Heavenly Emperor Wu Hong was a nice person. Unfortunately, Ning Cheng could not do anything to save him. If he could, Ning Cheng would have definitely helped.
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Five months after coming out from the Ancient Shadow Temple, Ning Cheng once again gave the reigns of the sect to Cang Caihe and left Jiangzhou Star. At the same time, he also left a talisman with Cang Caihe, a talisman with a trace of his spirit sense. No matter whether he was, as long as Cang Caihe crushed the talisman, he would sense it.
Moreover, during the five months in seclusion in Mysterious Yellow Sect, Ning Cheng finally managed to drive out the cold within his body and stabilised his Sea of Consciousness. During that process, his Sea of Consciousness had expanded once again, which further improved his spiritual consciousness’s strength. After the stabilisation process, Ning Cheng then started refining the Measureless Gourd.
But even after refining the Measureless Guard, Ning Cheng could only understand a few things about how this gourd worked. Moreover, he could not find any offensive or defensive uses for this gourd. According to the information Ning Cheng obtained after refining it, the guard had only one purpose, and that was to store things.
Ning Cheng really couldn’t figure out anything beyond it.
Why would someone put this gourd in the same place as the Opening Heaven Child Talisman or even that Dao Fruit?
Moreover, after experiencing the dangers of the Ancient Shadow Temple, Ning Cheng started to have doubts. He wondered if the person behind that Futility Bridge had intentionally put those things there. If that person had deliberately placed those five chests, then it most likely was bait to attract experts to jump down from the pentagonal-shaped main hall.
In all honesty, Ning Cheng had not hesitated to jump off at that time as he had the same idea as the other starry sky emperors. Since there were already quite a few treasures in the pentagonal-shaped hall, then there definitely would be many more treasures down below. Who knew that jumping into that pit would actually become such a terrifying thing?
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In any case, Ning Cheng decided not to return to the Ancient Shadow Temple until his strength reached a certain level. While pondering over these matters, Ning Cheng had already arrived at the Night Essence Celestial River.
Strictly speaking, Devouring Bone Sea did not belong to the Night Essence Celestial River.
Initially, there was an unnamed star in the starry sky near the Night Essence Celestial River. But this star had a variety of poisonous gasses and mists shrouding it, with only a thin layer of starry sky Essence Qi around it. These conditions did not make a hospitable place for cultivators.
However, because of the limited resources within starry skies, people would still colonise a star. Even if it weren’t suitable for living. This became especially true for rogue cultivators who had to wander around for cultivation resources.
In fact, rogue cultivators looking for resources were the ones who discovered this star, which led to the discovery of the Devouring Bone Sea.
The Devouring Bone Sea covered most of this star. One could say that on this unmanned star, apart from a sprinkle of islands scattered all over, the rest was entirely the sea. This sea precisely was the Devouring Bone Sea.
Even for an ordinary star, Eternal-level experts would find it almost impossible to sweep through the entirety of it with their spiritual consciousness. Which meant that no one in the contemporary times could sweep through the star that contained the Devouring Bone Sea, especially since it was quite a few times larger compared to the average planet.
But despite the size and dangers, many cultivators found various heavenly woods and earthly treasures in the Devouring Bone Sea after its discovery. In fact, the Devouring Bone Sea regularly attracted Eternal experts seeking cultivation resources.
However, although one could find many good things in the Devouring Bone Sea, it was also a perilous area. Of the cultivators entering the Devouring Bone Sea, less than half would manage to make it out alive. As for the cultivators who could not come out, they all disappeared without a trace. However, skeletons often washed up on the few beaches of the Devouring Bone Sea, which gave it the name ‘Devouring Bone’ Sea.
Over time, people started calling the star where the Devouring Bone Sea was located as the Devouring Bone Star.
Ning Cheng had initially thought that there wouldn’t be many people in such a dangerous place like the Devouring Bone Sea. However, when he reached the Devouring Bone Sea, he knew how far-off his thoughts were. The number of people here was not small at all. In fact, the numbers here exceeded that of a bustling starry sky city.
