I Have Unlimited Dantians-Chapter 73 - 64: Meeting of the 4 Great Families

"Red Flame Pill Fire? Sis, you can actually produce a Red Flame Pill Fire?"

Nie Yun jumped in surprise when he saw the flame that suddenly appeared in his sister’s palm.

The Red Flame Pill Fire was the most precious of all Pill Fires. It could purify even thousand-year-old medicinal materials to one hundred percent perfection. Anyone who possessed this Pill Fire was an alchemy prodigy, and it was only a matter of time before they became an Alchemy Grandmaster!

In his previous life, Nie Yun had only seen two people who possessed this kind of Pill Fire: one was his master, and the other was himself!

’I can’t believe my sister has this kind of Pill Fire too!’

’If she could produce this kind of Pill Fire, how come I have no memory of it from my past life?’

Thinking of his past life, Nie Yun shook his head. ’In my past life, my sister probably would have already taken her own life by now. Of course I wouldn’t have known that she was actually an unparalleled alchemy prodigy!’

"Sis, I’ll teach you the Alchemy Skill in the future, and I’ll send you to study under the greatest Alchemy Master there is!"

Nie Yun let out a breath, suppressing the shock in his heart as he spoke.

’With a talent like hers, my sister is sure to have a limitless future in alchemy. I don’t have enough time to teach her myself. Besides, alchemy requires countless experiments to master control over the heat. Only by sending her to a place that specializes in the study of alchemy can she make tremendous progress and eventually become an Alchemy Grandmaster of her generation!’

After speaking with his sister, Nie Yun fell silent, concentrating on refining the medicinal properties of the Pengxin Snow Lotus. An unknown amount of time passed. Then, with a WHOOSH, his palm trembled repeatedly as he tossed in dozens more medicinal materials. With a pat and a tap, a perfectly round elixir appeared before his eyes.

This elixir was different from the Heart Returning Pill. It was a vibrant red and radiated a potent life force. A single whiff was enough to make one feel their spirit surge.

"Dad, swallow this elixir!"

Just as the elixir was complete, Nie Yun saw his father’s eyes open. With a faint smile, he flicked the pill into his mouth.

WHOOSH!

The elixir dissolved the moment it entered his mouth. Nie Xiaotian felt the Qi Sea Power in his newly repaired Qi Sea surge, and in less than ten breaths, he had completely recovered to his former peak strength! But the momentum didn’t stop there. It continued to grow!

BOOM!

Nie Xiaotian felt a tremor in his Dantian Qi Sea. He shot to his feet and exhaled a long, steady breath, like an arrow in flight.

"Haha! I can’t believe it! Not only have I recovered my strength, but I’ve also taken that final step and broken through! Qi Sect! The Qi Sea Eighth Layer Qi Sect Realm! I never thought I, Nie Xiaotian, would ever be able to reach such a realm!"

After exhaling completely, Nie Xiaotian couldn’t help but let out a long, triumphant roar as tears streamed down his face.

For more than a decade, this feeling of a full Qi Sea was something he had only experienced in his dreams, only to wake up to emptiness. He never imagined that his dream could still come true!

’It was my son!’

’My own good son!’

’If it weren’t for him... Forget recovering my strength and breaking through to a realm no one in Luoshui City had reached in centuries—I’d probably still be drowning my sorrows in alcohol, living in a drunken stupor!’

’Son, thank you!’

’Son, with a son like you, even if I, Nie Xiaotian, were to die right now, it would have all been worth it!’

Feeling the abundant True Qi surging within him, Nie Xiaotian looked at the young man before him, his eyes filled with paternal love and pride.

"Xiaotian, you’ve recovered?"

His mother, standing to the side, felt the aura radiating from her husband, and her eyes immediately turned red.

After her husband had given up on himself all those years ago, she had supported their entire branch on her own slender shoulders. Now, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Yes, I’ve recovered. Ling, all these years..." Nie Xiaotian’s throat trembled, the words catching in his throat. After a long moment, tears streamed down his face. "It’s been hard on you!"

It’s been hard on you... Those simple words made his mother, Ling, burst into tears!

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"Haoo Tian Clan Leader, if you’ve called us here today to jointly sanction the City Lord’s Mansion, then you can forget it. The City Lord wants to save his son-in-law. That’s a private grudge between you and him, and we can’t get involved. Besides, we have no desire to get dragged into these muddy waters!"

In the conference hall of the Nie Family estate, a middle-aged man spoke faintly, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.

