Chapter 300: Respect

Long Yuyin stood in place for a long time, silent, before walking towards Ying Yueru's dwelling. Nie Li's words had left her deep in thought. Ying Yueru's fate was in her hands, but did she truly want Ying Yueru to die?

Long Yuyin had hesitated on this matter for a long time. After all, Ying Yueru was her senior sister. Regarding the incident with their master all those years ago, Long Yuyin also felt there were hidden truths involved.

Just as Nie Li had said, Ying Yueru was a woman who would rather hurt herself than harm others.

Nie Li returned to Xiao Yu's courtyard.

"Nie Li, where did you go?" Xiao Yu asked upon seeing him.

"I went to meet an old acquaintance," Nie Li replied with a smile.

"Old acquaintance?" Xiao Yu was puzzled. Nie Li hadn't been at the Tianling Academy for long, so how could he have old acquaintances?

Without explaining further to Xiao Yu, Nie Li noticed Huang Ying behind her and immediately smiled in greeting. "You're here too?"

"Hello, Nie Li!" Huang Ying immediately put on a cute smile, grabbing Xiao Yu's arms and clinging to her like a little bird.

Nie Li gave a meaningful smile. "I'm heading in to cultivate. You two carry on!"

"Nie Li, don't misunderstand!" Xiao Yu's face flushed red in an instant.

"Why would I misunderstand? You're just chatting purely, aren't you?" Nie Li laughed, waved goodbye, winked at Huang Ying, and then walked into his own room.

Huang Ying's delicate cheeks reddened slightly, but she still held onto Xiao Yu's arms without letting go. Xiao Yu, on the other hand, looked exasperated and indignant.

Nie Li returned to his room and saw the Flame Goddess quietly hovering there in cultivation. To his surprise, her entire body was shrouded in waves of golden flame. This scorching fire burned continuously, releasing astonishing heat.

Surges of immense power pulsed outward constantly.

He hadn't expected that the Flame Goddess had reached the Heavenly Fate Realm before him, and moreover, her Heavenly Fate Realm seemed different from that of ordinary people. He couldn't tell what level she had reached, but she was certainly much stronger than a typical Heavenly Fate Realm expert.

The golden flames seemed as if they would melt the very air around them.

After Nie Li entered, the Flame Goddess was still cultivating quietly, and he did not disturb her. Looking down, he saw the Golden Egg curled up in a corner, snoring away. It seemed its daily life consisted of nothing but eating and sleeping. However, what astonished Nie Li was that after each big meal, the Golden Egg would sleep for a very long time. When it woke up, the aura around it would have grown significantly stronger.

This fellow's advancement speed was simply incredible!

Sensing through the aura in his own Soul Sea, Nie Li knew that after absorbing a large amount of Heavenly Dao Power from spirit stones, even Lu Piao was about to advance to the Heavenly Fate Realm, while he himself still stood at the threshold, unable to take the final step.

Logically, absorbing such a large quantity of Heavenly Dao Power from spirit stones should have resulted in very rapid advancement. However, the Heavenly Dao Power Nie Li absorbed from the spirit stones seemed to have been siphoned away by the vine, leaving him with barely anything.

Nie Li could only continue his dedicated cultivation.

Time passed slowly.

The arrival of the new batch of students at the Tianling Academy had caused a brief stir, but things soon quieted down. After all, for the students of the academy, cultivation was their primary concern.

After being warned by Li Xingyun's people, Hua Ling became much more subdued and buried himself in hard training.

Murong Yu had once again broken the record on the Ghost Ruins leaderboard, but he remained resentful. He hadn't anticipated that after getting away, Nie Li had simply dropped out of the Ghost Ruins entirely. He hadn't continued hunting demon spirits, so there was no opportunity for Murong Yu to seek trouble with him.

The others had also calmed down for the time being, diligently cultivating.

Days turned into weeks.

Nie Li consumed a considerable number of spirit stones every day—sometimes over two hundred, sometimes just over a hundred. Yet, the spirit stones in his Space Ring were continuously increasing. Every day, he would fuse some God-tier growth-type Demon Spirits, which he then had Gu Bei sell, either to Li Xingyun or secretly put a portion on the market to be absorbed.

The spirit stones in his Space Ring increased at an astonishing rate. At the same time, Nie Li had also been purchasing a large number of Demon Spirits with Dragon Blood inheritance, though they were all ordinary growth-type ones.

As more and more God-tier growth-type Demon Spirits appeared, Nie Li's standing in Li Xingyun's estimation grew daily. Li Xingyun didn't know where Nie Li got these God-tier growth-type Demon Spirits, but he didn't press the matter. After all, such things involved secrets; asking would be useless and might even damage their relationship.

Because of Nie Li's close dealings with Gu Bei and Li Xingyun, even Hu Yong felt a degree of apprehension.

In Senior Instructor Chi Mu's class, it was another session focused on physical strength.