Under the astonished gazes of Nangong Lie and the others, a ball of raging flames rushed out from the Mist Sword. Immediately after, it transformed into a pocket-sized person, appearing rather cute. It was undoubtedly Huo Li, and at this moment, it was holding the Raging Flames Crystal Ball.
Nangong Lie and the others' curiosity towards Huo Li immediately disappeared when they saw the crystal ball. All of their gazes were focused on the crystal ball with blazing passion.
"Brother Lu …" Nangong Lie looked at Lu Xuan, but he did not directly ask for it.
Lu Xuan smiled and said, "Brother Nangong, you didn't tell me how to keep this crystal ball, and I almost failed at the last moment. This thing is extremely hot, and it can't be kept in a storage ring. Fortunately, my Fire Spirit can keep it, or else I wouldn't have been able to bring it back."
Nangong Lie smiled and said, "It was an emergency at that time, so I forgot about this matter. Brother Lu, my Nangong Family will remember your great kindness."
Lu Xuan nodded and said to Huo Li, "Huo Li, give the crystal ball to Brother Nangong."
"Envoy!"
"Master!"
Yi Yong and Huo Li shouted at the same time. From Yi Yong's point of view, if the Nangong Family were to do something with the crystal ball in their hands, they wouldn't dare to disobey. He had already suggested this to Lu Xuan before, but he didn't expect that Lu Xuan would still want to return the inheritance to the Nangong Family.
As for Huo Li, his thoughts were very simple. He hadn't played enough with such a good treasure. He had been by Lu Xuan's side for a period of time, and so far, the Raging Flame Crystal Ball had the strongest flame aura among all the things he had seen.
Lu Xuan waved his hand, signaling Yi Yong to stop talking. He then looked at Nangong Lie and said, "Although Brother Nangong and I haven't known each other for long, we can be considered friends. Since this is the inheritance of the Nangong Family, I have no reason to keep it for myself. Although I will need Brother Nangong's help with what I'm about to do, I believe that even if I don't use the Raging Flame Crystal Ball as a bargaining chip, you won't just stand by and watch. "
Nangong Lie's eyes flashed with a strange light. Lu Xuan's words had greatly improved his opinion of Lu Xuan and the Jiuehua Alliance. The world of cultivation was full of profit and gain, and there were many times you couldn't tell if your friends would stab you in the back for the sake of profit. But it was precisely because of this that treating others with sincerity was so valuable. It made people feel good.
Of course, if Lu Xuan had the Flaming Crystal Orb, then Nangong Lie would've followed his orders. But now, Nangong Lie couldn't just sit back and do nothing. Even in Jiuhua Alliance territory, he couldn't help but harbor thoughts of betrayal.
From Nangong Lie's point of view, Lu Xuan's actions were no longer a favor, but a transaction. Lu Xuan would help him obtain the inheritance, and he would help Lu Xuan handle the matters of the Holy Temple of Eight Directions. The union of profit was strong, but short-lived. Friendship, on the other hand, seemed fragile, but it was incomparably long.
"Brother Lu, you treat me with sincerity, and I, Nangong Lie, am not someone who doesn't know what's good for him. Now that the Nangong Family is leaving, there's no need to be afraid of making a scene. As long as it doesn't threaten the survival of the Nangong Family, we will do our best!" Nangong Lie said sincerely.
"Do our best" and "do our best" seemed to have the same meaning, but the meaning behind them was enormous.
At Lu Xuan's command, Huo Li reluctantly flew to Nangong Lie's side, holding the Raging Flame Crystal Ball as he offered it to him.
Nangong Lie smiled, but didn't take it. Instead, he said, "Brother Lu, since you were able to obtain a divine object like the Fire Spirit, I presume that your mastery of the fire attribute cultivation method isn't low. Brother Lu, you deserve the most credit for retrieving the Raging Flame Crystal Ball. You even killed Fang Yuanbai on your own. You've expended a lot of energy, so I won't be taking the Raging Flame Crystal Ball back for now. I'll lend it to you for three days. If the opportunity presents itself, I'm sure Brother Lu will reap great benefits. "
Nangong Tianhan frowned slightly, stroked his beard, and glanced at Nangong Lie. Nangong Lie gently shook his head. Nangong Tianhan's meaning was clear. The Raging Flame Crystal Ball was the inheritance of the Nangong Family. It wasn't good to lend it to an outsider so casually.
However, Nangong Lie was also a person who would repay kindness. The Raging Flame Crystal Ball had fallen into Lu Xuan's hands, and he had even taken the initiative to return it to Nangong Lie. So what if he lent the Raging Flame Crystal Ball to Lu Xuan for three days? If Lu Xuan was able to benefit from it, it would be Lu Xuan's own good fortune. Besides, Nangong Lie really wanted to be on good terms with Lu Xuan. He realized that ever since he'd met Lu Xuan, he'd never been able to see through Lu Xuan.
In the beginning, Lu Xuan had been a wolf in sheep's clothing. Needless to say, he'd scared Nangong Lie away. Then, he'd made successive breakthroughs in a short period of time, and single-handedly fought off the Sikong Family's pursuit. It had only been a year since he'd last seen Lu Xuan, but Lu Xuan had risen from a disciple of a fourth-rank sect to a special envoy of the Nine Eastern Alliance. Not only that, his strength had broken through three minor realms. Every one of these feats was extremely shocking, enough to make people feel incredulous.
