Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 411: Mature Gold-Eating Bug
"After all, this is the True Dragon Realm, and the True Dragons are the masters here. And as we all know, status is also matched with strength. As True Spirits, the True Dragons are generally much stronger than cultivators of the same level."

Jin Ling had explained all this to her when she first came to the True Spirit Realm, so Bing Feng was not surprised. However, after this trip, she felt relieved to see Yuan think so highly of Nie Zhaonan and even regarded him as a half-True Dragon.

"I see." Nie Zhaonan nodded slightly. This was because the True Dragon Clan was too powerful. Only such powerful strength could earn people's deep respect.

At this time, Jin Ling looked at Bing Feng who was obviously more relaxed and seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile:

"Fairy Bingfeng, you don't have to worry now. With Fellow Daoist Nie backing you up, you don't have to be afraid of Xue Ming, that annoying guy, even if he keeps pestering you."

"Xue Ming? Who is this person?" Before Bing Feng could say anything, Nie Zhaonan spoke immediately. He could tell that Bing Feng seemed to have encountered a lot of trouble in the past three months.

"I originally planned to tell Brother Nie later," Bing Feng rolled her eyes at Jin Ling in displeasure before continuing:

"Xue Ming is a blood dragon in the Void Refining Stage. I encountered it when Jin Ling and I were out."

Nie Zhaonan listened carefully and it was not a big problem. Xue Ming had taken a fancy to Bing Feng, who was also a spiritual beast of heaven and earth, and the true blood of the Phoenix in her body, and wanted to pursue Bing Feng.

As Nie Zhaonan's woman, Bingfeng would naturally not agree to it and of course she clearly refused. But Xue Ming saw that Bingfeng still had her vital energy, so he naturally would not give up.

This person has many friends in the True Dragon Realm and is well-informed. As long as Bing Feng shows up, it won't take too long for him to show up and pester Bing Feng.

"Don't worry, Brother Nie. Xue Ming knows that I was brought to this True Dragon Realm by Senior Yue Li, so he doesn't dare to be too presumptuous. I haven't suffered much loss." Seeing Nie Zhaonan looking thoughtful and silent, as if he had some thoughts, Bing Feng spoke again.

"He dares to pester you like this, which means he doesn't take me seriously. If I really meet him, I won't be polite to him even if he is a Void Refining cultivator." Nie Zhaonan said in a light tone, as if he didn't take him seriously at all.

"Brother Nie."

"Feng'er, don't worry. Do you think you can't defeat him?" Nie Zhaonan hugged Bingfeng's slender waist. This scene happened to fall into Jin Ling's eye.

Jin Ling said with a smile:

"Hehe. Although Xue Ming is only in the early stage of the Void Refinement Realm, he is a spiritual beast of heaven and earth, Jiaolong. I am afraid he is not weaker than the average cultivator in the middle stage of the Void Refinement Realm. But I still think that Fellow Daoist Nie is stronger than Xue Ming."

Sensing Jin Ling's gaze and her slightly teasing tone, Bing Feng quickly took her hand off her waist and said in a forced calm tone:

"Brother Nie, don't be careless. Be careful."

Nie Zhaonan just responded with a faint smile.

After chatting with Jin Ling for a few more words, Nie Zhaonan and Bing Feng returned to their residence, and Jin Ling left.

Nie Zhaonan was preparing to refine the soul-nourishing pill to restore his consumed spiritual power. After all, it was always a bad feeling to have one's strength affected and not be able to exert its full strength.

In a secret room in the attic, Nie Zhaonan sat cross-legged on a cushion. Suddenly, he stretched out his hands in front of him. A light flashed in his palms, and a stack of green formation flags were neatly placed on a formation plate.

As soon as these formation tools appeared, Nie Zhaonan threw them around, chanted a series of incantations, and made hand gestures with his ten fingers like a wheel. A series of spells shot out from his fingertips and disappeared into the formation flags and the formation plate in a flash.

Both of them suddenly became inspired, and with a tremor, they flew towards the walls of the secret room, and disappeared into them in a flash, disappearing without a trace.

The next moment, a green restriction appeared on the wall of the secret room, and runes of the mysterious and obscure formation flowed in it, tightly covering the secret room.

Seeing this, Nie Zhaonan smiled.

This restriction was created by Xin Ruyin with great effort. As long as the power of spiritual consciousness touches the restriction, the restriction will react and produce fluctuations, thus telling whether someone is secretly spying.

Although Nie Zhaonan didn't think that Yue Li and Yuan would do something to lower their status by secretly monitoring him, this was not Nie Zhaonan's territory after all, so it would always be better to be careful.

Moreover, the existence of Zixiao Cave Heaven is his biggest secret, so he can never be too careful.

