Chapter 73

In the previous life, the city of Luoshui was destroyed by the demon race, and the most powerful demon was only at the Bīngjiǎ realm, while the strongest bloodline was merely a lower-grade Hóu. It never occurred to Nie Yun that after being reborn, he would see a high-grade Hóu and even a high-grade Wáng demon just a few days later. The vast difference from his previous life made him extremely cautious.

Was it because his reborn self caused a butterfly effect, or were there actually demons of this level, and his previous status was too low to encounter them?

If they existed in his previous life, how could a small city like Luoshui attract such high-bloodline demons?

It would be like in a war between two countries, where the enemy country's national chairman would at most go to the capital, not personally supervise a small county. This was too strange!

Nie Yun was puzzled.

The demon race was different from the human race, with a very strict hierarchy. A demon with a Wáng bloodline could command tens of thousands of lower-bloodline demons. Once this fleeing demon gathered its subordinates, the entire city of Luoshui would be overrun by tens of thousands of demons. At that time, not just the four major families, but even four more such families would be unable to resist!

The demon race was too terrifying. Although the people of Luoshui had long heard of the demon race, they had never seen them. In a real battle, they would surely suffer a great loss!

In the Dao, one gives birth to two, two give birth to three, and three give birth to all things. It is said that the Great Dao has ten thousand paths, and nine thousand of them have been reached. The so-called "reached" refers to the Great Dao rules a race has comprehended. The demon race's strongest secret techniques number nine thousand, reaching the realm of the "reached," while humans have only three thousand, not even meeting the passing line. The two cannot be compared!

"Time waits for no one. I must quickly improve my strength. Once I reach the Qìzōng level, many secret techniques can be used. Then, I might be able to defend against the demon invasion!"

After some consideration, Nie Yun felt an even greater urgency to improve his strength. He adjusted himself for a while, fully recovering from his injuries, and glanced at everyone.

"Yang Yan, Feng Xiao, Chen Xing, you should consolidate your respective families. The demon race is about to invade, and our four major families should set aside past grievances and cooperate well! Father, you have already reached the Qìzōng level, and Nie Haotian is dead. You should take control of the Nie family. I have something to do at the city lord's residence, so I'll leave first!"

Previously, at the city lord's residence, the city lord had asked Lu Chénxiāo to inform him that there was something to discuss, which was about the demon race. At the time, he was worried about his father and the others, so he rushed over. Now that the matter was resolved and the four major families were in name only, it was a good time to hear what the city lord knew and thank him for his help.

"Okay!" Everyone responded.

Feng Xiao, Chen Xing, and Yang Yan now admired Nie Yun immensely and were willing to follow his lead. Nie Xiaotian, knowing his son's various wonders, also knew that listening to him was right and had no objections to his words.

So, after hearing Nie Yun's words, the four all nodded and went to work.

"Xiao Hu, let's go!"

With a light step and a soft hum, he was already sitting on Xiao Hu's back. Man and beast raced like the wind, heading for the city lord's residence.

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"Father, why do you think Nie Yun has progressed so quickly? Ten days ago, he was only at the Zhēnqì realm, and now he has already reached the peak of the Chénggāng realm! And it's not just any peak Chénggāng; I think even a peak Bīngjiǎ realm expert like Father might not be a match for him!"

At the city lord's residence, Lu Qīngchéng, supporting her chin, thought about the young man's display of power and felt extremely puzzled.

"This Nie Yun is a dragon among men, not simple at all!" Lu Zhànháo also recalled what he had seen and sighed.

"A dragon among men? Haha, City Lord is too kind!"

At that moment, Nie Yun rode Xiao Hu and flashed into the room.

"This tiger-headed beast must be your magical pet, right? I didn't expect you to have a beast taming dantian, allowing you to become a beast tamer. Not just in Luoshui City, but even in the entire Divine Wind Empire, the number of beast tamers can be counted on one hand!"

Seeing the perfect coordination between the tiger-headed beast and the young man, Lu Zhànháo laughed.

"You know about the beast taming dantian?" Nie Yun was surprised that the other party could immediately identify the main reliance of a beast tamer.

In Nie Yun's previous life, no one had ever mentioned such special talents as the storage dantian, the alchemy fire dantian, and the beast taming dantian. It wasn't until he went to the capital of the Divine Wind Empire that he heard a detailed introduction. He had thought that in a small place like Luoshui City, no one would know, but he didn't expect the city lord to say it so easily.

Actually, Nie Xiaotian also knew, but Nie Yun had never heard him mention it, so he didn't know.

"Haha, I not only know about the beast taming dantian, but also the healing dantian, the flying dantian, the storage dantian, the defensive dantian, and more..." Lu Zhànháo laughed.

The healing dantian can automatically convert a kind of qi that can mend injuries and repair damaged souls. The flying dantian, once activated, can make a person grow wings and move quickly. The defensive dantian can convert true qi into a special defensive force, creating a golden bell-like shield during battles, making one invincible in defense.

Although Nie Yun could change the properties of his dantian through his consciousness, the prerequisite was to have seen such special dantians. Without seeing them, he wouldn't know their properties and couldn't transform his dantian.

Nie Yun had only heard of special dantians like the healing dantian and the flying dantian but had never seen them in his previous life. Although he envied them greatly, he couldn't transform his dantian into such.

"City Lord is truly well-informed!" Hearing the other party list over a dozen types of dantian, Nie Yun smiled.

Every leaf is different, let alone human talents. According to legend, when heaven and earth created humans, each was given a special talent, which could only be effective in corresponding tasks. For example, a person with a business talent would have a sharper eye than normal people, and once they bought something, they could definitely sell it at a high price.

But if someone with a business talent went to give people massages, they wouldn't be able to use their talent, and it would be buried.

Ordinary people's talents can't be directly seen. Only by thoroughly engaging in a profession that matches their talent and fully activating it can they confirm it. However, for qi sea cultivators, the dantian represents their talent. Once the dantian is successfully opened and its properties confirmed, they can easily know their strongest abilities.

Of course, others don't have nameless techniques and can't derive bloodline factors. Their talents are determined at birth. Nie Yun, however, is different. As long as he can find that special energy, he can run the nameless technique, derive more dantians, and transform into countless talents!

"This isn't really well-informed. Not only do I know, but the heads of the four major families probably all know. It's not a secret!" Lu Zhànháo laughed and shook his head. "Alright, I didn't call you here to talk about talents, but about the demon race! Do you know why Qīngchéng was pursued by the demon race when she returned last time?"

PS: The main theme of the book has finally emerged. Nie Yun will soon have more amazing talents. Everyone, please collect and recommend in advance. Of course, if you want to reward me, I have no objections. If the rewards exceed 10,000 Qidian coins, I'll add an extra chapter (hehe, a money lover is like this, who can blame me for being short of money, I can only exchange updates for it...).