Chapter 96: Really Want to Mess with the Sacred Family?

Nie Li, however, didn't have that many worries. He hadn't expected his luck to be so bad that he'd run into the City Lord on his very first visit here.

But Ye Zong hadn't done anything to him, probably having learned something from the Alchemist Association. If that was the case, Nie Li had nothing to fear. Before long, he would make Ye Zong completely submit and willingly hand over his daughter...

Thinking this, a faint smile touched Nie Li's lips. For this lofty goal and ideal, he still needed to work hard.

Nie Li swallowed a few pills and sat cross-legged to cultivate, circulating the Heavenly Dao Divine Art as he pushed toward Silver Four Stars.

In the small courtyard, ever since she had cultivated the Nine Revolutions Ice Phoenix Art and fused with the Wind Snow Queen Demon Spirit, Ye Ziyun's cultivation had also skyrocketed. She wasn't any slower than Nie Li, having also reached the Silver Three Star level. After all, her cultivation technique was more aggressive in its progress than Nie Li's Heavenly Dao Divine Art. The true power of the Heavenly Dao Divine Art only became clearly evident when cultivated to higher levels.

Among the cultivation techniques practiced by Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, Du Ze, Lu Piao, and the others—seven in total—Nie Li's Heavenly Dao Divine Art progressed the slowest. The difficulty of cultivation was several times greater than that of the others'. Naturally, once successfully cultivated, its power was the most formidable. At the same cultivation level, even if Ye Ziyun and the other six combined forces, they might not necessarily be Nie Li's match. Having the most difficult technique to cultivate, yet still keeping pace with the others in progress—this was the advantage of Nie Li's rebirth.

"Sacred Emperor, once I cultivate the Heavenly Dao Divine Art to its peak level, and then train seven divine-level powerhouses, this time let's see who is stronger!" Nie Li thought secretly. In his previous life, his loss was partly due to his cultivation being slightly inferior, but also because the Sacred Emperor had several divine-level Demon Beasts surrounding and wearing him down, leading to his swift defeat. In this life, he would absolutely not repeat those mistakes. Besides improving his own strength, he needed to bring out several powerful helpers. He couldn't be alone as he was in his last life.

After sitting and cultivating for over an hour, the injuries on Nie Li's body had mostly recovered.

"Nie Li, how is your recovery?" Ye Ziyun looked at Nie Li, her delicate eyes narrowing slightly.

Hearing her words, Nie Li thought she was concerned about him and nodded. "I've mostly recovered!"

"Good. Since that's the case, you have to leave! If you stay here any longer, I won't be polite!" Ye Ziyun's beautiful face set into a stern expression as she pushed Nie Li toward the door.

"Ziyun, I'm deeply devoted to you, and you treat me like this! Ah, my internal injuries haven't fully healed yet! At least I need two more days of rest before I can walk! Oh no, I'm going to vomit blood!"

"I'll never believe you again! If you don't leave now, I'm getting the broom to chase you out!" Ye Ziyun gritted her teeth. This guy Nie Li was such a rogue.

"You wouldn't be that cruel, would you?" Nie Li looked at her pleadingly.

"You can try!" Ye Ziyun placed her hands on her hips and snorted twice. After what happened today, not beating him up already showed great mercy.

"Fine, I'll head back for now and come find you again tomorrow!"

"If you dare come tomorrow, you'll see what happens!" Ye Ziyun pushed Nie Li out the door, pouting with her hands on her hips, speaking resentfully.

"Huh? Then when can I come see you?" Nie Li looked at her woefully.

*Boom!* The courtyard gate slammed shut by Ye Ziyun.

"Then I'll come the day after tomorrow!" Even though he had been driven out by Ye Ziyun, Nie Li's mood wasn't too bad. He put his hands behind his head, humming a tune as he walked toward his own quarters.

Watching the tightly shut gate, Ye Ziyun stomped her foot in frustration, her teeth itching with annoyance. But then, as if remembering something, she giggled. That radiant smile was so captivating that anyone who saw it would be stunned. She really didn't know what to do with this shameless guy, Nie Li. However, since things had already progressed to this point, she had no choice but to go along with him.

As if thinking of something, Ye Ziyun's cheeks flushed like the dawn sky.

As Nie Li walked, his thoughts drifted far away, as if returning to his past life. Actually, Nie Li didn't know how to pursue girls. In his previous life, his relationship with Ye Ziyun had developed naturally after enduring various life-and-death trials. After Ye Ziyun was killed by a Demon Beast, although he had interacted with several other girls, he never developed any ambiguous relationships with them. His heart had always been fixed on Ye Ziyun, and he had no mood to accept any other girl.

Seeing Ye Ziyun again in this life, Nie Li's joy was unimaginable. But without those life-and-death struggles this time around, he didn't know how to win her favor. He could only shamelessly stick to her side. Even if she found him annoying, he was determined to stay by her, because Nie Li didn't want to lose her again.