“Senior spare me, this junior had eyes but failed to see…..” Guang Pengkai was finally able to find his voice, as he struggled to kneel down and beg for mercy.
Gong Yuqi, with the fireball silently consuming him, uttered a scream. He instantly understood as to what was going on and was quicker to kneel compared to Guang Pengkai.
“Elder Brother….” Lian’e was utterly shocked as she stared at Gong Yuqi and Guang Pengkai as the fireballs consumed their bodies.
Ning Cheng did not care to look at them as he turned to Lian’e and asked, “Lian’e, do you know who Xun Shun’s master is? Who was the person who chased down Shi?”
“I only know that he is called Song Tong, but I don’t know where he is.” Lian’e quickly answered.
“I know about Song Tong, please Lord show some mercy….” Guang Pengkai gave out a mournful scream. Not waiting for Ning Cheng to speak, he answered, “Song Tong went to the Hua Continent. He said that he had to go to the Le Continent…..”
Ning Cheng raised his hand, the flames covering Gong Yuqi and Guang Pengkai suddenly soared up and in just a blink of an eye completely consumed the two of them.
Taishu Pinghao looked at Ning Cheng, who only had to raise his hand to burn two powerful cultivators to ashes, and couldn’t help but swallow his spit. His eyes were currently full of worship.
Ning Cheng then once again looked at Lian’e and asked, “Lian’e, I must go to the Tian Continent, and I am also sure that Shi is not on the Yuan Continent. I think that it would be better for you and Pinghao to come to the Tian Continent together with me. It would not be beneficial for you to stay in this place for a long time.”
Lian’e immediately fell to her knees, but Ji Luofei quickly pulled her up.
Ning Cheng spoke out, “Lian’e, Shi and I are good friends. You don’t have to take something like this to heart.”
“Elder Brother, I want to ask you to take Pinghao as your disciple,” Lian’e spoke with a voice filled with hope. She had already understood that Ning Cheng’s cultivation was definitely a lot higher than the Essence Building Realm. Taishu Pinghao was also looking at Ning Cheng with an earnest look in his eyes. He also wanted to pay obeisance to Ning Cheng as his teacher.
Ning Cheng gave a smile before speaking, “Don’t worry about it, although I would not be able to take Pinghao as my disciple, I certainly would be able to find a better master for Pinghao.”
Ning Cheng knew that his own cultivation method was not suitable to take in a disciple. His cultivation method was the Mysterious Yellow Formless, how would he be able to pass it to others even if he wanted to? However, as long as he went back to the Tian Continent’s Rainbow Fall Sword Sect, he would definitely be able to find an excellent teacher for him.
“Are we going to the Le Continent?” Lian’e thought that Ning Cheng might have spoken incorrectly, taking the initiative to ask about it.
“Not the Le Continent, but the Tian Continent. After going to the Le Continent, we would have to cross the Yi Xing Ocean before reaching it.” Ning Cheng explained. He guessed that Lian’e certainly did not know about the Tian Continent.
Across the Yi Xing Ocean?
Lian’e immediately turned a bit scared in her heart but did not dare to continue asking any more questions.
After getting onto the airship only then did Lian’e learn that Ning Cheng had left his Airship suspended in the sky. Sensing the airship’s rapid speed, Lian’e finally understood why Ning Cheng had the confidence to go to the Tian Continent.
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Le Continent, Gui Yuan City.
Although it might be a city, it would be a lot more appropriate to call it a huge clan. The Gui Yuan City was the 9-Star-like aristocratic family stronghold of the Gui Clan.
Because it had such a formidable background, it allowed the Gui Clan to rank among the three 9-Star Academies of the Le Continent. Moreover, their strength was also not the least bit weaker compared to the Dragon and Phoenix Academy.
The reason for this was that the Gui Clan had produced three Crucible Transformation Cultivators; at the same time, it had several people in the Sea Opening Realm. The most potent factor in measuring the strength of a 9-Star faction was how many Crucible Transformation Cultivators it had. At the same time, these few Crucible Transformation Cultivators were more like the totems of their respective camps, as such a 9-Star Academy’s Sea Opening Realm and Soul Sculpting Realm Cultivators represented the dominant wing and also the primary foundation of a 9-Star Faction’s strength and heritage.
