Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 494

As she spoke, Xin Ruyin pulled Yue Li to a strange spiritual plant.

Yue Li stared intently at it; it was a vine as thick as an arm and just as tall as a person, but it was perfectly straight.

Seven pairs of leaves, each about half a meter long, grew on the vine, lush and green, almost completely obscuring the stems.

Even more strangely, among these slender leaves, vortexes of air suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The vortexes were not strong, but they were constantly generating energy.

"The Wind-Riding Immortal Vine!" Yue Li exclaimed in surprise. Ever since entering the Purple Cloud Cave Heaven, her state of mind had not been at peace.

"To be called a celestial vine, this Wind-Riding Celestial Vine must have quite a background," Xin Ruyin asked curiously.

With a look of surprise and delight, Yue Li slowly began to introduce Xin Ruyin:
"Indeed. Among the immortal vines, the most famous is undoubtedly the Xuan Tian Immortal Vine. The spiritual plants that can be named immortal vines actually have similar origins to the Xuan Tian Immortal Vine. They are all ancient spiritual plants born at the beginning of a world. However, the difference is that the Cheng Feng Immortal Vine does not contain complete law power like the Xuan Tian Immortal Vine. Even so, the Cheng Feng Immortal Vine is precious enough."

Xin Ruyin did not interrupt, but continued to listen with a happy expression.

Sure enough, the next moment, Yue Li continued to explain softly:
"The leaves on the Wind-Riding Immortal Vine are also known as the Wind-Riding Leaves. From the moment they are born, these leaves can naturally ride the wind, and these vortexes are also generated by this. Like the Azure Wutong Spirit Wood, this is also an excellent material for refining spirit boats and flying treasures. However, the Wind-Riding Leaves have more uses than the Azure Wutong Spirit Wood. Spirit wings refined from these leaves can easily rank among the top 100 of the Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking, and their speed is several times faster than the Azure Spirit Shuttle."

“I see you also cultivate wood-attribute techniques. These Wind-Riding Leaves contain both wood and wind spiritual energy, which is very suitable for you at your current level. If you like, I can craft a pair of spirit wings for you,” she finally offered.

"The Sky-Piercing Wings, ranked among the top 100!" Xin Ruyin became somewhat excited, but then, thinking of her early-stage Transformation Realm cultivation, she immediately felt a little discouraged.

"My cultivation level is too low, I'm afraid I won't be able to unleash the power of the spirit wings, and I'll have wasted my sister's good intentions. I'll ask my sister to refine this treasure for me after I've achieved the unity of the five elements and advanced to the Void Refinement stage."

“Although the power of a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure cannot increase after it is refined, in order to better unleash its power, in addition to refining it through the Heaven-Reaching Treasure Technique, it still requires a considerable amount of time to nurture it within the body, allowing it to harmonize with one's own magical power and aura. Therefore, you don’t need to refuse; refining it as soon as possible will also bring you considerable benefits,” Yue Li said with a smile.

"But...but to forge a top-100 Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, besides this Wind-Riding Leaf, we'd need quite a few precious forging materials, wouldn't we?" Xin Ruyin still hesitated, not immediately accepting Yue Li's offer.

Seeing that Xin Ruyin was moved, Yue Li said without the slightest annoyance:

"You don't need to worry about that. I am skilled in the art of weapon crafting, and I naturally have no shortage of various weapon crafting materials."

"Then thank you very much, Sister Yue Li." Xin Ruyin hugged Yue Li's arm with both hands and said with joy and gratitude.

"It was nothing," Yue Li replied casually, then suddenly remembered something and asked:
"By the way, how many sisters do you have? What kind of cultivation methods do they practice? As your husband's master, I will naturally give you gifts when we meet in the future."

Hearing this somewhat flimsy reason, Xin Ruyin didn't expose it. After thinking for a moment, she replied:
"Including me, there are now ten. Wang Ning cultivates demonic arts."

Upon hearing this, Yue Li felt a surge of resentment towards Nie Zhaonan, but her expression remained calm.
"It seems that none of you possess any flying-type spiritual treasures. In that case, I will tailor-make a spiritual wing treasure for each of you using the Wind-Riding Leaf as the main material."

"One piece for each person? Isn't that a bit too much?" Xin Ruyin was somewhat taken aback by Yue Li's generosity.

"Don't worry, with my current skill in crafting, I can craft similar treasures without spending too much time on multiple tasks at once," Yue Li reassured Xin Ruyin.

