Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 101: Do You Hear, What People Say?!

The medicinal ingredients on the list were few, only a little over thirty types, but each one was priceless.

"The ingredients you’re asking for are far too precious, and you want a hundred portions of each. You might as well take my life instead."

Ning Xuan pondered for a moment. "Eighty portions! Give me eighty portions of each kind!"

"I really don’t have that many! Fifty at most!"

"Fine, deal!"

A sly, foxlike smile crept onto Ning Xuan’s face.

The King of Dong Cang’s face turned green.

Damn it, I fell for this guy’s trick!

"Don’t worry, I won’t take your things for nothing." After speaking, a trickle of fresh blood spilled from the corner of his mouth as he chuckled. "You keep your face, and I get the ingredients. Neither of us loses."

What else could he say at this point? He was the dignified ruler of a nation; he truly couldn’t afford to lose face. But the thought of what he had to give Ning Xuan made his heart, his liver, and even his balls ache.

"Ning..." the King of Dong Cang had just uttered a single word.

Suddenly, a realization dawned on Ning Xuan. "Wait, that’s not right! For the sake of your stable position and the royal family’s reputation, you said you would hunt me down afterward. By that calculation, not only did I lose, I lost big time! You have to..."

"I’ll give it to you! Right now! I’ll get it right away!" the King of Dong Cang hurriedly interrupted, his lips quivering.

Ning Xuan didn’t have to wait long. All the Element Crystals and medicinal ingredients he needed were delivered.

"King of Dong Cang, I, Ning Xuan, have hunted more than one King Realm powerhouse in the Pride Hunting Ground. To think that you, another King Realm expert, possess such terrifying strength is astonishing!"

"Today, not only did you spare my life, but you also gifted me ten billion Element Crystals and countless precious Spiritual Medicines and Strange Herbs! However, don’t you dare imagine I will thank you for this! Once my power grows, I will definitely return to take your head!"

With that, Ning Xuan burst into laughter and departed.

The attendant beside the King of Dong Cang, who had just prepared the items, wished he could hack Ning Xuan to death. That damn prick was just asking for a beating. At the same time, his admiration for his king grew. To remain unfazed in the face of such arrogance showed a magnanimity that ordinary people couldn’t hope to match.

He had no idea that the King of Dong Cang’s mouth was twitching, a powerful urge to strangle Ning Xuan rising within him. Ning Xuan had certainly given him plenty of face, but no one knew the great price he had paid for it.

My balls are killing me!

「Outside the high walls of the royal palace.」

Many people were waiting anxiously.

"Ning Xuan is definitely done for this time!"

"The King has mobilized his elite troops and laid an inescapable trap. It doesn’t matter who’s backing him; it’s useless!"

"That’s right, he’s facing an entire kingdom this time! I don’t believe he can defy the heavens!"

"What a pity. He just made it onto the Destiny List, and now he’s finished."

"He brought this on himself by courting death. He was really asking for... uh..."

The expressions of countless people suddenly went slack.

What were they seeing?!

Ning Xuan was walking out of the royal palace, completely safe and sound!

"What happened?!"

"How did he manage that?"

Everyone was dumbstruck.

As Ning Xuan drew closer, some noticed the dried bloodstain on the corner of his mouth, but ultimately, no one made a move against him. They simply let him leave.

On his way back to the Stele Forest, Ning Xuan encountered Yuan Yurong blocking his path.

He looked at her without speaking.

Yuan Yurong, who had been smiling, let her expression fade, replaced by a rare nervousness. Back in the Pride Hunting Ground, she had always been composed when facing Ning Xuan. Seeing him again, she found it impossible to maintain that calm.

"I have no desire to follow in Zhan Wudi’s footsteps. I came to make a deal with you," Yuan Yurong stated her purpose immediately.

Ning Xuan asked, "You want Zhan Wudi’s Storage Ring?"

Yuan Yurong nodded. "In exchange, you can have my Storage Ring."

"Alright."

Ning Xuan agreed at once, without a hint of hesitation.

