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"It seems there's not much to do in Nanyi. Although the resources are good, it's just too boring."
Nan San lay in the grass in front of Nan Yi's residence, shaking his leg boredly. "If I had known I wouldn't get anything on this trip, why would I have bothered coming? I even used the teleportation array to speed up the journey, which cost me a lot of spirit stones."
Nan Si, who was sitting halfway down to the side, tilted his head and asked, "Why don't we go somewhere else for a walk? Nan Yi wouldn't let us go anywhere a few days ago, but isn't he away today?"
Just a quarter of an hour ago, Nan Yi was hurriedly called away by a senior brother. No one knew what it was about, but it undoubtedly made the three of them feel much more relaxed.
In the past few days, Nan Yi wouldn't let them go wherever they wanted; he was practically keeping a close eye on them.
"This won't do. Without Nan Yi's guidance, it's not appropriate for us to wander around the sect."
“Hey Nan Er, what are you doing speaking up for that guy Nan Yi all day? What, what did he give you to make you his lackey? Don’t think we don’t know that many non-disciples can also wander around the sect freely. It’s just that Nan Yi is selfish and doesn’t want to take us out.”
"Isn't it the best time for us to go out now that he's not here? Don't worry, how could Nan Yi dare to do anything to us? Look, he's already entered Qingqiu, and he still sends us cultivation resources every now and then, doesn't he?"
Nan Er hesitated, as if to say that what he said was all nonsense, that Nan Yi was not that kind of person, and that the truth was completely different from what they said. Nan Yi was just still thinking about the friendship he had when he was a child. If this last bit of friendship were to truly dissipate, then the three of them would probably be stuck at the Golden Core stage for life, unable to make any progress.
But then he thought, how could these two possibly listen to him? It would be best if they didn't argue back. So in the end, he didn't say anything and just silently watched the two of them stand up and walk outside.
He stared blankly for a moment, then, as if suddenly remembering something, hurriedly took out a piece of paper from his pocket, wrote something on it, and then infused it with spiritual power. The paper then transformed into a bird spreading its wings, flapping its wings and flying away.
He hoped that Nan Yi would see the letter in time and come to stop the two men's reckless actions—he always felt that Nan San and Nan Si were likely to do something unexpected, and such things would often put Nan Yi in a very difficult position.
"Huh? Nan Er didn't come along?"
"Isn't this normal? If he follows us, things will be really difficult for us. It'll be annoying to always have someone watching you."
"Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with him. He used to be a rather quiet fox, but now he's become very talkative and always speaks up for Nan Yi. He's really forgotten that Nan Yi didn't take him with him when he went to the fox clan."
In fact, the four of them had a very good relationship at the beginning. All the changes started when those two foxes from Qingqiu appeared.
At that time, all four foxes were standing in front of the foxes of Qingqiu, but they only noticed Nan Yi. They singled Nan Yi out and tested him separately, then began to praise him profusely—
They asked Nan Yi if he would like to go to the fox clan. At that time, Nan Er, Nan San, and Nan Si were still simple-minded and were only surprised. They were surprised by Nan Yi's high talent. At the same time, they were also a little proud. Nan Yi had been with the three foxes since he was a child.
When Nan Yi first went to the fox clan, everything was normal. The group would exchange letters, but as time went by, Nan Yi's replies became increasingly brief.
Nan San and Nan Si didn't like writing these kinds of things, and they felt that Nan Yi was being somewhat perfunctory, so they stopped writing them. Most of the time, Nan Er wrote on behalf of Nan San and Hu Li.
Later, Nan Yi began to occasionally send them some cultivation resources, and with these resources, they gradually improved their cultivation.
The real turning point came when they happened to meet a fox from the Qingqiu fox clan. They asked him if there was a fox named Nan Yi in their clan.
But then the fox grinned broadly and said, "You mean Nan Yi? Of course. Who doesn't know him now? All the clan's resources are poured into him, but I don't know what he's thinking. He always acts so aloof—what? You're not his friends, are you?"
They were taken aback, but Nan San was the first to react. He quickly shook his head and said somewhat awkwardly, "We had only heard of his name by chance before..."
But the fox from Qingqiu didn't seem to care about his explanation and walked away.
It seems that from that time on, their mentality gradually became more subtle.
Nan San wondered why Nan Yi had only entered the fox clan as a fox, without taking them with him. Did he not consider them friends at all?
Nan Si wondered why, since Nan Yi had such good resources, he was only willing to give them low-level pills and magic treasures each time. Those things were worthless. After all, he was going to the Qingqiu Fox Clan, where there should have been countless high-level pills and magic treasures.
Similar thoughts kept fermenting in her mind, eventually leading to a "what's the use" attitude. Since Nan Yi didn't consider her a friend anyway, the most realistic thing to do was to use their childhood friendship to get as much as possible out of Nan Yi.
As long as their cultivation level continues to rise, what can't they have in the future?
However, not long ago, the supplies that Nan Yi had received for the past few hundred years suddenly stopped, which caused them to panic and keep sending messages to Nan Er to ask what had happened.
Even now, they've come all the way here.
In the end, they got nothing.
"Nan Si, do you remember when we first arrived, did you see a woman with Nan Yi?" Nan San tried hard to recall the scene that day. "At that time, Nan Yi seemed to have called her 'Senior Sister'—"
“I recall that Nan Yi seemed to have a lot of respect for that senior sister. In that case, why don’t we go and have a word with her?”
