The Gate Of Good Fortune c1-905

by Demon Translations

  On the verge of explaining, Arena Master’s laughing voice arrived, “That’s how it should be.”

  As he spoke, the Arena Master handed Ning Cheng a Green Coin Card, an anonymous Green Coin Card with 5 billion Green Coins.

  “Many thanks, Arena Master.” Ning Cheng cupped his fists with the spoils of the battle still in his hand. Whether it was the celebration at night or his fame within the Revolving Jade City, he did not care about it. At least for the current period, Wanderer would not appear in the Revolving Jade City.

  ……

  “Yulan, when that Wanderer defeated Suo Qiaoye, you cheered the loudest. So why are you silent now?” After returning to the Bright Gist Resting Pen, Lan Ya found that Shi Yulan turned a lot quieter and asked in doubt.

  “I don’t know if Senior Apprentice Brother Ning has come out of seclusion. It’s already been ten days, and in another ten days is the Orchid Borough Celestial River’s Celestial Scryer Genius Tryouts.” Shi Yulan answered.

  Lan Ya smiled, “It’s not that simple. Let’s go take a look.”

  ……

  Ning Cheng had already returned to his room and had just tidied himself up when Jing Wuming came looking for him. Ning Cheng opened the restriction and let Jing Wuming inside.

  “Xiaocheng, are you finally coming out?” Jing Wuming on seeing Ning Cheng had taken the initiative to open the restriction happily spoke out.

  “Come on in, I just wanted to stretch my legs a bit.” Ning Cheng knew that the three of them, Jing Wuming, Lan Ya and Shi Yulan, had come to watch Suo Qiaoye and his match.

  Jing Wuming no longer gave of the melancholic feeling from before. He quickly spoke up in awe, “Xiaocheng, did you know what happened? The two people that framed Lan Ya and injured me some time back ended up dead at the hands of a starry skies’ wanderer in the Revolving Jade City. This wanderer has a Celestial Novice Cultivation; however, he could easily kill Celestial Gatherer Cultivators.”

  Ning Cheng smiled, “That’s a good thing.”

  Although he wished to reveal that, he was the wanderer that Jing Wuming spoke of; however, Ning Cheng and Jing Wuming’s relation was not that deep yet. If the news leaked out somehow, it would not bring him much good. After all, this place was the Revolving Jade City. Besides, he could always talk to Jing Wuming about this later. It did not matter much either way.

  Gongxi Kui only had a Celestial Shatter Cultivation; however, Jing Wuming treated Gongxi Kui as a Celestial Gatherer Cultivator. Most likely, it was due to the difference in perceived strength between the two.

  “There’s one more thing. Today, Wanderer represented the Celestial Forest Arena and accepted the challenge from the Gale Arena’s Premier Champion, Suo Qiaoye. Moreover, he even managed to defeat that Suo Qiaoye. That Wanderer is just too powerful. I heard that both his domain and Spear Intent had reached a deep level.” Jing Wuming started growing more excited the more he spoke to Ning Cheng.

  Ning Cheng asked with doubt, “Didn’t you go and see the match?”

  Jing Wuming showed a bitter smile, “Although I went to watch, my cultivation is just too low. I could only feel that Wanderer’s Spear Intent had reached a deep level. As for his domain, I couldn’t even see it; I just heard it from the others.”

  “Junior Apprentice Sister Yulan, Senior Apprentice Sister Lan, come in.” Ning Cheng opened the Restrictions once again, letting Shi Yulan and Lan Ya inside.

  Lan Ya, on seeing Ning Cheng, also happily spoke out, “Ning Cheng, you finally came out. Unfortunately, if you had come out early, you could have gone to watch the match between Wanderer and Suo Qiaoye. It really turned out wonderful.”

  “Senior Apprentice Sister Lan, Senior Apprentice Sister Yulan….” Jing Wuming greeted the two of them calmly without any change in expression.

  Shi Yulan also had a calm face and greeted Jing Wuming in the same manner. As to what went on in the minds of those two, only the heavens knew about it.

