I Have Unlimited Dantians-Chapter 70 - 61: The Arrival of the First Nirvana

"Nie Yun?"

The name was met with three sharp gasps, followed by the crisp CLINK of three sets of cups and teaware falling to the floor.

None of the four men knew who the City Lord’s son-in-law was, but the name Nie Yun was all too familiar to them!

Yangg Yan, Feng Xiao, and Nie Qiang all stared with their mouths agape, completely dumbfounded.

"Nie Yun is the City Lord’s son-in-law? Th-that’s impossible!" Nie Qiang felt the world spin, thinking he was about to go mad.

Too many things had happened today; he was on the verge of breaking down.

"That kid... He’s just one shock after another..."

After a moment, Yangg Yan shook his head with a bitter laugh.

Although he still found it hard to believe, his admiration for Nie Yun was absolute. It seemed like nothing was out of the ordinary when it came to him!

"So it was him... Why did you try to capture him? Sigh. Even without the City Lord’s Mansion involved, you probably would have been out of luck anyway!" Feng Xiao shook his head.

Recalling how the young man had recorded Nie Liu and the butler’s actions, Feng Xiao winced inwardly. ’A man like Nie Yun has methods like that. How could someone with your intelligence possibly deal with him? Going after him... aren’t you just asking for death?’

"He’s the City Lord’s son-in-law? Then couldn’t Father have just handed him over? Why would the Black Shadow Guard Team and the Law Enforcement Team still be completely wiped out...?"

Nie Qiang really lived up to the "Qiang" in his name; he was as resilient as a cockroach. It didn’t take long for him to recover from the successive blows and ask the crucial question.

If the Four Great Families united, the City Lord’s Mansion would be no match for them. But if it was just one family, it wouldn’t be difficult for the City Lord’s Mansion to crush them! His father wasn’t an idiot. If the City Lord’s Mansion suddenly demanded someone, he should have just handed Nie Yun over and been done with it. Why would he fight them head-on, leading to the annihilation of the Black Shadow Guard Team and the Law Enforcement Team?

"It’s not that the Clan Leader wouldn’t hand him over... It’s that our men never even caught him! Not only were Elder Nie Lang and Deputy Captain Nie Qian killed, but everyone from their branch seemed to vanish into thin air. We’ve searched all of Luoshui City and can’t find them!"

The messenger’s face was a mask of misery.

"The Nie Tian Branch vanished, and the City Lord’s Mansion is on a rampage. What on earth is going on?" Everyone was baffled.

"Brother Feng, Brother Yangg, Brother Chen!" After a moment, Nie Qiang seemed to think of something. He hurriedly stood up and bowed to the three of them.

All his earlier arrogance was gone. He didn’t even dare to use their names directly, instead addressing them as "Brother."

"What is it? Spit it out!" Seeing the guy change his tune faster than one could flip a page, Feng Xiao and the other two frowned. However, since they were all first heirs of their respective families and held similar status, there wasn’t much they could say.

"My three esteemed brothers, you must have heard what just happened. The City Lord’s Mansion is going too far! What’s wrong with our Nie Family arresting the scum from our own branch family? Does the City Lord’s Mansion need to stick its nose in our business? I hope you three can, for the sake of the bond between the Four Great Families, join forces with me to teach the City Lord’s Mansion a lesson. Otherwise, if we let them continue, what dignity will our Four Great Families have left to stand on in Luoshui City?"

Nie Qiang laid out his intentions.

"What did you just say? The scum of the branch family? Who are you calling scum?" Nie Qiang had spoken to incite the other three to unite against the City Lord’s Mansion, deliberately painting the Nie Tian Branch as worthless. But to Yangg Yan’s ears, those words meant something else entirely!

Nie Yun was his brother; how could he allow someone to insult him like that?

"I’m talking about our family’s Nie Tian Branch, and that Nie Yun! Bringing such a huge disaster upon the family—he’s absolute scum!" Nie Qiang, still oblivious as to why Yangg Yan had asked, said indignantly.

