Heavenly Spiritual Stones?

Qin Yi was stunned.

Spirit Stones are divided into Heavenly Spiritual Stones and Earth Spirit Stones, and the Spiritual Power contained in Heavenly Spiritual Stones far surpasses that of Earth Spirit Stones.

If you convert them on the market, one Heavenly Spiritual Stone can be exchanged for ten Earth Spirit Stones.

Just now all his thoughts had been on the White Jade Seven-leaf Lotus, so he hadn’t noticed the Heavenly Spiritual Stones at all.

Now that Lang Ya reminded him, he took a look and sure enough.

The place where the White Jade Seven-leaf Lotus grew was surrounded entirely by Heavenly Spiritual Stones.

He’d been wondering how the White Jade Seven-leaf Lotus managed to grow under this stone platform; turns out these Heavenly Spiritual Stones had been continuously supplying it with nourishment.

"Who said I didn’t want them? I just hadn’t had time to make a move yet."

With good stuff like Heavenly Spiritual Stones, how could Qin Yi possibly let them go?

He immediately set to work.

In no time, he had pried off more than three hundred Heavenly Spiritual Stones.

Qin Yi was delighted; this trip had really been worth it.

"Little Wolf, don’t say I’m stingy—these are for you."

Qin Yi took out a hundred Earth Spirit Stones and handed them to Lang Ya.

Lang Ya’s gaze held a bit of disdain, but he still said thanks and accepted them.

He was injured now; anything useful for cultivation was of use to him.

A huge haul—Qin Yi was in an excellent mood.

The only regret was that he’d let that bastard Tian Xie escape again.

But Tian Xie had already used the Blood Escape Technique three times and suffered heavy damage to his vital energy; next time they met would be his death date.

"Little Wolf, let’s go."

Qin Yi took Lang Ya back up to the surface.

Breathing in the fresh air, Qin Yi smiled. "Gotta admit, the mortal world really is better."

Lang Ya nodded. He had been suppressed for a thousand years; he longed for the mortal world even more than Qin Yi did.

But very quickly, Qin Yi’s sword-like brows furrowed as he said:

"Now that Purgatory Trace’s restriction has disappeared, people in the Nascent Soul Realm can cross it at will. I’m afraid the friction between Sword Sect and Netherworld Hall is only going to get worse."

Lang Ya said nothing, because he had no idea what Sword Sect and Netherworld Hall were; from the sound of it, they were two opposing forces.

Qin Yi looked across Purgatory Trace, his gaze flickering slightly.

Since he could now easily cross Purgatory Trace, it would be a shame not to go pay Sword Sect a visit.

On Jing Wuyan’s wedding day, someone had come to assassinate him.

Back then Qin Yi had said that in the future he would definitely go to Sword Sect in person to pay a visit.

"Little Wolf, come on, I’ll take you somewhere fun."

Qin Yi shot into the sky, flying straight toward Southern Middle State.

Lang Ya had been suppressed for a thousand years; this world had long since become unfamiliar to him, so he could only follow Qin Yi’s lead.

Besides, he still owed Qin Yi a wish. And on top of that, he was still thinking about that piece of Dragon Bone on Qin Yi’s body.

"Little Wolf, where is your Dragon Clan?"

On the way, Qin Yi asked curiously.

Who knew that Lang Ya’s eyes would go blank as he slowly shook his head.

Qin Yi curled his lip. "Fine, don’t say it if you don’t want to. I’m your savior and you’re still guarding against me? That’s really something."

"Besides, isn’t your Dragon Clan super powerful? You afraid I’ll do something to your Dragon Clan?"

Lang Ya slowly spoke. "It’s not that I’m guarding against you. It’s that I truly don’t know where the Dragon Clan is anymore."

"A thousand years ago, the Dragon Clan was on Dragon Island in the Nether Sea, but we suffered a cataclysmic disaster. I was hunted by four powerful experts."

"I fled all the way here. Fortunately, the cultivation of those four wasn’t enough to kill me, so they used Four-direction Nails to suppress me here instead."

Qin Yi was stunned.

"The Nether Sea?"

"You mean the Nether Sea that’s one of the Four Seas and Eight Desolates, the one controlled by the Netherworld Clan?"

Lang Ya nodded slightly.

"Who the hell were they, to actually dare make a move on your Dragon Clan?"

Lang Ya shook his head slightly.

"I only remember that over a thousand Transcendance Tribulation Stage experts attacked my Dragon Clan at the same time."

