want
a Void Cleaving Talisman? You said it so casually; do you even know how many precious materials go into refining just a single Void Cleaving Talisman? Do you know how many Spirit Stones a Void Cleaving Talisman could fetch, if sold? Yet, here you are demanding a Void Cleaving Talisman from me; you tell me, who is the one going too far?”
Shi Qionghua’s face turned slightly pale. Not to mention the Void Cleaving Talisman, even if one were to refine Space Cleaving Talismans, one could definitely refine more than a dozen of them from the materials that she had provided to the Yue Clan. At this moment, the other party actually talked about the number of Spirit Stones a Void Cleaving Talisman could fetch.
Her husband indeed was right, greedy people would always remain greedy; it was just that she was too kind.
“Yue Gu, the materials that I gave to the Yue Clan over the past year, not to mention refining a Void Cleaving Talisman, it would be more than enough to refine a stack of Space Cleaving Talismans. Without my support, could Yue Yangzhi have advanced to the level of a Tier 9 Talisman Grandmaster?” Although Shi Qionghua felt utterly furious in her heart, her tone remained quite calm.
The cultivator, whom Shi Qionghua had called as Yue Gu, was none other than the black-haired old man and the Clan Head of the Yue Clan. When he heard Shi Qionghua’s words, he stood up and cupped his fists before speaking, “Dao Friend Shi, if it weren’t for the materials you provided, I wouldn’t have chosen to sell the Void Cleaving Talisman to you. However, I have to point it out that even if you had many times the materials, if you cannot refine them into talismans, they are just a pile of waste materials. Let me interject as the mediator here and propose a solution. You have a copper coin in your possession that we feel interested in; if you can take out that copper coin as payment, then our Yue Clan will give you a Void Cleaving Talisman, without any fuss.”
Shi Qionghua did not talk anymore nor did she decide to give any more explanations. The Yue Clan’s greed went beyond her imaginations. Moreover, this copper coin was something given to her by Ning Cheng, she would never take it out to exchange it with anything. Even if she took it out for the exchange, she knew that the Yue Clan did not have any intentions to let her go.
Even if she had to self-destruct today, she needed to know about the well-being of her husband. Shi Qionghua did not hesitate any longer and brought out her own sword, while simultaneously bringing out her Five Elements Treasure Fall Copper Coin.
“She’s going to begin, go in together….” Yue Gu, on seeing Shi Qionghua start, immediately yelled and brought out his own weapon.
Unfortunately, Shi Qionghua had not entered the Yue Clan’s Visitor’s Hall; otherwise, they could have subdued Shi Qionghua without much effort.
“Boom-Boom-Boom…. Ka-Ka-Ka…..”
Horrific explosions resounded, and under the bombardment of various weapons, the Yue Clan’s compound reduced to rubble. At the same time, explosions rang out throughout the entire Qin Wu City.
Everyone present knew in his or her hearts that Shi Qionghua had not done anything wrong. Although Shi Qionghua’s cultivation was among the highest in the Qin Wu City, she never used her strength to bully others. She even traded materials by the rules, and never took advantage of her power to intimidate others.
However, the Yue Clan was also the most powerful within the Ink Essence Star, and no one wanted to offend the Yue Clan casually.
The explosions coming from the Yue Clan lasted for almost an entire day before it gradually subsided.
However, when those explosions subsided, the result shook the very foundations of Ink Essence Star’s Qin Wu City; the ever-flourishing Yue Clan, to obtain a female cultivator’s weapon, ended up in a confrontation with her. However, almost all the Yue Clan’s Elders perished in the battle. At the same time, news spread that a few people barely managed to escape the onslaught and leave the Ink Essence Star using a Void Cleaving Talisman.
Because of this matter, the Yue Clan almost wholly disappeared from the Qin Wu City, and no longer could claim the leadership within the Ink Essence Star.
Similarly, one of the foremost experts, the female cultivator Shi Qionghua, who formerly resided in the Qin Wu City, also disappeared on that day. Rumours circulated that she perished together with the cultivators from the Yue Clan.