"You dare call Nie Yun, my benefactor, scum? Hmph, you’re courting death!" Before Yangg Yan could even get angry, Feng Xiao, who was beside him, couldn’t hold back. With a furious roar, he viciously slapped Nie Qiang across the face!

SLAP!

The two were standing close to each other, and Feng Xiao was a Peak Powerhouse of Body Emergence Realm, two whole cultivation levels higher than Nie Qiang. Before the latter could even react, the slap connected with his cheek, sending him tumbling to the ground!

"Feng Xiao, what’s the meaning of this...?" Not expecting Feng Xiao’s sudden attack, Nie Qiang shrieked with rage. He roared and tried to get up, but before he could, he saw a large foot descending from above, stomping viciously onto his face.

"What’s the meaning of this? Insulting Nie Yun is the same as insulting me, Yangg Yan! I won’t be satisfied until I teach you a lesson!" Yangg Yan wasn’t about to let him get up. He unleashed a furious storm of kicks with both feet.

"That’s right! Insulting Nie Yun is insulting me! Enjoy it!" Feng Xiao, not wanting to be left out, also joined in with a series of kicks.

"You two are kicking me because I insulted Nie Yun, but Chen Xing, why are you kicking me?" After a while, Nie Qiang, lying on the floor, couldn’t take it anymore and couldn’t help but roar.

Feng Xiao and Yangg Yan were beating him up, and they’d both stated their reason: Nie Yun. But once the beating started, why did this punk Chen Xing also rush over and start kicking him without mercy?

"I... I saw how much fun they were having and decided to join in! Besides, I just don’t like the look of you!" Chen Xing shouted righteously before landing another vicious kick.

The punk’s limitless arrogance from earlier had long since angered the three of them. Now that they had the chance, they’d be fools not to vent their frustration!

"..." Nie Qiang.

"..." Feng Xiao, Yangg Yan.

Nie Yun probably never would have guessed that Feng Xiao and Yangg Yan, whom he had unintentionally helped, would be so thoroughly venting his frustrations for him at this very moment!

...

With his father seated on Xiaohu’s back, Nie Yun and his father sped toward the Nie Mansion.

"When were Mother and the others taken?" Nie Yun asked.

"I don’t know! I was captured by Nie Lang himself about ten minutes ago while I was in my room practicing the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique you taught me!" Nie Xiaotian said after a moment’s thought. "I imagine they were taken around the same time!"

"Around the same time? Good. Then Mother and the others shouldn’t have reached the Nie Mansion yet. As long as we rescue them on the way, we won’t have to go to the mansion at all!"

Hearing that they hadn’t been captured long, Nie Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

His current strength wasn’t enough to storm the Nie Mansion and rescue them. The reason he had rushed over with his father was that he’d guessed they couldn’t have gotten far, and with Xiaohu’s speed, they should be able to catch up!

"Faster!"

Having figured this out, Nie Yun urged Xiaohu to go even faster.

The Nie Tian Branch was located on the outskirts of Luoshui City, while the Nie Mansion was in the very center. The distance between them would take at least one hour by carriage. Seated on the massive body of the Tiger-Headed Beast, the two of them sped forward, no longer caring about the shock their appearance would cause!

"That’s a carriage from the Nie Family’s Black Shadow Guard Team! Mother and the others must be inside!"

After traveling for about half an hour, Nie Yun suddenly spotted a carriage moving at high speed.

The carriage was embroidered with the Nie Family’s crest, and sitting on the driver’s box were two men dressed all in black. They were members of the Black Shadow Guard Team.

"Hmph. Every time there’s a prisoner escort, it’s us two who get the job. Everyone else gets to take the spoils. It’s infuriating!"

The man in black on the left side of the carriage cracked his whip with an annoyed expression, urging the horses onward.

