Chapter 0766: 0766
But before the green-robed cultivator could slap Zhu Nianfei’s face, everyone heard a resounding ‘slap’ . The green-robed woman then went flying with a trail of blood spewing out of her mouth, crashing into a booth opposite to them . In fact, she smashed into it with so much force that it destroyed the restrictions covering it .
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A man and a woman sitting within the booth immediately stood up in anger . But when they saw the green-robed woman and the middle-aged man with brown hair, they didn’t dare to speak up and quickly rushed out .
The green-robed woman slowly managed to crawl out of the debris and stand up after spitting out several teeth and a mouthful of blood . She looked around in horror, and everyone could see a purple hand-print on her face .
“What’s going on?” The brown-haired man also looked around in surprise and asked .
The green-robed woman shook her head in confusion, “I don’t know . Someone suddenly slapped me, but I don’t know who did it . ”
In their view, no one here had made any movements .
“You don’t need to look around . I slapped you just now . How much spiritual stones does Zhu Nianfei owe you?” Ning Cheng casually took a step forward and asked .
At this time, the green-robed woman and the brown-haired middle-aged man finally recalled that a Ning Cheng was sitting with their target . When they heard that it was Ning Cheng who slapped her, they both immediately started to panic . Moreover, they couldn’t see Ning Cheng’s cultivation at all .
Without any visible movement, he had slapped a late-stage True Condensation Cultivator across the room with just true essence . This act went beyond the realm of essence spirit[1] .
Against essence spirit cultivators[2], even if they brought in many experts, it still wouldn’t be enough .
“Replying to senior, it’s five… . No 30,000 middle-rank spiritual stones… . ” The middle-aged brown-haired man was the first to reach and quickly replied .
50,000 middle-grade spiritual stones, it included the interest . But with such an expert like Ning Cheng here, who was also Zhu Nianfei’s brother-in-law, how could they even dare to add it for Zhu Nianfei?
Ning Cheng wanted to take out 50,000 middle-rank spiritual stones . But just as he was about to move, his hand suddenly stopped in mid-air . He remembered that he didn’t have even a single middle-rank spiritual stone . In fact, the worst ‘currency’ on him was high-ranked spiritual stones, followed by top-ranked spiritual stones, starry sky crystals, Perpetual Moon Pills, etc .
Realising Ning Cheng’s power, that forced Xia Xuan to completely shut up and not even dare talk about the principal’s interest, Zhu Nianfei felt pleasantly surprised .
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“Brother-in-law, you don’t need to help me, I have a way to return it to them . ” Zhu Nianfei, who felt surprised, also noticed the pause in Ning Cheng’s hand . She immediately guessed that Ning Cheng might not have enough spiritual stones .
“No need . ” Ning Cheng finished waving his hand, and 3,000 high-ranked spiritual stones appeared out of thin air, suspended right in front of the green-robed woman .
“Take your spiritual stones and get lost . Leave as far away as you can . ” Ning Cheng finished with ridicule .
“Yes, yes… . ” Ning Cheng had returned the spiritual stones . But even if Ning Cheng did not return the spiritual stones, the two people wouldn’t have said even half a word in displeasure .
“Senior… . They had forced me . My rest stop would never charge for just a little extra time… . ” The stone assistant stood in shock as he saw the green-robed female cultivator and the brown-haired man leave in a panic . Fortunately, he had a good head over his shoulders and quickly tried to explain things to Ning Cheng .
Ning Cheng didn’t care about this store assistant . He just took out a storage bag and handed it to Zhu Nianfei . He also left a few words, “There is a jade box inside . Give the medicinal pill inside to your mother . She should recover soon with it, so I’ll be leaving . ”
Ning Cheng had already taken a look . As long as Ji Luofei’s mother recovered from her injuries, they wouldn’t need to worry too much . In any case, two Essence Building cultivators had enough strength to deter most of the people in this place .
