But then Ning Cheng quickly became excited, as he saw a Level 4 refining material ‘Shining White Jade’. The Shining White Jade was used as a refining material to craft top level Artefacts, moreover these pieces of Shining White Jade were very beautiful, and were very much in demand by the female cultivators. This piece of Shining White Jade was lying outside, weathering the wind and rain, and as such it was incomparably bright and clean.
Ning Cheng went forward and picked up this piece of Shining White Jade, as his heart was filled with anticipation, perhaps this place would bring an unexpected pleasant surprise to him.
Ning Cheng then once again looked carefully in all the four directions, and at once found several pieces of Shining White Jade. Although he was looking carefully, he did not do a thorough check of the surrounding quarry, after all, since he was in the Angry Axe Valley, this Shining White Jade was not a very high quality thing, moreover the valley would only be open for a short three months. Since the Angry Axe Valley had so many good things inside, if he stayed inside this gravel quarry, his gains would not even be worth the candle.
This quarry of gravel was by no means a small one, since Ning Cheng was not familiar with the Angry Axe Valley, he thus did not dare to bring out a Flight Type Magic Weapon. As Ning Cheng was figuring out which direction to proceed in, a slight change in the flow of air immediately made Ning Cheng to dodge sideways, just as Ning Cheng almost leapt to the side, at the same time, together with a fishy smelling wind, a shadow swept towards Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng immediately brought out his Spear and gripped it in his hands, as he simultaneously saw that the shadow was a Class 3 Monstrous Beast. Its entire body was grey in colour, and was similar in colour to the gravel on the ground. Moreover, its head and neck was almost the same, and it looked like a brown bear, but was somewhat smaller in size to the bear. As for what kind of Monstrous Beast was this, Ning Cheng simply did not know about it.
When Ning Cheng still had the cultivation of Qi Gathering Realm, he had met a Class 3 Monstrous Beast, although he was able to beat the Monstrous Beast, but that was in the Daan Forest, he generally did not mess with those Class 3 Monstrous Beasts. However now, although he did not mess with this Class 3 Monstrous Beast, but rather this Class 3 Monstrous Beast came to mess with him.
“Grind Grind” The Monstrous Beast called out in a few times, it was as if a rusted gate was swinging on a broken axis, which if one heard would grimace in pain, but Ning Cheng knew that it was calling out to Ning Cheng.
After seeing that Ning Cheng had taken out his Spear, this Monstrous Beast did wait for even half a moment as it started its attack on Ning Cheng.
With the Spear in his hands, Ning Cheng directly used its imposing momentum, and stabbed at the gigantic head of the Monstrous Beast. This Monstrous Beast felt that Ning Cheng and his Spear was not simple, and once again grunted, as it lifted its palm and hit the incoming Spear of Ning Cheng.
“Boom” As Ning Cheng brought the surrounding imposing manner of his Spear and collided with the thick palms of the Monstrous Beast, it immediately brought out a bloody light.
However, the huge force of the palm strike also transferred to Ning Cheng as he flew out with a bang, this Monstrous Beast did not even try to attend to its injured palm, as it once again plunged towards Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng forcibly stood up, and without thinking, immediately turned around and ran away. He knew that he was absolutely not a match for this Monstrous Beast, although his Spear had caused a bloody hole to appear on the palm of that Monstrous Beast, but that Monstrous Beast did not even feel it at all, and once he fought all out with the Monstrous Beast, then the best result for him would only be to die together with the Monstrous Beast.
The speed at which Ning Cheng left was very quick and in just a short time, he had run out of that stone quarry. When he turned to look back, he found that the Monstrous Beast did not follow up. Ning Cheng finally understood that this stone quarry was that Monstrous Beast’s territory.
Thinking of this, Ning Cheng did not feel happy. The Monstrous Beast’s territory was divided according to their strength, that stone quarry apparently did not have much resources, moreover the Monstrous Beast that he had battled just a moment ago did not seem to have much skill. If it was just a single one of them, then he could at least think of something to beat it, but if he met another one, just what could he do?
No matter what, he first had to get out of here.
