Chapter 0747: 0747
Ning Cheng felt a little perplexed . Lie Junfeng and Bei Xialan should have already left to somewhere as far away from this place as possible . It was already a stroke of luck that they met him today . If it were Rui Baishan, he would have killed them on the spot .
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Ning Cheng, however, ignored the two . He looked at the dark-faced young man with a smile and said, “Were you the one who said something about Purple Light Treasure Essence?”
He already knew that this dark-faced youth had mentioned Purple Light Treasure Essence, but he still asked out of courtesy .
The dark-faced youth was only at the late-stage Celestial Gathering Realm . Therefore, his face immediately turned a little red with excitement after noticing Ning Cheng talk to him . He quickly replied, “Yes, yes, senior . I have a jade strip here . There’s an area in the Devouring Bone Sea marked with the words ‘Purple Light Treasure Essence’ on it . However, I don’t know what it is… . . ”
While speaking, the dark-faced youth handed over a jade strip to Ning Cheng with a very respectful attitude .
Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness casually swept over the jade strip and understood that this youth hadn’t lied . This jade strip had the marks of time over it; moreover, he could tell that the person who marked this jade strip had decent cultivation . Which meant that it definitely had some truth to it .
“Thank you . ” Ning Cheng put away the jade strip, took out a jade bottle, and handed it to the dark-faced youth .
“Many thanks, senior . ” The youth immediately bowed and put away the jade bottle . However, he felt slightly disappointed . As long as he accumulated resources for some time, he could have managed to afford the contents in the jade bottle . It only contained Grade 3 Celestial Pills, with the only one function of healing injuries . As such, it wasn’t too valuable .
The people nearby also felt a little disappointed . They all thought that a senior like Ning Cheng would come up with some good things . None of them expected him to take out only a few healing pills .
Despite the slight disappointment, the dark-faced youth still felt very grateful . After all, even a few healing pills were a small fortune around these parts . Just after bowing and stepping back, Ning Cheng’s voice rang in his ears, “Among those pills, there is also a Harmonising Celestial Pill . Whether you can advance to the Celestial Bridge Realm or not, it would depend on your own fortune . ”
The dark-faced youth trembled slightly before returning to normal . Forcibly resisting the surprise and excitement creeping up, the dark-faced young man quickly walked out of the merchant house .
He never imagined that he would obtain a Harmonising Celestial Pill . This pill could help a Celestial Gatherer cultivator advance to the Celestial Bridge Realm . Moreover, such pills were not something one could buy with celestial coins around these parts . Besides, even if someone sold it, he couldn’t afford it . Devouring Bone Sea was a gathering place of many Celestial Gathering rogue cultivators . And which one of them hadn’t come here looking for opportunities to advance to the Celestial Bridge Realm?
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At this moment, he felt truly grateful towards Ning Cheng . He understood that Ning Cheng had protected him . If Ning Cheng had spoken about the Harmonising Celestial Pill openly, he most likely would not have survived to see the light of next day .
After obtaining news of Purple Light Treasure Essence, Ning Cheng decided to walk out towards the sea . Although he did see Lie Junfeng and Bei Xialan standing at the door, he didn’t speak . Instead, he ignored them and stepped out .
“Sect Master… . . ” Just when Ning Cheng stepped out of the merchant house, Lie Junfeng hurriedly called out after him .
Ning Cheng, however, didn’t stop and kept walking . He did speak a few cold words, “What? You’re no longer a disciple of Rainbow Fall Sword Sect, so don’t call me Sect Master . ”
Lie Junfeng quickly stepped forward, “Senior, the reason we came to Devouring Bone Sea was due to a Positional Diagram Ball we obtained . Xialan and I no longer have any chance to explore this place, so we wanted to give this Positional Diagram Ball to you . ”
Lie Junfeng no longer dared to call Ning Cheng as ‘Sect Master’ anymore . Instead, he changed his form of address to ‘senior’ .
