Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 183: Junior Brothers are Meant to be Tricked!
Five days later, at Bi Luo Palace, an originally nervous San Wu immediately forgot all about Ning Xuan the moment she saw Wawa and Xiao Bai.
After the three women had left, Yun Wangshu asked Ning Xuan with concern, "Are you alright?"
Wu Pianpian, who was standing nearby, couldn’t help but tease, "Sister Wangshu, look at him. He’s glowing with health! Does he look like he’s in trouble? I’d say he’s been so pampered with luxury and beauties that he’s completely lost his bearings!"
Finally, Wu Pianpian rolled her eyes at Ning Xuan, then ran over and threw an arm around his shoulders. "Junior Brother, that wasn’t very considerate of you. So preoccupied with yourself, and not sparing a single thought for us two gorgeous beauties?"
Before Ning Xuan could speak, she leaned in closer, lowered her voice, and asked with a wicked grin, "So, what’s another man’s wife like? Thrilling, wasn’t it?"
Dark lines formed on Ning Xuan’s forehead.
Yun Wangshu chided her, "You crazy girl, what are you talking about? He’s still a child!"
"What? You want a child?" Wu Pianpian looked shocked before her expression turned serious. "Then you’d better get a move on, or some vixen out there will snatch his soul away!"
"What are you talking about? I’m Yi Yi’s... her Senior Sister!" Yun Wangshu glanced at Ning Xuan, her face flushed with embarrassment. She wished she could rip Wu Pianpian’s mouth shut.
With a firm grip, Wu Pianpian pulled Ning Xuan in front of her as a shield. She peeked out from behind him and said, "Just a Senior Sister, not his Master. What’s there to be afraid of? Besides, even if you..."
Yun Wangshu cut her off. "Wu Pianpian, if you keep running your mouth, I’ll tell him how you call out for your Junior Brother in your sleep!"
Wu Pianpian froze, completely stunned.
Ning Xuan looked at Yun Wangshu in surprise. Wow. She’s on a completely different level than Wu Pianpian. A direct hit! A one-shot KO!
"You’re the one who talks in your sleep!" Wu Pianpian retorted, though her voice lacked its usual confidence.
Noticing Ning Xuan’s gaze on her, she shoved him away. "What are you looking at, you annoying brat?!"
Ning Xuan couldn’t be bothered to argue with her. Instead, he asked Wu Pianpian, "Eldest Senior, didn’t you say there was a Cultivation Room here? I’d like to try it out. Oh, it would be best if it included gravity. Gravity is..."
He tried to explain. During his duel with Jun Wudao, Ning Xuan had realized that he still wasn’t fast enough. With Si Lanyi not here, the best way to improve his speed was to find a Gravity Room.
"I know what gravity is. As it happens, we have the Gravity Mountains, designed specifically for prodigies. The price is just a little steep."
"How much?" Ning Xuan asked.
Wu Pianpian held up one finger. "One million Heavenly Crystals per session."
Ning Xuan’s mouth twitched. That wasn’t just steep; it was exorbitant. Although he had plenty of Heavenly Crystals on him, he wasn’t a spendthrift and didn’t want to waste them like that.
"However, you can pay later. You can participate in the leaderboard rankings. If you make it onto the list, the fee is waived. But if you fail to get on the board, you have to pay ten times the amount!"
Ning Xuan’s eyes widened. "You people are ruthless!"
"What are you talking about? I’m just the messenger. Don’t forget, we belong to the Huang Quan Post."
Ning Xuan was confused. "Aren’t Bi Luo and Huang Quan the same organization?"
"That old coot told us to fend for ourselves. The Wretched Junior Brother and I both tried, but it was useless. Why don’t you give it a shot?"
"Wretched Junior Brother?"
"Xie Daoyi. Isn’t that what people call him? The Wretched God."