The Gui Clan, as a 9-Star Faction, had 11 cultivators in the Sea Opening Realm. However, even though today’s atmosphere of the entire Gui Yuan City felt somewhat dignified; however, only the core personnel of the Gui Clan knew that their most formidable cultivator in the Sea Opening Realm, Gui Feng, ended up perishing.
Although Gui Feng only had the cultivation of 1st Level of Sea Opening Realm, making him somewhat unremarkable among the other Sea Opening Realm Cultivators of the Gui Clan. However, his personal strength had vastly outstripped his cultivation. Even if it were the Sea Opening 8th Level Cultivator of the Gui Clan, he would not dare to claim that he could gain the slightest advantage over Gui Feng in a battle. That was because Gui Feng possessed an extremely formidable weapon, the Virgin Hope Pagoda.
Thus, people believed that Gui Feng had a bright future ahead of him. Moreover, Gui Feng was also the younger brother of the Gui Yuan City’s City Master Gui Zong. This relation made Gui Feng’s status in the Gui Yuan City even more special.
Yet this kind of powerful Sea Opening Realm Cultivator unexpectedly died, without any indication. After the fall of the Gui Yuan City’s premier genius, Gui Yuhai, he was the second most crucial personage from the clan that ended up dead.
It was indeed a pity that at this time, Gui Zong was not in the Le Continent. Moreover, even the most terrifying Crucible Transformation Elder of the Gui Clan was also not in the Gui Yuan City. The only Crucible Transformation Cultivator left behind in the Gui Yuan City was Gui Ba, who had only recently advanced.
Today, the Gui Clan’s meeting was presided over by Gui Ba. When he heard that Gui Feng had fallen, he just did not believe it. Whether in the Le Continent, or even the entire area of the Nine Continents, who would dare kill Gui Feng? Moreover, who could massacre that Gui Feng?
Nevertheless, the fact was that Gui Feng definitely died at the hands of someone, as his Spiritual Soul Card had already shattered and turned to slag.
Gui Ba was a cultivation lunatic; as such, he did not like such meetings. However, currently in the Gui Yuan City, his status and cultivation were also the highest; as such, he had no choice but to preside over this meeting.
“No matter who killed my Gui Clan’s Gui Feng, my Gui Clan would definitely crush their bones to powder. Since the opposite party could massacre Gui Feng, then they absolutely are not ordinary cultivators. It is highly likely that it was a Crucible Transformation Cultivator; at worse, someone at the peak of Sea Opening Realm.” Gui Ba spoke out while sitting in the seat of honour. Although his tone seemed gentle on the surface, his heart was almost on the verge of bursting from anger.
“Elder Ba, I don’t think that it was a Crucible Transformation Cultivator that killed Elder Gui Feng. The Thoughtless Academy and the Dragon and Phoenix Academy have Crucible Transformation Cultivators among their ranks. Other than them, only the Blue Cloud 8-Star Academy has recently added a Crucible Transformation Cultivator to their ranks. However, I don’t think they would start anything with our Gui Yuan City, let alone kill Elder Gui Feng.” A middle-aged man with a completely white face stood up and spoke out at a moderate pace.
Seeing all the eyes now focussed on him, this middle-aged man then continued with his words, “I don’t know if you all know about a matter from a while ago when Duan Zhang was killed by someone else? Duan Zhang was an expert at the 1st Level of Sea Opening Realm. How could ordinary people kill him? I suspect that the one who killed Duan Zhang and the one who mass
acred Gui Feng might possibly be the same person.”
“Elder Gui Kuang, why don’t you hurry up and speak who it is?” Gui Ba suddenly stood up. He did not like to ponder over a problem. The best way to deal with such an issue, for him, was to directly shoot down the murderer once he knew who it was.
The middle-aged man called Gui Kuang showed a faint smile and spoke, “As to who it was, even I don’t know. However, if we want to know, then it would be quite effortless. Just find Na Xinlan from the Dragon and Phoenix Academy and ask her.”
Chapter 0406 – Tit For Tat
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“Na Xinlan? I know this person. She advanced to the Sea Opening 1st Level recently. What relation does she have with this?” Gui Ba asked doubtfully.
