Chapter 476: The Common Destination (1/2)

Chapter 476: The Common Destination

Nie Tian looked up and noticed Pei Qiqi, who was standing by the window and looking down at them with an expressionless face.

He nodded briefly at her as Dong Li forcibly dragged him towards the end of the street.

Only a few Qi warriors could be seen strolling about in the lonesome street. Most of them were at the Greater Heaven stage or the Worldly realm.

Those who dared to stay in Desolate City after word of Zhao Shanling’s return had spread possessed either extraordinary cultivation bases or powerful backgrounds.

Dong Li dragged Nie Tian to the end of the street and entered a rough, small restaurant.

She led Nie Tian directly up to a room on the second floor. As she pushed the door open, he saw Dong Baijie sitting by a table in an unconstrained fashion, drinking by himself.

Upon seeing him, Dong Baijie rose to his feet and said with a smile on his face, “We meet again, Nie Tian.”

The window to the street was shut. Plates of snacks and fruits filled the table, along with a half bottle of wine.

Nie Tian realized that Dong Li had already let go of him, as if she wanted to keep a distance from him in front of her elder brother.

Surprised, Nie Tian asked, “How come you’re also here in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation?”

Dong Li sat by her brother’s side, while Nie Tian sat across the table from him. As soon as he sat down, Dong Baijie poured a cup of alcohol for him and answered with a broad laugh, “I’m here for Little Li.”

“Cheers!” Dong Baijie raised his cup and emptied it. Then, with a sincere expression, he said, “This shows my respect for you. Thank you for helping Little Li in the Realm of Dark Underworld and bringing her such a great fortune in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation. I knew you were no ordinary person!”

He had met with Dong Li soon after he had come to Desolate City with the other Dong Clan members.

Afterwards, he had a private meeting with Dong Li to ask about her recent experiences.

Dong Li had never kept secrets from her older brother, who loved her dearly. Therefore, she had told him about what she and Nie Tian had been through in the Realm of Dark Underworld.

She had even told him about them coming to the Realm of Unbounded Desolation to gather earthflame essence for Nie Tian’s Flame Dragon Armor, along with them finding that magical place, obtaining Fruits of Life, and Nie Tian letting her take the credit for finding Zhao Shanling.

Dong Baijie had been flabbergasted by their experiences. Meanwhile, he had an increasingly strong feeling that he had made the right decision by befriending Nie Tian.

However, since even Dong Li herself didn’t understand how Nie Tian had been able to find the entrance to that magical place or locate Zhao Shanling, she had left out some of the details.

Therefore, Dong Baijie had attributed all of Nie Tian’s incredible abilities to his three fragmentary star marks.

The fact that Dong Li had helped the Tool Sect find Zhao Shanling, thus ending the turmoil in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation, had already put the Tool Sect in the Dong Clan’s debt. Not only had Dong Li received wide attention, but her status in the Dong Clan had also risen significantly.

That was before she revealed the fact that she had obtained a Fruit of Life.

After she returned to the Dong Clan and gave that Fruit of Life to their patriarch, her status in the Dong Clan would probably see another boost.

She had only gained such great fortunes because she had come to the Realm of the Unbounded Desolation with Nie Tian.

Meanwhile, Dong Baijie could tell that, after their trips to the Realm of Dark Underworld and the Realm of Unbounded Desolation, Dong Li no longer gnashed her teeth and stomped with fury when she talked about Nie Tian.

On the contrary, he noticed that, when she talked about their exciting encounters together now, she tended to beam with joy.

When he made jokes about her and Nie Tian, she would tell him to cut it out, yet her face was always full of smiles.

“Bottoms up!” Nie Tian chugged his cup of alcohol and then asked, “Well... did people in your clan ask about the thing I obtained from the Phantasms in the Realm of Dark Underworld?”

“Stop.” Dong Baijie interrupted him.

Nie Tian stopped and looked at him, his face filled with confusion.

During their secret meeting before he had gone to the Realm of Dark Underworld with Dong Li, Dong Baijie had told him not to worry, and that Dong Mingxuan would keep an eye on Dong Li and stop her if she crossed the line.

That meant Dong Mingxuan knew about his actual identity.

He thought Dong Li might have told people in her clan about his acquisition of the Spirit Pearl. He had gone on that trip to the Realm of Dark Underworld with powerful members of every major power in the Realm of a Hundred Battles. All the others had gained nothing, while he had ended up obtaining the Spirit Pearl. He had wondered how he should explain it.

Dong Baijie assumed a serious expression. “The truth is that I didn’t tell Uncle Mingxuan or anyone about your identity. No one knows what you’ve obtained in the Realm of Dark Underworld. Even if your identity was exposed and people learned that you went to the Realm of Dark Underworld under the name Wu Tian, you’ve got to insist that you obtained nothing, and that the thing that chased you somehow flew away on its own.”