"Who told us not to have any connections? A sweet gig like ransacking a house would never fall to us!" the other man in black said, shaking his head.

"Ah, whatever. I heard this Nie Tian Branch is dirt poor anyway. It’s not like they would’ve had anything good to take!" the first man in black consoled himself.

Whenever the Black Shadow Guard Team carried out missions like ransacking homes or exterminating clans, they could always get a lot of illicit money. Those responsible for escorting prisoners, however, got nothing, so they were naturally disgruntled.

"Who says they have no money? I heard that kid Nie Yun got tens of thousands of taels of silver from the Law Enforcement Team! Once Deputy Captain Nie Qian kills him, everyone present is sure to get a share. Dammit, and we get nothing!" the man in black said, his face full of resentment.

"No need to be angry. They didn’t get a single coin."

As the two were lamenting their fate, a faint voice suddenly drifted over from behind them.

"Didn’t get a single coin? How would you know?" Hearing this, the man in black replied casually, then his expression changed and he whipped around. But before the two of them could fully turn, they felt a pressure on their necks as two claws shot through the air. With a light touch from the claws, their heads were sent flying sideways!

After Xiaohu killed the two Black Shadow Guard Team members in a single move, Nie Yun leaped into the carriage.

"Yun’er?" As soon as he entered, he saw his mother lying inside, looking weak, followed by his sister Xiaofeng and his younger brother Nie Tong.

"Mother, are you all okay?" Nie Yun asked.

"We’re fine. You were captured too...?" his mother, Nie Ling, asked with a confused expression.

"Haha, as long as you’re okay. Let’s find a place to rest first. As for what happened, you can ask Father!" Seeing the three of them were unharmed, Nie Yun breathed a sigh of relief. Without explaining further, he vaulted back out of the carriage, took the reins, and sped toward the city outskirts.

He had killed an Elder and a dozen members of the Black Shadow Guard Team, creating an irreconcilable conflict with the core of the Nie Family. Once this news got back to them, they would surely dispatch their strongest forces to hunt him down!

Not only did he lack the strength to resist them right now, but more importantly, he could feel that the first accumulation of his Nine-Turn Nirvana Skill had reached its limit. If he weren’t deliberately suppressing it, he could enter Nirvana at any moment!

Each Nirvana of the Nine-Turn Nirvana Skill involved an excruciating transformation. The slightest mistake could lead to the Death of the Body and Fall of the Dao. Even with the experience of two lifetimes, the thought still filled Nie Yun with apprehension.

Back when he subdued Xiaohu, he had nearly reached the Peak of the True Qi Realm. After returning to the family and fighting opponents beyond his level in successive battles, the Qi of his power had completely gathered at its peak. Attempting the breakthrough now would offer the highest chance of success!

The first Nirvana of the Nine-Turn Nirvana Skill was the most arduous, and he absolutely could not be disturbed. It would be troublesome if he returned to the branch and the Nie Family sent people to hunt him down. Therefore, it was best to lie low for now!

Thus, Nie Yun was no longer in the mood to cause trouble for the Nie Family. He turned the carriage around and galloped out of the city.

Soon, the carriage arrived at a quiet valley in the back mountains. It was a place he had discovered in his previous life while fleeing for his life. Not only was it hidden, but the fruits in the valley were enough to be completely self-sufficient, like a secluded paradise.

After making some simple arrangements for his family, Nie Yun found a nearby cave, dove inside, and began the first Nirvana of his Nine-Turn Nirvana Skill!

PS: Fourth Chapter of the day! Everyone, guess what level Nie Yun’s strength will reach after his first Nirvana. Early-Stage Body Emergence Realm? Mid-stage? Or Peak? Gahaha, don’t worry, Lao Ya’s power-leveling and fighting-above-one’s-level scenes are the most satisfying. I definitely won’t let you all down!! There will be a separate post later. I hope that after you read it, you’ll leave a bookmark and a recommendation vote!