XuanHuan 25
"Ba Ziliang."An insidious young face occurred to Nie Tian.
Ba Ziliang was the second young master of the Bas as well as the top talent among young generations of the Bas.
On the Kung Fu Competition of Moyang City three years ago, Ba Ziliang was defeated by Nie Tian and Mo Ruxi, ranking the third position.
It was out of expectation that three years later, Nie Tian and Mo Ruxi could break through the ninth level of vital veins, while Ba Ziliang had achieved the realm of Vital Spirits.
A Kung Fu learner at the level of Vital Spirits was one whose vital spirits were awakened.
There was a radical difference between Vital Spirits and Vital Veins.
A Kung Fu learner with a cultivation of Vital Spirits could emit his vital powers with the vital spirits and launched the attack without contact. Very dominating indeed.
But the awakening of the vital spirits was so difficult as it was strictly confined to the age before eighteen.
However, for a majority of people, they would not reach the ninth level of vital veins until thirty years old. Therefore, nine out of ten were Kung Fu learners of Vital Veins.
Take the Nies. There were a few hundreds of Kung Fu learners, but less than ten that reached the realm of Vital Spirits.
"Ba Ziliang? So be it." Nie Tian gave a faint smile, seemingly very confident.
It was only half a month away from the Kung Fu Competition of Moyang City, during which he could definitely awaken his vital spirits. As long as that came true, he would never come short in confrontation with Ba Ziliang.
Nie Tian left behind the thoughts concerned with the Bas, but cast strange eyes onto Mo Ruxi, smiling, "Mo Ruxi, I didn't expect you would care about me? Did Ba Ziyang guess it right that you really fell in love with me?"
Mo Ruxi was first surprised and than blushed. She stamped her foot, "Nie Tian, you shameless. Stop bullshitting, or I'll unman you."
Nie Tian laughed, "That's it. A girl is lovely when she displays waywardness. A poker face keeps people away."
Then it dawned on Mo Ruxi that it was wrong to flirt with Nie Tian. So she resumed her cold face, scolding, "You shameless. Cut the crap. Tell me why you knew that there were pains in my underbelly everyday. I shall kill you if you can't offer a satisfactory answer."
"Kill me? That wasn't typical of you." Nie Tian put on a calm smile.
He could tell it that Mo Ruxi was no such type of people who would kill others as she wanted.
Cold as her eyes were, they displayed no killing attempt. Instead, they were filled with purity, just like newborn babies. You just could not find any impurity in that pairs of eyes.
Such people were no killers at all.
"Say no more."Mo Ruxi curled up her mouth. The coldness maintained was now replaced by shyness.
"Alright. I'll save the joke."Nie Tian waved his hands and put on a serious face as he realized he had something to attend to, "Mo Ruxi, I'd like to ask you a few question. And I want you to be honest with me."
"Sure."Mo Ruxi nodded her head in an obedient manner at sight of his serious face.
"When did you make it to the ninth level of Vital Veins?"asked Nie Tian.
"Two and a half years ago,"answered Mo Ruxi, with agony in her face.
It was for two and a half years that she remained at the ninth level of Vital Veins. It was painful and torturing. She thought for the umpteenth time that she was not gifted to awaken the vital spirits.
"Two and a half years. It was a right time, if I may say so,"murmured Nie Tian, then asking "After you made it to the ninth level, you felt a burning sensation in your underbelly. A year later, the burning sensation became intense. And the intensity multiplied at each noon when there was a scorching sun above. Is that correct?"
Mo Ruxi stiffened her face, for Nie Tian said it right.
Her underbelly was belly, which, to her, meant the awakening of vital spirits. Then the burning sensation gradually intensified and became scorching pains.
"That makes sense," Nie Tian could tell that he was right from her reactions. And his assumption was right- The yet-to-be-awakened vital spirits were the unparalleled vital spirits at the ninth level, or Phoenix in the Ninth Heaven.
It really blew Nie Tian's mind that there should be someone with the unparalleled vital spirits at the ninth level in such a remote town in the Three Thousand Small Worlds.
The vital spirits of a Kung Fu learner were categorized into Weapon Spirits, Animal Spirits, Wood Spirits and other mutations like Supernatural Spirits, Dead Spirits and Ghost Spirits.
And there were nine levels of supremacy in terms of the natural endowments.
The higher the rank of the vital spirits, the greater the achievements to be obtained in future.
Generally speaking, most people were blessed to have their vital spirits awakened to the first or third level. One would be considered as a talent if he could reach the fourth level.
The fifth and sixth level were rare assets. And the seventh level represented dominance.
And those with the eighth and ninth level of vital spirits were only seen in legends. And they would grow to be a powerful being of Monarchic Level in the end.
Still, they were rarely seen. The number of such beings in the heavenly world could be counted with fingers.
In the previous life of Nie Tian, he awakened his unparalleled vital spirits at the ninth level, the Ultimate Animal.
He just did not what vital spirits he could awaken for this life.
But it never occurred to Nie Tian that he could meet someone with unparalleled vital spirits at the ninth level in the Three Thousand Small Worlds.
He just embraced the slimmest odds.
Well, he hit the jackpot.
Nie Tian looked at Mo Ruxi with sincerity, "You've been suffering from the burning sensation of the Phoenix in the Ninth Heaven for the past two and a half years, which was quite admirable. "
"You were the only one who defeated me. I could suffer from whatever made me able to correct that." Mo Ruxi resumed her coldness and gave her reply perversely.
That being said, Mo Ruxi felt quite touched within herself.
The past two and a half years were all about sufferings from the pains as Nie Tian noted. And when the scorching sun rose high at noon, the pain intensified. There seemed to be a cluster of flame burning in her underbelly that was about to burn her into ashes.
The process she sustained through was definitely a torture.
To defeat Nie Tian was nothing but a nice pretext.
"Say whatever you like," Nie Tian was smiling plainly, "I'm assured now your vital spirits are the Phoenix in the Ninth Heaven, which was the reason of your burning agony. I'm telling you this I could help you awaken the vital spirits and relief the burning sensation. Will you trust me? "
"Can you?" asked Mo Ruxi.
She was expressing doubt and embracing with confidence in him.
Her agony was not known to anyone, not even her father.
It was really unbelievable for Nie Tian to point out her symptoms.
And she had a weird feeling after she saw Nie Tian that his eyes were deep as the ocean. There seemed to be tremendous secrets that would not be seen through.
"You trust me, don't you," Nie Tian gave an interesting smile, "You might kill me if I say no."
"I won't." Mo Ruxi blurted upon hearing Nie Tian's words.
"I know that. Otherwise I would not help you." Nie Tian grinned as he saw the anxiety of Mo Ruxi.
"You...shameless." Mo Ruxi felt that she was tricked again and blushing.
Nie Tian now put on a dark face as he knew he had been labeled shameless.
"How will you help you?" Mo Ruxi got herself together and asked. She would not bear the burning agony any more.
Nie Tian stared at Mo Ruxi and suddenly walked up to her, demanding, "Show me your underbelly."
"You..." Mo Ruxi was reddened in her beautiful face and ears upon hearing Nie Tian's imperative to see her underbelly.