Ning Cheng’s first thought was to hurry up and sit down to cultivate, but he immediately remembered that his little life was now in some danger. This place was so cold, and the old woman who controlled the fiery red shield was gone, so even if he returned to the Half Moon Ship magic treasure again, it would be somewhat difficult.
The red colour on top of the fire-red shield was already fading, obviously because without the old woman’s continued control, this shield would not last much longer.
Ning Cheng looked back at the Half Moon Ship as he calculated the distance. Before the fiery red shield completely lost its effect, he should barely be able to return to the Half Moon Ship. It was evident that the old crone had also calculated well, and was not considered to be deliberately harming him.
However, Ning Cheng cursed in his heart, this old woman only remembered that she had won the treasure for herself and had no regard for his peace of mind, a typical person who had crossed the river and torn down the bridge.
Just when Ning Cheng wanted to speed up and control the shield to enter within the Half Moon Boat magic treasure, he suddenly felt a strong call. Ning Cheng immediately noticed that by the already closed water-coloured gate, a little something more had suddenly appeared. It was dark purple in colour and only the size of a soybean.
Ning Cheng was sure that he had not seen this object before, which meant that it had appeared only after the gate at the bottom of this cold river had opened, and that the old crone had rushed to enter inside the gate and had not noticed this object.
Should he go back to the Half Moon Boat magic treasure or take this soybean sized object away? The shield on his body could only offer to make one of these choices. And even if he got the object that was attached to the side of the water-coloured gate, the shield would not be able to support him to return to the Half Moon Ship again.
After hesitating for a moment, Ning Cheng decided to take the item away. One was that it was this soybean sized thing that had just called out to him, and the other was that Ning Cheng felt that the things in this place were not simple, and it was one thing to take away.
Once he got this thing, once the shield had lost its effect, he would try to find a way to see if he could enter the Xuanhuang Pearl.
Cultivation depended on chance, and there might be a chance in front of him, so if he didn’t go and take it, it would be too unbearable to hold it in his heart. What’s more, Ning Cheng knew that when that old crone came out later, she would definitely not give a mouthful of soup to him.
Once he had made his decision, Ning Cheng no longer hesitated and immediately walked towards this dark purple thing. As Ning Cheng walked inside it, he realised what the old woman meant when she said that the Half Moon Boat was very fast.
Every step he took at the bottom of this river was incredibly difficult, Ning Cheng ran almost his entire body’s true essence to move forward with his shield, just a distance of one or two metres, Ning Cheng walked for dozens of breaths of time. This was still because there were formations in front of the water-coloured gate that restricted the flow of water, otherwise it would have been even more difficult for him to walk.
As the shroud looked like it was about to break, Ning Cheng no longer cared about anything else and raised his hand and grabbed the bit of dark purple.
A terrifyingly hot heat spread from Ning Cheng’s palm to his whole body.
“Ka-ching” The shield shattered, Ning Cheng simply did not have time to enter the Xuanhuang Pearl, and at this moment, he did not need to enter the Xuanhuang Pearl at all. The terrifying temperature of his hand had long since dispersed the icy cold around him.
Ning Cheng could even feel that his entire body would be turned into nothingness as soon as this soybean-sized object in his hand exploded.
A message with a pleasing meaning was transmitted to Ning Cheng from this soybean sized object, making Ning Cheng feel that although this object was powerful, it did not mean to harm him, which made Ning Cheng settle down a little.
The next moment Ning Cheng received the message of acknowledging his master, this insignificant thing in his hand was actually spiritual and had to actively acknowledge him as its master.
Ning Cheng did not hesitate to imprint his own brand, and as soon as Ning Cheng’s brand was imprinted on it, the object suddenly disappeared from his hand, not even waiting for Ning Cheng to refine it. Or rather, Ning Cheng simply did not have the ability to refine it.
Ning Cheng quickly discovered where this thing was hiding, and it was staying next to the Xuanhuang Pearl, peacefully in his Purple Mansion.3
It turned out that it had taken a fancy to the Xuanhuang Pearl, and that was why it had recognized me as its master. Although it was not because of his own kingly energy, the Xuanhuang Pearl was not his all the same.
Ning Cheng had learned from the message he had just given to acknowledge his master that this bean-sized object had an extremely loud name, Xinghe, but as for where it came from and what it was used for, he had absolutely no idea. The Star River just stayed motionless next to the Xuanhuang Pearl, seemingly waiting for Ning Cheng to refine it.
That wasn’t right, Ning Cheng found that at this moment he neither had a shield nor had he returned to the Half Moon Boat, the icy cold around him was already bearable for him. Not only could he endure it, he could also clearly feel the icy cold around him gradually weakening, which meant that the temperature at the bottom of the river was starting to rise.
Ning Cheng did not know what was going on, but he was certain that this thing should be related to the Star River. The Star River was at the bottom of this cold river, and it was a bit strange that the temperature was not only not icy cold, but also so high. Now that the Star River had been taken away by him, the temperature at the bottom of this river immediately rose. Ning Cheng already had some understanding in his heart that it was very likely that all the heat of this river had been absorbed away by the Star River. It was because all of the heat of this river had been absorbed away by the river of stars that this river had become so cold. And due to the presence of the Star River that was constantly absorbing heat, this river could not freeze at all.
It was good that such a terrifying thing had stayed in his purple mansion, but if it hadn’t, would it have also absorbed all the heat from his body in the next moment? It was the first time that Ning Cheng knew that there were still things that purely absorbed heat.
He decided that when he was empty, the first thing he would do was to completely refine this Star River that had already claimed its owner, absolutely not allowing a half-a*sed mistake to exist.
By now, the icy cold at the bottom of the river had already disappeared, so Ning Cheng was unwilling to waste half a minute, and immediately sat down by this large door and began to cultivate.
