Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 389 Retreat
"Ten Thousand Years Black Jade?" The Ice Phoenix released its spiritual consciousness and looked into the storage bag. All it saw were bean-sized crystal jade stones that emitted a pure, icy aura.

"So many?" Although she knew that for Nie Zhaonan to give her such jade, the number of Ten Thousand Year Black Jade must be quite a lot, but seeing such a large number still made Bing Feng Yurong slightly surprised.

"Here are 30% of the ten thousand year old black jade in Beiye Xiaoji Palace. These black jades were not obtained by me for nothing." Nie Zhaonan glanced at Bing Yuan inadvertently and saw that she was looking at him as if she were a robber. He explained in a bad mood and briefly recounted what happened in the Black Jade Cave.

"Thank you, Brother Nie. I will accept these black jades. It just so happens that I want to refine a magical weapon with icy properties, and these ten thousand year old black jades are the most suitable materials." After retracting his spiritual sense, Bing Feng's expression quickly returned to calm, and he did not refuse Nie Zhaonan's kindness.

"Bing Yuan, these black jades should be enough for you." Bing Feng pointed at the storage bag, and dozens of thousand-year-old black jades flew out of the bag and slowly flew towards Bing Yuan.

"Thank you for the reward, my lord!" She naturally knew how precious this item was. Bing Yuan's eyes lit up as she put the Ten Thousand Year Black Jade away.

"You step back first." Bing Feng ordered softly.

"Yes!" Bing Yuan stood up, bowed, turned around and walked out of the hall.

She walked slowly, but Bing Yuan's heart was quite uneasy.

Firstly, she had never imagined that the relationship between her master and Nie Zhaonan had become so close, no less than that of ordinary Taoist couples. It happened too fast, so fast that it was difficult for her, a subordinate who knew her master's temperament very well, to understand.

Secondly, he was shocked that Nie Zhaonan had the ability to improve his master's cultivation, and he was also surprised by Nie Zhaonan's generosity.

Such a person is really hard to refuse.
Seeing Bing Yuan's figure completely disappear in the hall, Bing Feng said in a tender voice:
"Don't be so close to me in front of my subordinates in the future. Otherwise, where will my dignity be?"

"Fortunately it was Bing Yuan this time. She has always kept her mouth shut, which puts me at ease. I am not afraid that she will spread the news."

"Is our relationship so shameful?" With no outsiders present, Nie Zhaonan no longer had any scruples and his hands began to move in a naughty manner.

"There is always a huge difference in our ages. You are less than three hundred years old, while I have lived for tens of thousands of years. As far as I know, you men attach great importance to a woman's age," Bing Feng said with some sadness.

"Men?" Nie Zhaonan was slightly startled, and his hand movements also stopped. After thinking for a while, he slowly said: "You are talking about those mortals who have not practiced cultivation, right?"

"Yeah." Bingfeng nodded slightly.

Nie Zhaonan smiled, and played with her curvy and sexy body again. To prevent Bingfeng from thinking too much, he did not forget to explain:
"Mortals value a woman's age, and they value her youthful beauty. But for you, who have reached the stage of spiritual transformation, your appearance remains young. Time has left no trace on you, but has given you a unique charm, a coolness that is accompanied by the maturity that comes with time."

"Are you lying to me?" Bing Feng still didn't quite believe it.

A woman who falls in love, even an Ice Phoenix who has lived for tens of thousands of years, cannot avoid worrying about gains and losses for a while.

"Come to think of it, Yin Yue is much older than you. Demon Suppression Tower, ninth floor, didn't you see how your husband treated her? Besides, you should have some understanding of how I treat you, just like now," Nie Zhaonan said in a leisurely voice.

"Hmm." Bing Feng hesitated at first, then she felt something strange coming over her. She was completely relieved. "I was worrying too much."

"I, your husband, will not accept such an apology." Nie Zhaonan stared at her moist and extremely seductive lips.

Bing Feng understood instantly, but this was the main hall of Xiaoji Palace, and she couldn't accept it for a moment, so she said softly:

"After this trip is over and we enter Zixiao Cave Heaven, I will help Brother Nie again."

"No, right here." Nie Zhaonan remained unmoved and spoke in a firm tone.

Bing Feng looked hesitant, and Nie Zhaonan continued to persuade her:
"Don't worry, I will always observe with my spiritual sense and won't let anyone see."

"Sister Ruyin saw it last time, and this time...it happened again..." Bing Feng stuttered, not quite believing Nie Zhaonan's assurance.

