Nie Donghai kept his word.
In the following period, every few days, he would give Nie Tian some fire cloud stones and let Nie Tian use animal bones to absorb the power of the flames.
The same goes for Nie Qian.
But that piece of animal bone was like a bottomless pit. After absorbing the flame power of many fire cloud stones, it still failed to condense a drop of blood out of it.
Later, Nie Tian gradually discovered that the fire cloud stones obtained by his grandfather and aunt were getting less and less.
Sometimes, when Nie Qian came to find her, she would throw away two or three fire cloud stones in a hurry, and then leave uneasily, as if she was afraid that Nie Tian would find something.
Nie Tian was not stupid. He had actually noticed that the jewelry Nie Qian was wearing disappeared one by one.
Later, Nie Donghai no longer appeared. Only Nie Qian occasionally came over, dropped one or two fire cloud stones, looked at the animal bone expectantly, and left sadly.
"I heard that my aunt had a big quarrel with the warehouse manager, Uncle Nie Ping, yesterday. She said that Nie Ping deliberately made things difficult for her. Her ornaments could be exchanged for three Fire Cloud Stones, but in the end, Uncle Nie Ping gave them to her. One piece of her."
"The current head of the family is Second Grandpa. Uncle Nie Ping only became the head of the warehouse after Second Grandpa came to power. Uncle Nie Ping only listens to Second Grandpa and will not pay attention to my aunt."
"I don't know what happened, but it seems that my uncle and aunt both took their valuables to the warehouse and exchanged them for fire cloud stones."
"Yes, Grandpa even exchanged the elixirs for healing wounds in exchange for fire cloud stones. I don't know why he is so crazy."
"Auntie is like this too. Now she doesn't even have any decent jewelry on her body."
“…”
When two girls from the Nie family passed by Nie Tian's room, they were talking to each other intentionally or unintentionally.
In the room, Nie Tian heard their conversation clearly. He was focused on cultivation and was upset. His little face was covered with a haze that should not be seen at this age.
"In order to help me get the Fire Cloud Stone, my grandfather and aunt are already going to lose everything?"
Thinking like this, he couldn't help but take out the animal bone from his waist pocket. When he looked at the animal bone again, he suddenly felt that the animal bone made him feel extremely disgusted.
"Xiaotian." At this moment, Nie Qian's voice sounded from outside the house.
She opened the door and came in, her eyes full of exhaustion, as if she had been very tired these days.
"Here you go." When she came to Nie Tian's side, she pretended to be relaxed and threw a fire cloud stone next to Nie Tian. Then she looked at the animal bone expectantly and said, "Hurry up and let the animal bone absorb it." The power of fire."
"No need." Nie Tian shook his head. "In my opinion, this beast bone is just a bottomless pit. No matter how many fire cloud stones there are, it can't fill it."
Nie Qian's face darkened and she said angrily: "Are you just going to give up like this? Do you know what your grandfather paid to get you the Fire Cloud Stone?"
"I know." Nie Tian's eyes were full of pain, "I also know that you have sold all your valuable jewelry at low prices in order to exchange for those Fire Cloud Stones for me."
Nie Qian was startled, and then realized that her nephew was no longer a child, and he might have already understood everything from some clues.
She pondered for a moment and comforted her softly: "Money and wealth are all external things. As long as you can step into the ninth level of Qi Refining and become a disciple of Lingyun Sect at the age of fifteen, our efforts will be rewarded."
At this point, she looked sad and said, "Your grandfather's injury is difficult to recover from. This life's cultivation path has come to an end."
"As for me, my cultivation talent has not been very good since I was a child. I have only reached the early stage of acquired life and am far inferior to your mother. Back then, if I could reach the ninth level of Qi refining at the age of fifteen and become a disciple of Lingyun Sect, Even if our Nie family is weak, the Yun family would never dare to treat me like this!"
"I don't want you to be like me in the future! You are eleven years old now, and you only have four years left. You must reach the ninth level of Qi Refining within four years!"
"Your current state is too far behind. That mysterious animal bone may be the only breakthrough!"
"So, no matter what, you must continue to persevere and see if the animal bones can bring you a miracle! You are my and your grandpa's last hope. Don't be a child and let me and your grandpa live up to our efforts. !”
Nie Qian lectured loudly.
