As Nie Yao flew over!
Chen Nan's scalp tingled!
Why was this woman here?
She was like a persistent ghost!
Without a second thought!
He immediately put on his clothes and looked at Nie Yao with anger, "Senior Sister Nie, please show some respect!"
Nie Yao stopped in front of Chen Nan, "Why won't you let me see your butt?"
"I'm a grown man, why should I let you see my butt?" Chen Nan was speechless!
He was certain!
Nie Yao must have suspected his identity!
And there must be something on his butt!
"This is a portrait my cousin Zheng Cong gave me!" Nie Yao produced a scroll, which depicted Chen Nan before he became fat!
Chen Nan's heart trembled!
A sense of inexplicable tension welled up within him!
Just as he had guessed!
Nie Yao already knew his origins!
"Why are you unwilling to acknowledge me?" Nie Yao's eyes flickered with confusion!
Chen Nan was her first man!
He held a special place in her heart!
After crossing the demon realm and returning, she had been thinking of Chen Nan!
She even had some regrets!
Regretting not staying in the demon realm with him!
So!
During the day, she found Zheng Cong!
And had him draw Chen Nan's likeness before he gained weight!
At that moment!
She knew this person was the man she had been longing for!
However!
She didn't understand why Chen Nan refused to acknowledge her!
Chen Nan sighed in his heart and said softly, "Senior Sister Nie, you've mistaken me for someone else. I don't know you at all."
"You have a mole on your right buttock!" Nie Yao's face flushed slightly!
She recalled the absurd events in the Myriad Demon Cave!
She couldn't forget the scene of Chen Nan being with Yu Fei while she watched from the side!
She had clearly seen the mole on Chen Nan's right buttock!
Chen Nan was speechless!
"Are you afraid I'll kill you to silence you?" Nie Yao shook her head, and crystal-clear tears slid down her face. "I'm not Liu Yingying. I don't consider that memory a disgrace!"
"On the contrary, it is the most unforgettable memory of my life!"
Chen Nan sighed, "Since it's a memory, let it remain in your heart." With that, he turned and disappeared into the night!
For Chen Nan, that memory was not bad!
But the events in the Wu Kingdom had turned that memory into a painful one!
Because his soft-heartedness had caused Yu Fei's death!
This was a hurdle he couldn't overcome!
Therefore!
He didn't want to remember it!
And he didn't want any further involvement with Nie Yao!
After all!
He was just a passerby in this world!
Once he refined a high-grade immortal artifact!
He would leave the Yan Kingdom!
As a passerby!
There was no need to accumulate too much karma!
"You..." Nie Yao wanted to chase after him!
Although Chen Nan hadn't admitted his identity!
Both of them knew the truth!
However!
Looking at Chen Nan's desolate figure!
She didn't take a step forward!
"What has he been through?"
"Why is he unwilling to recall that past?"
Nie Yao didn't know!
But she felt a sense of loneliness in Chen Nan's retreating back!
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The next day!
Evening!
Formation Academy!
"Step right up, don't miss out!"
"Come and open blind boxes!"
"For just ten high-grade immortal stones, you can experience the thrill of opening a blind box!"
Xia Youwei was shouting loudly at a stall!
At first, no one paid attention!
But it still attracted some people!
After all, blind boxes were unfamiliar to the people of this world!
However!
Ten high-grade immortal stones per box was not cheap for many!
After all!
A low-grade immortal artifact was only worth ten high-grade immortal stones!
Wouldn't it be simpler and more direct to buy one instead of opening a blind box?
But a small number of people were willing to try!
And became engrossed!
Unable to extricate themselves!
Not only did they want to buy their desired swords!
But there was also the even more tantalizing hidden item!
Many people wanted to know what kind of material the hidden item weapon was made of!
Two hours!
Just at the Formation Academy, eight hundred storage bags were sold!
Although it was still a long way from selling eight hundred and fifty thousand weapons in three months!
But it proved that the blind box marketing model was effective!
"Our efforts are limited, we need to find more people to help sell the blind boxes!" On the way back to the Sword Forging Academy, Chen Nan said to Xia Youwei!
Xia Youwei: "You can post a bounty mission at the Sword Forging Academy to find people to help sell them!"
"However!"
"You only have one hundred merit points!"
"With this amount of merit points, it's not enough!"
Chen Nan had performed excellently in his previous alchemist certification and received one hundred contribution points!
While these contribution points could be exchanged for some ores!
They were far from enough to post a bounty and hire people to help sell blind boxes!
Chen Nan: "Can I pay with immortal stones?"
Xia Youwei: "If you pay daily, it would cost at least a thousand high-grade immortal stones per day!"
Chen Nan's pupils trembled, and a bitter smile appeared on his lips, "Immortal stones are truly worthless in the Yan Kingdom!"
Although he had seven hundred thousand high-grade immortal stones on him!
But... was it a lot?
If he hired seven hundred people to help sell blind boxes per day!
He would be bankrupt in a single day!
At this moment, he finally understood why the King of Wu had refused his good intentions!
Before coming to the Yan Kingdom, Chen Nan had suggested giving the seven hundred thousand high-grade immortal stones he had to the King of Wu!
After all, that money was earned in the Wu Kingdom!
If he took it all away, it would inevitably affect the economy of the Wu Kingdom!
However, the King of Wu had refused him!
And said that compared to the Wu Kingdom, he needed this money more!
Xia Youwei said, "Although I've never left the capital!"
"I've heard my grandfather say that a piece of high-grade immortal stone in other countries could support an ordinary family for decades!"
"But in the Yan Kingdom... a piece of high-grade immortal stone might only be enough for a meal at a restaurant!"
"And without any drinks!"
Chen Nan forced a smile!
The prices here were truly outrageous!
"Tomorrow, let's hire ten disciples from the academy and see how it goes!"
Chen Nan had also considered spending seven hundred thousand immortal stones to buy those swords!
This way, he would gain contribution points and also obtain the swords!
It would be a win-win situation, wouldn't it?
But even spending all his immortal stones, he could only buy seven thousand swords!
Instead of that, it was better to hire people to help sell blind boxes!
The next day!
Chen Nan went to the Merit Hall and posted the bounty mission!
Soon, people started to come!
These were the young disciples who had just joined the Sword Forging Academy!
They wanted to earn some pocket money!
What Chen Nan didn't expect was!
Nie Yao had also accepted the mission!
The other nine young disciples who accepted the mission also looked incredulous!
Who would have thought!
Nie Yao, one of the Ten Great Prodigies!
One of the Three Golden Flowers of the Sword Forging Academy, a level six formation master!
Would accept such a cheap mission?
"Hello, my name is Nie Yao!" she said to Chen Nan with a smile, as if they were meeting for the first time!
As if she wanted to get to know Chen Nan all over again!
Chen Nan ignored her!
Even if Nie Yao had no ill intentions towards him!
He didn't want any further entanglements with her!
Nie Yao looked embarrassed!
She hadn't expected Chen Nan to ignore her existence!
This filled her heart with an inexplicable bitterness!
Could it be!
This was what people called being heartless after enjoying the benefits?