Transmigrated as Investment Banker in Cultivation world

Chapter 136 - 136: Nine Sun Branch

David's choice wasn't arbitrary but one filled with careful consideration.

He didn't choose Jack's Crystallisation of life because it looked worthless to him.

As for why he didn't choose the other options, it wasn't because he wasn't interested in them; this time, he wanted to test out the third option.

Immediately after David clicked on the option, the space in front of him started to vibrate like glass under high pressure.

Bang!

A few seconds later, the force seemed to have reached its peak, and a floating object wrapped in otherworldly energy appeared in front of David.

It floated silently in front of him.

David reached out his hands towards the object, and instantly the light wrapping around it disappeared, revealing a tree branch in his hands.

He frowned and looked at the branch in confusion.

He was expecting a grand-looking treasure, not this weak-ass branch.

David subconsciously pursed his lips at the final outcome.

But whatever the case might be, he examined the branch closely; it had to have some value.

The branch was almost weightless. When David let it go in the air, it didn't immediately fly towards the ground but glided like a feather.

David didn't let the branch glide through the air and hit the ground but immediately caught it before it could touch the ground and brought it closer to his face.

The branch felt colder to touch, as if he was holding a bar of steel in his hands.

"What is this symbol?" David muttered.

Upon closer inspection, he found microscopic engravings of nine small suns around the branch in a circular fashion.

When David's gaze landed on the engraving, it suddenly seemed to come to life and started to rotate around the branch.

Before David could even blink, the nine suns seemed to have come alive and jumped out of the branch towards him.

Their speed was too fast for David to even react, far surpassing a Golden Core cultivator's speed.

David didn't even realize what had happened and continued to look at the branch intently. Under his watchful gaze, the engraving suddenly stopped rotating and returned to normal as it was before.

He was intrigued and decided to

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Time continued to flow like water, day to night and sun to moon, the never-ending cycle continued before David even realized seven days had already passed.

"Be careful on your way there," Lyla spoke with a serious face.

After listening to her words, Sylvie nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice.

Some distance away from this dramatic duo stood David and Mary with Borrito in her hands.

Sebastian and Ruby still hadn't returned; they were still busy doing their things.

A few days ago, when David went to pay her the money, he had subconsciously said that he was going to visit Nightblade City this week.

That little mishap had resulted in the scene in front of him.

"Ahem! Mrs. Lyla, we are getting late," David had to take matters into his hands and speak; if he let Lyla do what she wanted to do...

"Ok! Ok, I got it," Lyla reluctantly let go of Sylvie after giving her a tight hug.

In the next moment, her face turned serious. She looked at the three of them deeply before saying, "Refrain from travelling at night; otherwise, you might attract the attention of someone which you shouldn't have."

David nodded, fully understanding the implications behind her words.

No matter which route they take, they would definitely have to cross the territory of Lightning wolves.

This was something that they couldn't avoid, but it wasn't something that they couldn't minimize.

The best way to minimize the risk was to avoid travelling during the night.

However, Mary didn't seem too pleased by their interactions, as evident by the way she was holding Borrito. The poor duck flapped its wings as it tried to get out of Mary's grip but failed.

"Ok! That's it," Mary suddenly spoke in a cold voice.

David also noticed her actions and frowned, not understanding why she was acting this way.

Anyway, he thanked Lyla for her concern; finally, it was time to leave.

David had a feeling that his visit to Nightblade City would have a profound impact on his future.

With that thought, he took to the air and turned into a streak of purple light and disappeared.

Following behind him were the two girls and one duckling.

David was trying to move as slowly as possible; if he exerted even a little bit of effort, the girls would be left behind in the dust with no hope of catching up.

The sun had just risen, so they had more than enough time to reach their destination.

Moreover, the distance to Nightblade wasn't large, only some thousands of kilometers, not much for cultivators.

After some time, the girls also caught up with him.

The fierce wind was causing their clothes to flutter wildly, exposing their silky smooth skin.

However, neither of them paid attention to these small details except David.

He was more interested in how this Sylvie girl managed to fly with her Foundation Building Realm cultivation.

This was just a momentary thought, vanishing as fast as it appeared.

David and his group flew for hours straight without stopping.

And finally, after what felt like ages to David, an outline of a sprawling settlement in the shape of a sheathed blade appeared in the distance.

As he got closer to the city, the number of cultivators that his group encountered increased significantly.