A temporary city had long been established somewhere at the edge of one of the larger islands in the Devouring Bone Sea. One could see cultivators moving through this place to trade materials and team up with others to enter the Devouring Bone Sea.
“Boy, you stole this old man’s things and want to get away, don’t even dream about it…..” Ning Cheng was just about to select a store to buy a map of the Devouring Bone Sea when a somewhat familiar figure appeared in the range of his spiritual consciousness. Ning Cheng unconsciously heard the words, not intending to eavesdrop.
However, whether it was the voice or the figure, Ning Cheng quickly recognised it. He knew this person. More precisely, he knew this starry sky beggar.
Within the starry skies, many dressed up as wanderers or adventurers, but not many would choose to dress up like a beggar. However, this fellow liked to dress up like a beggar and swindle everyone. Even Ning Cheng had almost wandered into this fellow’s path sometime in the past. Fortunately, Ning Cheng had a good head over his shoulders and ended up playing this beggar at his own game.
As Ning Cheng walked towards the shop, he saw the old beggar slap a couple to the ground.
“Well, boy, I was looking for you. I didn’t expect you to come to my door. This old man had told you to come to the Bright South Celestial River, so why didn’t you show up? Don’t worry, wait a little bit as I straighten up these two ants. This old man will then settle my accounts with you.”
When the old beggar saw Ning Cheng, his eyes immediately lit up in joy. Back then, he wanted to leave a mark on Ning Cheng, but he never expected that Ning Cheng would counter him instead. It’s just that he felt too lazy to go look for Ning Cheng, and didn’t think of meeting Ning Cheng in this place.
Ning Cheng only showed a slight smile, didn’t speak, nor did he leave. This old beggar was the Celestial River King of Bright South Celestial River. When he had first met the Bright South Celestial River King, he was still a Celestial Novice ant, tens of thousands of times weaker than the Bright South Celestial River King. However, when Ning Cheng met him this time, he was already a Life and Death expert. But Bright South Celestial River King was still hovering in the Heaven Seated Realm.
If he was an ant in front of Bright South Celestial River King back then, Bright South Celestial River King was now an ant in front of him.
The world truly was unpredictable, who could think that in just a short time, the power difference would reverse? Bright South Celestial River King was still a chess piece under Striking Order Heavenly Emperor. Yet, he and Striking Order already address each other as brothers.
When Bright South Celestial River King saw Ning Cheng waiting patiently, he felt a little satisfied. He then shifted his attention to the couple who he had just slapped to the ground and spoke, “Just two ants, and yet dared to steal this king’s things. What’re your names?”
Ning Cheng secretly felt nothing but disdain for this fellow. This couple clearly had Celestial Novice cultivations. Therefore, Ning Cheng absolutely would not believe that these two Celestial Novice Cultivators would steal something from a Celestial River King. Most likely, something on the couple must have caught the eye of Bright South Celestial River King, who then found an excuse to seize them.
Ning Cheng couldn’t be more precise on what kind of a person was this Bright South Celestial River King. If i
t weren’t for that middle-aged scholar back then, this king would have definitely taken him away at that time, instead of wasting an image card on him.
“This junior is called Lie Junfeng, and this is junior’s Dao Companion Bei Xialan.” Although Bright South Celestial River King had dispersed the Celestial Shatterer male cultivator’s cultivation, he still spoke with a respectful voice. Even the people next to him could feel the sincere respect coming from his tone.
Ning Cheng secretly admired this fellow. If this person hadn’t run into Bright South Celestial River King who wasted his cultivation, he would have definitely become a compelling character in the future.
Wait,
just then Ning Cheng thought of something else. He suddenly felt the names Lie Junfeng and Bei Xialan familiar.
At this time, Lie Junfeng continued, “Senior, this junior had turned blind, seeing senior’s glaze scroll, it had made me greedy.”
While talking, Lie Junfeng fell to his knees and raised a scroll with both his hands.
When Ning Cheng saw the glaze scroll, his expressions immediately changed. He finally recalled who Lie Junfeng was.
