Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 414 Blood Nether

However, when refining some treasures, adding top-grade spirit stones can greatly increase the power of the treasures.

The price of 1.1 million spirit stones per piece offered by Shopkeeper Wang was already quite low and a great discount. Nie Zhaonan pondered for a moment and nodded with satisfaction:

"Five top-grade spirit stones with thunder attributes."

As he spoke, Nie Zhaonan waved his sleeves and a storage bag slowly flew out.

Shopkeeper Wang took the storage bag and put it away with one hand. When he turned his palm over, five palm-sized jade boxes stacked together appeared in his hand.

“Top-grade spiritual stones are relatively simple to preserve. They don’t need to be stored in medicine gardens or treasuries like elixirs and spiritual medicines.” Shopkeeper Wang explained as he handed over the jade box.

"Hmm." Nie Zhaonan said lightly and took the jade box in his hand. Just as he was about to put it away, his movement paused slightly.

A joyful voice came from outside the door:
"Fairy Bingfeng, I finally found you."

Hearing the man's voice, Jin Ling and Bing Feng's faces turned grim and they looked unhappy.

Seeing this, Nie Zhaonan roughly guessed who the person was and looked in the direction of the voice.

A man wearing a blood-red robe, a band on his forehead, and short horns on his head strode in.

"It's Brother Xue Ming. How come you have time to come to my pharmacy?" Shopkeeper Wang greeted him with a chuckle, as if he didn't hear Xue Ming's words.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, didn't you hear me? I came here for Fellow Daoist Bingfeng." The big man with blood just glanced at Shopkeeper Wang, and then his eyes were fixed on Bingfeng.

"Alas," Shopkeeper Wang sighed secretly. His good intentions were ignored, so he would not say anything more which would be thankless.

After all, based on the conversation with Nie Zhaonan just now, one can guess from the simple information that this young friend Nie is definitely not an ordinary ascended cultivator, otherwise he would not be valued by Lord Yueli and would not have his maid specially accompany him.

Seeing this man named Xue Ming being so rude, Nie Zhaonan frowned slightly, put away the jade box in his hand, stepped in front of Bing Feng and protected her behind him.

At this moment, in Bingfeng's eyes, the figure in front of her seemed so reassuring. She smiled faintly on her jade-like face and felt quite sweet in her heart. She reached out and hugged Nie Zhaonan's arm.

Seeing the two of them acting so intimately, Xue Ming's originally slightly happy expression instantly changed, his eyebrows raised, and his eyes flashed with cold light:
"Fairy Bingfeng, who is this fellow Taoist?"

Everyone present could hear the suppressed anger in his tone.

"This is my husband." Before Nie Zhaonan could open his mouth, Bing Feng spoke, her voice cold and distant.

"Fairy Bingfeng, there is no need to find someone just to reject me. How can such a simple lie deceive a mere Void Refining cultivator like me?" Xue Ming's mouth twitched, but the smile was a little forced. He was very unhappy that the woman he liked was so intimate with other men.

With his level of cultivation, he could naturally see that Bing Feng was still in her Yuan Yin body. How could she be a Taoist couple with this human cultivator? He absolutely did not believe it.

"When I first encountered your entanglement, Bing Feng had already clearly stated that she had a Taoist partner. Now the facts are in front of me, but you still don't believe it. You are really a toad wanting to eat swan meat. You are so persistent and you don't even care about the face of a senior in the Refining Void Stage." Jin Ling opened her mouth and spoke suddenly to Xue Ming.

"You" was mocked so rudely by Jin Ling, Xue Ming glared at her, but when he thought that she was Lord Yueli's maid, he suppressed his anger.

Ignoring Jin Ling, Xue Ming turned his head and looked Nie Zhaonan up and down without any hesitation, and said calmly:
"I, Xue Ming, am a cultivator of the Void Refining Stage and a dragon, which is more than enough for Fairy Bingfeng. But you, a human cultivator, are only in the middle stage of the Spiritualization Stage. You are not worth mentioning. How can you make Fairy Bingfeng willing to accept you?"

Seeing that Xue Ming still refused to give up and did not take him seriously, Nie Zhaonan looked back and said calmly:
"My relationship with Feng'er is not enough for an outsider like you to question."

"Okay, okay," Xue Ming said three "Okays" in a row and sneered, "Youngster, you are really arrogant. You actually dare to speak to the senior in this tone. So, you must have the confidence to do so?"

"Why don't you have a fight? If you lose, you can sever ties with me and stay away from Fairy Bingfeng!"

As a monk, everything depends on strength.

Bing Feng's gaze towards Xue Ming became increasingly cold, even icy.

