“If other people recognised me as the Little Miss of the Flying Celestial Chamber of Commerce, they would have also immediately recognised that my father is a Life and Death Powerhouse and would most likely agree to it immediately. If that is the case, then I do not want to be with such a person. Needless to say, this person simply does not have a spine.” Su Dai spoke with some dissatisfaction and tried to backtrack her words.
“Ok-ok, I’ll listen to you. Just tell me where can I find him?” Su Qianhan finally relented and agreed to compromise with his daughter.
Su Dao, on seeing that her father had relented, quickly spoke up, “This person doesn’t seem to like staying in one place, and I don’t expect him to stay in Eternal Heaven Starry Sky City for long. Therefore, I asked Lan Sha to wait outside the city. As long as he goes out of the city, she should be able to intercept that fellow.”
Su Qianhan looked at his daughter’s determine-looking eyes and shook his head in speechlessness. Looks like he spoiled his daughter a bit too much. If people did not know any better, they would have definitely believed that he had involved himself in ‘marriage by capture’.
“Oh yes, Dad, do you have any news about that Wanderer who had climbed to the 81st floor of the Celestial Scryer Tower?“ Su Dai, feeling satisfied, immediately turned happy, and asked a random question.
Su Qianhan shook his head, “I’m afraid there’s no news of him. It looks like that cultivator had managed to disappear silently. Even when Heavenly Emperor Levelled Heart sent people to look around the Celestial Scryer Tower, no one could find even a shadow of this fellow. It really is a pity.”
Su Dai did not think that it was something unfortunate. If this Wanderer only had climbed a little more than 50 floors, she would have felt slightly disappointed that she did not get to meet him. However, this Wanderer had managed to climb to the 81st floor, which also meant that this fellow had nothing to do with her. So why would she bother if this fellow came out or not?
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By the time Ning Cheng managed to exit Eternal Heaven Starry Sky City, he could not find even the slightest shadow of Qionghua.
The Eternal Heaven Starry Sky City was in itself a huge place, and the Grand Culmination Starland covering an even more prominent area. Without any direction, it would prove impossible to find where Qionghua went.
“Little Miss had truly guessed it right, you did come out.” A voice resounded, filled with joy.
Ning Cheng then looked at a female cultivator wearing green robes that had suddenly appeared in front of him. Seeing her, Ning Cheng could not help but frown. He knew this female cultivator, she had followed that Su Dai. Moreover, the only thing that connected the two of them with him was that Ning Cheng had ended up losing a hundred million green coins to Su Dai because his battleship had almost ended up colliding with their warship. Moreover, the second time Ning Cheng met her was on the public square crowded with people. At that time, that Daoist Priestess from the Everlasting Sacred Shrine had pushed him back using her imposing aura, causing him to bump into them accidentally. However, despite the two occurrences, he had no idea why this woman had asked someone to wait for him in this location?
Seeing Ning Cheng not talking, the green-robed female cultivator quickly walked over to Ning Cheng and spoke, “My name is Lan Sha, and Su Dai is my Little Miss. The two of you already know each other anyway. For now, our Association Head wants to meet you, so you will have to come with me.”
“I don’t know you or this so-called Association Head. I’m sorry, I will not be coming with you.” Ning Cheng categorically refused. Moreover, he could not understand what was going on.
Lan Sha whispered to Ning Cheng, “I know with certainty that you are a Rogue Cultivator. Anyways, coming with me will not bring you any harm. Moreover, the place you are accompanying me is the Flying Celestial Chamber of Commerce, which is quite well known within Eternal Heaven Starry Sky City. I doubt you would even realise the benefits that you could obtain by just gaining the chance to sit down and talk in that place.”
Ning Cheng did not even think about going to the Flying Celestial Chamber of Commerce. Rather, he thought of another thing, and immediately asked with a slow tone, “Lan Sha, have you been waiting for me for a long time to come here?”
“Yes, I’ve been waiting for you here. Little Miss said that you are a restless person, and will definitely leave the city at some point. It looks like Little Miss really was not wrong about you.” Lan Shan smiled, clearly proud of her Little Miss’s intelligence.
