Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 135: Truly a Talented Individual!

Upon seeing Ning Xuan, the chubby kid couldn’t help but feel a wave of disappointment.

Hanging his head, he muttered quietly, "A male! He’s actually a male! So much for me, the young and wealthy Qian Duoduo, having a chance to put my riches to good use! And why, oh why did this fellow have to be so tall and handsome when he transformed? It’s infuriating!"

The two middle-aged men behind him looked utterly exasperated. So the little guy actually wanted to woo the Element Beast with money! Incredible!

"What are you standing around for? Capture him!" one of them shouted angrily.

"Hold on, hold on!" someone spoke up. It wasn’t Ning Xuan, but incredibly, the chubby kid called Qian Duoduo.

"Um, hey... Beast Bro, do you perhaps know anyone of the opposite gender..." the chubby kid asked, looking at Ning Xuan with hopeful eyes.

He hadn’t finished speaking when one of the men behind him cut him off. "Duoduo, what nonsense are you spouting!"

"Uncle Tan, you don’t understand," Qian Duoduo said earnestly. "My dad always taught me that people are complicated. I’ve thought long and hard about it, and it’s better to find an Element Beast. At least their minds are simple, and they won’t covet my family’s wealth!"

The two middle-aged men facepalmed. Good grief, this kid is really one of a kind!

Ning Xuan couldn’t help but smile and replied, "Although I’m not a transformed Element Beast, I think I can help you."

He subconsciously thought of Xiao Bai. She might not be an Element Beast, but her strength was in no way inferior. If other Element Beasts could transform, then Xiao Bai, having devoured two different Bloodlines and a Strange Fire, certainly could too!

"You’re not an Element Beast?" The chubby kid was stunned. Then, his face flushed with anger, he yelled, "You’re not an Element Beast, but you can help me? Liar! Uncle Tan, Uncle Lu, help me catch him! I hate liars more than anything!"

Ning Xuan was left somewhat speechless. Why does this guy have such a short fuse? How many times has he been scammed to react like this?

"Young Master, are you truly not an Element Beast?" Uncle Tan, who was standing on the chubby kid’s left, asked after giving Ning Xuan a once-over. He asked because he had seen through Ning Xuan’s cultivation level.

Merely the Human Realm. How could a transformed Element Beast only have the cultivation of a Human Realm practitioner? When they transform, they can hide their aura, but their cultivation level can’t be concealed.

"If I were an Element Beast," Ning Xuan said, glancing at Qian Duoduo, "this little fatty here would be my hostage by now."

The chubby kid looked unconvinced and started to reach for something. But Uncle Lu, who was on his right, was quick to react and grabbed his arm.

Qian Duoduo struggled, protesting, "Let go of me! I’m going to teach him a lesson today!"

Uncle Lu wore an expression of helplessness. "Well, his cultivation is only at the Human Realm."

The chubby kid stopped struggling, utterly shocked. "What? Human Realm?"

Both men nodded.

The next moment, the chubby kid dashed toward Ning Xuan and threw his arms around him in a hug!

Ning Xuan’s eyes narrowed. He had underestimated the little fatty. Despite looking like a ball, he was surprisingly fast.

"Hahaha, you really are just at the Human Realm!" Qian Duoduo shouted gleefully. "Everyone, stand down! He’s definitely not an Element Beast! Brother, you’re actually just at the Human Realm? How did you manage that? Haha, come on, you’re coming with me to meet my dad!"

After pinching Ning Xuan a few times to confirm his cultivation level, the chubby kid was thoroughly elated. Without another word, he started dragging Ning Xuan away.

"Haha, finally! Someone even dumber than me!"

Ning Xuan was at a loss for words. Seeing that he couldn’t pull Ning Xuan along, Qian Duoduo quickly turned back. "My dad says he can’t find anyone in the entire Cloud Summit Heavenly Palace dumber than me! He said that if he did, I would become the head of the Qian Family! Come with me! When I inherit the family fortune, I’ll give you half!"

Ning Xuan chose to ignore the first part of the statement. Half the family fortune? It’d be foolish to refuse!

