Chapter 99: Nourishment from Flesh and Blood (1/2)
Nie Tian grew bored of Liu Yan’s lecturing, and thus tried to change the subject. “Uncle Liu, how much did you spend on the animal bone that you brought to the Lot-drawing Convention when I was one year old?”
Surprised by his question, Liu Yan didn’t even think before answering, “Ah, that animal bone, I think it cost me several dozens of spirit stones. Why do you ask?”
He had never once attached any importance to the animal bone, and had only taken it out to ensure that enough items were presented.
“Several dozens of spirit stones…” Nie Tian glanced at the Flame Dragon Armor sticking out of the cloth bag and asked, “Was that animal bone refined by an equipment forger of the Treasure school?”
Liu Yan shook his head. “Nope.”
It had been too long, but after a moment of pondering, he continued, “As I recall it, that animal bone seemed to share similar origins with the Flame Dragon Armor you bought today.
“When I bought it, the equipment forger of the Treasure school who sold it to me told me that a severely injured foreign Qi warrior showed up in our realm with men trying to hunt him down.
“He seemed to be in a desperate situation and in urgent need of spirit stones, so he sold the animal bone to the Treasure school.
“He took the spirit stones and disappeared, never to be seen again.
“However, I heard from the Qi warriors of the Treasure school that after he sold the animal bone to the Treasure school, he asked them to keep it for a while, as he would come back to redeem the item at a higher price.
“Unfortunately, he didn’t show up within the agreed time.
“Plus, that animal bone wasn’t exactly valuable, so it wasn’t long before the Treasure school put it up for sale.”
After explaining the origins of the animal bone to Nie Tian without leaving out any details, Liu Yan asked, “Why do you want to know? As I recall it, your spiritual power didn’t resonate with it at all. Why are you so interested in it?”
With a smile, Nie Tian said, “Just curious, that’s all. Uncle Liu, can you please help me carry this armor up into my room?”
“You stubborn kid… I simply don’t understand why you had to buy it,” Liu Yan complained, as he picked up the sack holding the Flame Dragon Armor. “It’s really heavy! Such heavy armor… even I wouldn’t be able to move about freely in it. Not only would it not increase my battle prowess, it would even hold me back!”
After feeling the Flame Dragon Armor’s weight, he stared at Nie Tian again and said, “You’d better go buy a bracelet of holding tomorrow. Otherwise you won’t be able to carry things like this.”
Nie Tian’s eyes lit up. “Do they also sell storage spiritual tools?”
He had long since heard about the convenience of having a storage spiritual tool, but he was also aware that they were very expensive. Qi warriors with a low cultivation base would never be able to obtain such a rare item, unless they were born with extraordinary family backgrounds.
Liu Yan thought for a moment, and then said, “Yes, they do have a few. Originally, considering your current cultivation base, you wouldn’t possess many items. Hence, a bracelet of holding would be a waste.However, now that you’ve bought that Flame Dragon Armor, which you can’t even carry around by yourself, you’ll probably need one of those.
“Plus, after spending such a long time looking around, it appears you haven’t found anything else you like. You’ll need a bracelet of holding in the future anyways, so you might as well buy one now.”
Nie Tian’s spirits rose immediately, and he said, “I’ll go buy one tomorrow.”
With these words, Liu Yan helped Nie Tian carry the bag up to his room. He simply put the sack down on the ground, turned around, and left, not saying anything else.
After he left, Nie Tian closed the door and gently opened up the sack.
The prominent outline of the dark-brown, slightly dilapidated armor gradually appeared.
Upon taking a closer look, Nie Tian saw a hole in the central chest plate of the armor, which from the look of it could fit a certain object, yet it was empty now.
Seemingly, the hole in the armor would blatantly expose the heart of the user.
The heart was the most vulnerable part of the human body. Even though it was an amazing protective set of armor, if it couldn’t protect the heart, the value of the armor would be greatly reduced.
It seemed that if the missing object were to be reattached, it would not only make up for the deficiency, but also restore the armor to its original state.
Only then would the armor become truly intact.
“If my speculations are correct, the missing item should be the dragon bone.”
After staring for a good while at the hole, Nie Tian quietly took out the dragon bone from his pocket and held it close to the hole.
Only a moment later, he was convinced that his guess had been correct.
He could see that the dragon bone matched the hole perfectly, not leaving the slightest crack in between. As long as he pushed it in, the armor would return to its original, intact appearance.
He was on the verge of pressing it down when he suddenly stopped.
“No, I can’t…”
It suddenly occurred to him that just the dragon bone alone had disrupted space, and cracked open countless spacial rifts.
If another major event happened once he made the Flame Dragon Armor whole, then all of the Qi warriors currently present at the Spiritual Treasure sect would instantly notice.
Therefore, he chose to temporarily suppress his exceeding curiosity and not act rashly while he was still in the Spiritual Treasure sect.
He stroked the dragon bone for a long time while staring at the Flame Dragon Armor, before finally putting the dragon bone back into his pocket. He decided to take his time to study the secrets of the Flame Dragon Armor and the dragon bone after returning to the Cloudsoaring sect.