Chapter 1048: Far-flung Fame (2/2)

With a warm smile, she said, “I’m Hou Chulan. I really didn’t expect the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace to send you.”

Nie Tian took a close look at her, and was impressed by her good looks.

She was every bit as beautiful as Dong Li and Mu Biqiong. Even though she was at the late Void domain, which was considerably higher than Lou Hongyan and Huang Jinnan, she struck Nie Tian as a girl next door, full of a youngster’s vigor.

Standing behind her was one late Saint domain old woman, two middle Saint domain old men, and three early Saint domain experts.

That didn’t include Wei Botao, the sectmaster of the Martial Spirit Sect.

Compared to Huang Jinnan and Lou Hongyan’s subordinates, Hou Chulan’s subordinates were even stronger.

Besides, she herself was stronger than Huang Jinnan and Lou Hongyan as well.

Keh! Keh! Nie Tian laughed bitterly. After taking a quick glance at Jing Feiyang and the others he had brought, he said somewhat embarrassedly, “Umm... Since I haven’t been a Son of the Stars long, I don’t have a lot of powerful subordinates. And some of them happen to be in secluded cultivation, seeking breakthroughs in cultivation, so...”

As the saying goes, it drives you hopping mad to compare yourself with others. Both Hou Chulan’s subordinates’ strength and her own cultivation base were far superior to his.

This time, Wei Lai had given him the mission of helping Hou Chulan destroy the three outsider teleportation portals in the Domain of Heaven’s Origin. Afterwards, contribution points would be awarded according to his performance.

He suddenly had a somewhat embarrassed feeling to present his subordinates and himself.

Hou Chulan, however, seemed to see through his thoughts, as she let out a careless laugh and said sincerely, “I’ve been looking forward to meeting you for a long time. I feel more secure to have your assistance than any other Son of the Stars.”

With these words, she even took the initiative to approach Nie Tian.

Putting her smile away, she bowed slightly and said with all seriousness, “Thank you and Miss Pei for bursting through Grand Monarch Blood Axe’s sea of flesh aura and spreading word of the upheaval in the Domain of Nether Heaven in time. If it weren’t for the two of you, Uncle Lu would have perished, body and soul.

“Allow me to thank you on behalf of the entire Five Elements Sect!”

Both the old woman and Wei Botao, the sectmaster of the Martial Spirit Sect, were shocked by her actions.

However, as her subordinates, they hastily nodded and bowed towards Nie Tian as well to show their gratitude.

Standing behind Nie Tian, Yue Yanxi and Jiang Feng exchanged a glance. Both of them saw the mixed look in each other’s eyes.

In fact, they had felt a sense of inferiority as soon as they had arrived and seen how formidable Hou Chulan’s subordinates were.

After all, she didn’t have a single Void domain cultivator standing beside her. All of her subordinates were at the Saint domain.

However, despite their lifelong efforts, they had only recently broken through into the late Void domain, which was not even worth mentioning in front of Hou Chulan’s subordinates. They had assumed that her subordinates would slight them.

Who would have thought that, after learning that the surprise the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace had promised was Nie Tian, not only were they not disappointed, but they were actually so happy and grateful?

As Nie Tian’s subordinates, they felt honored as well after seeing the way Hou Chulan treated him.

Nie Tian smiled. “No need to thank me. Miss Pei did most of the work. I only provided her with assistance on several occasions.”

Hou Chulan straightened her back and smiled heartily. “Quit humbling yourself. Huang Jinnan told me all about it. He said that both he and junior martial sister Lou would have been dead if it weren’t for you. So both our sect and the Void Spirit Society acknowledged your significant contributions to the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.

“I really don’t understand what Vice Sectmaster Luo was thinking by awarding you just five hundred thousand contribution points.

“According to our assessment, even ten times what you were given, five million contribution points, isn’t too great an award.”

Upon hearing these words, Nie Tian fell silent.

Luo Wanxiang was in charge of all internal affairs for the time being. Even though he was indignant about his behavior, he didn’t think he should complain about it to someone from another sect like Hou Chulan.

Therefore, after a moment of hesitation, he changed the subject by asking, “May I ask which of you is the sectmaster of the Martial Spirit Sect?”

Wei Botao took a step forward. “I am.”

“Chai Longge and Chai Fengwu are from your sect, right? How is the brother-sister pair doing?” Nie Tian asked.

Wei Botao was taken aback. “You know them? They’re fine. And they’re currently in our sect’s headquarters. Are you...”

He went blank for a brief moment before snapping out of his thoughts. “They once told me that they received help from a man named Nie Tian in the Shatter Battlefield. Don’t tell me that it was you!”

Nie Tian smiled. “Well, it was me.”

Wei Botao bowed a second time. “Oh, I thought it was just another man with the same name as yours! Allow me to thank you on behalf of the Martial Spirit Sect for helping them repeatedly in the Shatter Battlefield! If it weren’t for you, they wouldn’t have been able to make it out of there alive. And thanks to their gains from that trip, they both made significant breakthroughs in their cultivation.”

Wei Botao seemed much more sincere as he bowed this time.

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