373: Chapter 373 The Mysterious Korda

Villa.

"What are you thinking about?" Nie Ning asked, looking at Xiaoguang, who was bowing its head in thought.

"Don't you feel like it's very strange?" Xiaoguang suddenly said.

Hearing this, the corners of Nie Ning's mouth twitched slightly.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, he knew Xiaoguang was talking about Qian Ning.

Because the number of humans Xiaoguang knew was minimal, and the only one it could actually talk to was Nie Ning.

Uh, plus Qian Ning from the Transcendent World.

It was also thanks to Xiaoguang having chatted with Qian Ning that he could even think of something like the Nine-Pattern Cloud Dragon Fruit.

"If you want to know, why don't you just go talk to him directly?" Nie Ning shrugged and said, somewhat helplessly.

To be honest, he didn't object to Xiaoguang having an interspecies romance with someone, but he really didn't have that much time to get involved in such nonsense right now.

If things continued like this, never mind getting revenge on Paramond and the others; it would be a miracle if he didn't get beaten to a pulp by others.

"You're right, I'd better just ask him." Xiaoguang nodded, stopped pestering Nie Ning, and headed upstairs on its own.

Watching Xiaoguang's retreating back, Nie Ning sighed involuntarily, feeling as though his own daughter was about to be snatched away by someone else.

Shaking his head slightly, Nie Ning didn't dwell on the matter any further and headed straight for the basement.

Basement.

In the previously empty basement, a figure was busy working; it was Korda, covered in bandages.

Under the treatment of the Transcendent item, although Korda hadn't fully recovered, he had no problems with normal movement.

And with no more worries, Korda displayed his obsession with Transcendent items.

"No need to work so hard; you should get some good rest to research better." Looking at Korda, who was busy with research, Nie Ning stepped forward and said softly.

Most Transcendent items were harmful to ordinary people, and even with healing potions, it was difficult to compensate for this flaw.

If one was unlucky, they might even be afflicted by elemental erosion.

One had to know that even Transcendents couldn't suppress elemental erosion; an ordinary person would instantly turn into an ice crystal sculpture.

"I'm idle anyway. Didn't you say you wanted to test the compatibility of nether spirit gold? Since I have the time, I thought I'd help you finish it first," Korda said with a smile.

Compared to his previous listless state, Korda seemed much more lively after being healed.

Moreover, Nie Ning had been running around for his sake during this time; even if it was just an act, it was a great kindness to him.

"So, did you research anything?" Nie Ning walked over to the experiment table and asked casually.

In reality, he didn't hold much hope for it.

The activity of nether spirit gold was mainly aimed at souls, and Korda couldn't even sense Spiritual Power; it was impossible for him to achieve any results with it.

Korda shook his head slightly.

"It's very strange. I've tried several times using the Artificial Spirit liquid you mentioned, but every time the Artificial Spirit liquid touches the nether spirit gold, it gets burned to nothingness quickly."

Hearing this, Nie Ning fell into deep thought.

He had discovered this situation long ago, but he had never found a solution. Clearly, nether spirit gold was not the soul-type material he was looking for.

Or perhaps his research wasn't deep enough; maybe the Artificial Spirit couldn't truly replace a soul.

After all, the person who researched the Mirror Pupil definitely wasn't an idiot; in all likelihood, they wouldn't have failed to try using an Artificial Spirit as a substitute beforehand.

And since this formula was still preserved, either the version Jonnamon obtained was an ancient one, or this formula simply couldn't be revised.

Nie Ning was more inclined toward the latter. However, refining the Mirror Pupil using souls went against the laws of nature.

As a normal person, Nie Ning was inherently unwilling to do such a thing.

Forcibly doing such things would likely create inner demons, leading to a situation like the one he was in now, where his cultivation couldn't improve because of the Mirror Pupil.

It could only be said that he was extremely conflicted, as he was currently stuck in this dead end.

Perhaps time would dilute the effects brought by the Mirror Pupil, but he clearly couldn't wait that long.

As for obtaining souls... Nie Ning thought carefully; given his current situation, once he started down this path, it would likely lead to major problems.

For instance, becoming lost in the Mirror Pupil and unable to extricate himself, leading to even more extreme and heinous acts.

This was also the reason why he hadn't hunted for souls in the Dark Swamp region.

Over the next month, Nie Ning remained obsessed with the problem of processing the nether spirit gold.

The nether spirit gold was indeed a very good metal material, possessing extremely high compatibility with Spiritual Power, which was why the nether spirit gold was so popular.

Now, Nie Ning had pinned all his hopes on this, but there had been no progress at all.

However, there was some progress on Qian Ning's side; Xiaoguang did indeed obtain the Nine-Pattern Cloud Dragon Fruit from Qian Ning.

As for Qian Ning's problem, Xiaoguang didn't get an answer. Because Qian Ning would always proactively skip over this topic, seemingly not wanting to mention this issue.

Nie Ning didn't pay too much attention to this, focusing only on the price of the Nine-Pattern Cloud Dragon Fruit.

Fortunately, the price was very fair; he obtained the Nine-Pattern Cloud Dragon Fruit for the price of two high-grade magic crystals.

Although he couldn't sell the nether spirit gold, the money earned by the Clothing Store was already sufficient.

After obtaining the Nine-Pattern Cloud Dragon Fruit, Nie Ning gave it to Korda; the sight of Korda weeping bitterly at that time left Nie Ning speechless.

"Although being able to step into the Transcendent World is indeed something to be happy about, it's a bit much for you to hug my thigh and wipe your snot on it."

However, in order not to create a rift in Korda's heart, Nie Ning suppressed his disgust, pretended not to mind, and then said some high-sounding words to comfort Korda.

And with the help of his financial power, in less than a month, Korda had already stepped into the apprentice stage.

With the ability to drive Spiritual Power, Korda displayed an eerily extraordinary talent.

Unlike Heloise, Korda had a high talent for runes.

The reason it was eerie was that Korda only had an extremely high talent for earth-element runes.

But the problem lay right here: Korda was of the metal attribute!

Nie Ning was completely confused, even suspecting whether Korda, like Saya, had an extremely special constitution.

Of course, facts proved that he had overthought it.

After some experimentation, Korda was indeed a very ordinary person, without any special constitution; even Supernatural Adaptability was of no use.

Laboratory.

Nie Ning watched the bottles and jars floating in front of him, and he was completely dumbfounded.

This wasn't simple mental control, but gravity control!

And the source of all this came from the excited-looking Korda.

Without relying on elemental talent, Korda had obtained the ability to control gravity simply by condensing runes with pure Spiritual Power.

Although most high-level wizards could do this and could also use simple other elemental control abilities, that was with the support of high and powerful Spiritual Power.

But Korda clearly couldn't meet this requirement...