Even the cone cone-shaped weapon that he shot out seemed to have considerably slowed down. At this moment, he could only watch Ning Cheng’s punch tearing through his Domain as it slammed into his Dantian.
“Plop.” You Tingzhi’s body, just like a sack of hey, fell on to You Zhenyi’s lifeless body.
As for the remaining few people within the room, no one dared to speak, and no one even dared to move. Even You Fei, who vomited blood out of anger towards his wife, only looked at Ning Cheng in a daze. He really could not understand how the You Clan ended up provoking such a ruthless man.
Ning Cheng did not continue massacring everyone, just glanced coldly at You Fei and spoke, “As thanks for saving my wife once, I spared your life today. And judging by your current feelings, I decided not to kill your woman. Some people from your You Clan forced my wife into the Eroding Life Cliff, and I’ve already taken my revenge. From now on, I have nothing to do with your You Clan. If your You Clan wants revenge, then come over whenever. I’ll wait.”
After that, Ning Cheng turned away and in just a few steps disappeared from everyone’s view.
Seeing Ning Cheng disappear, the people in the room suddenly sobered up from their daze as if they finally found some life. Yang Xin immediately shouted with a sharp tone, “We must inform the ancestors, ask the You Clan’s ancestors for revenge……”
“Shut up…..” You Fei’s face looked even scarier as he glared at Yang Xin and roared.
Yang Xin subconsciously felt chills run down her spine. This was the first time she saw You Fei speaking to her in such a manner. Her eyes turned red, and tears streaked down her face in streams as she spoke up with a crying voice, “Lord Husband, please kill me. I’ve lost your face.”
“Why? Yang Xin, just why? Why did you do such a thing? How many times have you said that you would willingly die for me, how many times have you said that without me, it wouldn’t have any meaning if you lived or died? But today, you……” Staring at the pale face of Yang Xin, You Fei enunciated each word.
Yang Xin looked miserable, she closed her lips and did not speak even a single word.
“Why do you not speak now?!”
You Fei screamed with an even louder voice. He could not even stand straight and immediately fell down on to the ground.
Aunt You Zhenyi had died, and even housekeeper You Tingzhi had fallen, all because of Yang Xin. He hadn’t overthought about the girl he saved initially. But if it weren’t for Yang Xin’s meddling, he might not have had any desires towards that woman. Who knew that that woman not only had a husband but also one who was a terrifying cultivator. If that fellow had not recalled the life-saving grace, not only the people within the room, maybe even the whole You Clan might have entirely disappeared at his hands.
Not to mention that not even one of You Clan’s ancestors had advanced to Heaven’s Mandate Realm, even if the old ancestors had advanced to the Heaven’s Mandate Realm, they probably still could not match against that fellow. At that time, his You Clan would have definitely turned into history. Even if he wanted revenge, he had to wait until his strength had surpassed that fellow before even thinking about it. Yet, that Yang Xin not only threw herself into another man’s arms in front of him but also tried to call out the old ancestors when left behind, which would have forced the You Clan into extinction.
“Little Lord, I think that Little Mistress wanted to trade her life for Little Lord’s safety. She just did not expect that cultivator would unexpectedly not go on with it.” A young man with a yellow-coloured whisker-like beard with a Celestial Gatherer Cultivation carefully stepped out and tried to comfort him.
“Brother Can, don’t talk about it……” As soon as Yang Xin spoke, tears resembling big beads falling onto a jade plate started to fall without control.
You Fei’s heart was on a tight string, and he immediately recalled that there might have been such a possibility. With how Yang Xin took care of all his needs, it would have been entirely reasonable for her to make such a decision at that critical moment. Otherwise, how could she have the face and the courage to shout about informing the ancestors to come out right after that fellow left? The one he ought to hate was that cultivator; however, he also understood that he was in the wrong here. If she were really of the selfish sort, she would have immediately pleaded to join that cultivator for self-preservation. Moreover, when asked, Yang Xin could have quickly put the entire blame on him and avoid suspicion.
Perhaps she felt guilty about making such a decision without taking into account his feelings.