“That last time I was in Culmination Public Square, a Daoist Priestess had ended up suppressing me. You should know about that too, right?” Ning Cheng quickly asked.
Lan Sha spoke up with disdain, “I certainly am aware of it, but you don’t have to worry about that woman. Our Association Head is not afraid of her at all.”
Ning Cheng felt shocked hearing those words. That Daoist Priestess definitely felt like a powerhouse, and a powerhouse most likely at or above the Life and Death Realm. Yet this Flying Celestial Chamber of Commerce’s Association Head did not fear her, which also pointed to this fellow’s hidden strength.
“Did you also see the two ladies who came out with the Daoist Priestess?” Ning Cheng immediately seized the opportunity to ask more questions. He understood that Lan Sha knew about whom he wanted to look. Especially since this Lan Sha was also on the public square during the conflict involving him, Qionghua and the Daoist Priestess.
“I saw them not too long ago. The two passed by me. I did not bother to question the two, it would have been rude of me. Besides, did that woman have to resort to such actions because of just a few words? If someone spoke about liking me, I would feel too happy even to think about anything else. That Daoist Priestess just likes to makes a huge fuss about trivial matters?” Lan Sha spoke with a dismissive tone.
Ning Cheng, on hearing this, immediately feeling slight goodwill towards this Lan Sha. Yes, just as she said, he had not done anything terrible.
“Junior Apprentice Sister Lan Sha, we really do think alike. By the way, did you notice where they were heading?” Ning Cheng, despite the eagerness, spoke in a calm tone.
Lan Sha also immediately replied, “I didn’t bother to see where they were going or ask them about it; however, when the two of them passed by me, they said something about a Changing Earth Nunnery and something about an invite. I don’t know about anything else.”
Ning Cheng felt so excited that he could not have imagined that he would hear such good news. He did not ask Lan Sha about this Changing Earth Nunnery’s location; rather, if he requested Lan Sha about it unless she was a complete fool, she would immediately know what he intended.
“You and I are heading to the Flying Celestial Chamber of Commerce. However, I still have no idea about how to address you?” Lan Shan felt eager to converse with Ning Cheng and only at this time did she recall about her objective here.
“Junior Apprentice Sister Lan Sha, do you have a map of Culmination Starland?” Ning Cheng did not immediately answer Lan Sha’s question.
Lan Sha’s mind worked on a far less complicated level compared to Ning Cheng; therefore, she did not hesitate to take out a jade strip and hand it to Ning Cheng, “Here….”
Ning Cheng’s Spiritual Consciousness almost instantaneously swept into the jade strip and immediately saw the vast and seemingly boundless Culmination Starland inside. It contained various Starry Sky Cities, Celestial River Cities, Corner City, Corner Bastions, Academies and Sects and the numerous makeshift markets. As Ning Cheng’s Spiritual Consciousness swept through, he could not find the Changing Earth Nunnery; however, he did find a Changing Earth Mountain.
Ning Cheng put away the jade strip and spoke to Lan Sha, “Junior Apprentice Sister Lan Sha, I have to take care of a few things first. I will definitely come to offer my thanks in the future.”
Saying that Ning Cheng did not wait for Lan Sha to answer and quickly left the range of the Forbidden Space Restriction,
brought out a flying-type weapon and promptly disappeared without a trace.
As Lan Sha watched Ning Cheng disappear, she finally realised something. Ning Cheng most likely was pursuing the two female cultivators. Understanding that, she suddenly gave a frown, “This fellow is indeed not someone easy to handle. It is for the better, I guess. I will have to report this to Little Miss once I return.”
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Along the way, Ning Cheng stopped for asking directions a few times, but no one knew the location of Changing Earth Nunnery. Not to delay things, Ning Cheng simply gave up on continuing with the flight-type weapon and directly flew towards the Changing Earth Mountains using the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds. If he could not find the Changing Earth Nunnery, then the next best option was to head to the Changing Earth Mountains. If he still could not find anything, Ning Cheng would then have to wait for the next opportunity to explain things to Qionghua.