Ning Cheng received the Positional Diagram Ball from Lie Junfeng’s hands with a perplexed look . However, the moment his spiritual consciousness swept inside it, Ning Cheng’s expression changed slightly . It was actually a starry sky map .
This starry sky map looked similar to the Starry Sky Positional Diagram on his Starry Sky Wheel . In fact, it had much more detail . As Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness swept through it, it looked as if he was looking at a miniature version of the starry sky .
Ning Cheng quickly found the location of the Devouring Bone Sea on the miniature version of the planet . However, it did not have ‘Devouring Bone Star’ marked over it; instead, it merely indicated it as an uninhabited star . Inside this star, he saw a sea along with an area marked out inside the sea with two words, ‘One Piece[1]’ .
According to this Starry Sky Positional Diagram, this unmanned star obviously was the Devouring Bone Star, and the sea was the Devouring Bone Sea . As long as one’s spiritual consciousness could communicate with this Starry Sky Positional Diagram Ball, they could easily find the location marked in the sea .
Lie Junfeng and Bei Xialan would have found it impossible to find this place through this star chart, especially with such low cultivations .
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Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness finally left the Starry Sky Positional Diagram Ball in his hand and nodded, “This thing is useful to me . Besides, you wouldn’t be able to reach this place with your cultivations . I won’t take your things for nothing…”
While talking, Ning Cheng raised his hand and took out two medicinal pills .
As if possessing a will of their own, these two pills shot into Lie Junfeng and Bei Xialan’s mouths . A moment later, Lie Junfeng and Bei Xialan felt their shattered meridians starting to reconnect . Even their already dissipated celestial essence had started recovering .
The two instantly realised that this was the effect of a top-grade healing pill . If not for this medicinal pill, even reaching the peak of Heaven’s Mandate Realm, they would have never obtained such a miraculous medicinal pill .
In just a dozen breaths, the pill restored Lie Junfeng and Bei Xialan’s cultivation completely . At the same time, the meridians previously broken by Bright South Celestial River King finished reconnecting .
“Many thanks for the help . ” Lie Junfeng fell to his knees and trembled with excitement . In all honesty, the moment Bright South Celestial River King walked in their lives, they both knew that the end was near for them . The two never expected to get a new lease at life .
Ning Cheng calmly spoke up, “Don’t thank me for this . I have nothing to do with you . It was merely an exchange of interests . With your temperament, if not for the exchange of interests, I wouldn’t have done anything to save you . ”
Lie Junfeng pursed his lips and spoke up with a hoarse tone, “I know that my ancestors already look down on me, and I indeed did some questionable things . But when Xialan and I fell in love in Rainbow Fall Sword Sect, Shen Wenyao had already forced Xialan into a marriage with him without her consent . Even Rui Baishan fully supported Shen Wenyao, so Xialan and I made plans to retaliate and then escape from the sect . ”
Ning Cheng just waved his hand; the next moment, his body flickered and disappeared into the depths of the Devouring Bone Sea . He hated people like Lie Junfeng . To get revenge, Lie Junfeng used his woman to go undercover and then colluded with the enemy to attack his sect . For revenge, he put a green hat to cover up his oily black hair .
Seeing Ning Cheng just leave after restoring their cultivation, Lie Junfeng’s face looked a little gloomy . He only achieved half his purpose . He initially thought that Ning Cheng would protect them and even offer some benefits, but nothing of that sort happened .
“Junfeng, being able to recover our cultivation is already a blessing . Otherwise, we couldn’t leave Devouring Bone Star . We would have to stay here until our deaths . ” After so many years of working with Lie Junfeng, Bei Xialan naturally understood Lie Junfeng’s thoughts .
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Lie Junfeng’s expressions changed a few times before he finally gave a sigh and said, “Let’s leave, Xialan . One day, I will also stand at the top of the starry skies and let those who looked down on me and bullied me, to look at me Lie Junfeng as a powerhouse . ”
After entering the Devouring Bone Sea, Ning Cheng encountered some whirlpools from time to time . These whirlpools had a strong rotational pull, and if one wasn’t careful, it could quickly suck someone into the sea .
