Chapter 7

"Head Elder Yuan, I'm sorry, I was destined to... No, this voice... Who is it? Come out!" Originally thinking it was Head Elder Yuan, Nie Tianxing quickly realized it wasn't, as the voice didn't belong to Head Elder Yuan. He immediately shouted loudly.

"Hehe, little one, there's no need to be so nervous. It's me, I won't harm you!" The elderly voice rang out again.

"You really exist. Didn't you say you would help me? Why haven't you shown up for half a year?" Nie Tianxing asked coldly, his face expressionless as he looked around the room, but saw no one.

"Chichi!"

In the room, a white light flickered, and the space seemed to ripple. A vague, ethereal figure slowly appeared before Nie Tianxing, an old man with a kind face.

Nie Tianxing was startled and took a few steps back. He had never seen an ethereal figure before, especially an old man, and he thought it might be a ghost.

"You... Who are you? How... How can you be here?" Nie Tianxing asked, his face slightly pale with fear.

"Hehe, don't be afraid. Sit down and start cultivating right away!" The old man stroked his white beard and smiled kindly.

Hearing this, Nie Tianxing didn't know what the old man meant, but out of fear, he had no choice but to sit down and start cultivating as the old man instructed.

"Whoosh!"

Nie Tianxing began to practice the Nie family's cultivation technique. Suddenly, a faint sound of breaking air echoed in the room. At this moment, Nie Tianxing's body seemed to become a vortex, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth with terrifying speed. His entire body, from head to toe, was filled with spiritual energy, flowing smoothly without any obstruction.

"What?" Nie Tianxing's eyes widened in shock, his entire body frozen in disbelief. He looked up at the ethereal old man, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Hehe, how about that? Did you manage to cultivate true essence?" The old man smiled gently.

"This... How... How can this be? When... When did I become capable of cultivating true essence?" Nie Tianxing's body trembled. Everything happened so suddenly. After sixteen years, he could finally cultivate true essence, but at this moment, he was very afraid it was just a dream, and he couldn't believe it was real.

"You could have cultivated true essence at any time. However, for the past fifteen years, my soul has been very weak, and I had to hide within your body. I had no choice but to absorb all the true essence you cultivated. During the past half year at the Heavenly Dao Sect, I continuously absorbed the spiritual energy from the bamboo forest, and my soul has now recovered significantly!" The old man explained slowly.

"It's you! So it was you, you old scoundrel! You made me suffer ridicule, humiliation, contempt, and endless pain for fifteen years. You even let me watch as Yue was killed. I will kill you! Ah!" Nie Tianxing suddenly burst out, his anger reaching the sky. He roared wildly, all the pent-up pain and suffering of the past fifteen years erupting as he charged at the old man.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Crack! Crack!"

Nie Tianxing punched and kicked wildly, even picking up chairs and tables to throw at the old man. The room was filled with the sounds of smashing and breaking.

"What's going on? What's wrong with Tianxing? W... What happened?" Kuang Mie, who was lying in bed nearby, healing from his injuries, was deeply worried but couldn't move due to his severe injuries.

In Nie Tianxing's room, the old man didn't dodge, allowing Nie Tianxing to vent his anger. However, each punch and kick was blocked by a layer of energy.

After a few minutes of venting, Nie Tianxing, already weak, was breathing heavily. The old man then smiled gently and said, "Are you done venting? Now, listen to what I have to say."

"What's there to say? Haven't you caused me enough harm? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be a waste, I wouldn't have watched Yue be killed, and I wouldn't have been bullied by others. All of this is your fault. One day, I will kill you! Get out! I don't want to see you anymore! Get out!" Nie Tianxing roared, all the humiliation, bitterness, pain, self-reproach, and guilt of the past fifteen years erupting at once.

"What if I told you that Ling Yue has a chance to be resurrected?" The old man didn't mind Nie Tianxing's harsh words, knowing that all the suffering Nie Tianxing endured over the past fifteen years was his fault. He smiled gently.

"What? Resurrect?" Nie Tianxing's body trembled, and he looked at the old man with a mix of disbelief and hope.

"Yes! Although the little girl Ling Yue is dead, I have sealed her body. As long as we can retrieve her soul, she has a chance to be resurrected," the old man nodded with a smile.

"Are you serious? You're not lying to me?" Nie Tianxing became excited. The news that Ling Yue could be resurrected filled him with hope.

"Of course, I'm serious! After all, you are my savior. Plus, I made you suffer humiliation, contempt, ridicule, and pain for fifteen years. I owe you a debt, and I will repay it," the old man smiled gently and then righted the chair that Nie Tianxing had kicked over, sitting down.

"As long as you can help me resurrect Yue, I won't care about anything else," Nie Tianxing said firmly.

"From today on, you are no longer a waste. Over the past fifteen years, while I was absorbing your true essence, I also helped expand your meridians and unblock them throughout your body. Don't underestimate the unblocking of meridians; even the elders of the Heavenly Dao Sect haven't fully unblocked theirs. This will greatly benefit your cultivation!"

After a pause, the old man continued, "Also, don't cultivate the low-level technique of your Nie family anymore. I have a cultivation technique for you that will make your progress several times faster than others. With your fully unblocked meridians, it will be like adding wings to a tiger. I will also teach you a sword technique."

Listening to this, Nie Tianxing felt like he was in a dream, still not daring to believe if it was real. Then, the old man conjured two items out of thin air and smiled, "This sword is called the Blood Crying Divine Sword, and this storage ring is called the Universe Ring. I'm giving them to you. Unfortunately, they are currently only high-grade magical artifacts, so they are called the Blood Crying Divine Sword. In the future, you can enhance their power."

Nie Tianxing took the Universe Ring, which emitted a blue light, and the blood-red long sword, which emitted a bloody aura, and stared in disbelief. After fifteen years of being a waste, he couldn't believe what was happening.

"Whoosh!"

While Nie Tianxing was in shock, the old man flicked his finger, and two blue lights shot into Nie Tianxing's forehead. A vast amount of information instantly filled his mind, making his head throb and feel dizzy.

"Remember the cultivation technique and the sword technique! They are not ordinary techniques; their power is quite formidable! You must work hard to cultivate," the old man smiled kindly.

Nie Tianxing shook his head, the information about the cultivation technique and the sword technique continuously appearing in his mind. He couldn't believe it and asked, "Is... Is all of this real?"