Chereads / My Second Chance in Life. / Chapter 31 - Meeting Nie Li.

Chapter 31 - Meeting Nie Li.

"The City Lord's Mansion? It was the largest construct here in the city, so how could you get lost?" Huyan Lanruo said. 'Hehe, how could you get lost while searching for The City Lord's Mansion? You're obviously here because you are charmed by my beauty... but since you are handsome, I'll let you be my underling..'

"I'm sorry. My mind was very blurry and I couldn't remember where it was. Can you help me?" Hazuki said as he looked at Huyan Lanruo with pitiful eyes.

Inwardly, he was thinking. 'Heh, what a lousy excuse. She must be thinking I approached her due to her beauty...'

"Is that so? Then, follow me." Then she walked towards the left street.

"Who's that bastard? I'm so envious!" One of the two men behind Hazuki said.

"Where is the city lord's mansion? What b*llshit, who doesn't know where the city lord's mansion is?!"

While Hazuki was walking with Huyan Lanruo, he was bombarded with envious stares from the men around.

Huyan Lanruo, on the other hand, was basking on their stares, as if saying 'Look at how beautiful I am!'.

"What business do you have with the City Lord's Mansion? Most of the people who are going there are either, A family head or the Lord's servants." She looked at him up and down then added.

"You're definitely not a family head and based on your attire, you aren't a servant either. So why..?"

Hazuki stared at her and thought to himself. 'I shouldn't have approached this narcissistic young lady..'

"I'm visiting the Mansion for personal matters, so please don't ask about it too much.." he said with a troubled tone.

"Oh, is that so? Then I won't ask about it.."

"By the way, which noble family are you from, little brother?" Huyan Lanruo asked. She has been observing him until now and she couldn't sense anything from him that belongs to a commoner.

"I'm only an insignificant commoner, please don't mind me, young miss." Hazuki wants to arrive in the City Lord's Mansion very quickly in order to be freed from this lady.

After a few minutes of walking, they finally saw the largest construct in the city.

The surrounding infrastructures were quite low, making to whole Mansion stand out. There were many trees around and a large space for different facilities

The guards in front looked imposing and solemn. They stood tall by the gate with their spears beside them.

"That's the City Lord's Mansion, little brother. Let's go try to get in." Huyan Lanruo said. Since she was already here, she might as well visit Nie Li, whom she hadn't seen since a few days ago.

Both of them walked towards the mansion and came to the front gate.

The guards who were guarding the gate crossed their spears in front of the gate and asked. "What is your purpose?"

Huyan Lanruo politely said. "I'm Huyan Lanruo from the Huyan family. I'm looking for my friend, Nie Li, who was under the City Lord's protection. Can I go and see him?"

The guards then let her enter after they saw her family token, but Hazuki was stopped by them.

"See you later, little brother." she said after seeing Hazuki was stopped by the guards.

She wouldn't wait for him, she has only met him for a few minutes after all.

"You, what is your purpose inside the city lords mansion?" guard(1) asked.

"I want to meet lord Ye Xiu. I have an important business to offer him." Hazuki said as he looked at the guard with a solemn stare.

"What is your name?" The guard(1) asked.

"Hazuki Hayate."

The guards whispered to each other. "Wait here for a while. We will inform lord Ye Xiu of your presence." the guard(1) said.

The other guard(2) ran inside to go inform Ye Xiu of Hazuki's appearance.

Hazuki waited at the gate for a few minutes until the guard came back. The guard(2) said. "Lord Ye Xiu and The City Lord wants to meet you. Come with me."

'Why do both of them want to see me? Well, it's better this way, I can arrange my stay in the mansion easier this way.' Hazuki thought.

They walked past many courtyards and many facilities inside the mansion. Hazuki can also feel 3 females and 1 male presence nearby. It should be Nie Li, Ye Ziyun, Huyan Lanruo, and Nie Yu.

After a few minutes of walking, both of them arrived in front of a large building with stone steps.

Suddenly, many guards came and formed a line parallel to the path towards the Mansion.

Hazuki and the other guard(2) walked towards the Mansion. After Hazuki stepped on the first stone step, the soldiers lined up behind him and followed. Like escorting a criminal in ancient times.

The guard(2) walked inside and led Hazuki in a meeting room with a long table.

A purple-haired man sat at the opposite side, his hands below his chin. An elderly man was sitting beside him and both of them looked at Hazuki seriously.

