Chapter 18: The Bottomless Pit
Nie Donghai did what he said.
For the next period of time, every few days, he would give Nie Tian some fire cloud stones, and let Nie Tian use the beast bones to absorb the power of the flames in them.
The same goes for Nie Qian.
But that piece of beast bone, like a bottomless pit, still failed to condense the drop of blood in it after absorbing the power of the flames of many fire marbles.
Later, Nie Tian gradually discovered that his grandfather and aunt got fewer and fewer fire marble stones.
Sometimes, when Nie Qian came to find it, she hurriedly threw away two or three fire cloud stones, and left with some trepidation, as if she was afraid that Nie Tian would find something.
Nie Tian was not stupid, he had actually noticed that the jewelry that Nie Qian was wearing had disappeared one by one.
Later, Nie Donghai no longer appeared, only Nie Qian occasionally came over, dropped a piece or two of fire marbles, looked at the beast bone with expectant eyes, and left gloomily.
"I heard that yesterday my aunt had a big quarrel with Uncle Nie Ping, the head of the treasury, and my aunt said that Nie Ping deliberately made things difficult for her, and her ornaments could be exchanged for three marble stones, but Uncle Nie Ping gave her one. ”
"The current head of the family is the second grandfather, but Uncle Nie Ping only became the head of the treasury after the second grandfather took the throne, and Uncle Nie Ping only listened to the second grandfather, so he didn't pay attention to the aunt. ”
"I don't know what's going on, grandpa and aunt seem to have gone to the treasury to replace the valuable things on their bodies with fire marble. ”
"Yes, grandpa even took out the pill that used to heal his wounds and exchanged it for fire marble, I don't know what is crazy. ”
"My aunt is like this, and now she doesn't even have a decent piece of jewelry on her body. ”
“......”
The two girls of the Nie family, when they passed by Nie Tian's room, they didn't know whether they were intentional or unintentional, and they talked as they walked.
Inside the house, Nie Tian listened to their conversation clearly, and he, who was focused on cultivation, was distraught, and his little face was covered with a haze that should not be there at this age.
"In order to help me get the fire marble, my grandfather and aunt are already going bankrupt?"
Thinking like this, he couldn't help but take out the beast bone from his waist pocket, and when he looked at the beast bone again, he suddenly felt that the beast bone made him feel extremely disgusted.
"Little God. At this moment, Nie Qian's voice sounded from outside the house.
She pushed the door in, her eyes full of exhaustion, as if she was tired these days.
"Here you go. When she came to Nie Tian's side, she pretended to easily throw a piece of fire cloud stone beside Nie Tian, and looked at the beast bone with expectant eyes, and said, "Hurry up and let the beast bone absorb the power of the flames in it." ”
"No need. Nie Tian shook his head, "In my opinion, this beast bone is a bottomless pit, and no matter how many fire marble stones there are, it can't fill it." ”
Nie Qian's face sank, and she said angrily, "Are you going to give up like this?" Do you know what your grandfather paid to get you the Fire Marble Stone?"
"I know. Nie Tian's eyes were full of pain, "I also know that in order to exchange those fire marble stones for me, you have sold all the valuable jewelry at a low price. ”
Nie Qian was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that her nephew was no longer a child, and she was afraid that she had already understood everything from some clues.
She pondered for a moment and comforted softly: "Money and wealth are things outside the body, as long as you can step into the ninth layer of qi refining at the age of fifteen and become a disciple of the Lingyun Sect, our efforts will be rewarded." ”
At this point, her expression was gloomy, and she said, "Your grandfather's injury is difficult to heal, and the cultivation path of this life has come to an end. ”
"And I, since I was a child, my cultivation talent has not been good, and I have only reached the early stage of the day after tomorrow, far inferior to your mother. Back then, if I could have cultivated to the ninth level of Qi refining at the age of fifteen and become a disciple of the Lingyun Sect, even if our Nie family was weak, the Yun family would never dare to treat me like this!"
"I don't want you to be like me in the future! You're eleven years old now, you only have four years to go, you have to step into the ninth layer of qi refining within four years!"
"Your current realm is too far behind, that mysterious beast bone may be the only breakthrough!"
"So, no matter what, you have to continue to persevere, see if that beast bone can bring you a miracle! You are the last hope of me and your grandfather, don't make a child angry, don't let down the efforts of me and your grandfather!"
Nie Qian lectured loudly.