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Changing Earth Mountains, a location thousands of miles away from the nearest corner city. Although such a distance was not too far for a starry skies’ cultivator, it was also not too near. Moreover, because of such a considerable distance, apart from top-ranked powerhouses, the Spiritual Consciousness of other ordinary cultivators would not even manage to sweep through it.
Within a starland, as long as someone’s Spiritual Consciousness could not cover it, that location could then be classified as a blind spot.
“What a beautiful place.” Jing Yiyi stood outside the Changing Earth Mountain and gave out a sigh. The rolling greens of the foliage and the soft whites of the clouds intertwined together at almost every spot. One could even hear the occasional sounds of waterfalls along with the calls of various birds. No one in the world would not like such a place.
Qionghua, standing next to Jing Yiyi, also gave out a sigh and spoke, “It really is beautiful.”
After giving a sigh, she then asked, “Senior Apprentice Sister Yiyi, do you really think that this Uncle-master Mi Chen (Seeking Earth) would accept Sacred Master’s invitation and return to Eternal Heaven Starry Sky City with us?”
Chapter 0585 – Startling Changes In Changing Earth Mountains
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“Who knows, let’s go inside. Whether or not Uncle-Master would return with us, she would at least not lose her temper on us.” Jing Yiyi spoke with a sigh.
“Senior Apprentice Sister Yiyi, do you know why Uncle-master Mi Chen hates our shrine so much? Even coming to the distant Culmination Starland to establish the Changing Earth Nunnery?” Qionghua asked with curiosity.
Jing Yiyi quickly pulled Qionghua aside and whispered in Qionghua’s ear, “Junior Apprentice Sister, I’m telling you this only because you asked. Do not ask about it again in the future. Uncle-master Mi Yun[1] shared the same identity as you in the past, serving as the Everlasting Sacred Shrine’s Sacred Lady. I heard that she had turned her back on the shrine after she became pregnant, because of which the Sacred Shrine killed her Dao Companion…..”
“Ah…” Qionghua felt surprised on hearing this piece of information. The news about the pregnancy of the Sacred Lady of the Everlasting Sacred Shrine would prove too detrimental to it.
After the shock passed, Qionghua asked with some doubt, “But why is Sacred Master asking us to invite…..”
Jing Yiyi did not answer Qionghua’s words directly, but pointed to the verdant lands in front of them and said, “You can see that this place really is quite beautiful; however, only an Eternal-level powerhouse like our Uncle-master Mi Yun can enjoy such a beautiful sanctuary.”
Qionghua understood what her Senior Apprentice Sister meant; the reason Sacred Master wanted to invite Uncle-master Mi Yun to return was all because Uncle-master Mi Yun was now a powerhouse in the Eternal Realm. In the face of such a powerhouse, it would be a huge joke to talk about trying to punish them.
“Senior Apprentice Sister Yiyi, wait…..” Qionghua suddenly stopped Jing Yiyi.
Jing Yiyi looked at Qionghua with doubt, “What’s the matter?”
“Senior Apprentice Sister, do you not notice the faint stench of blood?” Qionghua pointed to the depths of the Changing Earth Mountains and whispered.
Jing Yiyi’s countenance immediately changed, “This place really has a bloody stench, Junior Apprentice Sister we are leaving. Uncle-master Mi Yun loves cleanliness, and definitely would not live in a place with such a stench…..”
“Senior Apprentice Sister, we did not encounter anything suspicious when we came in. But now that we are inside, it looks like someone put up an extra layer of Entrapment Formation on the outside.” Qionghua spoke with some anxiety.
“Get the communications pearl….” Jing Yiyi sputtered.
“We can’t send out any messages. Something must have happened here, and no one is coming out. We need to quickly find a way out and then try to send a message.” After repeatedly trying to send out messages, Qionghua finally put away the communications pearl and spoke.
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Ning Cheng immediately felt something wrong the moment he arrived outside the Changing Earth Mountains. There was an Entrapment Formation covering it.
Moreover, this Entrapment Formation was of a unique variety. It did not stop or had any effect on the people coming in, to the point that one would be hard pressed to find it from the outside. However, once anyone or anything tries to come out, this Entrapment Formation would immediately activate, even blocking any messages from transmitting out.