"Who are you and what is your purpose?" Ye Zong asked. Both of them were alert as they faced the young man in front of them. That's because earlier, while they were planning about how to capture the sacred family, they felt a disturbance in the atmosphere as if a strong demon-spirit suddenly appeared near them.

Hazuki can feel the strong fighting spirit coming off from Ye Zong and Ye Xiu, he can also feel multiple presences around him ready to attack.

"I am Hazuki Hayate and you don't need to be so wary of me, City lord Ye Zong."

"Don't play games with me, what is your purpose?!" Ye Zong shouted the atmosphere is getting heavier as time passed. Ye Zong was prepared to kill this young man in front of him. He must eliminate anyone who could possibly threaten Glory City's safety.

"Direct to the point, huh. Okay, I am here to ask for a place to stay. In exchange, I will help you deal with a single thing you request. You can treat me like a mercenary." Hazuki carelessly said.

Ye Zong and Ye Xiu then gestured with their hands.

Suddenly, many people appeared, from the walls, ceiling and the soldiers outside came and aimed their weapons at Hazuki.

"You want to stay in the City Lord's Mansion?! What are you planning?! Are you with the Dark Guild?!" Ye Zong stood up, anger evident on his face.

The soldiers around aimed their weapons a little closer, to reach Hazuki quickly if the City Lord ordered.

"Dark guild? Who're they? A bunch of kids trying to play the bad guys?" Hazuki, who's being suspected couldn't take their suspicion anymore and began to retort.

Ye Zong was stunned, then he said with a calmer voice. "If you are not from the Dark guild, what is your real purpose by trying to stay here in the Mansion?"

"I'm really not from the Dark Guild and the reason I want to stay here is because of Nie Li." Hazuki said. He wants to meet Nie Li in order to receive 'guidance' from him.

Well, not really guidance but his supreme cultivation techniques.

"Why do you want to meet that brat?" Ye Zong was finally curious about Hazuki's objectives. 'Could he be that brat's friend? Impossible, he should have stated it outright if he wanted to visit Nie Li.'

If he's an assassin sent to kill Nie Li, then he wouldn't have come here so directly to ask for permission to stay inside the city lord's mansion.

'This kid doesn't even look fazed even after being aimed at by so many weapons..'

"If you are offering your strength in exchange for a favor, then you should be quite powerful." Ye Zong narrowed his eyes as he stared at Hazuki with a grin.

"Fight me. If you can last five minutes against me, then I will allow your request." Ye Zong walked outside and went to his courtyard.

Hazuki was escorted by the mansion guards as he followed Ye Zong towards the courtyard.

They arrived in a place where there were many pillars erected in a specific manner. Ye Zong stood in the center of the pillars as he mentioned him to come over.

"As long as you can last five minutes against me, then I will grant your request. Do you agree?" Ye Zong asked Hazuki.

"Of course, can I even refuse?" Hazuki replied. 'Ye Zong is so cunning, if it was any other person, they wouldn't even be able to last for 10 seconds inside this killing array. Well, this is useless against me.'

Ye Xiu suddenly said. "City Lord, are you sure about this?" he can feel that Ye Zong might kill Hazuki if this continued.

"Don't worry, Ye Xiu. I am only going to teach him a lesson that not everyone can stay in my Mansion!" Ye Zong stared at Hazuki with a grin. 'I can finally vent some of my irritation caused by that brat!'

Then Ye Zong charged towards Hazuki quickly, he's not going easy against someone who might be a threat to Glory City.

While he was running, Ye Zong, made a grabbing motion towards Hazuki. He was thinking of controlling Hazuki's body to attract him to himself then pummel the hell out of him.

Hazuki was controlled and started levitating towards Ye Zong's direction quickly. But he didn't resist and allowed Ye Zong to control his body. Coupled with Ye Zong's charge, Hazuki immediately arrived in front of Ye Zong.

Ye Zong punched towards Hazuki's stomach with his right fist.

*Hit* Hazuki caught Ye Zong's fist with his left hand and chopped towards his head with his right hand.

*Boom!* Ye Zong's head struck the ground due to the sheer force behind Hazuki's hand chop.

Hazuki was released from Ye Zong's control the moment his head struck the ground. Cracks appeared on the ground and Ye Zong's head was embedded in the ground.

Ye Xiu and the mansion guards immediately came towards Ye Zong and checked his condition. The guards unsheathed their weapons once again and aimed it at Hazuki.

Ye Xiu held Ye Zong up and saw he only had light scratches on his face and a slight bump on his head where Hazuki struck.

