Chapter 96

When the time came, the Dan Building opened on schedule.

Nie Tian and Liu Yan were the first to step in, and they immediately saw two or three Lingbao Pavilion disciples waiting respectfully inside.

"Mr. Liu, Senior Weng, good day."

The three Lingbao Pavilion disciples recognized Liu Yan and Weng Puzi, and as soon as they saw them enter, they greeted them with smiles.

Liu Yan nodded and asked, "Which floor is the Yunling Pill on?"

"The third floor," one of them replied.

Without another word, Liu Yan led Nie Tian up the stairs with quick steps.

On the third floor of the Dan Building, there were five counters, and in each counter, there were only a few pills in exquisite boxes.

As soon as Nie Tian reached the upper floor, before he could take a good look around, he heard a deep voice: "Is it you?"

"Fei Li..." Nie Tian's face turned cold.

He never expected that Fei Li, whom he had seen in An Shiyi's courtyard last night, would be in charge of the third floor of the Dan Building.

The entire third floor had only Fei Li and another female disciple of the Lingbao Pavilion.

After Liu Yan entered, he didn't mince words and said, "Fei Li, take out that Yunling Pill. My junior master wants to buy it."

After Nie Tian returned yesterday, he didn't talk to Liu Yan and just found an empty room to rest.

Thus, he had no idea that Nie Tian and Fei Li had already had a falling out last night.

"The Yunling Pill is not for sale," Fei Li said coldly.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Qin, the female alchemist on the third floor, looked at Fei Li suspiciously and said, "Senior Fei, wasn't that Yunling Pill entrusted by your master for sale?"

"That's right, but now we're not selling it," Fei Li grunted.

Zhang Qin looked at Fei Li, then at Liu Yan, seeming to guess something, and said no more.

"Fei Li, what are you doing?" Liu Yan said unhappily.

"Not selling it means not selling it!" Fei Li was not polite at all.

Nie Tian's face also turned extremely bad.

That Yunling Pill could help his grandfather rebuild his Spirit Sea, solving a long-standing problem.

Since he heard that the appraisal fair had the Yunling Pill, he had made up his mind to get it.

But he never expected that the Yunling Pill... was actually entrusted by Gan Kang, who, as the consignor, had the right to stop selling it halfway.

If the other party refused to sell, even with Wu Ji's token, he had no way to force the issue.

"Fei Li, do we have any grudges?" Liu Yan frowned.

Fei Li didn't speak but looked at Nie Tian.

Liu Yan was taken aback, then turned his head and asked Nie Tian, "When did you have a conflict with him?"

"Last night," Nie Tian replied.

"Because of An Ying?" Liu Yan thought for a moment and gradually understood.

He was well-informed and had heard before coming to the Lingbao Pavilion that Fei Li's master, Gan Kang, had designs on An Shiyi.

An Ying's hurried arrival last night and Fei Li's unusual behavior today made him guess the truth.

"An Shiyi is my sworn sister," Nie Tian explained.

Zhang Qin, hearing Nie Tian's words, suddenly understood as well.

Liu Yan smiled bitterly and suddenly felt a headache.

If there had been no conflict last night, he believed Nie Tian could easily have obtained the Yunling Pill with Wu Ji's token.

But now...

The Yunling Pill belonged to Gan Kang, and if the owner didn't want to sell it, they had no right to force the sale.

As Liu Yan hesitated and felt helpless, Fei Li took out the box containing the Yunling Pill from one of the counters. He caressed the lid, which was carved with exquisite patterns, and said slowly, "This Yunling Pill was obtained by my master in exchange for a mid-level sixth-grade spirit artifact from a cultivator in another domain."

"The Yunling Pill is not rare in the other eight domains, but it is still quite rare in the Litian Domain."

"This pill is not unsellable, as long as you don't meddle in other people's affairs."

After saying this, he looked at Nie Tian coldly, as if waiting for him to back down and make a promise.

