Published at 28th of November 2020 01:40:06 AM
As Ning Cheng sat quietly wondering what to do, a shadow appeared below Ning Cheng . Ning Cheng sensed danger, but the space around him immediately solidified under a powerful force . He could break through these shackles, but it would take him some time .
Without even thinking, Ning Cheng activated the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort .
“Boom… . . ” A powerful force came crashing down and slammed onto the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort .
Bombarded with such a force, the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort erupted with bursts of clicking-like noises . A moment later, thunder rays splashed over the sea . But the powerful force formed a huge depression in the seawater around Ning Cheng . The explosive power also swept away Ning Cheng, forcing him to spit out another mouthful of blood .
Fortunately, he had managed to bring out the Everlasting Blue Thunder City in time . Otherwise, even with a Starry Sky Body, he couldn’t have survived it .
As soon as the restraints around him eased a little, Ning Cheng saw a bloody mouth opening up right underneath him . Ning Cheng didn’t even see what kind of demonic beast it was before pushing the Twin Wings of Heavenly Clouds to its limits .
Ning Cheng understood that he couldn’t fight against this demonic beast . Facing such a powerful demonic beast, he had no other option but to escape with all his might .
The Twin Wings of the Heaven Clouds brought up a weak shimmering light before instantly moving Ning Cheng away from that spot . The moment Ning Cheng seemingly teleported away; the huge mouth closed on his afterimage .
Ning Cheng, who still was in the air, saw this scene and hurriedly brought out the Starry Sky Wheel and left .
The sea demon that attacked Ning Cheng didn’t seem to possess any flight abilities . Therefore, after seeing Ning Cheng escape, it didn’t try to pursue him .
However, Ning Cheng broke out into cold sweats out of fear . He had initially thought that this area was a safe zone with only a few powerhouses . He never expected that a demonic beast would almost end his life .
Thinking back to how he had remained unconscious in the seawater for an unknown amount of time, he felt even more afraid . If he hadn’t regained consciousness and got attacked by that demonic beast, he couldn’t have escaped death . From the looks of it, he couldn’t stay in this place and heal . Even if he wanted to heal, he first needed to find a safer place .
At this point, Ning Cheng had no sense of direction at all and randomly picked one for the Starry Sky Wheel . Fortunately, the Starry Sky Wheel still possessed domineering speed . Therefore, even though this sea contained some powerful sea demons, these sea demons couldn’t keep up with Starry Sky Wheel’s pace .
Controlling the Starry Sky Wheel for a few days, Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness finally picked up a few flight-type weapons in the distance . Ning Cheng immediately stopped and replaced the Starry Sky Wheel with an ordinary high-rank flight-type dao artefact .
Amongst the four grand starry skies, Ning Cheng didn’t have any fear of other people knowing about the Starry Sky Wheel . But in this place, once someone recognised a treasure like the Starry Sky Wheel, it would no longer belong to him .
Ning Cheng motioned a flight-type weapon to stop . But what made him puzzled was that the cultivator controlling the flight-type weapon only had a Life and Death cultivation .
The Life and Death cultivator couldn’t see Ning Cheng’s cultivation . But because he still wanted to live here, he tried not to offend people as much as possible . Moreover, Ning Cheng, standing on his flight-type weapon, didn’t show any malice towards him . Therefore, seeing Ning Cheng making a gesture to stop, he decided to comply instead of being chased and then forced to stop by Ning Cheng .
“What troubles this dao friend?” The Life and Death cultivator asked with cupped fists and a relatively respectful and polite tone before Ning Cheng could speak .
Ning Cheng also returned the gesture, “I encountered a beast tide sometime back and ended up losing my map of this sea area . I wonder if this friend could carve a jade strip for me?”
Even if he wanted to ask a few questions, Ning Cheng knew that he had to remain careful with his words . He could see that this cultivator also seemed to use celestial essence, and it hadn’t transformed into a more potent force . But even so, he still didn’t want anyone to know that he was not from this place .
