48: Chapter 48 An Accidental Encounter with Ivy

Borton's butchery skills were extremely adept, and with the help of Nie Ning and Quis, after spending nearly an hour, they finally finished dismembering and categorizing the Frenzied Giant Bear.

Just at this moment, Nie Ning frowned.

Nie Ning's gaze swept toward the cave entrance, where two figures had appeared, though he didn't know when.

"I didn't expect you to be so capable."

Ivy walked into the cave with a look of amazement on her face.

"Thanks for the compliment, just used a few minor tricks."

Nie Ning said with a smile, his eyes involuntarily drifting toward the Hammer-wielding Knight behind Ivy.

This Hammer-wielding Knight was a tough guy who could go head-to-head with a giant bear; his strength, even if not reaching Mid-level, wouldn't be far off.

"That's still very impressive; I spent so long and still couldn't handle this big guy."

Ivy looked at Nie Ning's face with shining eyes, but because of the mask, she couldn't see his features at all.

What was very strange was that she had spent two months in the city and hadn't found anyone who matched Nie Ning; someone this capable shouldn't be unknown.

"If there's nothing else, we'll be leaving first."

After saying this, Nie Ning gave Borton a look, then picked up the materials that had been dismembered nearby.

"Wait."

Ivy suddenly called out.

"I wonder what you mean?"

Nie Ning frowned, his hand instinctively resting on his longsword.

To be honest, in his current state, he wasn't confident in defeating the Hammer-wielding Knight, let alone the addition of a Mid-level Ice-type knight.

But he certainly couldn't just let himself be slaughtered; he had to at least try.

"I just wanted to ask if you're selling the materials from the Frenzied Giant Bear."

Ivy glanced at Nie Ning's hand, then asked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Nie Ning couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Selling, of course I'm selling. I can't eat it all anyway, but as for the price..."

"I want the two bear paws, and also..."

Ivy listed several names in succession, then tossed a small cloth bag to Nie Ning.

Nie Ning shook the bag; there were nearly fifty gold coins.

Rich woman!

Don't let his seemingly easy money-making fool you; in reality, it was difficult to get those employers to cough up this much at once, and there weren't lucrative cases every day.

Borton had run his firm for three months, and after deducting rent, utilities, and other expenses, he had actually only pocketed ten or twenty gold coins.

Among the materials Ivy wanted, the bear bones and internal organs were more expensive, as both could be used for medicine.

As for the bear paws and meat, they weren't worth much.

After all, for a wealthy person like Ivy, good tonics for nourishing energy and blood were a dime a dozen; eating things like this was most likely just to try something fresh.

"Fine."

Nie Ning immediately selected some of the better-looking materials and gave one-third of the meat to Ivy.

"Are you selling the crystal core?"

At this moment, Ivy suddenly spoke, then paused for a moment before adding: "I can offer a good price."

Nie Ning couldn't help but take an extra look at Ivy.

Thinking of the ice arrows she had used, could she also be a wizard?

After pondering for a moment, Nie Ning shook his head: "I still have use for the crystal core. Let's talk about it later if I'm lucky enough to kill another exotic beast."

The crystal core was extremely important to him; it was for the crystal core that he had come to slay the Frenzied Giant Bear, so naturally, he couldn't just sell it to Ivy like this.

"Alright then, if you have a crystal core, be sure to come to the City Lord's Mansion to find me~"

Ivy blinked at Nie Ning and said with a smile.

Nie Ning nodded in agreement.

Afterward, the group parted ways; Borton took the things back to the tavern, while Nie Ning returned directly to Hervais Manor.

...

This time, Nie Ning had learned his lesson; he tiptoed and took a peek through the crack in the window, and upon discovering that Norma wasn't inside, he pushed the door open and walked in.

"This is really difficult."

Nie Ning sighed.

Because his body was weak after fusing with the crystal core last time, Norma often ran over here.

Most importantly, Lilith had taken away his door lock...

Fearing that Norma would discover something, Nie Ning had even specially removed a stone slab, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his things inside.

Nie Ning had considered revealing his strength, but then dismissed the idea.

While revealing his strength would earn him different treatment, it would also place him in the public eye.

As a transmigrator, keeping a low profile and having strength were the only things that could give him enough sense of security.

Given his current status and persona, it would be hard for others to suspect him even if he did something bad.

Moreover, Nie Ning felt that this was just fine.

At least he could live freely and easily, do what he wanted to do, and avoid interacting with people he didn't want to meet.

To him, being ignored by everyone was the best protective camouflage.

...

Seeing that the sky was gradually brightening, Nie Ning had no desire to sleep.

Changing out of his clothes, Nie Ning applied some injury medicine, then walked to the kitchen.

As Nie Ning stretched out his hand, a wisp of translucent mist, like silk gauze, drifted by, then danced and floated in mid-air, gradually forming a massive, translucent creature.

A Frenzied Giant Bear that stood four meters tall!

At this moment, the Frenzied Giant Bear was in a semi-transparent state, just standing quietly in the center of the kitchen.

Because its body was too tall, half of the giant bear's head had already passed through the roof.

"It looks quite intimidating."

Nie Ning rubbed his chin and couldn't help but let out an exclamation of admiration.

Immediately after, Nie Ning waved his hand, and the Frenzied Giant Bear also waved its bear paw, looking extremely comical and funny.

But when Nie Ning tried to control the giant bear to pick up bowls and chopsticks, the giant bear's paw went straight through the objects.

Seeing this, Nie Ning didn't pay too much attention to it.

After all, the Human-Faced Balloon back then was the same way.

Nie Ning looked around and didn't find any mouse holes, so he could only sneak to the manor's back kitchen, where he left a silver coin and took a chicken.

After returning to his room, Nie Ning immediately controlled the Frenzied Giant Bear to possess it.

But an unexpected situation occurred; the possession he had imagined didn't happen, and the soul body of the Frenzied Giant Bear actually passed through the chicken's body!

However, although the possession wasn't successful, the originally lively chicken became listless, huddled on the ground looking half-dead.

Moreover, just now when the Frenzied Giant Bear touched the chicken, his magic power and battle qi began to consume rapidly.

Seeing this scene, Nie Ning fell into deep thought.

The possession by the Human-Faced Balloon before had been very simple, and there wasn't really much difference between a chicken and a mouse.

Furthermore, it was a hen, and it didn't have any so-called Yang energy to protect it; logically, a Frenzied Giant Bear with such strong power should have been able to possess it easily.

"It seems the Human-Faced Balloon really is special!"

After all, the Human-Faced Balloon's strength wasn't as great as the Frenzied Giant Bear's, yet it could perform more impressive feats; it would be strange if there wasn't something wrong with that.

Immediately after, Nie Ning tried to kill the chicken.

This time, the possession was completed, but a new problem appeared.

The chicken was still that same chicken, it had just 'come alive', and fundamentally, there was no change at all...