“Finding a Dao Fruit.”
“No.”
“Then, finding a good cultivation method? Or maybe, yes, that’s right….. It’s about finding the right opportunity.”
Shan Yaocen’s expressions had already twisted beyond the scope of what was possible. She didn’t wait for Ning Cheng to make another guess and said, “Neither. If you came from a big sect’s inner sect, you would know that what truly affected an Eternal cultivator’s path to reach Dao Sculpting was the conversion of their Essence Qi. A Dao Sculpting cultivator’s strength has a lot to do with the conversion of Essence Qi. Moreover, the location, timing, and even the source of Spiritual Qi could affect the conversion process of Essence Qi, which would also impact the height you could reach in the future. Of course, if you only want to reach Dao Sculpting and don’t care about the reaching higher than Dao Sculpting in the future, you can just forget about what I said.”
Ning Cheng’s heart suddenly moved. He truly was talking nonsense before, because he had no intention to speak with this woman. But Shan Yaocen’s words made him understand that those big sects truly had some skill.
If he didn’t put Shan Yaocen in his eyes before, he now knew that Shan Yaocen’s words had already started to work on him.
According to his previous plan, he wanted to find a place and immediately transform his celestial essence into spirit essence. But listening to Shan Yaocen’s words, he understood that he still lacked a lot of knowledge about spirit essence transformation.
“The best place for spirit essence transformation in the Grand Essence Realm is the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring. However, only a few people can enter the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring for the spirit essence transformation. Only the top people in the Grand Essence Great Meet have the chance to enter it. But at the same time, only by joining a sect will you get the chance to participate in the Grand Essence Great Meet, and get the opportunity to enter the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring and start the spirit essence transformation.”
Shan Yaocen seemed to have already expended all her energies today. So, after talking about the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring, she then said to Ning Cheng. “You have a lot of potential. My River Luo Sacred Sect lacks talented cultivators like you. If you want to join my River Luo Sacred Sect, I will try my best to help you. That way, you can also get the opportunity to enter the Grand Essence Great Meet…..”
As long as Ning Cheng showed the intention of joining the River Luo Sacred Sect, she would achieve her goal. As for whether Ning Cheng could truly enter the River Luo Sacred Sect? Hehe, he could just keep dreaming about it. Her River Luo Sacred Sect wasn’t a place any random cat and dog from the street can join.
As for entering the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring, don’t even dream about it. Even she, Shan Yaocen, wasn’t qualified to enter the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring. So how could a rogue cultivator?
Just as Shan Yaocen didn’t sincerely invite Ning Cheng to River Luo Sacred Sect, Ning Cheng also barely heard the words she said. Rather, her words were like passing clouds to him. However, he did focus on the four characters ‘Extraterritorial Spirit Spring’.
“Junior Apprentice Sister Shan, thank you for the reminder. But since I obtained a cultivation method, I want to retreat for a few months to study it. After a few months, I’d like to go to the Grand Essence Great Meet. That, I’m sure about it. What do you think, Junior Apprentice Sister Shan?” Ning Cheng already understood Shan Yaocen’s mind and had no intention to look for Shan Yaocen.
Initially, he planned to go into secluded cultivation and start the spirit essence transformation process. But now he understood that he couldn’t take a casual approach to it. Therefore, he decided to search for more information about it, study it carefully, and then try it.
Shan Yaocen felt disappointed when she heard Ning Cheng’s words. She initially thought that with her beautiful appearance and the River Luo Sacred Sect’s lure, it would immediately draw Ning Cheng to her. In that way, she could easily ask Ning Cheng to borrow her some points. Maybe she might not even need to borrow points from him, and Ning Cheng would take the initiative to give it to her. Perhaps Ning Cheng might even take the initiative to provide her with the spiritual consciousness cultivation he purchased in the exchange meeting.
But, now that Ning Cheng had already stated his intention to go into secluded cultivation, she couldn’t force Ning Cheng directly. Thinking of this, Shan Yaocen felt the urge to kick him over.
