Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 117: Distorted Family Bonds

The Snow Soul Crystal Bracelet is a Spirit Weapon composed of thirty-two snowflake-shaped crystal pieces.

It has three main functions.

First: Size Manipulation

The snowflake pieces of the bracelet can shrink into tiny snow grains with a diameter of 1 millimeter, or enlarge into huge wheel-like pieces with a diameter of three feet.

Second: Cutting

The edges of the snowflake pieces are incredibly sharp, and their sharpness increases even further when spinning at high speeds. This is the main attacking method of the Snow Soul Crystal Bracelet.

Third: Cold Qi

The Snow Soul Crystal Bracelet can release a temperature of minus seventy degrees, freezing everything while creating a battle environment suitable for the Snow Jade Glass Body.

To Yang Ning, these three points were the perfect surgical tool.

Not only is its sharpness comparable to a surgical knife, but the freezing effect can also be used to stop bleeding. The size manipulation effect allows for more precise and complex operations within the capillaries of the human body.

The only downside is suturing, but Physical Body Realm cultivators don't need sutures at all. They can manipulate their muscles to adhere together, and they can heal themselves in just a few minutes!

As Xue Xian gently removed her robe, although she had made up her mind, she couldn't help but feel shy.

But looking at Yang Ning's expression, which remained unchanged as if he were looking at a stone, she couldn't help but feel a little impatient.

"Could it be that I'm not beautiful?" Xue Xian asked softly.

"Beautiful!" Yang Ning nodded seriously. Although small, she was very cute, and her shape was perfect, the style that Yang Ning liked.

Well, to be honest, he liked many styles.

"Then why..." Xue Xian asked, "no reaction at all, not even blushing!"

"I'm performing surgery now, sister. Aren't you afraid of my hands shaking?" Yang Ning said impatiently.

Although he had tested the effects of poison in the Spirit Realm and performed this surgery countless times on his own clone, it was the first time he was doing it on Xue Xian!

"Alright, alright!" Xue Xian didn't dare to tease Yang Ning anymore. Instead, she forcefully lifted her head and looked at the location of the surgery.

Seeing her own heart being cut open in this position was truly a unique experience.

Moreover, it was done with her own Spirit Weapon!

"Why doesn't it hurt?" Xue Xian watched for a while and couldn't help but speak.

Perhaps she had been pretending to be aloof for too long?

"I used Thunder Law to cut off your nervous system!" Yang Ning said. "Alright, I can see your heart now!"

"Ah?" Xue Xian was stunned and quickly said, "Can I take a look too? I don't even know what my heart looks like!"

"There's nothing special about it!" Yang Ning took out a small mirror from his storage bag and handed it to Xue Xian. "Find it yourself!"

Xue Xian was a little surprised. Could it really be done like this?

She raised the mirror with her left hand and looked at her beating heart at the wound. A strange emotion surged in her heart.

So, my life actually comes from here!

Then, she saw Yang Ning grab her heart.

"Huh?" This feeling became even stranger.

Before, when people said that you held my heart, it was just a romantic phrase.

But now, her heart was really being held by a man!

Unexplainably, the girl's whole body trembled as if struck by electricity. When she looked at Yang Ning again, the things that were swirling in her eyes had a different meaning.

He's actually quite handsome, with eyebrows like crescent moons, and his eyes are very bright. And his eyelashes are long!

But why does he wear glasses?

His expression is so serious, and this seriousness is revealed for the sake of saving me.

Thinking like this, she felt warm inside.

Oh, so it turns out that my heart is in his hands. The feeling I have should be the warmth of his palm?

In the next moment, the girl was stunned. She couldn't feel her heartbeat anymore!

"Come, with this widened field of vision, you can clearly see your heart!" Yang Ning had completely cut off the blood vessels and removed the heart.

If it were a modern patient, they would probably be scared to death!

But Xue Xian's mind was filled with Bai Qi, and she didn't have the space to think about anything else. Instead, she felt that her heart was in his hands, which was so romantic!

"Um, aren't you shocked?" Yang Ning saw the girl's strange expression and asked.

"Shocked about what?" The girl blinked her eyes. "Didn't you just tell me the steps?"

"Well, but..." Yang Ning scratched his head. "Do you know what problem I just solved?"

