The next day, Ning Xuan left for the Earth Fire Room to cultivate. Just as she stepped out of the courtyard, Jia Shiyi—the man from the day before who could turn invisible—appeared, saying Lin Mo wished to see her.
"I made myself perfectly clear yesterday. Lin Mo and I will have nothing to do with each other, so there’s no need for us to et," Ning Xuan said, frowning.
"Miss Ning, my master asked to relay a ssage. He has absolutely never done anything to harm you. He knows you were targeted in an assassination attempt and has already sent people to the Slaughter Pavilion to investigate. If this incident has you worried that he might an you harm, he is willing to explain everything to you in person." Although Jia Shiyi was blocking her path, his attitude was extrely courteous.
"Chen Nan!" Ning Xuan called out. Chen Nan imdiately understood her intent. He shot forward and shoved Jia Shiyi. "Get out of the way! My Contractor doesn’t want to see you!"
The two were evenly matched in overall strength. They traded blows, pushing and shoving each other all the way to the entrance of the Earth Fire Room. Seeing no opportunity to pester her further, Jia Shiyi temporarily withdrew.
Lin Mo, who was waiting nearby, heard Jia Shiyi’s report and understood Ning Xuan’s stance. He sighed and went to find Chen Hui. Pressured by Lin Mo, Chen Hui had no choice but to write a letter to his younger brother and give it to him.
Thus, on the morning of the third day, Chen Nan received a letter delivered by one of Lin Mo’s n. Though highly reluctant, he showed it to Ning Xuan after reading it.
Although Lin Mo had never been to Extre Cold City, he was well-inford about the situation there. He was certain that Chen Nan had initially brought Ning Xuan to the city without her knowledge. However, upon learning that she went to the Earth Fire Room for Cultivation and Alchemy every day, he quickly understood why she was willing to stay.
The letter was addressed to Chen Nan, but Lin Mo was certain he wouldn’t dare keep its intended ssage from Ning Xuan.
The ssage Lin Mo wanted to convey to Ning Xuan was simple. He stated that when it ca to Fire Elent Energy, Extre Cold City’s was negligible. He had access to many locations with far stronger energy. He could provide her with better cultivation resources and even find the best Alchemy Masters to ntor her, helping her achieve far greater success in Alchemy.
Chen Nan watched anxiously as Ning Xuan finished reading. His own abilities were limited, and his family didn’t value him, so he couldn’t mobilize their resources for her. He truly couldn’t offer her anything better. And everything Lin Mo had written... it was all true.
After reading the letter, Ning Xuan tossed it back to Chen Nan and resud her daily practice. The next day, however, she didn’t go to the Earth Fire Room to cultivate. Instead, she took all the dicine she had crafted and stockpiled to the market. She had already found a shop to sell them on consignnt. Her dicine was of high purity with almost no impurities, and she had potions of every level: Low-level, Mid-level, and High-level Compound Potions. They were t with widespread acclaim as soon as they hit the market. The fever suppression dicine, a new type of dicine, was particularly sought after. Despite its high price, the limited supply and official certification of analysis ant it was sold out in an instant.
The mont this batch of dicine hit the market, the na "Miss Ning" spread like wildfire. With her earnings, Ning Xuan went to the Divine Weapon Grocery Store to pick out a few suitable weapons. She planned to venture outside the safe zone to the S-Class hazardous area, the Black Water Ice Prison, in search of sothing.
Over the past month, the special energy had forced open all the acupoints in her body, but she was still unable to withstand the shock of her Superpower Body awakening.
She had scoured every alchemical resource she could find, finally discovering a formula in a tattered old book titled *Alchemy Miscellaneous Records*: the Body Refining Potion.
The Body Refining Potion could temper the body and improve its physical strength. It was a Star Rank compound dicine made mostly from High-level Exotic Plants. Its composition was so complex that only a Spirit Controller with powerful spiritual power could successfully craft it.
Generally, Spirit Controllers with an A-level Spiritual Power Level or lower could only refine High-level Compound dicine at best, earning them the rank of High-level Alchemist.
Only those with an S-Class Spiritual Power Level or higher could craft Star-grade dicine, earning them the title of Alchemy Master.
The formula she found was for a heavily modified version of the Body Refining Potion. It substituted the original’s auxiliary ingredients with lower-grade alternatives. For instance, the SS-level Exotic Plant, the Yunlian Flower, could be replaced with the Foggy Flower—a local specialty of the Black Water Ice Prison that had the sa effect. As for the main ingredient, an S-Class Exotic Beast’s inner core was needed, and an Ice Python Inner Core would work. Conveniently, Ice Pythons were known to inhabit the Ice Lake within the Black Water Ice Prison.
When Chen Nan learned of her plan, he looked as if he’d been struck by lightning. He wanted to send her away imdiately—anything was better than her marching to her death in the Black Water Ice Prison, because he would undoubtedly have to die with her.
"Why the long face? I’ve been planning this ever since I got the Body Refining Potion formula. This isn’t so impulsive decision to go hunt an Ice Python!" Ning Xuan said with disdain, seeing the world-ending look on Chen Nan’s face.
"Contractor, the Black Water Ice Prison is an S-Class hazardous area, and the Ice Lake is a forbidden zone within it! Those Ice Pythons may be rated as S-Class Exotic Beasts, but they’ve been S-Class for centuries. Their actual Combat Power far exceeds their Level! Plus, they’re Ice Attribute beasts that can manipulate the weather around the lake, making them extrely difficult to handle. I can go hunt one myself, but you really can’t go!" Chen Nan wasn’t even confident he could successfully hunt an Ice Python on his own; protecting Ning Xuan at the sa ti would be impossible.
"I already told you, I’ve been planning this for a long ti. If you don’t want to go, I’ll just hire a rcenary Corps to take !" The dicine she had crafted had earned her plenty of Extre Cold City’s universal currency. As long as she paid, she could sign a contract and hire them for the job.
"I’ll go! How could I not go? Contractor, you’re right, we can hire a rcenary Corps. In fact, I know a few highly-rated teams. I’ll contact them today!" Hearing that Ning Xuan was willing to bring rcenaries along, Chen Nan felt a wave of relief.
He quickly contacted two S-Class rcenary Corps he had dealt with before. One had six mbers, the other seven, all male Spirit Controllers between 20 and 40 years old. Half of them were S-Class and the other half were A-level. By the ti the contracts were signed, it was already 10:00 AM. Ning Xuan insisted on leaving that day, so Chen Nan rented a vehicle from the administration center, assembled the teams, checked their equipnt, and they departed from the safe zone.
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