Ning Cheng secretly thanked this woman; at the same time, he also admired this woman’s quick thinking.
“Ning Cheng; that is a good name. I’m leaving; maybe I will come to see you later.” The beautiful woman with the porcelain doll-like face spoke while giving Ning Cheng a bright smile, which revealed a hint of her perfect white teeth.
After taking a few steps, she suddenly turned back to Ning Cheng and spoke, “Oh yes, I forgot to tell you my name. I’m called Xu Binglan, you have to remember it.”
After hearing that name, Ning Cheng felt a shiver run down his body, while silent roars echoed within his mind. Xu Binglan, Ning Cheng was just familiar with this name. This woman’s name had spread everywhere within the Tian Continent along with Song Yan. These two women initially were from the Heavenly Dao Sect and competed for the sole attention of Yan Fenghua. In the end, it resulted in a huge feud, followed by the emergence of two great academies, the Floating Snow Palace and the Severing Emotions Dao Sect.
Xu Anzhen, someone who harboured a great hatred for Ning Cheng, was this woman’s descendant. Moreover, even Xu Yingdei, who had almost killed him, was also a direct descendant of this woman. No wonder, that he almost mistook this woman as Xu Yingdei at first glance.
This woman looked so comely and innocent, naive and brilliance, to the point that people would not even bear the thought of feeling anything negative about her. However, Ning Cheng knew enough about the women from the Severing Emotions Dao Sect, to the point of almost feeling disgusted with it. After the women from the sect severed their emotions, they would go on to have multiple partners. In other words, this young and beautiful looking Xu Binglan, despite having such a fair and comely appearance, most likely had devoured innumerable men.
Thinking of this, Ning Cheng felt as if he had almost swallowed a disgusting fly. In contrast, Ning Cheng’s impression of the Floating Snow Palace was many times better than the Severing Emotions Dao Sect.
“Can we go in and sit down?” The woman with the veil over her face could see Ning Cheng’s slightly disgusted look and spoke up with a smile.
Ning Cheng quickly sobered up and spoke, “Senior Qinyu, thank you very much.”
Ning Cheng had always had a good impression of this woman with a veil over her face. In the rest stop, if not for this woman, he could not have found an excuse to take off the outer robe that had been marked by the Spiritual Consciousness Tag. Moreover, that troublemaker Sisi had also not followed her.
The woman with the veil over her face smile, “I’m just a Celestial Gatherer Cultivator. My family name is Shen, but you can call me Qinyu from now on.”
“Okay. Senior Apprentice Sister Qinyu, would you like to come upstairs with me. I live in this resting pen.” Ning Cheng politely invited her inside.
After Shen Qinyu entered the room, Ning Cheng activated the restrictions and once again spoke up, “Thank you.”
Shen Qinyu smiled and spoke, “I just happened to help you in passing; however, I didn’t expect you to always attract the attention of high-ranking individuals.”
Ning Cheng knew the meaning behind Shen Qinyu’s words. Her ‘always’ meant more than once. However, Ning Cheng did not admit to the past incident. Once he agreed to it, it would indicate that Ning Cheng had already known that a Heaven Seated Expert had marked him with a Spiritual Consciousness Tag. Ning Cheng had already written down the grace shown by this woman. However, he did not want to speak about it. After all, they have only met for the second time.
“Actually, I came here to look for something, but ended up meeting you.” Seeing that Ning Cheng did not talk much and spoke even less than what she spoke, Shen Qinyu had to take the initiative to speak up.
Ning Cheng laughed, “Senior Apprentice Sister Qinyu has already helped me enough. If I can help you even a little, then I will go all out. Senior Apprentice Sister, please speak.”
“Good.” Shen Qinyu gave a simple reply before continuing, “I know that you will also enter the Time Wilderness. Therefore, I hope that you could help me a bit in the wilderness.”
Ning Cheng spoke up apologetically, “Senior Apprentice Qinyu, although I would like to help you, my cultivation is still too low. I am afraid that I would not be of much use to you. Moreover, Junior Apprentice Sister Ruan Mingshu and I have already formed a team and cannot separate.”
