Chapter 4: Liu Yan’s Confusion (1/2)
Chapter Four: Liu Yan’s Confusion
Afternoon.
Nie Qian berated Nie Tian as he ate and drank his fill, but then he fell asleep, so she finally stopped.
Nie Tian had been holding that animal bone in his hand ever since he got back from the lot-drawing, and yet Nie Qian couldn’t find any spiritual energy connections between Nie Tian and the bone.
“What a dummy…” Nie Qian murmured. “He had so many high ranked spiritual tools to choose from, yet he picked this thing….
Suddenly, Nie Donghai’s voice came from outside. “Whatever… Even if he obtained the highest ranked bead, it would also be useless to him. None of the seven spiritual tools were suitable for him. I should have known from the start that having him participate in the lot-drawing wouldn’t be productive.”
As Nie Qian turned around to look, she found that Nie Donghai and Liu Yan of the Cloudsoaring sect had come together. “Father. Mr. Liu.”
Nie Donghai glanced lovingly at Nie Tian, who was sound asleep, lying on his back with his limbs widely spread. Then he sighed softly, frowned, and said, “A while ago, I secretly tested him in hope of determining the attribute of his inner spiritual energy. However…”
After a pause, he continued, “Perhaps due to my insufficient cultivation base, I failed to sense any fluctuation of spiritual energy in him. I knew by then that even if he did participate in the lot-drawing he would most likely not gain much.
“That was the reason I didn’t push so hard to get him into the lot-drawing convention.”
Nie Qian was both shocked and confused. “But father, after I begged you for this opportunity, you did help after all… ”
Nie Donghai forced a smile. “Deep down, I was still unwilling to give up. I wished for a miracle to happen. From the look of it, I’ve put in too much hope into the matter.”
“It was my fault.” Nie Qian blamed herself.
By then, she realized Nie Donghai loved Nie Tian just as much as she did and he would even get in a conflict with everyone in the Nie clan again, just to fight for a shred of opportunity for Nie Tian.
Even though he knew all his efforts could have been in vain, he did it anyway.
“Let me take a closer look.” While he talked, Liu Yan walked to window and stretched out his hand over the sleeping Nie Tian.
White aura swirled out of Liu Yan’s left palm. Its misty and bright apperarance made his hand white like jade.
Liu Yan gently placed his hand onto Nie Tian’s lower abdomen as he narrowed his eyes in concentration. Shreds of spiritual energy as thin as hair emerged from his hand and entered Nie Tian’s lower abdomen, gradually seeping into his limbs and bones.
Nie Tian seemed to be comfortable in his sleep, as a smile had emerged on his chubby little face. He even snored a bit, as if he was having a sweet dream.
The warm, jade-like light gradually covered the surface of Nie Tian’s body, as if he were a porcelain doll in the light of a lantern.
However, Nie Donghai and Nie Qian gazed at Nie Tian with worried looks.
They were fully aware that the jade-like gloss came solely from Liu Yan’s spiritual energy.
The spiritual energy triggered no change after roaming around in Nie Tian’s body, which meant Nie Tian’s body didn’t contain any spiritual energy waves.
Quite a while later, Liu Yan gently retrieved his hand before turning to Nie Donghai and shaking his head.
Nie Donghai and Nie Qian looked on, aghast.
Liu Yan was also confused. “It shouldn’t be like this. I’m familiar with junior martial sister’s natural talent. Forget Black Cloud City as a whole, even in the Cloudsoaring sect her talent was among the best. Even married to a completely talentless mortal, her child should have inherited part of her talent. It shouldn’t be this way.
“I did a thorough search in Nie Tian’s body, but I really felt no trace of spiritual energy fluctuations.”
“Huh… ” Nie Donghai let out a deep sigh and looked frustrated.