Seeing that his answer finally gave this female cultivator some hints, Ning Cheng quickly said, “I have to go. I’ll be leaving now.”
After comprehending the Law of Space, the first thing that Ning Cheng wanted to do was to head out to Night Essence Celestial River’s Thorn Tooth Lake immediately. He wanted to continue studying the teleportation array. He had a hunch that after comprehending the Law of Space, he would soon become an Array Dao Master.
“Wait-Wait……” The female cultivator, on hearing that Ning Cheng wanted to leave, quickly tried to stop Ning Cheng, “I have something else that I want your help with.”
“What?” Ning Cheng asked.
The female cultivator hesitated before speaking, “I know of a place where you can find Space Crystals containing the Laws of Space. However, I haven’t comprehended the Laws of Space yet, so I can’t get to it. If you want, I can take you to this place, but we would have to divide the Space Crystals equally.”
“Space Crystals?” Ning Cheng repeated in shock.
As a top-grade Artefact-crafting Master and a top-grade Starry Sky Grade 9 Array Emperor, Ning Cheng naturally knew about the value of a space crystal.
Space Crystals contained the Laws of Space within it. It not only allowed cultivators a much higher chance in perceiving the Laws of Space but could also help in refining storage artefacts using the Laws of Space inside of it.
Space Crystals weren’t on the same level as space-attributed artefact-crafting materials like Space Stones. One could use Space Stones and some other top-grade space-attributed raw materials to make storage rings, storage bags, etc. But such storage-type artefacts generally couldn’t store life.
There was only one explanation for it; that is, they didn’t contain any real worldly laws. A top-grade Artefact-crafting Master could use other top-grade treasures to refine a Miniature World or something similar to it. However, despite the Miniature World able to sustain life, it almost had no law shackles around it. The absence of these shackles made such objects extremely fragile, far incomparable with the spacial treasures crafted using Space Crystals.
Space Crystals were different from such spatially-attributed treasures. These crystals usually contained a complete Law of Space. If one combined it with Time Crystals containing Laws of Time and integrated it with other suitable materials, one could refine a special type of Miniature World. One with a perfect living space inside of it. More specifically, the Miniature World refined by this kind of fusion would, in most cases, result in a Law World. This Law World had a much higher value compared to an ordinary Miniature World, apart from being much more stable.
More importantly, Space Crystals were also the best materials for refining long-distance teleportation arrays.
These properties made it much more precious compared to the Time Stones Ning Cheng had obtained previously. Time Stones only allowed one to sense the existence of the Laws of Time and did not contain even a single strand of a complete Law of Time. Only something like Time Crystals would provide Laws of Time that one could use to gain enlightenment. However, Time Crystals were much more precious and even rarer than Space Crystals.
“Yes, I’m sure that it’s Space Crystals. I’ve stayed here for nearly a hundred years, but I’ve never managed to get those crystals. But I do believe that I’m not mistaken about it. I just have one request, that is, equal sharing.” The female cultivator spoke with a firm tone.
Ning Cheng immediately felt a little excited.
Who wouldn’t want something like Space Crystals?
He subconsciously stretched out his hand for a handshake and said, “I agree with your distribution. I’m called Ning Cheng, and I hope we can cooperate happily.”
The female cultivator saw Ning Cheng stretch out his hand, but didn’t reach out with her hand. Maybe she didn’t understand the concept of a handshake. Instead, she just cupped her fists and said, “I’m called Mu Wei, and I stayed in this pocket only for the sake of those Space Crystals.”
Ning Cheng quickly retracted his hand and said, “Senior Apprentice Sister Mu Wei, please lead the way.”
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The spacial pocket Mu Wei had stayed in was a yellow forest-like area without any green colour. But when Ning Cheng heard Mu Wei speak about Space Crystals, he immediately swept out with his spiritual consciousness. However, he did not see any location that had any indications of holding Space Crystals.
