By this time, Yan Xishuang had already put on her robes and spoke up with a soft voice, “You’ve already seen me naked, so why not continue taking in the sights? Or did you think I would get mad if you didn’t look away while I put on my robes? Or is it that you think I’m a casual woman?”
Ning Cheng looked at Yan Xishuang in surprise. At this time, she wore a light blue robe, which gave her an even more refined look and pressing cleverness. In just a short while, her thin yellow hair turned dense and black, and her eyelashes became clear. However, this woman’s observational power shocked him the most instead of the transformation. She had accurately guessed the thoughts in his heart from his attitude.
He could also ‘see’ what Yan Xishuang thought from her eyes. It only contained two characters, hypocrisy.
Ning Cheng showed an awkward smile again. He found that he indeed was a bit hypocritical with his actions.
Fortunately, Yan Xishuang didn’t press on this, but just looked at Ning Cheng and asked with a calm voice, “Did you take that Nirvana Bluestone?”
Nirvana Bluestone?
Ning Cheng quickly understood what Yan Xishuang meant. Most likely, the bluestone he took away should be the Nirvana Bluestone she mentioned. The name itself made it feel mighty.
“Yes, I did take it.” Ning Cheng admitted to it directly. He rescued Yan Xishuang, but they hadn’t come too far away from the location of the volcanic island. Just a quick sweep with one’s spiritual consciousness would reveal the still crumbling volcanic island beneath the waters.
Yan Xishuang did not feel too surprised about it. Instead, she took out two chairs and sat down on one of them before motioning Ning Cheng to take the other one.
Ning Cheng also sat down calmly. After Yan Xishuang’s Essence Spirit gradually stabilised, Ning Cheng began to sense her actual cultivation. He found that she was at the late stage of the Eternal Realm. But even if she was at the late-stage Eternal Realm, Ning Cheng did not fear her.
Ning Cheng did not know anything about this Nirvana Bluestone, but he certainly knew that it wasn’t something ordinary. Since it was not an everyday object and had fallen into his hands, he wouldn’t hand it over so casually. Besides, Ning Cheng saved Yan Xishuang’s life, which should have made it up for it. He didn’t want to owe others anything and thus had taken it with a clear conscience.
Besides, even if he didn’t take it back then, he could have just waited until Yan Xishuang’s death to take it away.
Yan Xishuang’s eyes showed a slight bit of struggle, and she hesitated for a while before saying, “I went to that place for the Nirvana Bluestone. In fact, if I hadn’t refined the bluestone for many years, you would have found it impossible to seal the bluestone and take it away.”
Ning Cheng only knew that the flame emitted by this Nirvana Blue Stone was mighty. However, he truly didn’t know that she had refined this bluestone for many years. This showed that Yan Xishuang was not only using it to refine her body but also refining the bluestone.
Seeing Ning Cheng silent, Yan Xishuang spoke up again. “I can give you a high-rank Starry Sky Spiritual Vein, and ten million Permanent Essence Pills in exchange for your bluestone. What do you think?”
After Yan Xishuang said those words, Ning Cheng only had one thought in his mind ‘this woman really was rich’. With those things in hand, he could most likely advance to the middle-stage of Life and Death Realm. Therefore, Ning Cheng definitely felt his heart twitch at this offer.
However, he quickly understood something. This woman offered quite a price for the Nirvana Bluestone. This indicated that this Nirvana Bluestone had a much higher value than what he initially thought.
“Sorry, I have a flame, and I require this stone to help it evolve. Besides, I’ve also taken a liking to it, so I can’t exchange it with you.” Ning Cheng said apologetically. From Yan Xishuang’s words, he understood that Yan Xishuang definitely had a part to play in why he obtained the bluestone this easily.
Seeing Ning Cheng’s unwillingness to exchange, Yan Xishuang spoke up with a somewhat helpless tone, “Can you lend me this stone for a while? I promise to return it to you.”
Ning Cheng showed a smile.
Did this woman really think of him as someone naive?
They didn’t even know each other; in fact, the only thing connecting them was he saving her life. Yet, this woman didn’t even think of repaying her benefactor but instead, wanted to borrow stuff from him.
This time, Ning Cheng refused without hesitation. He didn’t even bother to leave behind any polite words, and directly said no.
“In that case, let’s forget it.” Yan Xishuang stood up.
Yan Xishuang only took a few steps when she stopped again, “I know of an important place containing either untold wealth or countless treasures. I am willing to take you there. But because I found this place first, I need 70% of the things inside.”
Ning Cheng showed a slight smile, “I don’t want to take advantage of you. You can go there by yourself and take away 100% of it. Goodbye.”
Having said that, Ning Cheng’s body flickered, and he rushed out of the island in an instant before disappearing without a trace.
Although this woman did thank him for saving her life, she even wanted to exchange for the things he obtained. If she had brought up something of at least equivalent value, he could have thought of completing the exchange. But since she could not, it showed that this woman most likely did not have anything of value equivalent to it. Moreover, she even asked him to team up to explore a treasure ground. It definitely was not because he saved her, but more likely, because she needed his help.