By the time Zhu Nianfei took the storage bag, Ning Cheng had already left .
Seeing Ning Cheng disappear, the store assistant also quickly left without any word . Even if he felt emboldened, he would never dare to pick a fight with Zhu Nianfei in his life .
Zhu Nianfei stood in a daze for a long time before finally reacting . Recalling Ning Cheng’s words that the storage bag contained a medicinal pill that could heal her mother, her spiritual consciousness immediately swept in .
The first thing she saw was not a jade box with the medicinal pill but a ring . A storage bag for a ring? Zhu Nianfei quickly understood Ning Cheng’s intent . She lived mostly by herself in such a place . As such, the experiences had already polished her mind and reactions on a fundamental level .
She immediately left to find a secluded place . Then, grabbing the ring in her hand, she let her spiritual consciousness sweep inside .
Looking at the tens of millions of high-ranked spiritual stones, heaps of bottles containing medicinal pills, along with the numerous piles of Spiritual and True Artefacts almost made her scream .
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Just as Ning Cheng guessed, although Zhu Nianfei felt immense shock, she managed to quickly contain her excitement . She put away everything and walked out without haste looking completely normal .
However, no matter how calm she looked on the surface, she couldn’t calm her violently beating heart . What kind of treasures did Ning Cheng obtain that he took out so many things for her? Even a medium-sized sect wouldn’t be able to come up with this much treasure, right?
Ning Cheng didn’t seem to have a very affectionate attitude towards her, yet he still gave her so many things . From this, she understood that her brother-in-law had countless times more wealth than what she had imagined .
What Ning Cheng gave to Zhu Nianfei might have been a heavenly fortune for Zhu Nianfei . But for Ning Cheng, it was just giving away things that were useless to him and occupied unnecessary space .
As for taking Zhu Nianfei’s family away, Ning Cheng never even thought of it . He only helped Xiong Qihua and Zhu Nianfei because of Luofei . Moreover, he would never bring people like Zhu Hongwen to meet Luofei .
At this point, Ning Cheng had already reached the deepest part of Lost Mountains . Although the edge of this Lost Mountains no longer felt dangerous, when Ning Cheng arrived here, he still felt a strong suction force .
If Ning Cheng was still in the Crucible Transformation Realm or even the Domain Realm, he would have found it impossible to resist this suction force . But now, to Ning Cheng, this suction force was like a vacuum cleaner on his palm . It didn’t affect him at all .
At the centre of this Lost Mountains was a huge circular pit with a person sitting at the edge . Ning Cheng had come here because he knew this person . A red-robed woman . When Ruolan had asked her name, she had replied with ‘Shiluo Xin’[3] . But then she said that she didn’t know who she was .
“You?” As soon as Ning Cheng arrived at the side of the put, the red-robed woman immediately recognised him .
Ning Cheng nodded, “Yes, it’s me . Is this your place?”
He had speculated long ago that this red-robed woman was not as simple as she appeared . But now Ning Cheng felt even more shocked on seeing her once again . He was already at the middle-level of Life and Death Realm, yet he still couldn’t see the cultivation of this red-robed woman .
The red-robed woman nodded . “Yeah . I remembered that I came from here . I should also be able to leave from here . But I have a vague feeling in my heart that once I entered, I would never come out . Over the years, I have seen many people falling into it and even use various flight-type weapons to try an escape . But none ever managed to come out . I’ve been hesitating whether I should go in or not . ”
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Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness swept into the pit, but once again felt shocked with what he observed . His powerful spiritual consciousness disappeared without a trace in an instant it entered the hole . Moreover, he couldn’t detect anything from inside of it . Previously, he used to think that only the suction force originated from this point, and didn’t take the centre of the Lost Mountains seriously . But now he understood that he was wrong .
After the red-robed woman finished speaking, she did not care whether Ning Cheng answered or not . However, she looked at Ning Cheng in doubt and said, “Eh, I’m the only one who can come here . How did you get here?”