“Xin’er, you…..” You Fei finally managed to speak up after some hesitation.
Hearing those words, Yang Xin sobbed even more.
You Fei now felt even sure that what he heard just now was not wrong, that Yang Xin had really taken such measures for his safety. She would rather abandon herself than abandon him.
“I’m sorry, Xin’er…..” You Fei felt touched in his heart.
Yang Xin seemed unable to contain the grievances in her heart and immediately jumped into You Fei’s arms while still crying. It was a while before You Fei finally managed to calm her down and she whispered, “As long as Lord Husband advances to the Heaven Seated Realm in the future, Xin’er would definitely obtain revenge for today’s insult……”
Yang Xin truly harboured resentment in her heart towards Ning Cheng now. She had initially thought that Ning Cheng would have taken her away, but she didn’t expect that Ning Cheng would not even bother to look in her direction again. She quickly understood that it was all an act to get back to her; for the time she came to his room for something similar.
If she, Yang Xin, managed to advance to the Heaven Seated Realm in the future, she would be the first to go out, grab that fellow, and then enjoy humiliating and torturing him till her heart grew content.
……
South Sword Rest Stop, an obese-looking man, had just walked to the entrance when the shop assistant hurriedly came out and spoke, “Greeting, Lord Deacon.”
The man nodded. He felt satisfied with the shop assistant, not only did this fellow work diligently, this fellow even managed to keep the guests satisfied.
“Lord Deacon…..” The shop assistant seemed a bit hesitant.
The obese-looking man frowned and spoke, “Is this your first day here? If you have something to say, then say it, don’t just swallow spit and hesitate.”
The shop assistant on hearing those words, quickly spoke up, “Lord Deacon, six months ago, there was a female cultivator who came to our rest stop carrying a man on her back. But later, we had persuaded her to leave the rest stop with some excuses…..”
“Oh, I do know about it, so what about it?” The fat man finally stopped and asked. He had a good memory, and his South Sword Rest Stop had a good reputation around these parts. When it came to such persuasions, however, they had a strict no refund policy on their rooms. That’s because he knew that the two guests would eventually fall into the You Clan’s hands after they leave. Therefore, there was nothing wrong in not refunding the rest of the rent for such people. So in hindsight, he did not even pay any attention to such a matter.
The shop assistant spoke up with a respectful voice, “When the female cultivator walked away with the other guest on her back, the other guest left behind a few words that he requested me to pass on to you, Lord Deacon. He said ‘Jiangzhou’s Ning Cheng sends his regards to the Deacon’ and that he would come to revisit this place. I had completely forgotten about it at that time. Unexpectedly, that cultivator had come today and asked me to pass on the same words to Lord Deacon. It just so happened that Lord Deacon ……”
“Oh, such a thing actually happened? Didn’t you say that the male cultivator had severe injuries and even waking up would be difficult for him?” The obese-looking deacon showed a frown. He naturally understood that the shop assistant had not forgotten it the last time; rather, he had simply not taken the sentence to heart. The shop assistant only spoke to him today bec
ause that fellow most likely had actually shown up here.
The shop assistant responded with a cautious voice, “He did not look injured at all today. He should have already recovered.”
“Where is he?” The look on the obese-looking deacon’s face turned heavy. Since this man dared to return to the Sword Mountain Path and dared to speak such words, then this fellow obviously did not feel any fear towards him.
The shop assistant replied, “I’m not sure, but he asked about the location of Longevity Valley.”
As for Ning Cheng’s potential trip to the You Clan, although the shop assistant might have guessed it, he chose not to speak. It’s not that he did not want to talk about it, it’s just that he did not want to put himself in danger. If Ning Cheng truly went to the You Clan, then every finger would point towards him. Moreover, he even said that You Zhenyi and You Tingzhi had gone out probably looking for that woman. Once the deacon knew that all this information came from him, wouldn’t it also mean completely offending the You Clan? He was not so stupid.
Although he could not describe the situation at that time, it was also impossible for him to tell others about the information he leaked.
