The Gate Of Good Fortune c1-905

by Demon Translations

  Going by the speculations of all the academies, Ning Cheng would certainly represent the Rainbow Fall Sword Sect in the finals for the Profound Core Cultivators.

  The finals in the Great Meet of the Academies followed the challenge system of the tournaments, which is anyone who passed through the preliminary rounds can issue a challenge to any of the other 99 candidates in the tournament.

  One victory would earn you one point. Winning a streak of ten victories would allow you to accumulate ten points. But if you lose one battle, a point would be deducted from your accumulations. Each cultivator, who passed through the preliminary round, would be starting off with a base score of one point. Any cultivator, once their score drops into negatives, would lose the qualifications to issue or take up challenges. In other words, if you have a point, but end up losing twice, meaning you ended up with a negative one point, then you directly be eliminated. Moreover, your negative points would mean that your academy would also have to suffer for it, as the score would be directly added into the overall score of the academy, causing the academy’s overall score to drop.

  Of course, if you won a ten round streak, there is also a possibility that you might end up with losing in a 9 round streak. However as long as your score is above or equal to zero, you would still be allowed to continue in the tournament. Moreover, you would also be given some control over the tournament, that is, once you managed to rake up ten points, and if you no longer wanted to participate in the tournament, you can then simply withdraw from the tournament ring with your score. Because the evaluations for the top ten academies would be determined with the final cumulative score, as such whether you decided to stop halfway, or just managed to hold onto you one point, or even not scored anything at all, your score would still be included into the final score of the academy.

  ……

  “Big Brother Ning, if I knew that you would also be coming here, I would have waited a few more days to come with you.” Liang Kexin was very happy. It could be said that her harvest in the past few days was not small at all. Moreover, after hearing the news that Ning Cheng had come to the Heavenly Dao Public Square she had immediately rushed out and it was only that she was just able to locate Ning Cheng.

  Ning Cheng spoke with a smile, “Junior Apprentice Sister Kexin, when we parted the last time, we were both Profound Congealing Cultivators, congratulations on you finally advancing to the Soul Essence Realm before me.”

  Liang Kexin showed a pout before speaking, “My Soul Essence Cultivation is still not enough to even measure up to Big Brother Ning’s palm, of that I’m very clear in my heart. Big Brother Ning, you must take the first place in the Profound Core Division…..”

  Ning Cheng lowered his voice before speaking up, “Even if I did not take the first place, I at least plan on helping the Rainbow Fall Sword Sect to get into the top ten academies of the Tian Continent, I guess securing 20 points should be able to do it.”

  “20 points will not let you be ranked first; wait doesn’t that mean winning at least 20 battles…..” Liang Kexin almost bit her tongue as she spoke, however thinking back to previous displays of Ning Cheng’s strength, although she was surprised, but at least was not overly surprised with it.

  Ning Cheng shook his head, as he did not think much about it and spoke, “You see that guy on the battle ring. He has already won six battles in a row. With his momentum, he definitely is going to win ten consecutive rounds.”

  “I know that person, he is Yin Yang Dao Sect’s Shen Buqun, he was ranked 11th in the preliminary round. It looks like he really wants to obtain that flight type magical weapon.” Liang Kexin also gave a nod as she spoke.

  Ning Cheng was slightly surprised as he spoke, “Is the award for the first place in the finals for the Profound Core Division a flight type magical weapon?”

  Liang Kexin looked at Ning Cheng with a little incredulity as she spoke, “You don’t even know about the rewards?”

  Ning Cheng shook his head and spoke, “I really don’t know. I just came here under the orders of the Headmaster. I was also resting for two days, before I came to participate in the tournament.”

  Liang Kexin was completely speechless when she heard those words, it was only after a good long while did she speak up, “You really are one of a kind, but whatever, the reward for the champion of the Profound Core Division in the Great Meet is not just a supreme grade Soul Condensing Pill, but also tens of millions of spirit stones.”

