Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 497 Glib Talk
"Hmph, anyway, you're not allowed to call me that anymore. We're no longer master and disciple." A blush flashed across Yue Li's jade-like face as she gave a soft huff.

“No, no, this disciple respects his teacher so much.” Nie Zhaonan emphasized the word “Dao” very much.

Yue Li blushed again, her eyes brimming with tears, and said in a sweet voice:

"I'm already yours, there's no escaping me now, can't you be a little nicer to me?"

Nie Zhaonan couldn't stand such a girlish attitude, and apologizing to his woman wasn't a difficult thing to do, so he immediately said:

"It was my fault, Yue Li, please forgive me."

However, Nie Zhaonan was cautious and only apologized without making any promises.

Yue Li couldn't help but roll her eyes, and instead of continuing the topic, she changed the subject, saying:

"It's all your fault. I promised Ruyin and your other Daoist partners that I would refine spirit wings for them, but you've made things so complicated for so long."

Looking at the limp and powerless beauty in his arms, Nie Zhaonan felt a strange sense of accomplishment. His fingers gently traced her skin, which was even more smooth and delicate than jade.

"Isn't there one for me? Haven't you ever thought about crafting a treasure for me?"

Unexpectedly, he said that. Yue Li turned to her side, finding a comfortable position in his arms, before lazily saying:
“I’ve already thought of that for you. The Azure Phoenix Spirit Wood and the Wind-Riding Leaf are both excellent materials for crafting flying treasures. I happen to have a method for crafting a Profound Heaven Sacred Boat, which can be made using these two materials as the main ingredients. However, some materials are still missing, and I need to return to the clan to collect them. Even on Dragon Island, there are no Sacred Boats of the Profound Heaven Treasure grade. If this treasure is successfully crafted, its speed will be so fast that even a True Immortal descending to earth would not be able to catch up with it.”

After she finished speaking, she explained to Nie Zhaonan what the Wind-Riding Leaf was.

"Then I'll have to trouble Yue Li. You can take whatever spiritual plants you need from the herb garden. Don't treat yourself like an outsider." Nie Zhaonan was overjoyed. He had just felt that the Azure Spirit Shuttle in his hand was not enough. Now Yue Li was going to refine a post-mysterious treasure for him.

"Are you sure you can let me go back now?" Yue Li snorted lazily. She was still a little resentful that she had been given preferential treatment.

"Yue Li, I will treat you well. Don't be angry. Look, you are mine now, and I am the master of Zixiao Cave Heaven. Doesn't that mean the entire Zixiao Cave Heaven is yours?" Nie Zhaonan said glibly.

"So you're saying that you did this to me for my own good, and that I got a great deal?" Yue Li asked calmly.

"Of course I'm doing this for your own good, but part of it is also due to my possessiveness." Now that the deed is done, Nie Zhaonan has no need to hide his thoughts. "The fact that the Purple Cloud Cave Light can accelerate the growth of spiritual herbs and plants is enough to greatly benefit you, Yue Li. In the future, your cultivation speed will not be slower than mine."

"You're right, you do need to return to the True Dragon Realm and bring your Xuan Tian Flower Tree with you," Nie Zhaonan nodded in final instruction.

After listening to him say so much, Yue Li realized that she seemed to have gained a considerable advantage, since for cultivators, the most important thing is cultivation.

However, she still asked, somewhat puzzled:
"Why bring the Xuan Tian Flower Tree?"

“You don’t think that spirit fields can only mature ordinary spirit plants and can’t mature Xuan Tian treasures, do you? The Xuan Tian Spirit-Slaying Sword in my hand was originally just a short vine.” Nie Zhaonan said as he reached out and touched her chest.

Although it wasn't my first time touching it, I'm still shocked by its sheer force.

"Let's get down to business, stop fooling around~" Yue Li's heart skipped a beat at his actions, and she gave him a coquettish glare. "So, I'll soon be able to own a Xuan Tian Treasure too."

"Of course, and it's a Xuan Tian treasure that's perfectly suited to you. The Xuan Tian Flower Tree contains a complete set of ice-attribute laws, and you also cultivate ice-attribute law power. You yourself have an exceptionally high comprehension of laws, so after you refine the mature Xuan Tian Flower Tree, your understanding of laws will surely advance by leaps and bounds." When it came to serious matters, Nie Zhaonan became solemn.

Yue Li's tone became confident, her voice still soft and pleasant to the ear:
"That's right, I am the number one cultivation genius in the history of the True Dragon Clan. My current understanding of the power of laws is no less than that of the late-stage Integration Elder in the clan. If I were to obtain a Xuan Tian Treasure that suits me, I could treat the bottleneck of the Great Ascension stage as nothing in a short period of time."

