Chapter 14

"Yang Yan? He's here? Quickly take me to see him!" Nie Yun's eyes lit up when he heard the name the butler mentioned.

Yang Yan was an inner branch disciple of the Yang family, one of the four major families. Due to an incident, he lost faith in his family and voluntarily transferred to the outer branches. He was about the same age as Feng Xiao, possessing the strength of the fourth level of the Qi Sea Realm, and had a good relationship with Nie Yun.

In his previous life, this Yang Yan could be considered his only friend during his youth. When the four major families were in turmoil, he had a falling out with his family for Nie Yun's sake and had both his arms cut off. Later, when the demon race attacked, he managed to escape with Nie Tong's help, but never heard from Yang Yan again.

After his cultivation reached a certain level, he had specifically searched for him, only to find out that he had already died in a battle with the demon race!

This matter had always been a source of deep regret for him.

In his previous life, Yang Yan had lost his arms for him, and he thought this favor could never be repaid. He never imagined he would return to three hundred years ago!

Taking a few steps to the living room, Nie Yun indeed saw a young man sitting on the guest seat, sipping tea. This young man had well-defined muscles, exuding a powerful aura. As soon as he saw Nie Yun, he immediately smiled, "You're awake! I just heard about what happened with Nie Chao. Don't worry, I'll avenge you and make that bastard unable to take care of himself!"

"No need!" Seeing this familiar figure gradually merge with the memories from three hundred years ago, Nie Yun shook his head.

Arms were the most important things for a cultivator. Thinking about how Yang Yan had risked a falling out with his family and even lost both his arms for him, his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

This wasn't because the mighty Blood Hell Demon Lord had become overly sentimental, but because his previous self wasn't naturally cold and ruthless. It was only after everyone he valued had died that his personality changed dramatically!

"No need? You don't have to worry about me. I'm still an inner branch disciple of the Yang family, and in terms of status, I'm much higher than Nie Chao. Even if I make him unable to take care of himself, your Nie family can't say anything!"

Yang Yan thought Nie Yun was worried about causing trouble by injuring Nie Chao, so he waved his hand generously, not caring at all.

What he said was true. Yang Yan was actually the son of the current family head of the Yang family and the half-brother of the first family heir!

Speaking of the conflict between Yang Yan and the Yang family, it was very mundane. It was a struggle for power between legitimate and illegitimate children. After his mother died, his father not only refused to bury her properly but also refused to place her memorial tablet in the family shrine because she was a concubine!

Yang Yan left the Yang family in anger, almost dying from a cultivation mishap. Fortunately, he was saved by Nie Yun, and the two became friends!

"Master Yang Yan, there's indeed no need for you to act, because Nie Chao has already been made unable to take care of himself by the young master!" The butler Nie Chong, standing to the side, laughed when he heard Yang Yan's words.

"Made unable to take care of himself by the young master? Did you do it?" Yang Yan clearly didn't expect this and stared at Nie Yun with wide eyes after a moment of shock.

"Ha ha, just a stroke of luck!" Nie Yun didn't want to talk much about this matter and smiled at the young man in front of him, "You didn't come here just to avenge me, did you?"

The two had a very good relationship and spoke freely without any reservations.

"Ah, right, I almost forgot. I heard that the Luoshui Auction House is auctioning a high-grade Marquis-level battle axe today, so I invited you to go and take a look!"

Yang Yan slapped his forehead and laughed.

Weapons, like cultivation techniques and bloodlines, were divided into five grades: Imperial, Royal, Marquis, Noble, and Common. Different grades had different levels of power.

"Battle axe?" Hearing this, Nie Yun immediately remembered.

In his previous life, after he woke up, Yang Yan had indeed invited him to the auction house. However, both of them were so poor that they could only go to satisfy their curiosity and returned empty-handed!

This battle axe was called the "Blazing Axe," a high-grade Marquis-level weapon, which was bought by Yang Yan's half-brother, Yang Jun, the first family heir of the Yang family.

Later, Yang Jun used this battle axe to cut off Yang Yan's arms!

Yang Yan had always respected his half-brother and couldn't believe he would cut off his arms! Because of this, he became depressed and ultimately died at the hands of the demon race!

"Do you have money to buy the battle axe?" Nie Yun knew that Yang Yan, who was naturally strong, was very fond of strength-based weapons, so he asked with a smile.

"Money... cough, even without money, we can still take a look!" Yang Yan was a bit embarrassed.

"Alright then! Let's go and take a look!" Seeing his expression, Nie Yun laughed.

In his previous life, he couldn't afford to buy it, and the battle axe ended up in Yang Jun's hands, becoming the weapon that cut off Yang Yan's arms. This time, he wouldn't allow such a thing to happen!

Although he was still poor, with the knowledge and foresight from his two lives, making some money was not a problem!

Besides, he needed medicinal materials to concoct his elixir, and the auction house was a good place to buy them.

"Alright, let's go on foot!"

Hearing the young master agree, Yang Yan nodded quickly and turned to leave, as if afraid that the other party would change his mind.

"Go now? Don't rush! Since we're going, we should definitely buy the battle axe. Wait a bit, and follow my arrangements. Do what I tell you to do, and say what I tell you to say. Otherwise, there's no point in going!" Nie Yun gave a preemptive warning.

"Buy it? You can buy it? Alright, if you can buy this battle axe, I'll do anything you say! Isn't it just following your orders? That's easy!" Hearing the young master say he would buy the battle axe, Yang Yan jumped up excitedly, slapping his chest and loudly agreeing.

"Alright, Uncle Nie Chong, please get me some flour and mud..."

Nie Yun smiled, waiting for this response, and turned to give the order.

"Yes!" Although Nie Chong was curious about what the young master needed flour and mud for, he still responded and went out, returning shortly with the items.

After two incense sticks' time, two people quietly walked out of the corner of the Nie family branch courtyard. The first was a tall, slender man with a three-strand beard, gray hair, and a blue-gray robe, looking like a transcendent sage. The second was a burly man with a full beard, looking extremely fierce.

One looked like a transcendent sage, the other like a fierce demon. They were a strange pair, but they walked together, making people feel very odd.

These two were, of course, the disguised Nie Yun and Yang Yan.

Nie Yun's disguise skills were unparalleled. Even a familiar bartender couldn't recognize him, let alone these two who didn't know who they were.

However, even so, Nie Chong and Yang Yan couldn't help but be shocked when they saw the disguised appearance. When they looked at Nie Yun again, their eyes revealed a hint of surprise, unable to understand when the young master had learned such powerful disguise skills.

Nie Yun didn't explain much. Sometimes, the more you explain, the more complicated things become. It was better to let them guess. After all, Nie Chong was the old butler of the branch family and wouldn't talk, and Yang Yan, being the party involved, wouldn't say anything either. There was no need to worry about the secret of his disguise skills getting out.

"Nie... Master, where are we going now?"

Yang Yan called out from behind.

Nie Yun had instructed him to call him "Master" after they left the courtyard. Although Yang Yan was reluctant, he agreed to do so to buy the battle axe!

As for why a transcendent sage would take on a thug-like disciple, Nie Yun couldn't do anything about it! Yang Yan was burly, and if he were to disguise him as a child, it would be too ridiculous...

"Of course, to make money, ha ha!" Nie Yun laughed, and his face showed an unexpectedly lecherous expression.

PS: Continued request for recommendations and collections, the more the better.

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