Chapter 124: Reappearance of the Strange Man (1/2)
“Miss An! Little Ying!” An He from the An clan shouted from the tower over the city gate, and raised his hand to greet them.
Nie Tian looked up and discovered that it wasn’t just Wu Tao and An He. Yun Zhiguo from the Yun clan was also there.
WHOOSH!
After waiting for everyone to get off, the Thunder Beast fluttered its wings and soared into the sky. In a split second, it disappeared into the clouds.
CREAAAK!
The heavy city gates slowly opened, and with mood that similarly heavy, Nie Tian and his group walked into Black Cloud City.
The great gate faced the direction of the Cloudsoaring Mountain, and normally, it would only close when it the night came.
However, it was daytime now, yet the city gate was shut. Something was clearly amiss.
After a brief moment of pondering, Nie Tian realized that they must have shut the city gate to guard against the experts of the Hell sect.
However, the truth was that the Hell sect was much stronger than the Ghost sect and the Blood sect. If they truly wanted to breach defenses as weak as Black Cloud City’s… how could they be held off?
The moment she entered the city, Jiang Lingzhu said, “My father ordered you to stay in Black Cloud City? Tell me what happened.”
Wu Tao from the Nie clan laughed bitterly. “I don’t know. It seems that… Cloudsoaring Mountain has been surrounded.”
“Miss An, how about we head back to the clan first?” An He asked.
“We’ll go the the Nie clan first.” An Shiyi replied. “Also, tell the clanmaster to go to the Nie clan, too.”
An He nodded. “Sure, will do.”
Right after that, everyone headed towards the Nie clan. On their way, Wu Tao briefed them about what had happened over the past several days. According to him, Li Fan from the Cloudsoaring sect suddenly came two days ago, and told everyone to not leave Black Cloud City at any time during the following few days.
However, Li Fan didn’t explain to them why. On the contrary, it was the Yun clan, which was attached to the Grayvale sect, that had obtained some news, and discovered that many unfamiliar experts had been seen lurking around Cloudsoaring Mountain.
Standing on the tower over the city gate, Yun Zhiguo had a complicated expression on his face as he watched Nie Tian and the others walk towards the Nie clan.
“The Thunder Beast… It seems that the kid has really been taken in as a disciple by the old immortal from the Cloudsoaring sect.” Yun Zhiguo heaved a sigh, knowing that because of Nie Tian, the Nie clan’s foothold within Black Cloud City would become more and more stable. Meanwhile, the Yun clan… would no longer have the strength to contend against the Nie clan.
A while later, Nie Tian and the others arrived at the Nie clan.
When Nie Donghai learned that Jiang Lingzhu had returned along with Nie Tian, he warmly came out to receive them, hoping to inquire about what had happened at Cloudsoaring Mountain.
Nie Qian also came out of her house to welcome them.
Before long, An Rong from the An clan also rushed over to the Nie clan after receiving the message from An He.
The people of Black Cloud City hadn’t received news about the enormous changes that had occurred in the Spiritual Treasure sect. Powerful experts from the Blood sect and the Ghost sect had sealed off the entire Spiritual Treasure sect, causing all Sound Stones to lose effect.
Everyone, including members of the Nie clan and An Rong, assumed that Nie Tian had just returned from the Cloudsoaring sect, therefore they were curious about how they made it out of there.
“We’ve escaped from the Spiritual Treasure sect.” An Shiyi let out a gentle sigh and explained everything in detail.
She told them about the invasion of the Ghost sect and the Blood sect to the Spiritual Treasure sect, about the Earth Flame Beast crashing out of the depths of the earth’s core, and about the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range being turned into a sea of lava.
While she was explaining these things, the elders of the Nie clan also gathered around after receiving the news.
After she finished speaking, the faces of all of the Nie clan members, as well as An Rong and An He, turned extremely pale and grim.
They had never expected that such heaven-shaking changes would occur in the Spiritual Treasure sect. The series of actions of the Hell sect, the Ghost sect, and the Blood sect had already given rise to a cruel domestic war within the Realm of Flame Heaven.
Once a war like that was started, it couldn’t be ended shortly, and would possibly last for many years.
The Nie clan was only one of the subordinate clans that clung to the Cloudsoaring sect. In front of those powerful sects, which had dominated the Realm of Flame Heaven for centuries, the strength of the Nie clan was so insignificant that it could be ignored.
Once a realm-wide bloody war was waged, sooner or later it would drag every one of them into it.
After considering the great bloodshed that would sweep across the peaceful Realm of Flame Heaven, both Nie Donghai and An Rong looked grim, fearful, and lost, all at the same time.
Looking at the long-faced Nie Donghai, Nie Tian thought for a moment before taking out the case that contained the Spiritfount Pill.
“Grandfather, this is a Spiritfount Pill. It’ll help rebuild your shattered spiritual sea.” With that, he passed it over.
“A Spiritfount Pill!?” Nie Donghai was taken aback.
He didn’t have a deep understanding regarding the grades and effects of the various types of pills, and thus hadn’t even heard of the name Spiritfount Pill.
The truth was that Spiritfount Pills rarely appeared in the Realm of Flame Heaven, and with his identity and status, he wouldn’t ever have had a chance to even see one. Therefore, it was natural that he seemed a bit at lost.
An Shiyi explained, “This Spiritfount Pill is from the Realm of Dark Underworld. Its greatest function is to rebuild a broken spiritual sea.”
Nie Donghai’s eyes suddenly lit up.