An hour later, Mu Wei stopped and pointed at the nothingness in front of her and said, “There is a small inter-special pocket on the opposite side that contains Space Crystals. I’ve tried countless ways, but I simply couldn’t get anywhere near it……”
Ning Cheng looked at the emptiness in front of him suspiciously and said, “Senior Apprentice Sister Mu Wei. According to my experience, entering the emptiness would immediately take you to another spacial pocket……”
Ning Cheng’s words suddenly stopped. He could feel a difference between this patch of emptiness and other places around it.
After hearing Ning Cheng’s words, Mu Wei quickly explained. “There is an inter-spatial pocket filled with Space Crystals in front of us. I have different eyes compared to ordinary cultivators, which allows me to see through a part of the void in this place. But I didn’t try to enter. Otherwise, I might enter another spacial pocket and would never be able to return to this place. It also means that between the location where those crystals are, and where we are, there is an insurmountable space. Since I haven’t yet comprehended the Laws of Space, I couldn’t pass through it.”
“What you said is correct. That location does feel somewhat different.” Ning Cheng had also noticed the difference. His spiritual consciousness had perceived that this particular patch of space was slightly different from the rest of the area around it. He had switched through so many spacial pockets, but every switch involved the same nothingness.
However, the void in front of him felt different from the pockets through which he switched before. It contained a strong aura of Laws of Space. Not only that, but he could also feel a powerful spacial fluctuation coming from the void in front of him. Under normal circumstances, when Ning Cheng switched between spacial pockets, he could only feel the transition of space. He never felt such strong fluctuations.
If there were such a strong fluctuation of laws whenever he changed spacial pockets, Ning Cheng would have realised the Laws of Space much earlier.
“I want to go over to the other side to have a look at it, but I can’t guarantee that I will be able to reach the opposite side. Moreover, if there is an error, I might end up in an unrelated space, losing these space crystals forever. Will you stay here or come with me?” Ning Cheng finished talking and looked at Mu Wei.
Mu Wei hesitated for a while before asking, “Then, if you can reach the location with those space crystals, can you come back?”
Ning Cheng shook his head and said, “The chance of coming back is one in ten thousand. If you don’t come with me, I can get those space crystals. But if you want to collect them later, I could only tell you about the place from where I come. Once you come out of the Traceless Gate, you can come to my place and ask for your share of the crystals.”
“I’ll come with you.” Mu Wei said without hesitation. She didn’t think that Ning Cheng wasn’t the kind of a person to swallow everything. But if Ning Cheng obtained those space crystals and left, what was the point of her staying here?
If Ning Cheng truly couldn’t reach the location of those space crystals, then she could only blame herself for not having any fate with it. But without such an opportunity, even if she realised the real Laws of Space after countless years, she might end up in the same state as Ning Cheng.
“Okay, I’ll carry you over.” After Ning Cheng said that, he raised his hand and wrapped it around Mu Wei’s waist. At the same time, he stepped into the void.
The distance in the void seemed to have turned into nothingness under his feet. In just over ten steps, Ning Cheng stood at t
he edge of a translucent world filled with crystals.
“It’s so beautiful……” Mu Wei exclaimed as she looked at the beautiful scenery in front of her in utter shock. This world looked like a transparent world, and at every step, one could feel the fluctuation of laws coming from the space crystals.
Ning Cheng also felt shocked. The scene in front of him was even more impressive than the ice crystal world. It looked like a scene right out of a fairy tale. But what surprised Ning Cheng, even more, was that this place contained too many space crystals. It even had an abundance of Starry Sky Essence Spirit Qi.
Seeing Mu Wei’s excitement and her trembling hands, Ning Cheng spoke a few simple words. “Senior Apprentice Sister Mu Wei, there are at least a few hundred space crystals here. Let’s do it like this; whoever gets it can keep it. We don’t have to split it equally.”
“Okay, that’s what I wanted to say anyway.” Mu Wei finished speaking and rushed towards one of the spacial fluctuations in a flash.
