The Young Master Storms the City
Chapter 172 I’m Not Interested in Cooperating_1

Chapter 172: Chapter 172 I’m Not Interested in Cooperating_1

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

The wrathful spirits behind him suddenly charged forward like sharks smelling blood, completely enveloping Ning Fan’s palm. His hand was about to be drained into a withered husk!

Ning Fan was startled; he hadn’t expected these spirits to be so ferocious.

In desperation, Ning Fan was about to bite his tongue and forcefully squeeze out more Spiritual Power by overexerting his blood essence.

Hum!

But the next second, the jade ring on Ning Fan’s hand suddenly shone with white light.

The black wrathful spirits enveloping Ning Fan’s palm screamed pitifully when they came into contact with the white light, and then, as if encountering their natural predator, they tried to flee in haste.

Ning Fan unconsciously reached out and caught a fleeing spirit in his palm. The spirit shrieked again, but in a few breaths, it dissipated like smoke, utterly destroyed.

"The ring my mother left behind has this kind of power?"

Ning Fan was both shocked and elated.

Previously, he had used Spiritual Power to cover his palm, inadvertently shielding the ring.

Now that his Spiritual Power was exhausted, allowing the ring to come into contact with the wrathful spirits, it actually played a role in repressing and annihilating them!

After that, Ning Fan didn’t hesitate to strike repeatedly with the hand wearing the ring.

The ring’s effect on the spirits was far more potent than amulets and Spiritual Power. Each hit completely scattered and extinguished a wrathful spirit.

In only two to three minutes, Ning Fan had completely annihilated the hundred batches of spirits.

The two filial auras returned as well, their strength increased from devouring, but they seemed to sense the power of the ring and showed no intent to resist, obediently flying back into the ring.

"Ning Fan, how are you? Are you hurt?" Xu Yourong was the first to rush over with concern.

"Mr. Ning, you are truly formidable, formidable indeed!" Ge Tiangang stepped forward, exclaiming in amazement.

After witnessing Ning Fan’s show of might, he completely abandoned the thought of fleeing and only wished to cling to Ning Fan’s coattails.

Meanwhile, Shen Bingying’s face was deathly pale, trembling all over as she was supported by her last two bodyguards.

"I’m not injured. Are you all okay?"

Ning Fan nodded and checked. Seeing that Xu Yourong was unharmed, he finally felt at ease.

Looking down at the ring on his hand, he felt a slight sigh of appreciation. The ring his mother left behind truly was a treasure.

At first, his mother’s legacy was hidden within it. Then he used it to capture the filial aura, and now, it had played a crucial role against the wrathful spirits, saving his life once more.

"Mother, I will certainly improve my power as soon as possible. I will not fail your legacy, I will surely come to save father and you!"

Ning Fan silently vowed in his heart.

Then, he took out the Detoxification Pills he had refined using a small part of a Lingzhi before coming. He swallowed a pill himself and gave one each to Xu Yourong and Ge Tiangang, then prepared to enter the inner sanctum.

"Sir, my surname is Shen; I am Shen Bingying... Are you about to enter the inner sanctum?"

At this point, Shen Bingying had regained some composure, and approached with her remaining two bodyguards.

"My name is Ning Fan, correct, we are going to enter the inner sanctum," Ning Fan nodded in affirmation.

"There are lethal gasses inside the inner sanctum. If you just walk in like that, you will definitely be poisoned to death. However, we have a large pumping machine that can extract all the poisonous gas from the inner sanctum, making it safe for us to enter."

"How about we cooperate? You protect me, and your companions along with my subordinates will use the pumping machine to clear the poisonous gas in the inner sanctum. Then we can enter together, what do you say?"

"If you cooperate with me, aside from the Blood Lingzhi, you can take all the treasures you find inside the inner sanctum," Shen Bingying suggested to Ning Fan.

"Sorry, I’m not interested in cooperating, nor am I interested in protecting you."

"As for the poison gas, we naturally have our own way of dealing with it."

"Besides, the items in the inner sanctum are ownerless. Whoever finds them, they belong to. So how can you talk about giving them to me?"

Ning Fan shook his head, then stepped away to proceed.

He did not have a good impression of Shen Bingying.

This woman first had her men guard the entrance to the Underground Palace in hopes of monopolizing the treasures within. Then, after Ning Fan saved her life, she didn’t even offer a word of thanks. Instead, she expected Ning Fan to protect her, and she continued to treat the ownerless Blood Lingzhi as if it were her private possession.

"You refuse to cooperate with me? Then don’t blame me for not warning you. The moment you step into the inner sanctum, you will surely die from the poison!"

Shen Bingying frowned, her tone carrying a hint of a threat.

Ning Fan, disinterested in further entanglement, turned and led Xu Yourong and Ge Tiangang into the inner sanctum.

Inside, sure enough, there was a sinister mocha-green poisonous gas pervading the space.

But all three had already taken the specially concocted Detoxification Pills, so the poisonous gas couldn’t harm them in the slightest.

The area of the inner sanctum was much smaller compared to the outer sanctum. It didn’t take long for Ning Fan and his companions to find a Black Coffin at the center of the inner sanctum.

Beside the Black Coffin on the ground was an astonishing crimson plant, precisely the Blood Lingzhi Ning Fan had come in search of!

"Using a small part of a Lingzhi to concoct Detoxification Pills was indeed worth it."

Ning Fan plucked the Blood Lingzhi, overcome with joy.

Based on the strong medicinal scent, this Blood Lingzhi was no less than three hundred years old!

Moreover, the peculiar toxic gas pervading the inner sanctum was most likely due to this Blood Lingzhi!