“No, you can definitely help me with this favour. I have a communications pearl here, and if I need your help, I will send you a message. If you are not available or are busy otherwise, just ignore my message.”
After talking, Shen Qinyu sat there holding the communications pearl, looking at Ning Cheng calmly and waiting for him to answer.
Ning Cheng did not know what Shen Qinyu was talking about; how was she so sure that he could help her? Shen Qinyu could see the Spiritual Consciousness Tag that white-robed man had left on him; moreover, Shen Qinyu even used a talisman to block the attack from an expert in the Celestial River Realm. From this, he knew that this woman’s background was not simple.
Why did she need him if she came from such a not-so-simple background?
Despite the doubts, Ning Cheng still took the communications pearl and spoke with a smile, “Naturally, as long as I am near and can help, I will definitely help.”
He deliberately did not speak anything in depth, whether he could help or not, Ning Cheng wanted to have the final say in it.
Shen Qinyu did not seem to have heard Ning Cheng’s words carefully. She suddenly took off her veil and spoke to Ning Cheng, “Junior Apprentice Brother, I will take you to a place in the evening. You will definitely benefit from it.”
As Ning Cheng looked at the woman in front of him, with a relatively pretty face, could not help but wonder why she had to wear a veil. However, he quickly understood what was going on. Did Ning Cheng only have a Mask-type Dao Artefact and no one else? Obviously, this relatively pretty-looking face was not Shen Qinyu’s original face. This made this woman even more mysterious in Ning Cheng’s eyes.
“My cultivation is shallow, and I don’t like to go out. I just want to stay at my place and rest. Senior Apprentice Sister Qinyu can go by herself.” Ning Cheng euphemistically rejected Shen Qinyu’s invitation.
Shen Qinyu did not care, and spoke with a smile on her face, “This is a gathering between the Striking Order Starry Skies’ geniuses. All the genius cultivators from the various celestial rivers under the Striking Order Starry Skies will attend it. I also got an invitation through someone else. If a rogue cultivator came to such a place and heard others discuss the Dao and some starry skies’ Spiritual Techniques, they would definitely end up with a great harvest.”
“This kind of harvest is several times better than what one could learn by self or even from people from the same sect. After all, none of us comes from the same place, and even the differences in cultivation levels are not too far apart. As such, the things one could understand and the difficulties that one would face would not be too far apart. Sometimes, when you hear or see something, even a bit, you might even suddenly experience a breakthrough. I think that Junior Apprentice Brother Ning should come to this place instead of staying behind closed doors to avoid trouble. Moreover, cultivating within the starry skies, one cannot avoid trouble even by staying behind closed doors.”
In fact, Ning Cheng felt slightly moved by Shen Qinyu’s words. His cultivation had already reached a point of stagnation. Even his understanding regarding the ways to cultivate Spiritual Consciousness had not yielded any results. In other words, Ning Cheng had no way to advance further. Although Ning Cheng felt he was close to a breakthrough, until the point Ning Cheng actually broke through, he would always remain stuck at that ‘close to breakthrough’ point.
“Okay. Many thanks to Senior Apprentice Sister Qinyu’s guidance. I will accompany Senior Apprentice Sister Qinyu as requested.” Once Ning Cheng decided on things, he would not show any hesitation.
Chapter 0530 – Dao Discussion Convention
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The Dao Discussion Convention convened in the busiest part of Lucky Heaven City’s midtown. Although Ning Cheng was not a person who had never seen the outside world; however, when he followed Shen Qinyu into the venue for Dao Discussion, he could not help but feel shocked by the venue’s luxury.
It was obviously night outside; however, it felt like daytime on the inside. Moreover, it was not the fake kind of daylight but like a natural day.
The entire venue had lingering Immortal Hymns, Red-Crowned Cranes, bridges made out of Rainbow Clouds, surrounded by flowing waters and Immortal Bamboo……
Wine flowed like water, and one could even pick up various spirit fruits with just a wave of a hand, as well as a variety of beautiful-looking women just waiting to serve them. This scene reminded Ning Cheng of
Xi Wangmu’s Peaches of Immortality.
