Chapter 24 Provocation Has Arrived

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  In a daze, the soft and silky sensation occasionally touched his skin, and finally moved to his lower abdomen. Nie Kong's body hair stood on end, perhaps because he had just soaked in the "Muscle and Bone Strengthening Broth", his blood was surging, and after experiencing a slight stimulation, his lower body reacted involuntarily.

  "Ah!"

  A loud, suppressed scream pierced his eardrums, and Nie Kong suddenly woke up to see Hua Mei standing by the bathtub, one hand holding a towel and the other tightly covering her mouth. Her black eyes were wide open, and her pale face was red like a ripe persimmon, looking as if she was about to drip with dew.

  The water in the bathtub had almost all been scooped out, and more than half of the water stains on Nie Kong's body had also been wiped clean.

  As soon as he saw this, Nie Kong knew what Huamei was doing. She must have seen him sleeping in the bucket and worried that he would catch a cold from the cold water, so she planned to get him out of the bucket. After all, winter was approaching, and the southern part of the Tianling Continent was still quite chilly at this time.

  However, it wasn't until he saw the pillar between his legs that was supporting the sky and had a ferocious appearance that Nie Kong understood why Huamei had suddenly shrieked earlier. His face couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed.

  Nie Kong woke up to see, Hua Mei's face was even redder and her heart was racing, her eyes dodged back and forth, stuttering as she explained: "Uncle, I...I am...trying to help you..."

  Nie Kong hurriedly said: "I know, sister-in-law, thank you, let me handle it myself from now on."

  "Oh."

  Hua Mei reacted, hastily dropped the towel, and with a red face, she rushed out of the kitchen in a fluster, looking like a startled little deer, which was especially pitiful.

  Nie Kong let out a long sigh, looking at his little brother who was being unusually arrogant. He couldn't help but curse inwardly, thinking that although men should be strong and resilient, why did he have to be so stubborn now, causing him to lose face? After muttering to himself for a few moments, Nie Kong finally got up to wipe down his body.

  Just now when Huā Méi was busy, Niè Kōng had been dreaming all along. He dreamed of his parents from his past life who had long since passed away, he dreamed of the bustling city with cars and horses galloping by, red lanterns and green wine, as well as his own quiet little villa... In the dream, he vaguely heard someone calling out his name. Now he finally understood that it was Huā Méi calling him to wake up, only because he had been unwilling to awaken from the familiar dream, which forced Huā Méi to take action personally.

  Recalling life in dreams, Nie Kong let out a soft sigh.

  Reborn into this world for only a few days, but to him, it seemed like he had lived through several centuries. The busy and tense cultivation left him almost no time to recall his past life. Now in this Tianling Continent, which was similar to ancient society, the killings between spiritual masters, families, sects, and countries were endless, and crises lurked everywhere. Striving to improve his strength was the only way to protect himself, not to mention that there was also a sister-in-law in this family who needed him to guard her. As for his previous mansion, car, computer... they would never be seen again in this life.

  He collected his thoughts and took stock of his body. As expected, after absorbing the "Muscle and Bone Strengthening Broth", his physique had become slightly stronger than before, but compared to the first time, it was a world of difference. Of course, for Nie Kong, this body was temporarily good enough.

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  A night without words.

  The next day, Nie Kong woke up feeling refreshed and invigorated. At dawn, after having breakfast, Nie Kong and Hua Mei exchanged a few words before jogging towards the training grounds together.

  When Nie Kong arrived, he found that the number of people who came to practice in the training grounds was much more than yesterday. At a glance, there were probably hundreds of people. As Nie Kong walked through the training grounds, some people occasionally saluted him with their eyes.

  Seeing this, Nie Kong secretly felt delighted. It seemed that yesterday's cultivation had already caused a considerable stir in the Nie family. This was even better, as more people paying attention to him would make it less likely for someone like Nie Feng to dare to plot against him, unless he dared to go against the interests of his own family.

  As he entered the northwest corner of the training grounds, Nie Kong was slightly taken aback. The area between the trees was crowded with people, and almost every red birch tree had been occupied. As soon as his figure appeared, dozens of gazes shot over to him, filled with surprise, curiosity, suspicion, teasing, and ridicule.

  "Look, look, Nie Kong, who rose three ranks in two days and is known as the 'genius among geniuses', has finally arrived."

  "He's the only wood-elemental spirit master of our Nie family in three hundred years? Hmm, not bad-looking, I'll get to know him better later."

  "Two days and three items, even the original Nie Feng Lei wasn't this crazy, you know Nie Feng Lei is hailed as the most outstanding genius in the family's history."

  Otherwise, how dare he call himself 'the genius among geniuses'?

  "Hey, does he even qualify to call himself 'genius among geniuses'? Nie Fenglei was enlightened at 12, merged with the divine at 15, and transformed his spirit at 19. That's what I call a true 'genius among geniuses'. What about this Nie Kong? He's already 18 but only managed to gather sixth-grade spiritual energy. He's not even worthy of holding Nie Fenglei's shoes."

  "It can't be said like this, Nian Kong was still a first-rate cultivator just a few days ago, and now he's already promoted to sixth grade, this speed is simply a miracle."

  “……”

  Some people say the words "genius among geniuses" in a deliberately loud voice, making Nie Kong's teeth ache. Although I want to create this effect, when did I ever call myself "genius among geniuses"? It's you guys who put this hat on my head, isn't it?

  In his past life, Nie Kong had experienced the power of the Eight Trigrams multiple times. In this life, he was experiencing it again. However, whenever some novel news passed through dozens or hundreds of people's mouths, they would become exaggerated and absurd. Nie Kong didn't bother to pay attention to these idle chatterers and continued searching in the forest on his own.

  After a dozen seconds or so, Nie Kong's eyes lit up as he found that there was still an empty spot at the edge of the Lin Clan's position for a Red Plum Tree.

  What good luck? To prevent the last red sandalwood from being occupied by others, Nie Kong didn't hesitate at all and rushed over in three strides.

  A tall and majestic figure suddenly appeared from the side, standing in front of Nie Kong, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Hey! Brother, I'll take this red sandalwood first!"

  "Huh?"

  Nie Kong furrowed his brow slightly, looking at the guy in front of him. This person was about 1.8 meters tall, with a robust physique, and his dark face still had a hint of youthfulness, also around fifteen or sixteen years old.

  "I heard that your cultivation speed is even faster than Nie Fenglei's, and you've gone from gathering spirit first grade to sixth grade in just a few short days. My brother, my hand is itching, I want to spar with you, if I win, this position will be yours." The black-faced youth said with a hint of a sneer and an unquestionable tone.

  "Alright, alright, let's have one, let's have one."

  "Nie Kong, answer him. This black devil is really asking for a beating. You are the genius among geniuses, and for those who dare to provoke you, you must trample them ruthlessly!"

  “……”

  The people around were mostly young men of similar age, who were now excited like they had been injected with chicken blood, shouting loudly in unison.

  At this time, Nie Kong still didn't know whether it was his good luck or the black-faced youth intentionally leaving a red thread to lure him in. The people around who were stirring up trouble with all sorts of words, making Nie Kong agree to a duel, were probably all accomplices of that black-faced youth.

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