6: Chapter 6 Elder Tang Qian

Nangong Xi hadn't told him the details about the Young Sect Master of the Iron Blood Sect before.

Now was the perfect time to get information from Qing Guo's mouth, and Ning Yuan naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.

Ning Yuan suddenly reached out and grabbed Qing Guo by the throat, saying coldly, "I have no interest in what happened between you! Whatever I ask next, you answer!"

"Don't hide anything, or else you know the consequences!"

Qing Guo was shrouded in the shadow of death at this moment, the sensation of suffocation making her unable to speak.

"Wuu wuu wuu..."

She could only make whimpering sounds from her mouth, hurriedly slapping Ning Yuan's arm to indicate she understood.

"Cough, cough... Cough, cough..."

Seeing this, Ning Yuan let go. Qing Guo immediately fell to the ground, coughing violently while gasping for air.

"Tell me about that Young Sect Master! And the Iron Blood Sect," Ning Yuan asked.

Qing Guo felt immense regret; she shouldn't have come looking for trouble with Ning Yuan, or she wouldn't have ended up like this.

At the same time, her hatred for Ning Yuan grew intensely. If she weren't outmatched, she would have squeezed him into a dry corpse long ago.

But for now, staying alive was more important; revenge could wait until later.

Thus, she hurriedly told Ning Yuan everything she knew without hiding a thing.

There was no need to hide anything anyway; these were things anyone could find out by asking around, and it wasn't worth risking her life over.

Through Qing Guo's narration, Ning Yuan learned about the situation of the Iron Blood Sect, along with some other information.

The region where the Ultimate Bliss Sect was located was called Qingzhou, which bordered Sword Province, where the Ming Dao Sword Sect was located. This was also the reason Ning Yuan had appeared at the Ultimate Bliss Sect.

There were three major Schools in Qingzhou: the Ultimate Bliss Sect, the Iron Blood Sect, and the Divine Sword Sect.

Both the Iron Blood Sect and the Divine Sword Sect had large Sects supporting them, and the one behind the Divine Sword Sect was the number one Sect in the Eastern Region, the Ming Dao Sword Sect.

Behind the Iron Blood Sect was the number one force of the Demonic Path, the Heavenly Demon Cult.

Although the Ultimate Bliss Sect was honored as one of the three major Schools in Qingzhou, its strength was the weakest, and it had no major power supporting it from behind.

Therefore, the Iron Blood Sect suppressed the Ultimate Bliss Sect whenever they had the chance. Now that Sect Master Tie Xue had become a Nascent Soul Stage Expert, the suppression had intensified.

Furthermore, Tie Xiong, the Young Sect Master of the Iron Blood Sect, had even declared that he would become Dao Companions with Nangong Xi, showing no face to the Ultimate Bliss Sect at all.

Naturally, Nangong Xi would not agree, which led to Ning Yuan's appearance as a shield.

In reality, they just wanted an excuse to destroy the Ultimate Bliss Sect. After all, Sect Master Tie Xue needed to establish his authority after just having a Breakthrough to Soul Transformation, and the Ultimate Bliss Sect, being the weakest power, became the target.

Secondly, because Qingzhou was close to Sword Province, a large amount of cultivation resources were being scavenged by the Ming Dao Sword Sect. Thus, destroying the Ultimate Bliss Sect would also yield benefits.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been the case that previously, Qingzhou only had one Nascent Soul Cultivator, the Old Ancestor of the Divine Sword Sect.

Now that there was one more Nascent Soul Cultivator, resources were naturally insufficient, so the Ultimate Bliss Sect had to be made to vacate their resources.

The Ultimate Bliss Sect and the Iron Blood Sect could be said to be as incompatible as fire and water; the current calm was only on the surface, and sooner or later, the two sides would come to blows.

After listening to Qing Guo's account, Ning Yuan hadn't expected there to be such intricacies involved. Initially, he thought it was just some matter between a man and a woman.

The water here was too deep; it wasn't something a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator like him could handle.

But he had already been pulled into the water and was sinking deeper and deeper.

Before Ning Yuan could think further, Nangong Xi's voice suddenly rang out from the doorway.

"That's how things are! It's still not too late for you to leave now!"