Even without the blood, it can still circulate!

This is the ultimate technique I developed by combining Thunder Law, Water Law, Crimson Dragon's Crimson Cloud Force, and Heavenly Dragon's Apocalyptic Sound. If the famous doctors in the operating room of the Great Physician Ling Ran saw my skills, they would probably kneel down to me!

Well, she is an outsider and can't understand or comprehend it. That's understandable.

"This is the poison you have!" Yang Ning's hand was covered in frost. While maintaining the heart's activity, he opened it up and took out a black liquid the size of a mung bean.

"This is a fibrotic heart. It can be cut off, and your heart will be weak for a while, but it will heal quickly!" Yang Ning performed the surgery in front of the patient, completely eliminating any conflicts between doctors and patients.

Seeing the girl's round eyes, it seemed that the effect of this surgery was amazing!

"Alright, the surgery is complete!" Yang Ning closed the incision on Xue Xian's heart and reset it, reconnecting the meridians and arteries.

"Now, try controlling your qi and blood." Yang Ning asked.

"Huh?" Xue Xian's eyes lit up. She couldn't feel the pain in her heart anymore!

And, the qi and blood were really flowing smoothly!

"Is it successful?" Xue Xian looked at Yang Ning with expectant eyes.

"Yes!" Yang Ning nodded. "But I'm still maintaining the wound. You have to activate your qi and blood to heal it yourself!"

"Okay!" As long as the qi and blood can flow normally, even if the injury is left unattended for more than ten minutes, it will still heal.

If the supervisor controls the qi and blood to repair the body, it only takes a few seconds.

This is the vitality and cell activity of the Physical Body Realm, and it is also the basic practice of Physical Body Realm cultivators.

You may not be able to leave no trace in the snow, but it's just a matter of not being suave enough.

But if you can't recover quickly, it can be life-threatening!

Fortunately, Xue Xian didn't drop the ball in this situation. In just a few seconds, the cut arteries, meridians, and heart wounds had completely healed.

The final step was to close the open chest, without the need for sutures, and let Xue Xian control her qi and blood to heal on its own.

So, 20 seconds later, this heart-cutting surgery, which was conducted under extremely harsh conditions in a cave, was completed!

Yang Ning helped Xue Xian put on her clothes, then put the Snowflake Crystal Bracelet back in place and handed it to Xue Xian.

"Keep it here!" Xue Xian said.

"Huh?" Yang Ning was stunned. "What did you say?"

"I said, let's keep this Spirit Weapon with you for now. After all, I can't use it at the moment!" The girl blushed. Although her thoughts were focused on her heart and the feelings for the girl just now, she also noticed Yang Ning's skillful control of the Spirit Weapon.

Clearly, he also had a strong talent for manipulating Spirit Weapons, to the point where even a Spirit Weapon that was suitable for her physique was better used by someone else!

If she held onto this Spirit Weapon, it would only make the criminals more excited. But if it was Yang Ning, he might be able to kill all the disciples of the Myriad Saints Alliance!

"Alright!" Yang Ning nodded. It's not the time to be modest now, after all, he no longer had the Moon Gold Wheel, Dragon Sovereign Cannon, Shield, or the Wind Caller. His strength had dropped by 0.04%, leaving him with only 99.96%.

There was really no sense of security.

Although the surgery he just performed was legitimate, the atmosphere at this moment was strange.

Xue Xian sat sideways, her collar that was casually put on slipped down, revealing her fair and fragrant shoulders, but she didn't seem to care.

Yang Ning felt fine, after all, his current image was that of an inexperienced youth who was not interested in women.

"So, what's the situation now?" Yang Ning asked. "Do your sects usually bring in so many trial participants at once?"

Clearly, there was only him in the Extreme Eternal, right?

"I don't know either!" Xue Xian shook her head. "I brought people in to collect more Purple Heart Stones in order to gain more prestige and a higher status. But the Myriad Saints Alliance's actions have rendered that meaningless!"

"And those sixteen people don't seem to have an obvious leader!"

When the topic didn't involve Yang Ning, Xue Xian remained rational.

"So?"

"They should be here for the Mysterious Heaven Sect!" Xue Xian frowned. "This Mysterious Heaven Sect dared to attack my guards without any regard for my identity!"