……
Ning Cheng suddenly stopped. He clamped down on his forehead with both his hands feeling a surge of pain rising within. This kind of pain was as if he had lost one of the people closest to him. It was a feeling that even kept him from breathing.
What happened?
Ning Cheng took out the True Love Knot. Seeing that the True Love Knot remaining unchanged indicated that Luofei undoubtedly did not encounter anything life-threatening and was well.
Did Ruolan get into an accident?
It stood for the reason that since Ruolan was together with Rui Baishan, the wily old fox, nothing too serious would happen to her.
Qionghua?
Just as Ning Cheng thought of the name Qionghua, he suddenly felt as if an iron nail had pierced through his heart.
After he used his only Underworld Soul Flower over Xun Hanrui, he consistently remained on the lookout for more Underworld Soul Flowers, as he could use them to rescue and stabilise the situation of Uncle Yu and Xin Zimo. Although he knew that it was somewhat unrealistic to find the Qing Wu City through these two people, it was also his only chance.
It was just that things like Underworld Soul Flowers were too rare; perhaps he might not find another one until he reached the genuine starry skies. He knew that he had yet to enter the true skies, yet he felt such a stabbing pain that seemed to originate from his very soul. This pain definitely had some connection to Qionghua.
Ning Cheng immediately sat down and pulled at his hair with his hands. He hated being too weak. If he possessed the strength on the level of Elder Brother Cang Wei, he could tear apart the Planar Boundary by himself to reach her side.
“Huff….” Ning Cheng took in a long breath while making up his mind. In any case, he must speed up his own cultivation. Tearing apart the Void Domain Boundary was his next goal. As long as he could achieve this goal, he will continue to rip through each Planar Boundary within the Void to search for Qing Wu City.
A slight noise emerged, immediately surprising Ning Cheng. He quickly collected his thoughts and put them away before looking up and finding a broken silver coloured warship not far ahead from him. This warship was on the brink of complete collapse, while a female cultivator in a light blue robe slowly climbed out of it.
Just now, because he felt worried about Shi Qionghua in his heart, he had unexpectedly ignored his surroundings.
Something is not right
, this female cultivator felt very familiar to him. Raking his brains, he quickly recalled that this female cultivator was the one who chased after him from before. Knowing that a single slap from her could kill numerous Void Explosive Golden Wasps, Ning Cheng immediately felt a bolt of thunder running through his body. He never thought that even if he escaped into the Spacial Collapse, this female cultivator would still hound him like a Yin Spirit.
Chapter 0481 – The Scarlet Robed Young Noble
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The female cultivator in the light blue robes could only be described as ordinary, and even her skin was slightly darker compared to other average looking female cultivators. However, she had big and bright eyes, as if they reflected the stars in the night sky, making it so that people had a hard time not paying attention to her. At the same time, she exuded an extremely tyrannical aura, which caused Ning Cheng to feel very afraid of her instinctively. Although this female cultivator sported severe injuries, Ning Cheng guessed that he still was not an opponent for her.
The blue-robed female cul
tivator also saw Ning Cheng. She carefully scrutinised Ning Cheng from top to bottom a few times before she showed a frown and spoke up, “Who are you? With your shallow cultivation, how can you remain in the Bright Void Gorge?”
This was only the second time for Ning Cheng to hear the words ‘Bright Void’ from the mouth of others; the first time he heard it was from Cang Wei’s mouth. He recalled that Bright Void was the Void between the Planar Boundaries, sometimes referred to as Void by others for simplicity. Since this woman also knew about Bright Void, which meant that she was not someone ordinary within the True Cultivation World. She might even be a cultivator from the starry skies.
Although this female cultivator looked ordinary, there was a faint halo behind her. Just looking at the light emanating from that halo could cause one to go dizzy. It even reminded Ning Cheng of the gods from the Chinese Mythology, who also had bright halos behind them.
From Ning Cheng’s memories, he knew that these halos had different names like the Wisdom Wheel, or the Splendour Wheel or the Attribute Light. There were even other names to it, but they all shared a similar meaning of bathing all things in radiance. Was the weak halo behind the blue-robed female cultivator something similar to those legends?
