Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 257 Purpose
Master Zhiyang and Wei Wuya were naturally curious about Xin Ruyin, the formation master. After all, other people's attainments in formation were ahead of them. So they stood aside and listened quietly to what Linghu Old Monster had to say.

Just as Linghu Laoguai and his two companions landed in front of Yuxiu Peak, Nie Zhaonan, who had been waiting in the cave for a long time, naturally discovered their arrival.

"Someone is visiting. Although your fox body is good at concealment and illusion, the demonic aura on your body cannot be concealed from a Nascent Soul cultivator. You go to the cave for a while first. After you deal with them, I will come back to tell you in detail." Nie Zhaonan retracted his hand and said to Yin Yue.

"No, I have a better idea, and I also want to hear what important things the master wants to talk about." Yin Yue pouted and refused, with a coquettish tone in her voice.

When Nie Zhaonan heard this soft and charming voice, he couldn't get angry at all.

"I just don't believe that they dare to use their spiritual sense to explore the master's body?" As these words came out of her mouth, the silver moon suddenly turned into a white stream of light and disappeared in front of Nie Zhaonan's chest.

"In that case, do whatever you want." Nie Zhaonan smiled slightly and did not refuse.

He also knew that Yin Yue had just received a large amount of memories, and with her level of cultivation, there would naturally be no problem in digesting these memories, but she would still feel a little confused, and that was when she needed company and comfort.

Yin Yue didn't say anything, but the clothes on Nie Zhaonan's chest moved, but quickly returned to normal.

At this moment, Nie Zhaonan shook his sleeves, and a stream of colorful light shot out from them. After a pause, an exquisite token the size of a palm appeared, quietly floating in the air.

Nie Zhaonan stretched out his hand, put two fingers together, and pointed at the token. A white light shot out from his fingertips and landed on the token.

At the moment the two came into contact, the white light was not hindered at all and immediately penetrated into the token.

The token suddenly flashed with a burst of colorful light, and then returned to normal in an instant, as if nothing had happened.

"Hehe, because of Junior Sister Xin, the protective formation of my Huangfeng Valley has been greatly strengthened. I have nothing to worry about." As Linghu Old Monster finished his last sentence, the scenery in front of the three people suddenly changed.

Where the mossy stone wall was originally, a large patch of colorful light mist suddenly emerged, dimly covering the entire stone wall.

There was a surge of evil energy in the mist, and runes were floating in the air, clearly indicating that there were some powerful restrictions.

There was a flash of surprise in the eyes of both Master Zhiyang and Wei Wuya.

Such a powerful attack formation is not inferior to their sect’s headquarters.

At this time, Nie Zhaonan's faint voice came from the light mist:
"My two fellow Taoists, Senior Brother Linghu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. Please come in and have a chat." Nie Zhaonan said very politely.

After all, he had no grudges or hatred with Master Zhiyang and Wei Wuya, so there was no need to show off his power.

"Haha! What are you talking about, Brother Daoist Nie? It's only natural for the two of us to wait for a moment when we come to visit." Master Zhiyang laughed and said cheerfully, without any sign of concern in his tone.

"Please come in." Nie Zhaonan invited calmly.

As these words came out, the colorful light fog rolled violently, and a passage about two or three meters long split out in front of the three people.

At the end of the passage is an ancient cave entrance. A bluestone door at the entrance has been opened at some point and leads directly into the mountain.

Seeing this, Linghu Laoguai and the other two flew into the passage without any hesitation and instantly flew into the bluestone gate.

After the three figures disappeared, the colorful mist outside rolled up and covered the passage again, and the restriction was restored to its original state.

This place has returned to its original state, ordinary and mediocre.

After entering, Linghu Laoguai and his two companions only walked a short distance before entering a hall of considerable size.

Nie Zhaonan was sitting in the main seat and looking at the three people with a smile.

"My two fellow Taoists, Senior Brother Linghu, come and try the spiritual tea that I made." As soon as Nie Zhaonan waited for the three to sit down, he moved his spiritual sense and the four humanoid puppets slowly picked up the teapot and brewed a cup of tea for each of them.

"Good tea!" Wei Wuya took a sip of the tea in his hand and exclaimed in praise.

After putting down the teacup, he picked up another spiritual fruit and started eating. However, his eyes were focused on the humanoid puppet beside him. He said in surprise, "Brother Nie, could it be that he has also practiced mechanical puppetry? This puppet has reached the peak of the Jindan stage, and it is also an extremely rare humanoid. It is really amazing!"

According to what he knew, most puppets made by ancient monks were in the form of wild beasts, and rarely looked like this.

