Dashing Student-Chapter 1292: A Broken Knife

After finally seeing off the enthusiastic cultivators, Chen Nan exchanged glances with the others, and they all burst into laughter. This feeling of being admired was indeed quite pleasant.

Of course, this was something they had earned with their lives.

"This is great. I thought I would die here. Who would have thought that disaster would turn into a blessing? How about joining me on a visit back home to see me tread over my younger brother?" Deng Yunhe invited with a fondness for stepping over his brother.

Although they barely survived this time, the crisis stimulated their potential, helping them break through their cultivation bottlenecks.

Now, both Deng Yunhe and Daoist Cui had reached the Fourth Layer of Golden Core Realm, Ning Yu had advanced to the Golden Core Realm Fifth Layer, and Zheng Yunzhou had reached the Sixth-Layer Golden Core Realm.

Moreover, they had already made quite a name for themselves. Not going back to show off in front of their enemies would be like wearing fine clothes in the dark.

"I need to find my daughter," Zheng Yunzhou said.

Ning Yu looked downcast because she had nowhere to go, and Daoist Cui felt the same way.

Chen Nan glanced at them and smiled, "Why don’t we travel together? We might be able to lend a hand if we encounter any problems."

Deng Yunhe was the first to raise his hand in agreement, "That sounds great!"

Having Chen Nan as a strong ally gave him an extra assurance in confronting his family, so he was eager to seize the opportunity.

Ning Yu and Daoist Cui nodded, having nowhere specific to go, they might as well travel somewhere.

After making their decision, they didn’t leave immediately but went to the camp in the back. Each of them had acquired a large amount of merit, which couldn’t be used as Spirit Stones.

Thus, exchanging their merit for useful items was their top priority.

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At the merit exchange point, a wide array of goods was displayed.

Whether it was Spirit Stones and Elixirs, or Spiritual Artifacts, talismans, Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, anything could be exchanged as long as one had enough merit. These items were, of course, collected as protection fees by the Righteous Alliance.

Deng Yunhe and the others appeared rather extravagant, exchanging for brand-new Spiritual Artifacts, ensuring both attack and defense were comprehensive. They also exchanged for protective talismans and many elixirs for cultivation.

With so many resources, their cultivation could advance further.

As Chen Nan already had an abundance of Spiritual Artifacts taken from others which he couldn’t exhaust, he naturally didn’t need to exchange them, and exchanging for talismans and elixirs was too uneconomical since he could make them himself.

Therefore, he only exchanged for a large number of spiritual materials and spiritual medicines and planned to exchange his remaining merit entirely for Spirit Stones. However, as he passed by a counter, he suddenly stopped.

In a compartment on the counter lay a broken knife, with only an inch or so of the blade tip left, the edge incredibly sharp, seemingly able to cut at a mere glance.

Most importantly, as he passed by the broken knife, Chen Nan’s right eye had an unusual movement, more specifically, the Space Law Seed in his right eye reacted.

It seemed that this broken knife had some connection to Space Law.

Anything related to Law was at least a Sixth-grade Spiritual Artifact, so Chen Nan hurriedly inquired about the origins of the broken knife.

It turned out that there were countless Secret Realms and relics on Endless Sea, and this broken knife was found in such a relic, but they hadn’t found the other half of the blade to connect with the handle.

After identification, the blade tip was extremely tough, even Nascent Soul Cultivators couldn’t destroy it, confirming that when the blade tip was complete, it was at least Fifth Grade or even higher.

However, the blade tip seemed only to retain its hardness, even mana couldn’t activate it, let alone refine it.

Therefore, although the blade tip’s price matched that of a Sixth-grade Spiritual Artifact, no one would buy an unusable piece of scrap, and re-forging it was not worth the effort.

After pondering for a while, Chen Nan decided to buy the blade tip, imagining that perhaps this broken knife might bring him some surprise.

His merit was depleted by more than half in an instant, and the rest was entirely exchanged for Spirit Stones, specifically top-grade spirit stones, he exchanged for a total of three thousand.

Top-grade spirit stones were more absorbable than low-grade spirit stones, and nature’s spiritual energy was much purer, so Chen Nan naturally wanted as many as possible.

Once everyone was finished exchanging, they boarded the flying boat and headed toward their destination.

As they had only two months, each of them had their places to go, so they marked on the map, first heading to Zheng Yunzhou’s hometown before going to Chen Nan’s destination, Golden Sun Island.

Then it was Ning Yu’s hometown, and finally, the Deng Yunhe family’s residence.

As for Daoist Cui, he had no home to return to.

On the flying boat, Chen Nan approached Ning Yu and revealed a gentle smile, "Miss Ning, I promised to treat your face earlier but never got the chance, I can do it now."

Ning Yu’s eyes immediately sparkled with joy, "Is it really possible?"

"Of course, I wouldn’t lie to you," Chen Nan replied with a smile, reaching out to help Ning Yu remove her veil, revealing the centipede-like ugly scars.

"Don’t worry, it’s easy," he reassured her.

After comforting her, the King of Ten Thousand Gu was summoned into his hand and climbed onto Ning Yu’s face, opening its mouth with two fangs sinking directly.

Ning Yu trembled, having never heard that removing toxins involved being bitten by a poisonous snake. Could it be poison against poison?

Despite her doubts, she closed her eyes, remaining completely still, trusting Chen Nan entirely.

Yet, strangely, she felt a sharp pain initially, but then the agony on her face began to fade. Due to the toxins, she had to endure excruciating pain every day from the scars.

Now, the intense pain on her face was slowly fading, eventually becoming completely unbearable.

Having absorbed all the toxins on Ning Yu’s face, Chen Nan put away the King of Ten Thousand Gu, moved a finger, and the Void Breaking Sword appeared in his hand. Speaking softly, he said, "Now comes the most painful part, you must endure it."

Ning Yu’s lashes trembled slightly, her voice firm as she nodded, "Go ahead."

Chen Nan took the Void Breaking Sword and gently scraped off the scars on Ning Yu’s face, these scars, due to the toxins, had become akin to tumors.

Only by completely removing them could new skin and flesh regenerate. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

This was the pain of cutting flesh, akin to torture, but Ning Yu clenched her teeth, letting tears escape from the corners of her eyes while remaining silent.

She knew this process was like the phoenix’s Nirvana; suffering would be followed by rebirth!

Chen Nan’s hands were steady, carving down one scar after another, blood stained Ning Yu’s face. Seeing her endure despite her body’s trembling pain, Chen Nan couldn’t help but feel moved.

As he scraped away the scars, Ning Yu’s face appeared even more frightening. Where before it was disfigured, now it was utterly ruined.

Chen Nan took out several spiritual medicines, mixed them into a powder, applied them to Ning Yu’s face, and wrapped it with clean bandages, nodding with satisfaction.

"Alright, now you must rest well to restore your appearance," he said.