……
Ning Cheng really could not enter the Eroding Life Cliff at this moment and only saw a milky-white cliff wall in front of him. Even his Spiritual Consciousness could not penetrate half an inch inside.
Ning Cheng also did not try to enter the cliff forcibly, fearing that it might trigger something unexpected inside.
Thankfully, the night passed by quickly, and Ning Cheng who still stood in front of this milky-white cliff wall clearly saw the cliff wall starting to slowly melt and dissipate. Soon the hard cliff wall in front of him entirely transformed into a greyish-white mist.
Looking at the hazy mist in front of him, Ning Cheng affirmed that even if ordinary Celestial Bridge Cultivators came here, even their Spiritual Consciousness would not manage to penetrate inside. Even with Ning Cheng’s powerful Spiritual Consciousness, it could only penetrate to around three to ten feet inside.
Once the milky-white cliff wall disappeared, Ning Cheng immediately rushed straight into the hazy mist without any hesitation.
Chapter 0621 – Saving Shi Qionghua
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As soon as Ning Cheng stepped inside, he felt his longevity disappearing like water flowing out a leaky bucket. The Eroding Life Cliff sure lived up to its fearsome reputation. Just as that shop assistant had told him, even someone with a long life would run out of lifespan in just a few days inside this place.
Moreover, Ning Cheng could also acutely make out that this erosion of life span was utterly different from that he encountered in the Sea of Twilight. This place simply consumed longevity, while containing no kind of law that one could understand and sense. Within the Sea of Twilight, although it also shaved away at one’s longevity, it happened due to the flow of time, something fundamentally different from this place.
In other words, this place consistently consumed one’s life span; however, the Sea of Twilight, consumed one’s ‘time’ that flowed out of them.
Feeling the rapid consumption of life span, Ning Cheng felt worried. Even as a cultivator who touched the surface of the Laws of Time, he could not stop or even slow down the consumption of his longevity.
Could Shi Qionghua survive in such a place?
Ning Cheng no longer felt concerned about damaging the foundations of his Celestial Essence and Sea of Consciousness and forced his Spiritual Consciousness out while rushing forward.
After half an incense stick worth of time, Ning Cheng suddenly came to a stop and saw Chasing Bull, followed by Shi Qionghua.
Chasing Bull did not show even the slightest movement and lay slumped on the ground with the barest hint of life. As for Shi Qionghua, she sat about two feet from Chasing Bull, also not showing any movement. Moreover, her body did not give off even a hint of aura, or even any fluctuations of life whatsoever. Yet her appearance and hair remained the same.
Although the Eroding Life Cliff sucked away her longevity, it could not take away her looks.
Ning Cheng took a step forward and immediately reached next to Shi Qionghua in one stop. Then carefully lifting Shi Qionghua with one arm, Ning Cheng then grabbed Chasing Bull with the other before stimulating the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds to its maximum potential and rushing out.
In just over a dozen breaths, Ning Cheng made it out of the Eroding Life Cliff.
“You…… How were you able to get out of the Eroding Life Cliff?” A cultivator passing by the Eroding Life Cliff blurted out in shock as he saw Ning Cheng emerging from inside. Although cultivators who managed to exit the Eroding Life Cliff were a minority, it did not mean such cultivators did not exist. However, each of those cultivators was an earth-shattering figure. Yet, today, he actually met such a cultivator. Moreover, this cultivator even held a female cultivator in one of his hand and a giant bull in the other.
Ning Cheng was in no mood to stop and chat with this cultivator, with another wave from the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds, he instantly disappeared without even a trace left behind. After forcefully stimulating his Spiritual Consciousness to its limit, Ning Cheng could access around twenty to thirty feet around him inside. Otherwise, how could he manage to find his way out after entering deep into the Eroding Life Cliff? Therefore, Ning Cheng did not feel surprised on seeing the cultivator’s reaction, as one really would find it hard-pressed to search for the way out using one’s Spiritual Consciousness. If one ended up going in too deep, it really would become impossibly hard to find an exit.
