Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 108: Elder Worshiper, Wang Ziyun

Even though Nie Zhaonan continued to refine elixirs and cultivate his magic power, it took him eight years to complete only half of the journey to the middle stage of Jindan.

"It's better to come out of retreat first. Without the help of elixirs, the efficiency of meditation is still too low. There is no need to waste time here."

Nie Zhaonan took a long breath, stood up, moved his body which had not moved for many years, and then slowly walked towards the door of the secret room.

Inside an extremely exquisite boudoir, the walls around it were all engraved with colorful landscapes, including mountains, the sea, and a small courtyard.
A slender figure in a red palace skirt was sitting in front of a desk, holding a white jade slip in both hands. She had a serious expression on her face and was concentrating on reading the contents.

Nie Ying's body suddenly stiffened, and then she immediately dropped the jade slip in her hand and said in surprise: "Husband, you are out of retreat!"

Although she couldn't see the face of the person behind her clearly, she could feel the big hand on her waist, which was exactly the same as in her memory, and smell the familiar scent. This person was undoubtedly her husband.

Nie Zhaonan held Nie Ying in his arms and said slowly, "Your husband has come out of confinement."

"My husband is so mean. He didn't even inform me when he came out of confinement. I was so scared." Nie Ying turned her head slightly, looked at his handsome face, and said coquettishly.

"As a husband, don't you want to give Ying'er a surprise? But seeing Ying'er managing the affairs of the Treasure Pavilion, it is Ying'er who touched me. With a wife like this, what else could a husband ask for?" Nie Zhaonan said softly.

"The leader of Miaoyin Sect once sent a message to Zhenbao Pavilion, hoping to invite my husband to serve as the worship elder." Nie Ying said softly.

"Honorable Elder? Aren't most sects hiring independent cultivators to hold this position? Why would they invite me?" A hint of doubt flashed across Nie Zhaonan's eyes. He couldn't understand what the Miaoyin Sect was planning.

In the world of immortal cultivation, the role of the elders is just to borrow the name and strengthen the prestige of the sect. If you want to ask the elders to do something, you need to pay a certain price and reward.

"I don't know the reason behind this either. The message also said that in addition to a spiritual bamboo, Miaoyin Sect is willing to give out a thousand spiritual stones as an offering every year."

"Spiritual Bamboo?" Nie Zhaonan asked involuntarily.

As for the one thousand spirit stones, Nie Zhaonan simply ignored them. With his wealth, he didn't care about that few spirit stones at all.

Nie Zhaonan was now interested. The only spiritual bamboo that Miaoyin Sect could show off that could attract the attention of a Jindan cultivator was probably the two thousand year old Tianlei Bamboo.

"Husband, do you want to go?" Nie Ying asked curiously when she noticed that Nie Zhaonan was not as nonchalant as before.

"I am very interested in the spiritual bamboo that Miaoyin Sect mentioned. I don't have anything important to do recently, so it wouldn't hurt to go there." Nie Zhaonan nodded.

Outside Tianxing City, a white light shot away into the distance.

The figure in the escaping light was naturally Nie Zhaonan who was heading to Miaoyin Gate.

At this time, Nie Zhaonan's escape speed was the same as that of an ordinary Jindan cultivator. He did not use his full speed to escape just because of a short period of time and expose his true identity.

He didn't think that he could sit back and relax after entering the middle stage of Jindan.

There are quite a few Nascent Soul cultivators in the Chaos Star Sea, and my strength is only at the Jindan stage where I am fearless. Facing a Nascent Soul cultivator, the only way I can do is to escape. I'd better continue to keep a low profile and not attract the attention of those Nascent Soul monsters.

There are only Jindan cultivators stationed in the Miaoyin Sect, and it can only be regarded as a medium-sized sect in the entire Chaos Star Sea. The Miaoyin Sect is stationed on a small island with a very good spiritual vein in the Inner Star Sea, and it does not have the ability to occupy a large island.

A few days later, Nie Zhaonan was suspended in the air, looking at an island about twenty to thirty miles in size below. The island was covered by a formation, but the level of the formation was not very high, and it could only resist the foundation-building cultivators, but it could not stop the Jindan cultivators for long.

At the mountain gate on the edge of the island, there is a plaque carved from white jade with three large characters "Miaoyin Gate" inscribed on it. Two teams of female disciples of Miaoyin Gate are standing on both sides of the mountain gate. This is undoubtedly the destination of Nie Zhaonan's trip.

After taking a quick look at the situation on the island, Nie Zhaonan floated down lightly.

As soon as he landed, a beautiful girl like a flower lit up, left the queue and walked towards Nie Zhaonan.