This time, Ning Cheng was extremely careful, in case he was ambushed by a Class 4 Monstrous Beast then he knew that escape, for him, would simply be impossible.
Ning Cheng lowered his body as he carefully looked around, suddenly a faint aura that was familiar to him hit him.
The reason why he felt that this aura was familiar, was because he had also felt the same kind of aura during the time he was in the Daan Forest, at the place where he saw the fissure in the ground that was created by the Great Axe, moreover he had also comprehended the Axe Intent by that fissure, and the faint aura that he was feeling at the moment was definitely the Axe Intent.
Ning Cheng forcibly suppressed his surprise, he had never thought that just as he would enter the Angry Axe Valley, he would be able to feel this kind of Axe Intent in the Angry Axe Valley. But the Axe Intent here was much purer than what he had felt back in the Daan Forest, so much so that it cannot even be compared on the same level. Not only that, there also seemed to exist a particular Axe Charm within here.
Ning Cheng came to understand that, the person who left those axe marks in the Daan Forest must have also come to the Angry Axe Valley previously. If that man had also comprehended the Axe Intent in the Angry Axe Valley, then it was no wonder that he felt a familiar feeling towards it.
Feeling the incomparably clear Axe Intent, Ning Cheng actually forgot that he was still in the Angry Axe Valley, as he unconsciously moved towards the place that contained the traces of the Axe Intent.
Along the way, he did not see the axe marks, but the Axe Charm was the thing that he was focussed on, and as such Ning Cheng gradually entered into the realm in which he simply forgot about himself. At this moment, he only knew that he had to continue to unceasingly hack out with his hand to comprehend the Axe Intent, as he walked step by step towards the place where the Axe Charm was getting even more concentrated.
At this moment, in the entire Axe Valley, no one ventured out to find Spiritual Grasses or rare treasures, not to mention seeking out ancient caves, perhaps they were afraid because of their low strengths, as such, at the moment, Ning Cheng was the only person who was actually moving about on the inside.
To the present Ning Cheng, not to speak of him about knowing about treasures, even if he knew about it, he would not pass by this kind of opportunity, as his entire person already was in the middle of a sudden enlightenment.
Chapter 0126 – Angry Axe, The 1st Trace
Translated By – DemonKiller
Checked and Edited By – MissLucifer and CurlyAdi
Proofread By – SmartyMouth
Extra Help from – etvolare, Razoraze, KuriouNeko, Sugar……..
Chapter 0126 – [Angry Axe, The 1st Trace]
Yue Ying had hidden herself in a cave hidden behind a few large rocks, and was clutching a ring in her hands, she did not dare to move at all from that spot. She was brought into the Angry Axe Valley by the flowing crowd of people, she basically could not do anything at all to resist at that time.
After Yue Ying entered the Angry Axe Valley, she knew that she immediately had to find a place to hide, as she could not roam around this place freely. Moreover, she even prayed that nobody found her here, otherwise with her cultivation of Qi Gathering 6th Level, it would be the same as reaching a dead end.
What Yue Ying did not expect was that, after she entered the cave, she would immediately find a withered skeleton, which even had a ring on one of its fingers that were in front of her. Yue Ying immediately took the ring into her hands, after all she had lived i
n the Clear Heart Academy and the Falling Star Academy till now, so she knew that she really was lucky this time, as the ring that she was grasping in her hands was definitely a Storage Ring.
For the past two days, other than the few snacks that Yue Ying ate from her Storage Bag, she basically did not go out to look around, she could hear the roars of Monstrous Beasts outside which really made her heart palpitate and was afraid to even take a single step out of the cave.
After two days passed by, she finally dared to come out and take a look at the Storage Ring in her hands with the intention to study it. What made her pleasantly surprised was that the Storage Ring in her hands was unexpectedly opened very easily by her. Moreover, she found a few things inside the ring, which made her heart completely unable to quiet down for a long time.
Yue Ying then used her pitiful knowledge about Array Formations, as she once again went into hiding inside the cave, and somehow even found a large boulder to block the entrance to the cave. Once again returning to the depths of the cave, she started to carefully cultivate, while waiting for the Angry Axe Valley to close.
