Setting Off

At this moment Du Ze, Lu Piao, and others also rushed over.

"Shen Yue, you're too despicable. You had six people surround Nie Li!" Du Ze felt indignation towards this injustice. Only when he saw that Nie Li didn't have any issues did he ease down. Although Nie Li pretended to be in a very miserable state, the truth was that Nie Li didn't have any injuries at all.

A crowd of students viewing from far away also criticised Shen Yue's actions.

"I didn't even do anything to him!" Shen Yue became depressed as he refuted. The explanation was lambasted by everyone.

When Nie Li exchanged looks with Lu Piao and the bunch, Lu Piao suddenly understood.

"Having so many people beating Nie Li up, how would he be fine? Do you want me to try beating you up?" Lu Piao roared pridefully, "Shen Yue, you dare to swear that earlier on, you didn't get the few of your lackeys to beat Nie Li to death? Even if you want deny it, a lot of students in the school all heard what you've said!"

"I did say that, but I really didn't…" Shen Yue was anxiously trying to justify himself.

Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun both looked at Shen Yue with disgust. He had actually tried to kill someone in school? He was simply too outrageous! Ye Ziyun's image of Shen Yue had simply dropped to the extreme.

He was actually speaking the truth. Although he had told his lackeys to beat Nie Li to death, that was only a manner of speech. Killing someone in school was something he absolutely didn't dare to do. If he did it, then even the Sacred Family wouldn't be able to cover him!

But for others that were listening to those ruthless words of his, the meaning naturally wouldn't be the same!

"Vice-Principal Ye Sheng has arrived!"

"Nie Li, I admit defeat today, you better watch out!" Shen Yue spat. Then, he and his lackeys fled the place.

"Nie Li, are you okay?" Xiao Ning'er had a face full of concern, nervously clutching onto Nie Li's arm.

"I suffered a little injury, nothing too serious. Luckily you guys arrived quickly." Nie Li said, smiling while looking at Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun.

Since Xiao Ning'er had begun practicing the new cultivation technique, her complexion and skin had become much better. She was much more beautiful compared to the past, and exuded an indescribable charm from her body. As for Ye Ziyun, she had also become more beautiful, slender, elegant, and attractive.

Two beauties, one on the left and right, each possessing beauty not losing to the other.

Seeing Xiao Ning'er's concern for Nie Li, Ye Ziyun had a strange feeling.

"It is good that you're fine." Ye Ziyun awkwardly laughed.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding boys couldn't calm down. How good would it be if they were the ones getting beaten up and then standing in the middle of these two goddesses. The surrounding girls also noticed for the first time that Nie Li was quite handsome. They couldn't help taking more glances at Nie Li, and feeling that Nie Li was more and more to their taste. No wonder Nie Li was so popular with the goddesses Ning'er and Ziyun.

Some boys started to hate Nie Li even more, snatching one of the goddesses was enough but he had actually snatched two of them! This was too unbearable, why hadn't he gotten beaten to death by Shen Yue? Seeing the two beauties, their sympathy for Nie Li was thrown far away.

Seeing the beautiful Ye Ziyun besides Nie Li, Xiao Ning'er couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis within her heart. She knew that the one Nie Li liked was Ye Ziyun, but she couldn't suppress her strong inner feelings. Nie Li was the first and only boy that had stepped into her heart. She had thought that only she had noticed Nie Li's talents, hence, she could have slowly turned Nie Li's gaze from Ye Ziyun to her. However she had never thought that unknowingly, Nie Li and Ye Ziyun seemed to have become familiar with each other.

"Nie Li, I'll help you back to class, I've brought breakfast for you." Xiao Ning'er said in a gentle voice with both hands supporting Nie Li. The slightly bulged area in front of her chest was pressed against Nie Li's arm.

Feeling that softness, Nie Li couldn't help but feel awkward towards the allure. Looking awkwardly at Ye Ziyun he tried to explain, "Ziyun, I…"

"Since the issue is settled, I should be going!" Ye Ziyun pretended that she hadn't heard it, turned around and left. She also couldn't tell what the strange feeling was. She still hadn't gotten to the degree of falling for Nie Li yet, but she didn't know why it was that when she had seen how intimate Xiao Ning'er and Nie Li were, her heart felt uncomfortable.

"Also it isn't my business," Ye Ziyun mumbled. Nie Li and Xiao Ning'er could do whatever they wanted.

Du Ze and Lu Piao on the side were smiling weirdly while raising their thumbs up. Nie Li was really capable. He actually managed to be get close to the two goddesses of the class. Although Ye Ziyun didn't have much of a reaction, when Nie Li was getting beaten up by Shen Yue's lackeys, that concerned expression on her face couldn't have been be faked.

Far away within the crowd, Shen Fei's face became gloomy when he saw how Xiao Ning'er was supporting Nie Li and slowly leaving.

"He dared to go against my Sacred Family and to hook up with my woman? You're simply tired of living!" crackling sounds could be heard from Shen Fei's tightly clenched fists. He was the elder brother of Shen Yue and had already reached the Silver rank. He actually had a spot in the Genius Demon Spiritualist class, therefore he wouldn't put Nie Li in his eyes.