Wanting to enlist help from her life-saving benefactor and only offering 30% things in return. It would be a strange thing if Ning Cheng even showed any interest. Besides, he still needed to find a place; that is, the location marked in the Starry Sky Positional Diagram Ball he received from Lie Junfeng.
A location in the depths of the Devouring Bone Sea marked with the name ‘One Piece’.
Since it contained a ‘piece’ character, then maybe it contained something good. Ning Cheng anyway didn’t have the time to go on random treasure hunts, so how could he join hands with others for only 30%?
Seeing Ning Cheng disappearing so quickly, Yan Xishuang sighed and murmured to herself, “Without the Nirvana Bluestone, I don’t think I can go in…..”
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Although people considered Devouring Bone Sea as ‘big’, it was only in respect to ordinary cultivators. For people like Ning Cheng, the Devouring Bone Sea didn’t contain any significant dangers. In fact, his passage through the Devouring Bone Sea didn’t pose any threat to him at all.
Under the guidance of the Starry Sky Positional Diagram Ball, Ning Cheng didn’t have to take any detours and powered through. On the way to the location marked ‘One Piece’ in the positional diagram ball, Ning Cheng encountered several patches of fog.
Ordinary cultivators would have had to choose a different direction to either avoid it or bypass these patches.
But Ning Cheng naturally didn’t need to do either. Moreover, the location marked on the map already hinted it as a treasure trove. Which meant that people wouldn’t find it easily. If one could locate it so quickly, people would have already uncovered it much before him.
But even with a middle-grade Starry Sky Body and the Starry Sky Positional Diagram, Ning Cheng’s speed considerably dropped after continuously breaking through the patches of sea fogs in his path.
Two days later, Ning Cheng stopped. According to the identification markers on the positional diagram, he had arrived at the periphery of the area marked with the words ‘One Piece’.
To Ning Cheng’s surprise, the area marked for ‘One Piece’ was a large patch of sea different from the surrounding sea.
In fact, it did not look anything like the sea surrounding it and looked more like a dark grey patch within the sea. This dark grey patch of water was in stark contrast to the deep blue seawater
surrounding its periphery. Moreover, the place where this dark grey seawater met the deep blue seawater, one could see a clear distinction as if cut by a knife.
This wasn’t what surprised Ning Cheng the most. What surprised him the most was that the dark grey sea’s surface was almost a foot lower than the deep blue sea’s surface just outside. Winds and waves crashed around on the outside, but the surface of this dark grey water remained calm. In fact, not a drop of seawater from outside could even reach the dark grey sea’s surface.
Moreover, this dark greywater not only prevented spiritual consciousness from sweeping in, but it also gave him a sense of danger.
Was this One Piece? What’s good in here?
Ning Cheng hesitated for a bit before taking out a ship he had made and threw it onto the dark grey sea. He wanted to carefully go in and explore. But just in case, he decided to explore the surface first with the boat.
However, after the boat landed on the dark grey sea, it quickly started to sink. Ning Cheng couldn’t believe what he saw. The ship, supposed to float on the water, sunk like a rock. Moreover, it dropped smoothly and steadily, without overturning or creating any ripples, going against common sense.
At this moment, Ning Cheng suddenly thought of a sentence from the Journey to the West, “On these loose sands, eight hundred wide; weak waters flow, three thousand deep. On its surface, not a goose feather floats; while rush petals quickly sank deep[1].”
Thinking of this, Ning Cheng searched around and took out a feather before dropping it onto the dark grey waters. Facts proved the truth of this sentence, as even the feather sank without a pause.
“Did you follow me?” A slightly dissatisfied voice rang out. But Ning Cheng already knew that it was Yan Xishuang without even looking back.
In fact, Yan Xishuang hadn’t even spoken when Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness discovered her.
“Fairy Yan, isn’t it me who should say those words?” Ning Cheng turned around and said with a calm voice.
Yan Xishuang paused slightly, and her face turned a little red. That’s right. Ning Cheng had come here first. So Ning Cheng should have been the one to say those words. Besides, how could Ning Cheng have followed her without her noticing?
“Aah, sorry.” Yan Xishuang quickly understood what was going on. “Wait, do you also know about the 3000 Weak Water Stream[2] in the Devouring Bone Sea?”
“Is it really called the 3000 Weak Water Stream?” Ning Cheng asked in disbelief, before asking another question, “Is it by any chance called by another name, say Quicksand River[3]?”
“Quicksand River?” Yan Xishuang frowned, she had never heard of this name.
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“No, I haven’t heard of this name. But how do you know about the 3000 Weak Water Stream?” Yan Xishuang asked.
Ning Cheng smiled, “I didn’t know that it really is called ‘3000 Weak Water Stream’. I just followed a Starry Sky Positional Diagram Ball with the location of this place. But looking at these strange waters, do you have a way to get in?”
Yan Xishuang gave a calm reply, “I naturally have a method. Since you’re already here, let’s cooperate. We can divide the things in this place evenly, what do you think?”
Ning Cheng shook his head, “I don’t need to cooperate with anyone. Everyone does his or her own things. What they get is what they get.”