The blue-robed female cultivator on seeing Ning Cheng not answer her question spoke up with a slightly sunk expression, “Did you not hear what I said a moment ago?”
Ning Cheng, on sensing that the other party did not attack him outright, quickly spoke up, “I don’t know. I was sucked into the Spacial Collapse, and then fell in here.”
“Is that so? Were you the one controlling the battleship that I was chasing? What happened to the scarlet-robed young noble inside it? How could he let you inside of his Void Battleship? Moreover, with your cultivation, how were you able to survive after the battleship entered the Spacial Collapse? How are you even alive?” The blue-robed female cultivator shot out questions at Ning Cheng with increasing levels of surprise and shock. Apparently, she understood what might have transpired from Ning Cheng’s previous words.
When he heard the blue-robed female cultivator’s words, Ning Cheng also made a connection in an instant. This female cultivator was not chasing him; regardless of whether or not this female cultivator sensed the Wasp King Egg’s Aura, she should have been tracking the scarlet-robed youth. That scarlet-robed youth should be the scarlet-robed young noble she mentioned. However, the scarlet-robed young man died at his hands; at the same time, he also was the one who took control of that person’s Void Battleship. It resulted in the blue-robed female cultivator misunderstanding the events that transpired.
After understanding this, Ning Cheng felt greatly annoyed. If he had known this earlier, he certainly would not have rushed into the Spacial Collapse, let alone arriving in this damned place.
“I do not know. When I found this battleship, there indeed was a scarlet-robed youth inside it. That person seemed to have already died. I saw that the battleship was quite good, so I took control of it and played around with the controls for a bit. I did not expect to end up chased by the Void Explosive Golden Wasps. It resulted in straying into….” Ning Cheng quickly tried to explain his situation with a smile.
The blue-robed female cultivator walked to the front of Ning Cheng before pausing for a moment, circling around Ning Cheng, and speaking out in a cold tone, “Just a load of bullshit. I was the one who severely injured that scarlet-robed young noble; however, I definitely know that those injuries were not nearly enough to kill him. Most likely, you killed the scarlet-robed young noble. I may not know how, but you definitely have many cards on you. With your low cultivation, you not only managed to kill that scarlet-robed young noble, you even survived falling through the Spacial Collapse….”
Cold sweat immediately started trickling down Ning Cheng’s back. This woman truly was pressing him on to force out his secrets; even if the other party knew about his bullshitting, he could not admit it outright. “This senior, when I entered the battleship, the scarlet-robed youth was already dead, afterwards….
The blue-robed female cultivator waved her hand and spoke, “You don’t have to defend your words; besides, did you really think that you could actually outsmart me with that puny cleverness to you? Did you actually think that I would believe that someone else killed the scarlet-robed young noble inside? If so, then let me ask you this, if someone indeed killed that scarlet-robed young noble, they absolutely would not leave behind the Explosive Golden Wasp’s Wasp King Egg.”
“You don’t have to ask me why I know that you took the Explosive Golden Wasp’s Wasp King Egg. If you were not the person who took away the Wasp King Egg, why would the Explosive Golden Wasps deem it necessary to chase after you? Why else would you feel willing enough to seek the path of death by consciously diving into the Spacial Collapse? These points indeed are quite interesting to ponder. Did you, perhaps, sneak up on the scarlet-robed young noble and seize the chance to kill him while he tried to heal? Perhaps you snuck up on the scarlet-robed young noble while he was recovering within the Explosive Golden Wasps’ colony. If it really was you, then I quite admire you. You sure have a lot of guts.”
Ning Cheng on hearing those words immediately turned silent. This woman was just too frightening. She already had made out the gist of what had happened. Lying in front of such a woman simply required dealing with a lot of unwanted pressure.
“That’s right, that scarlet-robed young noble truly died by my hands….” Ning Cheng finally caved in and admitted to his actions.
