After heeding Ning Cheng’s words and bringing him to the Sacred Domain of Light, Tong Hua left a communication bead with Ning Cheng and left alone.
Although the Brightness Sacred Domain had not built any city and did not appear to have any defensive protective formations on the surface, Ning Cheng sensed the Brightness Sacred Domain’s defensive formation as soon as he entered, only that this defensive formation was not opened.
Entering the Brightness Sacred Domain, Ning Cheng clearly felt that the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi here was denser than outside, and the rules of Heaven and Earth were even clearer.
When his divine sense swept out, there were all sorts of caves, workshops and commercial buildings everywhere ……
The Bright Sacred Domain was not built as a city on the surface, but its prosperity was no weaker than any of the sacred cities in the Tai Su Realm. Some of the places where crowds gathered were even comparable to the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven.
Through Tong Hua’s introduction and the directional jade slip given to him, Ning Cheng now also knew that the Bright Sacred Domain was just a collective name for all the Sacred Domains in the Bright Sky. There was also the First Sacred Domain in the Bright Sacred Domain, and the First Sacred Domain was the Sacred Lord Domain.
The Sacred Lord Domain was the place where the Sacred Lords of the Bright Sky lived, and this was where over 60% of the most powerful people in the entire Bright Sky gathered. It was not only the most prosperous place in the entire Bright Sky, it was also the place where the cultivation of divine Spirit Qi was the most dense.
By this time, Ning Cheng had already arrived at the boundaries of the Sacred Lord Domain, and he found a resting inn in a nearby workshop according to the location where Nong Xiewei lived. The resting inn was very ordinary, called the Nine Leaning Resting Inn. The only convenience was that it was close to Nong Xiyi’s cave.
Ning Cheng had only one purpose for coming here, and that was to prepare to visit Nong Ximu. Back then, Nong Ximu, as the number one expert of the Bright Sky, naturally lived in the best place in the Bright Sacred Domain. There was no better place in the Brightness Sacred Domain than the Sacred Lord Domain. After Nong Ximu’s fall, Nong Xifei had never left.
If Nong Ximu was willing to exchange with him, then it would be best, if not, he was prepared to make another kind of deal with Nong Ximu. He did not want the Dark Origin Pearl, as long as he could lend it to him to observe it.
There were so many jade slips for cultivation in the Light Sage Domain that Ning Cheng could easily purchase a bunch of them at the major markets and merchant buildings. To Ning Cheng’s regret, he did not find any introduction to this side of the universe. He did not even find a jade slip introducing this side of the universe, let alone finding a jade slip of the Face of the Universe.
Not to mention these jade slips, even the jade slip introduction of the Sacred Domain River, Ning Cheng had not found a few of them. The ones that he found were also similar to what Tong Hua had said, nothing special, which made Ning Cheng very disappointed.
For half a month in a row, Ning Cheng wandered around the market and sometimes went to an auction or two, but still got nothing.
After more than half a month of searching, Ning Cheng decided not to waste any more time. He was going to pay a visit to Nong Xiewei, and if he really couldn’t get the Origin Pearl, he planned to use this time to refine his techniques on his own, fuse the rules here first, and restore his cultivation level. As for the Five-coloured Split Star Square, that was naturally the last place to go.
The place where Nong Xiewei lived was not a busy place, but it wasn’t very remote either. On the outskirts of where she lived, there was a spacious avenue.
Ning Cheng was completely disappointed when he arrived at the entrance of the cave where Nong Xiyi lived, Nong Xiyi’s cave was completely closed. The outside of the cave was blocked by a powerful defensive ban, and even divine sense could not penetrate a single bit.
Not only did Nong Xiyi’s cave have the most powerful defensive array, there was also a warning inscription that said “Do not disturb in seclusion”.
If one wanted to go in and look for Nong Xifei, the only way was to break through this defence formation. As a cultivator, I guess no one would ignore such a warning and break into the cave. What’s more, this cave was in the Sacred Lord’s domain, so breaking in would be tantamount to death.
Ning Cheng was a bit lost as he slowly walked past Nong Xiyu’s cave with his head bowed, thinking in his heart about what method he could use to meet Nong Xiyu.
Ning Cheng’s speed was not fast, and several fast walking cultivators quickly overtook Ning Cheng and walked ahead of him. Ning Cheng didn’t care, there were a few people walking along this avenue even though there were few of them.
Just as Ning Cheng was about to turn around and go back, another figure hurried past him. However, Ning Cheng immediately noticed this figure this time, there was something wrong with this person’s aura.
Ning Cheng possessed the Xuanhuang Pearl and cultivated the Origin of Creation Technique, so he was extremely sensitive to the aura of the Origin Dao Rhythm in heaven and earth. What’s more, all the people he had come into contact with before were cultivators from this side of the universe.
Ning Cheng’s gaze fell on this person who had just passed by and without hesitation, he struck a divine thought imprint on this person.
Having been in this universe for over a year, Ning Cheng was familiar with the cultivation aura here. The aura of the five elemental attributes on this just-past cultivator did not come from this universe, but from the Five Elemental Universe World, just like him.
It was just that this person had been here for a long time, his cultivation level had completely recovered, and his cultivation level at this time should be at the late stage of the Mixed Element.
Ning Cheng still had to leave this universe, so naturally he would not let go of this guy who came from the same universe world as him. Ning Cheng did not chase after him, he had placed his divine sense imprint, even if this fellow ran far away, he could still find him. A late-Mixed Yuan Saint Emperor, he had not yet put it in his eyes.
He also did not touch the ban on Nong Xiewei’s cave and simply returned to the resting inn where he was staying.
