Before Fei Si's departure, and in the presence of Zhou Nongying, he was particularly solicitous towards Ning Zhuo.
Ning Zhuo, however, appeared indifferent, almost to the point of being the polar opposite of his former self.
Such an attitude naturally pleased Zhou Nongying greatly; he understood that this junior, Ning Zhuo, was extremely astute, fully aware of the current political landscape and who the real allies and foes were.
At present, the Lava Fairy Palace had already fallen into the hands of the Meng Family.
It was inevitable that Meng Kui would not relinquish it easily. Given time, with the Lava Fairy Palace as a strategic fulcrum, the Meng Family would possess an almost perfect justification to continuously dispatch their cultivators to garrison Fire Persimmon Immortal City.
Ultimately, this could lead to Fire Persimmon Immortal City being fully absorbed by the Meng Family, turning it into a private domain of their clan.
