“Although we entered this ancient ruins much later, but it seems that we are the first to reach this place.” Ning Cheng looked around the abandoned and empty place, and spoke in a slightly contented manner. When they finally arrived, the end result was that they were the first to arrive at this Immortal Mansion.
Meng Jing Xiu said joyfully, “Senior Apprentice Brother Ning, let us hurry up and collect the Spiritual Grasses.”
Ning Cheng shook his head and spoke, “Since this is the Immortal Mansion, then it definitely contains some good things. Let us first go into the log cabin, and afterwards we can come and collect the Spiritual Grasses here.”
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Meng Jing Xiu also followed Ning Cheng and entered the wooden cabin. The inside of the wooden cabin was very spacious, but it only had a wooden table in the middle of it.
On the wooden table there were two rings, other than those, there were nothing else inside.
“These are two Storage Rings……” Meng Jing Xiu spoke in a surprised way.
Other than a few core disciples of some large Academies, Storage Rings were simply a luxury for Ning Cheng and Meng Jing Xiu, the attraction for them was simply too big.
Ning Cheng used his Spiritual Consciousness to sweep at those two rings, and confirmed that they indeed were two Storage Rings.
Meng Jing Xiu did not reach out towards it with her hands. But rather looked at Ning Cheng. To her, the one who called the shots between them was Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng was staring at those two Storage Rings, and suddenly felt a bit awkward in his heart. Moreover, one of these Storage Rings gave a somewhat familiar feeling to him, but this kind of familiar feeling was difficult to state out clearly.
After Ning Cheng looked at those rings for quite a while, suddenly he grabbed one of them with his hand. And instantly a faintly discernible yet obscure aura directly seeped into the middle of Ning Cheng’s Zifu, this kind of sensation, Ning Cheng felt it for the first time.
His Meridians were remoulded by the Mysterious Yellow Origin, as such this kind of faintly discernible aura, was not something that could fool his senses. He immediately realized that this aura was not a good thing, Ning Cheng subconsciously made the Star River to immediately swallow this aura.
In fact, even without the instructions from Ning Cheng, the Star River in his Zifu was already eager to have a go at it, it was as if this Star River seemed to have sensed that the flavour of this aura was something very tempting.
Now that it had got permission from Ning Cheng, the Star River suddenly shot out a strand of steaming hot Qi from inside his Zifu, immediately trying to swallow up that vague aura.
That vague aura was like a person with their butts on fire, as if it had received an electric shock, it immediately tried to escape from Ning Cheng’s Zifu. But even with such a speed, the Star River still gobbled up 99% of this vague aura.
“You unexpectedly have such a terrible fire, just who in the world are you…….”
A hoarse voice filled with horror resounded throughout the cabin, as a faint shadow of a person appeared in the middle of the log cabin.
“This is a Soul Essence, it almost took possession ……” Meng Jing Xiu’s face immediately turned pale, as she subconsciously took several steps back. Her cultivation was not high, but that did not mean that she did not understand what possession was. Just a moment ago it had tried to possess one of them, but for some unknown reason, the possession was not successful.
But at this moment Ning Cheng was extremely calm, this Soul Essence had rushed into his Zifu for hiding, and then wanted to seek an opportunity to seize his body, but what it had not actually thought of was that when this Soul Essence entered his Zifu, it would be immediately be discovered by him.
At this point this Soul Essence was almost 99% swallowed by the Star River, as such he could easily kill this Soul Essence whenever he wanted to, because of which he was not much worried, and just asked in a slow and calm voice, “Did you just wanted to seize my body?”
“What are you looking at, this father will seize your body just by looking at you. Obediently let this father seize your body, it would only be your good fortune.” Although this Soul Essence was extremely weak, but the way it talked was very arrogant.
Ning Cheng simply pointed to one of the rings on the table and asked in a cold voice, “Where is the owner of this ring?”
He already knew who this ring belonged to, the aura in this ring and the trace of aura that he had felt from the mirror that he had obtained previously was exactly the same. In other words, this ring and that mirror should have the same owner.
