“Condensing one’s Soul Essence can change your appearance?” Ning Cheng received the jade strip, as he asked in surprise.
Yin Kongchan interjected from the side, “Of course, however the change is something subtle, however you must have a specific cultivation mnemonic for it. I have them here with me.”
It seems that she was not willing to lag behind Xu Yingdei, which caused Yin Kongchan to take out a jade strip before she handed it to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng was also not one to refuse such gifts, as he put away the two jade strips, and only asked, “According to what you said, wouldn’t it mean that there would not be any ugly looking people anymore? No wonder the two of you look so beautiful, so it was because you already have been operated upon aah.”
Xu Yingdei shook her head and spoke, “My looks are something that I was born with, and I never wanted to change anything about it.”
“I also don’t have any ideas either. I have this jade strip, but it doesn’t represent that I’ve used it.” Yin Kongchan explained without hesitation.
Xu Yingdei ignored Yin Kongchan as she spoke, “Actually the change in appearance as mentioned in the jade strip is something that is not easily achievable. Moreover, one’s appearance is something birthed from the heart, in other words, the moment you are born you will have a fixed appearance, even if you forced yourself to change it, once you cultivate for a long time, it would slowly change back to what it was originally, however this process of change is very subtle. Condensing ones Soul Essence, is a process similar to the birth of a heart. As such it is at this time, when it is the most easiest to change one’s appearance, that’s why I suggested that you change your appearance a little bit when you start condensing your Soul Essence.”
Ning Cheng was surprised in his heart on hearing this; no wonder after cultivating for all these years, his appearance had changed only slightly, rather it was getting more and more close to his initial original appearance. It looks like Xu Yingdei stating that appearance was something born from the heart was not nonsense, if one can change it again, then if had to come back in the future, then it would also not be too abrupt.
“Many thanks; these two jade strips are definitely very useful for me.” Ning Cheng already put away the jade strip, and for the first time sincerely thanked the two of them.
Ning Cheng originally did not want to talk to them anymore, and although these two people looked as if they were trying to court him, it actually seemed a bit cute to him. Xu Yingdei’s goal over Ning Cheng was very clear from the start, that she wanted to experience the emotion of love for herself, however she did not actually dream about it. As for Yin Kongchan’s case, Ning Cheng was somewhat puzzled with it.
Whether or not he was able to understand the meaning of these two people’s actions, Ning Cheng was at least clear on the fact that he would not have anything to do with these two once each of their respective goals were achieved. Therefore, he stood up and started boasting wildly about this and that from the place he came.
Xu Yingdei and Yin Kongchan were originally people who were not friendly with each other, if not for Ning Cheng taking the initiative to speak then the three of them simply would not even talk let alone hold a conversation amongst them. Now that they saw Ning Cheng speak with both confidence and eloquence, with the two of them occasionally asking him questions, the atmosphere also started to become a bit warm between them.
Although cultivation was not something possible on Earth, but news and other information was still able to travel over extremely long distances. Even if it was the North Pole of the Arctic region, in just a minute, it was possible to exchange news both ways with the South Pole in the Antarctic.
In the Tian Continent, although there were Sound Jade Tablets, there were even Sound Transmission Array Formations and Huge Display Array Formations, but compared to the electronic information explosion era from Earth, it all seemed to be miles apart. Yin Kongchan and Xu Yingdei both wanted to earn a favourable impression from Ning Cheng, as such they had initially deliberately came over to talk to him, but after they heard Ning Cheng’s words, the two of them were actually left stunned. The two of them had always spent their time in cultivation, as such, they simply had never heard of such kinds of strange things, let alone see them.
“You said that the flight type magical weapons really do not use any kind of spiritual power?” Xu Yingdei asked in amazement.