"Ruyin is not an outsider, and you were so engrossed at that time, I naturally wouldn't disturb you." Nie Zhaonan explained without thinking.

"You" even think that it makes some sense, Bing Feng was unable to refute.

Nie Zhaonan smiled slightly.
Bing Feng stopped talking and just obeyed.

Although Master Hanli and others from Xiaoji Palace tried their best to keep him, three days later, Nie Zhaonan still left with the Bingling Fruit Tree and Bingfeng.

As for Bing Feng's subordinates, they followed Bing Yuan back to Iceland, further north in the Ice Sea.

After seeing the space node with his own eyes that day, Old Demon Che immediately returned to the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons with a group of demon cultivators without stopping, and was eager to pass through this node and return to the upper realm.

Just like that, the battle in which the demon cultivators besieged Beiye Xiaoji Palace ended quietly. No one from either the demon cultivators or the human cultivators of Xiaoji Palace died, and not even some losses were caused.

At the same time, the demon cultivators from the Ten Thousand Demons Valley and the Ice Sea also announced that they would no longer attack the Beiye Xiaoji Palace from now on.

These repeated anomalies really confused many sects and forces that were paying attention to this battle. They all sent people to Beiye Xiaoji Palace to inquire about the reasons.

With Senior Nie backing them up, Xiaoji Palace was naturally confident. They didn't reveal anything about the space node at all, but simply said: It was Senior Nie who stepped in and resolved the matter.

After hearing the answer, no matter how confused they were before, the sects and forces immediately understood.

After all, with Senior Nie's strength, it would be easy for him to mediate this matter.

However, these sects also understood that Senior Nie would not help Xiaoji Palace without a reason. They speculated on what price Beiye Xiaoji Palace had paid to invite Senior Nie.

It’s just a space node, which is a major matter concerning the ancestors in the God Transformation Stage. Without the cultivation strength of the God Transformation Stage, it is destined to be extremely difficult to know.

Xiaoji Palace and Kunwu Mountain in Southern Xinjiang, one is located in the northernmost part of Dajin and the other is located in the southern border of Dajin. The two places are naturally very far apart.

But for Nie Zhaonan and Bing Feng's amazing escape speed, this seemingly extremely long distance did not take much time.

In just over half a month, Nie Zhaonan and his companions returned to Kunwu Mountain. As soon as they returned to Kunwu Mountain, Nie Zhaonan entered the closed-door chamber and began to work on breaking through the bottleneck of the Spiritualization Stage.

After traveling in Da Jin for more than ten years, Nie Zhaonan felt that his state of mind had reached an extremely high level. It was the perfect time to break through the bottleneck, and he had great hope of breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Stage in one fell swoop.

After all, Nie Zhaonan had prepared quite a few methods for this retreat and breakthrough. In addition to his main cultivation method, 'Taiyi Divine Thunder Technique' and his spiritual consciousness method, 'Dayan Technique', he also had a number of auxiliary treasures such as the Heavenly Demon Pill, the Divine Sand of Creation and the Nine Cold Mysterious Pill.

The probability of successfully breaking through the bottleneck of the Spirit Transformation Stage is as high as 80% to 90%.

Such a high success rate is extremely rare even in the spiritual world.

However, Nie Zhaonan had been in seclusion for a whole month, and still no strange phenomena had appeared in Kunwu Mountain.

On this day, two shocking rainbows shot down from the sky one after another, and in a flash they arrived outside the sealed crack of Kunwu Mountain.

One of the old men had an old face, but small eyes and a smooth expression. If Nie Zhaonan was here, he would recognize at a glance that this was his cheap senior brother Xiang Zhili.

The other person was also an old man who looked to be in his sixties, with a triangular bun on his head, bare feet, and a long horse face. He was extremely eye-catching. This person was naturally an old monster in the Spirit Transformation Stage like Xiang Zhili, and he was also the old monster Feng who had a very good relationship with Xiang Zhili.

After negotiating the terms with Che Laoyao, Nie Zhaonan naturally sent a message to this senior brother Xiang, informing him of the existence of a stable space node in Xiaoji Palace.

Fortunately, Xiang Zhili began to look for space nodes according to the jade slips given by Nie Zhaonan, and he and Old Monster Feng only stayed in the area near Dajin and did not leave the Dajin cultivation world.

In this way, the two of them were able to reach Kunwu Mountain so quickly.

Of course, before coming to Kunwu Mountain, he and Old Monster Feng went to the Beiye Xiaoji Palace to personally go to the independent space and take a look at the space node.

Seeing this, the two old men were naturally very satisfied.