Since this ring was here, then where did its master go? At present, this weak and thin looking Soul Essence was the biggest suspect.
“Haha, Han Xian, that slut, she was raped and killed by this father…….” This Soul Essence was still arrogant as he shouted out, but this time without any hesitation Ning Cheng shot out a lump of flame towards him.
The Soul Essence uttered a miserable and pitiful cry, as he cursed at Ning Cheng while still being accosted by the flames.
Ning Cheng suddenly felt that something was not right, as he suddenly took back the flames.
As Ning Cheng took back the flames, the Soul Essence subconsciously asked, “Why don’t you continue and burn me?”
Hearing these words, Ning Cheng immediately felt a shiver run down his spine, this Soul Essence a moment ago was not weakened under his flame, on the contrary it was actually being strengthened. It seemed that for this Soul Essence, his true fire of Essence Building Realm was not a killing artefact, but rather it turned into a tonic that nourished him, if he hadn’t found it early on, then after the other party was unknowingly nourished by him, then perhaps he might have been able to kill him and Meng Jing Xiu. The Star River would be able to cope with this Soul Essence, but only if it entered his Zifu, but that did not mean that the Soul Essence could not deal with him with its freedom.
Hearing the other party’s subconscious words, Ning Cheng affirmed that his guess was really correct. Even if he had many questions, he did not dare to continue to ask, immediately a strong force from the Star River in his Zifu immediately rushed out, as he determined that he must kill this Soul Essence.
The Star River once again brought out a strand of terrible hot Qi, directly enveloping the Soul Essence completely inside it.
“You cannot kill me…….” This time the Soul Essence finally started to panic, Ning Cheng’s Essence Building True Fire although was hot but it was still a kind of nourishing tonic for it, but the Flame Qi from the Star River was actually a bane for him. He basically did not have the ability to resist it for even half a moment.
Regarding this Soul Essence’s begging for mercy, Ning Cheng was not soft hearted for even half a moment.
“This fellow in quite sly, I almost fell for his word.” After completely destroying this Soul Essence, Ning Cheng finally put away the Star River, as he spoke with a bit of lingering fear. From the other party’s single sentence, he could determine right away that he might have had a sort of crush on Han Xian, but because of his own infuriation’s at the beginning, it seems that he ended up being burned by his own flames from the inside.
“Who is Han Xian?” As that Soul Essence was completely destroyed by Ning Cheng, Meng Jing Xiu’s anxious mood finally calmed down.
“If I have not guessed it wrong, she should be the owner of this ring.” Ning Cheng said, as he picked up the other ring.
Meng Jing Xiu did not ask, as she believed everyone to have their own privacy.
The ring that Ning Cheng had obtained before, he gave it to Meng Jing Xiu as he spoke, “You can keep this ring, while I take the ring left behind by Han Xian, she and I have a bit of a connection.”
Ning Cheng had managed to escape to the Immortal Mansion at the bottom of that river and had healed himself there, moreover he had even advanced to the Essence Building Realm there, as such he had a bit of goodwill towards Han Xian in his heart
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Meng Jing Xiu waved her hand, as she took out a ring hanging against her chest around her neck and said, “I do not want this ring, I already have my own ring, it’s just that I did not dare to take it out.”
Ning Cheng stared at the ring hanging from Meng Jing Xiu’s neck against her chest, as he suddenly thought in his heart,
why does each and every woman hide their ring in this place?
When Meng Jing Xiu saw Ning Cheng stare at her chest, she blushed, and quickly put the ring back inside against her chest.
Ning Cheng suddenly frowned, “Junior Apprentice Sister Jing Xiu, let’s get out of here, someone is coming over.”
When Ning Cheng and Meng Jing Xiu came out of the log cabin, two shadows of human figures who were confronting each other suddenly turned to stare at Ning Cheng and Meng Jing Xiu. From the surprise in their eyes one could tell what the two men were thinking, the two men did not believe that some people had managed to arrive at this place before them.
