This short man was none other than the one Ning Cheng had met back when he was still on a mission in the Yixing Continent, when Ning Cheng was still in the Falling Rainbow Sword Sect and had received mission number seventeen. The location of this quest was on the battlefield where the two true kingdoms were fighting, and after entering the battlefield, Ning Cheng met numerous genius disciples who had been frozen in ice because of this quest, and also saw the House of Karma.
In the House of Cause and Effect, Ning Cheng scared Old Gas into letting go of all the disciples trapped by the ice pillars and also blackmailed Starry Sky Crystals from Old Gas. The reason why he was able to scare Old Gas was because he had performed the Gun Move No Trace, making Old Gas think that he was the reincarnation of a certain great power.
“Senior ……” The short man finally reacted, back then he had thought carefully about it after being scared back by Ning Cheng. Later, he was sure that he was overly concerned, Ning Cheng was definitely not the reincarnation of that great power. It was just that at that time, Ning Cheng’s strength was already very powerful. He was too busy recovering his strength and did not have the energy to seek revenge on Ning Cheng.
Now that he saw Ning Cheng in the Endless Void again, he was immediately certain that he had not guessed wrongly at first, Ning Cheng was undoubtedly the reincarnation of that predecessor. Otherwise it was impossible for him to reach this level so quickly, knowing that after he had entered the Void and found his place of hidden treasures, he had only recovered his cultivation quickly, but not at such a fast pace.
“Old gas, why are you always bullying people every time the young master sees you? These two people’s cultivation is so weak, is it interesting for you to bully them?” Ning Cheng swept his gaze at the two male cultivators being bullied by Old Gas and said heatedly.
These two male cultivators were crying in their hearts, little master, one of us is at the early stage of mixed element and the other is at half-step of mixed element, do you want people to live if you say our cultivation is so weak?
“Senior, I, I ……” The old gas, who was arrogant just now, was like a mouse meeting a cat in front of Ning Cheng at this moment, without any semblance of sharpness.
“Right, you have a big tripod, that one is good, bring it to me for a look.” Ning Cheng suddenly thought of the big tripod that the old gas had stored in back then.
When Old Gas heard Ning Cheng talk about the big tripod, his face suddenly changed and he even took a few steps back, stumbling over his words, “Senior, that big tripod, the big tripod is my original treasure ……”
As soon as Ning Cheng took a look at Old Gas, he knew that he was afraid that he would snatch the Great Cauldron and did not dare to take it out. Ning Cheng also did not know how strong the old gas really was, and it was not good to push this guy too hard, so he could only say, “Oh, then tell me, why did you recover your cultivation so quickly.”
Hearing that Ning Cheng was no longer talking about the Great Cauldron, Old Gas hurriedly replied in detail, “This is still a favor from senior, back when senior destroyed the Red Star Sword Sect, I occasionally obtained the Red Star Sword Sect’s Soul Cleansing Pool ……”
As soon as Ning Cheng heard Old Gas’s words, he knew that Old Gas had not obtained it by chance and must have coveted it for a long time. It was just that this fellow was afraid of the strength of the Red Star Sword Sect and had never dared to make a move. He went to destroy the Red Star Sword Faction, just in time to make it cheaper for Old Gas.
“I said how come I didn’t get any benefit from exterminating the Red Star Sword Sect back then, it turned out that you, the old thing, had snatched it away ……” Ning Cheng said in anger.
The old gas hurriedly bowed and explained, “Senior, the Soul Cleansing Pool that the junior obtained is only useful for the Yuan Shen soul, so there is not much use for senior to have it.”
“Senior ……” The two Saint Emperors who had been chided by Old Gas also came over and bowed to Ning Cheng. They could not see how powerful Ning Cheng was, but the old gas easily suppressed the two of them, and the old gas also called Ning Cheng senior, so they dared to act rudely there?
Ning Cheng waved his hand, Old Gas was bluffed by him, he could not reveal his horse. Old Gas was from a very unusual background, this time when he met this fellow, Ning Cheng still had many things to ask Old Gas, so it would be most appropriate for Old Gas to think that he was a senior.
“I casually tore through the void just now, I didn’t pay attention to the direction, what is this location?” Ning Cheng said in a loud voice. Completely unaware that he had blown this one out of proportion.
When Old Gas and the other two heard Ning Cheng’s words, their eyes instantly showed horror. Even if one was a Harmonious Dao Saint Emperor, one would not be able to tear the void at will at such a time. The void here was incomparably sturdy and not just anyone could tear it apart.
“Senior, this is the Heaven’s Beyond Void Domain.” The one who replied was the Hybrid Saint Emperor who had been chided by the old gas.
The Heavenly Void Domain beyond the sky? Ning Cheng hurriedly asked, “Then is there a Xuanhuang Heavenly Void Domain here?”
This Hybrid Saint Emperor was somewhat puzzled by Ning Cheng asking such a low-level question, but he still answered respectfully, “Back to senior, the Heavenly Void Domain and the Xuanhuang Heavenly Void Domain are two different things. The Xuanhuang Outer Heaven is a junction virtual city of several realms, and is very far away from the Heaven’s Beyond Void Domain. Because of the very important location of the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven, this place is also one of the most prosperous Void Cities.”
Ning Cheng was a little disappointed in his heart, but he still understood what this Hybrid Saint Emperor meant, which was that the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven was a gateway. If one wanted to enter another realm from one realm, one had to pass through the Xuanhuang Heavenly Outer Sky. Otherwise, one could only tear through the void realm with a supreme great divine power.