Since Mu Wei took the lead, Ning Cheng naturally wouldn’t fall behind. He activated the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds, giving him a speed much faster than Mu Wei.
Mu Wei quickly discovered that her speed wasn’t even one-third that of Ning Cheng. However, she didn’t feel disappointed. Rather, she felt delighted with collecting so many space crystals in this place.
Chapter 0821 – Tearing Space
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After half a day, Ning Cheng harvested 184 Space Crystals, while Mu Wei gathered just a little more than 60 Space Crystals.
Mu Wei couldn’t truly contain her inner excitement. She looked at Ning Cheng gratefully and said, “With these many Space Crystals, I’m sure that I can touch the Laws of Space within a year. It’s all thanks to you. Thank you.”
Ning Cheng smiled, “It should be me who should be thanking you. Without your guidance, I wouldn’t have obtained so many Space Crystals. I’ll take my leave now. We’ll meet again if our paths cross.”
Ning Cheng felt quite happy with the number of Space Crystals he gathered.
“The Starry Sky Spiritual Qi here is quite plentiful, why not stay here and cultivate?” Mu Wei looked at Ning Cheng suspiciously. Anyone else would have decided to stay and cultivate in such a rich Starry Sky Essence Spirit Qi environment.
“No, I have something urgent that needs my attention.” Ning Cheng shook his head and said. He naturally wouldn’t stay here and cultivate. With so many things to take care of on the outside, how could he waste time within Traceless Gate?
Since Ning Cheng didn’t want to stay here and cultivate, it naturally would benefit Mu Wei. This translucent space was only so big, which meant a limit on the amount of Starry Sky Essence Spirit Qi available to one. Therefore, cultivating alone in this place would have a much better effect compared to two people sharing this space.
“Brother Ning, then I’ll be seeing you around later.” Mu Wei also said her goodbyes to Ning Cheng.
Before leaving, Ning Cheng decided to leave behind a few words of warning. “Senior Apprentice Sister Mu Wei, if you come out of Traceless Gate in the future, be careful about the Traceless Immortal Pond.”
“Why?” Mu Wei asked in doubt.
“I suspect that Traceless Immortal Pond does something to the cultivators coming out of the Traceless Gate……” Ning Cheng naturally wouldn’t help Traceless Immortal Pond conceal its shady dealings. Therefore, he relayed all of his speculations to Mu Wei.
“Ah….” Mu Wei felt truly surprised by Ning Cheng’s guesses and speculations. After she entered Traceless Gate, she had immersed herself in trying to sense and comprehend the Laws of Space.
Where did she have the time to think about other things?
But this time, she quickly connected the dots to Ning Cheng’s warning from before, the one about getting out of Traceless Gate in the future. She initially thought that Ning Cheng those words out of fear of getting lost in Traceless Gate, and worrying about not getting out of it. After all, everyone believed that the cultivators who couldn’t come out of the Traceless Gate had most likely gotten lost inside, unable to find their way out of it.
But now she understood Ning Cheng’s words about keeping caution against Traceless Immortal Pond.
Mu Wei hesitated for a while, but Ning Cheng had already left this spacial pocket and disappeared without a trace. Mu Wei sighed. She decided to cultivate till she reached late-stage Eternal Realm before trying to come out. Fortunately, this place was just right for her cultivation.
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Once he decided to go out, Ning Cheng realised that he truly was lost. Even if he touched the Laws of Space, directions didn’t exist in this place. After wandering around for a while, Ning Cheng took out the three jade strips purchased from Traceless Immortal Pond. However, at this moment, he couldn’t see any instructions on the jade strips. From the looks of it, these three jade strips had also turned useless in this place.
The Traceless Gate contained innumerable pockets inside it. Ning Cheng had gone through many during the past few months but could find an exit. Not to mention an exit, he didn’t even see any other living creature.