However, this version felt like a cheap knockoff of Xi Wangmu’s Peaches of Immortality.
The people participating in the Dao Discussions had yet to arrive, but there were already groups of three or four scattered all around talking while drinking wine and picking a variety of spiritual fruit to eat.
“Looks like a sizable gathering.” Ning Cheng whispered.
Before Shen Qinyu could answer, he heard a cultivator standing near to him speak up, “Of course, there are quite a few Celestial River Kings coming over tonight. I heard that even the Striking Order Starry Skies Emperor would be here in person. Heavenly Emperor Striking Order wants to use this opportunity to see what kind of geniuses have appeared within the Striking Order Starry Skies.”
This cultivator’s tone contained a hint of pride; apparently, this fellow felt that an invitation to such an event was a prideful opportunity.
Shen Qinyu turned to Ning Cheng and spoke with a smile, “You can do whatever you want in this Dao Discussion, from discussing the Dao and its methods with others to just enjoying the spirit wine and spirit fruits in this place. If you have any questions, you can also ask the servers around you, and they will help you out. However, I did not think that Heavenly Emperor Striking Order would decide to come here personally; therefore, I would advise you not to casually sweep out with your Spiritual Consciousness. I am going to say meet a few acquaintances of mine now. If you want you can also sit here on your own.”
Ning Cheng quickly spoke up, “Senior Apprentice Sister Qinyu, please go ahead. I’ll be careful.”
Was this not just a gathering of high-class people? One only had to take care of themselves and look around. If one found something meaningful, just stay and listen, if it did not make any sense, then leave.
Shen Qinyu felt reassured about Ning Cheng’s words. She knew that Ning Cheng was not a troublemaker. It was something that she understood from the time she met Ning Cheng at the resting pen and reinforced when Ning Cheng had spoken about not coming out of the resting pen.
When Shen Qinyu left, Ning casually walked to the periphery of a relatively large group of people and listened to them talk about the Dao.
In just a few moments, Ning Cheng felt surprised within his heart. Some of the discussions touched upon the truths that he had to spend a long time by himself to figure out. However, in this place, one could efficiently resolve his or her bottlenecks by just listening to the discussions.
It really was the right choice to come here,
Ning Cheng eagerly thought to himself. However, he did not decide to stay in just one spot. He wanted to find a secluded corner to sit down and listen to the discussions carefully.
Ning Cheng carefully walked around, passing through a bunch of people talking about Pill Dao, passing by a few people engaged in artefact refining discussions, and even circumventing many more discussing cultivation related matters. No matter what the genre, hearing other people talk about such issues, Ning Cheng ended up gaining a somewhat more in-depth understanding of the world from the conversations.
Ning Cheng found a seat in one of the most remote corners of the Dao Discussion Hall and sat down. Although the location had dim lighting and rarely saw any visitors, for Ning Cheng, it was the best location. Sitting in this place, he could use his Spiritual Consciousness to listen in on other people’s discussions about the Dao. He could then take the essence of the talks and incorporate them into his own understandings.
Ning Cheng cultivated using the Mysterious Yellow Formless, a cultivation method entirely different from others. It not only was intangible, but it also had no fixed form. It could transform the Celestial Essence Circulation at any time and anywhere during cultivation; moreover, it could also take in and integrate the strengths of any kind of cultivation method into its own. It made Ning Cheng feel like a person who only cultivated internal skills; just like a scholar who learned and employed cheating methods without having any understanding of the actual words. Under such conditions, Ning Cheng started to absorb a variety of cultivation knowledge.
The Dao Discussion had not even formally begun yet, but Ning Cheng had already found himself submerged in it. He did not need to talk to others, as no one in this place could actually explain to him about the key points that he needed to understand. Especially since Ning Cheng himself did not understand, what he did not know.