After saying that, Ning Cheng wanted to try entering the Weak Water Stream. He could tell that this woman wasn’t sincere with her words and always spoke with reservation despite the previous casual appearance.
“Wait….” Yan Xishuang quickly called out to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng looked at Yan Xishuang in doubt, “It’s not like I’m stopping you; you can go in by yourself. Since you already have a method to go in, why not just use it instead of stopping others?”
Yan Xishuang shook her head. “Ning Cheng, you will turn into nothingness the moment you enter this 3000 Weak Water Stream. Even with a full circle Eternal cultivation and a late-stage Starry Sky Body, it wouldn’t matter.”
Hearing Yan Xishuang’s words, Ning Cheng quickly stopped moving and stood over his flight type weapon before asking again, “Why?”
“Do you not know anything about the 3000 Weak Water?” Yan Xishuang asked.
Ning Cheng shook his head. He truly didn’t know anything about the 3000 Weak Water. Most of his cultivation related knowledge was just a patchwork from here and there. In fact, the most significant knowledge gain he received came from the Foundations of Artefact Crafting that Zhongli Baichi had given him. If not for that book, he wouldn’t have known many things about the cultivation world. However, even that book had no record of either the Nirvana Bluestone or the 3000 Weak Water.
Although Ning Cheng had heard about 3000 Weak Water in the past, it mainly came from the stories he read back on Earth. But he understood that the 3000 Water Water he heard on Earth should not be the same as this one.
“Then presumably you also never heard of the ten innate waters.” Yan Xishuang said.
Ning Cheng shook his head again before cupping his fists and speaking, “Can Fairy Yan tell me about it?”
Cultivating to this level, Ning Cheng definitely had a good picture of where he lacked. As he never had a teacher to learn from, it also meant that he didn’t understand many things already known by everyone. Therefore, Ning Cheng made it a habit to ask about the things he didn’t understand. If the other party felt unwilling to speak about it, so be it. But if they willingly shared the information, then at least he would learn a little more about the world.
Yan Xishuang, fortunately, did not hide it, “I’ve only heard about five of them, I don’t know about the rest. The first one on the list, I heard, is simply impossible to obtain. It’s called the 5-element Spirit Water…..”
Ning Cheng felt shocked.
5-element Spirit Water, wasn’t it one of the main ingredients required to forge the Good Fortune Spirit Spear?
According to what he learned, this water only formed during the formation of a Good Fortune World; in fact, it only condensed within a Good Fortune World with the help of Breath Soil. Therefore, didn’t it mean that only the owners of Good Fortune Treasures would have this water?
Wait
, Zhongli Baichi’s book contained information about the 5-element Spirit Water, so why did it not provide any information about the 3000 Weak Water?
As Ning Cheng thought of this, his spiritual consciousness immediately linked up with the book in his storage. However, he found that the last page had disappeared, the page containing information about the Good Fortune Spirit Spear.
Yan Xishuang had no idea that Ning Cheng had already turned over so many thoughts during this momentary pause. Instead, she continued as if speaking to herself. “I don’t know anything about the second, third, and the fourth-ranked[1] innate waters, but the fifth one on the list is called the Inquisitive Heart Water…..”
Ning Cheng sighed internally, he had also never heard of this type of water.
“The sixth one is the 3000 Weak Water.” Yan Xishuang said and then looked at Ning Cheng. “By now you
should have realised the value of this type of water.”
Ning Cheng nodded in agreement; counted in the same list as the heaven defying 5-element Spirit Water, he understood that this 3000 Weak Water wasn’t ordinary at all. How could any of these ten innate waters be simple if put on the same pedestal as the 5-element Spirit Water?
“What about the other four?” Ning Cheng asked again.
Yan Xishuang continued, “The seventh on the list is called the Indeterminable Dark Water. I don’t know about the eighth and ninth ones on the list, but the tenth one has the name ‘Single Essence Heavy Water’.”
“Single Essence Heavy Water?” Ning Cheng repeated the words in amazement.
Yan Xishuang asked in confusion, “Have you seen it?”
Ning Cheng gave an honest reply, “Yes, I have seen it before, but it was only one drop. I know that this type of water contains immense weight. A drop of Single Essence Heavy Water roughly equals the weight of a small star, which is why it makes for an excellent material for refining artefacts.”
It also made Ning Cheng a little speechless. The book only contained information about the 5-element Spirit Water. It was at the top of the list, while Single Essence Heavy Water was the last in the list.
Hearing that Ning Cheng had seen the Single Essence Heavy Water, Yan Xishuang felt a little moved. But when she heard Ning Cheng say that it was only a drop, she returned to normal and said, “A drop of Single Essence Heavy Water doesn’t mean much. As you put it, it wouldn’t have much use apart from refining artefacts. However, if you managed to obtain such a large quantity of Single Essence Heavy Water, you could easily dominate the entire starry sky…..”
While speaking, Yan Xishuang pointed at the 3000 Weak Water Stream in front of her.
Ning Cheng remained silent, but she continued, “A drop of Single Essence Heavy Water has the weight of a star, but what if it was a stream, hehe…..”
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