“I saw you and stopped by to say hello . You’ve been here for so many years, so did you find the answer to your question from back then?” Ning Cheng asked .
“No, I still wonder who I am . ” The red-robed woman tilted her head and looked at Ning Cheng . After she finished speaking, she then immediately added another sentence . “I visited you when you were trying to surmount the tribulation because I felt a strange aura . I felt like I have sensed this aura before somewhere . ”
Ning Cheng once again felt surprised . The aura she talked about during his attempt to surmount the tribulations most likely was the Mysterious Yellow Origin or the Good Fortune Aura . Since this red-robed woman had sensed this aura before, it meant that she definitely had an extraordinary background .
“I’m leaving . ” Ning Cheng said . Ning Cheng had a feeling that this red-robed woman was extremely dangerous .
“Wait…” The red-robed woman immediately called out to Ning Cheng . “You are the only one who can get here apart from me . Can you answer my question? Should I go down?”
Ning Cheng hesitated for a bit before replying . “I don’t think you can come back from there . I also don’t think it’s a place you want to go . It most likely is a terrible place . ”
The red-robed woman scratched her head again and repeated the words to herself, “Then what should I do? What should I do?”
As she kept asking the same question to herself over and over again, the red-robed woman’s expression grew more and more anxious . It seemed as if the question she had always wondered was now answered, but it was not the answer she had expected .
Ning Cheng sighed . “You don’t have to worry . Well, if you trust me, then you can come with me . I can take you out of the Graceful Star Mainland if you want . I guess you came here from another high-level interface . ”
If one talked about sympathy, then Ning Cheng did feel some sympathy towards this red-robed woman . But more importantly, he had a vague feeling that this red-robed woman was not a sinister figure . Graceful Star Mainland was only a low-level interface . With this red-robed woman’s cultivation, she could have easily destroyed the whole mainland with just a wave of her hands . Yet, she did not .
It’s not that she wouldn’t do it, but that she also knew the consequences of doing so . At the same time, just because she didn’t do it now didn’t mean that she wouldn’t do it in the future . If one day, she really stopped thinking and destroyed the Graceful Star Mainland, that would be the end of everything in this place .
“Did you mean that you can take me back?” The red-robed woman immediately put down her hand that kept pulling at her hair and quickly grabbed Ning Cheng in surprise .
Ning Cheng had no choice but to reply, “I only meant that I might be able to help you in your hometown . But I’m not completely sure about this, nor can I guarantee it . ”
To Ning Cheng’s surprise, the red-robed woman felt very satisfied with Ning Cheng’s words . “Of course, I’ve been living here for so many years and still couldn’t come up with an answer . You can take me with you, I’m sure you’ll find it slowly . Yes, I’ll come with you . ”
“Okay, then let me seal this place first . ” Ning Cheng said and took out some array flags and started to put them down .
“I’ll help you . ” The red-robed woman finished and also took out some array flags to help Ning Cheng . Her array formation attainments matched Ning Cheng at every step .
Ning Cheng took in a deep breath on seeing this . He now fully understood that this red-robed woman not only had much higher cultivation but also had extraordinary attainments in array formations .
After an hour, the two completely sealed the giant pit . Then Ning Cheng turned around and said, “My name is Ning Cheng, and I will call you Shiluo Xin from now on . Let’s leave this place . But first I have to retrieve something before we finally leave this Graceful Star Mainland . ”
[1] I’m not entirely sure if it is a typo from the author . In my opinion, it should be the Essence Building Realm (only a difference of one character) . But I decided to keep it as mentioned in the raws . Perhaps we might get more information about it later .
[2] Same here, I feel like it should be Essence Building cultivators instead of Essence Spirit cultivators, but I still decided to keep the translation in line with the raws .
[3] It’s the same mysterious lady who Ning Cheng met after returning to Graceful Star Mainland from Earth with Ruolan, the little girl who could not recall her identity .
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