“The Shallow Cloud Villa is within the boundaries of the Lucid Dao Court, and we can fly from here for about ten days to Jie Lei Sacred Dao City. From Jie Lei Sacred Dao City, we can teleport directly to Wuting Sacred Dao City, and then fly from Wuting Sacred Dao City for three days, and then we can enter the range of Ashy Cloud Villa.” Xi Xi said after estimating some of Ning Cheng’s airship speed.
“It won’t take that many days.” Ning Cheng directly sacrificed the Starry Sky Wheel after he finished speaking.
The speed of the Starry Sky Wheel was more than several times faster than the speed of the airship Ning Cheng was using now, and just as Ning Cheng had said, it only took him and Xi Xi three days for the two of them to arrive at the Jie Lei Sacred Dao City and then take the transmission array from the Jie Lei Sacred Dao City to the Wuting Sacred Dao City.
The Jie Lei Sacred Dao City was at the edge of the Liuyuan Dao Court and was similar to the Yuan Yuan Sacred Dao City, which was not very lively. However, Wuting Sacred Dao City is a very important Sacred Dao City in the Liuyou Dao Court, not only are there many cultivators coming and going, there are also many strong people living here.
“Brother Ning, the City Lord of Wuting Sacred Dao City, Liu Fangzhen, is extremely strong. And back then, the slaughter of the Taiyi Ancient Giant Clan had Liu Fangzhen in it. This person is decisive in killing, and if it wasn’t for sister Xi’er back then, big brother Pan Qian would have been killed by him.” After coming out of the transmission array of Wuting Sacred Dao City, Xi’er carefully transmitted a voice to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng understood what Xie Xie meant and gave her a reassuring look, “We will leave here immediately and not go to the City☆.”
“Xixi ……” Before Ning Cheng and Xixi had even stepped out of the city gate ban, an abrupt voice called out.
The one who called out to Xixi was a late stage Yudao man, slightly thin in stature, the Dao rhythm aura on his body was not only strong but also carried a harsh sharpness, at a glance he knew that he was a character who had lived on the edge of life and death all year round.
“Senior Brother Yuan. Why are you here?” Xi Xi also recognised the man in front of her. She asked in a startled voice.
After saying that. She immediately introduced herself to Ning Cheng, “Big Brother Ning, this is Senior Brother Yuan Ji, we once teamed up together to try out for the Underground Abyss.”
Yuan Ji obviously did not care about Ning Cheng, and only nodded casually with Ning Cheng before staring at Xi Xi in disbelief, “Xi Xi, back then, you and I were both in the middle stage of the Nurtured Dao. Even your base was a little stronger than mine, how did you become like this now? We haven’t seen you since that time in the Underground Abyss, where did you go?”
Far from her words Xi Xi understood how, after ten thousand years had passed, your cultivation level had dropped instead of rising, and you had gone from Yudao to Shaping Dao.
Xi Xi’s eyes dimmed as she said in a low voice, “That time I met with danger and almost fell in the underground abyss. Plus I had some things happen to me over the years. It caused the cultivation to drop. By the way, do you and Zhang Chu, Wen Ze and the others still go to the Underground Abyss often?”
Farhex shook his head. “Wen Ze fell a long time ago, and something happened to the Underground Abyss afterwards, I heard that there was a problem with the blood pillar that suppressed the demons in the Underground Abyss ……”
Hearing that the blood pillar had problems, Xi Xi asked eagerly, “What happened afterwards? What happened now?”
Far-qi looked at Xi Xi with some confusion, but still explained, “After the problem with the subterranean abyss suppressed demonic creatures, Taiyi strongmen entered the subterranean abyss again to forcefully suppress it. Now the underground abyss is not allowed to enter, as for how exactly, I have not gone down there again. Wen Ze, who was teamed up with us, fell because the underground abyss had problems suppressing the blood pillar.”
Seeing XiXi fall silent, YuanHui said again, “XiXi, why don’t you and I go to the Ice Forest Floating Island? Although it’s a bit more dangerous there, it’s better than having enough divine spiritual energy, and I’m sure you’ll be able to recover your cultivation in no time.”
“I won’t go, thank you, Senior Brother Yuan.” Xi Xi hastily refused.
“I can’t, your cultivation has regressed so much, if you don’t work harder, there’s no telling what will happen in the end.” Yuan Ji hurriedly said.
Ning Cheng looked at Xixi with suspicion, as Yuan Ji said this, could it be that he and Xixi were very close and not just normal teammates of the group?
Xixie was also slightly puzzled, she and Yuan Ji were only teammates, although they were considered friends before, they were not yet up to the level of caring about each other’s cultivation.
As soon as Ning Cheng looked at XiXi’s expression, he knew that XiXi and YuanHui did not have such a good relationship, YuanHui seemed to be a little too enthusiastic.
Yuan Ji also realized that he was a little too enthusiastic and said with a sigh, “Back then, the four of us teamed up and tried out in the Underground Abyss together, helping each other out. Now Zhang Chu has gone somewhere and Wen Ze has fallen in the underground abyss, it’s sad to think about it. Now that I see you, with your cultivation level falling at the Dao-shaping realm, I feel very sad in my heart.”
When Xi Xi heard Yuan Ji say this, she was instantly relieved, Yuan Ji’s words also evoked some sadness in her, and she likewise sighed, “Senior Brother Yuan, I do have some things to do, and after these things are done, I will perhaps go to the Ice Forest Floating Island.”
Seeing that Xi Xi had said so, Yuan Ji could not say anything else, and could only leave communication messages with Xi Xi to each other, before sending Ning Cheng and Xi Xi away from Wuting Sacred Dao City.