After setting up the magic circle and restrictions, Nie Zhaonan communicated with the Zixiao Cave Heaven with his mind, and without any fluctuation, his figure disappeared in the secret room.

Beside the sacred lake of Zixiao Cave, in a small pavilion, Wang Ning, Yuan Yao, Nie Ying, Xin Ruyin, Nie Zhaonan and their fellow Taoists gathered here, silently waiting for news.

There was silence here, and no one took the initiative to speak.

Naturally, Nie Zhaonan and Bing Feng did not hide the fact that they had entered the space node from them.

Knowing Nie Zhaonan's cultivation level, they all looked calm at first, without any signs of worry.

But after more than three months of waiting, he couldn't help but become a little worried and looked a little haggard.

Suddenly, in their worried eyes, Nie Zhaonan appeared with a faint smile on his lips.

"Husband."

They threw themselves into Nie Zhaonan's arms one by one, surrounded him, and smiled happily, no longer as cheerful as before, like a hundred flowers blooming, unusually bright and beautiful.

"It's okay. Although there was a small accident, the result is still good." Nie Zhaonan's eyes fell on the beautiful faces of the girls one by one. He could still detect the remaining worries, and said softly with a moved expression.

"I'm glad that my husband is okay." Nie Ying couldn't say more and nodded slightly.

"Have my husband and Sister Bingfeng entered the spirit world?" Wang Ning asked.

"If we were in the spirit world, I would have let you out long ago. Right now, the two of us are in the True Dragon Realm. However, compared to the spirit world where there are many races and divisions of power, the True Spirit World is ruled by the True Dragon clan, so it is safer. You don't need to worry about us on this point." Nie Zhaonan explained.

"The Realm of True Dragons!" All the girls were slightly surprised. Of course, they knew the most powerful existence among the True Spirits - the True Dragon!
Seeing this, Nie Zhaonan naturally explained what happened when he encountered a real dragon fighting with a three-headed owl in the void outside the realm, and was brought to the real dragon realm by Yue Li.

Of course, in order to avoid worrying the girls, Nie Zhaonan had no intention of telling them about his injury and did not say much.

After hearing that Nie Zhaonan was safe and valued by the real dragon, the women finally felt relieved.

Wang Ning and other women were all smart people. They knew that Nie Zhaonan was now in an unfamiliar world and it was impossible for him to stay in Zixiao Cave for a long time. So after a few greetings, they all left tactfully to do their own things.

And when Xin Ruyin was the only one left, Nie Zhaonan called out to her.

"What's the matter, my husband? Is it about the Ten Thousand Trees Formation? I have already comprehended the Ten Thousand Trees Formation thoroughly and can start setting it up at any time." Xin Ruyin asked in confusion. Hearing this, Nie Zhaonan was slightly startled and almost forgot about the Ten Thousand Trees Formation. He said:

"I will order the gold-eating bugs to assist you in setting up the Ten Thousand Trees Formation. Move the Spirit Eye Tree and set up the center of the formation."

As he spoke, Nie Zhaonan flicked his sleeves, and the void in front of him fluctuated. The sound of a buzzing bird suddenly came out, and it was surprisingly countless golden lights.

Under Xin Ruyin's gaze, these golden spots of light suddenly grew in size as soon as they appeared, and turned into giant beetles half a foot long.

The whole body seems to be made of gold, golden without any other color, with sharp fangs and sickle-like forelimbs. One can tell at a glance that it must be extremely sharp.

What surprised Xin Ruyin even more was that the aura emitted by these gold-eating insects was not only stronger than the ones in her hands, but each one was no less powerful than a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Mature gold-eating bugs!" Xin Ruyin subconsciously swept her mind and was slightly stunned to find that there were as many as 100,000 mature gold-eating bugs.

“The secret cultivation technique I got from the Tianlan people is really good. Coupled with my unsparing efforts in cultivation, these gold-eating bugs finally matured not long ago. Now these gold-eating bugs have the intelligence of three or four-year-old children. There is no need for spiritual consciousness to control them, and they can still execute simple commands.” Nie Zhaonan glanced at the gold-eating bugs, with a smile on his face and joy in his eyes.

Other monks can only use mysterious control techniques to make the gold-eating bugs recognize their masters and thus control them.

Controlling a mature gold-eating insect to fight the enemy will continuously consume the master's spiritual power.

Just like magic power, the spiritual power of a cultivator is also limited. If a cultivator who has reached the God Transformation stage can control thousands of mature gold-eating bugs for a short while, it can be said that his spiritual power is strong.

But Nie Zhaonan relies on the precious treasure Zixiao Cave Heaven to control the gold-eating bugs, so obviously there will be no consumption or burden on his spiritual consciousness.