"Let's go," Nie Tian said.

Liu Yan sighed and said to Fei Li, "I know who your master is, but you should also consider carefully whether it's worth provoking my granduncle over just one Yunling Pill."

"Our things, if I don't sell them, can they come to the Lingbao Pavilion and take them by force?" Fei Li said coldly.

"Alright," Liu Yan nodded, losing interest in persuading him, and quickly went down the stairs with Nie Tian.

"Hey, you're back so soon? Did you get the Yunling Pill?" When they came down, Weng Puzi asked curiously.

"No, they refused to sell it," Liu Yan said with a bitter smile.

Weng Puzi was taken aback, "That's impossible! Who is selling the Yunling Pill, and they wouldn't even give Wu Lao Guai's face?"

Liu Yan shrugged and didn't explain, leading Nie Tian out of the Dan Building.

Outside the Dan Building, Liu Yan thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I'll try to ask some friends to see if they can buy the Yunling Pill for you."

"Thank you, Uncle Liu," Nie Tian said, explaining the events of the previous day, "An Shiyi has done me a favor. If it weren't for her giving me the opportunity to enter the Qinghuan Realm, there would be no Nie Tian today."

"Right, knowing how to repay kindness is not wrong," Liu Yan nodded, "The Yunling Pill is quite rare in our Litian Domain, but it's not so precious in the other eight domains. Even if we don't get this one, there will be other opportunities in the future. After all, you are the granduncle's disciple."

"Let's go, we'll skip the Dan Building and go to other places," Liu Yan said.

Nie Tian replied, "That's the only option for now."

After that, he temporarily put aside his thoughts about the Yunling Pill and followed Liu Yan, wandering through many spirit artifact buildings in the Lingbao Pavilion.

Liu Yan knew that he was currently only at the Qi Condensation stage, so he didn't take him to places selling high-level spirit artifacts but led him to areas selling low-level spirit artifacts.

After a few rounds, Liu Yan saw that Nie Tian was looking at everything with interest but hadn't made a choice, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Nie Tian, did you think about what kind of spirit artifact you wanted to buy when you came? Also, I couldn't determine your cultivation attribute back then, but your master should have. What about you...?"

Nie Tian scratched his head and said, "No, my master never mentioned anything about cultivation attributes. Before I came, he just told me to pick three small items at random, without giving me a specific range."

Liu Yan, hearing this, felt a headache, "Without a specific range or any special requirements, how are you supposed to choose three random items?"

In just a short while, he had already taken Nie Tian to three buildings selling low-level spirit artifacts, some selling treasure armors, some selling swords and knives, and others selling various odd and curious items.

Nie Tian showed interest in every item, looking at them with great enthusiasm, but didn't choose any.

Liu Yan thought Nie Tian hadn't found anything he liked, but now he realized that Nie Tian had no direction and didn't know how to choose.

"Uncle Liu, you go and pick what you need. I'll wander around and buy something if I find something I like," Nie Tian said.

"Alright," Liu Yan nodded.

He had a mission this time, not only to select items for his subordinate families but also to choose suitable spirit artifacts for Jiang Lingzhu, Ye Gumo, and others.

"With your status, you won't encounter much trouble in the Lingbao Pavilion. If you really have a conflict with someone, just show the granduncle's token, and it should be fine," Liu Yan instructed, then parted ways with him and went off on his own.

After he left, Nie Tian quietly took out the bone and held it, caressing it and muttering to himself, "I want to choose something like this."

Since he learned that the bone also came from the appraisal fair, he had been looking forward to it.

He hoped to find something similar to the bone at the appraisal fair, as only such items could bring him extraordinary opportunities and make a significant change in his life.

"Chichi!"

As he was thinking, the bone he was caressing began to emit sparks.

His face changed slightly, and he focused his senses, discovering that the drop of blood inside the bone seemed to be moving slightly.

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