When had she ever been wronged like this in her entire life?
But it didn’t matter if she had to suffer through a few months. Once Ning Cheng comes out of secluded cultivation, she could still have another shot at it.
Thinking of this, Shan Yaocen took out a communications pearl and said, “In that case, let’s exchange communication pearls. Don’t worry. I will return to the sect and speak for you.”
From Beyond Heaven Path, the pair kept looking at Shan Yaocen and Ning Cheng talking and felt their expressions turning uglier by the moment. They didn’t expect that Ning Cheng wasn’t just related to Kong Ning but also had an association with Shan Yaocen of River Luo Sacred Sect. After some rogue cultivators saw the relationship between Ning Cheng and Shan Yaocen, they immediately dispelled any thoughts of plotting against Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng smiled and exchanged communication pearls with Shan Yaocen before heading straight to the cave leasing area in the Grand Essence Ruins. With Shan Yaocen as a shield, at least no one would come up and talk nonsense before he entered the cave leasing area.
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There weren’t many people in the cave leasing area of the Grand Essence Ruins. From this, one could tell that the caves here were pretty much either all rented out or almost empty. The cultivator in charge of leasing caves didn’t even lift his head when Ning Cheng walked up to him and only swept him with a casual wave of spiritual consciousness.
Renting out caves in Grand Essence Ruins barely needed any work. Moreover, Ning Cheng was just a rogue cultivator with low cultivation. It wasn’t worth the time to even look up at him.
“Only caves at the outskirts of the Grand Essence Public Square are available for lease. Nothing else available.” As Ning Cheng walked closer, the caves’ person-in-charge sent a blunt message, still not lifting his head.
Ning Cheng threw the silver card in his hand in front of the person-in-charge and spoke with a cold voice, “I want to rent a cave.”
Seeing the silver card in front of him, the cultivator seemed to have jolted awake and quickly stood up. Then, grabbing Ning Cheng’s silver card in both hands, he spoke up with a respectful voice, “What kind of cave does this dao friend want to rent?”
A cultivator with a silver card was an important person for the Quest Hall. As the cultivator-in-charge of cave leasing, he couldn’t afford to offend such a person.
“What’re the prices? Let’s hear it.” Ning Cheng’s tone also eased up a bit.
“The cheapest one here is for 1,000 points per year; better ones are at 5,000 to 12,000 points a year. The best ones are about 30,000 points a year, and even better ones….”
Ning Cheng interrupted the cultivator-in-charge, “I’ll take the 30,000 points a year one.”
Hearing that Ning Cheng wanted to rent a 30,000-points-a-year cave, the cultivator’s tone turned even more respectful.
How many years would it take for an ordinary cultivator to earn 30,000 points?
Yet, the person wanted to rent such a cave, which truly went beyond imagination.
In just a short time, the cultivator-in-charge helped Ning Cheng complete the leasing procedure for renting out the cave. A few moments later, he then handed Ning Cheng a number plate with the characters ‘Cave B1391’ carved on it.
Soon after Ning Cheng left with the number plate, a cultivator wearing a black robe appeared in front of the cultivator-in-charge.
With Ning Cheng’s example, the cultivator did not dare talk any nonsense. However, this black-robed cultivator did n
ot come here to rent a cave. Instead, he threw out a storage bag and spoke with a hoarse voice, “The bag contains 5,000 spirit crystals. Just tell me which cave did that person rent?”
The cultivator-in-charge naturally wouldn’t help Ning Cheng conceal this matter. He put away the spirit crystals without hesitation, and at the same time, told the black-robed cultivator about the cave Ning Cheng rented.
Chapter 0871 – Cave Under Attack
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The cave worth 30,000 points a year looked surprisingly good. Not only did it have dense and powerful Spiritual Qi within it, but even the environment in and around the cave also looked quite beautiful and artistic.