Ning Yuan looked back and saw Nangong Xi walking in from the doorway, still in that same red and black dress, where cold elegance and flirtatiousness coexisted.

But Ning Yuan was in no mood to appreciate the peerless beauty before him, a bitter smile appearing on his face:

"The Saintess must be joking! It's already too late to leave now!"

Yes! It was already too late!

From the moment Ning Yuan arrived in this world, nothing had been up to him, and it was even more so now.

Moreover, the System had already bound him to Nangong Xi; if he left, he wouldn't be able to obtain rewards.

So he could only follow this path to the end!

Nangong Xi nodded noncommittally, thinking Ning Yuan said this because of Tie Xiong.

Little did she know, Ning Yuan had no way out from the very beginning.

Nangong Xi cast her gaze toward Qing Guo, her eyes full of disgust, feeling very repulsed by her act of betraying the Sect.

"Someone, take them away! Keep them under strict supervision; they are not to go out without my order!"

As soon as she finished speaking, several people entered from outside and took the four, including Qing Guo, away. However, Qing Guo was still shouting provocatively at Ning Yuan:

"Kid! You just wait! I won't let this go!"

"I'll be waiting for you."

Ning Yuan responded indifferently without any fear, though a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Since she wouldn't let him go, he would have to find an opportunity to strike first.

"Why not kill them instead of just imprisoning them?" Ning Yuan was somewhat dissatisfied with Nangong Xi's approach. They were clearly colluding with the Iron Blood Sect; not dealing with them seemed a bit unreasonable.

Nangong Xi sighed slightly. She wanted to deal with them too, but she couldn't. What could she do? She said troubledly:

"Their Master is a Nascent Soul Elder, and that Elder is wavering between the Ultimate Bliss Sect and the Iron Blood Sect. I can't push her completely to the Iron Blood Sect's side!"

It seemed the Ultimate Bliss Sect was not a monolith either; many people had already turned toward the Iron Blood Sect.

"Alright! Let's not talk about that! I came to find you for another matter! There's an auction in Qingzhou City; let's go see if there's anything you need!"

"Mhm."

Ning Yuan had no objection to this. He happened to have not yet experienced the local customs of this world, so he could take the chance to look around.

Then the two walked out of the room. Once outside, Ning Yuan discovered there was another person in the corridor.

A beautiful middle-aged woman dressed in a pink palace gown, her figure graceful and curvaceous. A mature charm wafted towards him as she leaned against the railing, gazing into the distance.

Hearing the movement, the beautiful woman turned her head, revealing a charming face full of character before Ning Yuan's eyes.

Seeing the beautiful woman before him, Ning Yuan felt his heart skip a beat and stared blankly at her.

But in an instant, Ning Yuan snapped back to his senses, cold sweat involuntarily trickling down his back.

Ning Yuan knew he had fallen under a Charm Art, otherwise he wouldn't have lost his composure like that. Fortunately, the Yang-Yang Dual Cultivation Art was originally a Dual Cultivation Cultivation Technique and had a certain resistance to Charm Arts; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Seeing that Ning Yuan had shaken off the influence of the Charm Art so quickly, a flash of surprise crossed the beautiful woman's eyes.

Because Nangong Xi was walking in front, she didn't see Ning Yuan's abnormality. She introduced, "This is Elder Tang Qian! She will go to the auction in Qingzhou City with us!"

Seeing this, Ning Yuan quickly pushed the strange feeling to the back of his mind and bowed, saying, "I am Ning Yuan! Greetings, Elder Tang!"

Tang Qian sized Ning Yuan up, saying with a smile in her eyes, "Little friend has quite the willpower! To think you could break free from my Charm Art so quickly!"

"Thank you for the praise, Elder! It was just a stroke of luck!" Ning Yuan said with a chuckle, but he secretly remained vigilant to avoid falling for it again.

Only then did Nangong Xi realize what had just happened. She couldn't help but look at Ning Yuan in surprise, her eyes filled with unexpectedness.

She had witnessed the process of Ning Yuan defeating Qing Guo; she just wanted to see his strength, so she hadn't intervened.

She had thought Ning Yuan just had decent strength, but she didn't expect him to have this kind of ability. She had truly underestimated him before.