Deliberation Hall

The Pills refined by Heart Nourishers are divided into four attributes: Yin Attribute, Yang Attribute, Yin Yang Attribute, and Primal Chaos Attribute.

A Martial Practitioner's bloodline is also divided into: Yin Attribute, Yang Attribute, Yin Yang Attribute, and Primal Chaos Attribute.

Except for Primal Chaos Attribute Pills, Martial Practitioners cannot use other Pills interchangeably.

In other words:

Yin Attribute Heart Nourishing Elixir can only be taken by Martial Practitioners with Yin Attribute and Yin Yang Attribute bloodlines.

Yang Attribute Heart Nourishing Elixir can only be taken by Martial Practitioners with Yang Attribute and Yin Yang Attribute bloodlines.

Yin Yang Attribute Heart Nourishing Elixir can only be taken by Martial Practitioners with Yin Yang Attribute bloodlines.

Ning Xiaochuan analyzed this issue and felt that the reason why the medicines refined by Heart Nourishers have four attributes should be due to the influence of bloodlines.

Therefore, Ning Xiaochuan felt that the four attributes of Heart Nourishers actually correspond to the four blood types of the human body: A, B, AB, and O.

Why must Profound Medicine be absorbed by Martial Practitioners only after being refined by a Heart Nourisher? It is because the Heart Nourisher uses his own heart's blood to temper the Profound Medicine, eliminating the rejection of foreign objects in the Profound Medicine. However, this process also causes the refined medicine to be contaminated with the Heart Nourisher's bloodline attribute, so it can only be taken by Martial Practitioners with the same attribute.

Primal Chaos Attribute represents O-type blood, and a Primal Chaos Heart Nourisher is a "universal Heart Nourisher."

Therefore, among Heart Nourishers, the Primal Chaos Heart Nourisher has the highest value and status.

The other three attributes of Heart Nourishers are relatively limited. The vast majority will rely on the Heart Nourishing Hall. Unlike Primal Chaos Heart Nourishers, they are popular everywhere and can get along well with any strong person.

Primal Chaos Attribute Heart Nourishing Elixir is naturally more expensive than other attribute Heart Nourishing Elixirs.

Yu Qianqian was even more delighted. She had recruited a Heart Nourisher with Primal Chaos Attribute for the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall. This was true wealth. Moreover, he was so young, and the first time he refined Heart Nourishing Elixir, it was of premium purity, with unlimited potential in the future!

Yu Qianqian was very generous and bought all three drops of Heart Nourishing Elixir refined by Ning Xiaochuan for 10,000 Small Coin each, totaling 30,000 Small Coin.

In an instant, he earned back all the costs, and Ning Xiaochuan was naturally very excited.

Next was the Novice Heart Nourisher test. The content of the test was very simple: refine a First Grade Nourishing Heart Grass.

For Ning Xiaochuan, it was naturally effortless. He easily passed the test and truly became a Novice Heart Nourisher.

He received the Novice Heart Nourisher Robe, the Novice Heart Nourisher Token, and then signed the Heart Nourisher Covenant with the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall!

When Ning Xiaochuan walked out of the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall, the sky had completely darkened.

The streets of the Imperial City were brightly lit, with a constant flow of traffic. Martial Practitioners from all over the world gathered here. This was a world full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. As long as you had the ability, you could become a superior person here and be respected by countless people!

"Da da!"

A golden giant lion pulled a Red Sandalwood Carriage and galloped over. It was five or six times larger than the lions Ning Xiaochuan had seen before. It was like an elephant with long golden hair, but it was much fiercer than an elephant. The teeth in the lion's mouth were as long as a palm, like sharp Swords, making ordinary people terrified.

This was the Mystic Beast "Howling Moon Golden Lion."

The Red Sandalwood Carriage stopped in front of Ning Xiaochuan, and a slender jade hand lifted the curtain, revealing a delicate and beautiful fairy face. She smiled and said, "Young Master Ning, where do you live? Would Qian Qian like to give you a ride?"

Ning Xiaochuan smiled and said, "No need, I live just ahead."

Yu Qianqian stared slightly at the street ahead, and could vaguely see the gate of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion. She couldn't help but suddenly understand, revealing a knowing smile, "Okay then! We'll see you next time."

The curtain was lowered, and the Howling Moon Golden Lion pulled the Red Sandalwood Carriage away.

Yu Qianqian sat in the carriage, her eyes like stars, and the corners of her rosy mouth slightly raised. She said to herself, "The Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion is truly full of talent!"

Ning Xiaochuan naturally didn't know Yu Qianqian's identity, but he could guess that she must be rich and noble. In the Imperial City, there were too many people with backgrounds, power, and wealth. After all, there were only a few descendants of Royal Marquis as miserable as Ning Xiaochuan.

Why miserable? Because now he was penniless again.

The Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall's monthly salary of 500,000 Small Coin wouldn't be available until next month. And the 30,000 Small Coin he used to buy Heart Nourishing Elixir had now been exchanged for ten First Grade Nourishing Heart Grass and ten First Grade Blood Accumulation Grass.

This was only because he was a Novice Heart Nourisher of the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall, so he could buy so many Profound Medicine at a low price. Otherwise, 30,000 Small Coin wouldn't be enough to spend at all!

But Ning Xiaochuan was still very ambitious. As long as he refined these Nourishing Heart Grass and Blood Accumulation Grass into Heart Nourishing Elixir and Blood Nourishing Elixir, and then sold them, it would be a huge fortune! Thinking of this, he suddenly felt excited.