  “It’s a pity. Jing Wuming had already mentioned it just before you came inside. The Orchid Borough Celestial River’s Tryouts are about to start, and we still need to prepare a lot for it.” Ning Cheng spoke and took out 3 billion Green Coins. Distributing 1 billion Green Coins to each of them, he spoke, “Use these Green Coins and buy the things you feel necessary. Prepare for anything unexpected.”

  Jing Wuming did not care; he would have taken out all of his Green Coins if Ning Cheng asked. Since Ning Cheng had currently taken out Green Coins, it was only reasonable for him to take them and return them back later.

  Lan Ya and Shi Yulan, on the contrary, did not feel too happy to receive those Green Coins. They had already received a lifetime worth of help from Ning Cheng. Moreover, in the Revolving Jade City, 1 billion Green Coins was not a small number, and one could buy many useful things with it.

  “Take it. We will have to face many dangers in the tryouts. At that time, we can only depend on ourselves. It is better to buy as many useful things that could help you rather than dying. Besides, if we manage to head to the Time Wilderness, we definitely can obtain many good things. In the future, when everyone manages to obtain a few good things, just don’t forget about Lil’ ole’ me. Besides, I won these Green Coins in the Ocean Gambling City.”

  Ning Cheng’s words caused Lan Ya and Shi Yulan to laugh aloud, and they finally accepted the 1 billion Green Coins.

  Ning Cheng took out a few Communication Pearls and handed them to each of them. “Keep these Communication Pearls with you. Each of us gets one. If you face any danger, just stimulate these Communication Pearls, and as long as we remain within a certain range of each other, we could then sense each other’s position.”

  Shi Yulan spoke with some concern, “Um, I don’t think I feel confident enough to enter the Time Wilderness or pass the Orchid Borough Celestial River’s tryouts.”

  Ning Cheng waved his hand and spoke, “No need to worry right now. We do not even know the format of the Orchid Borough Celestial River’s tryouts, so we do not know if can or cannot pass. Also, I suggest that we do not leave the Bright Gist Resting Pen for the remainder of the time. The Revolving Jade City is not a safe place right now. Wait, Ruan Mingshu’s here.”

  Among the four people, Ning Cheng’s cultivation was the lowest. However, Ning Cheng had become the central pillar for everyone here. Moreover, such a situation had formed naturally, without any reason. At the same time, Ning Cheng warned them not to go out due to another reason, the moment that white-robed youth in the Heaven Seated Realm had put a mark on him; Ning Cheng had turned even more careful.

  Ning Cheng opened the restriction, Ruan Mingshu on seeing the four people, including Ning Cheng, together, showed a smile and spoke up, “Since everybody is here, can I really come in?”

  “Naturally, Junior Apprentice Sister Mingshu is always welcome.” Lan Ya stood up first and spoke. Moreover, she not only was older than Ruan Mingshu was, but her cultivation was also at the Celestial Gatherer Realm. At the same time, Ruan Mingshu addressed Ning Cheng as ‘Senior Apprentice Brother, while Ning Cheng addressed her as ‘Junior Apprentice Sister’; as such, for her to address Ruan Mingshu as ‘Junior Apprentice Sister’ was only normal.

  After Ruan Mingshu greeted everyone, she finally sat down and spoke, “I just received some news about the Orchid Borough Celestial River’s selection rounds, so I wanted everyone to know about it.”

  Wearing the words ‘Orchid Borough Celestial River’s selection rounds’, everyone, including Ning Cheng, focussed their attention over her.

  Ruan Mingshu continued, “This time, more than a million Celestial Scryer Cultivators are participating in the Orchid Borough Celestial River’s selection rounds; however, the Orchid Borough Celestial River will only choose 10,000 people who could then go to the Striking Order Starry Skies. In other words, the selection rate in approximately one in a hundred. As such, the chances of selection are not that high.”

  Lan Ya and Shi Yulan glanced at each other, sporting a worried look over their
faces.

  “This time, they will conduct the selection on the base of one’s Celestial Essence depth and the strength of Spiritual Consciousness, while also focussing on the individual’s best abilities.”

  “Can you team up?” Ning Cheng asked, interrupting Ruan Mingshu’s words.

  Ruan Mingshu shook her head, “It wouldn’t work. If the Orchid Borough Celestial River King could not even consider such a matter, then this Celestial River King is simply too weak and immature.”