"But you are different. Although you comprehended the power of laws when you advanced to the Void Refinement stage, you have been at the Integration stage for so long, yet your understanding of the laws has not improved much. It is completely impossible for you to break through the bottleneck of the Mahayana stage by relying on the power of laws. You can only rely on external things such as rare and precious materials, like the Spirit Cleansing Pool in the Demon Realm. In that sense, my speed of advancing to the Mahayana stage is much faster than yours."

Towards the end, a smug smile crept into her voice.

Nie Zhaonan felt somewhat ashamed. He had not only made little progress in the path of laws, but he had made absolutely no progress.

On the one hand, it's because he hasn't been cultivating for very long. He has already exhausted all his time just cultivating the Dharma body, the spirit, and the body simultaneously. Where would he find the extra time to comprehend the laws?

On the other hand, he really didn't have any talent for understanding the laws. Even if he spent time trying to comprehend them, he wouldn't make much progress; it would just be a waste of energy.

Even so, Nie Zhaonan was not discouraged. Instead, he smiled slightly and said in a leisurely voice:
"Even without relying on external aids, the bottleneck of the Mahayana realm is not a difficult hurdle for me. When I broke through to the Fusion realm, I relied on the Yin energy of the Ice Phoenix, and I still easily advanced to the Fusion realm."

"The Lieyuan Technique and the Nine Revolutions True Dragon Technique can indeed weaken some bottlenecks, but they are far from reaching the level you described. What is the origin of your main cultivation technique?" Yue Li said slowly, her eyes flashing with wisdom.

"My cultivation technique, the 'Taiyi Divine Thunder Technique,' is a inherited technique from the Purple Cloud Cave Heaven. After practicing this technique, not only will I be incredibly powerful in combat, making fighting across levels as easy as eating and drinking, but it will also increase my success rate by 30% whenever I encounter a major bottleneck in my cultivation," Nie Zhaonan said slowly.

"Thirty percent! Most peak Nascent Soul cultivators don't even have a ten percent success rate when breaking through the Great Ascension bottleneck." Yue Li's jade-like face was shocked, and she couldn't help but exclaim in a delicate voice.

"With your help and the assistance of my other cultivation techniques, what are my chances of breaking through to the Mahayana stage? So, don't even think about surpassing me in cultivation level anymore," Nie Zhaonan joked with a smile.

"Don't you like being pinned down by me?" Yue Li immediately rolled over, looking at the man beneath her with eyes as bright and dazzling as stars.

"I like it this way, of course. You can press it down however you want." Nie Zhaonan tidied the stray hairs on her cheeks and exhaled a soft breath.

It's terrifying!

"You pervert~" With her face pressed against his chest, Yue Li listened to the man's heartbeat while drawing circles on his chest with her slender, jade-like fingers:
"Just as Ruyin said, you are really easy to coax."

Nie Zhaonan was taken aback, then leaned in and gave her a lingering kiss.
Next, their bodies came together. Although Yue Li was already very familiar with it, her cheeks soon flushed and her eyes became so glazed they looked like they were about to burst into tears.

In a small pavilion outside, Xin Ruyin held a jade slip in her hands, quietly browsing its contents, but her gaze would occasionally drift into the room.

Although they couldn't see anything, they were still full of curiosity.

"Sister Yue Li's cultivation is truly impressive; she's managed to be intimate with her husband for so long, over a year now," Xin Ruyin murmured to herself, feeling a mix of envy and bitterness. However, with so many sisters, she was already used to it and quickly adjusted her mindset.

Suddenly, the door opened, followed by two footsteps. Xin Ruyin turned around and saw a man and a woman walking slowly towards her. The man was handsome, and the woman was exceptionally beautiful. She couldn't help but smile slightly.
"My husband, Sister Yue Li~"

The visitors were naturally Nie Zhaonan and Yue Li.

Hearing the other person's address, Nie Zhaonan was already used to it and showed no surprise, only a slight smile.

Upon hearing this, Yue Li gave Xin Ruyin a reproachful look.

"Sister Yue Li, I told you so, didn't I? My husband is the most doting husband. Look, you don't even want to come out and see your good sister." Xin Ruyin said with a smile.

"Ruyin~" Yue Li recalled the scenes she had experienced before, which made her feel weak all over, and she didn't really get angry.

Seeing the beautiful woman beside him blushing, Nie Zhaonan coughed lightly and spoke up in support:
"Alright, Ruyin also went through this step by step. Stop teasing Yueli, she can't take it."