  “So rich?” When Ning Cheng heard the words supreme grade Soul Condensing Pill, he almost started drooling. He had undertaken many hardships, and had even resorted to cheatings and trickery, but had only obtained a single top quality Soul Condensing Pill. If he had known earlier that there was a supreme grade Soul Condensing Pill here, he would have tried every means possible to come to the tournament earlier.

  Seeing this, Liang Kexin couldn’t help but show a slight disdain as she spoke, “How is this rich, this is just the first reward for the first place. Once you manage to rake up 30 points along with your status of champion, then you would be rewarded with a best quality flight type spiritual artefact. Once you push up your score to more than or equal to 50 points along with your champion status, they will add another supreme grade Soul Condensing Pill to the awards. If your score breaks through 80 points or more, then they will also add a bottle of Essence Birthing Bamboo Pith…..”

  “Essence Birthing Bamboo Pith?” Ning Cheng stared at Liang Kexin with wide eyes, Essence Birthing Bamboo Pith for him, was countless times more precious than the Spiritual Enhancement True Nectar.

  If one ingested even a tiny amount of Essence Birthing Bamboo Pith, then it would be able to completely recover their depleted true essence in almost an instant, as such it was better than any other kind of panacea, moreover was also something that did not have any repercussion like pill poisons in consuming it, while being able to help one recover quickly. He had never expected that this tournament would have such a huge award. If they went with the severity of the awards, then wouldn’t it mean that awards for the Soul Essence Division and the Rank Surpassing Challenges would be even better?

  Even if Ning Cheng was not aware of the specific conditions for the awards, and even if awards for the Soul Essence Divisions were mostly pills for level advancement, the difficulty would not increase much for him. One has to know that it would be quite difficult for an ordinary person to score more than 30 points in the tournament for the Profound Core Division. Even if one was more powerful, their true essence was still something limited. Moreover, of those qualified to participate in this tournament, which among them did not have formidable strength?

  “Junior Apprentice Sister Kexin, I will not talk anymore nonsense with you. I must grab those awards. Also, if I am not able to return back to the academy, then you will have to remember to take care of my immortal cave.” Ning Cheng left behind a few words, while he already jumped towards the battle stage.

  At this moment, all the people saw a Profound Core 8th Level Cultivator jumping towards the battle ring, causing them to be confused if that person really was Ning Cheng.

  “Ning Cheng finally came up……”

  “Rainbow Fall Sword Sect’s Ning Cheng finally came up…..”

  “Yes, he is definitely the Ning Cheng who took out a barrel of Spiritual Enhancement True Nectar to sell, provoked the feud between the Great Change Island and Red Star Sword Faction, which even led to the Dao Master to come out……..”

  Chapter 0296 – The Eight Secret Words

  Translated By – DemonKiller

  Checked and Edited By – CurlyAdi and Livewidsmile

  Proofread By – SmartyMouth

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  Seeing Ning Cheng jump towards the battle ring, it immediately attracted many comments, even some of the Soul Essence Cultivators who did not care much about the tournament of the Profound Core Division, focused their attention on him.

  “
You’re Ning Cheng?” Shen Buqun shot a glance at Ning Cheng, as he asked in a very bland tone.

  Shen Buqun’s body gave off an elusive aura, if one had to put it in words then it was a kind of fair and above-board aura from afar, but if one carefully observed him again, it would seem as if he had an outwardly submissive but inwardly evil-hearted aura, causing Ning Cheng to feel not very happy about it.

  “Yes I am, let’s begin.” Ning Cheng did not bother to ask the other party’s name.

  Shen Buqun showed a faint smile and spoke, “You are wrong about it, I have already gone through seven rounds so I need a bit of a break. I hope that you can hold on for a few rounds before I can come up again. You must not disappoint me and allow others to kick you out.”

  Saying that, Shen Buqun took the initiative to walk off the battle ring.