Therefore, controlling thousands of mature gold-eating bugs is not Nie Zhaonan's limit at all, not even the current number of one hundred thousand.

In other words, for Nie Zhaonan who possesses the Purple Sky Cave Heaven, there is no limit to the number of mature gold-eating insects he can control.

There is no doubt that the 100,000 mature gold-eating bugs are undoubtedly Nie Zhaonan's trump card.

"The intelligence of a three or four-year-old child?" Xin Ruyin was a little surprised. The gold-eating beetle is an ancient and ferocious insect from the wild. Even if it is a mature form, it should have very low intelligence, even close to zero, and should act completely on instinct.

Xin Ruyin was right. In fact, the gold-eating beetle could possess such a high level of intelligence at present, which was entirely due to the subtle influence of the spirit beast garden that cultivated the spirit beasts.

Otherwise, the mature gold-eating beetle is really just an ancient evil insect that can only be controlled by spiritual consciousness and is impossible to execute simple commands.

"Ruyin, the reason I kept you here is not to ask you about the Ten Thousand Trees Array, but because I have something very important to tell you." Nie Zhaonan took Xin Ruyin's hand, pulled her into his arms, and put his arm around her shoulders.

Looking up slightly at her husband's serious expression, Xin Ruyin was a little confused. Apart from the Ten Thousand Trees Array, she really couldn't think of anything else that required her husband to be so serious.

After a moment, she opened her moist red lips and asked softly:
"Husband, please tell me."

"When I took the Dragon Roar Body from you, an extremely precious and important item also entered my body along with it."

Hearing that it was to seize Long Yin's body, Xin Ruyin's snow-white face flushed with an alluring blush, and she said in a voice as thin as a mosquito:

"Husband, even if you want to, now is not the time."

"Besides, none of the other sisters have it. How can I eat alone? If they knew, they would laugh at me."

Seeing that Xin Ruyin had misjudged her thoughts, Nie Zhaonan tapped her smooth forehead unhappily, then spread his hand in front of her eyes, and a dragon pattern appeared on his palm.

Xin Ruyin felt pain, covered her forehead, and stared at the dragon pattern with an angry look.

"This dragon pattern is not the symbol of the Dragon Roar Body, but the soul of a true dragon." Then, Nie Zhaonan explained to Xin Ruyin the information he had learned from Yuan about the true dragon soul.

Startled by his words, Xin Ruyin's expression became serious, and she looked thoughtful as she said:

"So my identity in my previous life was a true dragon, and I was a powerful immortal. No wonder I had almost no difficulty in studying formations. It was smooth sailing. Maybe I was proficient in formations in my previous life, and my current formation aptitude is some legacy of my previous life."

"Maybe." Nie Zhaonan nodded. "The True Dragon Soul is very important to you. If you return it to your body, you may be able to cultivate into a True Dragon again and become a True Spirit."

Hearing Nie Zhaonan's thoughts, Xin Ruyin stretched out two green jade fingers and placed them on his lips, blocking him from saying anything else.

At this time, she slowly opened her mouth and said:

"Without my husband, I am afraid I will not live past the age of thirty. I will only be a small cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage until I die, and I will not be able to study the formations that I love so carefreely like I do now."

"I have no desire to become a true dragon. The true dragon soul will be of great use to my husband in his body cultivation, and I hope to be able to help my husband."

Xin Ruyin's tone was sincere and sincere, without a trace of pretense, so Nie Zhaonan could only nod slightly and accept her kindness:

"it is good."

"Yeah." Xin Ruyin's delicate face leaned against Nie Zhaonan's solid chest, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, a sweet smile.

Beside the Spirit Lake, under a small pavilion, the two stood hugging each other. The gold-eating bugs flying around them looked like golden flowers. Their figures were illusory and the scene was like a dream.

After a long time, even though Xin Ruyin liked the warm feeling of being in Nie Zhaonan's arms, she took the initiative to push him away:

"My dear husband, please go back. I will also set up the Ten Thousand Trees Formation in the cave."

"From now on, your husband will love you well." Nie Zhaonan lifted Xin Ruyin's pointed chin and kissed her tempting lips lightly, but the kiss ended immediately.

The next moment, in Xin Ruyin's bright gaze, Nie Zhaonan's figure disappeared.

The warmth on her lips was still there, Xin Ruyin smiled faintly, stomped her jade feet, and flew away with 100,000 golden flowers, flying slowly towards a forest in front.

That patch of forest was filled with unique spiritual trees, like stalactites. There was not a single leaf on the trees, but there were wisps of pure spiritual energy that could be seen with the naked eye floating out from the forest.

(End of this chapter)