Chapter 3: The Mysterious Old Man
Time flies, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye......
In a room in the backyard of the Nie family, a handsome-looking young man wearing a black practice uniform, sitting cross-legged on a futon with his eyes closed, slowly emitted a faint red light from the young man's body, and at the same time, an inexplicable coercion also emanated from the young man......
I don't know how long it took......
"Horn" "Horn" "Horn"
There was a sound of cautious footsteps from the door, the young man opened his eyes, a faint purple glow flashed in his eyes, and the red glow and inexplicable coercion on his body also dissipated instantly, and then the door opened, and a very cute little boy wearing a yellow cotton coat and only 5 or 6 years old poked his head in, looking at the young man with a curious face.
"Xiaoyun, don't look at it, come in. The boy looked at the little boy with a doting glint in his eyes and said with a smile.
This young man is Nie Chen, ten years have passed, and the original little baby has become the current young man, except for a little childishness on his face, he is like a little adult in other aspects, and he has also practiced the Shura left by Meng Yunhao to the peak of the first layer, and his strength is comparable to the early stage of the soul warrior, but Nie Chen has never told others about this matter, coupled with the prohibition left by Meng Yunhao, so he is still a waste in the eyes of others, and that little boy is Nie Chen's younger brother Nie Yun, who is one of the few people in the entire Nie family who is willing to get close to Nie Chen, and he is also a soul master with rare thunder attribute soul power, which is deeply valued by the Nie family, Nie Chen also loves this younger brother very much.
"Brother, what were you doing just now?" Nie Yun ran in, threw himself into Nie Chen's arms, and asked Nie Chen in a childish voice, Nie Chen pinched Nie Yun's little face, smiled and said, "Brother is resting, is there anything wrong with Xiaoyun?"
"Well, I'm cultivating every day, and I'm about to suffocate to death, so I just sneaked out while the third elder was dozing off, and I was looking for you to play with you, brother. Nie Yun pouted, and said with a dissatisfied face, looking at Nie Yun's slightly depressed look, Nie Chen couldn't help but smile, rubbed Nie Yun's little face with both hands and said, "Okay, let's say, where do you want to play." ”
"Hee-hee, I know that my brother is the best, huh...... I heard that there is a dim sum shop on Lanyun Street, and Xiaoyun wants to go to Lanyun Street to play today. Seeing that Nie Chen agreed, Nie Yun jumped up happily, and said after thinking about it with his fingers in his mouth, Nie Chen nodded and said, "Okay, go and prepare, we can't go out through the gate......
On the Blue Cloud Street in Twilight City......
"The sugar gourd is so delicious, brother, how do you know that there is such a hole in our backyard?" Nie Chen pulled Nie Yun to walk on Lanyun Street, Nie Yun held a rock sugar gourd in his hand and ate it deliciously, and soon Nie Yun ate the last candy ball, licked his mouth and asked unsatisfied.
"It's very simple, I made that hole myself. Nie Chen chewed the maltose he had just bought in his mouth, and listened to Nie Yun say lightly, when Nie Chen cultivated to the first layer of the Shura Duel, he didn't control his strength for a while, and as a result, he made a hole in the wall of the backyard, and he didn't let others find the hole.
"Well, what's the matter, brother, go and see. Nie Yun looked around curiously, and suddenly saw a group of people not far in front of him who didn't know what was watching, and said to Nie Chen with some curiosity, Nie Chen nodded slightly and walked over with Nie Yun.
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"Bastard, Young Master Ben bought your things to give you face, and he bargained, I want to die. A man in a blue brocade robe, with a pale face and obviously overindulgent, was pointing at an old man with gray hair and scolded angrily, the old man fell to the ground, with a few footprints on his clothes, and some gadgets scattered next to him, Nie Chen stood outside the crowd and frowned slightly, he knew that man, his name was Ning Hao, he was the eldest son of the head of the Ning family, one of the four major families in Dusk Cloud City, he was lustful and insidious, unscrupulous in order to achieve his goals, he was a water soul master, but his qualifications were okay, and he reached the peak of the soul at the age of fifteen or six.
"Grandpa, are you alright, come and be careful...... You're too much, how can you bully people like this. Just when Nie Chen was stunned, Xiao Nie Yun actually ran to the old man's side, and after helping the old man up, he pointed at Ning Hao and said in that immature voice.