"Does this count as lasting five minutes against you, City Lord Ye Zong?" Hazuki said as if rubbing salt on Ye Zong's wounds.

As expected, as soon as Ye Zong heard this sentence, he immediately flared up. He stared at Hazuki with an angry face and said. "Now you've done it, you b*stard..!"

Ye Zong's body suddenly enlarged, he was enveloped by dragon scales and a dragon tail appeared behind him. He had a helmet on and his whole body was emitting a fiery aura. This was his demon-spirit, A black scaled earth dragon.

Ye Zong once again charged towards Hazuki, but this time, he didn't try to control Hazuki's body and he was rushing at him faster.

In an instant, he arrived in front of Hazuki and punched his face.

Hazuki didn't dodge and countered with his own punch.

*Boom!* Ye Zong felt extreme power rushing through his arms threatening to break it thoroughly. The black scales on his right arm also cracked and fell off one by one.

Ye Zong distanced himself from Hazuki and stared at him seriously. 'Who the hell is this kid?! How powerful! The moment our fists met, my punch was completely overpowered!'

He stared at Hazuki's eyes and saw amusement within it. He was irritated, 'Did he just look at me with amusement..? This kid is underestimating me... You might be stronger than me physically, but we are currently inside the ten thousand demonic beast array!'

Ye Zong then made hand signs and suddenly, the pillars around released light. The ground was engraved with a star-shaped pattern with foreign language written on each line.

Demonic spirits suddenly manifested mid-air and attacked Hazuki. All of them came together from above as they shoved themselves towards Hazuki.

After seeing them coming from above, Hazuki pulled his right arm back and coated it with Chakra.

Then he punched upwards, blasting everything above him. The demon spirits bumped into each other and were blown away for quite some distance.

Everyone was stunned. 'Is this even humanely possible?!' Ye Zong thought. The power to blast black-gold demon spirits with the wind pressure alone is something almost impossible.

Ye Zong immediately turned off the array. He looked at Hazuki seriously and said. "Are you sure you only want a residence and we can use your strength a single time?"

This deal was a great deal for him. He has already witnessed Hazuki's strength, and he was weaker compared to Hazuki. He turned off the array because he can feel no ill intent from him.

'If this kid really wanted to kill me, he would've done so earlier when he struck my head.' Ye Zong thought.

"Of course, I wouldn't go back on my word." Hazuki nodded.

Ye Zong started thinking for a moment, then said. "Okay, I'll give you the courtyard now. Follow me."

Ye Zong then started walking. They passed many empty residences but Ye Zong only stopped in front of a residence where there are presences nearby.

"There, you can occupy that place. This place is also a little closer to Nie Li's place so you can meet him there." Ye Zong pointed on the courtyard a few tens of meters on Hazuki's left.

It was Ye Ziyun's courtyard where Nie Li was also staying. Ye Zong was staying in a nearby residence to monitor them all, that's the reason why he gave this particular residence to Hazuki.

"But I'll remind you, once I sense even the slightest malice from you, I won't hesitate to use the killing array to destroy you." Ye Zong warned then he came back towards the meeting room together with Ye Xiu.

Hazuki didn't take Ye Zong's threat seriously. 'Even if you use that, you won't be able to destroy me...' he looked at his residence but didn't enter it immediately.

He walked towards the neighboring courtyard where he can feel multiple presences. 'It should be from Nie Li and his group.'

He strolled around the courtyard until he reached the location where Nie Li and the others are.

There were eight people there, namely: Nie Li, Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, Du Ze, Lu Piao, Zhang Ming, Zhu Xiangjun and Duan Jian.

They were talking to each other when they suddenly felt someone pass-by their courtyard.

They all looked and saw Hazuki coming towards them.

Nie Li looked at Hazuki in alarm while the others are looking at him with a confused look. 'Who's this?'

Nie Li already found out what happened earlier in Ye Zong's courtyard. He rushed there the moment he felt the ground tremble and Ye Zong's roar.

After he arrived there, he witnessed Hazuki blasting the demon spirits with the mere wind pressure from his punch. 'This man is dangerous, that level of strength is almost on par with the peak of legend rank. Also, I don't remember him in any of my memories... What could be his purpose here..?'

'Could he be here for Ziyun? I'll teach him a lesson no matter how powerful he might be if he's after Ziyun...'

Hazuki approached them and said. "Hello, who among you is Nie Li?" he said with the most amicable look he can.

