“Are you really a 2 Star Lieutenant? Before when I fought with that small eyes, I saw you killing a Profound Congealing Cultivator through my Spiritual Sense. Moreover, the warship beneath your feet should also have been snatched from that Profound Congealing Cultivator, right? Based on your skill, you should at least be a 3 Star Senior Captain. How can you still be only a Second Lieutenant?” Kong Peng Peng looked at Ning Cheng and asked in a puzzling manner.
Ning Cheng felt a chill run down his spine, as he thought that his movements of when he had killed the enemy were already seen through, it was no wonder that that Wa Lu had come to kill him, it seemed that originally he had specifically come here to kill him. But even with his Spiritual Sense, he could not detect even half a scent.
But Ning Cheng soon put aside those thoughts, it was not that his vigilance was low, but rather it was because the amount of Yi Xing Ocean’s Cultivators that he had faced till now was simply astonishingly large. As such he had basically not taken into account anything else. To put it bluntly, his cultivation was still too low. At present this Kong Peng Peng had apparently found some discrepancies in his identity, if he continued to lie, and once they found out, then it would be a dead end for him.
He hastily cupped his fist respectfully and said, “I dare not conceal anything from Senior Kong. This junior had come here through a merchant ship, and was originally going to join the army at Pu Bu Island. I did not expect that the merchant ship that was near this island would suddenly find itself in the midst of a war, as such this junior could only escape to this island. But because I did not have an identity of the Jia Continent’s cultivator soldier, I did not dare to fight, later I found Zhuo Yi dead, and as such borrowed Second Lieutenant Zhuo Yi’s uniform to wear. This one only wanted to help the Jia Continent’s cultivator army in its fight.”
Ning Cheng did not speak with the tone of an army cultivator here, but rather spoke with a tone of an ordinary cultivator. Otherwise he would not have claimed to be a junior, if this Kong Peng Peng really did want to take him down, then he was simply unable to resist.
Kong Peng Peng did not know whether to believe Ning Cheng’s words or not, but still nodded and said, “You are very good, with the power of just a single person you were able to reverse the situation of the war, moreover by the virtue of your Axe Intent you could leap over and kill a Profound Congealing Cultivator, your Golden Axe Shadow should be something that you have comprehended in the Angry Axe Valley, right?”
Ning Cheng quickly replied, “That’s right, moreover my magic weapon was just able to restrain that man’s Red Cloud Flag. Truthfully that win was completely by fluke. If the other party was not intended on running away, then I would not have necessarily won.”
Looking at this Kong Peng Peng’s expression, how could he not know what he was thinking? He was afraid that this Kong Peng Peng would try to grab him to thoroughly question him on how an Essence Building Cultivator was able to kill a Profound Congealing Cultivator, and as such quickly took the initiative to explain it to him.
“Do you still want to join the cultivator army?” Kong Peng Peng looked at Ning Cheng with a very appreciative look, as Ning Cheng displayed very clearly what he himself was thinking a moment ago. Although he did not know what to think of it, but still when he thought about how Ning Cheng’s Axe Intent could indeed kill a Profound Congealing Cultivator, he did not pursue the things that Ning Cheng was worried about.
“I still want to join the Jia Continent’s cultivator army.” Ning Cheng spoke without any hesitation, regardless of what Kong Peng Peng thought, for him to join the cultivator army would certainly be not wrong.
Kong Peng Peng nodded, “Do you want to join the cultivator army for its cultivation practice? Or do you want to obtain more resources for your cultivation practice?”
“I am a rogue cultivator, as such am without sufficient cultivation resources, trying to advance would be extremely hard for me. It was only because I had encountered a number of good fortunes before, that I was able to advance to this level in the Essence Building Realm, but then again good fortune, after all, does not come very often. Moreover, my Spiritual Root qualifications is also not good, as such to advance to a higher level, the only way for me would be to join the cultivator army.” Ning Cheng replied honestly, he knew that he could not be realistic and practical at the same time. Moreover, with this kind of reason, it would also justify his past perfectly.
