Six Vault Immortal Thief

"I've told you so many times already-you don't need to be so polite with me."

Nalan Sheng waved a hand. "Now that everything here has been settled, it's time for us to leave. Let's go!"

"Mm."

Xiao Yi Xian nodded with a bright smile and followed Nalan Sheng toward Wutan City, her steps noticeably lighter.

Meanwhile, after half a month of arduous cultivation, aided by the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, Xiao Yan finally broke through to the fourth stage of Dou Qi.

"At this rate, it'll take another two months at most for me to reach the fifth stage of Dou Qi."

Sitting cross-legged in his bathing tub, Xiao Yan felt the rich Dou Qi within him and couldn't help muttering, "Nalan Yanran, Nalan Sheng, just you two siblings wait. In three years, I'll repay every last bit of the humiliation you inflicted on me."

Unfortunately, Xiao Yan had no idea that Nalan Sheng had advanced straight from a One-Star Dou Zhe to a Five-Star Dou Zhe over the past half month. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have been so confident.

As night slowly fell, Xiao Yi Xian, dressed in a long white dress, followed Nalan Sheng into Wutan City.

Since it was already late, Nalan Sheng didn't take Xiao Yi Xian wandering around the city. Instead, he headed for the luxurious estate Ya Fei had arranged for him.

"Greetings, Young Master Nalan~"

No sooner had Nalan Sheng reached the entrance to his residence than four pretty maids with graceful figures came forward to welcome him warmly.

Ya Fei had assigned all four maids specifically to attend to Nalan Sheng's daily needs.

"Xiao Yi Xian, let me introduce you. These are Chun Tao, Xia He, Qiu Ju, and Dong Mei..."

Nalan Sheng first introduced Xiao Yi Xian and the maids to one another, then assigned Chun Tao and Xia He to stay with Xiao Yi Xian for the time being and attend to her daily needs.

Although Chun Tao and Xia He felt somewhat reluctant when they heard this, neither dared disobey Nalan Sheng's orders.

After all, Nalan Sheng was the eldest young master of the Nalan Family. Even Ya Fei had to treat him as an honored guest, let alone maids like Chun Tao and the others.

Moreover, Ya Fei had specifically instructed Chun Tao and the others to find a way to satisfy every one of Nalan Sheng's demands.

He was only asking them to serve Xiao Yi Xian. Even if he slept with all of them, Ya Fei wouldn't have said anything.

"Xian'er, we've been on the road for most of the day. You must be tired. Get a good night's rest first, and I'll take you around Wutan City tomorrow."

"Mm!"

Xiao Yi Xian naturally had no objections and followed Chun Tao and Xia He off to bathe and rest.

Early the next morning.

After enjoying a sumptuous breakfast with Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Sheng took her out to wander around the city.

Besides shopping and sightseeing, they didn't forget their actual business. The two of them visited all of the Four Great Medicine Shops in the city.

Although those shops had no high-grade pills, they did stock quite a few first-grade ones.

Nalan Sheng therefore made a point of buying some pills that could quickly restore Dou Qi and stamina, while Xiao Yi Xian purchased plenty of poisonous materials, intending to prepare her own poisons once she returned.

After buying those poisonous materials, Xiao Yi Xian lost interest in shopping. All she wanted was to hurry back, prepare her poisons, and savor their flavors.

For Xiao Yi Xian, whose Woeful Poison Body had already awakened, poison was a gourmet delicacy-the more toxic, the more delicious.

Seeing that Xiao Yi Xian no longer wanted to shop, Nalan Sheng didn't insist and took her straight back to the luxurious estate.

As soon as Xiao Yi Xian returned, she announced that she was entering secluded cultivation and strictly forbade anyone from approaching her courtyard, including Chun Tao and Xia He.

With Qiya's fate serving as a warning, Xiao Yi Xian didn't want any more innocent people accidentally killed by her Woeful Poison Body.

While Xiao Yi Xian cultivated in seclusion, Nalan Sheng practiced the Jinglei Formula while controlling his Water Clone to develop new abilities for the Flame-Flame Fruit.

Although a Water Clone couldn't share its cultivation memories directly with the original as a Shadow Clone could, neither would it transmit the fatigue and pain it experienced during cultivation back to him.

This left Nalan Sheng free of worries, allowing him to have his Water Clone develop all sorts of dangerous abilities without restraint.

These included burning Dou Qi to dramatically increase his strength for a short time, or even outright detonating his own body.

To develop the Flame-Flame Fruit's power to its fullest extent, Nalan Sheng also drew inspiration from the abilities of many anime characters from his previous life.

Naturally, Ace was the first. He was a Flame-Flame Fruit user himself, and Nalan Sheng could essentially take the abilities he had displayed in the anime and use them directly.

Besides drawing on the abilities Ace had developed, Nalan Sheng also intended to borrow from other One Piece characters skilled at using fire attacks.

The reason the Flame-Flame Fruit was jokingly called "a Devil Fruit even dogs wouldn't eat" was that many characters in the original story could use fire attacks.

Once he finished borrowing the abilities of the various One Piece characters, Nalan Sheng planned to draw inspiration from the Fire Style techniques in Naruto as well.

He could develop fire ninjutsu such as Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu and Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame in mere minutes.

As the saying went, those who came before planted the trees, and those who came after enjoyed their shade.

Drawing on the various anime he had watched in his previous life, and aided by a Water Clone that had no fear of death, Nalan Sheng developed over a hundred different fire abilities in just over half a month.

Unfortunately, Nalan Sheng himself was too weak. Even though he had developed many formidable fire abilities, he couldn't unleash their true power.

Nalan Sheng was now like Kakashi after awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan: he possessed astonishingly powerful ultimate moves, but his own mana reserves were woefully inadequate.

"Hm?"

While Nalan Sheng was cultivating with his eyes closed as usual, he suddenly sensed something. His eyes snapped open, and he summoned the System Shop.

A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Nalan Sheng's eyes as he hurried to inspect the information on the ten newly listed items.

He soon finished examining the new items and finally fixed his gaze on one of them.

[Name: Six Storehouse Immortal Thief Skill Card]

[Effect: Allows the user to master Six Vault Immortal Thief and construct a perfect digestive system based on the body's six hollow organs.]

[Price: 3,000 Villain Points]

System, redeem the Six Storehouse Immortal Thief Skill Card for me!

Barely able to conceal the wild delight on his face, Nalan Sheng immediately growled the command in his mind.

It was hardly surprising that Nalan Sheng was so excited, for Six Vault Immortal Thief was a cultivation technique that could grant its practitioner eternal youth and immortality.