“What I feel strange is that why that thing called ‘bikini’ can only be worn on the beach, what if I wore it at some other place?” Yin Kongchan was obviously more concerned about the ‘bikini’ that was obviously described to them by Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng actually sized up Yin Kongchan, before he suddenly gave a nod and spoke, “With your body, you definitely can wear it at other places, when I have the free time; I will definitely help you craft a set. When you walk down the streets in a bikini, please don’t forget that I was the one who helped you craft it.”
“Then many thanks to you in advance.” Yin Kongchan gave a genuine smile for the first time, she did not laugh at this outstandingly beautiful world described to her. Now that he saw her give a genuine smile, Ning Cheng could not help but remember a poem, looking back at it, it was similar to a smile that gave birth to innumerable charms. Even if one did not look back at it, it would still cause one to choke up.
Ning Cheng shook his head; suddenly he did not want to continue with those thoughts.
“Why did you shake your head?” Yin Kongchan on seeing Ning Cheng seemed to be introspecting, then shake his head, she also could not help but ask.
Ning Cheng showed a faint smile, before speaking, “I just remembered eight words.”
Hearing that, Yin Kongchan’s smile immediately converged, before she spoke lightly, “I am a female cultivator; your eight words are of no use for me.”
Xu Yingdei suddenly spoke, “I think that Senior Apprentice Brother Ning was not thinking of those eight words.”
Ning Cheng also did not continue to explain his words, he truly had not thought of the eight words that he had spoken on the battle ring, but rather the eight words ‘A beauty for a minister, yet dealing in evil?’ Do not look at the nice words coming from the mouth of Yin Kongchan; Ning Cheng could feel that she was trying to get close to him because she coveted his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds in her heart. Although these words were quite boring to say, as whether for good or for evil, the three of them still were working in cooperation to each other.
[TL Note – The eight words that he spoke of are ‘
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The three of them also turned silent, for almost half an incense stick worth of time, no one spoke up. However, at this moment the shuttle actually entered a dense fog, even one’s spiritual consciousness was not able to stretch out far, seeing this Ning Cheng suddenly stood up, “What happened?”
“Don’t need to be worried about it, this place is the Hidden Mist Cemetery, only by going to the Hidden Mist Cemetery would we be able to reach the place where the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence might possibly appear. In other words, the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence would appear somewhere inside the Hidden Mist Cemetery.” Yin Kongchan spoke in a soft voice.
Xu Yingdei also stood up, as he looked at Yin Kongchan and spoke, “The Hidden Mist Cemetery is one of the most evil and forbidden area, why did you not mention this before we came in.”
Yin Kongchan was still calm as she spoke, “Guiding the way was my thing, as to how to locate the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence, as well as excavating the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence and what you do with it after we obtain it, it is all up to you, and I’m also not going to ask you about it.”
Chapter 0303 – The Hidden Mist Cemetery
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“Xu Yingdei, you said something about the Hidden Mist Cemetery.” At the moment, Ning Cheng was becoming increasingly wary towards Yin Kongchan.
Xu Yingdei also moved away from Yin Kongchan, moving a bit closer towards Ning Cheng’s side, as she spoke, “The Hidden Mist Cemetery is one of the most deadly forbidden zones in the Tian Continent, because the cultivators who enter this place almost never make it out alive. Once you enter this place, you spiritual consciousness will be forcibly compressed to almost nothing, not only that, the hidden mist here also has a one of a kind corpse poison, once poisoned, the entire body would start to fester before you finally perish.”
Envisioning the frightful effects of the poisons, Xu Yingdei couldn’t help but have a cold shiver run down her spine; just thinking about it was enough to induce an extreme fear towards it, not to mention experiencing it by yourself.
“This is just a small point, more importantly; the Hidden Mist Cemetery is gathering place for ghost cultivators. The spiritual consciousness of the ghost cultivators is not impacted in the slightest bit in this place; once you end up wandering into the sights of a high levelled ghost cultivator then you’ll only face a dead end.”