"Brother, you're finally back. Something big happened." Ning Xiner was very worried and was planning to go to the Pleasure House to find Ning Xiaochuan, but as soon as she reached the gate of the Marquis's Mansion, she saw Ning Xiaochuan returning with a package on his back, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Ning Xiaochuan said, "What's wrong?"

"Ning Han was killed," Ning Xiner's small face was full of solemn expression.

Ning Xiaochuan's eyes narrowed slightly, pretending to be surprised, and said, "Someone actually dared to kill a descendant of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion?"

Ning Xiner nodded and said, "Two family slaves also died. The bodies were found by the Jade Orchid Riverbank in the Outer City and have been brought back. Ning Han is the Fourth Uncle's di son, and now the entire Marquis's Mansion is in an uproar. Brother, in the future... you should try not to leave the Marquis's Mansion, in case something happens..."

Footsteps came, followed by a cold voice.

"Humph! He's just a Sickly Ning, a useless person. Even if someone wants to deal with our Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, they wouldn't choose a character like him."

Under the night, a man in brocade robes, about twenty years old, walked out steadily, surrounded by a group of servants.

Ning Hengqing was a direct descendant of one of the branches of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, with extremely high cultivation, reaching the Profound Qi Eighth Level.

With high cultivation, he naturally relied on his talent and was arrogant. Except for Ning Xiner and a few other top experts, he didn't take anyone seriously at all.

Ning Hengqing glanced at Ning Xiaochuan with disdain: "Fourth Master and First Master have ordered all direct descendants of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion to gather outside the Deliberation Hall. Sickly Ning, you have to go too."

Ning Xiner said coldly, "Ning Hengqing, please respect my brother a little."

Ning Hengqing smiled sarcastically: "Respect is an attitude of the weak towards the strong. Your brother... is he worthy? Hehe! Even if there is respect, it should be this kind of trash respecting a strong person like me. Look at him, look at him, is there any respect for me in his eyes? Haha!"

Ning Xiner gritted her teeth, and Martial Dao Profound Qi burst out from her pink fists, "You're courting death!"

Ning Xiaochuan grabbed Ning Xiner's wrist, stared at Ning Hengqing, and said, "Respect is mutual, regardless of status or cultivation level!"

This sentence was a bit righteous and awe-inspiring. If it were said by a Martial Venerable, it would be very normal. But this sentence was said by a Sickly Ning who was despised by others, and the taste was a bit strange.

Everyone was stunned, including Ning Xiner.

Although Ning Xiner really wanted to beat Ning Hengqing into a cripple, she couldn't refute his words, because in this world where the strong are respected, the word "respect" only exists from the weak to the strong, and no strong person has ever shown respect to a weak person.

"If you respect me, I will naturally respect you. If you don't respect me, why should I respect you?" Ning Xiaochuan took Ning Xiner's small hand, brushed past Ning Hengqing, and went to the Deliberation Hall.

Ning Hengqing was stunned there for a long time before sneering, with a fierce look in his eyes, "After dying once, he has grown a lot of backbone. It seems that if I don't teach him a lesson in public, he will climb on top of this Young Master's head. Hmph! Let's go, we'll also go to the Deliberation Hall. There's a good show to watch tonight."

The Deliberation Hall was an important place in the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, and only important figures of the Marquis's Mansion were qualified to come here.

At this moment, there were three corpses placed outside the Deliberation Hall, one of which was frozen by ice, and the other two had turned into Dried Corpse.

When Ning Xiaochuan and Ning Xiner arrived, many descendants of the Marquis's Mansion had already gathered here, discussing the three corpses on the ground.

Around the Deliberation Hall stood bronze pillars, filled with tung oil, which burned, illuminating the darkness. It could be seen that thousands of people were gathered here, all direct descendants of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion.

The Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion had a total of eight direct lines, and the Old Marquis's line was only one of them.

Only a small portion of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's direct descendants are gathered here. Many more are away from the Marquis's Mansion, some leading troops in battle, some serving as officials, some training in the Martial Dao, and some managing the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion's shops.

This is a true Royal Marquis family, truly prosperous, Ning Xiaochuan thought, feeling deeply impressed.

Currently, the second and third-generation powerhouses of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion are in charge, and they are all in the Deliberation Hall. Those gathered outside the Deliberation Hall are mainly the fourth generation of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion, many of whom are young people.

"Look, Sickly Ning actually came. He was never allowed to participate in the Marquis's Mansion's direct descendant gatherings before. This is a surprise."

"The reason he wasn't allowed to participate in the direct descendant gatherings was to spare him the embarrassment."

"Do you think he's really Third Master's biological son? Why is Xin'er so talented, while he's so useless?"

"Who knows? I heard his dead mother was a member of the Demonic Sect. You know how women in the Demonic Sect are! Hehe!"

Many people fixed their gazes on Ning Xiaochuan, their faces filled with disdain and ridicule.

Ning Xiner was enraged and struck out with a palm. With a smack, she sent the youth who had just insulted her mother flying more than ten meters away, where he lay on the ground vomiting blood.

This time, Ning Xiaochuan didn't stop her. In fact, Ning Xiaochuan had almost lost his own temper earlier. Even a clay figure has some fire in it, and these people were simply going too far.

When it's time to strike, you have to make them howl!