Ning Cheng, however, didn’t have the mind to observe the scenery here. After activating the cave’s restrictions with the jade card, he immediately entered the cave and took out the Dao Fruit Tree’s ring.
Although it had only been less than a day since he obtained it, the branches of this Dao Fruit Tree had already started to yellow. Even the life force within this Dao Fruit Tree had grown thinner. One could hardly sense any life from it at this moment.
Ning Cheng didn’t immediately transplant the Dao Fruit Tree into the True Spirit World and cultivate it with Law Soil. Instead, he placed his hands on the Dao Fruit Tree and immersed his consciousness into it.
Ning Cheng’s cultivation truly was at the middle-stage Eternal Realm. However, his spiritual consciousness was already so strong that even an ordinary Dao Sculpting cultivator couldn’t stand against it. As for his Sea of Consciousness’s strength, even peak Dao Sculpting cultivators might not compare to it.
How many people had a Starry Sky Sea of Consciousness?
Even with a top-grade cultivation method, hardly a handful of people could form a Starry Sky Sea of Consciousness.
Ning Cheng continuously poured in his spiritual consciousness and carefully searched every inch of the Dao Fruit Tree. But even if Ning Cheng had a strong Sea of Consciousness, his face had already started to turn pale and sweaty after doing this for a relatively long period.
After another hour, Ning Cheng finally breathed in a sigh of relief. His spiritual consciousness finally locked onto a spot right under the core of this Dao Fruit Tree.
In that spot, he not only found an extremely well-hidden Spiritual Consciousness Imprint, but the Spiritual Consciousness Imprint even had an exquisite concealment restriction surrounding it. Under such layers of concealment around it, even Dao Sculpting cultivators wouldn’t manage to find it. At least, not until they were proficient in the Dao of Arrays.
Ning Cheng might have weak cultivation than others in this place, but he had his advantages, like having a strong spiritual consciousness and being an Array Dao Master. Translated into the Grand Essence Realm’s language, Ning Cheng’s proficiency in array formation had reached low-level Spirit Array Master.
At Ning Cheng’s level, it was only a matter of time till he found the Spiritual Consciousness Imprint concealed by the Heartless Monk.
Ning Cheng could burn away this Spiritual Consciousness Imprint with his Celestial River Flame. However, Ning Cheng didn’t do this. Instead, he stripped the Spiritual Consciousness Imprint left by the Heartless Monk from the Dao Fruit Tree, then took out an ordinary tree and placed the imprint on it.
After doing this, Ning Cheng didn’t stop. Instead, he began to refine a few array flags.
After another two hours, and after setting up everything, Ning Cheng put on an Appearance Changing Mask and quietly left the cave he had rented. He then quickly made his way to the Quest Hall and got himself a new black Quest Card.
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The cultivator-in-charge of renting caves felt quite satisfied today. Although Ning Cheng’s abrupt appearance had frightened him, he also received 5,000 spirit crystals in compensation. One had to know that 5,000 spirit crystals weren’t a small amount for him.
“Is there any cave for rent?” A hoarse voice alarmed the cultivator-in-charge of cave rentals. But when he looked up, he realised that he didn’t even notice when a man wearing brocade robes appeared in front of him.
Before he could say that there weren’t any caves for rental, the brocade-robed man gasped a few times before taking out a storage bag and throwing it at him. He then spoke with a slightly hoarse voice, “Hurry up and help me find a cave. These are yours. I just need to rest.”
Anyone could tell with a glance that there was something wrong with the cultivation method used by this brocade-robed man.
He immediately wanted to chase this person away, but his spiritual consciousness immediately swept out after seeing the storage bag. When he saw the ten thousand spirit crystals in the storage bag, he immediately put them away without hesitation and said, “We indeed have caves available. What kind of cave does this dao friend need?”
The brocade-robed man spoke up with a cold voice, “The last time I rented a cave worth 12,000 points per year. I want to rent it again.”
After talking, the brocade-robed man handed out a black Quest Card.