……
Ning Cheng suddenly opened his eyes, he felt a shadow of a Great Axe approach him with his Spiritual Sense, at this time Ning Cheng did not think of anything, and immediately lifted his hand and threw out an Axe Fist.
The Axe Fist was in no way comparable to the substantial looking Axe Shadow before it simply exploded, but because it was filled with Axe Intent, as such because of the explosion caused by that invisible Axe Shadow, in the middle of his Sea of Consciousness, that had not yet fully formed, echoed a tremendous thunder like explosion.
After this thunder like sound, Ning Cheng was directly thrown a few dozen meters back. As he sprayed a mouthful of blood, staining a large portion of the stony cliff he was facing.
Ning Cheng immediately sat cross-legged, although he knew that the explosion of this Axe Shadow was not strong enough to kill him, but he could still feel the formidable power in that Axe Shadow.
The Killing Intent of the Axe Shadow, along with its traces were continuously being assimilated and taking shape in Ning Cheng’s consciousness, moreover even the surrounding Spiritual Qi was constantly gathering around him unceasingly. As for what was happening around him, Ning Cheng was simply not aware of it, what he did realise was that he was starting to gain a better comprehension of the Axe Shadow in his consciousness. Which caused even his cultivation level to rise continuously, moreover it was rising at a fast pace.
Ning Cheng did not open his eyes, but he could still feel that the Spiritual Qi gathered around him contained extremely minute traces of an aura that he had never come in contact with before. This type of Spiritual Qi that he was feeling was actually even much higher in quality than the Spiritual Qi that he had felt initially at the bottom of the Forbidden Cold River, in front of the entrance to the Immortal Mansion, but this kind was aura was too light, it was so light that it was equivalent of it not existing at all.
But even though this kind of Spiritual Qi was light to the extent of not existing, Ning Cheng could still feel his cultivation level rising continuously under its influence.
When he had entered this place, he only had the cultivation of Early Stage True Condensation 3rd Level, but now he could feel his cultivation quickly rising to Middle Stage True Condensation 3rd Level, then Late Stage……
Together with the Axe Shadow finally starting to take shape with the help of his Spiritual Sense, he simply could not find the words to describe the formation of this Axe, the formidable Axe Intent that was coming out of this one Axe Shadow immediately made Ning Cheng to stand up, as he immediately wanted to try this axe out. Once this axe had fully formed in his consciousness with the Axe Intent, he suddenly realized that his cultivation level had directly advanced from the Late Stage True Condensation 3rd Level, breaking through the shackles and immediately arrived at True Condensation 4th Level.
Ning Cheng suddenly issued a long and loud shout, as he immediately stood up. At this time, he could now clearly see a skeleton a few dozen meters in front of him, Ning Cheng came to realize that he had been blown back from that same spot a few moments ago.
Ning Cheng once again slowly walked towards this skeleton, before he finally discovered that there was a golden coloured Great Axe in one of its hands. The axe was almost half a meter wide, and even its body was completely golden in colour. Maybe it was because of the erosion from the Axe Intent in the Angry Axe Valley, but this Golden Great Axe did not have even a single trace of being refined by a hand, it was as if this axe was formed naturally.
The cloths on the skeleton had already turned to ash. A Storage Bag was lying near it which was already decaying, as for the things that existed in the Storage Bag, they simply did not exist anymore, there was only a golden buckle laying under one of the palms of the skeleton. Ning Cheng picked up this Great Axe, and saw that there were several characters engraved on its shaft, Lan Yu Chen’s Golden Great Axe.
Ning Cheng could immediately tell, that this axe was a best quality Artefact. He had already guessed that this Lan Yu Chen must have come to this Angry Axe Valley to understand and comprehend the Axe Intent, but the difference was that Lan Yu Chen came here with his axe.
Thinking about how, just after he came here, he was almost killed by the terrible Axe Shadow that suddenly attacked his Spiritual Sense, Ning Cheng had already understood how Lan Yu Chen died.