"Husband, really! You forget the old one as soon as you have a new one, and you always side with Sister Yue Li." Xin Ruyin gave a coquettish snort, feigning anger.

Nie Zhaonan's expression froze for a moment. Naturally, he now favored Yue Li more.

"Have you resolved Yue Li's inner conflict?" Xin Ruyin was always gentle, so she wouldn't really continue to embarrass him.

“It’s not just the knot in her heart that’s been untied.” Nie Zhaonan couldn’t help but feel a little smug, thinking that he had also undressed her and gone behind her.

However, he naturally couldn't say what he was about to say in front of the two women.

"It's all right now. Sister Yue Li, I told you, my husband wouldn't care about your little schemes." Xin Ruyin smiled gently at Yue Li.

"Yes, it's really thanks to my sister's guidance that I can understand this matter so well," Yue Li nodded slightly and said softly.

"Hehe, I guess I'm the matchmaker between you and your husband." Xin Ruyin's smile suddenly turned somewhat malicious.

With just one glance, Nie Zhaonan knew what Xin Ruyin was thinking, and immediately spoke:

"Ruyin, you should go into seclusion to cultivate."

"Husband, how can you be so heartless? You only call me out when you need me, and then send me back when you're done with me," Xin Ruyin said, her eyes brimming with tears, feigning a pitiful expression.

"Consider this year or so my reward to you." Nie Zhaonan felt a little embarrassed about doing such a thing, but he still hardened his heart and said.

"No, Yue Li and I are sisters, you can't separate us like this. I still have a lot to ask my sister about the True Dragon Clan." Xin Ruyin didn't give up at all, using Yue Li as a shield.

Yue Li parted her lips slightly and spoke softly, though with a hint of guilt:
"Ruyin, I need to return to the True Dragon Realm and won't be able to stay with you for the time being. Although Zhaonan is a bit strict with you, it's all for your own good. We cultivators should prioritize cultivation and improving our realm."

"Alright." Xin Ruyin was a little deflated. After exchanging a few more words with Yue Li, she dejectedly headed towards the secluded cultivation chamber.

Watching her figure gradually disappear, Yue Li sighed softly:
"Is it a bit unfair of us to treat her like this?"

"Don't worry, it won't affect the relationship between you sisters. She's just too obsessed with the Dao of Formations right now. If she continues like this, she probably won't have broken through to the Void Refinement stage by the time her lifespan is almost over. Indulging her too much will only ruin her." Nie Zhaonan said softly, and as he spoke, he put his arm around her slender waist.

"let's go."

"Ah."

As the sound faded, the two figures vanished silently from their spot, reappearing in the wilderness, the very place where they had entered the cave.

With so much time having passed, the two Mahayana cultivators of the Yaksha clan naturally wouldn't linger here and had already left.

"Yue'er, you must come back soon, hurry back." Nie Zhaonan stood under an ancient tree, smelling the fragrance emanating from the beauty, and said reluctantly.

"I know, are you afraid I'll run away?" Yue Li gave Nie Zhaonan a reproachful look. "I know what you're thinking, but I can't keep up with your nonsense for a whole year like before. I need to focus on my cultivation, understand?"

Nie Zhaonan's expression stiffened. "You want to vent your anger for Ruyin, but there's no need for this. There's no need to wrong yourself."

"Pah~" Yue Li wrinkled her delicate nose. "It's clearly what you wanted, why should I feel wronged?"

Sensing the insincerity in her tone, Nie Zhaonan chuckled, and the topic naturally faded away.

"Be careful after I leave. The news that you possess the Xuan Tian Treasure should have spread by now. Although your strength is comparable to that of an ordinary Mahayana cultivator, there are many people in this Spirit Realm who are far stronger than you. If you encounter any trouble that you cannot resolve, just mention my name." Yue Li said with great concern and gentle words as they parted.

"Don't worry! I wouldn't want to die." Nie Zhaonan kissed her smooth forehead and said with a soft laugh.

"You're so glib," Yue Li said coquettishly. "Anyway, you should be careful. By the way, I have some Nascent Soul level spiritual medicine that's perfect for you right now. Here, take it."

As she spoke, she reached to her waist and found a white storage bracelet in her hand, which she calmly handed over.

"Yue'er, you are truly my wise and capable wife. I was just worrying about not having any elixirs to enhance my magical power." Nie Zhaonan's divine sense invaded the room and saw some jade boxes with restriction talismans, as well as a jade slip containing the elixir formula.

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