Enduring humiliation for three years, seizing the elixir, the treasure, and the holy maiden.

We walked halfway further in through the corridor.

Su Chen picked out a few items.

A hairpin, with a white jade inlaid at the head, and cloud patterns inside the jade.

Ying Ning'er said this was Water Cloud Jade, the best for nourishing the spirit and soul.

A small mirror with a few strokes of grass pattern engraved on its back.

A Nascent Soul cultivator can use this mirror to control their divine sense, saving three-tenths of their effort.

I bought it too.

He picked out another spirit crystal.

The stone was completely translucent and felt cool to the touch.

Su Chen was stunned for a moment as he held the object.

This material is for women to make jewelry.

He suddenly remembered that when he sent the girl back to Luoyan City, he told her to find a place to stay on her own.

After that, I never paid attention to it again.

A spirit slave at the Nascent Soul stage, left in Luoyan City, who knows how he's faring.

That's it.

They were all taken together.

Finally, Su Chen reached into his sleeve.

The bag of spirit stones is flat.

He picked up the bag and shook it twice.

It stopped making a sound.

Su Chen frowned.

It's laughable that a cultivator at the Void Refinement stage is this poor.

"Master."

Ying Ning'er asked a question quietly from the side.

"Should Yingning go and return those items?"

"Retreat what?"

Su Chen tucked the bag into his waistband.

"It's not like Su is gone."

"There are plenty of people returning to Luoyan City."

He suddenly remembered something.

He took something out of his storage bag and stuffed it into Ying Ning'er's arms.

It was a soft armor.

It was as thin as a layer of gauze, white with a hint of blue.

Ying Ning'er held that thing, completely dumbfounded.

"Master, this..."

"Protective soft armor for Nascent Soul stage cultivators."

Su Chen walked towards the stone steps with his hands behind his back.

"You have just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, and your primordial spirit is still immature."

"Following Su from now on, we'll inevitably be heading into dangerous places."

"Don't kill yourself."

Ying Ning'er looked down at the soft armor in her arms.

After a while, he remembered that he should bow.

She leaned forward, her voice slightly choked.

"Yingning'er thanks Master."

Don't thank me yet.

Su Chen walked up the stone steps.

"I have something on my mind today."

Ying Ning'er raised her head.

"The Xuanhuang Continent is so vast, there are many ways to do business."

Su Chen pressed his hand on the slippery stone wall, then withdrew it.

"But there are very few people who can truly see things clearly."

"That auction house in Luoyan City, with such a large business, only hires appraisers who have reached the Nascent Soul stage."

"It's a waste to have your skills wasted serving tea and water in a brothel."

Ying Ning'er paused for a moment.

"Wait until we return to the Xuanhuang Continent."

Su Chen didn't turn around.

"I'll arrange a shop for you."

"You can manage it yourself."

"If there's a loss, it's Su's responsibility; if there's a profit... it's also Su's responsibility."

Ying Ning'er, standing behind him, paused for a moment.

Then, he suddenly laughed.

After laughing, she quickly covered her mouth.

"Ying Ning'er... listen to Master."

Reach the top of the stone steps, and behind that stone door lies the city ablaze with lights.

Su Chen stepped out.

The night breeze felt much cooler on my face than in the black market.

"tomorrow."

Su Chen stood outside the stone gate, gazing at the brightly lit city.

"If Lu Yao doesn't come to me to tell me about that opportunity..."

"I, Su, will take you away."

"Return to the Xuanhuang Continent."

Ying Ning'er hugged the soft armor tightly to her chest.

"Yes."

...

Not long after he finished speaking...

The world has changed.

There were originally no stars in the sky above the City of Eternal Night, but the black mist rising from the sinkhole completely covered it.

But this time...

The black mist was slapped away from above.

It created an opening spanning dozens of miles.

What's visible inside the opening isn't the sky.

It is a foot.

A foot that stands atop the heavens.

hum.

The entire city seemed to sway.

The strings of lanterns hanging from the eaves had broken in large sections, and they were falling down with a crackling sound.

Beneath Su Chen's feet, a thin crack appeared on the jade-paved ground.

A powerful pressure descended.

All the cultivators in the city knelt down in unison.

Several Golden Core cultivators fainted immediately.

Su Chen stood still.

But the piece of black jade under his feet was dented by his footsteps.

A bad feeling crept into his heart.

Good guy.

This oppressive aura is not right.

It was truly terrifying; even cultivators at the Void Refinement stage felt a chill run down their spines...

The window on the top floor of Qinghuan Pavilion, with its glass-like layer of spiritual light, shattered.

When Lu Yao emerged from that pavilion, the sleeves of her red dress were still disheveled.

As soon as her shield light appeared, it was pressed down by the oppressive force and sank half a foot.

Half of his body went limp, and he almost knelt in the void.

Blood Demon Child fled from the other side of the city, his face as blue as his gourd.

The two people, suspended in mid-air, bowed in unison.

"Greetings, senior."

No one answered from the heavens above.

There was only a cold snort.

The hum was silent, yet it echoed throughout the entire city.

"You two, why don't you show yourself?"

Lu Yao bent down even lower.

"senior."

"This junior has already left Su Chen in the city."

She gritted her teeth.

"However, there is no need for you to take action, senior."

"Let the two of us capture him alive, and then let the senior decide what to do."

Blood Fiend followed suit, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

"With a senior like you here, the two of us have nothing to fear from Su Chen!"

The figure remained motionless high in the sky.

His brow furrowed slightly.

capture?

I never said I wanted to capture him alive.

I never said I was going to harm him.

Li Changfeng put his hands behind his back.

This trip from above took quite a bit of time.

Meeting his apprentice was more troublesome than he had imagined.

In retrospect, it seems that these two misunderstood.

I've taken my words to heart and thought it might be going down that path.

So be it.

Li Changfeng's eyes lingered on the lights in the city.

It's nothing more than a battle between cultivators at the Void Refinement stage.

You won't die.

I'd like to see for myself.

How much has Su Chen improved over the years?

High above, the figure remained silent.

Lu Yao looked up.

If you don't hear a rebuke, that means you've given your consent.

She felt a sense of relief.

"Fellow Daoist Xue"

A voice transmission was sent.

"Let's do it."

Two beams of light, one red and one black, descended from the heavens and headed straight for the black market in the city.

...

The stone steps leading to the black market were packed with people.

Those who were pressed down just now haven't stood up yet.

As soon as Su Chen led Ying Ning'er out of the crowd, he saw that all the cultivators around him were looking up.

then.

Two beams of shield light descended.

Lu Yao's red dress clung to her legs in the wind from above, creating a line.

Xue Shazi already had that gourd in his hand.

Upon seeing the two, the surrounding cultivators hurriedly cupped their hands and knelt down.

"Everyone."

Lu Yao was suspended in mid-air, and one of her jade-like hands pressed down on her head.

"The two of us are about to engage in a great battle with this Senior Su before you."

"You may all leave."

The crowd below fell silent for a moment.

"A battle between cultivators at the Void Refinement stage is no joke."

Lu Yao's voice echoed throughout the entire street.

"If you want to observe, you should at least retreat a hundred miles and use your divine sense to see."

"Those below the Nascent Soul stage, why aren't you leaving yet?"

"You don't even have the right to observe."

"If you're even a step too late, you'll be caught in the spiritual energy's blast and die. Don't blame anyone else."

Everyone was stunned.

...