“Then what do you want? Just tell me, as long as you let me go.”
Long Eyebrow was completely desperate under the siege of the 18 stone statues.
It took all his strength to break a stone statue, but before he was relieved, the broken stone statue repaired itself, became the same as before in the blink of an eye, and then attacked him energetically, making him astonished. Thus, he became so awed by Ding Ning’s weird means.
Just now, he boasted that he was indestructible, but these stone statues were indestructible indeed, making him feel so ashamed. The person who had made the indestructible puppets was a real master, and he could not compete with him by using his demonic magic to absorb the essential blood and vitality in the hearts of the Warriors to elongate his life.
What he did not know was that Ding Ning had not figured out the reason why these stone statues could repair themselves so far, but he thought that neither humans nor other living things could be really immortal, but he had not found the real secret of these stone statues.
“I don’t want anything, and I only want to kill you.”
Ding Ning spoke righteously, but his eyes kept turning, thinking about how to get the banner-making method.
But he made up his mind soon. It was best if Long Eyebrow had the secret book that recorded the making method, and he could take it after killing him; if he didn’t have it, he would never let off the inhuman guy like Long Eyebrow and allow him to hurt other people.
“If that is the case, let us die together!”
When Long Eyebrow found that it was hopeless to beg for living, he had been defeated by the stone statues and retreated one step after another, and his state as someone who had just reached the Sky Martial Arts Realm was not steady, with the signs that he might degenerate to the Earth Martial Arts Realm, his fierceness in the bone was stimulated. After an angry roar, he swelled like an inflatable ball. Next, his terrifying power permeated the air, his momentum increased rapidly, and even the surrounding flames had been driven out by his terrifying power.
“He wants to explode himself?” Ding Ning had a strong sense of death threat and changed his expression dramatically out of fear. As he tried his best to stick the Vajra Charm to himself, he rushed to the outside of the matrix unhesitatingly, but he also consciencelessly ordered these stone statues to stop this guy.
“Boom!”
As the earth-shattering explosion sounded, the Eight Wild Flame Matrix burst, splashing rubble, blowing dust, and leaving a more than 10-meter-deep pit in the ground.
“Um, um, um!”
Although Ding Ning had used three Vajra Charms on himself, he was still quite shocked by the violent explosion and sent dozens of meters away, lying prone on the ground. After his vision turned dark for a while, he struggled to stand up after a few moments, could not help spitting a mouthful of blood as he felt something salty at his throat, and then coughed violently.
Pale-faced, Ding Ning felt the burning pain in his lungs and looked at that deep pit with some fear. Long Eyebrow had just reached the Sky Martial Arts Realm, but his self-explosive power was so terrifying. It seemed that he would have to be more careful in the future and always be alert to these crazy “suicide bombers”.
What depressed him was that the eight banners that he treated as a sure thing in his bag had been exploded to pieces, not to mention the secret book of making matrix banners.
“God, what about the stone statues?”
Ding Ning’s complexion changed. The 18 stone statues on the scene disappeared at this moment, and what was left was only the rubble scattered all over the place.
“F*ck, this is a big loss. I go for wool and come back shorn.”
Ding Ning thumped his chest and stamped his feet, feeling quite distressed. These stone statues were indestructible monsters and treasures that could save him at a critical moment. Unexpectedly, they had been destroyed by Long Eyebrow’s self-explosion.
He was unwilling to give up, so he searched for the rubble scattered all over the place, to see if he could revive them, but unfortunately, the pieces of stone statues he collected after spending a long time with great efforts showed no signs to be alive again.
It seemed that the stone statues had an endurance limit to remain indestructible. If the endurance limit was broken, their indestructible character would become a joke.
Ding Ning was unkempt, and his face was covered with smears and bloodstains. Tattered like a tramp, he sat on the ground with a woebegone face. This time he suffered a heavy loss.
Apart from the 1,000-year-old snow lotus, he did not get anything valuable and had lost 18 stone statues. It was a heavy loss indeed.
Suddenly, Ding Ning took a glance from the corner of his eye and saw a seemingly faint cyan luster coming out of the rubble. Surprised, he jumped up. When he removed the rubble, he saw a cyan bead the size of a fingernail.
The cyan beads had a dim luster, which constantly flashed with the faint cyan brilliance. It seemed that it wished to work hard to gather the remains of the stone statues, but perhaps its energy was too scarce, so the stone statues showed no sign to come together, let alone to become alive again.
Ding Ning’s eyes looked thoughtful. “Is this the secret that the stone statues remained indestructible?” As he picked up the cyan bead, a strong vitality permeated, making his dispirited Soul shocked.
The stone man on his chest flashed suddenly and even turned into a narrator for Ding Ning, and the information about the cyan bead entered his mind.
“Green Ivy Bead: It is made from the essence of epiphytic vines of over 10,000 years, contains a rich spiritual aura of life, can take the vitality of plants to enrich its energy, and can also be used to replenish vitality when treating the injury. Before its vitality is completely consumed, the Green Ivy Bead can help creatures heal themselves.”
“Great stuff!” Ding Ning was overjoyed, but he never thought that the biggest secret of the stone statues was the magic Green Ivy Bead, which could raise the healing possibility of Sun Lanying’s advanced liver cancer to 90%.
Previously, the Little Ghost swallowed cancer cells and Rice Bean Oral Solution was used to stimulate the normal cells to replicate and regenerate, but he only had 60% certainty to completely heal Sun Lanying. After all, she had been lying in bed for a long time, her autoimmunity was extremely low, and her “fire of life” would go out at any time. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, she had a loss of Qi and blood and was lack of life vitality.