Upon hearing this, Xin Ruyin naturally had no more doubts, but she felt a little guilty for not living up to Yue Li's good intentions, after all, she had done some bad things.

Xin Ruyin was unaware that Yue Li had long known about the good deeds they and Nie Zhaonan had done, but she had already come to terms with it and naturally wouldn't pursue the matter.

On the other side, Nie Zhaonan was already in a secret room within the cave, sitting cross-legged on a futon. He was simply refining divine blood into his flying sword, not reforging it, so there was no need for him to prepare anything.

With a flick of his sleeve, a loud sword cry arose, and three hundred and sixty-five Five Elements Divine Thunder Flying Swords emerged from his sleeve in succession. They circled around him nimbly like swimming fish for a while before standing neatly in the void in front of him.

At that moment, his storage bracelet flashed with light, and a small bottle slowly flew out—it was the Spirit-Sealing Bottle.

He examined it with a strange light in his eyes. With his current level of knowledge, he could only see that the bottle had the effect of imprisonment and isolation, and could not see anything more.

After a while, he frowned, stopped thinking about it, opened the spirit-sealing bottle, and poured out the divine blood inside.

A crimson light swirled at the bottle's mouth, and drops of blood-red liquid slowly flowed out, yet it had no unpleasant bloody smell; instead, it possessed an indescribable, refreshing fragrance.

After a long while, all the divine blood in the bottle was poured out, each drop clearly suspended in mid-air.

Nie Zhaonan glanced at the drops and found exactly 365 drops, not a drop more, not a drop less.

After staring at it for a while, he extended a finger and gently touched one of the drops of blood.

The moment the finger touched the liquid, the blood-red liquid suddenly jumped up on its own, enveloping the fingertip as if trying to invade Nie Zhaonan's body.

However, Nie Zhaonan raised an eyebrow, a flash of silver light appeared on his finger, and he completely isolated the blood-red liquid from his skin. With a gentle shake, the liquid returned to its original position.

"This is the highest-level divine blood of the Spirit Race. It is indeed incredibly spiritual, as if it possesses life. I wonder if it was brought down from the True Immortal Realm by the Spirit King, or if it was slowly condensed through some special treasure or secret technique."

Excitement flashed in Nie Zhaonan's eyes. Without further hesitation, he flicked his sleeve, and a gentle breeze appeared out of thin air in the secret room, enveloping every drop of divine blood and flying towards the Five Elements Divine Thunder Flying Sword.

Then, under his gaze, the divine blood and the flying sword made contact and instantly disappeared into each other without any hindrance.

An amazing scene appeared.

All the flying swords erupted with thunderous sounds. The surface of both the hilt and the blade instantly turned blood red, followed by a series of slight tremors, as if they were enduring immense pain.

Upon seeing this, Nie Zhaonan opened his mouth solemnly, and a ball of silver flame shot out from it. With a 'poof', it transformed into a silver-winged firebird and flew towards the group of flying swords.

During this process, the Silver-Winged Firebird grew wildly, enveloping most of the secret chamber and naturally encompassing the 365 Five Elements Divine Thunder Flying Swords. The temperature of the secret chamber suddenly rose, causing the void to tremble. Amidst the rolling silver flames, the flying swords immediately stopped trembling, and instead, their surfaces shimmered with an irregular crimson light, forming strangely deep crimson patterns.

Closely connected to his natal flying sword, Nie Zhaonan could clearly feel that the spirituality of the flying swords was growing at an astonishing rate, and there was also a strange power he had never felt before that was transforming the flying swords themselves, just like cleansing their marrow.

Inside the secret chamber, the celestial fire burned fiercely, its silver flames billowing, aiding the Five Elements Divine Thunder Flying Sword in refining the divine blood within its body.
Three full hours passed before Nie Zhaonan finally waved his hand, retrieving the immortal spirit back into his body and casually grabbing a small golden sword.

Nie Zhaonan stared at the Gengjin Divine Thunder Sword in his hand for a moment, then suddenly flicked the sword with his other hand.

Suddenly, the surface of the flying sword flashed with golden light, and a long, dragon-like roar was emitted.

As the flying sword swayed, it seemed as if a golden dragon was trembling.

Nie Zhaonan's eyes flashed twice, and suddenly his eyes shone brightly with crimson and blue spiritual light. At the same time, his divine sense invaded the flying sword in his hand.

Suddenly, in Nie Zhaonan's gaze, a blurry dragon-shaped phantom appeared within the sword's blade. As if sensing his gaze and divine sense, it affectionately shook its head at him, like a baby in the womb.