“Naturally . ” The Life and Death cultivator didn’t hesitate to take out a jade strip before throwing it to Ning Cheng . Then, controlling his flight-type weapon, he left immediately . He didn’t ask any payment from Ning Cheng, which made Ning Cheng breathe a sigh of relief . If the other party wanted some compensation for it, Ning Cheng only had Permanent Essence Pills, which he didn’t know would work here or not .
Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness swept into the jade strip and after a few breaths, Ning Cheng then put it away .
He now understood that this place was somewhere at the extreme edge of the Grand Essence Sea . From this, Ning Cheng also understood that people considered this place as the least valuable corner of the Grand Essence Sea . Moreover, not too far from his current location, Ning Cheng also came to know about a sea city, called the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City .
The jade strip only contained some simple instructions without any introductions or anything . It just pointed out the critical directional pointers to the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City .
But with this jade strip, Ning Cheng also confirmed that this place was within the Grand Essence Realm . That silver-haired lady had mentioned that the Grand Essence Sea was within the Grand Essence Realm .
Moreover, the father of that Ninth Prince, whose corporeal body Ning Cheng had destroyed previously, seemed to be a powerhouse of this Grand Essence Sea .
Ning Cheng thought back to the terrifying sea demon he had encountered a few days ago in the Grand Essence Sea and started to feel a strong sense of crisis in his heart . Those sea demons, most likely, were the lowest-level existences in this place, yet just one of them had almost wiped the floor with him . Since that Ninth Prince’s old man could dominate the entire Grand Essence Sea, just what level of strength had he reached?
But Ning Cheng quickly put these thoughts aside . Let alone whether that Ninth Prince Man Jiuren could return to the Grand Essence Realm or not . Even if he could return, he had to first recreate his body before even thinking of taking revenge . The only thing that Ning Cheng felt slightly worried about was if Man Jiuren’s old man would help him get revenge . If Man Jiuren’s father went to Culmination Grand Starry Sky, it wouldn’t be a good thing .
He also understood that if Man Jiuren’s father did go to Culmination Grand Starry Sky, he wouldn’t be able to do anything .
With too many threats looming over him, Ning Cheng quickly put all his thoughts aside and controlled the flight-type weapon towards the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City .
Understanding that this place was just the edge of the Grand Essence Realm, Ning Cheng felt even more shocked at the teleportation array under the Thorn Tooth Lake . Reaching this place, he finally understood that it was a teleportation array capable of breaking through positional planes . Therefore, Ning Cheng no longer felt upset that he couldn’t fully complete it with his strength . That teleportation array was almost equivalent to an Opening Heaven Talisman’s child talisman .
However, Ning Cheng also felt a little regret at this time . He hadn’t even thought of investigating where Liang Yi had obtained that array pattern . That single array pattern had allowed him to activate the teleportation array . It meant that the array pattern wasn’t any lower in value than the Opening Heaven Talisman’s child talisman .
A few days later, Ning Cheng stood outside a mottled but sprawling city . He also saw several mottled characters floating above the entrance, Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City .
But beyond that, this city looked too ordinary . Not to mention that it couldn’t compare to a city like Eternal Heaven Starry Sky City . It couldn’t even compare to Ocean Gambling City Ning Cheng had entered after stepping into the starry skies .
But as soon as Ning Cheng walked to the gate of the city, he felt an aura more intense than the one he felt at sea . From this, he also understood that the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City had richer cultivation source .
As cultivators continuously streamed in and out of the city gates, Ning Cheng carefully looked at everyone’s cultivation in secret . After observing for a while, he noticed no one below the Celestial Scryer Realm . But at the same time, Ning Cheng also saw many cultivators in the Eternal Realm in this place .
Fortunately, he only saw a few cultivators on the same level as Hong Lun and Ninth Prince, which made Ning Cheng a little relieved . At least in this place, he was still near the top when it came to strength . As for that red-haired expert he saw in the Grand Essence Sea a few days ago, it must have been an accidental encounter .
Looking at these cultivators entering and leaving through the city gate, Ning Cheng also observed that they would usually take out a jade card . However, a few cultivators also took out high-grade starry sky crystals to enter through the city gate . As for Permanent Essence Pills, Ning Cheng didn’t see anyone taking them out .
Ning Cheng took out a hundred high-rank starry sky crystals and handed them to the guard before following the crowd into the city .
The Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City truly had a more decadent aura . But it still wasn’t nearly enough to sustain cultivation .
But Ning Cheng also noticed a few differences from other cities . After entering the city gate, he didn’t see the main street, but a huge public square .
As Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness casually swept out, he noticed a lot more people on the public square . At the same time, apart from a huge makeshift market on the public square, he also saw many displays with information about teams and other random stuff .
On the edge of this public square, he saw two arc-shaped wide roads, which surrounded the public square and extended into the city behind it .
Ning Cheng walked into a shop within the makeshift market on the public square and squeezed through the various restrictions and array formation to reach the counter . He then said to the store assistant, “Bring me a jade strip with a proper introduction to the Grand Essence Sea and the nearby areas . By the way, do you also have any good cultivation method jade strips?”
The store assistant quickly put aside the cultivator he was attending and came to Ning Cheng with a smile . “What grade of cultivation method does this friend want? Are there any spiritual root attribute requirements? My cultivation method jade strips are much better than other places . If you want to purchase cultivation method jade strips, then coming to me is the right thing to do . ”
Ning Cheng naturally didn’t want to buy cultivation method jade strips to change cultivation methods . He, however, wanted to understand the depths of cultivation in this place . It was just like the time Ning Cheng first stepped into the starry skies and had no understanding about the level of cultivation in the starry skies . It wasn’t until he asked Lan Ya did he get a general sense of it .
“I don’t care about spiritual root attributes, but to what extent can your highest-level cultivation method take one’s cultivation?” Ning Cheng hesitated a bit before asking .
Hearing that Ning Cheng wanted the highest-grade cultivation method, but didn’t care about attribute, the store assistant’s eyes shone before he switched to a more polite tone . “I have a Dao Sculpting Cultivation Method called Broken Jade Record . This cultivation method can increase the probability of successfully reaching Dao Sculpting Realm… . . ”
While speaking, the store assistant took out a jade box and two jade strips, “These two jade strips come with it . ”
“Stop blowing steam, who would dare cultivate the Broken Jade Record? Cultivating it would mean setting yourself on the path of death… . . ” Someone in the crowd whispered with disdain, but Ning Cheng heard it .
Ning Cheng had heard the words ‘Dao Sculpting’ in the past . When Chuan Xinlou had said that he successfully reached Dao Confirming Realm, Ning Ruoqing had ridiculed him as just reaching Dao Sculpting Realm . No, not even a person who reached Dao Sculpting Realm .
From this, Ning Cheng understood that this Dao Sculpting cultivation method most likely wasn’t the highest-grade of cultivation method in this place . However, he still asked, “What’s the price of this Broken Jade Record?”
“110,000 Spirit Crystals . ” the store assistant gave an immediate reply .
Spirit Crystals? Ning Cheng suddenly thought how his Celestial River Flame had now become a Spirit Flame, and immediately thought of the word ‘spirit’[1] . Maybe it had something to do with this place .
“I don’t have spirit crystals; can I use this instead?” Ning Cheng said and took out a starry sky crystal . He had more than tens of millions of these things but had no particular use of them . However, he truly wanted to buy the two jade strips that came with it .
When the store assistant saw the crystal that Ning Cheng took out, his expressions immediately turned ugly and spoke with a cold voice . “Do you really want this buy a cultivation method with this?”
“Yes . ” Ning Cheng hesitated but eventually nodded . He originally wanted to take out Permanent Essence Pills . But after mulling over it for some time, Ning Cheng decided against it . At the very least, he wouldn’t take out Permanent Essence Pills before seeing others using it .
The store assistant put away the jade box with the cultivation method as quickly as possible and coldly said to Ning Cheng . “Sorry, we don’t accept such low-level items . ”
“Hahaha… . . ” Bursts of laughter broke out in the store as everyone realised that someone wanted to use low-level crystals to buy the highest-grade cultivation method in this place .
[1] The character for ‘spirit – 神’ can also be interpreted as ‘spirit/ god/ deity/ soul/ unusual/ mysterious/ lively/ expressive’ depending on the context . So for now, I decided to keep it as ‘spirit’, its literal translation .
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