At this moment, Ning Cheng could not help but feel amazed about the heaven-defying nature of the Mysterious Yellow Bead; even the Mysterious Yellow Formless had a heaven-defying quality to it. However, over the countless years of existence, the cultivation methods perfected by the various powerhouses of the starry skies were also not half a bit inferior to the one formed by the Mysterious Yellow Bead. Repeatedly, those predecessors had tested and verified the various cultivation related matters before integrating them into their cultivation method, making them incomparably precious.
Ning Cheng shot a glance at the distant Shen Qinyu and thanked her in his heart before submerging himself once again into crazily absorbing the knowledge.
As more and more people started pouring into the Dao Discussion Convention, even more discussions about the Dao began to emerge. Ning Cheng’s Spiritual Consciousness constantly sought out, immersed itself into the talks about the Dao, and completely forgot about his surroundings. Deep within his heart, a complete cycle had already started to take shape. The scattered knowledge and understanding now slowly began to connect with each other before finally condensing into a Dao Law system that Ning Cheng could call his own.
Ning Cheng vaguely felt that although his cultivation did not witness an improvement, as long as he found a secluded spot and cultivated quietly for half to a year, he could undoubtedly break through to the next level.
Sharpening the knife before chopping the wood,
no one could understand Ning Cheng’s current mood.
“Welcome, Heavenly Emperor Striking Order…..” A voice abruptly woke up Ning Cheng; hearing it, Ning Cheng suddenly stood up, only to find the Dao Discussion Hall completely silent. Accompanied by sounds of mellow music, a middle-aged man in a purple robe slowly walked into the venue between two rows of attendants. Behind him were a dozen starry skies’ cultivators, each of whom had more than one Celestial Wheel behind them.
The Celestial Wheel behind the Striking Order Emperor seemed invisible at first glance; however, when one looked closely, it formed a sun, with a matchless dazzle.
Ning Cheng immediately retracted his gaze, bowed his head while standing in his corner, and did not dare to make any sort of movement. This Heavenly Emperor Striking Order gave off the feeling of extraordinary might, something that he had experienced with his own eyes. Seeing a palm smashing everything into nothingness, it made him feel extreme fear and danger.
Heavenly Emperor Striking Order walked up and sat down on the high-backed chair in the middle of the Dao Discussion Hall. After his gaze swept through the entire Dao Discussion Hall,
he then spoke up in a slow yet resonant voice, “All of you are geniuses of my Striking Order Starry Skies, the elite. For a starry skies’ cultivator to reach the highest peak, one cannot neglect his or her foundations in the Nirvana Realm. I know that almost all the cultivators who came here would be heading to the Time Wilderness Tryouts, and I am here to congratulate you on your good fortune for that while also imparting a few words.”
The Dao Discussion Hall remained utterly silent, intently focused on the words of Heavenly Emperor Striking Order.
Heavenly Emperor Striking Order gave a satisfied smile before nodding and speaking, “The universe is vast and boundless; even our Striking Order Starry Skies is just a tiny and remote corner within this vast universe. Looking at the entire starry skies’ universe, my Striking Order Starry Skies does not contain the best resources for cultivation. In that regards, even I feel helpless. The strength of our starry skies’ is still too low to compete for better resources.”
“For a long time, our starry skies has grown steadily weaker. This time, the reason for holding the Striking Order Starry Skies’ Celestial Scryer Genius Tryouts is to select some talented cultivators who would then represent our Striking Order Starry Skies, to prove to the entire universe that our Striking Order Starry Skies is still counted among the strongest within this vast and boundless universe.”
Enthusiastic cheering immediately erupted all around. Apparently, all the people felt respect and awe towards the words imparted by Heavenly Emperor Striking Order.
Heavenly Emperor Striking Order stood up, raised his tone and said, “I came here today on the yearning that a true genius could emerge out of the masses of my Striking Order Starry Skies. As the time for opening our Striking Order Starry Skies’ Time Wilderness draws near, I decided to come here to experience the discussion of the Dao among the young geniuses here. I hope that you would not let me down, while I will also respectfully listen to your conversations about the Dao. If you have any question, you can ask them openly. If you have any insights, you can speak out without any fear. The Dao Discussion can start now……”
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