Chapter 28: The Sectmaster Visits! (1/2)
Chapter Twenty-eight: The Sectmaster Visits!
Even as Nie Tian was lost in thought, the angry roars of Nie Nanshan, Nie Kan, and the others rang out from off in the distance.
“Who dares to trespass in the Nie clan?”
“Stop!”
Li Fan’s expression flickered briefly, as if he knew the anomalies here had attracted the attention of some powerful expert.
“Scram! You stupid guards!” The charming voice of a woman rose up the distance, and soon after that, a red-garbed figure suddenly appeared in front of them.
It was a tender and charming woman dressed in fiery red garments. Her earrings, the heart-shaped pendant hanging from her snow-white neck, and the bracelet on her slender jade arm all reflected precious lights of various colors.
She was incredibly beautiful to begin with, but with the addition of all the precious jewelry, she seemed even more graceful and elegant.
The moment the charming red-garbed woman landed and saw Li Fan of the Cloudsoaring sect, she couldn’t help but grin. “Li Fan? Why are you here?”
Li Fan snorted. Sounding irritated, he replied, “This is the Nie clan, one of our subordinate clans. Isn’t it normal for me to be here? This isn’t the An clan. How come you’ve completely ignored the owner’s defenses and barged in?”
Nie Tian was astounded as he subconsciously fixed his eyes on that charming women in red. “An Shiyi?”
Having lived in Black Cloud City for so many years, he could instantly identify all of the powerful figures of the three major clans in Black Cloud City: the An clan, the Nie clan, and the Yun clan.
Over the years, the weakening of the Nie clan had allowed the comparative strength of the Yun clan to grow. Now they ranked second among the three major clans of Black Cloud City.
However, the An clan had always been the strongest, and it was they who managed the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion in Black Cloud City.
Just like the Cloudsoaring sect, the Spiritual Treasure sect was a powerful Qi warrior sect, and also the owner of the jewelry shop known as the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion. The An clan represented them in Black Cloud City.
According to the rumors, it was all because of An Shiyi that the An clan could maintain such a position in Black Cloud City.
Supposedly, the reason that the woman held such an important post in the Spiritual Treasure sect was that not only did she possess extraordinary power, but she was also very good at sect politics and had made numerous contributions to the Spiritual Treasure sect. Hence, she was highly regarded by the sectmaster.
Ever since she stepped out of the An clan and become an important figure in the Spiritual Treasure sect, she had scarcely visited Black Cloud City.
Nie Tian was surprised by the fact that one of the biggest names in Black Cloud City had suddenly showed up right there in front of him.
Feeling Nie Tian’s gaze, An Shiyi intentionally ignored Li Fan. Instead, she immediately smiled at Nie Tian and threw him a flirtatious wink. “Am I pretty, young man?”
Nie Tian, who was about to walk out of the debris, was stunned for a moment. He took a closer look at An Shiyi, before he grinned and said, “Big sister, if I marry a woman in the future, I’ll marry one exactly like you.”
“Hahaha!” An Shiyi chuckled charmingly. “You’ve such a mouth on you! If I haven’t married anyone by the time you’ve grown up, then I’ll marry you.”
“Okay!” Nie Tian didn’t think before promising.
Nie Donghai stared blankly at Nie Tian, finding their conversation ridiculous and Nie Tian completely imprudent.
“Watch yourself!” Nie Beichuan said with a harrumph.
“Miss An!” Li Fan reminded her, “You haven’t answered my question yet!”
An Shiyi still didn’t bother to look at Li Fan. Instead she took out a crimson dagger from her pocket and threw it toward Nie Tian, saying with a flirtatious smile, “It’s yours now!”
As the crimson dagger arced through the air toward him, it suddenly burst out in flames.
Nie Tian didn’t dare to catch it. He let the dagger drop to the ground, and then waited for the flames to go out. Then he winked at An Shiyi and said, “Thank you for the token of love, big sister!”
“Hahaha! Such an interesting kid!” An Shiyi turned to Nie Donghai and smiled. “Consider that dagger my token of apology for trespassing into the Nie clan.”
Nie Donghai’s face turned grim. Shaking his head, he said, “I’m no longer the master of the Nie clan.”
“Oh.” An Shiyi gently nodded, and then began to mutter in a voice that was completely audible to Nie Beichuan. “After so many secret moves, someone has finally got what he wanted. Unfortunately, I don’t think he’ll be able to keep his position for long. He’s too narrow-minded…”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Nie Beichuan said angrily.
An Shiyi glanced at him with a face full of disdain and slowly said, “I meant that the Nie clan may never prosper again with you as their master.”
“You!” Nie Beichuan fumed, his eyes glaring. However, in fear of An Shiyi’s status, he didn’t dare to do anything further.
“Alright, enough jokes.” An Shiyi raised her eyebrow and finally looked over at Li Fan. Expression serious, she said, “Some things can not be hidden. I noticed the the strong fluctuations and the glaring spatial rifts from far away. Also, the magnetic field here is still obviously abnormal, so an unstable space disruption zone must have been formed here.
“Both you and I understand what it means when a space disruption zone is formed.
“If the Cloudsoaring sect intends to take it as their own and explore it by themselves, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy!
“Anyone who sees it should have a share of it, so we, the Spiritual Treasure sect, demand our share!”
“This is the Nie clan!” Li Fan replied indignantly. “And the Nie clan belongs to us. Since the space disruption zone showed up here, it ought to belong to us, the Cloudsoaring sect!”
“The Nie clan is also a part of Black Cloud City,” An Shiyi argued. “Since it showed up in Black Cloud City, the An clan should obviously have the right to part of it!”
As of this moment, Nie Tian had already extracted himself from the pile of rubble and walked over to Nie Donghai’s side, holding the dagger An Shiyi had gifted him.