However, even in such a scenario, Ning Cheng was not the least bit startled, he was already holding onto the Talisman that he obtained from the bottom of the Blood River, and was prepared. Once any of them actually made a move, he would immediately activate the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds to escape, before leaving the Sifting Orchid Star for good.
Ning Cheng did not believe that he would not be able to crush the talisman; however, even if he was not able to break it, he still had the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds. If ordinary cultivators wanted to catch him in the Sifting Orchid Star, then it was only a dream. There was no Mountain Protecting Grand Array here like in the Severing Emotions Dao Sect; moreover, he was also not that little Soul Essence 3rd Level Cultivator that he was back then.
“Ladies and gentlemen… Ladies and gentlemen…..” Just as these swarming cultivators were about to erupt into hostilities, a loud and incomparably clear sound resounded.
This sound had a very penetrative effect. Although there were more than ten thousand cultivators on the Coiling Reef Mountain, everyone was able to hear these words clearly, as if the person who spoke it was standing right next to them.
“It’s Senior Zhong”
“Senior Zhong would definitely have something important to speak.”
……
This was a black-haired middle-aged male cultivator, who looked like an erudite Confucian scholar. Ning Cheng did not know anything about the cultivator who was talking; however, he was able to feel that this cultivation was far stronger than Qi Le’s.
From the discussions that erupted in the surrounding cultivators, he came to understand that this person was surnamed Zhong; while at the same time, he was also able to learn that this cultivator surnamed Zhong had an extremely high reputation among the people here.
In fact, this cultivator surnamed Zhong had only spoken twice before the surrounding cultivators immediately turned quiet, from this Ning Cheng deduced that this cultivator had a powerful influence.
Seeing the quietness around him, this middle-aged male cultivator surnamed Zhong spoke out in a resonant voice, “Ladies and gentlemen, what I am going to say today is not a happy thing. Over the many years, the Sifting Orchid Star has been our home. Although there were all kinds of danger here, it also gave us all kinds of opportunities…..”
“Senior Zhong, please speak freely of the matter that you wish to say, we will definitely listen to you.” Many voices echoed out, sharing the sentiment.
But that man surnamed spoke with a heavy voice, “Seven months ago, the Sifting Orchid Star experienced a volcanic eruption of gigantic proportions. Although volcanic eruptions are quite common in the Sifting Orchid Star, however, this one from seven months ago was not normal. Both the scale and area of influence of this volcanic eruption was far more powerful than anything compared to the past was. Although the cultivators staying on the Sifting Orchid Star are not many, but this volcanic eruption still managed to claim the lives of more than a hundred people.”
“Five months ago, a Spacial-Storm swept across almost half of the Sifting Orchid Star, I was almost buried alive in that very Spacial Storm. Three months ago, the masses of Monstrous Beasts went into a panic and began scurrying around the Sifting Orchid Star without any apparent purpose. Some of the flight type monstrous beast even chose to rush out of the Sifting Orchid Star. I believe many of our friends here have already witnessed such a thing for yourself.”
“In the last couple of months, thunderstorms, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions and even the Spacial Storms have intensified by a huge margin. All of these signs point in the direction that we cannot continue to stay on the Sifting Orchid Star. From what I investigated, these outbreaks are just the precursor and point to the Sifting Orchid Star brewing a more powerful storm. Even if this star explodes, it would still be within the realm of possibility……”
“Aah, is the Sifting Orchid Star really going to explode?”
“No wonder I met two terrifying Spacial Storms one after another…..”
“What do we do now? If the Sifting Orchid Star really explodes, then isn’t venturing into the Void akin to seeking our deaths?”
……
A variety of panicked emotions started spreading around; some of the cultivators with low cultivators even felt on the verge of despair. With their little cultivations, they were not able to find a place for refuge inside the Sifting Orchid Star. Once the Sifting Orchid Star really blew up, then it would immediately send them into the Void, at that point, it really would be a dead end for all of them.
