Inscription Master?

The night slowly arrived. The moon shined brightly, covering everything with a veil.

--- Training grounds ---

Nie Li was walking towards the area where he had first met Xiao Ning'er. Seeing far away, under the moonlight, standing there quietly was Xiao Ning'er. It seemed that today she had gone through meticulous dressing up. Her pure black hair was cascading down and studded with silver ribbons. Her white, delicate face and slender eyebrows made her elegant and refined, without the slightest sense of reality.

She was really worth being a beauty on par with Ye Ziyun.

"I thought you weren't coming" Xiao Ning'er's eyes fell on Nie Li.

"How can that be, I'm someone that keeps my promises." Nie Li faintly smiled and said, "No matter how busy I am, first I have to treat the illness on your body."

"Thank you." Xiao Ning'er whispered, lowering her head. Her heart was filled with gratitude.

Nie Li lowered his head and looked at Xiao Ning'er. Xiao Ning'er's outfit seemed to be more attractive compared to her usual. That white silk dress showed her seductive figure. From her chest, the long dress stretched all the way to the knee. Slender legs shaped by diligent practice and full of elasticity could be seen.

"Should be a little better by now." Nie Li held onto Xiao Ning'er's foot. Her delicate ankle, was as beautiful as sparkling crystal, smooth and delicate. The bruise that was there had slightly lightened.

"Yeah, it is," Xiao Ning'er nodded her head. Her heart was filled with gratitude towards Nie Li. These last few nights after being massaged by Nie Li, she had slept especially soundly, unlike before when even sleep was a torture.

Although she had been massaged once before by Nie Li, when her foot was being held by Nie Li, her face couldn't help but show a little shyness.

While helping Xiao Ning'er, Nie Li asked "I have a favour to ask you, I wonder if you can help me?"

"No matter what is it, as long as it can be done." Xiao Ning'er's eyes filled with sincerity.

"I have 10 thousand demon spirit coins here, I want you to send someone to the herb store and help me buy Purple Haze Grass." Nie Li said.

"Purple Haze Grass?" Xiao Ning'er was confused by that and asked, "What do you need Purple Haze Grass for?" Purple Haze Grass was a type of extremely cheap herb, usually only used for its smoke. Upon drying the Purple Haze Grass and then burning it as firewood, the smoke generated by it would have an insect repelling effect.

There was a lot of Purple Haze Grass and it was very cheap. 1 demon spirit coin could buy a lot of it. Every year, every household in Glory City burned an unimaginable amount of it.

Other than using the smoke, Purple Haze Grass had no other usage. So, what did Nie Li need such a large amount of Purple Haze Grass for?

"I naturally have a use for it." Nie Li said, the reason why he wanted to let Xiao Ning'er help him was because that if Xiao Ning'er were to be the one handling it, it wouldn't attract much attention. Nie Li was currently too eye-grabbing, therefore he had to be low-key.

"How much Purple Haze Grass do you need?"

"The more the better, I want all the Purple Haze Grass that is out there on the market." Nie Li said.

Xiao Ning'er didn't get it, what could this large amount of Purple Haze Grass be used for?

"Leave this matter to me. I will help you pay first, 10 thousand demon spirit coins isn't a matter to me!" Although Xiao Ning'er's family was slightly declining, it was still one of the Noble families. Xiao Ning'er, who was one of its members and had extraordinary talent, had never lacked money. She usually didn't spend any money, so having saved all her money, she had accumulated hundreds of thousands of demon spirit coins.

Nie Li thought for a moment and nodded his head saying "Okay, you'll help me buy it first, the more the better. Whatever you pay on my part, I'll return you double."

"No need, this amount of money isn't much." Xiao Ning'er quickly added. She was delighted that she was able to help Nie Li, after all Nie Li's kindness to her was too great. She still didn't know how to repay him, a bit of demon spirit coins couldn't balance her gratitude.

After the massaging of her leg was finished, Xiao Ning'er's face reddened. Even though it had been done before, being massaged at that awkward spot still made her very shy. She lowered her head and silently unbuttoned her buttons one by one. Today, Xiao Ning'er had a pink lace ribbon around her chest, causing her to be more charming and attractive than before. That slightly bulged area and that delicate white skin were faintly discernible.

The pink allure, which made her more sexy than before, revealed a faint ravine. Nie Li quickly shifted his gaze away, and focused on helping Xiao Ning'er massage her bruise.

"Did you take the medicine when you went back?" Nie Li asked, both his hand gently kneading on the bruise, as well as the surrounding area. The bruise slowly spread and began to disperse, while from time to time he felt a seductive softness.

"En," Xiao Ning'er's face flushed red, charming and attractive. Thinking about Nie Li helping her to modify her cultivation technique earlier on, she put on a serious look and asked, "Nie Li, ever since my cultivation technique has been modified by you, my soul force has gotten a lot stronger. I feel that you are a real genius, although everyone has yet to take notice of your talent yet, the day you reveal your talent to the public, you will definitely shine!"

Xiao Ning'er stared at Nie Li's handsome face as if she was becoming slightly intoxicated by it. Deep within her heart flashed a sense of loneliness and sadness, because when the day Nie Li shined arrived, she would no longer be able to stand by his side. Under such pressure, Xiao Ning'er had been practising very hard for the past few days.

