Chapter 93: Treasure Convention (2/2)

“All the guests from the Cloudsoaring sect have been arranged to live here.”

Liu He raised his voice and asked, “Is Mr. Liu here?”

“I’m here.” Liu Yan’s voice came from within the stone pavilion.

“Excuse me.” Hearing Liu Yan’s answer, Liu He bowed briefly and went back along the route they had taken to get here.

Moments after he left, Liu Yan from the Cloudsoaring sect walked out of the pavilion door.

Liu Yan examined Nie Tian with his eyes. “Are you the one who called my name?”

“Greetings, Mr. Liu!” Nie Tian greeted him in a grand manner.

Although he couldn’t remember Liu Yan’s appearance, he had heard from Nie Donghai and Nie Qian that when he was one year old, it was because of Liu Yan’s consent and sparing two additional spiritual tools that he was allowed to take part in the Lot-drawing Convention.

He also knew that back then he had angered many people with his domineering actions at the convention. Had it not been for Liu Yan taking his side, he would have surely been punished by the clan at the age of one…

Furthermore, the dragon bone that had practically changed his life had also belonged to Liu Yan.

For these reasons, he harbored gratitude towards Liu Yan ever since he had known about him. Unfortunately, because of his previously insignificant status, he didn’t have the chance to go to the Cloudsoaring sect and visit him.

Furthermore, Nie Tian spent the past half a year apprenticing to Wu Ji in the back mountain, and thus still hadn’t found the chance to visit him.

To his surprise, he finally got to meet Liu Yan, who had shown major kindness to him, during his trip to the Spiritual Treasure sect.

“Greetings…” Liu Yan stared at Nie Tian, who kowtowed to him with great sincerity and respect. He was confused and couldn’t recall who the teenager in front of him was.

Jiang Lingzhu blurted out from inside the room, “Uncle Liu, he’s Nie Tian.”

“Nie… Nie Tian?!” Liu Yan was taken aback. After a moment he recovered from his state of amazement and said, “It’s you, kid! Enough with the courtesy. Quickly get up. I don’t dare accept it!”

He helped Nie Tian up.

However, Nie Tian took three steps backwards, and bowed. Only after that did he raise his chin and say, “Uncle Liu, I was just one year old then we met, and therefore couldn’t remember what you looked like.But I heard more than a few times about you from my aunt and grandfather. I’ve always been grateful for what you did, and I always wanted to visit you in the Cloudsoaring sect. Unfortunately I never had the chance to do so.”

“Hahaha!” Liu Yan laughed out loud. “Your mom was my junior martial sister. It’s only right that I look after you. You don’t need to burden yourself with it.”

With these words, Liu Yan stopped laughing, but instead looked deeply at Nie Tian and said, “But I never thought her son would be even more outstanding than her. Back when your grandfather asked me to test your cultivation talent, I didn’t discover anything.

“After all, I wasn’t martial granduncle. I didn’t have his acute perception, and wasn’t able to see through your potential at that time.

“However, seeing what you have achieved today, I’m really happy for her. I hope that you can take advantage of such a rare opportunity and rise up like your two senior martial brothers, stepping out of the Realm of Flame Heaven one day.”

“Thank you, Mr. Liu!” Nie Tian said respectfully.

Liu Yan promptly shook his head. “I can’t accept it, I really can’t accept it. You’re martial granduncle’s disciple, so according to seniority, I should address you as martial uncle.”

“So let’s put seniority aside,” Nie Tian said sincerely. “If you don’t mind, how about I address you as Uncle Liu from now on?”

“Well, sure.” An elated expression appeared on Liu Yan’s face. “Let’s get inside. We’re family now. Come on in.”

Then, he led Nie Tian into the stone pavillion.

“Let me introduce you to everyone.” Once they were inside, Liu Yan pointed at a few people from the Cloudsoaring sect and introduced every one of them to Nie Tian. “You know Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo, so I won’t say more about them. This is Shi Yi, and she is Luo Xin. They are my junior martial brother and sister. My master Wu Xing brought us here, but he isn’t here at the moment. He went to catch up with his friends from the Spiritual Treasure sect.”

Nie Tian was about to greet them one by one. However, those who had just been introduced to him all had strange expressions on their faces as they greeted Nie Tian first. “Greetings, martial uncle.”

Even Jiang Lingzhu, whose face was filled with unwillingness, greeted him obediently.

“Shi Yi and Luo Xin are my junior martial brother and sister.” Liu Yan explained in a soft voice. “Shi Yi has been a member of the sect for quite some time. When your mother was still with us, he had already become my master’s disciple. Luo Xin was taken in by my master nine years ago. She never met you mother.”

Nie Tian looked at the silent Shi Yi. After a moment of heistation, he said, ”Uncle Shi.”

“I dare not accept the honor,”Shi Yi hurriedly said.

“Luo…”

He was just about to greet Luo Xin, who seemed to be only about twenty years old. The graceful Luo Xin jumped in and said, “Don’t you address me that way; I’m only a few years older than you. You can just call me Sister Xin. By all means, don’t address me as your aunt!”

“Sister Xin,” Nie Tian said with a chuckle.

Luo Xin let out a sigh of relief. With a grin, she said, “You’re so lucky that martial granduncle set his mind on you, and that the sect broke the rules that had been around for decades for you. This is really something to be proud of.”

“I’m a lucky kid,” Nie Tian said self-deprecatingly.

Liu Yan showed Nie Tian to a seat and went back to their conversation about the Treasure Convention. “Where were we?”

Nie Tian could tell that they had been discussing something before he had arrived. Hence, he sat there quietly and listened.

They had a pleasant chat.

From their conversation, Nie Tian learned that Liu Yan knew something about equipment forging, and he had great interest in the matter. Therefore he wouldn’t miss even one Treasure Convention held by the Spiritual Treasure sect.

The seven spiritual tools that Liu Yan had brought to the Nie clan years ago had been collected by him from these Treasure Conventions.

The dragon bone that had changed Nie Tian’s fate was one of them. This made Nie Tian secretly attach great importance to the convention, and at the same time, become very excited about it.