Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 249: I’ve just recovered from a serious illness, I need to get an appearance fee!
On the dueling platform, Ning Yang’s Dao Body was dumbfounded.
At this moment, three classic questions circled nonstop in his mind.
Who am I? Where am I? What have I done?
He was completely numb, because this situation was something he had never even imagined. The ones standing before him just a moment ago were the top geniuses of this place! Weren’t all their efforts for the Ten Clans Competition, for the chance to ascend the Heavenly Ladder and escape this cage?!
But now, they had all given up! And the worst part was, it was all related to Ning Xuan!
He still remembered when the Human Realm Dao Body encountered Ning Xuan shortly after he first appeared here. Back then, in the eyes of this Realm’s people, Ning Xuan was a reviled pariah everyone wanted to crush.
How much time had passed since then? Now he had an absurdly luxurious mobile villa and a beautiful woman by his side. Most importantly, all these top geniuses were actually deferring to him!
Damn it! How did he manage that?!
Ning Yang’s Dao Body felt his composure about to shatter. However, a being who had been called the Human Emperor long ago was not someone who could be measured by common sense. His Dao Body was no exception.
Ning Yang’s Dao Body took a deep breath, his expression quickly becoming as calm as still water. He called out to the mobile villa again, "Ning Xuan, since they’re too afraid to fight me, you come!"
This time, without waiting for a response, he immediately added, "For your sake, those four have bet their futures!"
Ning Xuan completely ignored his latter words, his lazy voice drifting out, "I was injured before and barely escaped with my life. There’s really no need for me to take such a risk."
You Ruo cursed inwardly. Damn it all! Listen to this! Is he even speaking like a human? Isn’t he just saying he wants money?! Has the damn bastard’s head gotten stuck in a money pit?!
Beside her, Nanling Bully had become so withdrawn he didn’t want to speak. Originally, he had been hopeful the moment Ning Yang’s Dao Body appeared. Now, he was already thinking about his last words. If this kept up, he would definitely be slapped to death the moment he returned home.
What kind of Ten Clans Competition is this?! Do the Ten Clans rooted here have even an iota of presence? This damn thing is just Ning Xuan’s personal stage show!
Nanling Bully wanted to cry but had no tears.
"What do you mean?!" Ning Yang’s Dao Body was also stunned. It wasn’t that he was stupid; he just couldn’t wrap his head around it. In his mind, Ning Xuan was his lifelong enemy! With such a deep-seated blood feud, Ning Xuan should have pounced on him the moment they met. Why had things turned out like this? He found it impossible to understand.
Aboard the mobile villa, Ning Xuan himself was sighing. He didn’t want things to be this way either. It used to be so much better to be straightforward and just fight anyone who disagreed.
But he had no choice. With the Chaos Ancestral Dragon Scripture and his twelve Divine Veins, the higher his Cultivation Realm, the more energy he needed. More importantly, Ning Xuan had discovered this was far more profitable than scouring the land for resource veins. If an opportunity to make a score presented itself, he naturally had to seize it.
And if there was no opportunity... well, then he’d just have to create one and seize it!
"How can you be so dense? Are you sure you’re Ning Yang’s Dao Body? I mean, I’ve just recovered from a serious injury. If you insist on fighting, I can oblige, but you’ll have to pay an appearance fee!"
Although Ning Yang was his enemy, a question deserved an answer, right? After all, he was a well-mannered person. Ning Xuan even praised himself inwardly.
Beside him, Yun Wangshu was utterly dumbfounded. She was well aware of the feud between Ning Xuan and Ning Yang. Faced with such a blood-deep hatred, anyone else would have charged forward in a red-eyed, life-or-death struggle long ago. But Ning Xuan? He was just coming up with new ways to make money. He even came up with an appearance fee. He was really something else!
"Junior Brother, seriously, from now on, I won’t look up to anyone but you!" Wu Pianpian chimed in from the side. She also knew the inside story and was filled with admiration that he could remain composed enough to demand money from his foe at a time like this.
Below, whether it was Nanling Bully, You Ruo, or Jiang Boya and the others, they were all thoroughly impressed. Although they didn’t fully understand the grudge between Ning Xuan and Ning Yang, they were left speechless by this series of maneuvers.
Big Brother! This is the Grand Competition, the dueling grounds! And you’re asking for an appearance fee! You’re one hell of a character! No, wait! A genius! After all, only a genius would be so unconventional and refuse to play by the rules!
On the dueling platform, Ning Yang’s Dao Body relaxed his clenched fist. He smiled and said, "As long as you can defeat me, everything this body possesses will be yours!"
Ning Xuan still wouldn’t agree. "Nope! The last Dao Body ran away!"
After a brief moment of stiffness, Ning Yang’s Dao Body said no more. With a chop of his hand, he tore open a sliver of the world. Reaching inside, he plucked a person out. Everyone stared, seeing that the person looked exactly like him.
In the next moment, that person’s body slowly faded away until it vanished completely. Only then did Ning Yang’s Dao Body speak again. "I have merged with him. Now, you can come down, can’t you?"
Atop the mobile villa, Ning Xuan stretched lazily and let out a long yawn.
Everyone below heard it. They could even picture the scene in their minds.
Countless people were left speechless. They truly had to hand it to this guy. To think he could single-handedly turn the entire Ten Clans Competition on its head while remaining so relaxed and nonchalant! Compared to him, they all felt like useless trash.
"Tian’er, you did well! His future is bound to be limitless! Stick with him closely!"
"Little Wu, you’ve got skills! Even your master is impressed by your ability to judge the situation!"
"Yi’er, I think what Ning Xuan said is mostly true! Someone in our family must have the Supreme Bone!"
"Bo Ya, your judgment of character is so much better than your older brother’s!"
The four top prodigies who had just stepped down found their earlier actions completely validated.
「Yao Guang, High Heaven’s Upper Echelons」
"This guy, he really is..."
"He’s truly a monster! Wenren, I’ve decided! I’m going all out to win him over!"
"Our family as well! A prodigy like this only appears once in a millennium. We can’t afford to miss out!"
"This Ten Clans Competition seemed utterly dull, but in my opinion, it’s without a doubt the most surprising one yet! Ning Xuan alone is worth more than a hundred prodigies!"
Some of the bigwigs looked at Ning Yang’s Dao Body, thoroughly perplexed.
"What’s wrong with this Dao Body of Ning Yang’s? Why is Ning Xuan getting the better of him at every turn?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"That’s normal, isn’t it? It’s a Dao Body, not his true self."
"Pah! As if that makes a difference! I guarantee that even if it were his true self, he’d still suffer a setback against Ning Xuan!"
"True, true, but as Martial Artists, what ultimately matters is strength. I wonder who is actually stronger."
"Isn’t it obvious? It has to be Ning Xuan!"
One of the bigwigs opened his mouth to speak but ultimately closed it. He realized that Ning Xuan’s status in the hearts of many had already reached an unimaginable height. More importantly, he also wanted to win Ning Xuan over. If he said the wrong thing now, he would lose any chance he had.
And at this moment, on the dueling platform in the Lower Realm, Ning Xuan finally appeared