Ning Cheng was not sure about the other realms, but it suddenly occurred to Ning Cheng that if he occupied the Void Market that was the Xuanhuang Heaven Outer Sky, then wouldn’t cultivators from other realms who wanted to enter the Five Tai Realms, or cultivators from the Five Tai Realms who wanted to enter other realms, would they all have to go through his consent?
Thinking of this, Ning Cheng suddenly thought of the deal that Daoist Lord Knight Kin Shing of the Tai Chu Dao Court had made with him. Li Jiancheng wanted to ask him to set up teleportation arrays that spanned several realms, and after he said that he was unable to complete it, he then said that he only needed him to set up teleportation arrays in places where the realms were adjacent to each other.
What other places are adjacent to the realms, apart from the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven? It turned out that Li Jiancheng wanted him to set up a teleportation array from the Primordial Realm to the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven, and then set up another teleportation array from the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven to another realm.
It seems that Li Jiancheng’s intentions are not small, and what this guy is doing is dangerous. If he fails to plan for another realm and provokes a great power to come over, I’m afraid that the Five Tai Realms will all suffer along with him. If this guy really wants him to set up a teleportation array in a realm adjacent to the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven, he should be more careful.
“What are your names?” Ning Cheng decided to take his time and ask about the situation in the Void Realm of the Outer Heaven in order to not let the other party see that he knew nothing.
“Junior Xi Jupan.” The Saint Emperor at the early stage of the Mixed Origin replied with a bow, he was quite fit, if it wasn’t for that short hair, throwing him into the crowd it would have been unremarkable at all.
The half-step Mixed Yuan who was following Xi Jupan also hurriedly bowed and said, “Junior Jin Yang Mu Wu.”
Apart from his name, which was a bit odd, Jin Yang Mu Wu had a square face and a medium build, which was just as unimpressive.
When the old gas saw Ning Cheng’s gaze fall on him, he hurriedly stepped forward and said carefully, “Junior Stiff Zhong ……”
Ning Cheng nodded, “Old Gas, you have an even worse name. I didn’t hear it clearly and thought you were a zombie.”
The old gas better have a little face, hearing Ning Cheng’s words, his face turned red, “Senior, junior has another nickname, called Ping Ding Da Di ……”
What stiff Zhong, Ping Ding Emperor or whatever, Ning Cheng had not heard of any of them.
On the contrary, when Xi Jupan heard these words, he immediately let out a shocked voice, “Senior, you are the Ping Ding Emperor?”
The old gas grunted, “What, could it be that you think that my Ping Ding cultivation is far from recovered and you dare to doubt it?”
“I dare not, junior has met Great Emperor Ping Ding.” Xi Jupan replied even more respectfully.
Not only Xi Jupan, but Jin Yang Mu Wu who was following Xi Jupan also hurriedly bowed and saluted. Ning Cheng was equally shocked in his heart, the old gas was now in the middle stage of the mixed element and was still far from recovered, what cultivation level was this fellow? Could it be that he was a strong person in the third step of the Dao of Evidence?
“Ping Ding Emperor, that name sounds very imposing.” Ning Cheng said with a hum to the side.
Only then did the old gas remember that there was an existence beside him with even more terrifying origins than him, he hurriedly said with a smile, “This point of cultivation of the junior is like a firefly comparing to the white moon in front of senior, it is not worth mentioning, it is not worth mentioning ……”
Ning Cheng waved his hand, “I can only vaguely remember some skinny things from the past, when the time comes, you have to remind me properly, the benefits will be less for you.”
“Yes, stiff Zhong remembers.” The old gas hurriedly answered once again, he had some more doubts in his heart. He could not tell Ning Cheng’s true cultivation level, but his apparent strength was already half-step mixed element. Plus, Ning Cheng could even tear through the realm void here, with his cultivation restored to such a degree, how could there be many things that he could not remember? It wasn’t right to only remember some of the skinny ones.
The old gas had doubts in his heart, but he didn’t dare to ask out.
Ning Cheng ignored Old Gas as he turned his head to Xi Jupan and said, “I want to go to the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven for a look, it’s just that I’m not very familiar with this place, how about you help me lead the way?”
Xi Jupan hurriedly replied, “It is an honour for me to lead the way for senior. Although this place is very far from the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven, it is nevertheless not very far from the Heavenly Alliance Star. The Heavenly Alliance Star was the largest holy city in the Void Domain of the Outer Heaven, and this planet was made up of a single city. Not only does it have a transmission array to the major realms, it also has the prestigious Heavenly Alliance Dao Tower.”
“The Heavenly Alliance Dao Tower? This I do know.” The old gas seemed to have heard something he was familiar with, and said with a heated smile of triumph.
Ning Cheng frowned for a moment and said in a pretentious manner, “I also have some vague impressions of this Heavenly Alliance Dao Tower, just how come I can’t remember it?”
After thinking about it for half a day, Ning Cheng pointed at the old gas, “You tell me about the Heavenly Alliance Dao Tower, tell me in more detail so that I can enhance my memory a bit.”
Old Gas did not dare to go against Ning Cheng’s words, so he had to explain, “The Heavenly Alliance Dao Tower has a total of eighteen levels, in which each level has a function, either to condense divine abilities, or to sense dao thoughts, or to attain an epiphany of a higher realm. Any cultivator who can ascend to the ninth floor or higher of the Heavenly Alliance Dao Tower will have supreme rewards. Moreover, at the top of the Heavenly Alliance Dao Tower, a drop of cosmic true marrow will condense every hundred million years, and the value of this true marrow is unparalleled. Just as I saw senior’s state back then, as soon as he took a drop of Cosmic True Marrow, he would immediately recover to the late stage of Mixed Yuan.”
Ning Cheng was secretly shocked in his heart, this Cosmic True Marrow was a little too heaven defying, right?