Because Nangong Lie couldn't see through Lu Xuan, his intuition told him that befriending Lu Xuan was more important than befriending the Nine Eastern Alliance. He had to admit that this intuition was ridiculous. No matter how strong a person was, how could he compare to a colossus like the Nine Eastern Alliance? But even though it was such a ridiculous intuition, Nangong Lie still chose to believe it.
Lu Xuan was rather surprised by Nangong Lie's decision. There was no clan that did not view their inheritance as extremely important. Even the descendants of their own clan would have to go through many trials to obtain the inheritance. However, Nangong Lie had given it to him so casually. If he had enough comprehension, he would be able to do a lot of things in three days.
Back in the Crimson Flame Palace, when Lu Xuan discovered that he couldn't hold the Flaming Crystal Orb, he had suspected Nangong Lie. He suspected that Nangong Lie was worried that Lu Xuan would steal the Nangong family's inheritance, and that's why he didn't tell him how to obtain it. But now it seemed that it was an unintentional mistake.
After a moment's thought, Lu Xuan finally nodded his head. He accepted Nangong Lie's kindness. Though he still didn't know what the Flaming Crystal Orb was, if it was something that Huo Li treasured so much, it couldn't be anything ordinary. Otherwise, how could the magnificent Li Fire Essence be unable to part with it?
"Since brother Nangong is so generous, it would be impolite of me to refuse. In the future, when we return to the Nine Eastern Alliance, as long as the Nangong family doesn't challenge the authority of the Nine Eastern Alliance, if there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask me." Lu Xuan made his promise.
But as soon as he said this, everyone looked askance at him. Aside from challenging the authority of the Nine Eastern Alliance, he could ask Lu Xuan for anything else? This kind of words was not something that an ordinary envoy could say. Those who dared to say such words were at least elders with great authority. People like Long Boming could barely do this.
Nangong Lie, Nangong Tianhan, and the others all began to speculate. Could it be that Lu Xuan was a descendant of one of the elders in the Nine Eastern Alliance? But there wasn't a famous elder with the surname Lu in the Nine Eastern Alliance. They couldn't figure it out. If it weren't for the fact that Lu Xuan's surname was Lu, not Ye, and the fact that Ye Wuhen, the leader of the Nine Eastern Alliance, had no children, they would've thought of Ye Wuhen's heir.
"Good! Then I'll be counting on brother Lu to take care of me in the future. " Nangong Lie laughed. He didn't dwell on Lu Xuan's identity. After a pause, he said, "If that's the case, then we'll take our leave. Your alliance knows how to contact us. Brother Lu, if there's anything you need, just send someone to contact us."
"Wait." Lu Xuan smiled. He tossed a storage ring to Nangong Lie. "I've brought back the cultivation resources beside the Flaming Crystal. They're all in here. Hmm … aside from some that Huo Li ate."
The Nangong family didn't refuse this time. They reached out and accepted the storage ring. Without Scarlet Flame City as their foundation, they didn't dare to move around as they pleased. This past year, the Nangong family had been living a very difficult life. Now that these resources had arrived, it could be said that their urgent situation had been resolved.
Nangong Lie looked at Huo Li and smiled. "Your name is Huo Li? Huo Li, Li Huo. You seem to be fated with the Fire Forest. If you ever want to eat, you can come find me. "
At this moment, Nangong Lie's performance was like a strange uncle trying to trick an ignorant girl. The Fire Spirit was a divine creature that could only be encountered by chance. Moreover, it often had many strange abilities, and its control of fire abilities was also extremely profound. Nangong Lie really wanted to communicate with the Fire Spirit.
"Really? I can eat anything? "Huo Li's eyes lit up at the mention of food. He floated to Nangong Lie's shoulder.
As soon as Huo Li came over, Nangong Lie felt an incomparably dense power of fire condense around him. It made him feel extremely comfortable. The yuan qi in his body couldn't help but become active. He couldn't help but praise Lu Xuan's luck. If he had a Fire Spirit like this, he would've cut the time needed to break through to the peak of the Great Void Realm by half.
"Of course, you can eat anything." Nangong Lie smiled and coaxed Huo Li.
Huo Li didn't stand on ceremony. He shook the Raging Flame Crystal Ball in his hand and said, "I want to eat it!"
After saying that, he pretended to take a bite. Nangong Lie immediately waved his hand in fright. "Don't. You can eat anything but that."
Huo Li snorted and flew away from Nangong Lie's shoulder. "You're a liar. You're not a good person."
Nangong Lie smiled bitterly and wiped his sweat. Although the Fire Spirit was extremely precious, the Raging Flame Crystal Ball contained the unique inheritance of the Nangong Family.
Shaking his head, Nangong Lie cupped his hands at Lu Xuan and the others. He then led the Nangong Family members away.
"Patriarch, this Special Envoy Lu seems to have an extraordinary identity …" Nangong Tianhan whispered as he walked.
"He's indeed extraordinary. I can't see through him at all. Uncle Han, you didn't see his performance in the sealed land. You know Sikong Bei. That old man sneaked into the sealed land, but Lu Xuan killed him with his strength that had just broken through to the second level of the Great Void Stage. If not for that, I wouldn't have had the chance to come back alive. However, his performance this time was shocking enough. Tsk tsk, Fang Yuanbai was at the pinnacle of the Great Void Stage, but he still died in his hands. I really can't see through his strength. "
As the two spoke, Nangong Tianyou listened quietly. The group of Ninjas gradually walked away.
Seeing that the Nangong Family members had disappeared, Lu Xuan turned around and walked toward the Anying Hall's encampment. He couldn't wait to study the mysterious and powerful Raging Flame Crystal Ball.
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