there was no one around, his gaze was deep and his heart felt cold.

He felt the coldness, the coldness from the superior.

Ning Jiufan didn't care about Ning Ji's life safety at all; he cared about the Ning Clan's interests. Therefore, he deliberately asked Unlike Ning Zhuo, and after understanding Unlike Ning Zhuo's "true feelings," he had no scruples and directly took action. Regardless of success or failure, he wanted to make a final decision and end this matter as much as possible.

Besides being cold, Fei Si was even more vicious. He decisively activated the pawn Ning Xiangguo and sent Grandma Xiaohui to Unlike Ning Zhuo's hands. Because he knew: Unlike Ning Zhuo was extremely disgusted with the Ning Clan's main lineage and had deep hatred. Now, when he knew that Grandma Xiaohui was the murderer who kidnapped his cousin Ning Ji, what would Unlike Ning Zhuo do?

Unlike Ning Zhuo would likely make a scene! He would be angry, he would be excited, his state of mind would be unstable, and at the same time, the environment he was in would also be unstable.

Unlike Ning Zhuo would become a bomb in the Ning Clan camp!

Fei Si's poison could be seen from this.

And he only sent out a demented old woman, while still holding Ning Xiaoren as a backup. Using a plan without exhausting it, he was truly a master of strategy.

As for Ning Ji?

Heh.

Such a small person, who really cares about his life or death?

Perhaps, only his biological parents.

"The life of a small person is really too fragile." In the house, in the dim light, Unlike Ning Zhuo's eyes flickered.

Ning Ji's life took a sharp turn for the worse; one moment he was infinitely glorious, with people fawning over him, and the next moment he became a hostage, tortured to death.

Just because he was dragged into the dark struggle of the high-level.

He was like a crumb, crushed to pieces by the millstones of two factions.

Unlike Ning Zhuo thought of himself.

He knew very well that he could obtain Ning Jiufan's favor largely because he showed value, especially after Ning Xiaohui died.

Compared to Ning Jiufan and Fei Si, he was a small person. Compared to the Meng family and the South Bean Kingdom's royal Zhu family, he was also a small person.

If he was not careful, he would also be ruthlessly crushed.

Just like Ning Ji.

The only difference might be that Ning Ji didn't know the truth until death. While Unlike Ning Zhuo might know a little, just dying with understanding.

Such a situation, for Unlike Ning Zhuo, was actually even better than in his plan.

He acted quickly.

Among the Ning Clan cultivators arranged in the Lava Xian Gong, there were representatives of every branch of the Ning Clan's main lineage.

Unlike Ning Zhuo first talked to them secretly, and after reaching a consensus, he contacted the Ning Clan Head's lineage.

Such a sudden situation shocked the Ning Clan Head into using an emergency teleportation route to personally rush to the Lava Xian Gong and meet with Unlike Ning Zhuo secretly.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's statement was very direct: Grandma Xiaohui, a member of the main lineage, kidnapped a junior of the branch lineage to threaten a young genius among the clan's juniors. If this matter were exposed, the blow to the main lineage and to you, the Clan Head, would be how huge!

But I, Unlike Ning Zhuo, for the sake of the clan and for the overall situation, am unwilling to expose this matter. But if you main lineage want to cover up this matter, you have to pay a price!!

The Ning Clan Head's face was livid: "This price is agreeing to your splitting the family? This is absolutely impossible!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo's face showed a smile: "Other branches of the main lineage have all agreed. What is the point of you, the Clan Head, insisting alone?"

The Ning Clan Head's attitude was firm; during his tenure, causing a splitting of the family was absolutely a major stain in his governing process!

But Unlike Ning Zhuo had already made up his mind about him: "The so-called price can all be negotiated."

"Clan Head, don't you want your son to return to the clan?" ===== CHAPTER 308 =====