146: Chapter 146 Azure Jade Flower

Just as the two of them returned to The Federation, Milei came forward to meet them.

"Where is he?"

Nie Ning asked as he walked.

"Wizard Amoto had something to attend to and left first; the person he brought is in your office."

Milei replied from behind.

Upon hearing this, Nie Ning couldn't help but pause for a moment.

'That dog certainly knew he couldn't fool me, so he ran off first!'

Without saying anything more, Nie Ning went straight to the office and saw a blond young man sitting in his executive chair.

The other party's aura was not weak; he had actually reached the level of a First-Ring Wizard.

"You are the wizard here?"

The young man spoke with a hint of contempt, leaning back in the chair.

Nie Ning's expression was cold. He walked slowly up to the young man and, without a word, threw a heavy punch directly into the young man's chest.

The chair shattered, the floor cracked, and the young man spat out a mouthful of blood, looking at Nie Ning with a face full of disbelief.

He seemed not to understand why Nie Ning would suddenly attack.

"Remember, this isn't the Royal Capital. No one is going to coddle you here. Today, I'll first teach you what rules are!"

Nie Ning's tone was icy as he reached out, grabbed the young man's neck, and lifted him up.

He had been in a good mood today, but Amoto bringing someone over had already made him very unhappy, and this death-seeking fellow actually dared to provoke him!

To provoke him on his own turf—did no one tell him that he was the strongest one here?

"Did you hear me!"

Nie Ning barked sternly.

To deal with this kind of person, you had to be more ruthless than him.

Once there was even a slight compromise, life would never be easy afterward.

The young man's face turned red, and feeling the hand on his neck tightening, he struggled to speak with a face full of fear: "I... I heard you."

Hearing this, Nie Ning threw him directly onto the ground and waved over Lida, who was still immersed in shock.

"I have some business tonight; settle him in first in a moment."

As Nie Ning spoke, he turned to look at the gasping young man, his expression cold and stern: "You are not allowed to go anywhere without my command. I believe you wouldn't want to know the consequences of disobeying orders."

After speaking, ignoring the young man on the ground, Nie Ning unfolded his Ice Wings and flew out from the window.

The Ethereal Claw-Rending Eagle had been wounded by him last night and was also affected by the Power of Corruption. He needed to find it quickly before it recovered.

Otherwise, once the Ethereal Claw-Rending Eagle recovered, having learned its lesson, it would be very difficult to defeat if encountered again.

Moreover, strange beasts held grudges. Before his strength improved to a certain level, he probably shouldn't even think about entering the Wantai Forest.

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After spending half an hour, Nie Ning arrived at the place where he encountered the Ethereal Claw-Rending Eagle last night.

Looking at the traces of blood still remaining on the ground, Nie Ning activated his Strange Beast Body, and suddenly various scents flooded into his nasal cavity.

After Nie Ning distinguished the scent of the Ethereal Claw-Rending Eagle, he chased in the direction it had fled last night.

Before long, Nie Ning followed the bloodstains to the front of a burrow.

Looking at that massive entrance, Nie Ning's head was full of question marks.

If he remembered correctly, didn't Ethereal Claw-Rending Eagles live on cliffs or perch in tall trees?

It was truly the first time he'd seen an eagle that dug a burrow.

Nie Ning thought of the silver-colored hundred-flavor fruit he had encountered before.

Could there really be some treasure here?

Thinking of this, Nie Ning walked in impatiently.

Nie Ning was afraid of alerting the enemy, so he did not summon fire to lead the way.

However, with the help of the light from the entrance, his Tiger Pupils could provide him with extraordinary vision, so he could barely see the situation inside.

But soon, three forks in the road blocked Nie Ning's path.

Relying on his extraordinary sense of smell, Nie Ning did not move blindly but followed the bloodstains into the leftmost tunnel.

After walking for several minutes, a glimmer of light appeared at the end of the tunnel not far away.

Seeing this, Nie Ning couldn't help but quicken his pace.

When he stepped out of the tunnel, what met his eyes was a huge grotto filled with crystals.

The crystals emitted a faint blue light, as gentle and dazzling as ripples on water.

Nie Ning observed carefully; the crystals were hebron crystals, a type of translucent natural light-gathering crystal usually used for interior decoration.

Because production was relatively scarce, the price was quite high. Coupled with the gentle light, some families would use these crystals as chandeliers.

Nie Ning hadn't expected there to be such a natural crystal mine here.

But knowing it was useless; a small amount of crystals was of no significance to Nie Ning.

However, if he wanted to mine them, he would need to hire workers and also clear out the nearby strange beasts.

The crystals throughout the grotto were quite scattered, making mining rather troublesome.

After all that effort, the cost alone would not be low.

And individual crystals weren't actually that expensive; what was expensive was the craftsmanship used to make them into various crystal items.

If a cubic meter of raw crystal was worth one gold, then the value of the finished product would be several times that.

Nie Ning was quite confident in his own craftsmanship, but unfortunately, such a troublesome matter was not suitable for him at all; it would be a complete waste of his life.

It wasn't even as fast as him using Alchemy to make some small gadgets for money.

...

After entering the grotto, Nie Ning became cautious.

Because the scent of the Ethereal Claw-Rending Eagle was everywhere, it had clearly lived here for a long time.

As Nie Ning continued deeper, he soon saw a large pool of blood on the ground.

Shifting his gaze forward, the Ethereal Claw-Rending Eagle was curled up on the ground. Its blasted right leg had mostly recovered, and the wound on its abdomen had also recovered significantly.

And not far away on the ground, there was also some black liquid.

The black liquid was full of the aura of corruption; it should have been left behind after the Ethereal Claw-Rending Eagle forced the Power of Corruption out of its body.

Just then, a small pond caught Nie Ning's attention.

The pond was crystal clear, and in the middle, two small white flowers were growing.

The small white flowers had six petals each, with deep blue stamens, and round green leaf discs clinging to the water's surface.

Many stems emerged from the water around them, but the small flowers on top seemed to have been eaten.

Seeing this scene, Nie Ning couldn't help but widen his eyes.

He didn't expect there to actually be a treasure in this godforsaken place!

azure blue disc flower, an aquatic plant.

It was extremely rare and could accelerate the purification of one's own bloodline; it was a supreme treasure for a Bloodline Wizard.

Bloodline Wizards were limited by their bloodlines. Once they reached their own bottleneck, it became much more difficult to improve, even more so than for strange beasts.

Because the bloodline itself did not belong to humans; most were transplanted by wizards using special methods, while a small portion were born from the union of humans and transformed strange beasts.

In comparison, the latter would make the bloodline more stable, with almost no rejection reaction.

However, humans and beasts usually have reproductive isolation, so some special means were needed, or it meant uniting with some transformed strange beasts.

Strange beasts that could transform were all quite strong, which made the Bloodline Wizards of the past quite powerful.

Unfortunately, human procreation dilutes the bloodline, so the levels of existing Bloodline Wizards are generally not high.

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