Dark lines formed on Ning Xuan’s forehead again. Her words suddenly made him think of Sister Meng Luo. Back in Destiny City, she volunteered to go back to Wuling. I not only had the Eighteen Knights accompany her, but I also asked Xie Daoyi to escort her. He still hasn’t returned... He must be teaching her the way of the sword. I wonder how she’s doing? I’ll have to find time to go back and check on her. And while I’m at it, I can ask if there’s any news about my parents.
"Hey, what are you daydreaming about? Don’t tell me you’re too scared to go, are you?" Wu Pianpian’s slender hand waved in front of Ning Xuan’s face.
"Go? Of course I’m going. Eldest Senior, can you tell me more about these leaderboard rankings?" Although Ning Xuan doubted Wu Pianpian would trick him when it came to cultivation, it was still better to ask.
Wu Pianpian waved a dismissive hand. "I just explained it. I don’t repeat myself. Go ask him."
"You didn’t... You mean someone just went in?" Ning Xuan realized.
"Mhm. You’d better hurry. If he gets squashed to death, you’ll have to go to the netherworld to ask him."
Yun Wangshu couldn’t listen anymore. "Don’t listen to her nonsense. The Gravity Mountains is the most difficult trial ground here. No one would dare challenge it recklessly without absolute confidence. The young man who just went in is very strong."
Ning Xuan nodded and looked back at Wu Pianpian.
She gave him a wicked smile.
Suddenly, the floor beneath Ning Xuan’s feet opened up.
"Holy crap! You’d even scam your own fa—!" BANG!
Before Ning Xuan could finish, the floor snapped shut, cutting off his voice.
Wu Pianpian clapped her hands together, looking thoroughly satisfied. "What are junior brothers for, if not to be tricked!"
Yun Wangshu glanced at her. Wait, didn’t he say ’father’?
Meanwhile, Ning Xuan plummeted down a long tunnel as if on a slide, falling at a terrifying speed. He slid for what felt like hundreds of breaths before the view suddenly opened up. Looking down, he saw a massive lake. That would have been fine, but directly below him, a Megalodon had already opened its blood-red maw.
"Sh—"
He was falling so fast that he only managed to utter a single syllable before landing right in the shark’s mouth!
The Megalodon, with its astonishing bite force, snapped its jaws shut but found it couldn’t close its mouth completely. Ning Xuan had braced a hand against each row of its upper and lower fangs, single-handedly resisting the immense pressure!
On the highest floor of Bi Luo Palace, Wu Pianpian and Yun Wangshu stood before a giant, rectangular Crystal. Displayed within the Crystal was the very scene of Ning Xuan confronting the Megalodon. The image was incredibly lifelike, making it seem as if the beast might burst through the Crystal at any moment. If Ning Xuan were here, he would surely marvel that this was a live 3D broadcast—and an extremely advanced, glasses-free one at that!
"Not bad. This big fella’s bite force is hundreds of thousands of pounds, yet he looks so relaxed," Wu Pianpian remarked, pressing a nearby button.
Within the Crystal, the Megalodon suddenly convulsed as if it had been electrocuted, its mouth flying open. The moment Ning Xuan was flung out, the shark stirred up a monstrous wave and charged furiously toward him.
Ning Xuan let out a low growl, took a deep breath, and kicked off the surface of the water to shoot backward. At the same time, he swept his sleeve. Instantly, countless Water Swords shot toward the Megalodon.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The Water Swords were powerful, but when they struck the Megalodon, it was like tofu hitting a wall of bronze and iron. They shattered on impact.
The Megalodon went berserk. It even seemed to blame Ning Xuan for the pain of the electric shock. It slammed back into the vast ocean and came surging through the towering waves, its momentum utterly staggering.
Ning Xuan’s eyes narrowed. He condensed the water into a sword and used Sword Control to hover in the air. Then, reaching out, he grasped a newly formed Element Qi Sword.
On the top floor of Bi Luo Palace, Wu Pianpian was about to press another button when she saw Ning Xuan’s next move. She quietly withdrew her hand.