Four middle-aged men were seated in the room, and behind each of them stood a young man. These were the primary heirs of the Four Great Families: Nie Qiang, Feng Xiao, Chen Xing, and Yangg Yan.

For the primary heirs to be standing while they remained seated, these four middle-aged men could only be the clan leaders of the Four Great Families: Nie Haotian, Feng Tianxing, Chen Tongsheng, and Yangg Tiecheng.

The one who had just spoken was the Chen Family Patriarch, Chen Tongsheng.

Nie Qiang’s face had mostly healed by now. However, since the ones who had beaten him were the young masters of these other families, and he was now in a position of asking for their help, he didn’t dare say a word. He just had to take the beating and let it go.

"Our Yangg Family has only just confirmed our primary heir, so there’s a fair bit of internal instability. I think we should postpone this discussion," Yangg Tiecheng said casually, his gaze lowered as if in deep contemplation, feigning indifference to the entire affair.

"I agree with Tongsheng and Tiecheng. Our Feng Family’s foundations are shallow; we can’t afford to be shaken. Haoo Tian Clan Leader, no matter how you slice it, the City Lord’s Mansion represents the legitimate Nobility appointed by the Divine Wind Empire’s Imperial Family. I’d say you should just obediently hand over the man’s son-in-law. You don’t even have a daughter, so why are you tormenting a member of the younger generation?"

Feng Tianxing added sardonically.

’What a joke. You offended the City Lord’s Mansion, got your asses handed to you, and now you want us to stick our necks out for you? You must be dreaming!’

"The Four Great Families are supposed to be allies, bound together. Saying things like this feels a bit distant, don’t you think?"

Hearing the other three’s evasive replies, Nie Haotian trembled with rage, but he couldn’t afford to let it show.

The City Lord’s Mansion had attacked suddenly and without any warning. Not only had the Nie Family’s Law Enforcement Team and Black Shadow Guard Team been completely wiped out, but many of their businesses had also suffered a fatal blow. The family’s total assets had shrunk by at least half. Once ranked near the top of the Four Great Families, they were now at the very bottom. As the Clan Leader who had allowed his family to end up in this state, how could he not be furious?

That was why he had urgently called together the clan leaders of the Four Great Families, hoping they could unite to impose a severe sanction on the City Lord’s Mansion and compensate for his family’s losses.

Unfortunately, to his great disappointment, the other three great families had no intention of getting involved.

"Distant? It’s true that the Four Great Families are supposed to be allies, but it’s really not our place to interfere in your family’s dispute with the City Lord’s Mansion. You know the saying: ’even an honest official finds it hard to settle family quarrels.’ If you two patch things up later, we’ll be the ones caught in the middle, looking like villains to both sides. Haoo Tian Clan Leader, let’s just drop it. If you’re serving dinner, we’ll eat. But if this is all you want to talk about, I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll be leaving now."

Feng Tianxing was the first to declare his stance, showing Nie Haotian no courtesy whatsoever.

"The Celestial Clan Leader is right. Since Haoo Tian Clan Leader isn’t serving dinner, why don’t the two of us go out for a drink and build some camaraderie!" Yangg Tiecheng said.

"Count me in. Haoo Tian Clan Leader, if there’s nothing else, we’ll be taking our leave," Chen Tongsheng added with a wave of his hand.

’The City Lord’s Mansion had been quiet for so long before suddenly making a move. That astonishing power made them all deeply wary. Since the City Lord hadn’t come after their families, they couldn’t be bothered to get involved, lest they end up with a mess on their hands that they had brought upon themselves!’

"You can leave if you want, but first, hear me out. Do you know why I’m so intent on dealing with a minor branch of my own family?" Seeing the true colors of the three clan leaders, Nie Haotian felt like his lungs would explode from holding back his rage, but he forced himself to speak through clenched teeth.

’He had no choice. In its current state, the Nie Family was no match for the City Lord’s Mansion. With the City Lord protecting the Nie Tian Branch, he couldn’t make a move against them. His only option was to join forces with the other three families.’

"That’s your family’s business. We have no interest!"

"That’s right. How you deal with your own family branch has nothing to do with us."

The other three clan leaders demurred again.

Hearing this, Nie Haotian took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to fly into a rage. His expression flickered, as if he had just made a momentous decision. "My fellow Clan Leaders, don’t be so quick to refuse. What if I told you... this matter involves the secret to advancing to the Qi Sect Realm?"

His words struck them like a clap of thunder.