The cultivator-in-charge, seeing the man take out 10,000 spirit crystals as a tip, and wanted to rent a cave worth 12,000 points a year, felt that this person had a significant background. However, he never expected that this person would only have a black card. But since he already pocketed the ten thousand spirit crystals, he didn’t think about anything.
The cultivator then helped the brocade-robe man go through the formalities as quickly as possible and then sent him away with a number plate.
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When it came to cultivation caves in Grand Essence Public Square, they all usually came with warning array formation and restrictions. As long as one wasn’t an idiot, everyone would activate those array formations to issue a warning when someone tried to invade.
It’s one of the reasons why people regarded the cultivation caves here as a safe area. Of course, this security was nothing more than fundamental. If you met a cultivator whose cultivation exceeded yours, even if you received a warning, that cultivator could rush into the cave and still kill you. Even if your warning attracted the patrolling cultivators, the person who killed you most likely would have already escaped by the time they reached your cave.
If the person killed was someone important, only then would the people in charge of the Grand Essence Ruins send someone to investigate and intercept. But if the person killed was nothing significant, they would only investigate it for a few minutes before closing the books on it.
Although not uncommon, this kind of thing happened quite a few times in the Grand Essence Ruins’ public square caves.
The cave leased by Ning Cheng cost 30,000 points a year. However, it was still a mid-ranged cave in Class B. The safety facilities naturally were much higher than ordinary caves. Moreover, the cultivators who lived here would usually arrange additional defensive and warning restrictions to secure them.
Of course, if one rented a Class A cave, it basically would have everything. Even if the cultivator didn’t activate or put any restrictions, the Strangulation Grand Array around the cave would still protect him from all invaders. Once someone tried to enter, even mistakenly, it would immediately trigger the Strangulation Grand Array.
At this time, a bird landed on the tree right outside Ning Cheng’s cave’s restrictions. After a while, a black-robed cultivator suddenly appeared beside the bird. This black-robed cultivator had fully converged his aura, so much so that one couldn’t even feel the slightest fluctuation of life from him. If the cultivator in charge of renting caves were here, he would have positively identified this black-robed cultivator as the person who asked about Ning Cheng’s cave.
After about a half-an-incense stick worth of time, the black-robed cultivator’s spiritual consciousness slowly swept out. After a while, the corner of his mouth tu
rned into a sneer.
Sure enough, it was just as he expected. This person truly was an idiot.
The cave he rented wasn’t a cheap one, but this person hadn’t even activated the defensive restrictions around it.
In other words, he could quickly kill this ant before the cave’s warning system triggered and then take that ant’s ring before calmly walking away.
After confirming that he had indeed guessed correctly, the black-robed cultivator carefully walked out and threw out some array flags once after another. After a while, his figure disappeared right in front of the cave’s restriction. It felt like this person’s very being had integrated into space around here. One couldn’t feel even the slightest fluctuation, let alone any indication of restrictions activating.
After the black-robed cultivator entered the cave’s restrictions, he immediately felt a feeling of extreme danger. He felt shocked.
Could someone have already discovered him?
Just when he was about to force his way out, a low voice sounded out, “Ou Yandu, this monk expected you to come. And you truly came, hehe.”
“You? Heartless Monk…..” The black-robed cultivator instantly recognised the owner of this deep voice.
Sure enough, after he spoke those words, a fat-faced monk suddenly appeared in front of him. It was none other than the Heartless Monk, Ju Mei. The monk had sneaked into Ning Cheng’s cave silently, without even changing his outfit.
“What do you want to do?” The black-robed Ou Yandu spoke with a hoarse voice. However, he quickly realised that it didn’t matter.
Sure enough, the Heartless Monk showed an honest smile, “Dao Friend Lifeless, what can I do? This kid’s vigilance is so poor that we deserve his fortune. Isn’t that right? We can share things equally. However, the Dao Fruit Tree is mine, so I have to take it back.”
“Then, the spiritual consciousness cultivation method belongs to me.” Ou Yandu spoke with a deep voice.
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