  ……

  While Ning Cheng and the others immersed themselves in discussing the various news and details about the Orchid Borough Celestial River’s selection rounds, the Celestial Forest Arena felt a little anxious. The reason being that the reigning champion of Celestial Forest Arena, Wanderer, who had defeated the Gale Arena’s Champion, had disappeared. Not only could no one find his residence, but Wanderer also seemed to have vanished from the Revolving Jade City.

  After Wanderer defeated Suo Qiaoye, he had taken his 5 billion Green Coins and disappeared without a trace. The Celestial Forest Arena’s banquet, which now lacked its protagonist, turned into a colossal joke. However, compared to the Gale Arena, the Celestial Forest Arena still came out as the biggest winner.

  “Was Wanderer secretly caught by the Gale…?” Zeng Chuxiong made a gesture in front of Arena Master.

  The Celestial Forest Arena’s Arena Master shook his head, “It shouldn’t be the case. This Wanderer is definitely not someone simple. Do not judge him by his rough appearance. Not only does he know when to advance and retreat, but he has a very keen mind. Most likely, the reason why that man demanded his reward before disappearing was that he knew that the Celestial Forest Arena wanted to force him into a contract. In other words, it was us who most likely forced him to take the initiative to leave the Revolving Jade City.”

  “Just now, someone from the Orchid Borough Celestial River King’s side came, wanting to meet Wanderer. How do we answer them?” Zeng Chuxiong asked, feeling somewhat depressed.

  “Let’s just state the truth. The Orchid Borough Celestial River King would know that we did not deceive him.”

  ……

  It did not matter how things got due to other matters, or even how bland, facing the Striking Order Starry Skies’ Celestial Scryer Genius Tryouts, the Orchid Borough Celestial River’s masters would never deem it as something trivial.

  Numerous cultivators from all over had made their way to the Revolving Jade City before finally reaching the Orchid Borough Celestial River’s competition grounds.

  The Orchid Borough Celestial River King attached great importance to these tryouts; as such, not only did he personally preside over it, even his favourite concubine, Xuan Yu (Revolving Jade), accompanied him at his side.

  When Ning Cheng and the others arrived at the Orchid Borough Public Square, there were already more than a million people gathered there. Even so, this massive public square did not feel too crowded.

  Chapter 0521 – Cheating

  Translated By – DemonKiller

  Checked and Edited By – Livewidsmile

  Proofread By – DemonKiller

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  The Orchid Borough Celestial River King looked ordinary, with a big nose and small eyes. Instead, the woman accompanying the Celestial Rover King brought out his grandeur. Compared to the average looking Celestial River King, Ning Cheng felt more surprised by the woman at his side.

  “That pretty-looking woman should be Imperial Concubine Xuan Yu, isn’t it? No wonder that fellow decided to name this city as the Revolving Jade City.” Ning Cheng whispered. That woman was just too beautiful; no wonder the Orchid Borough Celestial River King took a fancy to her.

  [TL Note: “Xuan Yu” and “Revolving Jade” are the same words; I just choose to mix it up for the different uses of the names.]

  Compared to Shi Yulan’s beauty, which felt like an un-bloomed rosebud, Imperial Concubine Xuan Yu gave off the feeling like a fully blooming rose flower.

  “You should keep your voice down. Don’t talk casually in this place.” Shi Yulan quickly spoke up. She had a lot more experience with Celestial River Kings; moreover, since she had personally witnessed the fearfulness of Celestial River Kings, she felt afraid that their words might end up reaching the ears of the Orchid Borough Celestial River King, even if they were only whispering.

  Ning Cheng only smiled but did not continue to speak. He had already masked his voice; as such, even if the Orchid Borough Celestial River King were someone with cultivation above the Heaven Seated Realm, he still would not be able to hear his voice. However, Shi Yulan’s words, he might have heard them.

  The Orchid Borough Celestial River King, accompanied with his beautiful Imperial Concubine, descended over the main altar of the Orchid Borough Public Square. At the same time, his Spiritual Consciousness had already swept through the entire public square.

