The Dynasty of Cultivating Immortality

C9 – Trapped

Ni Huibo watched Ni Ruiyuan stride out of the courtyard, biting back the words he wanted to say.

Usually, Ni Ruiyuan was very attentive to him. Just moments ago, he nearly divulged the events of the previous day to her. But recalling her firm rejection of his request to pursue cultivation, he let out a resigned sigh.

What, though, did his aunt mean by her parting words? She had given him silver coins before without any special instructions. Why the sudden change this time? Ni Huibo walked to where his aunt had been standing and surveyed the nearby items. His eyes settled on the chopping block, and he paused.

He stepped forward quickly, running his fingers over the marks. These were the marks he had made while chopping wood.

Did his aunt know everything?

Was she hinting that he should be careful with the Spiritual Bead, to keep it hidden from others?

Ni Huibo’s brow furrowed slightly.

After carrying the firewood to the stove and finishing his meal, Ni Huibo grabbed a book and settled under the shade of a tree to read.

Before long, he drifted off to sleep. Yet, within him, the Spiritual Bead in his dantian tirelessly spun, drawing in Spiritual Qi which flowed through the bead, purifying the air’s impurities before circulating through Ni Huibo’s twenty-four main meridians.

Time passed swiftly, and the tranquil moon bathed the land in silver. Ni Situo had no leisure to enjoy the night’s beauty, sitting quietly on a stone bench, seething with anger.

That morning, on his way to the Immortal Cultivation Hall, he noticed that the Ni mansion was still under watch. He was certain Ji Fanwei had arranged for the guards. Ji Fanwei was deliberately trying to provoke him!

Ni Situo’s fists tightened.

But what if the thief was actually inside the Ni mansion?

The thought struck him unexpectedly.

Ni Situo rose immediately, turned to his attendant with a set of quick instructions, and then hurriedly left the area.

Except for the guards, everyone in the Ni mansion had retired for the night.

Meanwhile, a man dressed in black, hidden in the servants’ quarters, listened intently to the sounds around him. He moved without a sound, swiftly exiting the room and scanning his surroundings. Noticing the guards dozing against the wall, he recognized a perfect opportunity.

The man in black stealthily approached the guard from behind, reaching out to grab his neck. However, the guard sprang forward, unleashing several short blades from his hands. Imbued with spiritual energy, the blades flew swiftly. By the time the man in black attempted to dodge, it was too late.

With no other option, the man in black fled. But Ni Situo, who had been on watch all night, was not about to let him escape. Indeed, the guard was none other than Ni Situo himself. At his command, the Ni mansion’s guards swiftly encircled the man in black.

​Enraged, the man in black lamented his situation. After years of successful thievery, he found himself trapped! Upon awakening, he discovered the stolen treasure had vanished, leaving him with a seething rage that made his heart throb. He had exerted so much effort to infiltrate the City Hall and had been outwitting his targets for so long, only to be outsmarted in return.

Spotting the dragon and phoenix treasure box opened by the youth, the man in black tried to muster his dantian energy for an attack. But before he could lay a finger on the youth, he was blindsided by an ambush from a woman. The Ni family was truly thwarting his every move!

“Are all members of the Ni family so despicable and shameless?” he yelled in frustration.

Ni Situo overheard and quickly shot back, “There’s no need to question the integrity of the Ni family. You are the one who is despicable and shameless. You dared to sneak into the Ni mansion and nearly tarnished our good name. Had I not been vigilant, you might have actually gotten away!”

The man in black, realizing the urgency of his situation, retorted with a snort, “I have no time to debate with you. You’re after the treasure from the City Hall, aren’t you? Too bad it’s not with me!”

Ni Situo, hearing this, let out a cold laugh. “Then why did the treasure disappear after your visit to the Ni family? Are you trying to slander our family’s honor?”

Cornered, the man in black struggled to defend himself. “You won’t believe me anyway. If it weren’t for the injuries inflicted by the Ni family, you wouldn’t have been able to capture me.”

Ni Situo wasted no more words. With a signal to his guards, they tightened their circle around the man in black. Channeling his spiritual energy, Ni Situo delivered a powerful palm strike. The man in black, already gravely wounded, engaged in a desperate counterattack. But the impact to his abdomen, where Ni Huibo had struck, caused his spiritual energy to falter, and he uncontrollably coughed up blood.

The man in black faced Ni Situo with a mocking laugh. “The word around Mightcairn City is that Ni Situo is a standout among the Ni mansion’s younger generation. I find the rumors to be greatly exaggerated!”

“Yet you were still bested by me, weren’t you?” Ni Situo retorted with a cold snort. To him, the man in black was nothing more than a vanquished foe.

“Had I not been seriously injured, you wouldn’t have stood a chance at capturing me with your level of cultivation. You don’t hold a candle to that young man under eighteen in the rundown courtyard. His cultivation method is bizarrely effective; you’re not fit to even be compared to him. The treasures I’ve stolen are far more suited to someone like him!” The man in black shot back with biting sarcasm, while inwardly relishing the thought of the Ni family’s infighting playing to his advantage.

A rundown courtyard?

Not even eighteen?

Ni Huibo?

That’s impossible! There’s no way his father and aunt would have imparted the cultivation method to Ni Huibo. Even if his second uncle was a once-in-a-century prodigy within the Ni family, what of it? His son was still nothing but a mere mortal. Who in the Ni family could match his own talent for cultivation? Ni Huibo, that good-for-nothing, was only fit to be a cook in that decrepit courtyard.

“Do you not realize you’ve just told a joke?” Ni Situo certainly didn’t believe a word of it.

​How could someone who had never practiced cultivation manage to injure someone with a higher cultivation level than his own? It had to be a ruse; the man in black was surely trying to divert his attention.

​Once he apprehended the man in black, the truth would come to light.

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