As for what they were talking about... Nan San and Nan Si exchanged a glance and gave each other a wicked smile. Since Nan Yi wasn't going to give them anything, they wouldn't blame them for exposing his "falsehood."
Is this the place?
"I think it's right next door, could you go knock on the door?"
Just as Nan San was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "What are you doing here?"
Nan San and Nan Si turned around almost simultaneously, immediately meeting Nan Yi's somewhat somber gaze—
To be honest, the moment their eyes met, Nan San felt the hairs on his body stand on end. But soon, he secretly mocked himself, thinking that Nan Yi's cultivation had dropped to the Foundation Establishment stage after he was injured, while he was now at the Golden Core stage. He was actually startled by the aura that Nan Yi had just displayed.
Upon seeing Nan Er behind Nan Yi, the two quickly understood what had happened—it was Nan Er who had gone to complain again.
Nan San shrugged: "We didn't do anything, we just wanted to chat with your senior sister."
"Chat?" Nan Yi sneered, taking a step forward and blocking the door behind him. "How about I have a proper chat with you?"
Nan Si: "Nan Yi, what are you doing? We're just bored and want to chat with someone. Besides, I see you and your senior sister are quite familiar with each other, right? We can tell her about your childhood, maybe she'll be interested."
As she said this, Nan Si nodded seriously, as if she really just wanted to chat with that senior sister about the funny things that happened when Nan Yi was a child.
Nan Yi lowered his head slightly, his eyelashes drooping to conceal the cold look in his eyes, while he could hear the rapid beating of his own heart.
No one knows how shocked and furious he was when he received the letter from Nan Er, especially after learning that they were heading towards his senior sister's residence...
If my senior sister heard what they said… if my senior sister believed it… no, my senior sister could never believe such a clumsy lie—
But, what if... what if...
So, he was wrong; he should have listened to his senior sister.
South Third and South Fourth, every single one of them deserves to die.
They shouldn't have interfered with their senior sister at this crucial moment—
He had originally wanted to preserve the last bit of affection, but now it seemed that it was no longer necessary. Everything had been completely destroyed by their own actions.
"Leave here, and never see each other again. Our friendship ends here."
Nan San and Nan Si were taken aback, as if they had never expected Nan Yi to say such a thing.
After a long while, Nan San said in disbelief, "You're going to sever our relationship for a woman?"
Nan Yi: "It has nothing to do with her, it's what I wanted."
"Nan Yi, don't forget who protected you until now! If it weren't for us, how could you have survived until now!"
Nan Yi lifted his eyelids slightly: "If I remember correctly, you saved me three times when I was a child, and Nan Er saved me twice more. And when I got a little older, I saved you no less than ten times."
That was due to their recklessness. Ever since they discovered that Nan Yi had a high talent for cultivation, they had also begun to get restless and try to improve their own strength.
Unfortunately, their cultivation level was too low, they couldn't find any cultivation resources, and they almost lost their lives. Fortunately, Nan Yi had already gained some strength by then, which allowed him to barely rescue them.
"You shouldn't calculate it that way! We were only persuaded to go by you—"
His words were cut short as Nan Yi raised his head impatiently, his deep pupils like those of a giant beast staring at him.
"Finished talking? If you're done, then get lost."
Seeing that someone else seemed to want to say something, he added, "If you leave any later, then you'll have to spit out all the resources you've swallowed."
Upon hearing this, Nan San and Nan Si finally dared not linger any longer. This was, after all, Nan Yi's territory, and the two of them were not going to get any advantage. Of course, there was an even more important point: all those resources had been converted into cultivation. If they were to retrieve them, wouldn't that mean they would be crippled?
Now, they completely believe that Nan Yi is capable of doing such a thing.
After the two people in front of him left, Nan Yi's expression softened, and he said to Nan Er behind him, "Thank you for reminding me just now."
Nan Er had witnessed everything that had just happened, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings. He didn't know why the four of them had ended up like this.
"It's nothing, no need to thank me. But you still need to keep an eye on Nan San and Nan Si. They might not let this go easily, especially now that you're in this situation..."
He looked at Nan Yi with some worry. Nan Yi was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, which was lower than Nan San and Nan Si's cultivation. Their decline this time was only because the Myriad Manifestations Sect was not suitable for them to exert their abilities. But what if they found an opportunity outside in the future...
He didn't think those two were magnanimous people at all.
Nan Yi took a deep breath: "It's alright. Just be careful in the future, they might come after you too."
Nan Er nodded: "I should go too. I won't go back to that place. I'll probably just find another place to settle down and continue my cultivation."
Although his current cultivation level is lower than that of Nan San and the others, he has improved his cultivation level through his own gradual cultivation, rather than relying on pills to accumulate power like Nan San and Nan Si.
He knew that relying solely on pills was useless, so over the years he had rarely used them, only occasionally resorting to them when he was facing an insurmountable bottleneck.
After this experience, he also felt that quiet cultivation was the most suitable path for him.
After saying goodbye to Nan Er, Nan Yi's gaze turned to the tightly closed door.
My heart, which had calmed down, started pounding wildly again.
Did my senior sister hear their conversation?
Will my senior sister think he's acting too irrationally?
Senior sister...
Just as he was lost in thought, the quiet door suddenly creaked open.
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