  The words of Shen Buqun were frank and above-board, although there were many people looking over; none of them ridiculed his courage to be small. Ning Cheng had a sort of fierce name on the outside, moreover was someone who was said to have easily killed Ding Liang, as such for Shen Buqun choosing to look at Ning Cheng’s fighting prowess by taking the initiative to step down was something that was considered normal. However, Shen Buqun’s tone was also very contemptuous, as if he did not put Ning Cheng in his eyes. Although he said that he wanted to take a break, but it was only something for him to be discrete about. From this, they speculated that he was gunning for at least 30 victories.

  Ning Cheng just gave a smile, “Your name and your noble temperament reminds me of a person. Now that I look at you, you do resemble a lot like him. That man was nevertheless a master of a sect, and had mastered a very powerful sword technique. Alas, it was a pity that the sword technique that he learned had some flaws; otherwise, he might have become a supreme expert……”

  “Oh, who is it?” Shen Buqun, who was still walking down the battle ring, could not help but turn around and ask with curiosity.

  Ning Cheng spoke out in a calm yet loud manner, “As to who was it, I won’t be able to tell you, but I can at least tell you about the eight secret words that could be said to be the basis of the peerless sword technique that the man cultivated. Of course, if you have not heard it before already, then let’s make it clear that I am not at fault for it.”

  “Then I’ll look forward to your advice.” Shen Buqun’s expression turned dignified, no matter what these eight secret words were, listening to it was a lot better when compared to not listening at all.

  Not to mention Shen Buqun, even the countless cultivators watching the tournament, were paying a lot of attention to Ning Cheng’s reveal of the eight secret words.

  “Desiring to cultivate skills to the pinnacle, it is necessary to first castrate yourself.” Ning Cheng spoke out in a completely serious tone.

  [TL Note – The eight words actually are ‘

  。。

  ’ Taken from Jin Yong’s novel

  ‘’

  . I could not find any eight-word combinations in English for these characters, so I decided to put it into a sentence as short as possible, while trying to retain the original meaning.]

  “Hahaha……” The countless cultivators all around the battle ring burst into laughs, all the people could not help but think that Ning Cheng must have fabricated this myth, all in order to ridicule Shen Buqun.

  Even the Floating Snow Palace’s and the Severing Emotions Dao Sect’s female disciples who usually had a reserved expression, had to cover their mouths to laugh in secret. This Ning Cheng was simply too sarcastic to a fault, to use a sentence to catch Shen Buqun’s attention, only to specifically speak such derogatory words.

  Hearing the snickers of the female disciples seated below, a middle-aged female cultivator from the Severing Emotions Dao Sect suddenly spoke up with a frown, “Junior Apprentice Sister Qionghua, you are used to dealing and reading people. But this Ning Cheng seems to be a bit thick skinned, for Yingdei to choose him for severing her emotions, is it really the right choice?”

  The female cultivator addressed as Qionghua was wearing a full-bodied white robe, giving her a delicate appearance of someone who had already risen above the worldly affairs, while at the same time if one looked from a distance, she would look like an exquisite jade wrapped by immortal clouds. This kind of beautiful appearance was not even half a bit worse than Xu Yingdei’s, however when comparing temperaments, hers’ was even more stunning than Xu Yingdei. This person was none other than Xu Yingdei’s master Shi Qionghua. Moreover, she was the one who had come to the Rainbow Fall Sword Sect to act as a matchmaker on behalf of Xu Yingdei.

  Shi Qionghua replied in a tranquil manner, “This Ning Cheng’s disposition is sincere and forthright, moreover he also possess an innately good nature, making him a lot different from the rest of the hypocrites of the Tian Continent. He also holds kindness in his heart; moreover, this kind of kindness is something that the cultivators of the Tian Continent lack. Yingdei’s choice is good. Ning Cheng is definitely the most suitable man for her to fall in love with… But, sigh…..”

  That middle-aged cultivator on hearing Shi Qionghua sigh, once again asked her, “Qionghua, since Ning Cheng is the right choice, then why are you sighing?”