And just like that, Ning Xuan went along with him.

Tan and Lu chose not to follow. Qianling City was the Qian Family’s territory, after all. The city was filled with their eyes and ears; if the young man dared to harbor any ill intentions, he would be captured immediately. They walked over to the shattered Prevalent Mirror and studied it for a long while but ultimately came away with nothing.

In the city, Ning Xuan had already obtained a wealth of information from the little fatty. For instance, the Qian Family was one of the ten great families of the Cloud Summit Heavenly Palace. This very Qianling City was funded and built by Qian Duoduo’s father, Qian Wanyi, to prevent the Element Beasts from the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range from wreaking havoc on humanity. And their family’s entire fortune was stored in a secret vault beneath Qianling City.

Ning Xuan wasn’t particularly interested in these details. Seeing that Qian Duoduo seemed ready to ramble on endlessly, he finally couldn’t help but ask, "Fatty, your cultivation should be at the First Layer Heavens of the Heavenly Realm. Why does your dad think you’re dumb?"

"Don’t call me Fatty! I hate it... oh, never mind. Seeing as you’re even dumber than me, I’ll forgive you. You can keep calling me that. Every time you do, I’ll just be reminded of how smart I am!" he declared. "Also, where did you pop out from? Don’t you know? In our Cloud Summit Heavenly Palace, if a Martial Artist hasn’t reached the Heavenly Realm by the age of sixteen, their family abandons them. Luckily I have these," he said smugly, taking out some candy from his Storage Ring, "or my fate would’ve been much worse than yours!"

At the same time, he didn’t forget to share, generously tossing a bottle over to Ning Xuan.

Ning Xuan caught it and immediately marveled at Qian Duoduo’s generosity and extravagance. These weren’t candies at all but a bottle of elixirs containing pure Element Qi. The Element Qi within a single one of these pills was only slightly less than that of a Bihaichenglu Pill.

"You can’t eat candy one piece at a time," Qian Duoduo instructed, demonstrating by stuffing a handful into his mouth. "You have to eat it by the handful like this! It’s so much better!"

Ning Xuan finally understood why Qian Duoduo’s dad called him an idiot. If it were him consuming elixirs like that, he would have become a venerable saint by now. It was pitiful to think that for the sake of his own cultivation, he used to consider splitting a single Element Crystal in half. The comparison was truly infuriating.

With figurative tears in his eyes, Ning Xuan dumped the entire bottle of "candy" into his mouth.

Mmm! So damn good!

"That works too?! Why didn’t I ever think of that!" The little fatty slapped himself and then copied the move, downing a whole bottle. He also held his hand out to Ning Xuan. Ning Xuan spread his hands, and the fatty placed two more bottles of "candy" into his palm.

Such extravagance!

Noticing the unsurprised looks from many onlookers in the shadows, Ning Xuan immediately decided: This was a friend worth making.

"By the way, Brother Ning, why did the Prevalent Mirror at the entrance shatter earlier?" the little fatty asked, still not quite satisfied and looking conflicted. As he spoke, he tilted his head back and downed another bottle of "candy."

Someone in the shadows was secretly communicating with Qian Duoduo via voice transmission.

A thought struck Ning Xuan, and he whispered into Qian Duoduo’s ear, "To tell you the truth, I possess twelve Divine Veins, which were refined from the twelve divine beasts of Ancient Times!"

Qian Duoduo stared blankly at Ning Xuan, forgetting to even chew the "candy" in his mouth.

"No! You can’t meet my dad!" Qian Duoduo exclaimed once he snapped out of it, leaving Ning Xuan baffled.

"Your talent might be lacking, but you’re a great bluffer! If I let you meet my dad, you’ll definitely become my brother from another mother!"

Ning Xuan patted the little fatty’s shoulder reassuringly. "Don’t worry, I’m actually not one to boast. As for your dad, rest assured, I don’t make a habit of adopting new fathers."

"Heh, even if you wanted to, you’ve lost your chance!" a voice suddenly called out from behind them.

Ning Xuan turned his head, his face a mask of confusion. Who is this?