"Is this Senior Nie? Our sect leader has been waiting for you in the sect for a long time." The girl said respectfully.

Naturally, the disciples guarding the mountain gate had already seen Nie Zhaonan's portrait, but in order to avoid making a mistake, the girl still spoke out to confirm it.

"It's me, Nie. Please lead the way." Nie Zhaonan said calmly.

After getting a definite answer, the girl immediately took out a sound transmission talisman from her storage bag. As soon as she activated the spell, a yellow light flew towards the Miaoyin Sect.

Then he said softly, "I have informed the sect master, Senior Nie, of your arrival. Please come in, Senior!"

The girl turned sideways, made a gesture of invitation, turned around, took light steps, and led the way towards the interior of the island.

Nie Zhaonan glanced at the somewhat exaggerated movements from the spot, but he was no longer interested in them. He followed slowly without looking away.

After a while, after passing through some stone steps and pavilions carved from gold and stone, Nie Zhaonan arrived in front of a loft that was obviously more exquisite.

"Please come in, senior. The sect master is inside." After saying that, the leading girl retreated.

Nie Zhaonan did not hesitate and pushed the door open.

A beautiful woman wearing a purple dress, with her hair tied up high, exuding a mature charm, saw Nie Zhaonan's figure, her eyes lit up, and she said enthusiastically:
"Fellow Daoist Nie, please take a seat! I am the head of Miaoyin Sect, Wang Ziyun, and I have been waiting for you here for a long time."

As he spoke, he stood up, picked up the white jade teapot on the table, brewed a cup of tea, and pushed it in front of Nie Zhaonan.

Seeing Nie Zhaonan sitting quietly opposite her, glancing at the tea in the cup without any other movement, Wang Ziyun didn't care.

He then asked, "Fellow Daoist Nie, what do you think of my Miaoyin Sect?"

Thinking back to the female disciples he had met along the way, each of them practiced the art of charm. Although Nie Zhaonan did not quite agree with this, he did not express his thoughts. He just said lightly: "Miaoyin Sect is mainly composed of female practitioners, and their strength is originally weaker. It is already good enough to have a foothold in Chaos Star Sea."

"Thank you, fellow Daoist." Wang Ziyun smiled bitterly.

As the leader of Miaoyin Sect, she knew very well that relying on sending out beautiful female disciples and maneuvering between various forces was the limit to maintaining the status quo, and it was not a long-term solution.

Then he asked tentatively, "I wonder if you can serve as a guest elder of my Miaoyin Sect?"

According to her understanding, although this Taoist friend Nie opened a treasure house, he was not very keen on power and left all affairs to the people around him. "That's not what Taoist friend said in the letter." Nie Zhaonan said without emotion, showing displeasure on his face.

It was enough for him to run a treasure pavilion, and he had no time to spare to care about the affairs of Miaoyin Sect.

If he had not been invited to serve as the elder who did not need to do anything but just had a title, Nie Zhaonan would not have come to negotiate with him. Since he was sure that most of the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo was in the Miaoyin Sect, he would have a chance to get it sooner or later, so there was no need to have too much entanglement with the Miaoyin Sect.

But Nie Zhaonan knew that after the trip to Xutian Palace, the righteous and evil forces in Chaos Star Sea would unite to form the Anti-Star Alliance and go to war with Xing Palace.

When the war breaks out, the Miaoyin Sect, which is composed entirely of female cultivators and has little combat power, will be a complete burden.

"As long as they are the female disciples of Miaoyin Sect that Daoyou likes, Daoyou can pick two of them and take them away as your concubines."

To put it nicely, she is a concubine, but in fact she is just a cauldron used for spiritual practice.

Wang Ziyun offered higher conditions and tried to persuade Nie Zhaonan, but her idea naturally failed.

There was no expression of any intention on Nie Zhaonan's face.

"No need for that. Although I like beautiful women, I am not a licentious person." Nie Zhaonan flatly refused.

Seeing Wang Ziyun's red lips slightly opened, he wanted to offer other benefits and say some words of persuasion.

Nie Zhaonan then said, "Master Wang, let's talk about hiring me as the worship elder."

The most important thing now is to get the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo. Nie Zhaonan doesn't want to talk about other things and waste time.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ziyun nodded helplessly, stretched out her jade hand and slapped the storage bag on her waist, and a light green jade box appeared in her hand.

It is said to be a jade box but it is not entirely like one. This box is a bit strange. It is neither made of wood nor gold. It is made of a material as smooth as jade. It is translucent all over and has a layer of light blue on the surface.

