The City Lord's Mansion.
Nie Li was no longer watching as a mere spectator. He folded his arms across his chest, pondering how to break out of this predicament.
Xiao Ning'er clung to Nie Li's arm, watching him anxiously.
Ye Ziyun held his other arm, also watching him with worry.
Seeing this, Ye Xiu wondered whether he ought to pay the Chu Family a visit.
The Sacred Family.
Shen Yue said, "Yes, that's it! Make sure that damned Nie Li can never be a demon spirit master again!"
Seeing Nie Li on the screen even let out a scream, Shen Yue laughed all the more heartily.
Nie Li's screams made him happy.
Shen Fei felt the same. After all, to him, this was the enmity of having his wife stolen-he could not share the same sky with Nie Li.
On the Sky Screen.
Cracks had even appeared in the Taiji Pattern within Nie Li's soul sea.
Ye Ziyun cried, "Ah, Nie Li!"
Hearing Ye Ziyun's worried cry, Nie Li immediately formed another hand seal and silently recited the incantation of the Heavenly Dao Divine Art.
The view returned to his soul sea, where the cracks blasted into the Taiji Pattern were actually repairing themselves little by little.
Nie Li was overjoyed. "It can actually force a damaged soul sea to repair itself under an external assault! As expected of the Heavenly Dao Divine Art!"
Meanwhile, Chu Yuan was already overcome with shock, fury, and disbelief. He had attacked with all his soul force, yet Nie Li, who had not even reached bronze rank, showed no sign of his soul sea bursting apart.
This only deepened his disbelief, and he immediately poured his remaining soul force into attacking Nie Li.
Nie Li had now successfully recovered. Since so much soul force is coming my way, I might as well collect a little interest.
Chu Yuan panicked outright. All that soul force of his was being siphoned away by Nie Li!
"No! Impossible! Stop! Stop!"
With his soul force taken away, Chu Yuan immediately began feeling unwell.
After taking in that great mass of soul force, Nie Li sealed his soul sea shut. Now that soul force could no longer return to Chu Yuan's body.
Chu Yuan fell face-first with a thud.
Two people hurried over to check on him.
Chen Linjian's subordinate had not understood what had happened, but Chen Linjian had seen it.
"Interesting. Before even reaching bronze rank, he can seal his own soul sea and take Chu Yuan's soul force for his own use."
Meanwhile, Shen Yue inwardly cursed him as useless trash. A bronze three-star could not even deal with someone below bronze rank-if that was not trash, what was?
Ye Ziyun had not understood what had happened either.
Huyan Lanruo, however, had seen Nie Li take half of Chu Yuan's soul force in one move.
Once Ye Ziyun knew Nie Li was unharmed, she relaxed.
Nie Li, meanwhile, began refining Chu Yuan's soul force.
Beneath the Sky Screen.
The City Lord's Mansion.
Only after seeing that Nie Li was unharmed did Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun relax.
Lu Piao said, "Heh, Nie Li, now that you've taken half his soul force, maybe you'll break through to Bronze One-Star in one go?"
Du Ze patted him. "Nie Li is already at bronze four-star now. He's not far behind us."
Through their diligent cultivation during this period, Du Ze, Ye Ziyun, and Xiao Ning'er had already reached bronze five-star.
They were preparing to break through to silver rank.
Lu Piao and Nie Li were at bronze four-star.
Wei Nan, Zhang Ming, and Zhu Xiangjun were at bronze three-star.
On the Sky Screen.
Nie Li was assimilating the soul force he had plundered from Chu Yuan.
Ye Ziyun, Huyan Lanruo, and a few others waited there for him.
When he finished cultivating and opened his eyes, Ye Ziyun leaned forward with her hands behind her back. "Nie Li, congratulations on breaking through to bronze rank."
Huyan Lanruo also came over. "Little brother Nie Li, you really have surprised your big sister."
Nie Li chuckled. "It was just luck."
She soon noticed that only a few people were here. Where were the others?
Time turned back a little.
While Nie Li was cultivating, Shen Yue followed beside Chen Linjian and asked when they could set off.
Chen Linjian had intended to wait for Nie Li and leave once he finished cultivating.
Shen Yue was indignant. "Are we going to waste everyone's time for a lowborn wretch who steals other people's soul force?"
"Young Master Shen, you really do have black and white mixed up."
Huyan Lanruo and Ye Ziyun came over as well.
Ye Ziyun suggested that Chen Linjian take some of the group ahead first, while they stayed to guard Nie Li.
Shen Yue had not expected Ye Ziyun to actually stay behind to guard Nie Li.
Chen Linjian found the arrangement acceptable and left two others behind as well, so they could catch up together once Nie Li woke.
Nie Li was deeply moved. Zi Yun had actually stayed behind especially to wait for him.
Not to be outdone, Huyan Lanruo squeezed her way forward to point out that she had stayed too.
Nie Li hurriedly thanked everyone. He also asked Ye Ziyun and the others to keep his breakthrough to bronze rank a secret, and they immediately made shushing gestures.
Then the group set off to catch up with Chen Linjian's party.
But Huyan Lanruo still had not given up...
She hugged Nie Li's arm. "Little brother Nie Li, why not come to your big sister's tent tonight so we can discuss cultivation together?"
Nie Li truly wanted no part of Huyan Lanruo's enthusiasm.
Seeing Ye Ziyun walking away again, Nie Li grew anxious and hurriedly pulled free of Huyan Lanruo. "Thank you for your kind offer, senior, but you're already a Silver Demon Spirit Master. I'm sure I have nothing to discuss with you, so let's forget it. Hey! Zi Yun, wait for me!"
Watching Nie Li pull straight out of her grasp and run toward Ye Ziyun, Huyan Lanruo stamped her foot in anger. She simply refused to believe it. Was her figure not sexy? Was her face not cute? Was her voice not alluring?
Pink blossoms appeared in her eyes as she activated her demon spirit.
Nie Li had been hurrying forward, only to plunge straight into Huyan Lanruo's illusion.
Everything here was filled with alluring pink.
Scantily clad images of Huyan Lanruo surrounded Nie Li, striking all manner of daring poses and teasing him with their fingers from time to time.
"Little brother Nie Li, don't go~~"
An ordinary person would not have left even if someone beat him to death.
But Nie Li was no ordinary person.
The moment he saw Huyan Lanruo before him, he formed a hand seal, and the illusion shattered.
"Ah? How is that possible?"
"A Snow Cherry Demon Spirit? I didn't expect you to have such a rare demon spirit, senior. But charm at this level has no effect on me. Please conduct yourself with dignity."
Huyan Lanruo was startled. Nie Li had only just reached bronze rank, yet he had broken straight through her demon spirit's illusion? And he had even identified her demon spirit?
"Nie Li, you really do give me endless surprises."
Beneath the Sky Screen.
A crowd of men gave Nie Li thumbs-ups. A role model for all of them-an absolute role model!
Any normal man would have willingly sunk into Huyan Lanruo's trick and never wanted to leave. But Nie Li? He had shattered the illusion in mere seconds.
With a beauty in his arms, his expression remained unchanged. If that did not make him a role model for them all, what would?
The City Lord's Mansion.
Ye Zong stroked his beard with a smile. As Nie Li's father-in-law, he was very pleased with his actions.
Lu Piao and the others also gave Nie Li thumbs-ups.
Looking at the tenderness in Ye Ziyun's eyes, Nie Li's inward smile had long since blossomed as wide as a lotus.
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