Kong Peng Peng gave an ‘En’ sound, before hesitating for a moment and saying, “The Yi Cheng Battalion has been annihilated, and since you want to continue with your thoughts to join the cultivator army, so if you want do you want to join my Yi Zheng Battalion? Moreover, under my wing you will have the feeling of an executive officer, moreover you will also be able to enjoy many more things.”
Ning Cheng hurriedly replied with a bit of passion in his voice, “I am willing to join the Yi Zheng Battalion, and would definitely bring prestige to the Yi Zheng Battalion.”
Kong Peng Peng was very satisfied, and did not doubt anything that Ning Cheng spoke, moreover he had also seen Ning Cheng’s performance before which also showcased his abilities, and as such once again spoke up, “If you join the Yi Zheng Battalion with your original identity, it is not possible to establish your position during such an emergency, as such I am not able to promote you directly to a military officer. So for the moment it would be better for you to join the Yi Zheng Battalion with the identity of Zhuo Yi temporarily, after the war ends, I will help you change it back. Wait Wait, let me see what rank I should give to you……”
Chapter 0171 – Heaven’s Way
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“Senior, I have family in the Hua Continent, I estimate that this disaster from the Yi Xing Ocean will also spread to the Hua Continent, as such I want to make a request to Senior to allow me to go provide some support and assistance to the Hua Continent.” Hearing that this Kong Peng Peng wanted to promote Ning Cheng to the status of one of his officers, he immediately interrupted him and spoke the words that he wanted to say.
“You want to go to the Hua Continent?” Kong Peng Peng stared at Ning Cheng and specifically asked that one sentence.
Ning Cheng felt that this sentence from him posed no problem to him, so he spoke, “Yes, this junior has a wife in Hua Continent, as such am very worried about her.”
At this time there were a number of Essence Building Cultivators and Profound Congealing Cultivators who had come to greet them, but Kong Peng Peng simply told them to clean up the battlefield, then deliberately sat down in front of Ning Cheng on his warship, while simultaneously also motioning Ning Cheng to sit down and spoke, “Later when we are in the cultivator barracks, don’t call me ‘Senior’, it would be better if you can get rid of that habit, directly calling me as ‘Commander’ is enough.”
“Yes, General Kong.” Ning Cheng wouldn’t really address him as ‘Commander’, since the others addressed him as General, then it simply showed that this term ‘General’ sounded better.
Kong Peng Peng simply nodded and continued, “At the moment for you to go to the Hua Continent, I estimate it would not serve any useful purpose……”
“Why?” Ning Cheng was surprised for a moment, and completely forgot that the person in front of him had a cultivation level that was completely higher than his own.
Kong Peng Peng spoke with a sigh, “The Yi Xing Ocean’s cultivators have launched an all-out offensive attack. As such even the Jia Continent of the 9 Continents Army was almost on the verge of giving up, not to mention the Hua Continent. So I guess that even if the Hua Continent did not fall, it’s situation at this moment would be extremely perilous. Even if you used this ship that you seized, a Top Tier Black-Silver Warship at that, it would still take you nearly half a month�
�s time to reach there, by that time, it would already be too late.”
[TL Note – Ok, so the author is apparently a great graphic designer too and has uploaded a pic of the Black-Silver Warship he designed himself and has repeatedly mentioned it in the author comments, but the problem is I can’t find the damnable pic even after searchicg for a full hour. So if any of you readers do find the pic, then please comment it or mail us. Meanwhile I will continue to search for the pic.]
Ning Cheng suddenly stood up, as he clenched his fists tightly as he felt his entire body tremble. If the Hua Continent fell, then what about Luofei? Where would Luofei go?
Kong Peng Peng pat Ning Cheng’s shoulder, signalling Ning Cheng to sit down again. As he spoke with some reason, “A real man can still live without a wife, although the Yi Xing Ocean’s cultivators are leading this battle, but they would soon reach a compromise.”
But at this moment Ning Cheng was terribly upset, as he bowed and spoke, “General Kong, I have to go to the Hua Continent, otherwise I can never feel at ease in my heart even for a moment.”