Gui Kuang spoke out calmly, “A few months ago, when Elder Taoist Ba was still in seclusion, someone took a few boxes of undergarments to Dragon and Phoenix Academy to look for Na Xinlan, saying that these undergarments came from someone of the Gui Clan. The bearer claimed that this person from the Gui Clan killed virgin female cultivators, because of this matter, we wanted to ask Elder Taoist Ba to come out.”
“But afterwards, the Dragon and Phoenix Academy ended up suppressing this matter internally, while there was also no further news about Na Xinlan. Our Gui Clan carefully investigated it afterwards but was still not able to uncover the identity of the person who delivered those undergarments to Na Xinlan. Because Elder Taoist Ba was still in seclusion, this matter ended up getting postponed to a later date.”
“Humph, it’s just a few dead women, yet wanting to use them to deal with my Gui Yuan City.” Gui Ba’s complexion immediately turned cold.
For him, as long as one had lower cultivation compared to him, he would consider all of them like ants, not to mention about female cultivators without any status. Even if all the female cultivators of a continent ended up massacred, he would not even bat an eye.
Gui Kuang was aware of Gui Ba’s temperament and knew that this matter might prove to be difficult in explaining to him. For Gui Ba, the fist was the truth. For him, anybody who dared to tarnish the Gui Yuan City deserved to be damned to oblivion. However, he and Gui Ba were different. He knew that if the Dragon and Phoenix Academy really wanted to bring this matter to light, even if they did not choose to physically attack the Gui Yuan City, it would still cause the prestige of Gui Yuan City to drop by a considerable margin.
Although it might be a minor matter in the grand scheme of things, it could still end up with the loss of their 9-Star Faction status, if not already extinguished by the others. In the Le Continent’s past, didn’t that behemoth, the Kun Yun Academy, also ended up destroyed entirely because of a trivial matter.
As such, Gui Kuang did not have any choice but to try to explain the situation, “I heard that an undergarment of Na Xinlan’s missing disciple was also among those other undergarments. Perhaps she suspected that her disciple had fallen under the hands of someone from the Gui Clan, which only…..”
Gui Ba nodded, “Such being the case, you go and ask that Na Xinlan, about who gave her those undergarments. If that woman is not tactful, then…..”
Seeing Gui Ba reveal a grim glint in his eyes, Gui Kuang suddenly discovered that he had underestimated the Elder Taoist, who looked like a Buddhist monk.
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“My master is in seclusion for the moment, may I ask what important matter it is that you want to convey to her, senior?” Jia Lingwei’s face revealed a smile as she faced Gui Kuang. Although she returned the courtesy with a smiling face, she remained very vigilant while speaking.
There was always a divide between the Gui Clan and the Dragon and Phoenix Academy. Moreover, Gui Kuang of the Gui Clan was also not someone simple. Logically speaking, the status of her master in the Dragon and Phoenix Academy was not as high as Gui Kuang’s status in the Gui Clan. So, how could such a person like Gui Kuang come to personally visit her master?
“It does not matter. I will come back in a few days.” Gui Kuang spoke without care.
After Gui Kuang walked away, Na Xinlan came out with an unfriendly expression on her face.
“Master. A moment ago, Gui Kuang from the Gui Yuan City came. I saw him once before allowing me to recognise him.” Seeing her master come out, Jia Lingwei quickly reported.
Na Xinlan nodded, “I know, this man is a tiger disguised as a sheep, with a kindly face but a cruel heart. Vicious and extremely cunning. For him to come here, it must be because of those undergarments that Ning Cheng had brought back. The Dean had asked me where I got them at that time, but I did not state it. I honestly do not know why the Gui Clan came only now to ask about it. Logically speaking, they should have obtained this news a long time back.”
“Then what are we going to do?” Jia Lingwei asked, somewhat worried.
After a long silence, Na Xinlan finally spoke out, “Although Ning Cheng might be powerful; however, I guess that he should at most be at the intermediate stages of the Soul Sculpting Realm. Initially, when Ning Cheng killed that Duan Zhang, he must have used some special means to achieve that result, but if the people from the Gui Clan came to know about him, then it would become tough for him to escape by just relying on luck. The Gui Clan does not even need to send out their Crucible Transformation Cultivators, yet would be able to easily massacre Ning Cheng.”