Chapter 0153 – Genius Killer
Translated By – DemonKiller
Checked By – MissLucifer
Edited By – CurlyAdi
Proofread By – SmartyMouth
Additional Consultation – Deceptioning, Etvolair, Premonition, etc.
Meng Jing Xiu spoke to Ning Cheng in a low voice, “I know these two people, one of them is a genius from the Dragon and Phoenix 9 Star Academy, Cui Nie Ping, and the other is a genius from the Gui Yuan City, Gui Yu Tang. They were the first people to enter through the Killing Intent Restriction on the stone door.”
“9 Star Academy?” Ning Cheng repeated the phrase in surprise. When he was still in the Cang Qin Province, he had read some notes on the 8 Star Academies in the Yi Xing Mainland, and now people from even the 9 Star Academy appeared before him.
Meng Jing Xiu gave an ‘En’ sound and continued, “Along with the 9 Star Academy, I heard that these two places, along with the Wu Nian Academy that Yue Ying entered, are the Le Continent’s three major powers.”
Ning Cheng then asked once again, “You say that this Gui Yuan City is also very great? Moreover, on the same level as a 9 Star Academy?”
“That I do not know, I only know about them because I heard the talks of the people around me when these two people broke through the Killing Intent Restriction placed on the stone door of the Immortal Mansion. I just heard that Gui Yuan City was not just an individual city, but rather the fact is that this Gui Yuan City is completely owned by the family clan with the surname Gui.”
So that was the case, for a family clan to be on an equal footing with a 9 Star Academy, it seems that this family clan really was very remarkable. Ning Cheng then suddenly smiled and said, “This family clan should be one of the largest family clan in the Yi Xing Mainland, however the last name is really lamentable.”
TL Note
– That because the character Gui
‘s meaning is ‘to return/to go back’.
Meng Jing Xiu was stunned for a moment, but soon she understood the meaning of Ning Cheng, as she whispered again, “I heard people say that Cui Nie Ping and Gui Yu Tang are one of the ten most monstrous talents under the Profound Core Realm in the Le Continent, and as such they are the main focus of cultivation for their respective backers.”
“But if the point is just cultivation then why don’t they stay in their respective Academy and Clan to cultivate like Junior Apprentice Sister Danqin? Why would they come to the Angry Axe Valley?” Ning Cheng subconsciously returned a question. All the core disciple of the Academies that he had met till now had given him the same impression, as their natural qualifications went against the heavens, the Academies would do everything to protect them, and not let them run around in the grassroots like this aimlessly.
Meng Jing Xiu shook her head, “That is not the case, I heard that in real large Academies, the disciples with more heaven defying qualifications are encouraged to go out and experience the world while simultaneously cultivating and training. However, the trump cards that they hold in their hands are many, and as such it is very difficult for them to fall. As for them staying indoors and cultivating, although they may be able to achieve a high cultivation, but then they would lack competitiveness which is a must for all cultivators.”
The two cultivators who were confronting each other moved towards Ning Cheng and Meng Jing Xiu, at this moment they were only ten meters away from Ning Cheng before they stopped.
The man on the left was wearing a brown cultivator’s robe, had slender eyebrows, with a clean and white face, with bright eyes, and had a peaceful looking expression on his face. But his whole body was giving off a cheetah-like dangerous aura. While the person on the right had a slightly shorter figure, and had a bronze like skin, with thick lips. But what was different in him from the person on his left, was that the aura in and around him was constantly exploding out in pulses which could even be seen externally, any person who looked at him would immediately realize that this person was simply not to be trifled with.
“Who are you? I believed that as long as …… Why have I never seen you?” The brown robe wearing cultivator on the left with a white and clean face stared at Ning Cheng and asked with a deep tone.
While simultaneously staring at Ning Cheng and Meng Jing Xiu with suspicion in his eyes. Although he had seen Meng Jing Xiu a few days ago. Back at the time when he had broken the Killing Intent Restriction on the Stone Door this woman seemed to have been around that place. But this woman only had the cultivation of True Condensation 6th Level, so how could it be possible for her to come inside?