The middle-aged male cultivator surnamed Zhong raised his hand causing the panicked discussions among the people to subside once again, before he once again spoke in a somewhat heavy voice, “Since that is the case, if you have the ability, then please leave the Sifting Orchid Star as soon as possible. Although I wish I could help everyone, this is the only thing I can do right now.”
As if to confirm the words of this cultivator surnamed Zhong, just as his words ended, a place not so distant from the Coiling Reef Mountains erupted with a burst of intermittent thunder cackles. Even the people standing atop the Coiling Reef Summit were able to feel the aftershocks.
One did not need to investigate using their Spiritual Consciousness. The cultivators standing atop the Coiling Reef Summit were able to make out the continually spraying bright red lava pillars erupting from that same not-so-distant location. These lava pillars, each of them were over tens of thousands of feet high and looked incredibly terrifying.
A torrent of lava swept out in an instant. It would only be a matter of time before this flood of lava swept through the Coiling Reef Mountains.
Initially, some people wanted to create trouble for Ning Cheng; some cultivators even intended to track Ning Cheng in secret. However, at this time, they were in no mood to do such a thing. Bringing out their Magical Weapons, they immediately escaped far away in just a twinkling of an eye. As for those cultivators who had set up their stall, they also started to run away as fast as possible one after another.
In just a short time, there were only a hundred people left behind.
Ning Cheng took out the Communications Pearl to send news to Chao Hei, mainly because he did not see Chao Hei during the meet. Chao Hei was a good man, so before he planned to leave this place for good, he wanted to deliver a bottle of Spiritual Enhancement True Nectar to Chao Hei, while at the same time inform Chao Hei that he was going to leave.
However, even after Ning Cheng sent the news and waited for a while, he did not receive any reply from Chao Hei. Ning Cheng only gave a sigh, living in this kind of place, no one could guarantee if one would still be alive the next moment.
Although Ning Cheng had only just sent the news a few moments ago, he found that he was the only person left on the Coiling Dragon Reef. Moreover, the fiery lava sweeping towards the Coiling Reef Mountains was only a thousand meters away from the foot of the mountains.
Ning Cheng no longer remained hesitant. He took out several hundred thousand Spirit Stones and rapidly arranged a Spiritual Gathering Array, while simultaneously brought forward the Transmission Jade Talisman that would take him to the bottom of the Blood River. Organizing the Spiritual Gathering Array was just to provide a contingency in case something unexpected happened.
The Sifting Orchid Star may or may not explode immediately, or it might even wait for a long time before it finally blows. In any event, Ning Cheng did not plan to continue to stay in this place.
This time, under the stimulation from the True Essence gathered by Ning Cheng, the Transmission Jade Talisman issued a crisp breaking sound. It immediately followed with a clump of golden light that wrapped around Ning Cheng.
When the lava torrent finally reached the Coiling Reef Summit, Ning Cheng had already disappeared without even a trace left behind. Only the overflow from the golden clump of light remained which was also quickly dissipating in the four directions.
(Author’s Note: Today’s update ends here, a
t the same time the Sixth Volume has finished. Tomorrow is the start of the Seventh Volume, have a good night my friends!)
Chapter 0359 – The Vast Starry Sky
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“Bang….” Ning Cheng felt as if he had fallen above a large boulder, accompanied by sounds of bones creaking.
He instantly swept out with his Spiritual Consciousness, the next moment he immediately realized that the skeleton at the bottom of the lake had not deceived him. He had indeed returned to the bottom of the Blood River, and not only that, even the skeleton was only a few dozen feet away from him.
The Blood River, about thirty feet wide, went around them as usual. However, unlike the last time, this time he was actually within the encirclement of the Blood River, while the last time, he was outside of this encirclement.