Nie Tian said nothing and listened carefully. After Nie Qian finished speaking, he nodded, "I understand, I won't let you down."
Saying this, he placed the fire cloud stone on the animal bone again.
In just a few breaths, the fire cloud stone was drained of the power of the flames and turned into broken stones.
Perhaps the flame power provided by a piece of fire cloud stone is too rare. The flame spots inside the animal bone show no signs of gathering together.
Nie Tian and Nie Qian, who had been staring at the animal bones, saw that the animal bones became dim in a very short period of time, with disappointment on their faces.
"Don't be depressed, I'll think of other ways." Nie Qian suppressed the endless disappointment in her heart and said, "I will go to the mine tomorrow. There are a lot of unmined fire cloud stones there. I will spend more time. I will definitely bring you more Fire Cloud Stones!"
"I'll go with you!" Nie Tian suddenly stood up.
"No!" Nie Qian was anxious. "Over there in the mine, because the clan members are mining fire cloud stones, collapses occur from time to time. It is too dangerous. You must not go there!"
"In my opinion, dozens of more fire cloud stones may not be able to fill this animal bone. Only if I go and take this animal bone to absorb the unmined raw ore of fire cloud stone, can it be possible to make it Only when you are satisfied can you truly condense that drop of blood." Nie Tian said with a confident tone.
"Use animal bones to directly absorb the power of fire in the raw ore?" Nie Qian had an idea.
She also felt that Nie Tian's proposal made sense. It was not easy to mine the raw pyrolite ore in many mines.
Even if she went there, she would not be able to mine a large amount of fire cloud stone in a short period of time. Moreover, the mined fire cloud stone must be counted and accounted for when leaving the mine. Some of it will go to the Lingyun Sect and some to the Nie family's warehouse. I'm afraid only about 20% can fall into her hands.
She calculated and figured that to get dozens of fire cloud stones into her hands, she might need to stay in the mine for more than half a year.
And Nie Tian is already eleven years old, and what he lacks most now is time.
"Let me go. I can't do nothing and just wait at home." Nie Tian begged, "I also have to work hard for myself. Going to the mine is just an experience for me."
Nie Qian thought about it for a while, and finally nodded gently, "Remember, from the moment you leave Black Cloud City, you must obey me in everything, and never mess around!"
"Of course! Of course!" Nie Tian said quickly.
Recently, he has been locked up in Nie's house, and he has not even stepped out of the door. He has been bored for a long time. The strange faces wandering around Nie's house have long since disappeared, and he is about to take the opportunity to go out and do some activities.
"Early tomorrow morning, I'll take you out of the city!" Nie Qian said.
"Thank you, auntie!" Nie Tian said happily.
The next day, before dawn, Nie Tian was waiting in front of the door, and Nie Qian also came as promised.
When the sky got slightly brighter, the two quietly left Heiyun City and headed towards Lingyun Mountain.
Yun family.
Yuan Qiuying accompanied Yun Song after breakfast and was rinsing her mouth when a person came quietly and said softly: "Mother, Nie Qian and the boy named Nie Tian left Black Cloud City early this morning and headed for Lingyun Mountain. go."
"The turtle finally got out of its shell!" Yuan Qiuying perked up, gritted her teeth, and said viciously: "That bitch, and that little bitch who has no father and no mother, let's see how they escape from my grasp this time. !”
She never gave up her revenge on Nie Qian and Nie Tian.
These days, although she quietly removed those guests who were visiting the Nie family, she secretly kept an eye on several gates of Black Cloud City.
She knew that Nie Qian and Nie Tian would sooner or later not be able to resist going out for some activities.
"Hey, you still dare to leave Black Cloud City? God help me. I'm still a little hesitant to do something in the city. If they leave the city, they will never come back alive!" Yuan Qiuying said fiercely.
"That bitch must have gone to the Nie family's mine in Lingyun Mountain! Don't alert them, and don't do anything when they are on their way to the mine. That bitch Nie Qian will definitely be very careful on the way. You are near the mine in Lingyun Mountain Wait for them to come out and attack them on their way back to the city!"
"Now that I know Mistress, I guarantee that they will never return to Black Cloud City alive!"
"Well, let's do it cleanly. After the incident is completed, let those guys get out of Black Cloud City and never come back again, lest Lingyun Sect gets the handle and comes to cause trouble for us."
"clear."