"Yo, who did I say, it turned out to be the little genius of the Nie family, what, I want to save people and become a hero, hahaha......" Ning Hao saw that it was Xiao Nie Yun, and couldn't help laughing loudly, and stretched out his hand as he spoke, wanting to pat Nie Yun's head, Xiao Nie Yun watched Ning Hao's hand slowly fall, and wanted to hide but found that he couldn't hide from these hands anywhere.
"Smack"
"Young Master Ning, why are you still bullying 5 or 6-year-old children, do you think that all the people in my Nie family are dead. Just when Ning Hao's hand was about to touch Xiao Nie Yun, a hand suddenly stretched out from the side and grabbed Ning Hao's arm, Ning Hao turned his face and was about to scold, when he saw that it was the "waste" of the Nie family who grabbed his hand, stood aside and looked at himself indifferently, trying to pull his arm back, but found that he couldn't pull it at all.
"Hey, hmph, Young Master Nie is serious, I'm just joking, why take it seriously. Nie Chen let go of his hand, Ning Hao felt a hot pain on his arm, and when he looked down, he found that five black finger prints appeared on the place where he was caught, and he took a breath of cold air, Ning Hao was surprised in his heart how could Nie Chen, a waste, have so much strength, and said with a cold snort on the surface, saying that he used the soul power of water to dissolve the blood on his arm, and after a while, the five black finger prints were eliminated.
"That's the best way to go. Nie Chen said with a slight smile.
"Hehe, those two will walk slowly, I'll go first, go. Looking at Nie Chen's delicate face, Ning Hao wanted to smash him with one punch, took a deep breath, Ning Hao reluctantly showed a smile and said, After saying that, he left with the house slaves, he had to hurry home and report this matter to his father, an ordinary person would never have such strength.
"Brother, why did you just let him go like this, he bullied the old man like this. Seeing that Nie Chen had just let Ning Hao go, Ning Hao said with some dissatisfaction, saying that he helped the old man clean up the things scattered on the ground.
"Hehe, little fool, do you think Ning Hao is really afraid of us, he just doesn't want to easily provoke the contradiction between our Nie and Ning families, otherwise do you think that with a waste like me who can't cultivate soul art and a little guy like you who has just cultivated and hasn't even reached the soul level, you can force him back. Nie Chen smiled and pinched Xiao Nie Yun's little face and said, but he didn't notice the essence that flashed in the old man's eyes and the playful smile that appeared at the corner of his mouth when he heard the word "waste".
"Old man, how much do these two things cost?" Nie Chen squatted down, looked at the old man's stall, and then turned out two things from them, and asked the old man about the price.
"Eh, hehe, since it is what Young Master Nie wants, then three hundred taels. The old man couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the two things that Nie Chen had picked, and then said with a smile, a jade plate carved with a dragon and a phoenix purple, and a small sword carved from any material, these two things seem to be two ordinary small pendants, which add up to not even one or two silver, but the old man knows the origin of these two things, the purple jade plate is a beast card that seals the soul of a sixth-level soul beast Chiyuan Battle Tiger Beast, and it can be released when necessary, and it can be used to deal with an ordinary soul emperor, and that small sword is actually a Horcrux at the peak of the Xuan Rank, no matter where these two treasures are placed, they are enough to make a strong man at the peak of the Soul Emperor shoot, and there is no market price.
"Old man, aren't you a cheater?"
"That's right, Young Master Nie just saved your life, why are you still talking to others. ”
"It's so unconscionable. ”
"Okay, thank you, three hundred taels of silver, I want these two things. Seeing that Nie Chen had just saved the old man and bought his things, the old man offered such a high price, and the people around him all came out to avenge Nie Chen's grievances, Nie Chen also frowned, ten taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family of three to live comfortably for a month, three hundred taels is not a small amount, even if it is himself, it will be very painful, but I don't know what's going on, there is a voice that tells him to buy these two things, gritting his teeth, Nie Chen took out a silver ticket of three hundred taels and handed it to the old man, put the two things away, and left with Xiao Nie Yun who didn't know why。
"Hehe, interesting little one. The old man looked at the backs of Nie Chen and Xiao Nie Yun and said with a smile, and then under the "disdainful" gaze of everyone, he packed up his things, picked them up, hummed a little tune, and left slowly......