Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 138, Section 155: The Benevolent Ruler Ning Fengzhi

The girl in the cage looked at her future master in the corner and recognized him. A hint of surprise and hatred flashed in her eyes, but she concealed it well.

On the other side, in the audience, Kenneth Fok sat next to Ning Fengzhi.

Seeing Ning Fengzhi finish the auction, Huo Qiqiang joked, "I didn't realize that Sect Leader Ning had such unique tastes. You actually like beast-eared girls. Not bad, not bad at all."

Ning Fengzhi quickly explained, "No, Sect Master Huo, you misunderstand me. My purpose in buying her was not for that."

"Oh, what is that?" Huo Qiqiang asked curiously.

Gu Rong explained to Ning Fengzhi, "The sect leader never buys slaves. He only does so out of compassion, spending money to buy them and then giving them their freedom."

Huo Qiqiang nodded and said, "I see. But the world is not something you can change by rescuing one or two slaves."

Ning Fengzhi said calmly, "I don't have the ability to change anything. I only hope to make some changes within my power and be true to my conscience."

Huo Qiqiang exclaimed, "Sect Leader Ning is indeed compassionate. This girl is truly fortunate to have met you; it must have been a blessing she earned over many lifetimes."

For people of Huo Yuhao and Ning Fengzhi's level, the Royal Auction House doesn't offer anything of value.

Occasionally there will be one or two attractive items, such as soul bones, but they are not very old.

And so the auction came to an end.

Ning Fengzhi arrived with the slave. He personally unlocked the slave's handcuffs and shackles, then took out a bag of gold soul coins and handed it to the female slave.

The female slave stared blankly at Ning Fengzhi, somewhat puzzled.

“Child, you are free now. Here’s the money. Go do what you want to do,” Ning Fengzhi said gently.

The girl suddenly spoke up and asked, "Why did you save me?"

"The sect leader saved you because he is a benevolent and righteous man who cannot bear to see the suffering in the world. You should thank him properly instead of asking him why," Gu Rong reprimanded.

"Thank you." After saying thank you, the girl took the money bag and left.

Seeing this, the surrounding nobles all gave Ning Fengzhi a thumbs up: "Sect Leader Ning is indeed a benevolent and righteous ruler."

"This little slave is truly blessed to have met you, Master."

Huo Qiqiang also exclaimed, "I am truly impressed by your benevolent act today, Sect Leader Ning." After saying that, Huo Qiqiang gave Ning Fengzhi a thumbs up.

"Not at all, not at all," Ning Fengzhi quickly replied. "I was just doing what I could."

After Ning Fengzhi completed his daily good deed, he invited Huo Qiqiang to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School for a meeting, but that's another story.

Two flowers bloom, one on each side

After leaving Ning Fengzhi, the slave girl found a discarded black cloth to cover her cat ears and tail, and then ran without stopping for a moment, running out of the city, wanting to get as far away from Tiandou City as possible.

During her time as a slave, she learned that they were auctioned off as playthings to satisfy the peculiar desires of the nobles of Tiandou City. She knew that the nobles of the Tiandou Empire had very diverse tastes; some enjoyed pederasty, some enjoyed listening to the screams of young girls, and some enjoyed sculpting human bodies. Her image was also within their hunting grounds. She didn't feel safe just because Ning Fengzhi had spared her, because from the moment she gained her "freedom," the slave hunters had already set their sights on her.

She was caught up with again in an alley in Tiandou City.

"Your time of freedom is over. Come back with us," a slave hunter from the hunting team said coldly to the slave girl.

The slave girl didn't speak, but turned and ran in another direction, but there were several slave hunters waiting for her in that alley.

The girl turned to leave, only to find that she was surrounded by slave hunters on all sides.

The girl finally spoke, saying, "Sect Leader Ning, give me my freedom. You cannot arrest me."

The members of the slave-hunting team were stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then burst into laughter: "Hahahaha!"

"You really are a fool. It's true that Sect Master Ning set you free, but did he promise to keep you free? No, right?" The leader of the slave-hunting team sneered. "Over the years, Sect Master Ning has been benevolent, buying slaves and setting them free. But once a slave, always a slave. He's released many slaves over the years, but we've caught them all in the end. We can make money twice from one slave. Sect Master Ning gains fame, and we gain real benefits. It's a win-win situation."

"Fool, stop having unrealistic fantasies. Sect Leader Ning released a lot of slaves, but I can tell you the truth, they were all eventually caught by us and sold again, hahahahahahaha." Another slave hunter laughed wildly and said, "Including you."

“You’d better come back with us obediently, wash yourself clean, the prince is waiting for you to serve him,” said the third slave hunter.

Their laughter was full of mockery, and their steps pressed closer and closer to the slave girl.

The slave girl closed her eyes in despair and gave up.

However, after closing her eyes for a long time, she did not receive the handcuffs and shackles she expected. Her delicate skin could feel the cold air flowing around her.

She subconsciously opened her eyes, only to see that the slaves who had been so arrogant and domineering, wanting to capture her and take her back to serve the prince, were now frozen in ice.

Their wild smiles remained vivid even within the translucent ice.

What happened? The girl didn't react for a moment.

"Your name is Luo Xingqi." A clear, ethereal voice came from behind her.

The girl turned her head and saw a stunningly beautiful silver-haired woman standing between two blocks of ice, looking at her. She was the center of the surrounding cold air, and the entire slave-hunting team had been frozen to death on the spot by her.

She is definitely a powerful Soul Master. What is her purpose?
The slave girl looked at the woman in front of her warily.

"Don't worry, I'm different from them. I'm here to save you."

"Thank you!" The slave girl had been saved once before and was already immune to this kind of charity-like "favor."

"Although you weren't born into a privileged background, you were still well-off and witnessed the glamorous side of this world, but you also fell into the abyss and saw its dark side. I ask you, don't you want to change anything?" the woman asked.

The girl shook her head, her eyes dull and lifeless, and said bitterly, "What do you want me to change? What can I change?"

"Only you can answer what you most want to change deep down, but I can give you the ability to change everything."

(End of this chapter)