"You're here for Nie Li? Weird, do you swing that way?" Lu Piao said with an unfriendly tone. 'What does this boytoy need?'

A vein almost popped out of Hazuki's forehead. 'Swing that way?! I'll spank you Lil' kid!'

But he calmed himself and said. "City Lord said that the cultivation genius, Nie Li, is here. I am here to learn how to cultivate. So, where is he?"

'Bullsh*t, learn how to cultivate?! With that kind of strength, you aren't a demon spiritualist!? I wouldn't be shocked if you said you are a legend rank fighter, but this? It's a huge lie!' Nie Li thought.

'Also, why would I teach you? I don't even know you and you want to learn from me? No way!'

Hazuki observed them as they looked towards the Orange-haired kid in unison. Of course, Hazuki know who Nie Li is, he's just asking to avoid suspicion.

Nie Li looked at them with a wry smile. They immediately sole me out?!

"Why me? The City Lord could've taught you by himself.." Nie Li said.

"The City Lord is busy, and he referred me to this place. He said that you are the best among your generation, so I came here to make acquaintances" Hazuki replied.

"So, can you teach me?" he added.

Ye Ziyun then whispered to Nie Li. "If he's sent here by my father, then you should probably teach him..."

"Okay, okay. But I'll only teach you the basics on how to cultivate, okay?" Nie Li agreed reluctantly. Since Ye Ziyun said it, he will do it. 'Father-in-law, why would you send someone like him here...'

"That's great. I am Hazuki Hayate, nice to meet you Nie Li." Hazuki introduced himself.

After that, they introduced themselves one by one with Du Ze being the first. Although he looked serious all the time, the most friendly among them is surely Du Ze.

"Sit on top of this rock." Nie Li patted the rock next to him. He then started explaining the cultivation of soul force.

"Cultivation is the absorption of soul force from the surroundings and make it your own. Cultivation techniques will help you absorb the soul force and integrate it with your soul. Once you reached 100 soul force, you will be a bronze rank-1 and so on..." Nie Li said only the 'basics' of the basics. Meaning, all that he explained are common knowledge among the people inside Glory city.

"Cultivation technique, huh. Do you have one with you? I can use something in exchange for it." Hazuki said after hearing Nie Li's explanation.

Nie Li looked at him with a dumb stare. 'Do you think I will teach you my supreme technique's because you asked for it? Anyway, nothing in the Tiny world can attract my attention anymore..'

"What can you even exchange for it? My techniques cannot be taught to anyone." Nie Li said.

Hazuki then approached Nie Li's ear, then whispered. "Glory City's safety. If you can teach me a technique, I will help Glory City in dealing with that Beast tide." This time, Hazuki was referring to the beast tide that was hundreds of millions level. The same beast tide that destroyed Glory City in the past.

The Beast tide tomorrow was his main aim by coming to this world.

It was killing two birds in one stone. He can receive a cultivation technique from Nie Li and also earn system points.

Nie Li was shocked and immediately retreated away from Hazuki. He stared at Hazuki seriously and said. "Why do you know about this?! Are you from the Dark Guild?!"

Everyone around was also on high-alert after they heard Nie Li's words. 'Dark Guild?!' then they brought out their weapons and readied to fight.

Hazuki laughed at them. "Why are you all so alert? I am not from the dark guild. If I am, then the City Lord wouldn't have allowed me here."

Other than Nie Li, everyone relaxed since that was the truth. The city lord wouldn't allow just anyone inside the mansion.

'How could he know about that? Don't tell me he also had a page of the temporal demon spirit book and was reincarnated? But that doesn't explain why he approached me. It should be impossible to know that I have reincarnated here in the past...' Nie Li thought. He was already confused with Hazuki's appearance and now, he was even more confused due to his words.

Nie Li looked at Hazuki seriously then said. "Come with me. Everyone else, stay here and don't even follow." Nie Li then entered his residence with Hazuki.

"Tell me the truth, who are you? Are you a member of the dark guild or the city lord's subordinate?"

"I am neither. I am only here to ask for a suitable cultivation technique for me, nothing more." Hazuki said with his arms behind his head.

"Then, what you mean a beast tide?" Nie Li probed.

"Don't play dumb with me, Nie Li. I also know something about you. Did you really think that only Ying Yueru can do divinations?" Hazuki said his trump card. If he said that he can use divination and also mention his master's name, then the fact that he knows some of the future can be explained.

Of course, it's a gamble since Nie Li might still not believe him.