But he soon ignored Meng Jing Xiu and had only spared a glance at her, he could guess how Meng Jing Xiu came inside, it seemed that she had some kind of relationship with Ning Cheng. He was already using his Spiritual Consciousness to carefully observe Ning Cheng, but even after a long time he only got a vague feeling that Ning Cheng only had the cultivation of Early Stage Essence Building Realm.
He had a feeling that this Ning Cheng was the one that he had to watch out against. While at the same time he also understood what was the matter, although this place did not have Rank 7 Spiritual Grasses, but there were still many Rank 6 Spiritual Grasses. These things were of much use to him, of course, whether it was a single person or a few people in front of him, it did not represent the same thing.
“I have also not seen you, what is so strange about it, the Yi Xing Mainland is very big, does one know every genius there is out there?” Ning Cheng also spoke loudly.
The person in front of him had not finished his words, when he already understood the meaning of Ning Cheng’s words. That is as long as they had skill, then he would have definitely known about them, or rather he should have known about them.
“I was given a nickname, called ‘Waiting for you every day, who asked you to come’ killer……”
TL Note
– Yes that’s what he said, I crosschecked with the Qidian Source along with a few of other translators (Premonition, Etvolair, Deceptioning, TaffyGirl) for this headache inducing line.
Ning Cheng had not yet finished speaking, when the fair and clean looking cultivator, frowned and mumbled to himself, “‘Waiting for you every day, who asked you to come’ killer …… Is it possible that this friend has been here for a few days, and every day was waiting here for other people to break through the Angry Axe Lotus Flower Pond just to prey on them?”
“Therefore, I just shortened it out to just ‘Genius Killer’….” Ning Cheng just finished his words, when the man who was mumbling to himself also just finished.
Hearing that term ‘Genius Killer’, this fair and clean looking cultivator understood that Ning Cheng was making fun of them. Ning Cheng definitely knew that they were one of the ten monstrous genius cultivators from the Le Continent below the Profound Core Realm.
Angry Axe Lotus Flower Pond?
Ning Cheng had not thought that the place that he had rushed through that was as scary as hell itself initially, coul
d still have such an elegant sounding name?
The reason that Ning Cheng had spoken in such a manner was because he was already prepared for a fight. These two guys were at Essence Building 7th Level. So if he had to fight, then Ning Cheng was not afraid of them, but he was worried about Meng Jing Xiu.
“Ha Ha……” This fair and clean looking cultivator laughed and suddenly said, “Genius Killer, this friend’s nickname is really good, I am Dragon and Phoenix 9 Star Academy’s Cui Nie Ping.”
With him speaking up, the other cultivator who was slightly shorter in stature who had a similar cultivation of Essence Building Realm came forward and spoke, “Le Continent’s Gui Yuan City’s Gui Yu Tang.”
Ning Cheng had thought that when he had seen these two people, they had initially seemed to have a bit of confrontation between them, and were almost on the verge of fighting, but now when they saw a stranger that tried to meddle in their affairs, he thought that they would immediately begin fighting with them. But he had not thought that these two people not only had not begun fighting, but rather they immediately brought out their respective Sect’s name, and moreover were also looking very serious.
“God Wind Academy’s Ning Cheng.” Ning Cheng was already well prepared for a fight, but since the other party did not have such an intention at the moment, he would also not continue to cause trouble.
“God Wind Academy?” Cui Nie Ping and Gui Yu Tang immediately spoke out simultaneously as they looked at each other, moreover there was even doubt in their looks, as they did not have the slightest impression of the God Wind Academy.
They immediately realized that this God Wind Academy must be a common Academy, as such Cui Nie Ping also no longer continued to inquire, and instead smiled as he spoke, “Since Brother Ning can cross the Angry Axe Lotus Flower Pond, and is also nicknamed as the Genius Killer, then presumably you are not a common person. This Cui is really ashamed of himself as a man, as I barely could scrape into the ranks of geniuses from the Le Continent, moreover I barely was able to force my way through the Angry Axe Lotus Flower Pond, thus this Cui wants to ask for advice from Brother Ning who is also renowned as the Genius Killer.”
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