Before Ning Cheng had even walked into the resting inn, he once again felt the divine sense imprint he had made approaching again. Obviously, the man whose divine sense mark he had made had walked past the door of Nong Xiyi’s cave and then came back.
This must be a plate treader, when Ning Cheng saw this man again at the market, he knew that this man must also have thoughts about the Dark Origin Pearl just like him.
What Ning Cheng didn’t expect was that this guy was staying at the same Rest Inn as him, also the Nine Leaning Rest Inn. This, on the contrary, made Ning Cheng not anxious, if this fellow was going to make a move against Nong Xiyu, he would naturally take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters as well.
His strength was still slightly weak, and Ning Cheng decided to raise his strength to Yudao before he did so.
Once he reached Yudao strength, as long as he fused the Darkness Rules, it would be a breeze for him to eat that late Mixed Yuan Saint Emperor.
Two days passed quickly, and on the third day, Ning Cheng once again sensed this fellow leaving the Rest Inn.
As Ning Cheng had expected, this fellow walked around again at the entrance of the cave where Nong Xiewei was staying and did not do any tampering.
As a month passed, Ning Cheng knew through side enquiries that this fellow was called Zhou Xing and had been living in the Nine Yielding Rest Inn for almost three months.
This guy was really able to hold back, living here for almost half a year just to step on the plate.
When the second month was about to pass, Ning Cheng recovered to the Yuk Dao realm.
When Ning Cheng got up from his cultivation, the first thing he did was to use his divine sense to penetrate into Zhou Xing’s room and search for his whereabouts. When Ning Cheng’s divine sense penetrated past the defensive prohibitions of Zhou Xing’s room and did not see him, he immediately stood up and then hurriedly left the Rest Inn.
He knew that Zhou Xing must be preparing to make his move, because when Zhou Xing usually left, his one white fox beast pet would be in the beast pet room, while this time his beast pet was not there.
Outside, the sky was grey and dull, and although the thick fog did not obstruct divine sense, not many people were willing to come out in such weather.
Ning Cheng reckoned that Zhou Xing had chosen the time long ago, otherwise it wouldn’t have been such a coincidence. In all the days he had come to the Bright Sacred Domain, he had never encountered this kind of grey and drizzly weather. The Bright Sacred Domain was normally bright and sunny, and there wasn’t even a single sun hanging in the sky.
After Ning Cheng walked out of the market at a brisk pace, he realised that it was not that no one was out in the market, but that too many people were out. The vast majority of people were gathered outside the cave where Nong Xifei was cultivating, the ban on Nong Xifei’s cave had surprisingly been broken long ago, and there were several strong people guarding outside Nong Xifei’s cave.
Could it be that this guy had already gotten it? This is unlikely. Regardless of Nong Xifei’s own strength, according to Tang Hua, it was impossible for an ordinary person to get his hands on him, let alone Zhou Xing who was only at the late stage of the Mixed Yuan. Ning Cheng had also visited Nong Xifei’s cave’s prohibitions, and even he could not easily break it in a short period of time.
“This friend, what has happened?” Ning Cheng walked over to a cultivator who was onlooker and asked in a low voice.
The cultivator swept a glance at Ning Cheng and said with a sigh, “Alas, treasures move people’s hearts. How much Senior Nong contributed to my Bright Sky back then, to think that there were still curmudgeons who made a move against his old man’s daughter ……”
Before this cultivator could finish his sentence, he found that Ning Cheng, who had just asked him about his words, had already disappeared.
At this moment, Ning Cheng had already left the Sacred Lord Domain, and the reason why he did not keep watch was because the trace of divine sense imprint that he had made was already disappearing far away.
This guy had really gotten his hands on it, how could a small Mixed Saint Emperor get his hands on it? Although Ning Cheng was rushing along, he was puzzled and confused in his heart.
Ning Cheng’s speed was extremely fast, and in just half a day, his divine sense had seen Zhou Xing. Zhou Xing was not injured in any way, but was constantly stalking.
Once Ning Cheng took a look at this fellow’s movements, he knew that this fellow was following someone.
He did not know if Zhou Xing had any extremely high grade storage treasures on him, Ning Cheng could still be certain that Zhou Xing had not obtained the Dark Origin Pearl.
Ning Cheng had never seen the Dark Origin Pearl and knew that if Zhou Xing had the Dark Origin Pearl on him, with his sensitivity to origin aura, he could definitely sense it. Unless Zhou Xing had a creation treasure of the same level as the Xuanhuang Pearl on him, in fact Ning Cheng guessed that was unlikely.
After another hour of tracking, Ning Cheng fully understood what was going on. Several black figures appeared under his divine sense and hurriedly vanished under the grey sky. In the middle of these several figures, there was a person holding a thin woman in his hand. The first time Ning Cheng felt the aura of the Dark Origin on that woman.
This woman was Nong Xiewei, and the group of figures holding her in their hands were the ones who had come to snatch the Dark Origin Pearl, Zhou Xing was just a step too late and could only follow her. Ning Cheng had made a judgement of the matter in this instant.
Ning Cheng also had to admire Zhou Xing’s guts in his heart, the guy who had grabbed Nong Xiewei’s cultivation level should have reached the early stage of the Harmonious Dao. Coupled with the many helpers beside him, how dare Zhou Xing, a late stage Hybrid, chase after him, he really did not have much guts.
However, Ning Cheng still had some doubts, according to what Tang Hua said, even if the other party had an early stage of Harmonious Dao, Nong Xiyiwei would not have been caught by breaking through the cave.