The sky above still contained the colossal golden colored talisman suspended high above. As its golden light fell onto Ning Cheng’s body, it gave an intense and incredibly comfortable feeling that started to well up inside of him. His body did not have anything dark inside it, but bathed by this golden light, Ning Cheng still felt the dark stuff inside him washing away.
Ning Cheng stood up, stretching his body a bit, he immediately felt pleasantly surprised as he found that his body had once again grown a lot stronger. This Heaven Opening Talisman was too wicked, to have this kind of an effect.
Just as Ning Cheng was preparing himself to call out to the skeleton, the skeleton under the giant talisman suddenly sat up once again.
“Hey, how did you come back so soon? I thought that you would need at least a hundred years before you would come back. I didn’t think that you would be able to crush the talisman with your strength.” The skeleton gave out a delighted cry.
Ning Cheng hurriedly took out a bottle of Geocentric 9 Yin Essence, and then took out a jade box before handing both of them to the skeleton. Only then did he speak up, “Senior, this junior was fortunate enough to obtain the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence and the Heavenly Cusp Flower.”
“Good, good, you truly are good.” The skeleton spoke the words ‘good’ three times one after another, as it lifted his skeletal hand and reached for Ning Cheng’s things from across the distance.
Ning Cheng also hastily spoke up, “This junior was only able to obtain two strains of the mature Heavenly Cusp Flowers; however I do have a bit more of the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence. If senior thinks that it’s not enough, then this junior will take it out.”
“Although your cultivation progress is not that fast, however, you are quite an honest person; I like this kind of disposition. Whether it is a bottle more or a bottle less, it would not have much difference on me.” The skeleton sent an appreciating glance at Ning Cheng. He had already seen that there was some more of it inside Ning Cheng’s ring. For Ning Cheng to come here, this had already pleasantly surprised him. Moreover, he had indeed not thought that he would also turn out to this honest.
Ning Cheng couldn’t help but speak out in trepidation, “Senior, you shower absurd praises on me, this junior simply had no choice to ask senior about it, and moreover, how could I dare to deceive you.”
It was not that Ning Cheng was someone honest; however, Ning Cheng was aware that he had some more of it inside his ring; yet, he was also cognizant that he would not be able to hide them from this skeleton. As such he might just say it aloud, lest he was seen a petty man. Initially, Rui Baishan was able to see his concealed ring, but this skeleton in front of him was god-knows how many times stronger than Rui Baishan.
This skeleton was perhaps a similar existence as Taishu Shi’s ancestor, in the presence of such an entity, as long as they still had a sliver of their consciousness, the opposite party would not be able to keep any secret.
However, Ning Cheng still believed that the opposite party would not be able to perceive that he also possessed the Everlasting Blue Thunder City and the Star River, especially since the Everlasting Blue Thunder City and the Star River did not have any kind of aura spill over.
“You can wait for a while on the side, you can even choose to cultivate under my Heaven Opening Talisman if you want to, this kind of opportunity, I guess, is tough for you to obtain.” As the skeleton spoke those words to Ning Cheng, it directly opened the jade bottle containing the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence. Then it instantly poured the icy cold Geocentric 9 Yin Essence over its skull, allowing it flow all over his body. At the same time, he took out the Heavenly Cusp Flower and placed it in its palm.
Ning Cheng did not choose to look at how the skeleton was recovering, he merely sat down in the same place and started cultivating, and he did not need the reminder from this skeletal frame as he had already realized that this giant talisman was definitely a good thing.
In just a few days’ time, Ning Cheng, who was cultivating under the golden light of the enormous talisman, suddenly opened his eyes. He had finally broken past the peak of Soul Sculpting 2
nd
Level. Ning Cheng was secretly shocked at this. This was his fastest breakthrough that he had experienced in his cultivating experience. Moreover, in just a short period, he had even reached the Third Level of the Soul Sculpting Realm.
Cultivating under this light gave the feeling that one would not encounter any kind of bottlenecks; one would be successful as long as they continued to absorb the Spiritual Qi.