Nie Tian didn't say a word, listened carefully, and waited for Nie Qian to finish his words before nodding, "I understand, I won't let you down." ”
With that, he put the fiery marble on the beast bone again.
In just a few breaths, the fiery cloud stone was sucked out of the power of the flames and turned into a shattered stone.
Perhaps the power of the flames that a piece of fire cloud stone can provide is too rare, and the flame light spots inside the beast bones do not even show signs of gathering together.
Nie Tian and Nie Qian, who had always stared at the beast bones, watched the beast bones become dull in a very short period of time, and their faces were all lost.
"Don't be discouraged, I'll think of something else. Nie Qian endured the endless disappointment in her heart and said, "I'll go to the mine tomorrow, there are a lot of unmined fire marble stones over there, I spend a little more time, and I will definitely be able to bring you back more fire marble stones!"
"I'll go with you!" Nie Tian stood up abruptly.
"No!" Nie Qian was anxious, "Over there in the mine, because the clansmen are mining fire marble on a large scale, there are collapses from time to time, it's too dangerous, you must not go!"
"In my opinion, dozens of fire marble stones may not be able to fill this beast bone. Only if I go, take this beast bone, and absorb the raw ore of the unmined fire marble, can it be possible to satisfy it, and can I truly condense that drop of blood. Nie Tian said in a positive tone.
"Directly absorb the power of the flames in the raw ore with the beast bones?" Nie Qian had a flash of inspiration.
She also felt that Nie Tian's proposal was very reasonable, and it was not easy to mine the raw fire marble ore with many caves.
Even if she goes, she can't mine a large amount of fire marble in a short period of time, and the mined fire marble stone must be counted and recorded when she leaves the mine, part of it belongs to the Lingyun Sect, and part of it belongs to the Nie family's treasury, and I am afraid that only about twenty percent can fall into her hands.
She calculated it and felt that if she wanted to get dozens of marble stones into her hands, she might need to spend more than half a year in the mine.
And Nie Tian is eleven years old, and what he lacks most now is time.
"Let me go, I can't just do nothing and wait at home. Nie Tian begged bitterly, "I also have to work hard for myself, and going to the mine is regarded as an experience for me." ”
Nie Qian pondered for a while, and finally nodded slightly, "Remember, since you left Black Cloud City, you have to listen to me for everything, and you must not mess around!"
"Of course!!" Nie Tian hurriedly said.
Recently, he has been locked up in the Nie family, and he has not taken a step out of the door, and he has long been bored, and now the fresh faces wandering near the Nie family have long disappeared, and he is about to take the opportunity to go out for activities.
"Early tomorrow morning, I'll take you out of the city!" Nie Qian said.
"Thank you, Auntie!" Nie Tian said happily.
On the second day, before dawn, Nie Tian was waiting in front of the door, and Nie Qian also came as promised.
When the sky was slightly bright, the two quietly left Black Cloud City and headed in the direction of Lingyun Mountain.
Yun Jia.
Yuan Qiuying accompanied Yun Song, finished breakfast, and was rinsing her mouth when a person came quietly and said softly: "Mastermother, Nie Qian and that kid named Nie Tian left Black Cloud City early this morning and went to Lingyun Mountain. ”
"The turtle has finally come out of the turtle shell!" Yuan Qiuying perked up, gritted her teeth, and said viciously: "That slut, and the little slut who has no father and no mother, I see how they can escape from my palm this time!"
She has never given up her revenge on Nie Qian and Nie Tian.
These days, although she quietly removed those guests who were active in the Nie family, secretly, she always stared at the several gates of Black Cloud City.
She knew that Nie Qian and Nie Tian would not be able to help but come out sooner or later.
"Hey, do you dare to leave Black Cloud City? God really help me, I still have some scruples about doing it in the city, out of the city, they don't want to come back alive!" Yuan Qiuying said viciously.
"That slut, you must have gone to the Nie family's mine in Lingyun Mountain! Don't startle the snakes, don't do anything on their way to the mine, Nie Qian's slut will definitely be very careful halfway. You are guarding near the mine cave in Lingyun Mountain, waiting for the two of them to come out and attack them on their way back to the city!"
"Knowing the master mother, I promise, they will never return to Black Cloud City alive!"
"Well, do it cleanly, and let those guys get out of Black Cloud City after the matter is done, and never come back, lest the Lingyun Sect catch the handle and come to us for trouble. ”
"Understood. ”
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ps: I'm sorry, I went out to eat at night, I was late, I'm sorry~