Kong Peng Peng also did not continue to persuade Ning Cheng, he pondered for a moment and said, “I very much appreciate your sentiments, I believe that you definitely have the ability to take up the affairs of my Yi Zheng Battalion. Moreover, since you are now one of my people, there are some things that I have to say to you.”
Ning Cheng forced himself to settle down as he spoke, “General, please speak freely.”
Kong Peng Peng spoke, “Do you know the reason why the Yi Xing Ocean’s cultivators want to attack the 9 Continents regardless of the casualties they have to suffer?”
Ning Cheng shook his head absentmindedly, as although he knew bits and pieces of it but he really did not have a clear picture about why they would do such a thing.
Since it seemed that Ning Cheng himself was not clear on it, so Kong Peng Peng waited for Ning Cheng and did not reply straight away, but after seeing Ning Cheng’s response, he finally spoke up, “Not many cultivators know that the Yi Xing Mainland actually has ten continents.”
Ning Cheng finally answered what he knew about, he had heard about this from Cang Shuo, that there was a 10th Continent in the Yi Xing Ocean. Moreover, this 10th continent was the true cultivation holy land, where there were even existences beyond even the Crucible Transformation Realm.
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TL Note
– For those confused about cultivation realms – Qi Gathering -> True Condensation -> Essence Building -> Profound Congealing -> Profound Core -> Soul Essence -> Soul Sculpting -> Sea Opening -> Crucible Transformation]
For Ning Cheng to know that the Yi Xing Mainland actually comprised of 10 Continents, Kong Peng Peng was not surprised, as most of the Jia Continent’s military cultivators knew about this fact. Moreover, many of them even knew that these Yi Xing Ocean’s cultivators were the descendants that were left behind by the people trying to reach the Tenth Continent in the Yi Xing Ocean.
“The 10th Continent that is lying across the Yi Xing Ocean is called the Tian Continent, this continent is truly the gathering place of the supreme powers. In the 3 Advanced Level Continents of the Yi Xing Mainland, a Crucible Transformation Cultivator is already considered as a peak existence, but in the Tian Continent, a Crucible Transformation Cultivator is not the peak, as there is even a higher presence there than the Crucible Transformation Realm.”
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TL Note
– This Tian Continent can also be interpreted as ‘Heaven’ Continent, as the character
also represents Heaven. I chose to keep it as ‘Tian’ Continent just to keep it in sync with the names of the other continents.]
At this point, Kong Peng Peng suddenly asked, “Zhuo Yi, what do you think is the peak of cultivation in the Yi Xing Mainland, do you know what kind of realm it is?”
When Ning Cheng heard this, his heart beat suddenly accelerated. He and Taishu Shi had also talked about this kind of thing. He had heard that the ancestor of Taishu Shi had arrived here at the Yi Xing Mainland after tearing open an entrance to this plane. Didn’t Kong Peng Peng’s words imply that once a person’s cultivation reached the highest point, then they could rip open the plane’s boundary, and as such he would have the opportunity to return to Earth?
Although excited, Ning Cheng choked back the excitement, as he spoke in a respectful tone, “General Kong. My real name is Ning Cheng. I don’t know the ultimate heights of cultivation, but do I want to know about it.”
Kong Peng Peng gave a smile as he spoke, “I can see that you really want to know about it, as your heart rate has already shown what you are thinking. I heard that a long time ago, once someone cultivated to the extreme in the Yi Xing Mainland, they can then leave this plane, and continue on to a more Advanced Level Plane, to pursue their Dao. But after all, it is only thought of as a legend, because there was nobody ever that could leave this world to go to another world. But then there are also the cultivators in the Tian Continent in the Yi Xing Ocean, they proved that this thing was definitely not a legend, but rather the real thing.”
“Tearing through the world’s boundary?” Ning Cheng asked with some tension in his voice, if it really was tearing through the world’s boundary, then he would very much like to know how high he had to cultivate to achieve that. According to what he knew about cultivation, the Crucible Transformation Realm was the highest realm that he knew of, but at the moment he knew that there was no way to attain such a level.