Seeing this, Nie Zhaonan was overjoyed. He immediately made a hand seal and used his divine sense to urge the flying swords in front of him.

All 365 flying swords soared into the air, circled once, and then disappeared into Nie Zhaonan's body.

Nie Zhaonan then flashed with a blue light and transformed into a streak of light, flying out of the secret chamber and disappearing into the horizon after a few flashes.

Meanwhile, Yue Li and Xin Ruyin were drinking tea by a spiritual lake, chatting happily.

"Sister Yue Li, what do you think of the spiritual energy in the cave?"

"It is extremely pure and rich, even surpassing the cultivation holy land on Dragon Island. Only some realms lost from the True Immortal Realm can compare with this place in terms of spiritual energy."

"Of course, apart from the True Immortal Realm, there really isn't a blessed land comparable to Zixiao Cave Heaven in the surrounding realms. After all, other places don't have so many Spirit Eye Trees, and setting up such a large-scale Myriad Trees Array is not something an ordinary array master can do. In the future, the spiritual energy in the cave heaven will increase more and more!" Xin Ruyin was quite proud. Zixiao Cave Heaven was able to become such a blessed land for cultivation thanks to her.

Yue Li smiled, her lips slightly parted as if she was about to say something, but suddenly she looked up at the sky to the side, her smile slowly disappeared, and her lips closed again.

A silver streak shot towards her swiftly, landing beside her in a flash. The light faded, revealing a young man in a black robe—none other than Nie Zhaonan.

“Master, it seems you and Ruyin are having a very pleasant conversation. Why are you unhappy as soon as I arrive?” Nie Zhaonan plopped down next to her, their bodies close together.

The intense heat seeped through her thin clothes and onto her body. She couldn't help but shift her hips to the side, creating distance between herself and Nie Zhaonan.

Before Yue Li could say anything, Xin Ruyin spoke up for her, saying:
"Husband, can't you be a little nicer to Sister Yue Li?"

As she spoke, she winked at Nie Zhaonan, then quickly got up and left, leaving only the man and woman sitting in their seats.

Nie Zhaonan understood perfectly what Xin Ruyin's eyes meant; the reason Xin Ruyin appeared was because he had specifically sent her a telepathic message.

The joy of refining divine blood to create a sword spirit before paled in comparison. Nie Zhaonan was overjoyed and, after a moment's hesitation, finally asked the question that had been on his mind:
"Master, you've accepted me."

Yue Li was feeling rather awkward and embarrassed, so she picked up a cup of spiritual tea to moisten her throat. But upon hearing his blunt words, she spat out the tea in one gulp.

"What did you say?"

Nie Zhaonan slightly turned his body to the side, avoiding the tea she spat out:
"Since Master has already heard it, why make me say it again?"

"You!" Yue Li's fair face flushed red instantly, and she turned around abruptly. "I just don't have any ill feelings towards you, but I'm still a long way from accepting you."

Upon hearing this, Nie Zhaonan showed no disappointment; instead, his joy grew even more. At that moment, he didn't know who gave him the courage, but he pulled her into his arms and made her sit down.

His heart fluttered at her beautiful, smooth body, and his body instantly felt warmer.

Steam was rising from Yue Li's head. She hurriedly struggled to get up from his embrace, but Nie Zhaonan's large hands held her waist tightly, and she couldn't break free at all. Her eyes were full of embarrassment.

"You're a lustful devil."

Nie Zhaonan greedily inhaled the delicate, orchid- and musk-like fragrance emanating from his master, and whispered in her ear:
"Since Master has made up his mind and decided, he will be mine sooner or later. What difference does it make whether we progress faster or slower?"

"Then why don't you slow down? Why are you in such a hurry?" Yue Li rolled her eyes at him.

Nie Zhaonan choked for a moment, then laughed and said:

"Because I've liked you for so long, ever since we first met. It's been almost a thousand years since I became your disciple. It's been such a long time, and I'm only now finally able to hold you in my arms. It's already very slow."

"Pah, just as Ruyin said, glib-tongued and utterly unserious." Yue Li spat lightly, "A dignified Integration Realm expert, yet he has no sense of propriety whatsoever."

Yue Li had already let go. Just as Nie Zhaonan said, once she made her decision, she couldn't escape. Sooner or later, she would belong to him.

"To be honest, I envy your treatment, Master. I'm always the one who takes the initiative, but you just need to enjoy my initiative." Nie Zhaonan shrugged and said helplessly.

"Do you even believe what you're saying?" Yue Li sat up straight and couldn't help but laugh.

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