Ning Cheng turned back to look at the person who had grabbed something from him, and when he saw clearly who this person was, his scalp suddenly tingled.
Very tall in stature and pale, wasn’t he the demon that Lan Shu had spoken of? How could this beast in his eyes come here to fight with him for the Qiankun Cauldron?
No, Ning Cheng immediately reacted. He had not found this person when he had come here just now. This person had come after him, which meant that this person had come specifically for him.
To think that the other party, an expert of such power, would not be able to snatch a top grade defensive spirit artifact from him? The first time Ning Cheng knew that this person should have come for Lan Shu.
After Lan Shu saw this person for the first time, she withdrew her gaze out of fear at that moment and then took him on a hasty detour back to the Dragon Phoenix Academy. It was definitely Lan Shu’s unusual actions that had made this man suspicious, he just didn’t know why he hadn’t looked for Lan Shu at that time and had actually found himself after so many days.
What a powerful fellow, for him, Lan Shu, a stranger who became frightened of him and then immediately left, was still caught by him and he could still remember what he looked like after so long. Mind you, at the time he had only swept the man up and the man hadn’t even looked at him.
These thoughts only swiftly passed through Ning Cheng’s mind, and soon Ning Cheng had come back to his senses. He did not give this Qiankun Cauldron to this pale faced fellow, if he did so, it would show that he and Lan Shu were scornful of him, and perhaps he would become even more aggressive in his search for Lan Shu.
The fact that he didn’t go looking for Lan Shu meant that he didn’t react at that time, which was why he didn’t follow him and Lan Shu on the spot. Since he didn’t follow them at that time. That means he didn’t know that Lan Shu was living in Longfeng Academy. As long as Lan Shu didn’t come out, or didn’t use her original costume when she did. This person wouldn’t necessarily be able to recognise Lan Shu.
Thinking that this person should have thought that something was wrong only afterwards, Ning Cheng’s heart was greatly settled as he deliberately frowned and said, “Friend, you hadn’t opened your mouth when I said I wanted it. You have been here for such a long time and have not purchased this Qiankun Cauldron, but when I did. It’s hard to say that you are from this shop? Deliberately colluding to raise the price?”
Ning Cheng was not making this up, the Spiritual Treasure House held a magic treasure exhibition to get people to bid on the same item. It was not impossible to find someone to deliberately compete with a buyer for the same item.
When he heard Ning Cheng’s words, the fellow in charge of selling the magic treasures in this area hurriedly complained, “Don’t talk nonsense, this friend, just now he also said that the customer who wanted the Qiankun Tripod was not from my Spiritual Treasure House. My Spiritual Treasure House is fair and impartial and has never done anything crooked.”
The pale faced man sneered and said, “I want to buy this Qiankun Tripod openly and honestly, but it is you who dare not come to buy something openly and honestly.”
As soon as Ning Cheng heard these words, he understood that the other party had already seen that he was a disguised one, and his heart was filled with hours of work. He wondered if this person had seen that Lan Shu was disguised.
However, he thought that he should not have seen it, there was still a little distance between then and this fellow did not care about Lan Shu at that time. Or maybe he just remembered afterwards that something was wrong, and probably couldn’t see that Lan Shu was disguised.
“Since this thing is in the showroom, it’s open for bidding. You said you were here first, so you should bid the price.” Ning Cheng said in an aggressive manner.
“Right, right. Since everyone has their eyes on it, let the bidding begin.” The mate reacted very quickly at this time and immediately began to encourage Ning Cheng and this pale faced man to bid against each other.
The pale faced man swept a glance at Ning Cheng and casually said, “I’ll bid 800,000 spirit stones.”
As long as Ning Cheng dared to add one spirit stone, he would immediately excuse himself to find trouble with Ning Cheng and take him away. It was too easy to find an excuse.
Ning Cheng suddenly asked politely to the fellow, “May I ask if you can recycle a medium-grade spirit weapon that I just purchased from you, now that I don’t have enough spirit stones?”
The fellow said with a leathery smile, “It is possible to recycle it, but you need to take a discount.”
“But I haven’t used it yet, I haven’t even refined it.” Ning Cheng said unjustly.
The fellow still smiled and said, “Then there is no way out, this is the rule of our Spiritual Treasure House.”
“In that case, then forget it, I only have 600,000 spirit stones on me combined, I was going to press the price a bit, but now I have to do without.” Ning Cheng finished with a sad face and turned around to quickly go downstairs.
The people around them laughed loudly, obviously laughing at Ning Cheng’s tiger head and snake tail.
The pale faced man did not expect Ning Cheng to not even add a single spirit stone and directly let himself have it, and immediately frowned. He casually threw out a storage bag and said, “This is eight hundred thousand spirit stones, give me the item in a hurry.”
“Yes, yes ……” The fellow hurriedly put the spirit stones away, then took out the Qiankun Tripod and wrapped it up and delivered it to the pale faced man.
The pale faced man grabbed the item and quickly rushed out of the Spiritual Treasure Building, and when he thought Ning Cheng was going to make a hasty escape, he found that Ning Cheng was walking unhurriedly with an old man. And that old man’s cultivation level was surprisingly not inferior to his, he instantly slowed down his steps, while wondering to himself, “Could it be an illusion?”
But whether it was an illusion or not, he had already decided that he would take Ning Cheng away to ask him about it before killing him. His rule of thumb was that he could do wrong and never give up half a doubt.