Xu Yingdei’s words were immediately interrupted by Yin Kongchan, “You should not say that the most terrible things in this place are the ghost cultivators, ghost cultivators still retain their spiritual wisdom, as such would not sneak attack random people. The most terrible thing in this place are the Yin Spirits, although the level of Yin Spirits in this place are very low, however they do not possess any spiritual wisdom, as such they would at any time, at any place, would attack enmasse any person that they encounter. It is actually because of this, that after entering the Hidden Mist Cemetery, only an extremely few people manage to come out alive.”
Yin Kongchan had just finished with her words, when Ning Cheng and Xu Yingdei both felt the shuttle started shaking a bit, the next moment it came to a stop suspended in the air, no longer moving forward.
“I forgot to mention that in the Hidden Mist Cemetery, it is simply impossible to fly around with a flight type magical weapon.” Xu Yingdei’s mood seemed to have returned to normal.
Ning Cheng stood up and stared at Yin Kongchan before speaking up, “You better give us a reason for not mentioning this before, while you brought us here. If your reasons are not something that could satisfy me, then even if I do not obtain the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence, I would still give you enough unforgettable memories to last a lifetime.”
The reason why Ning Cheng dared to cooperate together with Yin Kongchan and Xu Yingdei and come here to search for the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence was that he truly did not fear the two of them working against him.
Yin Kongchan did not speak rather just took out a jade strip and threw it at Ning Cheng before speaking, “Since you have been to that Heavenly Stars Auction, then presumably you should have also seen this jade strip. What Xu Yingdei spoke about earlier was correct, that flight type magical weapons couldn’t be used to fly around in this place. However it would have no effect on your Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds.”
Ning Cheng took the jade slip and found that this jade strip was definitely the jade strip that he had originally seen in the Heavenly Stars Auction. Although the restrictions on the jade strip was broken, but with Ning Cheng’s accomplishments related to restriction, he was immediately able to deduce the original restriction. From this, he could definitely say that this was the original Geocentric 9 Yin Essence jade strip.
There were only a few simple lines written on the jade strip, that the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence was something that was found in the most evil and forbidden grounds of the Hidden Mist Cemetery, this part was definitely not false. Only the specific location was not clear. At the same time, it also said that one must possess the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds, or flight type magical weapons of similar nature, to be able to have a chance to procure it.
No wonder when Xu Yingdei said that she wanted to join the treasure hunt, Yin Kongchan also immediately agreed to it when she saw Xu Yingdei’s Tracking Spiritual Fox that would be able to help in pinpointing the location. It turned out that she truly did not know the exact location.
Ning Cheng handed the jade strip to Xu Yingdei, before he looked at Yin Kongchan and spoke, “The jade strip is the real deal. But at least you should have given us a heads up before entering such a deadly and forbidden area. If I did not guess it wrong, since there are no directions mentioned in here, along with no instructions on how to get out, then even if we wanted to get out, it would be impossible, right?”
Yin Kongchan shook her head and spoke, “No, I still have three Transfer Talismans with me. When I had obtained the jade strip, I had immediately started preparing for it; therefore, once we obtain this thing, you can then immediately crush the Transfer Talisman to leave this place.”
Xu Yingdei after reading the jade strip, did not return the jade strip to Yin Kongchan, but rather returned the jade strip to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng also took the jade strip as he looked at Yin Kongchan and spoke, “You mean that all we have to do is stand here, and then simply wait for the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence to automatically come to us?”
“In any case, I will not be bringing out Little Xun to search for the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence in this kind of place.” Xu Yingdei spoke with surety.
Yin Kongchan spoke up quietly, “Of course we will not stand here, nor can we use the Tracking Spiritual Fox to find it, however I have with me 40 Obstruction Dispelling Pills, with each pill being able to help us out for a full day, we can each take ten of them. While you can give 10 to your spirit beast, I believe that we should be able to find the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence in these 10 days.”