Lan Yu Chen must have also arrived at this place like him. But he could not block that one Axe Shadow, as a result this Axe Shadow from the Angry Axe Valley exploded in his Zifu, which ultimately led to his death here.
After he understood this point, even Ning Cheng felt somewhat scared in his heart, if he had not comprehended a bit of the similar Axe Intent in the Daan Forest, then at this time, wouldn’t he also have met the same fate?
Ning Cheng put Lan Yu Chen’s Golden Great Axe aside, now that he obtained an axe, although the grade of the axe was very low, it would at least increase his survivability in this place. Grateful for the favour that he had received, Ning Cheng felt that, at least, he should provide a proper burial to the remains of Lan Yu Chen.
He immediately carved out a pit in that stone quarry, then carefully placed the bones of Lan Yu Chen in a Jade Box, then placed that Jade Box gently into the pit. Before he covered up the pit that was supposed to be his grave, Ning Cheng also picked up the golden buckle.
There were a few words engraved on the buckle, “To my husband Yu Cheng, hope you carefully look out for yourself outside, your wife Miao Shu will definitely wait for you day and night….”
Ning Cheng’s heart suddenly descended into gloominess, this golden yellow buckle should have been given to Lan Yu Chen by his wife Miao Shu, the meaning of the words of his wife meant that she wanted her husband to return to her side as soon as possible, so that they could cultivate together. But she did not think that even before her husband could even comprehend the Axe Intent in the Angry Axe Valley, he would unexpectedly fall here.
Ning Cheng let out a sigh, as he remembered a poem that he had learned before,
those wretched white bones piled up beside the river, were still lovers longed for in a young woman’s dreams.
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TL Note
– The actual Chinese poem is ‘，。’ It literally translates to ‘But arisen from their crumbling bones on the banks of the river at the border, dreams of them enter, like men alive, into rooms where their loves lie sleeping.’]
Compared to Lan Yu Chen, wasn’t he also not the same? Ji Luo Fei was still waiting for him back in the God Wind Academy, he absolutely cannot be the same as Lan Yu Chen, he could not let the people who were eagerly waiting for him to lose hope.
Ning Cheng also put the buckle into the Jade Box, as he put the Jade Box back into the pit and filled it up. This buckle was the testimony of love between Lan Yu Cheng and his wife Miao Shu, there was simply no need for him to take it away, even if it was some sort of precious tre
asure.
Ning Cheng once again grabbed the Golden Great Axe, as a boundless Killing Intent once again poured into his mind, Ning Cheng suddenly leapt up, and swung down the huge axe in his hands.
A golden coloured Axe Shadow emerged from it out of thin air, and in just an instant it had lacerated everything that was in front of the axe, moreover without breaking its momentum, a boundless Killing Intent swept across from it that split the surroundings apart. At this moment, the Axe Shadow had such an imposing might that it felt like it could even split apart the heavens itself, this kind of imposing manner was not something that could be returned.
This kind of relentless killing potential was just like an autumn wind that sweeps away the fallen leaves, Ning Cheng thought, as the axe in his hands hit its target producing a tremendous explosion. When the Axe Shadow was thrown out, Ning Cheng realized that the traces of Axe Shadows that he felt earlier were exactly the same, after this Axe Shadow had taken shape from the surrounding influences from before, Ning Cheng found that this Axe Shadow had its own emotions and trajectory.
“Bang….” The Golden Great Axe Shadow collided with the huge stone wall in front of him, as it immediately created an astonishingly deep crack, even the surrounding rock came flying out, this Axe Shadow had left a very deep imprint of itself on the giant rock hard cliff in front of him.
This was one powerful axe, Ning Cheng felt that this Axe Intent, when compared to the Spear Intent that he had comprehended from the broken Spear before, was several times more powerful. With such a strong Killing Intent in the form of Axe Intent, it must be given a proper name.
Ning Cheng could not think of a better name, since he had found this axe in the Angry Axe Valley and even comprehended his first type of Axe Intent with it, moreover since it even had such a strong and formidable imposing manner, and also imprinted a deep mark in the Angry Axe Valley, he would simply call it ‘[Angry Axe, The 1st Trace]’.
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