Kong Peng Peng shook his head and said, “It should not be tearing through the world’s boundary, but then again the Yi Xing Ocean’s cultivators are also not clear about this, it’s just that in the endless heavens, the Yi Xing Mainland is just a broken and incomplete corner in the remotest parts of it. In the endless heavens, there are many worlds and planets, moreover the level of comprehension of those worlds are much much better than that of the Yi Xing Mainland.”
“Then what you say is that the same cultivation of Essence Building Realm, is not only same for the cultivators of the Yi Xing Mainland, but also for the others throughout?” Ning Cheng asked with some doubts.
“Although different paths of cultivation lead to the same goal, but the real strength is what separates everyone, after the Yi Xing Mainland was broken, the ranks of the cultivation had also evolved in accordance to the broken laws of the Heaven and Earth here, as such cultivators of the same level being different in strength from each other was a normal and natural event. Even in the 9 continents of the Yi Xing Mainland, they all have dissimilarities, because of the broken laws of the Heaven and Earth here, the Spiritual Qi cultivation and cultivation methods of the Lower Levelled Continents are far below that of the Intermediate Level or Advanced Level Continents, let alone the other Continent?” Kong Peng Peng spoke with a sigh, as if he himself was not very clear about this.
Ning Cheng had come from Earth, so even if he cultivated here for a few more years, where would he hear these kinds of things. Out of all the words spoken by Kong Peng Peng, the most that he was concerned about was the Tian Continent and finding someone from the Yi Xing Mainland to help him go to a higher plane. After listening to Kong Peng Peng, he once again quickly asked, “Then does it stand to reason that someone from the Tian Continent had managed to leave the Yi Xing Mainland?”
Kong Peng Peng’s tone immediately became solemn as he spoke, “The reason why I spoke to you about these things, is that although the Yi Xing Ocean’s cultivators had sneak attacked the cultivator army of the 9 Continents on the Mainland, but it is because the war should soon calm down, at least it would calm down temporarily.”
“I ask General to dispel these doubts.” Ning Cheng quickly spoke up once again.
Kong Peng Peng’s tone became somewhat earnest, “According to the latest news, the Tian Continent’s Heaven’s Way has once again opened……”
“What is Heaven’s Way?” Ning Cheng could not help but ask this question.
“After the Yi Xing Mainland was
broken up, the laws of the Heaven and Earth here also ended up broken and hence were left incomplete, and we were unable to take advantage of the incomplete Heaven and Earth’s Laws to get out of the Yi Xing Mainland. But in Tian Continent, there is a path called the Heaven’s Way, when a cultivator’s cultivation level reaches a certain threshold, they would be able to pass through this Heaven’s Way to come out of the Yi Xing Mainland, and go to a place where the Spiritual Qi and other cultivation resources are much richer than here, moreover the main motivation for them is in order to search for a higher understanding of their Dao.” As Kong Peng Peng spoke, his tone became even more excited. It was apparent that he himself wanted to go onto the Heaven’s Way.
“Heaven’s Way……” Ning Cheng kept repeating those words to himself, as he set Heaven’s Way as his goal now.
Kong Peng Peng gave a chuckle, “Do not think that the Heaven’s Way is something good, although theoretically after reaching a certain level in one’s cultivation, anyone could go onto the Heaven’s Way, but if one could truly pass through it or not, no one knows about it. Because since ancient times no one has ever been able to come back. It is because after entering the Heaven’s Way, all the cultivators that entered had disappeared, and as such no one knows whether they managed to pass through the Heaven’s Way or not. Because of which no one knows whether the Heaven’s Way is real, or if it is just a legend.”
“Then how is one able to cross the Heaven’s Way?”
“When your cultivation reaches a certain level, you will come to understand about this. But it is because the Tian Continent has such a thing called the Heaven’s Way that it is called the Tian Continent. The Heaven’s Way has been shut for countless years, and had only recently opened. As such all those cultivators who were trapped in their cultivation for many years, have flocked to the Heaven’s Way, so as to find a way out. The Yi Xing Ocean’s cultivator army conducting a large scale attack on the mainland of the 9 continents, is also because of the Heaven’s Way.”
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