However, not waiting to sigh in amazement towards the colossal talisman, he couldn’t help but feel shocked at the current degree of recovery of that skeleton.
At this moment, it would be inappropriate to call that skeleton as a skeleton; instead, he should be referring to it as an emaciated man. This man even had long hair; however, the skin covering his body was completely white. Moreover, it was also giving off a whitish glow.
As Ning Cheng kept observing, he became even more shocked. The seemingly endless Blood River was steadily turning into a red mist, while this red mist was continuously pouring into the man’s body. Ning Cheng could only watch as this man’s body was becoming more and more robust, while at the same time his skin was also growing more and more towards having a typical appearance. At the same time, he also observed that the water in the Blood River was also turning paler.
Unexpectedly, this Blood River was actually this man’s blood. Since this skeleton had chosen this place, then it looks like he had already planned to use this Blood River for his own purpose.
Ning Cheng did not dare to continue observing the skeleton’s restoration process. He had to make the best use of his time and once again start cultivating. The opportunity to develop under this colossal talisman, can it even be classified as rare?
If there were someone else observing this scene, they would have undoubtedly discovered that Ning Cheng’s bodily aura was getting more and more powerful. At the same time, the naked man was giving a more and more peaceful feeling, simultaneously his corporeal body was also getting closer and closer to the appearance of an average person.
Ning Cheng was suddenly jolted awake by a burst of joyous cry, as he found that he unexpectedly and unknowingly advanced to the Fourth Level of the Soul Sculpting Realm.
However, Ning Cheng actively restrained the surprise in his heart; he found that the skeleton in front of him, at this moment, had finally returned to a regular human-like appearance. His long hair floated around behind him. With a long and handsome looking face, he did not look much older than he did. This man was the one who had given out that joyous cry from before, showing that he was delighted to be able to recover.
Ning Cheng only then discovered that this skeleton was wearing one of his robes. He had kept many robes inside his ring, but this man had casually taken out a set of robes and donned it without him being aware of it.
Looking at the waters of the Blood River, at this time, he f
ound that it had turned into a bright and clear river, where was there even half a trace of blood in it?
“I am called Cang Wei, many thanks for all your help, what is your name?” The man had not yet put away the suspended Heaven Opening Talisman. After his joyous shout, he arrived and sat across Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng immediately stood up to give a salute. However, Cang Wei waved his hand and spoke, “You have the graciousness of saving my life, and it would be a true honor for me to be able to interact with you as fellow friends. Don’t mind if I took a set of robed without asking, you don’t have to feel cautious about me. Moreover, you also possess the Mysterious Yellow Bead on your body so your future accomplishments would not be any less than mine own.”
Ning Cheng had come from Earth, as such treating everyone as equal was something ingrained in his bones. Although he had been cultivating in the Yi Xing Mainland for all these years, he was also aware that cultivators held the so-called statuses in very high regard. However, since Cang Wei himself said so, he did not think of it as improper.
“Then many thanks, Elder Brother Cang Wei, my name is Ning Cheng.” Ning Cheng was no longer hypocritical.
Cang Wei also nodded appreciatively, he was someone who liked when people spoke their mind and wholly abhorred people like those yes-men.
“The Geocentric 9 Yin Essence and The Heavenly Cusp Flowers, although they are not something particularly precious to me, however, it is not the case with the Yi Xing Mainland. It must have not been easy for you to be able to obtain these two things with your cultivation being this low. Unfortunately, my current cultivation has not completely restored; moreover, it is still too low. Except for the Heaven Opening Talisman that you see, I am not able to bring out any of my other things, as such I am unable to provide you with any more benefits.” Cang Wei spoke with a slightly regretful tone.
Ning Cheng immediately replied, “Many thanks for Elder Brother Cang Wei. For me, the most important thing is to go back and look at my home. I don’t expect anything else.”
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