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“This senior must be among my Nine Continents Cultivator Army.” Ning Cheng caught up with the old man speaking in a respectful tone, while carrying a hint of respect.
“You recognize me?” The old man gave Ning Cheng a puzzled look, Ning Cheng was only at the cultivation level of Zhuyuan and had also disguised himself, but he was sure that he had no impression of Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng hurriedly said with trepidation, “My junior is just a young capital in the Jia Continent’s cultivator army, because my junior felt a vast and righteous aura from senior, exactly the kind of fearless and righteous aura of a cultivator army commander. I have admiration in my heart, and I have come to say a few words of greeting, as well as to express my respect.”
The old man was so delighted by Ning Cheng’s words that he even forgot about Ning Cheng’s disguise and nodded his head, saying
“Not bad, you do have a few points of vision. However, those who come out of my Nine Continents Cultivator Army all have this kind of haughty aura about them, so it is normal for you to recognise this marshal. You are a young capital in the Jiazhou Cultivators’ Army, I guess you are also here to participate in the Rule Road?”
Ning Cheng, a Zhuyuan cultivator, had come to speak to him on his own initiative, and his tone was a little trembling with excitement, so it must have been because of admiration no doubt, the old man didn’t think much of it.
How could he know that Ning Cheng had already taken a glance at him, when Ning Cheng had just come down from the boat, he had seen a group of 郏洲統将 cautiously following behind him, such as Kong Peng Peng. Ning Cheng guessed that this old man would not notice him at that time, and even if he did, now that he had changed his appearance, he might not be able to tell the difference.
“Yes, yes, my junior is precisely here to participate in the Rule Road. My ruling general told me to make sure to disguise myself when I go out and turn around at Dragon Phoenix City, lest I teach those so-called great sect disciples a lesson and be found by them.” Speaking at the back, Ning Cheng scratched his head with some embarrassment, “So junior also disguised himself, but after going around for half a day, he didn’t clash with any disciples of the great sects.”
Although he said it coyly under his breath, Ning Cheng secretly despised it in his heart, the Nine Continents cultivators who served the army still all had a hoary spirit, just pull back.
“Haha ……” The old man laughed loudly, “Interesting, this ruling general of yours is really interesting. The boat of the rule road is coming soon, you and I will go together to Longfeng Square to board the boat.”
Ning Cheng was overjoyed in his heart, he had been talking for half a day asking for these words, now that the old man had said it, he hastily and respectfully responded, “Many thanks Lord Commander, it is an honor for the junior.”
The pale faced man in the distance finally stopped stalking, he made it clear that Ning Cheng and the old man were in a very familiar relationship. Although he did not know why, he was certain that he could not move Ning Cheng, at least for now. Even if he were to move, he would have to wait until Ning Cheng appeared alone.
Unfortunately, he did not know that when Ning Cheng appeared alone again, it would already be after he had come out from the Rule Road.
Ning Cheng followed the old man all the way to Dragon and Phoenix Square, and he immediately knew that he was already safe. That pale faced devil, even if he was even more bullish, would not dare to play a bully in Dragon and Phoenix Square.
This old man must be a high ranking person in the cultivator army, it would be inappropriate to continue following him instead, so once he reached the square, Ning Cheng hurriedly bowed and said, “Thank you Lord Commander for allowing junior to follow over, junior has benefited greatly, now junior is going to gather over at the Jia Continent Army.”
The old man nodded, “Well, you are very good, you can talk and you have a straightforward personality. I hope you can come out of the rule path and live up to your commanding general.”
Ning Cheng laughed in his heart, this Commander-in-Chief was also interesting, just by patting him on the back a few times, he felt he was straightforward. It looked like even if one had cultivated to a very high level, they still liked it when people said good things.
Ning Cheng had long since seen Kong Pengpeng milling around anxiously there, and knowing that he was waiting for him, he hurried over and transmitted his voice, “General Kong, I offended a powerful fellow from a great sect in Dragon Phoenix City, so I have disguised myself.”
Only then did Empty Peng Peng see Ning Cheng, with a single word from Ning Cheng, he had understood Ning Cheng’s plight, exchanged a look with Ning Cheng, then walked over to Ning Cheng’s side and shoved a jade token into Ning Cheng’s hand and transmitted a voice, “I can only go here, when the ship to Rule Road comes, you can board the ship yourself and use this identity jade token to enter Rule Road. Every five years, I will come to Dragon Phoenix City and wait for you. Inside the Rule Road, you take care of yourself.”
“Many thanks, General.” Ning Cheng was still grateful to Empty Pengpeng in his heart, without Empty Pengpeng, he would not have been able to come to Le Continent, let alone go to the Rule Road. Empty Pengpeng had a straightforward personality and was a friend worth making.
Ning Cheng was tempted to entrust Empty Pengpeng with some things in his hands to bring to Meng Jingxiu, but once he thought of that old mother of Meng Jingxiu, Ning Cheng decided to forget about it. As for entrusting Empty Pengpeng to bring a letter to Lan Shu, Ning Cheng also chose to give up after thinking about it for a while. Lan Shu knew what was important, if she didn’t bring the letter, it was fine, but once she did, she might even be exposed. Besides, if he saw Lan Shu, he would not give up his life.
After handing the jade token to Ning Cheng, Empty Pengpeng immediately walked away and took the initiative to go and talk to the rest of the commanders. Apparently he also knew that offending any random disciple of a large sect in Le Continent was not a good thing. Once Ning Cheng was discovered, he would not necessarily be able to set things right.