"What can your identity do to him?" Yang Ning asked. "He's from the Myriad Saints Alliance. Even if your First Heaven Sect has some influence, can you really control him?"

"Indeed, we can't control him, but we can offer rewards to get him dealt with!" Xue Xian said. "The Myriad Saints Alliance is not united internally. As long as the price is high enough, there will be people willing to take action!"

"Perhaps he didn't think that far!" Yang Ning shrugged. "After all, he's not a teenager anymore!"

"Growing up in the environment of the Myriad Saints Alliance, even if he's only seven or eight years old, his mentality is not something an ordinary person can compare to!" Xue Xian said seriously. "Not to mention his formidable strength. You must not underestimate them!"

"I understand!" Yang Ning felt that Xue Xian's guidance towards him had changed compared to before.

At that time, her attitude towards him was more caring and protective.

It was a kind of love and respect between elders and juniors.

But now, her guidance towards Yang Ning seemed to be more concerned and admiring.

The love between siblings had transformed!

"That's not my goal!" Yang Ning was confused. His original plan was just to use Xue Xian as bait to lure out the other members of the First Heaven Sect and confiscate the Purple Heart Stones.

After all, he didn't know that Xue Xian had no way to contact the others and could only follow him.

And where was this contact method?

It was in Ah Li's pocket, and then it fell into Yang Ning's hands.

But Yang Ning didn't carefully study the identity jade pendant. After all, there were so many of them, who would carefully examine them?

He put all his focus on the robot and flowed into the sea!

This was the first unexpected event. The second unexpected event was Xue Xian discovering his talent and her attitude towards him changing from being a tool to being a younger brother.

Now there was a third unexpected event, a disciple from the Myriad Saints Alliance unexpectedly entering the scene. After a life-and-death escape and cave surgery, the sibling relationship turned into love.

So what should I do?

Xue Xian was still analyzing. "The Mysterious Heaven Sect cannot be idiots. Idiots cannot cultivate to such a strong level. So in his eyes, seizing the Purple Heart Stones is more important than his own life. What is the reason for this?"

"Why?" Yang Ning asked.

"Because he has deciphered the secret of the Purple Heart Stones!" Xue Xian raised her finger and said confidently.

"What secret does the Purple Heart Stone have?"

He shouldn't know such a major secret, even if he is a disciple of Harbin Institute of Technology, let alone a disciple of the Extreme Eternal Sect.

"The Purple Heart Stone is related to a Supreme Dao Technique!" Xue Xian narrated the history of Jiangyun and finally said, "The place where Jiangyun Great Emperor died was under the Qilu Baluo Mountain, and there is a Purple Heart Stone mine below the Qilu Baluo Mountain. No Supreme Dao Technique was found on Jiangyun Great Emperor's body, nor in the palace, nor was it passed down by the descendants of the Jiangyun royal family. So where is it passed down? It must be in that Purple Heart Stone mine!"

"So that's how it is?" Yang Ning understood.

"This is an opportunity!" Xue Xian seemed to have thought of something and looked at Yang Ning.

"What opportunity?" Yang Ning asked eagerly.

"The opportunity to obtain the Supreme Dao Technique!" Seeing Yang Ning hesitate, Xue Xian said seriously, "I know your ambition is to create a Supreme Dao Technique, but creating a Supreme Dao Technique and learning one do not conflict!"

"Moreover, since your target is that woman, it is destined that you will be enemies with the First Heaven Sect. How can you resist the First Heaven Sect before you create your own Supreme Dao Technique?"

"Are you saying that you want to help me obtain this Supreme Dao Technique?" Yang Ning was shocked. "But why? You are not a disciple of the First Heaven Sect. Aren't you naturally the Snow Master? The Supreme Dao Technique is more important to you!"

"No!" Xue Xian shook her head. "My path has already been determined. It is the path that Snow Jade Fairy once walked. Even if I present a Supreme Dao Technique, the result will not change!"

"On the contrary, after obtaining the second Supreme Dao Technique, the strength of the First Heaven Sect will rapidly expand, and my importance will be diminished!"

This line of thought was not a problem. Previously, the First Heaven Sect was ten thousand, and the Snow Jade Glass Body was one, so she was one ten-thousandth of the First Heaven Sect.