The reason why he did not dare to treat Sun Lanying soon was that he was afraid her vitality could not sustain her life until the end of her treatment. The truth was: The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. If his treatment failed, Ye Huan and her sister who had accepted the reality would not be able to bear the second blow.
Initially, he intended to take the last risky trial to save Sun Lanying when her life nearly came to an end. Even if he failed, Ye Huan and her sister could accept it calmly.
Now he had the Green Ivy Bead that could replenish vitality, which solved the biggest problem he worried about. This gave him much confidence, so he decided to start treating Sun Lanying immediately after replenishing energy to the Green Ivy Bead.
The Green Ivy Bead might damage the natural environment by taking the vitality of plants, but this case involved a human life, so he did not actually have psychological burdens. This was probably the superiority of higher organisms.
Besides that, epiphytic vines were plants attached to other plants and survived by taking their nutrition and vitality. This was natural law, in line with the cycle of life.
Since there were 18 stone statues, there should be 18 Green Ivy Beads. After stowing this Green Ivy Bead in the Mermaid Totem, Ding Ning made his eyes as bright as bulbs and began to remove the rubble bit by bit, looking for the nature-defying medical treasure.
Half an hour later, Ding Ning looked with distress at the three Green Ivy Beads which had become pieces, feeling quite depressed.
“Long Eyebrow, you are a b*stard. Could you have exploded less powerfully?”
“You have destroyed three Green Ivy Beads completely. Apart from the first Green Ivy Bead which is basically intact, the other 14 Green Ivy Bead all look dim, and the vitality they contain is nearly equal to zero. That’s why I haven’t found the cyan luster.”
Although the three Green Ivy Beads had become pieces, Ding Ning did not want to give them up and still put their pieces into the Mermaid Space, in case that they would recover to their original form if they absorbed the vitality of plants. For him, the more such treasures were, the better.
As for the remains of the stone statues, Ding Ning touched his chin and pondered for a long time, but he still put them into the Ghost Space. After all, the material of these stone statues was very special. With the Green Ivy Beads, these statues could have an excellent fighting power. Even if he could not use them to fight his enemies, he could use them to protect his home. Also, it was a very good choice to practice fighting with them.
After releasing the poor Phaeton, Ding Ning drove straight with a refreshing mind to the western suburbs. He remembered that the grove where Xiaojin was conquered was full of weeds, and there were no residents nearby. It was deserted, but it was a good place to restore the vitality of the Green Ivy Beads.
Half an hour later, Ding Ning took out the basically intact Green Ivy Bead and put it in that grove. Wisps of life breaths constantly floated to the Green Ivy Bead, and its cyan luster flickered all the time as if it was showing its joy.
Ding Ning watched it patiently and quietly and found that the few tall trees closest to the Green Ivy Bead gradually withered, and their withered leaves became more withered, looking like a weak and clumsy old man.
These trees also had a poor fate. Ding Ning was sympathetic with them, took the Green Ivy Bead away from these old trees, and continued to absorb the vitality of other tall trees. Spontaneously, he had the guilt that he was an executioner.
In fact, the Green Ivy Bead was not fast in absorbing vitality. After two hours, Ding Ning gradually became impatient, took out the other Green Ivy Beads, and threw them on the yellowish weedy ground.
The tens of thousands of square meters of grass turned yellow and withered at a rate visible to the naked eye as if it was already winter, but the Green Wine Beads were rejuvenated, flashing with its cyan luster constantly.
Ding Ning comforted himself silently. “Wildfires burn them but cause no death, and the spring breeze will bring them to life next year. When spring comes next year, this place will still flourish with weeds and become vigorous again.”
Unfortunately, what he did not know was that not only the vitality of the weeds but also the vitality of the soil in this place had been taken, leading to the loss of grass for the following more than ten years. Even small animals were reluctant to approach it, so geologists noticed it and also took its soil sample for testing, but they could not find the cause no matter how hard they tried. It was not until a decade later that this place gradually revived.
Ding Ning checked the time and found that it was already evening. He suddenly remembered Childe Bai’s invitation and quickly put away the Green Ivy Bead, finding that although they had not completely recovered, it was enough to use them to treat Sun Lanying’s disease at least. Satisfied, he stowed them away and drove to the venue of the charity evening party—Purple Star Pavilion Club.
As one of the topmost luxurious membership clubs in Ninghai, Purple Star Pavilion Club held a pivotal position in the upper social circles of Ninghai.
Even the annual membership fee started from a minimum of 100,000 yuan, but countless business elites and successful people were still eager to visit this place. Even if they gritted their teeth to pay the super high membership fee, they wanted to have the membership.
After all, those who came here were big names of Ninghai. It often happened that tens or even hundreds of millions of business deals were easily made at its wine party.
Anyone who was a motivated businessperson was unwilling to give up the opportunity to make friends with such top-level figures. It was possible that they would be lucky and get appreciated by some business tycoon, who might give them a chance to earn small sums, which, however, would reduce decades of hardworking time for them.
Wearing a well-tailored black evening dress, Ding Qianlie stretched and got out of her Rolls-Royce Phantom with the graceful catwalk in the respectful eyes of the club staff.
In the past, she did not feel like joining such a charity auction wine party and would usually ask some of her subordinates to pay a routine visit.
But the recent comprehensive development of the Fuxing Road Old District Project caused some tension in the group’s funds, so after being invited by William, the president of Zhada Bank’s Ninghai Branch, she had to come here herself so as not to hurt his feelings.
She had no choice because Longteng Group was a Mi Country’s company. With the increasingly tense relationship between Shenzhou and Mi Country and the direct and indirect attacks of business rivals, only a handful of banks were willing to provide loans to Longteng Group, so she had to come although she knew that the Yingjili big nose coveted her beauty.