Hearing Xiao Ning'er's words, Nie Li slightly smiled. He knew that Xiao Ning'er was encouraging him. After his rebirth, Nie Li's heart was already very strong. He had no doubts that he would one day stand at the peak. He aimed to be a powerful existence far beyond Xiao Ning'er's and others' imaginations!

But nevertheless, Nie Li was grateful for Xiao Ning'er's concern.

--- Sacred Family, Hall of the Main Affairs Elder ---

The Main Affairs Elder of the Sacred Family, Shen Ming, was a Silver rank Demon Spiritualist. Although his cultivation wasn't very strong, he still had this position within the Sacred Family because he was capable in handling the Sacred Family's affairs.

After hearing the report, Shen Ming's wrath appeared on his face.

"A student of the Fighter Apprentice class dared to challenge my Sacred Family!" Shen Ming said, exposing a brutal look on his face. Nie Li's exposure of the Scarlet Sunburst Inscription Pattern left a bad impression of them on the various families. In order to remove their bad impression, Shen Ming had used a lot of means to send people to various families to explain.

This matter had affected the Sacred Family's fundamental interest, but the Sacred Family couldn't go after Nie Li because they had heard that a certain powerful figure took an interest in him.

Just a few days later, another piece of news came, Nie Li had beaten up Shen Yue, a direct descendent of the Sacred Family.

"Isn't Young Master Shen Yue soon going to reach the 1-star Bronze rank? How could he not be Nie Li's opponent?" Puzzled, Shen Ming looked at the underling below him.

That underling felt the chill within Shen Ming's expression, which sent shivers down his spine, before saying, "I'm not very sure of it, Young Master Shen Yue said that his strength and soul force are clearly above Nie Li's, but he was not sure what demonic magic Nie Li used to defeat him."

Hearing the words of his underling, Shen Ming frowned. "What demonic magic? He's definitely not as good as the other and found some excuse after he lost, but how strong could a student from the Fighter Apprentice class be? Probably not even 1-star Bronze rank", he thought.

"Main Affair Elder, should we report this matter to the House Master?"

"No, this matter cannot be told to the House Master. The House Master is trying to breakthrough and become a Legend rank Demon Spiritualist. As long as it isn't a matter of life and death for the family, then there's no need for the House Master to know." In Shen Ming's view, Nie Li couldn't pose any threat to their Sacred Family, "Did you find out what family this Nie Li belongs to?"

"Yes, Elder, we have already checked, it's the Heavenly Marks Family!"

"Heavenly Marks Family? Hehehe, how could a puny Aristocratic family challenge us, a Major family? This ignorant brat probably stumbled across the origin of the Scarlet Sunburst Inscription Pattern and couldn't wait to show off with it." Shen Ming thought It was impossible for the Sacred Family to put a small Aristocratic family in their sights. If he were to send someone to take care of the Heavenly Marks Family, other families would definitely find out and at that time the Sacred Family would definitely be seen as petty, "Let Young Master Shen Fei take note of this Nie Li, if a few teenagers were to have some conflicts and fought in school then it'd be reasonable to understand!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Ming's underling immediately understood the meaning behind it. Shen Fei was already a 1-star Silver rank Demon Spiritualist, his strength was more to enough to handle Nie Li. Shen Ming's meaning was to let Young Master Shen Fei beat up Nie Li in school.

Thinking again, Shen Ming said "The storm caused by this matter is not gone yet, wait for awhile then tell him. Let the storm subsidise a little, then let Young Master Shen Fei act!" As the Main Affairs Elder of the Sacred Family, he had to handle it perfectly, he couldn't let anyone gossip.

"Yes!"

--- City Lord's Mansion, Ye Ziyun's room ---

The room was very well decorated and exquisite.

In front of a desk, Ye Ziyun's head was bowed down while researching something. She occasionally stopped and furrowed her brows in thought. She had been trying to find the Icy Wind, Sudden Snow Inscription Pattern drawn by Nie Li in ancient books but had failed to find any.

Where had Nie Li found this Inscription Pattern?

After a moment, a beautiful woman wearing a blue veil came in.

"Miss, what matters did you call me for?" the beautiful married woman revealed a humble smile.

"Aunt Xue, you are an inscription master, do you know the origin of this Inscription Pattern?" Ye Ziyun raised her head looking at the beautiful married woman and asked.

Xue Yin's gaze fell onto the paper in front of Ye Ziyun. Her eyes were filled with astonishment as she asked, "Miss, where did you get this Inscription Pattern, how come I've never seen it before?"

"Even Aunt Xue has never seen this Inscription Pattern before?" Ye Ziyun was shocked, Xue Yin was an inscription master! Even she had never seen this before, could it have been randomly drawn by Nie Li?

"Looks like the Icy Wind, Sudden Snow Inscription Pattern, but at the same time it's not. It seems like it's much stronger than the Icy Wind, Sudden Snow." Xue Yin made a few hand gesture on the Inscription Pattern, saying, "These well-proportioned lines, I'm not sure which master this work is from, but this Xue Yin admits defeat. Could it be that Miss met an inscription master?"

"Nie Li is an inscription master? How could that be possible? Nie Li can't be an inscription master at his age!" Thinking about how Nie Li had taken the pen with ease and with a few stokes, had drawn this Inscription Pattern, Ye Ziyun's heart became even more confused!