"Soul Nurturing Pills, Soul Condensing Pills, even the legendary Soul Tempering Pills, and the Red Flame Body Tempering Pill, the Nine Revolutions Pill—whatever pill you want, we can help you get it. Any cultivation technique you desire, we can find it..."
Hearing Ye Xiu's words, the Spirit Puppet looked at him as if he were an idiot.
As an ancestor of the City of Radiance, he possessed many secret techniques that ordinary people couldn't even imagine. Yet even he had been mocked by
"Senior Ye Xiu, you just got back from outside, didn't you? Hasn't the City Lord told you that the formulas for these pills in the City of Radiance were all provided by me? If you need something like Soul Tempering Pills, just say the word. I can whip up three or five thousand without a problem. Consider it a gift for you, Senior." Nie Li waved his hand dismissively.
The formulas for these pills in the City of Radiance were all provided by Nie Li? This was known only to a few, including the President of the Alchemist Association and City Lord
"This..." Ye Xiu was extremely embarrassed.
"Please relay a message to City Lord Ye Zong when you go back, Senior Ye Xiu. I can arrange the Ten Thousand Demonic Spirit Formation, but I have one condition," Nie Li said with a faint smile.
"What condition?" Ye Xiu's eyes lit up.
"My sister and I are going to move into
"What?" Ye Xiu's eyes went wide with shock. He never expected Nie Li to make such a request. He stared at Nie Li for a long moment. So, the kid had been eyeing the City Lord's daughter from the start. No wonder Ye Zong's face had turned grim at the mere mention of Nie Li's name.
This kid was only a teenager! Could it be that prodigies matured early? Already knowing about the affairs between men and women at such a young age?
But Nie Li's request was just too outrageous!
Ye Xiu swallowed hard. If it were anyone else, Ye Zong would beat them to death for saying such a thing!
After a long silence, Ye Xiu said with a bitter smile, "I'm afraid I can't decide this on my own. I'll have to go back and ask City Lord Ye Zong!"
Inside, Ye Xiu felt like a thousand horses were galloping through his mind. How was he supposed to tell Ye Zong about this? Tell him that his daughter could be traded for the Ten Thousand Demonic Spirit Formation? He could almost imagine the look on Ye Zong's face when he heard.
But if they refused, the Ten Thousand Demonic Spirit Formation was too important.
If they agreed, didn't that mean sending his niece Ziyun to the boy's doorstep?
How did he end up dealing with such a character?
With a mix of exasperation and amusement, Ye Xiu left Nie Li's courtyard.
City Lord's Mansion, Main Hall.
"What? That bastard, I'll tear him apart! He won't live to see another day!" After hearing Ye Xiu's report, Ye Zong flew into a rage, his grip crushing the armrest of his chair with a sharp crack.
The veins on Ye Zong's arm bulged. If he'd known Nie Li would push his luck like this, he should have squeezed the life out of that reckless fool back in Ziyun's courtyard!
"City Lord, please calm down! This matter concerns the safety of hundreds of millions of citizens in the City of Radiance. I implore you to reconsider!" Ye Xiu had anticipated this reaction and quickly interjected.
"What Ten Thousand Demonic Spirit Formation? It's obviously something the brat made up! He used some sweet talk to trick my daughter, and now he's trying to fool me with this fabricated nonsense. Utterly preposterous!" Ye Zong seethed with fury.
Ye Xiu shook his head. "City Lord, I don't think that kid Nie Li is lying. If he were, he wouldn't have claimed he could complete the Ten Thousand Demonic Spirit Formation within two months. Two months is a very short time. If he fails, he'll be exposed immediately. He would have said it would take three years, five years, or even longer."
Ye Zong had been blinded by rage and lost his reason. Ye Xiu was still relatively calm.
"Even if he can set up the Ten Thousand Demonic Spirit Formation, trading my daughter for it is absolutely out of the question! Even if he knows how to set it up and wants to negotiate with me, there's no way! We're going to his courtyard right now. If he doesn't cooperate wholeheartedly in setting up the formation, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Ye Zong slammed his hand on the table and strode out of the hall.
Seeing Ye Zong's actions, Ye Xiu was alarmed and hurried after him. "City Lord, please reconsider! The Ten Thousand Demonic Spirit Formation is composed of ten thousand Black Gold-level Demon Spirits. Its array must be incredibly intricate. If the one setting it harbors resentment and secretly tampers with it, causing problems to erupt when the great battle comes, what then?"