The First Level of the Black Stone Pagoda

Seeing Qiu Nuo's face flushed with anger, Mo Ziyan eventually let go of her.

"You said that you saved me?" Mo Ziyan got up slightly and leaned against the bed frame.

The long purple robe draped loosely over his shoulders, revealing a large piece of sexy bronze skin. His black hair hung elegantly. Although he maintained a light smile, his eyes were distant.

Qiu Nuo knew that this man wasn't as easy to get close to as he looked.

"Yes." In the face of his question, Qiu Nuo nodded. "Actually, I'm not afraid to tell you that I took your Purple Flame Grass. After all, it wasn't very useful to you. So, I saved you as a form of compensation for taking it. That means things are even between us now and you can leave any time."

"I've never agreed to this transaction." Mo Ziyan narrowed his phoenix-shaped eyes. He had to say that this woman was very bold.

Although that strain of Purple Flame Grass was indeed not very useful to him, nobody had dared to take his things without his permission.

"Who cares if you agree to it or not?" Qiu Nuo sneered and said, "I haven't agreed to you sleeping on my bed!"

Mo Ziyan was shocked for a while. Then, he cleared his throat in embarrassment. "Alright. We're even now."

If not for the sudden poisoning, he wouldn't have barged into this small and empty hut, let alone sleep on such a broken wooden bed. He didn't expect a small girl to use that as her capital to mock him now.

"Since there's nothing serious with your body anymore, isn't it time for you to leave?" Qiu Nuo blinked and decisively ordered him to leave.

The green veins on Mo Ziyan's forehead almost burst. Was he being despised by this girl?

"Don't worry. Once my strength has recovered, I'll naturally leave!" Mo Ziyan gritted his teeth.

Qiu Nuo initially wanted to reject him. However, when she saw him taking out a bag full of coins, she could only swallow her words.

There was no choice. Who asked her to be poor?!

…

As the room was occupied by Mo Ziyan, Qiu Nuo could only go to Xue Ling's inner body space to practice when nobody was around.

Five days later, she finally managed to condense a ball of fire in her consciousness through the meditation method Xue Ling provided her.

A fiery red ball the size of a green bean formed. It floated up and down in the vast sea of consciousness. Although it looked a little pitiful in size, the energy it contained was extremely pure!

"Indeed, you have the gift that exceeds the nine phases. You actually condensed something with an attribute in such a short time!" Xue Ling circled Qiu Nuo with eyes full of wonder.

"I can be considered to be a Level One Soul Master now!" A faint smile appeared at the corner of Qiu Nuo's lips. Back then, Qiu Yue spent four years to condense a ball of wind. Now that two years had passed, she was only a Level Two Wind Soul Master. It didn't seem difficult to want to surpass her.

"Of course." Xue Ling couldn't hide her joy. "You can go to the first level of the Black Stone Pagoda now to choose a treasure. My suggestion would be to select a Soul Stick. In that case, even if you don't have soul power, you would still be able to defend yourself against an attribute attack!"

A Soul Stick was a must-have for a Soul Master. Only through a Soul Stick as a medium could strong soul power be displayed.

A Soul Master without a Soul Stick was like an eagle without sharp claws. There was no threat at all.

Qiu Nuo didn't rush to make a decision. "Let's see the items on the first level first!"

…

She followed Xue Ling to the Black Stone Pagoda. Once Qiu Nuo's capabilities were detected, the big door of the Black Stone Pagoda, which was initially tightly shut, slowly opened. A big and empty hall with dozens of doors and a staircase that led to the second level was revealed.

"On this first level, aside from the treasures my former master left for you, there's also a fully equipped apothecary shop, a practice room, and a library. You're free to use all of them." Xue Ling counted all the doors and stopped in front at the one at the deepest corner of the big hall. Then, she said, "This is the treasure room on the first level. There are a total of 18 treasures inside. Once you select something, just use your soul power to wrap it in your hands and you can take it out from the space."

Qiu Nuo nodded and stepped forward to push open the door lightly. She only saw exquisite and luxurious stone counters in front of her. Each counter had an item that exuded an unusual atmosphere on top of it.

Qiu Nuo walked into the room and looked at all the counters.

"Ye Wu, Fire Blast Technique, Purple-gold Soul Staff, Moonlight Flower…"

Most of the items belonged to the different types of soul power. Aside from these, there were a few strains of aged herbs and two exquisitely crafted Soul Sticks. It was a pity that these sticks had the attributes of earth and gold, instead of fire, which she could use. As such, she shifted her attention to soul power and herbs.

Fire Blast Technique was a type of soul power with a fire attribute. It was quite strong in terms of attack but would drain a lot of energy. She could use this at most thrice.

Moonlight Flower was a type of holy medicine that was five thousand years old. It was effective in restoring mental power, and is most suitable for use after one's mental power was damaged.

White Jade Fruit was a one thousand years old sacred beauty product. One could remain youthful for life after consuming it.

"The value of these things can't compare to a good Soul Stick at all!" Qiu Nuo shook her head.

The only thing that was still acceptable was the Fire Blast Technique. However, using it thrice would drain all her energy. If there was an emergency after she finished using it, wouldn't she just be waiting for death?

Thus, Qiu Nuo eliminated the Fire Blast Technique.

At this time, Qiu Nuo's eyes suddenly shone, and she quickly walked up to one of the counters.

As this counter was relatively inside, she didn't pay much attention to it at the beginning.

Inside the transparent space, a thick book was placed on the groove of the counter. She couldn't help but breathe harder when she saw the few lines of text by the side.

[A Collection Of Ancient Home Remedies: This book records thousands of home remedies. Many of them have been lost to the world. There's only this book left!]

Although Qiu Nuo didn't come into contact much with training for the past few years, she knew the uproar an ancient remedy could cause in this world!

An ancient pill appeared in Zixia Pavilion once. Although it was only fifth-ranked, it was sold for a sky-high price of two million yuan!

The effect of that ancient pill was to make a Level Three and below Warrior upgrade two levels consecutively without any side effects.

In other words, as long as one had that pill, a Level Three Warrior could be transformed into a Level Five expert at any time.

Qiu Nuo's father was the head of the Qiu family. He was trying to break through Level Six now…