"This humanoid puppet was improved and refined by one of my fellow Taoists. I had studied the art of mechanical puppetry when I was still a low-level cultivator, but refining a mechanical puppet took too long, so for the sake of my own cultivation, I had to give up." Nie Zhaonan replied indifferently.

"Puppetry? There is only one sect in Tiannan that practices puppetry, and it knows how to make such high-level puppets. Could it be that Fellow Daoist Nie has been to the Qianzhu Sect in the far west?" Master Zhiyang was also very surprised to see this humanoid puppet and couldn't help but ask.

As far as he knew, Nie Zhaonan had only returned to Tiannan for more than 20 years, and his whereabouts were traceable. From the information he had obtained, Nie Zhaonan had never been to the Far West.

With Nie Zhaonan's current strength and reputation, as well as the opening of the Treasure Pavilion and the holding of auctions, all the forces in Tiannan, big and small, naturally conducted a thorough investigation of him, and Taizhen Sect was no exception.

"Of course I have never been to the Far West, but I have had many interactions with people from the Qianzhu Sect." Nie Zhaonan shook his head slightly and said casually, with no intention of elaborating.

The other three people understood what was said.

You have had some interactions before, and now the puppet refining method is in your hands. They can guess what happened. After all, no one would trade or give away their most hidden secret technique.

Seeing the three people's expressions as if they believed he was out to kill people for treasure, it seemed that he had killed many Nascent Soul cultivators during this period, which led to their misunderstanding. Nie Zhaonan had no intention of explaining.

The interactions he mentioned were all friendly exchanges. Whether it was the young master of the Qianzhu Sect or the Great Yan Divine Lord he met a few years ago, what they conducted were all mutually beneficial transactions, not murder and treasure-stealing. "Are you two here for the matter of the ancient demon?" Nie Zhaonan asked Zhiyang and Wei Wuya about their purpose.

"Brother Daoist Nie's guess is correct. It seems that you have some understanding of the affairs of the ancient demons." Master Zhiyang nodded in response.

It was not surprising that Nie Zhaonan knew about the ancient demon just after coming out of seclusion. A Nascent Soul cultivator had his own channels of information.

"The ancient demon is everywhere in Tiannan, devouring the Nascent Soul of cultivators to restore their cultivation, and is constantly attacking small families, causing panic among the people. We originally thought that alien creatures like the ancient demon would not be able to stay in our human world for long and would be forced to return to the alien world, but we never expected that the ancient demon has shown no signs of stopping so far. It is time to wipe it out to prevent it from causing greater losses to my Tiannan cultivation world." Wei Wuya said with a gloomy face.

"The two of us are here to invite you to join the 'Demon Suppression Team'. With the addition of you, Nie, and a divine master from the Mulan people, it will be much easier for us to kill this ancient demon." After saying this, Master Zhiyang looked at Nie Zhaonan with anticipation.

But Nie Zhaonan said something that was beyond his expectations.

"Where is Fellow Daoist Hehuan? Why didn't Fellow Daoist Hehuan join the demon-hunting team?" Nie Zhaonan asked curiously.

“Oh, I forgot to tell Brother Nie.” Wei Wuya patted his head as if he had just remembered something, and then explained: “Daoyou Hehuan has been in seclusion since the opening of the Fallen Demon Valley not long ago. I think he did it to break through to the Spiritual Transformation Realm. Only a few people in Tiannan know about this, so Brother Nie doesn’t know.”

Wei Wuya's tone was extremely polite.

"So that's how it is." Nie Zhaonan looked enlightened, but a hint of strangeness flashed in his eyes imperceptibly.

"Is he afraid that I will come to him? Is this old devil so cowardly?" Nie Zhaonan thought secretly.

When Nie Zhaonan suddenly mentioned the old demon Hehuan, everyone present was a shrewd person who had lived for hundreds of years. They all guessed that there was something unknown between Nie Zhaonan and the old demon Hehuan.

"What do you think about the matter of the Demon-Slaying Team, fellow Daoist?" Master Zhiyang asked tentatively.

"Junior brother." Linghu stretched out his hand and wanted to say something to persuade him, but he didn't say it in the end. His subsequent words just turned into a sigh.

Nie Zhaonan simply nodded to Linghu Old Monster, then looked at Wei Wuya and the others, and calmly agreed, "Since you two have come to my door, there is no reason for me to refuse."

"Great! With Brother Nie joining us, it's almost certain that we'll kill the ancient demon! It can also be a chance to avenge my injury!" Wei Wuya said with excitement in his eyes, his voice loud and clear.