“Are you familiar with this Yuan Ji?” Only after the Starry Sky Wheel had moved away from Wuting Sacred Dao City did Ning Cheng then ask Xixi.
Xi Xi shook her head, “No, we were just in a group together before, I guess he was the only one left of the four of us back then, so he had some emotions in his heart.”
“Then would you have been in Wuting Sacred Dao City before?” Ning Cheng asked again.
Xi Xi nodded, “Yes, because the Wuting Sacred Dao City was suitable for me to cultivate. Plus, it’s close to the Shallow Cloud Villa, so I can often return to the Villa for a visit.”
Ning Cheng had some suspicions that Yuan Hei had purposely stayed in Wuting Sacred Dao City to wait for Xi Xi, but he was only guessing at such things. Waiting for ten thousand years, that was a legend. If there was a real version of waiting 10,000 years, Ning Cheng still had some doubts. Unless he had something to do with waiting for Xi Xi, and the fact that he had seen Xi Xi, he had only invited her to the Ice Forest Floating Island, and had not said anything about it.
……
In less than a day’s time, Ning Cheng and Xi Xi appeared outside the Shallow Cloud Villa. This place was indeed a cultivation triumph, surrounded by green mountains and water, and the divine spiritual qi was in no way weaker than that of Wuting Sacred Dao City. There were still some faint shadows of buildings and pavilions in the forbidden system of the Shallow Cloud Villa.
“Big brother Ning, this is the confines of the Shallow Cloud Villa. Ever since sister Xi’er let me leave and prepare for my reincarnation, every time I’ve just looked outside, I’ve never ……”
Xi’er’s words suddenly stalled, and then her face changed.
As soon as Ning Cheng came here, he knew that there were people in the Shallow Cloud Villa. He was still puzzled in his heart, according to reason, Xi’er had even called Xixi away, there would not be anyone living in here. Now that Xi’er’s face had changed, Ning Cheng knew that it should be a turtledove, someone had really taken over this place by force.
“How could someone come in and live here?” XiXi muttered.
Ning Cheng asked in puzzlement, “The Shallow Cloud Villa is all empty, so it should be a masterless place, right? Since it’s a masterless place, is there a problem with other people coming in to live here?”
Xi Xi shook her head, “There are indeed many masterless places in the Taiyi Realm, but the Shallow Cloud Villa is not. The fact is that this is a private place belonging to sister Xi’er. This kind of place is protected by the Daoist Court unless Sister Xi’er gives it to someone else of her own accord.”
After saying this, Xi’er looked at Ning Cheng expectantly, obviously she was eager for Ning Cheng to take the decision, preferably to take back the Shallow Cloud Villa.
Ning Cheng was silent for a long time before saying, “Xi Xi, whether or not the Shallow Cloud Villa can be recaptured is actually of secondary importance. Even if we can retake it, we can’t move now. Once we make a move now, then others will immediately know about it. This is bad for us to go to the underground abyss to look for Xi’er, since someone will use Xi’er to suppress the underground demons, that person will keep an eye on the Shallow Cloud Villa, my idea is to find an excuse to go in after disguising ourselves.”
XiXi understood that Ning Cheng was right and could only do so, in fact, even going in after disguising herself was not a good idea. But XiXi was indeed anxious, she didn’t know what kind of damage would be done to sister Xi’er’s residence.
……
A day later, the ban outside the Asahiyun Villa was touched and Ning Cheng disguised himself as a middle-aged man standing outside the ban.
Ning Cheng waited for half a column of incense before the restriction was opened, and appearing inside the restriction was a yellow-bearded old man who stared at Ning Cheng and did not speak.
Ning Cheng frowned slightly and said with a cupped fist, “This fellow Daoist, please, I am Yin Xi’s brother, Yin Cheng.”
“You have found the wrong place, there is no Yin Xi here.” After the old man finished speaking, he was about to beat the ban up again.
Without waiting for the old man to strike the ban up, Ning Cheng stepped forward and forced himself into the ban, asking with a sober face, “My sister Yin Xi has always been at the Shallow Cloud Villa, how can you say there is none? What the hell is going on?”
“You dare to rush into a private cave?” The old man’s face instantly turned cold and stern, his aura spilling out around him as he spoke.
It was just that he was only a Dao-shaping cultivator and did not dare to do anything to Ning Cheng yet, so he was only doing this to scare Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng had heard from Yin Xi that in the Liu Dao Pavilion, any intrusion into a private cave was considered to be a serious provocation. In order to strengthen the cohesion and ruling power of the Daoist Court, once such things were discovered, they were all killed without mercy.
In other words, if Ning Cheng’s current behaviour was known to the Dao Pavilion, he would definitely be killed.
“It’s your private cave? How come I didn’t know about it? The Shallow Cloud Villa belongs to Xi’er, Yin Xi is with Xi’er, and I have been here several times, yet I have never heard of this place becoming someone else’s.” Ning Cheng sneered, and his aura pressed towards the other party.
Sure enough, a trace of consternation flashed across this old man’s face after hearing Ning Cheng’s words, and for a moment, he actually did not find the words to refute Ning Cheng.
On the contrary, Ning Cheng was a little surprised, as he thought that this man should have been allowed by the Dao Court if he dared to live in the Shallow Cloud Villa. Since it was allowed, then when he said that the Ashy Cloud Villa belonged to Xi’er, the other party should have refuted. Once the other party refuted, Ning Cheng would be able to know if the Shallow Cloud Villa was put out by the Daoist Court again, and also if there was a shadow of the Daoist Court in the ground that Xiyi’er was nailed to.
“I’m really sorry, when we lived here, we didn’t know that there was a master here. If the owner comes back, we can always move out.” A crisp voice came out, followed by a woman in a long sky blue dress walking over.