This Entrapment Formation was not of a very high-grade and was at best a Grade 5 Celestial River Array. Since Ning Cheng had studied array formations for a long time and had even refine quite a few array discs, it had allowed him to surpass the limits of Grade 3 Celestial Array Masters and reach a level infinitely close to becoming a Grade 4 Imperial Array Master. Although he has not arranged any Grade 4 Celestial Arrays yet, Ning Cheng thought that, with enough time and raw materials, he could definitely arrange a Grade 4 Celestial Array. It was just an issue of time.
Ning Cheng did not understand why Changing Earth Mountains would have such an Entrapment Formation around it; even if it wanted to arrange an array formation around it, it would prove more logical to set up a Mountain Protecting Grand Array instead of such an array formation.
That is not right, something definitely did not feel right about such an arrangement.
Just as Ning Cheng thought about the Mountain Protecting Grand Array, he immediately felt wary. With such a beautiful looking place, someone would have definitely occupied it. Since someone definitely lived here, the next step would be to set up a Mountain Protecting Grand Array around these mountains. However, when he came here, he could not see even the barest hint of a Mountain Protecting Grand Array.
Even if was the Planet Protecting Grand Array of the Grand Culmination Starland, he could still find some clues regarding it. As such, he had no valid reason for not being able to see any hidden Mountain Protecting Grand Array around this place.
Ning Cheng did not immediately enter the array formation, and instead, looked around. In just a dozen breaths, Ning Cheng finally found a few clues. This place indeed had a Mountain Protecting Grand Array. However, this Mountain Protecting Grand Array had already disintegrated, to the point that someone even deliberately concealed all of its traces. If not for his attainments in array formation reaching infinitely close to the Imperial grade, he definitely would not have found these clues.
Whether or not was Qionghua inside, Ning Cheng had already planned to go inside and see. He arranged two simple Tearing Array Formations right at the base of the Entrapment Formation and just outside of the Changing Earth Mountains. These Tearing Array Formations did not have enough strength to break open the Entrapment Array Formation, but it could allow him to rush out of the Entrapment Formation in th
e shortest possible time.
After finalising the path of retreat, Ning Cheng then carefully entered the Entrapment Array Formation. After entering the Entrapment Formation, Ning Cheng finally realised that this definitely was an exceptional place to live.
No, something is wrong. Ning Cheng immediately detected the faint stench of blood. Ning Cheng had experienced too much slaughter already; as such, he was much more familiar with such a bloody smell. Just from this stench, he realised that something terrible must have happened here.
Ning Cheng did not immediately rush in, and instead, spread out his Spiritual Consciousness. In just a few moments, his Spiritual Consciousness swept by a huge stone monolith with the words ‘Changing Earth Nunnery’. Although he sensed a few restrictions behind those words, even his starry skies’ Spiritual Consciousness could not penetrate through it, causing him to see things in a blur.
Before seeing those three words, Ning Cheng still tried to weigh his options on whether or go inside or not. After all, his cultivation had only reached the Celestial Gatherer Realm. Since someone could arrange a Grade 4 Celestial River Array Formation right outside, then his or her cultivation definitely was not just at the Celestial Gatherer Realm.
However, after looking at those three words, Ning Cheng immediately threw aside those considerations. His figure flashed, and he quickly rushed inside. At the same time, Ning Cheng also cursed at that old Daoist Priestess in his heart. Sending two disciples in the Celestial Scryer Realm to this place, did she really want to send them to their deaths?
Ning Cheng had just crossed the monolith with the words ‘Changing Earth Nunnery’ when he saw a corpse lying on the ground. This was a female cultivator wearing Daoist robes, with a fair complexioned face and delicate looks. However, the robes covering her lower body had been torn open with blood oozing out from her ripped out intestines.
Ning Cheng gave out a sigh within his heart. This truly was a cruel way to kill someone. However, when he thought that Qionghua had also entered this place, Ning Cheng immediately felt even more panic. Without even shooting another glance at the body, he immediately activated the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds and speeded up.
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