“What about the attacks from Yin Spirits? How would we defend against them?” Ning Cheng did not hesitate to take the 10 Obstruction Dispelling Pills before he asked.
Yin Kongchan simply took out an Obstruction Dispelling Pill before she swallowed it, and spoke up calmly, “Everyone can only depend on their respective luck and skills, if you have unlucky, and are attacked by the Yin Spirits then it can only be attributed to your bad luck. Currently, we will have to take a pill, and then get down; I have to put away my shuttle.”
Ning Cheng also swallowed an Obstruction Dispelling Pill, before he gave a sneer and spoke, “I’m afraid that if I died in front of you, then won’t you just go ahead and take my Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds?”
“If you die accidentally in this place, it would also mean that the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds would also fall in this place, which would be a huge waste, might as well continue using it in my hands, I definitely won’t hold it against you.” Yin Kongchan spoke as if it was completely in accordance with the natural order.
Ning Cheng just gave a grunt, but did not continue with this nonsense, before he took the initiative to jump of the shuttle. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Ning Cheng did not take Yin Kongchan’s Transfer Talisman. Moreover, he also did not return that jade strip to Yin Kongchan.
The jade strip recorded the possible whereabouts of the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence, and was in Ning Cheng’s hands. He did not return it to Yin Kongchan and in order to not give face to the opposite party, he was about to put the jade strip directly into his own ring.
However, just before Ning Cheng landed inside the Hidden Mist Cemetery, his spiritual consciousness felt a faintly discernible aura that was transmitted out from the jade strip.
Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness was extremely powerful and was incomparably meticulous; moreover, his spiritual consciousness was also quenched in the Chaotic Star Space. As such if one wanted to talk about its resilience and penetration power of his spiritual consciousness, then even Xu Yingdei and Yin Kongchan would be lagging far behind him in this regard. After he felt this strange phenomenon from the jade strip, especially because of the situation in this kind of
cemetery, although that strange yet faintly discernible aura had long since dissipated, he still held it in his hand as he carefully scrutinised it.
“Senior Apprentice Brother Ning, what’s the matter?” Xu Yingdei held onto her spiritual fox as she and Yin Kongchan descended from the shuttle together.
Ning Cheng was using his spiritual consciousness to carefully scrutinize the jade strip, and only after a long time of observing it, did he suddenly shifted his gaze towards Yin Kongchan before asking, “Did you play any tricks with this jade strip? Because a message a just sent out from this jade strip a moment ago.”
Yin Kongchan’s calm face finally changed slightly, even the tone in which she spoke did not have the tranquillity from before, “No, I certainly did not play any tricks with this jade strip. Moreover, I have repeatedly checked the jade strip, and even asked the seven Palace Masters of my Floating Snow Palace to have a look at it. It absolutely did not have anything strange to it.”
“A moment ago, if it hadn’t been for that message transmission, I wouldn’t have noticed it. Now, although I am still not able to perceive as to what is wrong with the jade strip, but I can affirm that this jade strip definitely has been marked, however the grade of that mark is something that exceeds my capacity.” Ning Cheng spoke in a firm manner.
The three of them looked at each other, and only after a good long while did Xu Yingdei spoke up, “It looks like the three of us are going to be making wedding robes only to be used by others, in other words, it is the person who put this jade strip up for auction. I’m afraid that they were just waiting for someone to help them locate the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence.”
“I understand now.” Yin Kongchan suddenly spoke.
Seeing Ning Cheng and Xu Yingdei look at her, Yin Kongchan spoke in a slow voice, “When I had obtained the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence’s jade strip; the seven Palace Masters had told me that the possible whereabouts of the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence had appeared once before many years ago in an auction. At that time, I had not cared much about that information, but it looks like both this instance and the past instance has been perpetrated by the same person, only to get us here to help locate the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence. Xu Yingdei might just be right with her words, that once we found the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence, it would truly be similar to creating wedding robes only to be used by someone else.”
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