Seeing Nie Zhaonan's strange look, Wang Ziyun put the box on the table and explained to Nie Zhaonan softly: "This box is made of something called Gaoyu. Although the name contains jade, it is not actually jade, nor is it within the five elements. Only this thing can preserve the Tianlei Bamboo for a long time without worrying about the spiritual energy leaking out."

The words also revealed what the spiritual bamboo in the box was, which was undoubtedly the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.

Nie Zhaonan nodded. He had only heard of the name "Gao Yu" in ancient books, and this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes.

Next, Wang Ziyun stretched out a jade-green finger. A green light flashed on the fingertip, and a spiritual light as big as a soybean appeared on it.

Then she touched the lid of the jade box without hesitation. As soon as the green light came into contact with the blue light on the box, there was a slight "pop" sound, and the blue light on the lid immediately dissipated completely, and the lid slowly opened by itself.

Wang Ziyun pushed the opened jade box onto the table in front of Nie Zhaonan.

Nie Zhaonan immediately perked up and looked into the box intently.

What I saw in the box were two short sections of ordinary dead bamboo, about four inches long and as thick as a little finger, with some obviously shriveled roots at the base.

Suddenly, a look of surprise emerged on Nie Zhaonan's face. There was no doubt that what was in the box was the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, and it was still intact with roots. It could be ripened quickly using the spiritual field. In this way, his Yi Mu Divine Thunder Sword Formation could be refined immediately, and the materials for Nie Ying's three daughters' Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword would also be available.

Seeing Nie Zhaonan's excited expression, which was very different from his previous calm and composed temperament, Wang Ziyun, as the head of a sect, also introduced it with enthusiasm: "This Tianlei Bamboo is one of the three sacred trees in the world of immortal cultivation, but it took a lot of effort for our sect to find it. We originally planned to take it to Tianxing City to participate in the last auction, but when I thought of the bounty on Lingzhu in Nie Daoyou's Treasure Pavilion, I kept it."

He did not hesitate to use fancy words to praise the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.

After a long while, Nie Zhaonan finally spoke: "I have agreed to serve as the elder of Miaoyin Sect."

At the same time, he closed the jade box again and put it away carefully.

Seeing this, Wang Ziyun said in a gentle and charming voice: "Since Fellow Daoist Nie is already a worshiper of our sect, I wonder if Miaoyin Sect can start some cooperation with Zhenbao Pavilion?"

Nie Zhaonan smiled slightly and said in a positive tone: "This is the real purpose of Fellow Daoist Wang asking me to serve as this useless elder."

"However, I am very satisfied with the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo that Daoist Wang brought out, so it would be no harm to hear Daoist Wang's thoughts."

Seeing that Nie Zhaonan had no intention of refusing and was instead interested, Wang Ziyun showed a touching smile on her beautiful face.

He slowly expressed his thoughts: "Fellow Daoist Nie opened the Treasure Pavilion, but it is only operated in Tianxing City and has not opened branches in other islands in the Inner Star Sea. Isn't it a great pity?

"Fellow Daoist, you also know that my Miaoyin Sect has some connections with many forces. We have also established a business alliance in this Chaos Star Sea for a long time, and have accumulated a lot of connections."

"If you don't mind, you can sell me the top-level magic tools, foundation-building pills, puppets and other precious items in the Treasure Pavilion, and I will distribute them to various places in the Inner Star Sea. But as for the price, please give me a discount."

After saying that, Wang Ziyun looked at Nie Zhaonan with some expectation.

The cooperation plan she proposed was a complete win-win situation, and Zhenbao Pavilion did not have to bear any risks. She expected the other party would not refuse it.

Despite this, she was still a little uneasy, simply because she didn't know this Fellow Daoist Nie very well and had no idea what he was thinking.

The reason for opening a Treasure Pavilion only in Tianxing City, in addition to security considerations, is also due to a shortage of manpower. Now that Miaoyin Sect has taken over this matter, it is not unacceptable.

After a while, Nie Zhaonan made up his mind and replied, "How about this, if Fellow Daoist Wang purchases items and magical instruments from the Treasure Pavilion, he can pay half the spiritual stones less, how about that?"

Wang Ziyun was very satisfied with the preferential treatment given by Nie Zhaonan, and immediately agreed: "Just as Brother Daoist Nie said!"

Just by sending people to distribute the items to various places in the Inner Star Sea, you can get half of the profit. One magic weapon may only earn you dozens of spirit stones, which seems a bit little.

Thank you to all the Taoists for your collection, recommendation and monthly ticket support!

Thanks for the tip of nine dollars in my pocket!

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