The spiritual energy here was so dense that it would be foolish not to cultivate. After Ning Cheng sat down to cultivate, he realised that he had still underestimated the spiritual qi here. He had never tried to cultivate so fast before, going from the first level of True Condensation to the complete level of True Condensation in just a few hours. He then rushed to the second level of True Condensation without a single moment of stagnation, his cultivation level still rising as he continued to cultivate.
Two days later, Ning Cheng had actually cultivated to the late stage of the second level of True Condensation. Ning Cheng was wildly happy in his heart, and he planned to make a breakthrough here and rush to the third level of True Condensation. Unfortunately, the spirit energy that made him feel extremely dense disappeared without a trace when he was hitting the third level of True Condensation.
“It’s been absorbed already?” Ning Cheng said with some disappointment, if there was very much of this kind of spiritual qi, who else could match his cultivation speed? This was still brought out by the gate opening a bit, once he entered inside this gate to cultivate, how powerful his cultivation speed would be, Ning Cheng simply dared not imagine. Unfortunately, this gate was already closed, and everything inside must have belonged to that white-haired old crone.
Feeling that his true essence was several times stronger than before, Ning Cheng’s kind of disappointment turned into happiness again.
It had been nearly three days since he had been cultivating outside, and the old crone had not come out after entering the gate. It looked like the old woman had lied to him again when she said that she would bring him back to Moze City in two or three days. Ning Cheng had no choice but to start refining the star river in his Purple Mansion.
The Star River had already recognized its master, and when Ning Cheng began to refine it, it was surprisingly extremely cooperative, and in just half a day’s time, Ning Cheng had completely refined it.
Only at this point did Ning Cheng know what the Star River actually was, it was a fire seed. Only after absorbing a large amount of flame, or a large amount of heat, could this fire seed break out of its shell and form a flame. Previously, it was because the Star River had sensed the Xuanhuang Pearl that it had taken the initiative to recognize Ning Cheng as its master.
With the Star River refined and without the kind of aura that could be absorbed, Ning Cheng pushed the gate with his hand and it did not move at all, it was extremely solid.
Ning Cheng looked around the gate again, and suddenly he saw four extremely small handwritings, Scorched and Immortal Mansion.
This was actually an immortal residence? Ning Cheng’s heart was shocked beyond belief, he believed that no one could possibly think that there was an Immortal Mansion underneath the Falling Thunder Scorching River. There were no legends about the Immortal Realm in the Yixing Continent, but he had heard about the Immortal Realm on Earth. Of course, that was a rumour from ancient China, and he never thought that he would actually see an immortal mansion now. Ning Cheng was not very sure if this Immortal Mansion, was the Immortal Mansion he had imagined, but he knew that the inside of this gate was definitely not ordinary.
Ning Cheng now fully understood why the old crone wanted to enter this gate, she wanted to refine this Immortal Mansion. Good Lord, this Immortal Mansion was going to be refined by her, how many things would she have to get?
Ning Cheng had just thought of this when an extreme danger came to him, Ning Cheng did not even think about it and quickly retreated. Immediately afterwards, he saw the originally closed door of the Immortal Mansion suddenly open, and the old woman who had entered the Immortal Mansion before was blasted out like a cannonball. The river water that had been imprisoned by the formation in front of the Immortal Mansion’s gate immediately flowed, and Ning Cheng sensed that he was being driven by the flowing river water, so he hurriedly ran his true essence to forcefully retreat.
The old woman had been blasted out, so it was obvious that the refinement had not been successful. Even though the old woman’s cultivation level was so strong, Ning Cheng did not even think about it and only knew how to rush towards the river at this moment. It was a good thing that the temperature of the river was no longer that icy cold, otherwise he would have died for sure.
“Boom ……”
A huge loud sound rushed past Ning Cheng. Ning Cheng’s was driven by this huge current, and was then taken flying out of the river at the fastest speed possible.
As he flew out of the river, he saw a black shadow rush from the river into the void and disappear in an instant.
Ning Cheng was rushed by this powerful impact and spurted out several mouthfuls of blood, and after he appeared on the surface of the river, he rushed to the shore at the first opportunity.
Lying on the shore, Ning Cheng took a breath. It was only after a long time that he saw the figure of the white-haired old woman emerge from an extreme distance.
The white haired old woman’s mouth was spilling blood and her clothes were torn and tattered, so Ning Cheng could clearly see that her exposed skin was incomparably white.
The first thing this old woman did was to strike a concealment ban, and when she came out of the ban again, she was back to her pale old self.
This time, however, there was a hint of true loss and exhaustion in her eyes.
Seeing this white-haired old crone come to herself, Ning Cheng climbed up with difficulty, coughed a few times and said, “Senior, what was that thing that washed away from the bottom of the river? I almost died on top of this thing, it was just too terrifying.”
The old woman sighed, “It’s useless for you to know, I can’t even refine it. Alas, it’s kind of a drag on you, let me send you back to Moze City.”
After saying that, the white-haired old crone seemed unwilling to say another word, and sacrificed her flying magic treasure, taking Ning Cheng back to the outskirts of Moze City at the fastest speed, before setting Ning Cheng down and saying, “I owe you one this time, I need to find a place to retreat, I will see you later.”
After greeting Ning Cheng casually, the old woman once again controlled the flying magic treasure and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Ning Cheng looked at the direction where the white-haired old crone had disappeared and sighed in his heart, this treasure had to be obtained by chance, fortunately his chance was not bad, he had obtained a fire seed first. While the white-haired old crone looked tired and lost, Ning Cheng did not believe that she had not obtained anything in the Immortal Mansion for a few days. Or perhaps she was greedy and still wasn’t satisfied despite having obtained many things.