The blue-robed female cultivator showed a faint smile and spoke, “You are a dead man anyway. Do you know who that scarlet-robed young man was? You dared to kill him, yet you are still alive. That indeed is the strangest thing.”
“As long as you don’t speak about it, no one will know about it.” Ning Cheng on seeing that this female cultivator had no intentions to kill him felt a little relieved.
The blue-robed female cultivator then spoke out dismissively, “Didn’t I make it clear before? Even if I did not speak about this matter to another soul, everyone already knows about it. You killed the scarlet-robed young noble, which means there is already a tracking mark on you. The moment you step out into the starry sky, someone will immediately catch you.”
“Ah…” Ning Cheng suddenly felt surprised, especially after recalling the last words of the scarlet-robed youth. After he had killed the scarlet-robed young man, he had repeatedly looked over his body with his Spiritual Consciousness, yet he could not find any mark or anything remotely similar to a tracing mark on him.
Was he wrong about it?
Seeing Ning Cheng’s actions, the blue-robed female cultivator calmly spoke up, “There is no use looking for the mark. That tracing mark is something that even I cannot remove. Wishing to even find it is nothing short of a dream for someone at your level.”
Ning Cheng disappointedly gave up on continuing looking for the mark for now. He anyway did not even know the exact location of this Bright Void Gorge. Since he had fallen into such a place, then any sort of danger would have to wait until he got out. Thinking until this point, Ning Cheng spoke out in a tranquil tone, “The person who actually killed that scarlet-robed young noble is not just me. If it weren’t for you severely wounding him, I would not have managed to kill him.”
The blue-robed female cultivator had never thought that Ning Cheng would actually say those words. She froze for a bit, before giving out a short laugh and speaking, “Thank you for reminding me. Wouldn’t everything return to normal if I just kill you?”
Hearing the words of the blue-robed female cultivator, Ning Cheng immediately retreated a few steps back while vigilantly staring at her.
The blue-robed female cultivator on seeing Ning Cheng’s vigilant demeanour spoke out in an exasperated manner, “You don’t have to be that anxious about it. You at least helped me kill that scarlet-robed young noble. If I really wanted to kill you, then showing such vigilance towards me would be nothing more than
useless. Even if you could kill that severely injured scarlet-robed young noble, that kind of strength is still useless in front of me.”
Ning Cheng instinctively knew that the other party was telling the truth, despite being unwilling to admit it, and could only put up the act of vigilance. If the other side truly wanted to kill him, then it would not even require her to use her full strength or any strength for the matter. In the face of absolute power, any kind of vigilance would have no effect whatsoever.
“Don’t you want my Explosive Golden Wasp King Egg?” Ning Cheng asked in a doubtful voice.
The blue-robed female cultivator replied, “Explosive Golden Wasp King Egg? What am I going to do with it? You anyways need a pair of Wasp King Eggs to cultivate an Explosive Golden Wasp King. One egg is simply not valuable at all. That scarlet-robed young noble had once obtained one at an auction, which is why he wanted to snatch the other Wasp King Egg from the Explosive Golden Wasp Colony.”
Ning Cheng stood there in stunned silence. It was only after a good long while that he spoke up, “In that case, why was the entire Explosive Golden Wasp Colony chasing me. Since I only have a single Wasp King Egg, it would be worthless for them to pursue me to recover it.”
“If you don’t know about something, then don’t go around spewing nonsense. See it for yourself.” The blue-robed female cultivator spoke as she took out a jade strip and casually tossed it towards Ning Cheng,
Ning Cheng grabbed the jade strip, allowed his Spiritual Consciousness to sweep in, and quickly understood the crux of the matter.
To cultivate the Explosive Golden Wasp King, the Wasp King Egg must pair up with another one. With the two King Eggs put together, each of them ends up in a competition to absorb the Wasp King’s Essence from each other. This process will continue until one of them is at a disadvantage. The one egg that entirely incorporates the other egg’s essence will then gain the ability to break out of the egg. As for the other Explosive Golden Wasp King Egg, one with its essence absorbed, it will no longer have any value at all.
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