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Not waiting for Bright South Celestial River King to take action, Ning Cheng raised his hand and took the glaze scroll from Lie Junfeng’s hands.
Bright South Celestial River King’s face immediately sank. A Celestial Novice ant actually dared to take the glaze scroll he wanted. But even at this time, he didn’t think Ning Cheng would really take away the glaze scroll; instead, he believed that Ning Cheng wanted to help him get it.
Even so, he felt uncomfortable; he did not want such flattery.
“You two actually dared to steal Rainbow Fall Sword Sect’s glaze scroll, and even dare to give it to others.” Ning Cheng spoke with a cold tone after seizing the glaze scroll.
Lie Junfeng and Bei Xialan only noticed Ning Cheng at this moment. However, after seeing Ning Cheng, Lie Junfeng’s face drained of all colour and quickly spoke up, “Lie Junfeng greets Sect Master Ning.”
Ning Cheng had a fierce reputation in Graceful Star Mainland. As long as any cultivator came from Graceful Star Mainland’s Tian Continent, they would have definitely heard of the person named Ning Cheng. Moreover, when Ning Cheng had entered Heaven’s Way, Lie Junfeng still hadn’t reached a level strong enough to open Heaven’s Way. Therefore, although Ning Cheng might not know Lie Junfeng, Lie Junfeng definitely knew about Ning Cheng.
“Bei Xialan greets Sect Master Ning.” Bei Xialan and Lie Junfeng had gone into hiding together, so she naturally knew about Ning Cheng’s name and fame. Moreover, they were the traitors of Rainbow Fall Sword Sect, responsible for almost destroying the Rainbow Fall Sword Sect. Therefore, although hidden away from the world, they kept a lookout for any news relating to the Rainbow Fall Sword Sect.
Because of this, they heard about Ning Cheng sweeping through Tian Continent’s primary powers singlehandedly and about him eradicating the Red Star Sword Faction, one of the top ten forces of Tian Continent. That reputation made it impossible for them to come out before Ning Cheng left.
Bright South Celestial River King grunted and stared at Ning Cheng, “Little kid, I chased these two down for the things I lost. What do you intend to prove by those actions? Did you think that this king would spare your life by acting out?”
While talking, Bright South Celestial River King’s domain opened up, and his imposing manner pressed directly onto Ning Cheng. Even if he was a slow thinker, Bright South Celestial River King now understood that Ning Cheng had not done it for the sake of flattery. Instead, he really wanted to take away the glaze scroll.
Bright South Celestial River King did not enjoy a widespread reputation. But even those who never met Bright South Celestial River King had heard about this king’s title. Therefore, seeing Bright South Celestial River King turning angry, anyone would quickly let go of the things he targeted.
Ning Cheng, however, only showed a slight smile. Holding the glaze scroll, he slowly but calmly walked to the front of Bright South Celestial River King. “Beggar, this glaze scroll is the treasure of my Rainbow Fall Sword Sect and comes from a low-level positional plane. How did it become your thing? If you keep talking nonsense, you’ll only make me angrier.”
Bright South Celestial River King could see Ning Cheng walking over to him unaffected. Moreover, with each step that Ning Cheng took, his domain would crack open a bit more. Sensing this, his expressions immediately changed.
Inside his domain and still walking in such a leisurely way.
Such a thing was only possible if Ning Cheng’s strength absolutely neared him. How many years had it taken? How could this kid grow up so fast and to such a point?
Despite travelling to many places in the starry sky over the many years, he had never seen such a perverted character like Ning Cheng.
If he didn’t read it wrong, then this kid definitely had a huge secret on him. Thinking until here, he felt a slight regret crop up in his mind. However, Bright South Celestial River King quickly suppressed this pang of regret. Forcing a smile on his face, he finally spoke up, “So it turned out to be Sect Master Ning. I don’t know if Sect Master Ning has any free time. But would you care to visit my Bright South Celestial River?”