Without any progress in the few months, Ning Cheng started to turn anxious. He even wondered if he could get out of the Traceless Gate in four or five years. If it took that much time to get out of Traceless Gate, it would still be reasonable for him. But from the looks of it, he might not be able to get out even within double the amount of time.
As another month passed, Ning Cheng decided to stop the headless dash around the place. He decided to try ripping through space.
Space in these pockets didn’t have the same stability as the starry sky outside. Moreover, Ning Cheng could now control at least one aspect of the Laws of Space. Plus, his spiritual consciousness could now barely stretch outside of these pockets. All of these factors meant that he could touch the boundaries of the surrounding pockets; at least, in theory.
As long as he could tear open these spacial pockets’ boundaries, his chances of coming out could theoretically increase by countless times.
Tearing through spacial boundaries had always been a challenging thing to accomplish for any cultivator. Back then, Ning Cheng could already touch the spacial boundary in the Graceful Star Mainland. It, in theory, meant that he should have been able to tear through Graceful Star Mainland’s space. However, he couldn’t have done it back then even if he wanted to do it.
As for the space within the starry skies, not to mention that Ning Cheng didn’t have the ability, even Chuan Xinlou and Ninth Prince couldn’t tear through it.
Except for Pan Qian and Cang Wei, Ning Cheng had never seen a third cultivator who could directly rip through the spacial fabrics. At least not without using treasures or external items.
Cang Wei had torn through the space of Graceful Star Mainland, while Pan Qian had torn through the real starry sky space.
When it came to the Traceless Gate, Ning Cheng had already come to an understanding that it contained higher-grade Laws of Space compared to the Graceful Star Mainland. At the same time, the space inside it also had much more stability than the Graceful Star Mainland. However, despite the high-grade Laws of Space that one would find in it, it still couldn’t compare to the stability of the starry sky’s space.
At first, Ning Cheng could only touch the space but couldn’t tear it apart. But he kept trying and even took out Space Crystals to understand the subtle changes in the Laws of Space around him. Slowly, he then began to integrate all of the insights into a rudimentary space-related spirit technique.
Whenever he grabbed at a pocket, his space-attributed spirit technique would come together a bit more. In the beginning, Ning Cheng had to spend a lot of celestial essence and spiritual consciousness to physically tear open the spacial barriers, whi
ch would exhaust him almost completely. But as he kept tearing through one spacial pocket after another, Ning Cheng slowly started to grow accustomed to it. After some time, Ning Cheng could easily rip the surrounding space in a pocket with just a single wave of his hand.
It was this feeling that made Ning Cheng feel very comfortable. He started to think back to how Pan Qian had ripped apart the space in front of him. When Pan Qian had pulled at the space in front of him, it looked relatively easy and used the same motions. And now, he finally had reached the point where he could tear the space within Traceless Gate without using much energy, and using similar movements.
The space Ning Cheng tore apart couldn’t compare to the space Pan Qian had torn apart. But Ning Cheng believed that as his cultivation continued to rise, one day, he would reach the same level as Pan Qian. At that point, Ning Cheng could easily tear apart the space of the starry sky with just one hand. On that day, he wouldn’t need any Breaking Boundary Talismans to go to any interface he wanted.
Even if he wanted to come to the Devil Domain from Culmination Grand Starry Sky, he wouldn’t need to fly the Starry Sky Wheel for so many days. Ning Cheng could simply tear the void space between the two points with just the wave of his hand and reach his destination in one step.
Once he finally reached that level, it would also mean he had taken a step closer to becoming a powerhouse like Pan Qian.
As Ning Cheng happily tore through the spacial pockets around him, his spiritual consciousness also started to merge with his understanding of the Laws of Space. His spiritual consciousness, which barely could pass through the boundaries of these spacial pockets before, could now easily cross through any spacial pockets in its way.
At this time, Ning Cheng no longer needed to tear through the surrounding spacial pockets at random. Instead, Ning Cheng started using his spiritual consciousness to touch the many spacial pockets and then choose one of them to tear through.
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