No wonder people rarely came to the depths of the Devouring Bone Sea . If one did not have sufficient cultivation and tried to explore this area with just ordinary cultivation, one would find it almost impossible to survive . Especially if one encountered one of these whirlpools .
Even with Ning Cheng’s speed, it took him nearly two days to reach the location marked in the jade strip given to him by that dark-faced youth .
Only after reaching this place, did Ning Cheng finally understand why Purple Light Treasure Essence would form in this place? This was actually a volcanic island in the middle of the sea . Moreover, before Ning Cheng could even approach the edge of the island, he could clearly feel the waves of terrifying heat emanating from it .
The water at the edge of the island kept raging as the horrifying temperature of the island kept it in a superheated state . It also formed a vague layer of steam that covered the entire volcanic island . If it weren’t for the vast size of the Devouring Bone Sea, the heat from the edge of this volcanic island would have evaporated everything around it . Maybe even dry out the Devouring Bone Sea .
Ning Cheng finally stepped foot on this volcanic island and blocked out the horrifying temperature with his domain . But even then, Ning Cheng felt slightly uncomfortable . Facing such horrifying temperatures, even Eternal-level experts would find it impossible to step onto the island . Not unless they had some reliable heat-resistant defensive weapons or a powerful physique .
Ning Cheng didn’t dare to bring out his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds . Amidst this horrifying heat, his Twin Wings of Heavenly Clouds wouldn’t last for long unless it had already undergone nirvana .
Ning Cheng carefully moved step-by-step towards the heart of the volcanic island and could feel the temperature rising gradually . The rising temperature even affected Ning Cheng’s domain, and it felt as if it would crack apart at any time .
Even so, Ning Cheng had no plans to take out the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort . Instead, he decided to operate his body-forging cultivation method . He found that the horrifying temperatures of this place had an incredible effect in forging his body .
“Bang… . . ” A light explosion rang out, and just when Ning Cheng had almost reached the centre of this volcanic island, his robes suddenly disintegrated into nothingness .
Dazzling purple light containing terrifying heat shined down and slammed into Ning Cheng’s body . The tearing heat, however, accelerated Ning Cheng’s body-forging cultivation method, which continuously refined and transformed the energy within it to improve his corporeal body’s strength .
Ning Cheng started ambling, and sometime later, his bones began to crack apart and come together, forcing him to stop immediately . He had initially come here looking for Purple Light Treasure Essence . Instead, his forged body advanced to the middle-stage of Starry Sky Body before reaching the depths of the volcanic island .
Feeling the power coursing through his corporeal body, Ning Cheng’s eyes flashed with joy and felt delighted in his heart . This was definitely not an ordinary flame . No matter how powerful his body-forging cultivation method, ordinary flames would not have helped him in advancing so fast . But getting the chance to ponder the reason, a purple crystal in front of him attracted Ning Cheng’s gaze . It was a piece of Purple Light Treasure Essence .
Seeing that piece, Ning Cheng understood that Wu Hong had not obtained that Purple Light Treasure Essence from this place . If Wu Hong could come here, he wouldn’t have found just a piece of Purple Light Treasure Essence . Ning Cheng hadn’t even started searching for it actively, yet he already obtained a Purple Light Treasure Essence . This showed how much Purple Light Treasure Essence was in this place .
Ning Cheng raised his hand, grabbed that piece of Purple Light Treasure Essence, and put it into a jade box . Just as he was about to start moving around, an inexplicable feeling of vigilance appeared in his heart . Was there someone around?
Ning Cheng quickly took out a robe and put it over his body . At the same time, he used his domain and forged body to block out the horrifying heat around him .
[1] The actual word used here is ‘Baoyi’, which translates to ‘Treasure One’ . But it felt odd given the style and the context later, so I decided to translate this word as ‘One Piece’ .
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