Yuan Yurong was quite surprised. She had thought it would cost her much more.

It was that easy?

Ning Xuan explained, "I dare not probe the Martial God Temple’s Storage Ring with my Divine Sense. It’s too dangerous."

"Thank you." After a moment’s hesitation, Yuan Yurong continued, "You annihilated a sect under Su Yue Zhuai, so this matter is far from over. However, I will not be involved from now on. Take care."

Su Yue Zhuai was vast. The only reason she had come this time was because no one else had been willing. With a powerful expert to assist and a magical Storage Ring, anyone could have completed the mission. Dong Cang Country was too small. For the true prodigies of Su Yue Zhuai, the time would be better spent cultivating back in the Sect. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

After Yuan Yurong left, Ning Xuan tossed the Storage Ring up and down before casually throwing it into his own. He didn’t pay much attention to the little interlude.

「Back at the Stele Forest.」

Si Lanyi immediately pulled Ning Xuan aside and asked nervously, "What’s the deal with that Senior Sister Wawa of yours?!"

"What’s wrong?" Ning Xuan was surprised. He couldn’t recall many times when Si Lanyi had been this nervous.

"Not only are all my injuries healed, but my strength has even improved! The same goes for my Senior Sister!"

Curious, Ning Xuan asked, "What did she do?"

"Heavenly Repair Pills! She gave us two of them! What’s more, she’s the one who refined Wu Pianpian’s Heavenly Repair Pill too!"

Ning Xuan was shocked. "She refined it?"

Si Lanyi nodded.

Now, Ning Xuan was truly astonished.

Senior Sister Wawa must be the true Chosen One of Destiny! She masters the Dao Xuan Technique the moment she learns it, and she’s also a top-tier Spirit Pill Master! Right, and her Martial Arts are equally terrifying! Cultivating the paths of Martial Arts, the Dao, and Elixirs simultaneously, and excelling at all of them... Is she even leaving a path for others to live? What Destiny List? In front of Senior Sister Wawa, it’s an absolute joke!

But Ning Xuan quickly composed himself and said excitedly, "Wait here, I’ll go ask her!"

My senior sister is powerful, but I’m not so bad myself! If I can get the Pill Recipe for the Heavenly Repair Pill, I’m sure I can refine it too!

However, after finding Senior Sister Wawa and asking his question, Ning Xuan was floored.

"What? No Pill Recipe? How did you refine it without a Pill Recipe?"

Wawa blinked her big, bright eyes and stated as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "A sister in red gave me an Elixir, and after I sniffed it, I just knew how to refine it."

Ning Xuan’s mouth twitched.

Are you kidding me? Is that even something a human would say?!

At this moment, Ning Xuan was truly grateful to the foot-scratching old man. If the old man hadn’t thrown him into the Blunt Stone Tower to temper his Mental State, his composure would have definitely crumbled right now.

Forget it. I won’t get hung up on this. I can refine my last Pill Recipe now, and the result won’t be much weaker than the Heavenly Repair Pill!

Ning Xuan quickly adjusted his mindset. As his Mental State calmed, another matter sprang to mind.

"Wait a minute. The one in red... Wu Pianpian. How did she know you could refine pills?"

"I met her when I was just born," Wawa replied. "Oh, right, she told me to tell you to visit Bi Luo Palace now that you’re out."

Ning Xuan instantly understood Wu Pianpian’s identity.

She’s the senior martial sister of the Sword God Xie Daoyi, the one who was disguised as Old Wang! Now, everything makes sense.

"By the way, where’s the old man?" Glancing at Xiao Bai, who Wawa was cuddling and stroking like a cat, Ning Xuan suddenly remembered he hadn’t seen the foot-scratching old man at all.

Wawa shook her head. "I don’t know. You should hurry to Bi Luo Palace. Sister Wu said she has something very important to tell you."

Ning Xuan nodded.

And when he arrived at Bi Luo Palace and met Wu Pianpian, her very first words shocked him to his core.