Glancing at the big man Xue Ming, Nie Zhaonan said in a light tone:
"Senior, your cultivation is far superior to mine. Let's not talk about whether this contest is fair or not. Even Feng'er is my woman, Nie Zhaonan. I don't have the habit of using my women as bets."

Even if he had a 100% chance of winning, he would never bet on Bing Feng. It would be an insult to her.

"Besides, what if I win?" Nie Zhaonan added.

Suddenly, Jin Ling smiled and said with a smile:

"Hehehe, Brother Nie's words make a lot of sense. I don't think Brother Nie is afraid of you, Xue Ming. How about this, don't involve Bing Feng, just the two of you have a duel. As for the stakes, just take out a treasure that satisfies the other party."

Nie Zhaonan did not refuse and looked at Xue Ming with disapproval.

Xue Minglang laughed and said confidently:
"You exchanged for lightning-attributed top-grade spirit stones here before. It seems that you are practicing lightning-attributed skills. I think you are interested in the news about the 'Sunflower Water Divine Thunder'. I just don't know what you can come up with to satisfy me."

"Kui Shui Divine Thunder?"

Nie Zhaonan exclaimed in surprise, and a flash of joy flashed across the depths of his eyes, but it still caught Xue Ming's attention, and the smile on Xue Ming's face became even wider.

"Fellow Daoist, you can come up with some decent treasure, right? If you really don't have any, you can use the top-grade spirit stones you exchanged as bets. Although the value is a little lower, it is not unacceptable." Xue Ming said with ill intention.

"Senior, do you think this thing is feasible?" A light flashed in Nie Zhaonan's hand, and a bamboo suddenly appeared.

This is an emerald green bamboo with a diameter of about an inch, about three feet long, and bare. The whole body looks like a flawless jade carving, and it is unusually round. What is even more eye-catching is that strands of light golden arcs bounce up from the bamboo from time to time, accompanied by crackling thunder.

"Golden Thunder Bamboo! Young friend actually has this thing!" Shopkeeper Wang exclaimed.

There was also some surprise on Jin Ling's chubby face. The Golden Thunder Bamboo is one of the three sacred trees in the world of immortal cultivation. The 'divine thunder that wards off evil' contained in it has a natural restraint on the evil magic skills. It is definitely a treasure that all the combined cultivators will scramble to fight for.

"Golden Thunder Bamboo." Staring straight at the Golden Thunder Bamboo and listening to the subtle thunder, Xue Ming was so surprised that he couldn't speak clearly, his eyes were full of fiery colors.

Whether it was the Golden Thunder Bamboo, the Soul-Nourishing Wood, the Spirit Eye Tree, or even the Nine-Leafed Green Wutong and the Mysterious Heavenly Immortal Vine, Bing Feng had long been tired of seeing them, so there was no surprise on his face, and it was very normal. However, at this moment, the three people's attention was attracted by the Golden Thunder Bamboo, so naturally they did not notice Bing Feng's abnormality. The value of the 'Sunflower Water Divine Thunder' news was naturally not comparable to the Golden Thunder Bamboo in his hand, but Nie Zhaonan did not care at all, and just said lightly:
"Senior, if you can defeat me, the Golden Thunder Bamboo in my hand will be yours."

"Okay! You said it!" Xue Ming didn't want to agree to it out of hand because he didn't think he would lose to a Divine Transformation cultivator. The main reason was that the value of the Golden Thunder Bamboo was too amazing. Even if he couldn't use it, he would definitely be able to get a sky-high price at the auction.

"Senior Jin Leizhu has already seen it, but I am not sure whether the news about the 'Kuishui Divine Thunder' is true." Nie Zhaonan would not easily believe a person's words, so he said.

Understanding Nie Zhaonan's meaning, Xue Ming said:

"I heard the news about the 'Sunflower Water Divine Thunder' from Elder Zhuhuo by chance. Elder Zhuhuo is a True Dragon Clan fusion cultivator, so the news he told me is absolutely true."

Nie Zhaonan had a calm expression and did not speak.

"If you are still not satisfied, I can record the news in a jade slip and let Manager Wang verify its authenticity." Xue Ming looked at Manager Wang. As Manager Wang could serve as the manager on Dragon Island, he was undoubtedly trustworthy and would not spread the news.

"Hahaha, I'm happy to do this little thing for you." He was also somewhat interested in the news about the 'Kuishui Divine Thunder', so Shopkeeper Wang agreed with a smile.

"Thank you very much." Nie Zhaonan nodded.

Xue Ming shook the storage bracelet on his wrist, and a white jade slip flew out. In just a moment, he imprinted the message on it and handed it to Shopkeeper Wang.

"So fast?" Nie Zhaonan was puzzled.