But if the First Heaven Sect expanded to twenty thousand, the Snow Jade Glass Body was still one, then she would become one twenty-thousandth!

"But if the First Heaven Sect becomes stronger, the cake will become bigger!" Yang Ning said. "As the one who makes the cake bigger, naturally you will receive the biggest reward!"

This statement was the first time it appeared in this world, but it was not difficult to understand.

Xue Xian paused for a moment, then shook her head. "But have you ever thought about what I am?"

"You are Xue Xian, right?"

Xue Xian blinked. "No, didn't you give me the name Su Xiao?"

"Don't you dislike it?" In fact, Su Xiao was a name Yang Ning randomly came up with, and its meaning was something he made up on the spot. The main purpose was to keep Xue Xian alert. He didn't expect her to remember it.

"I don't dislike it!" Xue Xian shook her head, her bright eyes like autumn water, looking at Yang Ning intently. "I really like it. I've decided, from now on, I'll go by this name!"

Yang Ning fell silent immediately. What does this mean? Isn't this a clear indication?

Do you like the name, or do you like me?

Because naming in the mortal world is ordinary, but in the Immortal Cultivation World, it holds special meaning.

By accepting the name he gave her, Xue Xian's luck would flow towards Yang Ning.

Unless Yang Ning took the initiative to sever their relationship, just like the relationship between Patriarch Bodhi and Sun Wukong back then.

Li Daozhen, Xue Xian, now known as Li Su Xiao, smiled with her bright eyes. She had made up her mind, but now was not the time to say it out loud.

After all, his heart was occupied by someone else.

If she were to speak out now, she might scare him away. The best time to speak up would be when they were both deeply involved with each other, even to the point of no return.

High emotional intelligence is needed to be the Sea King!

Using this emotional intelligence to raise fish would be a heinous crime, but if used to seek true love, it would only bring success!

Xue Xian, no!

Li Su Xiao said seriously, "To get back on track, I am not just Li Su Xiao, I am also a woman!"

"As a woman, there is a limit to how far I can go in the First Heaven Sect. What can I become? An elder, a grand elder? And then that's the end!"

"Is development really that important? As long as I can become an immortal, achieve longevity, isn't that enough?" Yang Ning asked.

"It's not that simple!" Li Su Xiao shook her head. "As a woman, an ordinary goddess, the higher she stands, the greater her charm, and the more people will covet her! Right now, as an outer disciple, inner disciples pursue me. When I reach the Spirit Law Realm, it will be powerful cultivators from the Spirit Law Realm pursuing me!"

This wasn't her being conceited; it was the reality of this world. If Lin Yuanxi's surname wasn't Lin, countless people would have set their sights on her.

Once they set their sights on her, do you think they would pursue her through normal channels?

No, they would directly order Lin Yuanxi to become their partner.

Isn't it the same with You Ruo?

"In this world, unless a woman stands up and dominates, women are destined to be men's appendages. I can reject one or two, but one day there will be someone I can't refuse!"

"At that time, I might not even become a legal wife; I would just be a tool for someone to vent their desires!"

"In that case, why don't I choose someone I find pleasing and cultivate them to become my shelter?" Li Su Xiao said.

Yang Ning's impression of Li Su Xiao completely changed.

At first, when he knew her as Xue Xian, she was an arrogant manipulator of hearts.

Later, when he knew her as Li Daozhen, she was a person of humble origins who had to rely on various powers to disguise herself while desperately climbing up.

Now, as Li Su Xiao, she had become a warrior who was unwilling to accept her fate and was brave enough to fight!

So...

"Why did you choose me?" Yang Ning asked.

"You are focused, exceptionally talented, and have no distractions. And, you are my lifesaver!"

The most important thing is, I like you!

"Isn't that enough?" Yang Ning knew that some girls in their early years were good at betting, and several internet tycoons were ordinary in college but were pursued by others.

He never expected that one day, such a thing would happen to him.

"I understand!" Yang Ning nodded heavily but didn't make any promises.

Li Su Xiao actually liked this kind of Bai Qi, who didn't constantly talk about promises. After all, a man who always talks about promises would appear frivolous.

This kind of person is stable!

(End of this chapter)