"....!" Nie Li was shocked after hearing that name. 'He can also use divinations?! And he knows my master too?! But if he' can use divination, then why would he ask me for a cultivation technique?! There's only one known divination technique and that's my master's Heaven's Divination!'

Nie Li looked at him seriously and asked. "Your claim has flaws. If you can really divine, then why would you ask me for a cultivation technique? Divination's must used by a cultivator with a particular Cultivation technique."

"I have my own means, Nie Li. You can say that I have already read your future, two years from now."

"If you can give me a Cultivation technique that I am satisfied with, then I will tell you an important thing that will happen in the future. And don't worry too much, I am not an enemy." Hazuki said.

Nie Li started to think for a moment then asked. "It's really impossible, how can you use divination's when you don't have a cultivation technique that peeks upon heavenly secrets?"

"Don't worry about it too much. So, will you give me a cultivation technique or not? The thing I will tell you is very important to Ye Ziyun too." Hazuki said. 'Nie Li would agree if it concerns Ye Ziyun', that's what Hazuki was thinking when he said these words.

As expected Nie Li was already considering the deal. "I can consider the deal only if you swear an oath. I will implant a devil's heart into you and if you didn't follow the oath, then you will be cursed by the heavenly Dao and you would turn into a cripple!"

"I swear that after I receive the cultivation technique, I will not do anything that may harm the glory city and the rest of humanity in this world!" Hazuki raised his right hand then swore.

Nie Li then planted the devil's heart inside Hazuki. "With this, I can trust you. Since you already took the oath, I should also complete my part of the deal. Let's go outside." Nie Li came outside and headed towards his friends.

'Since he took an oath that he will not do anything that can bring harm to humanity, I can rest assured that he's not from the dark guild. And surely, he's not from the Draconic ruins realm. Since people of that place couldn't enter the Tiny world.' Nie Li thought.

He can put his trust into Hazuki since he took an oath. He wouldn't break the oath and bring harm to himself, right?

After they got out, Nie Li sat beside Ye Ziyun. He asked Hazuki to sit in front of him.

"Hazuki, I'm going to teach you how to absorb the soul force in the surroundings before I give you the cultivation technique."

Then Nie Li first taught him how to sense the soul force in the surroundings.

Hazuki immediately sensed it. He thought of a possibility, 'Could this be because I have Yin nature? Since Yin Nature allows me to have an affinity with spiritual energies and soul force is surely a type of spiritual energy..'

Nie Li was shocked. 'He's a complete beginner and he can sense it that quickly?! He's talented!'

Then he taught Hazuki how to absorb the Soul Force in the surroundings.

Hazuki started doing what Nie Li instructed. Suddenly, the Soul Force in the surroundings was sucked by Hazuki. It was so abundant they can slightly perceive the Soul Force that Hazuki was absorbing.

Everyone was shocked. 'What the hell?! How could he cause so much disturbance in the surrounding Soul Force?!'

Nie Li was the most shocked one. He can feel that every corner of Hazuki's body was absorbing the Soul Force before it merged with his soul realm. [Soul realm is like the dantian.]

It's like Hazuki's whole body has a pathway inside that absorbs then delivers the Soul Force to his Soul Realm.

Everyone was shocked. Of course, Hazuki was also shocked by this occurrence.

'What the hell!? My Tenketsu can absorb the Soul Force?!' he was shocked after finding out that his Tenketsu was able to absorb the Soul Force.

He then increased the rate at which he absorbed the Soul Force.

*Boom!* The surrounding Soul Force rampaged as if scrambling to enter Hazuki's Tenketsu.

A few seconds later, Hazuki opened his eyes. He felt a new type of energy forming inside his body. 'This should be Soul Force. Can I combine it with my Chakra?' he thought.

Since Soul Force is spiritual energy, he might be able to combine it as long as his body was strong enough.

If he can really combine it the two, then his Chakra pool would enlarge and his chakra quality will increase further.

With the increased Chakra quality, all of his Chakra techniques would be enhanced.

After thinking for a while, Hazuki looked towards Nie Li and saw the shock on everyone's face.

'Ah, my rate of absorption might have shocked them..'

Lu Piao, the most outgoing among them, said. "What the heck?! It's as if your whole body was absorbing the Soul Force! How's that possible?"

Everyone nodded and looked at Hazuki as if expecting an explanation from him.

As he noticed their stares, Hazuki said. "Ah, it might be because of my special physique. I have something that can be called 'Tenketsu'. It's an energy pathway that I can use, to circulate the energies inside my body."

