Seeing this, Ning Yao couldn't keep up the act any longer, so she simply stopped pretending altogether.
"What did you say was inside this stone? Spiritual energy?"
Ning Yao rested her chin on one hand: "Hmm, that's quite fitting."
Upon hearing her words, Chen Sheng turned his gaze over.
"Who are you? How do you know about spirit stones?"
Ning Yao raised an eyebrow, reached out and took a spirit stone in her hand, slowly infused it with spiritual energy, and then held the spirit stone up.
Who do you think I should be?
Chen Sheng stared wide-eyed, his face filled with disbelief.
Just now, he actually felt a rich and mellow spiritual energy, which was different from that in those stones, but rather like the family heirlooms in the Treasure Pavilion.
"You also have spiritual energy?"
"Also?" Ning Yao shook her head: "That's not called spiritual essence, and this isn't spiritual essence either. This is called spiritual energy!"
"The spiritual energy within this stone is inaccessible to ordinary people. I'm curious, what treasure do you possess that can ward off the impurities within this spiritual energy?"
Chen Sheng was still in shock from Ning Yao's actions and couldn't come to his senses for a long time.
The ability to manipulate spiritual energy so freely is something even he, who has cultivated for so many years, could not achieve. Just who is this young man?
However, Yun Xiang and Nan Shan on the other side had already become impatient.
With her enemy right in front of her, she couldn't care less about the stones, no matter how much she feared them!
A sword light flashed, and Chen Sheng instinctively used his whisk to block it. The whisk shattered in two, but the remaining sword energy still grazed his cheek.
Chen Sheng turned his head and looked at Yun Xiangnanshan as if she were an object: "Nanshan, it really is you! How did you escape? And your eyes have been healed?"
Finally, he seemed to suddenly realize something, staring intently at Ning Yao: "So it was you who did it!"
Ning Yao snapped her fingers: "You got it right, but there's no reward!"
On the other side, Yun Xiang Nanshan's attack continued. Chen Sheng, who had lost his whisk, drew a long sword from his wide Taoist robe and immediately began fighting with Yun Xiang Nanshan.
Ning Yao jumped aside, stopping the young Taoist priest who wanted to go up and help.
"It's fair and just one against one, what kind of business would you be if you went up there?"
The young Taoist priest glared at her fiercely: "You liar, you actually set us up!"
Ning Yao laughed: "The trap was set right there, you walked right into it yourselves, so why blame me?"
Unable to argue with her, the young Taoist priest decided to fight her.
Unexpectedly, his martial arts skills were lacking, and he was subdued by Ning Yao before he could even make a move.
"Your master has some skill, so how come the disciple he taught only knows how to cheat and swindle?"
Enraged, the young Taoist priest flicked his wrist, sending a handful of powder flying straight at Ning Yao's face.
Ning Yao fanned the powder with her sleeve, sending it flying back to the young Taoist priest.
The young Taoist priest couldn't dodge in time and took two inhalations. Instantly, his face turned purple, his eyes bulged out, he vomited blood, and died on the spot!
Ning Yao watched this scene coldly: "Such vicious methods, they've reaped what they sowed!"
Chen Sheng was also aware of the changes happening here, as Yun Xiang and Nan Shan were pressing him relentlessly, making it difficult for him to cope.
"I didn't expect that after being imprisoned for sixteen years, your kung fu would have improved quite a bit!"
Yun Xiangnan sneered: "Then I should thank you for the opportunity. If it weren't for these sixteen years, I wouldn't have achieved what I have today!"
"As for you, sixteen years have passed, how come you haven't made any progress at all? You've been eyeing my Yunxiang Clan's treasure for so many years, have you succeeded yet?"
Chen Sheng smiled enigmatically.
"why are you laughing!"
Chen Sheng said, "The Yunxiang family has more than one treasure. I haven't managed to get my hands on the others, but you... didn't I manage to get my hands on you?"
Yun Xiang Nanshan was instantly enraged: "Shameless scoundrel! I, Yun Xiang Nanshan, was blind in the past to think you were a good man. Today, I will personally kill you to quell the hatred in my heart!"
Chen Sheng continued to provoke her: "In the past, you were the one who longed for me, but today you are the one who wants to kill me. Everyone says that beating someone is a sign of affection and scolding someone is a sign of love. Does this mean that even after I imprisoned you for sixteen years, you still can't forget me?"
This time, before Yun Xiang and Nan Shan could make a move, a nimble whip aimed straight at Chen Sheng's vital point.
He couldn't dodge in time, and a whip lashed his face, leaving a long welt from the upper left corner of his eye to the lower right corner of his mouth, the welt soaked in blood.
"What a dog of a man! All he does is bark. And not only does he bark, but it's so awful. It's really annoying."
Chen Sheng glared maliciously at Ning Yao: "Who exactly are you? Why are you interfering in our affairs?"
Ning Yao replied, "You who's eyeing this treasure, what exactly is it? How about we make an exchange? In exchange, you tell me about your treasure, and I'll tell you how to manipulate spiritual energy, how about that?"
Chen Sheng asked with slight hesitation, "Really?"
A gentleman's word is as good as his bond!
I don't know what this person was thinking, but he revealed his trump card in order to help Ning Yao control spiritual energy.
It was a small gourd, and it was very old.
The problem isn't the gourd itself, but what's inside it.
With just one glance, Ning Yao could tell that it contained spiritual spring water.
The spiritual spring water comes from the Thousand Illusions Secret Realm, which is only connected to the reclusive Ning family.
Ning Yao knew clearly that she had never given the spiritual spring water to outsiders, and that her parents' water belonged to them.
So where did Chen Sheng get the spiritual spring water from?
"Where did it come from?" Ning Yao asked.
Chen Sheng carefully put away the small gourd and said, "You only told me to tell you, but you didn't say you wanted to know its origin. Now it's your turn."
Ning Yao smiled mysteriously: "Before I tell you the method, I'll show you something first."
She used her mind to create a porcelain bottle of spiritual spring water: "Look what this is!"
Chen Sheng's eyes widened again: "How come you have this too? Who exactly are you?"
He was completely unsettled; the Ning family heirloom was now in his hands.
Why do other people have this too?
Moreover, the spiritual spring water in the other party's hands seemed to be even better than his.
Chen Sheng couldn't help but be tempted. Even if he couldn't find out how to control spiritual energy today, having the spiritual spring water in his possession would be good enough.
Thinking of this, Chen Sheng couldn't help but feel a murderous intent in his eyes.
Yun Xiang and Nan Shan have been here for sixteen years, but they can't stay any longer!
And this young master before us, no matter who he is, will not leave here alive today.
In the enclosed underground warehouse, a sudden gust of wind arose, making it impossible for Ning Yao and Yun Xiangnanshan to open their eyes.
Chen Sheng remained motionless: "It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away. I'm going to take something with me! So leave your lives behind!"
A murderous intent arose, and the surrounding wind howled, making one's ears hurt.
Frustrated and irritable, Ning Yao made a hand seal, and the raging wind stopped instantly.
Chen Sheng was taken aback. He tried to activate it again but found it useless. Instead, he received a whip from Ning Yao, which was infused with spiritual power.
Chen Sheng tried to use his spiritual energy to resist, but found that he was completely overwhelmed when he encountered Ning Yao's spiritual power.
He was seriously injured and fell to the ground without even taking a single blow.
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