"My Dragon Clan is indeed powerful, but our numbers are few. Back then, there were only about a hundred Dragons on all of Dragon Island."

Qin Yi was shocked—over a thousand Transcendance Tribulation Stage experts.

"The disparity in numbers is way too big, and they’re all Transcendance Tribulation Stage experts. I’m afraid no force could withstand an assault like that."

"But you’re pretty impressive yourself, managing to escape all the way from the Nether Sea to here; that distance is downright terrifying."

Lang Ya’s eyes darkened, and he said sadly:

"So what? In the end, I still couldn’t escape from their clutches and was suppressed here for over a thousand years."

Qin Yi said boldly, "Don’t worry. Once I’m done with my business, I’ll go to the Nether Sea with you. Maybe Dragon Island is still there and your family is waiting for you."

Lang Ya looked at Qin Yi in shock. "Why are you so good to me?"

"What do you mean, ’good’ or ’not good’? I ran into you, saved you, and besides, I was born in the Year of the Dragon. That’s fate."

"What does ’born in the Year of the Dragon’ mean?"

"Uh..." Qin Yi scratched his head, suddenly remembering that this world apparently didn’t have a zodiac.

"It just means I like Dragons."

"I’ll tell you a secret—I once had a great stroke of fortune and obtained the Phoenix Gall, inheriting the Phoenix Inheritance. They say Dragon and Phoenix together bring prosperity; that means it was destined for us to meet."

Lang Ya’s face was full of shock. "You have the Phoenix Gall on you?"

Qin Yi nodded, then activated his Energy Movement; Phoenix Feather wings unfolded from his back, and Phoenix Flames spread around him.

"Well? I wasn’t lying, was I?"

However, Lang Ya’s expression changed.

"Don’t tell me you don’t know that the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan are natural enemies?"

Qin Yi was completely dumbfounded.

"You’re joking, right? How come I’ve never heard that Dragons and Phoenixes are natural enemies?"

"If they were really natural enemies, then where do sayings like ’Dragon and Phoenix together bring auspice’ and ’dragons flying, phoenixes dancing’ come from?"

Lang Ya’s face was cold as he frowned and said:

"Utter nonsense. My Dragon Clan is the true King of Divine Beasts. How could a mere Phoenix be mentioned in the same breath as my Dragon Clan?"

Qin Yi was completely dumbstruck; from the look on Lang Ya’s face he clearly wasn’t joking—and besides, this guy didn’t know how to joke.

Damn, trying to be clever backfired.

Qin Yi was just thinking how to explain when he heard Lang Ya say coldly:

"For you to speak such childish words in front of me so casually, it seems you really don’t know anything. I can forgive you."

Qin Yi: "..."

Damn, this guy’s too nice—he even handed him an excuse on a platter.

"But..."

Oh hell—Qin Yi was dazed. There’s a "but"?

Once someone says "but," it’s never anything good.

"Don’t ’but’ me. I just like making friends—more friends means smoother roads. Relax, I’ll definitely go to the Nether Sea with you and see whether Dragon Island is still there."

Lang Ya said coolly, "If you want to be my friend, you can. But..."

Fuck, another "but"?

Qin Yi shook his head helplessly.

"But, Qin Yi, you must abandon the Phoenix Gall and give up the Phoenix Inheritance."

Qin Yi refused at once, frowning. "Lang Ya, don’t push it. Our relationship isn’t that good, is it?"

"Why should I give up the Phoenix Inheritance just because you say so? Do you have that kind of authority?"

"I’m not afraid to tell you—I may be your savior, but the Phoenix Inheritance is my savior. If it weren’t for the Phoenix Inheritance letting me break and rebuild myself several times, be reborn in the flames, I’d have been dead a long time ago."

"If I were dead, there’d be no such thing as me saving you. You’d have had your life slowly drained away by the Four-direction Nails, buried under river sand. In other words, the Phoenix Clan is also your savior, Lang Ya."

"Lang Ya, a person can’t be this shameless, you know? I’m not asking you to repay the favor, but don’t repay kindness with malice. If you want me to abandon the Phoenix Inheritance—two words: dream on."

"I, Qin, may have few friends, but each one is a life-and-death brother. I don’t lack you. A friend like you is out of my league—I can’t afford to know you. You can get lost now."

By the end, Qin Yi was practically pointing at the tip of Lang Ya’s nose as he cursed him out.

This whole furious tirade directly left Lang Ya completely bewildered.