  Shi Qionghua was silent for a good long while before speaking, “Senior apprentice Sister, although that Ning Cheng definitely is suitable for allowing her to fall in love; however he is actually not suitable for her in severing her emotions. Although he is ostentatious and pompous on the surface, but deep down in his heart, this person is actually someone very emotional and is someone with exceedingly rich feelings towards the people close to him. Once he falls in love, and once Yingdei successfully severs her emotions, he would then turn into a very pitiful person. So much so that it would end up ruining his entire life……”

  Although the middle-aged female cultivator gave a nod, however she did not care about Shi Qionghua’s words. Whether or not Ning Cheng was suitable for severing emotions was already irrelevant, as long as Xu Yingdei was able to sever her emotions towards Ning Cheng, it would be more than enough. Whether Ning Cheng died or lived, it was not something that concerned the Severing Emotions Dao Sect. Xu Yingdei was the premier disciple of the Severing Emotions Dao Sect; as such, she was also the disciple on whom the sect has placed the most importance.

  “I hope that Yingdei is heartless enough to be able to sever her emotions, she must not get herself sucked up into it.” The middle-aged cultivator subconsciously replied.

  Shi Qionghua spoke in a quiet voice, “Yingdei is my disciple. I know her pretty well. She’ll successfully be able to sever her emotions; she is different from the others, as there is nothing in this world that would shake her Dao Heart.”

  ………

  Compared to the laughing audience, after Shen Buqun heard Ning Cheng’s words, he showed a faint smile before he spoke, “Quite an interesting lesson.” Then, he simply turned around and walked away, not saying anything else to Ning Cheng.

  So he knows how to be patient,

  Ning Cheng thought; however, he did not care about it.

  After Shen Buqun got down, Ning Cheng stood atop the battle ring for a long time, however unexpectedly nobody came up, causing him to be a bit disappointed in his heart; it seems that having a fierce name on the outside might just prove to be a hindrance in here.

  “Why isn’t anyone coming up, is this still a tournament……”

  As no one else stepped onto the stage to fight Ning Cheng, the spectators who had come to watch something interesting, could not help feel a bit irritated by the lack of action. Some of them immediately started shouting, to send people onto the stage.

  “Let me be the one to seek for an advice.” A clear voice emerged, followed by a female cultivator wearing a lilac coloured robe as she landed on the battle ring.

  “Senior Apprentice Brother Ning, I’m Star Gathering Mansion’s Lu Ruman, please enlighten me.” The female cultivator first cupped her fists towards Ning Cheng and
spoke, before she brought out a pair of red swords.

  Ning Cheng also nodded and spoke, “Star Gathering Mansion, aah I do know about it.”

  He already was acquainted with the Star Gathering Mansion’s Kong Cheng and Xin Hai; moreover, he was also the one who had saved them.

  “Although you are a friend of Senior Apprentice Brother Kong and Senior Apprentice Brother Xin, however I will not be showing you any mercy, take that…” Lu Ruman spoke as the pair of red swords in her hands turned into a sea of red smoke, as it completely surrounded and bound Ning Cheng in the middle of the sea of red smoke.

  A pair of red swords condensed from the red smoke, which then moved to form a pair of giant red scissors. As this scissor opened up, it brought forth a burst of cold aura filled with killing intent, allowing Ning Cheng to feel that his flow of true essence was somewhat impeded.

  This woman really attacks without a shred of consideration or hesitation,

  Ning Cheng thought in his heart. If it were an ordinary Profound Core Cultivator in his place, then in that case they would have found it to be extremely difficult to escape from this predicament.

  However, her cultivation was not even comparable to Ding Liang; as such, it was definitely not good enough to go against Ning Cheng. Ning Cheng brought out his Profound Break Spear, only to send out two spear lights, pointing towards the open mouth of the giant red scissors.

  “Dong dong” Two sounds emerged, followed by Ning Cheng backing up as he seemed to have been pushed a few feet back towards one side of the battle ring because of the attack, while breathing somewhat rapidly, giving others the impression that he had to struggle to escape the clutches of the giant red scissors.