  When that fellow’s Spiritual Consciousness swept past Ning Cheng’s body, Ning Cheng felt his entire body turn ice-cold. It felt as if nothing could hide from the eyes of that person. Ning Cheng knew that it was just an illusion; however, it also proved the horrifying might of the Celestial River King. Moreover, this Celestial River King belonged to one of the most ordinary Celestial River. If it was a powerful Celestial River King, Ning Cheng could not begin to imagine the strength of such an existence.

  When the public square finally turned silent, the Orchid Borough Celestial River King finally spoke up, “Today, I feel delighted. I came here to meet the elites of my Orchid Borough Celestial River. The future of Orchid Borough Celestial River lies in your hands, and you might even leave your mark within the Striking Order Starry Skies. I just hope that, in the future, outside of the Striking Order Starry Skies, if a powerhouse could say that he or she came from the Orchid Borough Celestial River, it would turn out to be the happiest thing for me.”

  “Since the Striking Order Starry Skies is hosting the Celestial Scryer Genius Tryouts, it could also help you finally make your way out of our starry skies and enter the vast universe. The geniuses in my Orchid Borough Celestial River are like the passing clouds in the sky, and yet all of you experts have decided to gather here in the selection rounds of the Orchid Borough Celestial River. Right now, there are 1.06 million Celestial Scryer Geniuses taking part in this selection. However, although I wish to send every one of you to enter the Time Wilderness; the Striking Order Starry Skies just has too many Celestial Rivers and not just our Orchid Borough Celestial River.”

  “As such, we can only select a limited number of geniuses from our Orchid Borough Celestial River. In fact, out of the nearly one million geniuses, we can only select 10,000 of you to enter the Time Wilderness. Entering the Time Wilderness, I trust everyone should already know what kind of benefits it could bring to your starry skies’ cultivation, and what it signifies, right? It means that you could walk further in the future and rush higher…..”

  The thunderous cheers indicated the implicit support the people had for the Orchid Borough Celestial River King.

  The Orchid Borough Celestial River King smiled before raising his hand and continuing, “Because there are too many geniuses participating in this competition, we will use a one-off method to determine things within a day…..”

  Ning Cheng already had some idea about the method of selection; however, he still paid adequate attention. If he could, Ning Cheng also wanted to help the Jing Wuming trio. As for Ruan Mingshu, Ning Cheng felt sure that the other party had her own means to pass the selection round and did not need his help. However, he also felt somewhat doubtful about completing the selection round from more than a million cultivators in within a day.

  “Many people might have already received the news that this time’s selection round will take place in the Orchid Borough Celestial River’s 9 Step Obscure Array. Our Orchid Borough Celestial River’s Obscure Array is a product of the Premier Obscure Array Grandmaster Xuan Ming
and built for the masses. As such, using it for selection would be both fair and just. The first 10,000 geniuses who can go the farthest within our Orchid Borough Celestial River’s 9 Step Obscure Array will represent our Orchid Borough Celestial River within the Striking Order Starry Skies……”

  As the Orchid Borough Celestial River King continued speaking over the altar, some whisperings had already started to spread below it.

  Ning Cheng had never encountered an Obscure Array. From what he heard from Ruan Mingshu previously, Obscure Arrays and Array Formations had some differences. Mainly, when it came to using Obscure Arrays, one cannot just rely on the level of understanding of Array Formations. It also required sufficient Celestial Essence Force, sufficiently strengthened Spiritual Consciousness, right perception and a high enough comprehension ability, combining it all with adequate calculating skills. In a way, it was somewhat similar to gambling in casinos. He even heard that ‘gambling’ was one of the side branches of Obscure Arrays.

  At the same time, the Obscure Arrays did not have any clearly defined rankings. Supposedly, the Orchid Borough Celestial River’s 9-Step Obscure Array referred to this Obscure Array having nine gates. The passage through each gate had an intrinsic connection to a cultivator’s Celestial Essence, Spiritual Consciousness and perceptual abilities.

  “We have already prepared and placed the entry and exit points for the Orchid Borough Celestial River’s Obscure Array over the Orchid Borough Public Square. At the same time, the results of the participating talents would come up on display on the Orchid Borough Public Square’s Array Formation Displays. The selection round starts now……”

  After the Orchid Borough Celestial River finished, he immediately flew out from the main altar along with his Imperial Concubine before landing on one side of the main stage to watch the proceedings.