But with the recent events, Nie Li's standing had already gone completely against the Sacred Family.

After returning to the class, although Xiao Ning'er didn't want it, Nie Li still returned the hundreds of thousands of demon spirit coins to Xiao Ning'er. Right now, for Nie Li, a few hundreds of thousands of demon spirit coins couldn't be considered anything. That was because the Purple Haze Grass was still selling well. Although the price had dropped a little, every pound of Purple Haze Grass still maintained a value above 200 demon spirit coins. Since, for the next 3 years, Glory City would have continuous demand for Purple Haze Grass, he could slowly get rid of them.

Nie Li had already become the subject of talk in the school. Whether it was going against the Sacred Family, or his ambiguous relationships with Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun, all of this had made Nie Li the focus of attention among the students. There were even love letters under his desk placed by girls, expressing their love for him. Within those girls, there were a few with pretty good looks.

Nie Li in his previous life had been a nobody with no one paying any attention to him. He had a low-key presence in school. He had never thought that in this life he would be so popular.

Those love letters were gotten rid of by Nie Li. After rebirth, his heart only had a place for Ye Ziyun. How could these girls be compared to Ye Ziyun? After all, Nie Li and Ye Ziyun had experienced life and death in the previous life together. As for Xiao Ning'er, Nie Li was more than willing to become good friends with her.

With the constant practising of the Heavenly God technique, Nie Li's soul force had been rapidly rising. He firmly believed that two months of time would be more than enough to allow him to be transformed.

Every night, Nie Li would take one Soul Assembling Pill and Spiritual Enhancing Pill. Then he would soak himself in Purple Haze Grass liquid medicine. This allowed his soul force to receive maximum nourishment.

Other than practising his soul force, Nie Li also trained in various physical techniques, thus enhancing his physical strength. Although cultivating the soul force could also strengthen the physical body, practising was still necessary to strengthen the body. Upon reaching the Silver rank, Demon Spiritualists would be able to integrate a Demon Spirit into their soul realm. The stronger the physical body was, the more powerful the Demon Spirit that one could integrate into their soul realm would be. If the physical body was too weak, it could easily explode from the overflowing Demon Spirit power.

A lot of Demon Spiritualists would cram the training of their physical body after reaching the Silver rank and having to choose of Demon Spirit. However, by that time it was already too late.

Nie Li wanted to lay his foundations starting now. Everyday he spent time running, mountain climbing and weight training.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed. Nie Li's soul force had already reached 76, and he estimated that in a few days, he would be able to reach the 1-star Bronze rank like Du Ze and Lu Piao.

On the morning of the third day.

Chen Linjian and bunch were already waiting in the library.

Other than Chen Linjian, Ye Ziyun, and Shen Yue were also present. Chen Linjian belonged to the Divine Family, while Ye Ziyun belonged to the Snow Wind Family and Shen Yue belonged to the Sacred Family. They had known each other since they were little. Therefore it was not surprising that they would come together to explore the Ancient Orchid City Ruins.

"You also came?" Ye Ziyun looked at Nie Li with astonishment. This adventure had been organised by Chen Linjian. Since when had Nie Li come in contact with Chen Linjian? It seemed that she had underestimated Nie Li again.

"Yep" Nie Li smiled nodding his head.

Seeing that Nie Li was walking over, Shen Yue's face became more gloomy. Earlier on, he had tried to find Ye Ziyun to explain himself, only to be coldly rejected by her. She now always maintained a five to six meters distance away from him, causing him to feel depressed.

All this was caused by Nie Li! If Nie Li hadn't appeared, then Ye Ziyun wouldn't be so cold to him!

Shen Yue had placed all the blame onto Nie Li.

'Since you came on your own to die, then don't blame others!' Shen Yue ruthlessly thought while talking to one of his lackeys. His lackeys threw a glance at Nie Li and left the place. The two times that he had suffered from Nie Li's hands had allowed Shen Yue to understand that with just the strength of a Bronze rank he wouldn't be able to do anything to Nie Li. So he had gotten people to get some experts from his home.

Nie Li sneered in his heart as all of Shen Yue's actions were seen by him.

Chen Linjian's gaze fell onto Nie Li. He faintly smiled while saying,"Okay! It seems we're all here. I think it's about time we set off!"

Chen Linjian had brought a total of 28 people for their trip to the Ancient Orchid City Ruins, Shen Yue had brought 7, and adding Ye Ziyun and Nie Li, that made up a total of thirty nine youngsters.

Nie Li hadn't said anything to Du Ze, Lu Piao, and others about this matter. He left them to practice in the library. After all, the Ancient Orchid City Ruins would have some danger and Nie Li wouldn't be able to look after them all.

All thirty nine people had prepared some essential items such as food, camping tents, and hunting crossbows before setting off.

Their adventure this time was done secretly, so it was very low-profile. They had told others that they were going to the mountain valley to practice.