Douluo Continent: After my true feelings were exposed, I was forced to become the group's darli

"What do you mean?" Ning Shu didn't want to play games with Ning Li.

"What do you know?" she asked.

Ning Li gave Yu Shui a deep look, then smiled and said, "You should ask your father or Sect Leader Ning. I don't know more than they do."

Father……

Ning Shu turned to look at Yu Shui: "Father?"

Ning Li smiled, turned and left.

Yu Shui frowned, lowered his eyes, released Ning Shu's hand, slowly turned around, and sat down on the stool.

The silence lasted for a long time.

Ning Shu looked at Yu Shui.

"Father," she called out.

Yu Shui sighed, her face long. "Please sit down, A-Shu."

Ning Shu obediently sat down: "So, what she said is true, and you were lying to me just now? Lying that you didn't know my background?"

Faced with Ning Shu's question, Yu Shui didn't know what to say. However, he didn't mean to lie to Ning Shu. He frowned, wondering who had told Ning Li these things.

He knew Ning Li wouldn't do anything inhuman.

Yu Shui remained silent for a while before speaking: "A-Shu, the matter hasn't been investigated clearly yet, so I didn't tell you the truth."

"Investigation? Investigate what?" Ning Shu asked, puzzled.

Remembering what Ning Li had just said, she immediately asked, "What do you mean by 'a sect wouldn't adopt a child without a reason'? My biological parents are still alive? Where are they?"

Why doesn't it appear?

Ning Shu didn't ask the last question.

In this situation, it's only possible that she was abandoned by her biological parents; otherwise, why wouldn't the living search for their lost daughter?

Although Ning Shu didn't personally experience those childhood moments, the matter has been brought up to this point, so her body will react in a certain way, such as with Ning Li's questioning just now.

Although she is not the original Ning Shu, she is the current Ning Shu, and the current Ning Shu has the right to know what the original Ning Shu went through.

Faced with Ning Shu's barrage of questions, Yu Shui was at a loss for words. He organized his thoughts and said, "Ah Shu, the reason I brought you back was because you are a member of the Huanling clan."

The Huanling Clan?

Ning Shu listened attentively; she had heard this word before from Qingluan.

"What is the Huanling Clan?" Ning Shu asked.

She seemed to have never heard of this race before.

Yu Shui pursed her lips and said, "The Illusion Bell Clan is a mysterious race. The martial souls awakened by its members are all Phantom Bells. Phantom Bells belong to the treasure-type martial souls and are very rare. In addition, the cultivation path of the Illusion Bell Clan is very broad. It can not only involve the three major categories of support, control, and defense, but also the cultivation of offensive cultivation. Therefore, this race is coveted by many people, especially the women in the clan. As long as one has the bloodline of the Illusion Bell Clan, it is possible to give birth to a child with the super-quality martial soul Phantom Nine Bells. Therefore, the Illusion Bell Clan has always had continuous intermarriage with the outside world. However, this race was almost destroyed by a natural disaster many years ago. Even if there are survivors, there are very few."

Yu Shui sighed, "As for you..."

He looked up and gave Ning Shu a deep look: "At first, I didn't know you were from the Illusion Bell Clan. I thought I had stayed because I had gone against everyone's wishes. But later, when you awakened the Phantom Bell, I understood why the sect had compromised and kept you."

"Later, I realized I had misunderstood the sect leader. He kept you here not to use you, otherwise he wouldn't have let you leave, much less..."

Before Yu Shui could finish speaking, Ning Shu interrupted him: "No, it's not that he doesn't want to use me."

After listening carefully to what Yu Shui said, Ning Shu finally understood why the sect was suddenly willing to vouch for her.

It wasn't just because of Ning Qi, but because her martial soul had evolved into the Phantom Nine Bells.

The Nine-Bell Phantom Martial Soul is of the highest quality among treasure-type artifacts. If cultivated properly, its future will be unpredictable.

Moreover, even if the future is not promising, the Soul Master of the Nine-Belled Phantom still carries the bloodline of the Phantom Bell Clan. This bloodline, if passed down, would be a great benefit to the sect.

The reason they kicked her out was because she hadn't awakened the Nine-Bell Phantom at the time, and they didn't know her martial soul would evolve.

After Ning Li learned of her martial soul evolution, Ning Li secretly investigated her. Yu Shui, who had been secretly protecting her, naturally knew about this as well.

Assuming Yu Shui is on her side, the truth will eventually come out, and it's impossible to keep her martial spirit a secret from the sect.

Therefore, not long after, the sect decided to clear her name so that she could regain her status as a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

What they didn't expect was that Ning Shu was unwilling to return to the sect.

Although Ning Fengzhi did not force her or use any special methods, Ning Shu knew in her heart that this was only because she was still under their control. They only needed to do a good job of putting on a show and did not need to worry about anything else. As long as she did not know about this matter, they could always remain outsiders, while Ning Shu was an insider.

Ning Shu knew better than anyone that those who could sit in high positions on this continent were not good people, and she prayed that they would have compassion for people who were not related by blood.

That's impossible. Even if there's a blood relation, it's possible to harden one's heart and resolve the issue.

Yu Shui looked at Ning Shu, her feelings quite complicated: "A Shu, the sect leader isn't a bad person."

"Whether he's a bad person or not doesn't matter," Ning Shu said with a serious face. "What matters is why Ning Li said it wasn't good news."

She looked down at the sandalwood box in her hand.

Yu Shui hesitated for a moment before speaking: "You don't have to take her words seriously."

"..."

Ning Shu remained silent.

Not serious?

impossible.

However, after these things were said, Ning Shu could probably guess about 80 or 90 percent of the truth.

"My biological parents are dead, aren't they?" she asked, lowering her eyes.

Yu Shui's expression didn't look good: "Yes."

He turned his head away, as if he dared not look at Ning Shu.

Ning Shu was puzzled by his actions. Yu Shui seemed to have been acting strangely ever since he saw her today.

"How did my biological parents die?" Ning Shu asked, looking at Yu Shui.

Yu Shui remained silent, her lips pursed.

Ning Shu: "Father."

Yu Shui: "Ah Shu, I don't know about that."

Don't you understand?

Ning Shu said, "You're probably hiding something from me. What is it? Why don't you want me to know?"

The more you try to keep it from her, the more she wants to know.

Although these weren't her biological parents, they were related to the original owner's background, so they were considered part of her background as well. She had long since identified herself as the original Ning Shu.

"Father, what is it?" Ning Shu frowned and pressed, "What have you been hiding from me?"