In the past few years, they had been searching for space nodes near Dajin, and naturally found two according to the information provided by Nie Zhaonan.

However, let alone resisting the power of the world separation and sneaking into the upper world through the two space nodes, they were not sure they could resist the violent space storm at the entrance. Forcing their way in would cost the lives of the two old men.

Seeing that there really was such a stable space node in Xiaoji Palace, they were delighted and naturally wanted to come and thank Nie Zhaonan in person.

"Old Ghost Xiang, is the Junior Brother Nie you mentioned really that powerful that makes you so afraid? Rumor has it that he was also seriously injured in the battle with Old Demon Hu, wasn't he?" Old Monster Feng asked with some disbelief after taking a glance at the restriction in front of him that exuded a powerful spiritual pressure and recalling Old Ghost Xiang's instructions along the way.

Hearing this, Xiang Zhili just activated the sound transmission note on his own. After seeing the sound transmission note flash and disappear into the restriction, he said leisurely:
"Brother Feng, the rumors may be exaggerated or underestimated. As for my Junior Brother Nie, the rumors describe the latter."

"It's even more powerful than the rumors!" Old Monster Feng looked somewhat surprised and doubtful.

Xiang Zhili narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a look of reminiscence, and said solemnly:

"I was watching the fight on the sidelines that day. There was no big battle at all. They just exchanged a few moves and the fight ended in life and death. As for Junior Brother Nie's injury, Old Demon Hu didn't have the strength to hurt him at all. It was all because he forced his blood essence to activate a great magical power that he couldn't use, and he suffered the backlash."

"Moreover, the injuries he suffered seemed serious, and he even fell three small realms. However, after only three months, he recovered as before."

He knew Xiang Zhili very well, and after hearing Xiang Zhili speak so seriously, most of Feng Laoguai's doubts were gone.

At the same time, he also followed the serious speculation and analysis:
"I've heard that Fellow Daoist Nie is quite accomplished in the art of body refining. He is a high-level body refining practitioner. A big part of the reason why he can recover so quickly is probably because of his powerful body."

"Brother Feng, it's good that you know. Even if Junior Brother Nie will suffer severe backlash, one thing is undeniable, he has the ability to kill our Divine Transformation Ancestor! So, Brother Feng, you have to be polite when you see Junior Brother Nie later." Xiang Zhili reminded him with a smile.

"Speaking of which, Fellow Daoist Nie is even stronger than us. Don't worry, Old Monster Xiang. I am not a stubborn person. I have always been very sensible." Old Monster Feng nodded and his expression became serious.

"That's good."

Just as the two men finished their conversation, a gap suddenly appeared in the restriction, and a woman in silver clothes flashed in front of them.

"Fellow Daoist Feng, why are you here?" Old Monster Feng asked in surprise when he saw the person coming.

"You all can come, so why can't I stay in Kunwu Mountain?" Bing Feng glanced at the two of them and said calmly.

Old Monster Feng was choked, but he just snorted, looking a little unhappy.

"Haha, Brother Feng, don't mind it. Fellow Daoist Feng often lives in the Ice Sea and seldom communicates with us. That's it. Moreover, Fellow Daoist Feng and Fellow Daoist Nie have a close relationship, so don't take it personally." Xiang Zhili said with a smile.

His Junior Brother Nie particularly loves beauties and has several Taoist companions around him. And this Ice Sea Lord Bing Feng is also a top-notch beauty.
Xiang Zhili had a vague suspicion that the relationship between the two was probably even closer than it appeared on the surface.

Old Monster Feng reacted instantly and realized that the second sentence he said to Old Ghost was the key point. The unhappiness on his face quickly disappeared and he returned to normal.

The change of expression was so fast that even Xiang Zhili, who had been mingling with low-level cultivators for many years, was secretly amazed.

"You two are here to look for Fellow Daoist Nie, right? However, you have come at a wrong time, as Brother Nie is currently in seclusion." Bing Feng did not bother with the two of them, but just spoke to herself.

"Retreat?" Xiang Zhili's eyes rolled. "When will Junior Brother Nie be able to come out of retreat? If it's only one or two years, the two of us can still wait."

When Old Monster Feng heard what Xiang Zhili said, he had no intention of refutation.

"It won't take that long. If you two are willing to wait, follow me into Kunwu Mountain." Bing Feng thought about it carefully, then turned around and flew back into the gap in the restriction.

Xiang Zhili and Feng Laoguai looked at each other and flew into the air. After they flashed into the restriction, the restriction glowed and the gap in it closed up automatically.

(End of this chapter)