Despite what he felt, he still didn’t take Ning Cheng seriously. Besides, even if he had heard of Ning Cheng’s name in the past, he would not have cared about it. Instead, because Lie Junfeng addressed him as ‘Sect Master Ning’, he also decided to treat him as ‘Sect Master Ning’.
In his opinion, Ning Cheng’s cultivation should have also reached the Heaven Seated Realm; however, he didn’t believe that it surpassed his strength.
Lie Junfeng and Bei Xialan, however, stared at Ning Cheng dully. One could regard both of them as geniuses among geniuses. However, reaching this point in both life and cultivation both had a reasonably good understanding of what real talent meant. Yet this Sect Master Ning seemed to be a powerhouse among powerhouses no matter where he went.
Ning Cheng only gave a calm reply, “You’re just a Celestial River King, better not get overly friendly with me. If not for you helping me once, I would have already ruined you today for daring to rob my Rainbow Fall Sword Sect’s glaze scroll. You can leave now, and better try not to ruin my mood.”
While talking, Ning Cheng’s imposing aura immediately crashed down. Bright South Celestial River King’s domain shattered in an instant, and almost suffocated him to death.
Facing this might, Bright South Celestial River King’s heart trembled. If he had thought Ning Cheng to be an ant when he first saw Ning Cheng, he had already regarded Ning Cheng as an opponent of the same level just a moment ago. But now, he realised that he was just too far away from Ning Cheng. In fact, he was just like an ant in front of Ning Cheng right now.
Realising that he could not match up to Ning Cheng, Bright South Celestial River King quickly cupped his fists and spoke, “This Bright South acted in recklessness. Please let me know about the location of Rainbow Fall Sword Sect, this Bright South will definitely pay a respectful visit in the future.”
Afraid that Ning Cheng might misunderstand his meaning, Bright South Celestial River King spoke very carefully. However, his words also implied that he was a little unwilling and wanted to know about Ning Cheng’s background.
Ning Cheng showed a smile. “My name is Ning Cheng, the master[1] of Jiangzhou Star in Mysterious Yellow Celestial River and Sect Master of Mysterious Yellow Sect. But if you want to visit me, hehe, you’re not qualified enough.”
When Bright South Celestial River King heard Ning Cheng’s words, waves of cold sweat started dripping down his back.
Although he didn’t know any Sect Master Ning, he was just too familiar wit
h the name Ning Cheng of Jiangzhou Star.
This man was brothers with the Striking Order Heavenly Emperor. He heard that the Named Descendant Celestial River King had offended Ning Cheng over something, which resulted in Ning Cheng destroying him in public. Additionally, Ning Cheng had taken over the entire Named Descendant Celestial River and brought it under his complete control. He even changed its name to Mysterious Yellow Celestial River. Even more outrageous was the fact that the Levelled Heart Heavenly Emperor and Nine Phoenix Heavenly Emperor had gone there to congratulate him in person. They didn’t even talk about taking back the Named Descendant Celestial River.
For Bright South Celestial River King to offend such a powerhouse, even growing several heads would not be enough to twist off.
Bright South Celestial River King immediately cupped his fists and no longer dared to stand on the same ground as Ning Cheng. “This Bright South had gone blind. Seeing that glaze scroll, it invoked a sense of greed in me and ended up offending Senior Ning. Please have mercy on this junior……”
Despite asking Ning Cheng for forgiveness, Bright South Celestial River King still couldn’t control his body’s tremor. He had also heard that apart from the Mysterious Yellow Sect’s Sect Master, a dozen Eternal experts, including the four grand starry sky emperors, had entered the Ancient Shadow Temple. However, no one heard any news about those Eternal-level Heavenly Emperors. In fact, the only ‘news’ was Sect Master Ning standing in front of him, which made him unconsciously shiver.
“You can go now, but you better work on your greed. Otherwise, sooner or later, it will bring disaster on you.” Ning Cheng put away the glaze scroll and spoke with a calm voice.
“Yes, yes…. This junior will always keep the senior’s teachings in mind. This junior will take his leave now….” Bright South Celestial River King didn’t even dare to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead and immediately started backing away.
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