Nie Li was shocked after hearing this. 'Wouldn't that make him the greatest cultivation genius?! How unfair!'

Then he brought out an unused beginner's soul crystal and threw it towards Hazuki. "Hazuki, inject your soul force inside that crystal."

Everyone was observing Hazuki's crystal. They wanted to see what kind of color, Hazuki's soul realm, would release.

Hazuki then injected his Soul Force inside the crystal.

Suddenly, the crystal lit up with a purple glow. Pieces of soul power appeared and formed two distinct forms.

The first one was a black-colored flame and the other was a figure wielding the flame.

"...!" Nie Li was dumbfounded. He stood up and snatched the crystal from Hazuki's hands.

"Impossible... How could you have this combination..." Nie Li muttered as he stared at the form inside the soul crystal.

"A purple soul realm... with the Hellflame attribute and King of Hell soul form..." Nie Li then stared at Hazuki from head to toe.

'What unfairness! With one of the most powerful soul form and the highest class of soul realm, this bastard might be the luckiest person alive! And here I am! I have a scattered soul form with no attribute!' Nie Li thought with indignation painted across his face.

"Hell flame.. King of Hell.. That soul attribute and form looks awesome!" Lu Piao shouted.

Du Ze was observing Nie Li's face and saw the envy within it. 'To think that Nie Li would envy him...! Hazuki's soul attribute and form must be so rare and exceedingly powerful..!'

Nie Li then stared at Hazuki and said. "Your soul attribute is hell flame with King of Hell as the soul form. This is an incredibly rare soul attribute and form. So rare that both of them was crowned as one of the most powerful soul attribute and form to have ever existed."

"Possessing even one of them could be described as a fortune that is as high as the heavens. And you, possessing both of them, could be considered to be the luckiest bastard to have ever existed!" Nie Li said.

Hazuki wryly smiled at Nie Li's outburst of envy. 'Hell flames? King of Hell? Isn't that just because of my broken cheat, Amaterasu?'

"So, what cultivation technique will you give me?" Hazuki asked.

Nie Li thought for a moment then said. "Void god technique." Even though he wanted to give an average cultivation technique to Hazuki, he stopped himself. He couldn't just waste this kind of peerless talent, so he gave a cultivation technique almost on-par with his own.

Then Nie Li gave Hazuki the chant for the Void God technique. The moment Hazuki recited these chants in his mind. He felt the whole world around him being sucked inside him.

He thought incredulously. 'What the heck?! This technique will allow me to literally suck Soul Force out of nothingness?! Then, does that mean when I go to other worlds, I can suck Soul Force out of the surroundings too?!'

'This is great! I wouldn't have a problem with Soul Force even if I am in another world!' Hazuki thought.

If the Void god technique were to be used in this world, then the cultivator would be able to suck Soul Force out of everything. He would also have the ability to nullify attacks with his void power.

But the Void god technique's true potential would be explored by Hazuki! If he can suck Soul Force out of everything, including nothingness, then that also means he can cultivate it anywhere in the universe!

"I have already done my part of the deal. What are you going to do after this?" Nie Li really wanted Hazuki to join his team. With Hazuki's talent, it's guaranteed that he would reach the peak of power. And having him would help him in defeating Sage Emperor.

Hazuki immediately sensed Nie Li's intention and said. "I can't go with you guys."

Nie Li was immediately saddened. Even though he has just met Hazuki, he can feel that Hazuki will be a truly reliable ally against the Sage Emperor.

"But, If you really need my help against the Sage Emperor, then I will help. Take this as my repayment to this debt. This technique you gave me is actually far useful to me than I expected." Hazuki continued.

Nie Li's eyes immediately lit up. 'Yes! A powerful ally! With this, Defeating Sage Emperor could be achieved!'

"Thank you, Hazuki. From now on, you are my brother!" Nie Li smiled and said.

"You're welcome, 'little brother' Nie Li." Hazuki said.

Even though Nie Li's soul is older than Hazuki's, his physical body is younger.

"No way you're the older brother! You are going to be the 7th brother!" Nie Li rebutted.

Du Ze, Lu Piao, Wei Nan, Zhu Xiangjun and Zhang Ming also called Hazuki 7th brother since he was a new member.

They talked with each other for an hour before everyone decided to cultivate. At that time, Nie Li also introduced his 'girlfriend' and Xiao Ning'er to Hazuki.