Picking Up a Bargain

Nether Heaven Sect, the hegemon of You Province.

Its sect master, Northern Dark Dao Venerable, was said to possess a gloomy temperament, neither wholly righteous nor wholly wicked. Among the nine Pure Yang Dao Venerables, he was one of the more troublesome figures to provoke.

Naturally, Gao Xian was not worried about Northern Dark Dao Venerable. No matter how extreme the man might be, he would not attack a mere Nascent Soul cultivator like him in front of so many Dao Venerables.

Indeed, if Northern Dark Dao Venerable so much as spared him a proper glance, that would count as Northern Dark Dao Venerable losing.

Yu Wuji's sudden appearance and provocation might have been part of some scheme—perhaps he wanted to probe Gao Xian's cultivation in advance. Or perhaps he was simply arrogant by nature and found their conversation grating.

The reason did not matter. What mattered was that the other man had come over to provoke him and opened with his ultimate move right in his face.

Gao Xian was not angry. In fact, learning Yu Wuji's identity had made him quite pleasantly surprised.

The Central Heaven North Star Pill Yue Wanfeng wanted was precisely a sixth-rank divine pill of the Nether Heaven Sect.

Even the Nether Heaven Sect could not possess many Central Heaven North Star Pills.

To Gao Xian, the Yu Wuji who had suddenly appeared was a delivery boy who had automatically brought the goods to his door. Even his arrogance carried a certain adorable quality.

Of course Gao Xian had to seize such a precious opportunity. One retort directly shattered Yu Wuji's defenses.

Clearly, this arrogant Nascent Soul True Lord had never suffered mockery on this level before. So he was truly angry—furious, even.

Seeing the cold, sinister look in Yu Wuji's eyes only made