Suddenly Nie Zhaonan stroked his chest, looked at Zhiyang and Wei Wuya and asked, "Do you two have anything related to the ancient demon?"

"In the Demon Valley, I had a fierce battle with an ancient demon. This is an ancient treasure he used." Wei Wuya slapped the storage bag on his waist without hesitation, and a short blade as black as ink appeared in his hand, and he threw it towards Nie Zhaonan.

As soon as he picked up the short blade, Nie Zhaonan felt the demonic energy remaining on it, which was indeed left by the ancient demon.

It is worth noting that the short blade as a whole has not suffered devastating damage, but the blade surface is full of pits and holes, as if it had been forcibly corroded by some highly poisonous substance. The power of the short blade is only one tenth of what it is, and it can be said that it is no longer of much use.

It seems that the poison skills that allow Wei Wuya, who is in the late Nascent Soul stage, to practice are indeed unique.

"Could it be possible that Brother Daoist Nie can use this ancient treasure to find the trace of the ancient demon?" A gleam of light flashed in Master Zhiyang's eyes, and he said in surprise and doubt.

Master Zhiyang's speculation was not groundless. After all, the thunder escape, spirit beast, and spiritual attack secrets that Nie Zhaonan had displayed before, which caused the Three Mountains Monster severe pain and difficulty in recovery, were all extremely rare and outstanding methods.

"There are many secret techniques in the world that can track down ancient demons, but the price involved is so high that no one would be willing to try it easily. I can't track down the ancient demon with just one item at the moment. I just want to take a look at this thing in advance so that I can judge the ancient demon's strength and have a clear idea of ​​it." Nie Zhaonan stroked the ancient short blade with one hand, shook his head and said slowly.

At this time, Wei Wuya said: "Indeed, as far as I know, there is a kind of magic secret technique that is extremely powerful. Once you are hit by this secret technique, you will be tracked down even if you escape to the ends of the earth. But the price is not small. It requires a Nascent Soul cultivator to be willing to sacrifice his own life to leave the mark." Wei Wuya agreed with Nie Zhaonan's words.

"It seems that I have overthought it." Master Zhiyang sighed.

"Friend Wei's short blade"

Before Nie Zhaonan finished speaking, Wei Wuya said, "This item is almost useless. If you want to study it, you can take it. It will help you understand more about the ancient demons, so it can be put to good use."

There was not a trace of reluctance in Wei Wuya's words as he just thrust the short blade out, which made Nie Zhaonan's plan to propose a deal go to waste.

"Thank you very much." Nie Zhaonan bowed to Wei Wuya and thanked him, then put the ancient short blade into his sleeve.

At this moment, the hall fell silent for a moment. Old Monster Linghu silently picked up a spiritual fruit and put it into his mouth, looking like a spectator.

Master Zhiyang and Wei Wuya moved their lips slightly to communicate with each other, and both of them looked thoughtful, as if they were discussing something.

Nie Zhaonan watched the two's behavior calmly, without showing any dissatisfaction or intention to disturb them. Instead, he picked up the teacup on the table and took two sips of the spiritual tea.

After finishing a cup of tea, the humanoid puppet next to him brought another cup.

At this time, Master Zhiyang and Wei Wuya seemed to have finished their discussion. Then, Master Zhiyang seemed to have remembered something and suddenly asked, "From what fellow Daoist Linghu said, the restrictions outside the cave were all arranged by Master Xin Ruyin. Master Xin's formation skills are so high that I have never seen them before. The formation masters in my Taizhen Sect are far inferior to him. I wonder if I can meet Master Xin today?"

"Ruyin is still in seclusion now, so it's okay if you two tell me anything." Nie Zhaonan said half-truthfully.

Xin Ruyin was studying the Golden Palace Jade Book in the Zixiao Cave, so there was no need to disturb her because of something he could make the decision on.

Master Zhiyang heard Nie Zhaonan's determined tone, and thinking of the relationship between him and Xin Ruyin, he nodded and said, "This matter is also related to the ancient demon. A few days ago, the elders of my Taizhen Sect followed the ancient demon's trail to the Boundless Sea and discovered a major event that involved the entire Tiannan cultivation world."

Having said this, Master Zhiyang paused and glanced at Nie Zhaonan. Seeing that Nie Zhaonan still looked calm and had no curiosity at all, he stopped beating around the bush:
"An unknown whirlpool appeared in the Boundless Sea, and seven spiritual islands over ten miles in size were washed out from the seabed. After careful investigation by the elders of my Taizhen Sect, I discovered that this so-called whirlpool was actually a sealing formation that was created many years ago, and the seven spiritual islands were the core of the formation."

(End of this chapter)