Ning Cheng did not go too far and found a broken cave somewhere near to the cliff’s entrance. Dropping a few Defensive Array Discs at the entrance to the cave, Ning Cheng quickly entered the cave and dropped Chasing Bull to the floor.
“Many thanks, master, for saving me…..” Chasing Bull, who lost god-knows how much of its longevity within the Eroding Life Cliff, finally managed to speak; it really living up to its species as a Longevity Bull.
Ning Cheng took out a jade bottle containing a drop of Glimmer of Dawn Ice Essence and threw it towards Chasing Bull with the words, “After you refine this drop of Glimmer of Dawn Ice Essence, go to the side, and try to heal.”
He had no idea if the Glimmer of Dawn Ice Essence could help restore Chasing Bull’s lost lifespan, but when his body grew old within the Sea of Twilight, a single drop of Glimmer of Dawn Ice Essence helped him recover in the shortest possible time. Therefore, it should also have some effect in restoring the lost longevity.
Chasing Bull carefully grabbed the jade bottle containing the Glimmer of Dawn Ice Essence within its jaws and weakly dragged its body to the side. Although it had entered the Eroding Life Cliff on the Mistress’s orders, it could not truly escape from inside with the Mistress. In case its master got angry with him because of it, it would not have ended well for it.
Ning Cheng then put three drops of Glimmer of Dawn Ice Essence into Shi Qionghua’s mouth. The moment those three drops of Glimmers of Dawn Ice Essence touched her mouth, they instantly transformed into Spiritual Liquid and quickly got absorbed into her body. However, Shi Qionghua showed no signs of waking up.
Instead, after Chasing Bull swallowed the drop of Glimmers of Dawn Ice Essence, it immediately sobered up and stood up shaking from head to toe.
Ning Cheng looked at Chasing Bull in doubt, “Since the Glimmer of Dawn Ice Essence works so well on you, why does it not work on Shi Qionghua?”
“Master, Mistress sealed her vitality using a secret art on the second day of entering.” Chasing Bull immediately answered.
“Sealing her vitality with a secret art?” Ning Cheng could not understand.
“Even I don’t know. It’s what Mistress said before she sealed her vita
lity. Mistress said that rather than letting this place slowly erode her longevity, it would be better to seal her vitality a step earlier. With one’s vitality sealed away, it would also mean that one’s longevity would also disappear. The Eroding Life Cliff consumed longevity; since one did not have any longevity left, it would also have no way to consume it.” Chasing Bull relayed Shi Qionghua’s words to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng remained silent; after all, even Glimmer of Dawn Ice Essence cannot bring people back to life. Although Shi Qionghua sealed her vitality with a secret method herself, it was similar to putting herself in a state of death. At the same time, Ning Cheng felt sure that the Glimmer of Dawn Ice Essence would be helpful to Shi Qionghua’s body.
Although Shi Qionghua’s body did not give off even half a shred of life-like aura, Ning Cheng felt sure that Shi Qionghua had not actually died. He could still feel Shi Qionghua’s Spirit Soul. It was just that her Spirit Soul was in a sealed state and couldn’t recover for a while.
In any case, he had decided to save Shi Qionghua. Maybe he could take Qionghua back to the Everlasting Sacred Shrine. After all, Shi Qionghua most likely learned this sealing technique from the Everlasting Sacred Shrine.
But how could he reach the Everlasting Sacred Shrine? Right, he still had to refine the Starry Sky Wheel.
Just when he thought about the Starry Sky Wheel, Ning Cheng immediately thought about another treasure within his collection, the Essence of Wood. Ning Cheng, without even a shred of hesitation, took out the Essence of Wood.
After placing the Essence of Wood on Shi Qionghua’s glabella, Ning Cheng then started helping Shi Qionghua’s body to integrate with the Essence of Wood.
Three days later, Ning Cheng thoroughly used up the Essence of Wood, and to Ning Cheng’s surprise, Shi Qionghua’s face turned rosy and did not look pale like before. Not only that, but Shi Qionghua’s body also turned soft and did not feel stiff anymore.
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