After saying those words, Na Xinlan gave out a heavy sigh. She knew that she, by herself, could not help Ning Cheng. All she can do for now was to do everything possible to delay the Gui Clan from realising that the person they were looking for was Ning Cheng. Even if the undergarment incident was not there, Ning Cheng had already killed Gui Yuhai, ending up with creating a death grudge between him and the Gui Clan.
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As the coming months passed by quickly, Gui Kuang’s frequency of visiting the Dragon and Phoenix Academy increased. However, at this time, he did not directly come seek out Na Xinlan; instead, he sought out Si Qishui of the Dragon and Phoenix Academy.
“Brother Kuang, it really is quite strange, I was just thinking about visiting Brother Kuang. I did not think that Brother Kuang would personally come grace someone like me with a visit. Please sit down, please sit down……” Si Qishui gave a broad smile as he ushered Gui Kuang into the living room of his residence, while simultaneously pouring Gui Kuang a cup of Spiritual Tea.
He had his own doubts as to why Gui Kuang wanted to see him. Although he and Gui Kuang knew each other, they did not share even a good friendship between them. As such, it felt quite far-fetched for him to earn such a personal visit.
“Hearing that brother Qishui is close to advancing to the late stages of Sea Opening Realm, I specifically came to wish you with success.” Gui Kuang laughed before speaking in an enthusiastic manner.
At this moment, Si Qishui had even more doubts in his heart. Stranded at the 6th Level of Sea Opening Realm for over a hundred years, he was unable to break through to the late stages of the Sea Opening Realm. Moreover, Gui Kuang would also not be this kind to personally grace him with a visit.
Did he deliberately come here to ridicule me?
However, Si Qishui also had spent a considerable amount of time inside and outside the Dragon and Phoenix Academy. As such, what kind of scenes had he not experienced? Even if Gui Kuang wanted to ridicule him, he did not care much about it. At least, his cultivation was still higher by a full level when compared to Gui Kuang.
“Haha, Brother Kuang likes to joke around. I’ve been stuck at the 6th Level of Sea Opening Realm for over a hundred years, something already well known to everyone. There is nothing to conceal about it.” Si Qishui spoke with a chuckle.
Gui Kuang took a sip from the cup of Spiritual Tea in his hands, he did not mind the jibe directed at him, before he spoke up, “It looks like
Brother Qishui misunderstood the meaning of my words. I think that if Brother Qishui wants to advance to the late stages of Sea Opening Realm, then it would definitely be possible at this time.”
Si Qishui finally understood that Gui Kuang was not really ridiculing him. However, his words created even more doubt in his heart, and he couldn’t help but ask about it, “What does Brother Kuang want to say?”
“Brother Qishui should know that my Gui Yuan City has a nice treasure with us, it is the 7-Coloured Mirage Stone. If I lend the 7-Coloured Mirage Stone to Brother Qishui, then presumably Brother Qishui would no longer have to worry about a little bottleneck, right?” Gui Kuang gave a smile, before speaking out calmly.
Although Gui Kuang remained calm, Si Qishui could no longer stay calm as he stood up in shock. Even his tone trembled as he tried to voice his words, “You mean to say that Brother Kuang is actually willing to let me use the 7-Coloured Mirage Stone?”
Using a 7-Coloured Mirage Stone to breakthrough a bottleneck, most of the cultivators above the Soul Essence Realm knew about it. For the Sea Opening Realm and above cultivators, if they met a bottleneck along their cultivation, then they could choose to refine a Mirage Realm Pill from the 7-Coloured or above Mirage Stones. They could then use it to breakthrough their bottlenecks using confusing falsehood with the truth.
Of course, it would mean that they would have to waste a Mirage Stone. To not lose the precious Mirage Stones, a Mirage Realm Array can also be set up using the Mirage Stones. Although this method is inferior to the Mirage Realm Pill, it still was one of the ways to continually break through the Realms. It was especially useful for cultivators who were not able to breakthrough for a long time.
Gui Kuang gave a smile once again before speaking, “Brother Qishui misspoke a while ago. The 7-Coloured Mirage Stone is not mine to give but belongs to the Gui Clan. I have no right to lend it to you.”
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