After Shopkeeper Wang probed the jade slip with his spiritual sense, his expression became strange. He only saw four words.

He quickly withdrew his consciousness, looked a little hesitant, and said:
"The news is true, but it is impossible to obtain the 'Sunflower Water Divine Thunder' based on this news alone."

"News is just news. If you want to get the treasure, you must rely on your own strength." Xue Ming said.

"Thank you." After thanking him, Nie Zhaonan looked at Xue Ming, who had a calm but worried expression. He naturally knew what he was worried about, and said:

"Since there is no problem with the news, I will naturally not regret it."

"Well, you still have some backbone." A strange look flashed across Xue Ming's face, and then he pounded his chest hard and said to Bing Feng with full confidence:

"Fairy Bingfeng, being strong is the foundation for cultivators like me. No matter how handsome you look, you are just a shell after all."

Since the bet has been made, Bing Feng doesn't need to worry too much. She sneered, "Senior, you are wrong. Whether in appearance or strength, you are not as good as my husband."

"Your horizons are limited by your cultivation level at the Spirit Transformation Stage. The strength of a Void Refining cultivator is beyond the imagination of a Spirit Transformation cultivator." Xue Ming shook his head.

At this time, in a room behind the shop, a small magic circle flashed with light, and a tall young monk appeared.

He walked quickly into the shop, took out four identical green storage bracelets, and handed them all to Shopkeeper Wang.

"Young man, please count the quantity to see if it is correct." Shopkeeper Wang handed the storage bracelet he had just received to Nie Zhaonan.

After taking the storage bracelets, Nie Zhaonan subconsciously swept his spiritual sense over one of the storage bracelets, and countless wooden boxes made of unknown spiritual wood came into view, as well as a jade slip with the three big words "Jingyuan Dan" engraved on its surface.

Without lingering on the jade slip that recorded the method of refining the "Essence Pill", Nie Zhaonan locked his spiritual sense on a wooden box and took it out.

As soon as the wooden box appeared, Nie Zhaonan flicked it with one hand, and a ray of spiritual light penetrated into it without any hindrance. With a "click", the lid of the box opened.

A red spiritual grass about an inch tall appeared, full of spiritual energy and emitting a faint red glow. Its roots were still covered with some soil, as if it had been dug out not long ago.

"The ten thousand year old red spirit grass is one of the main ingredients for refining the Essence Pill. Not only this red spirit grass, but all the spiritual herbs and medicines you bought were freshly picked from the medicine garden. They are absolutely full of medicinal properties without any loss."

It was normal to think about it. There was certainly no shortage of spiritual fields for growing spiritual medicines on Dragon Island. Leaving mature spiritual medicines on the spiritual fields not only saved the effort of storing them, but also kept the medicinal power of the spiritual medicines from being lost.

Nie Zhaonan nodded with satisfaction, closed the wooden box again, put it back into the storage bracelet, and put all four storage bracelets away without even looking at them.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Wang just smiled and told a waiter next to him:
"Keep an eye on Baoyaotang."

"Yes, from the shopkeeper."

"Manager Wang, do you also want to watch the fight between me and this kid?" Xue Ming paused on his way out and asked with something in his mind.

"A little interested." Shopkeeper Wang followed with a smile.

"What's so interesting about a short fight?" Xue Ming shook his head and laughed. He thought that he had overestimated Nie Zhaonan. Even a cultivator in the late stage of the Spiritualization Realm might not be able to withstand his full-strength attack and remain unharmed.

Nie Zhaonan had no intention of saying more to Xue Ming. He just walked out with Bing Feng and Jin Ling.

Three hours later, above an open square in front of a huge palace, Nie Zhaonan, in a dark black robe, was standing in mid-air in a huge white curtain of light. Opposite him, Xue Ming, in a blood-red robe, was floating there with his arms folded, his expression extremely cold.

Outside the light curtain, many monks gathered and whispered.

"A Spiritualization cultivator actually dared to fight with Xue Ming. Although Xue Ming has only been promoted to the Void Refining stage not long ago, he is a genuine Void Refining cultivator."

"That junior in the Spiritualization Stage is too arrogant. Does he think that his own strength can be compared with that of a True Dragon of the same level?"

"Perhaps this is indeed possible. After all, have you ever seen a human cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage in this True Dragon Realm before?"

"Manager Wang, you didn't stay at the Treasure Medicine Hall to watch the battle? Do you know that human monk?"

"Haha, it turns out to be Fellow Daoist Weng. Fellow Nie just bought some things at 'Baoyaotang', and I don't know much about him." Shopkeeper Wang looked back and saw a scarred man, and said in a amiable manner.

(End of this chapter)