Yan Ji of Qingxia Academy? Ning Cheng was puzzled in his heart, he had never heard of this academy, let alone had any friendship with it, why was this Yan Ji speaking for him? This Yan Ji was also like the purple-skirted woman, wearing a veil, from her bright and beautiful eyes Ning Cheng could tell that this woman would definitely not be worse than the purple-skirted woman. Probably, like the purple-skirted woman, she was also a little too pretty and had to use a veil to cover her face.
“Senior Sister Ji, this man spoke so badly to a woman, I couldn’t hear it, that’s why ……” The purple-skirted woman obviously knew Yan Ji, and when she heard Yan Ji fight against her, she hurriedly explained at the side.
The woman in the purple dress directly interrupted the words of the woman in the purple dress and said in a light voice, “Senior sister Ru Xue, I was here just now and I also saw it very clearly, there is no need for you to tell me this. Everyone’s eyes represent the window of their heart, although it’s the same thing, it’s just that we see different things.”
Nalan Ruxue’s words were interrupted by Yan Ji, slightly uncomfortable in her heart, but she did not say any more. Seeing this, Que Penghai could not afford to continue to look for trouble with Ning Cheng, so he could only smile awkwardly and return to his squad.
“Haha, Senior Sister Ru Xue and Senior Sister Yan Ji are known as the Parallel Lotus of Le Continent and are excellent bosom friends, why be unpleasant over an unrelated person.” A laughing voice broke the silence, but made Nalan Ruxue even more embarrassed. She and Yan Ji were both stunningly beautiful, and were known as the Parallel Lotus of Le Zhou, but Yan Ji and she had completely different codes of conduct. They had always known each other, but had never been friends, let alone bosom friends.
Ning Cheng noticed that the man who was laughing was a handsome young looking man, not only handsome but also with a cultivation level of the eighth level of Xuan Dan, which could be said to be one of the highest cultivation levels here. However, Ning Cheng knew very well in his heart about this man’s words, that this man was actually sowing discord when he spoke well. Through these words, he was deliberately stirring up the gap between Yan Ji and the purple-skirted woman.
Originally, the two might only have a slight disagreement, but because of this man’s words, more unhappiness might arise in their hearts. Even if both of them knew that this man was provoking them, there would still be some gap in their hearts towards each other.
Yan Ji and the purple-skirted woman really ignored this handsome male cultivator’s words, and the purple-skirted woman simply kept her mouth shut, while Yan Ji walked towards Ning Cheng’s side.
“This senior brother please, I am Yan Ji of the Le Continent Qingxia Eight Star Academy.” Yan Ji walked up to Ning Cheng and politely clasped his fist in greeting.
At this moment, even the surrounding cultivators looked at Yan Ji with suspicion, Yan Ji and Nalan Ruxue were known together as the Parallel Lotus of Le Continent and were extremely arrogant people. How could such an arrogant person take the initiative to greet such an unattractive cultivator like Ning Cheng?
Ning Cheng was now dressed as a slim older man in his thirties, with a dusty look on his face, and at a glance, he was not from any big clan.
“Your cultivation level is higher than mine, I should be the one to call you senior sister.” Ning Cheng hurriedly said, in his heart he was equally confused as to why Yan Ji had helped him and had to look for him to greet him.
Yan Ji smiled faintly, “In my opinion cultivation is only temporary, or one day you will have already transformed into a tripod and I will still be lingering in Xuan Liquid. If you use your cultivation to suppress others, you will one day be suppressed by others with their cultivation. To me, if you are older than me, you are a senior brother.”
Hearing these words, Ning Cheng was greatly impressed with Yan Ji. Yan Ji’s words were a squeeze on Que Penghai, and the bird-like manner in which Que Penghai had spoken just now had long irked Ning Cheng in his heart.
Que Penghai’s face was ugly, but he could not directly retort.
“I have not yet asked for Senior Brother’s name, where is it from?” Seeing that Ning Cheng had not taken the initiative to introduce himself, Yan Ji asked one more question.
Ning Cheng had no choice but to say, “My name is Cheng Xiao Ning, I’m just a casual cultivator who was spotted by a general of the Cultivator Army a few years ago and brought into the army. I also picked up the quota for the Rule Road this time, and the general saw that my comprehension ability was okay, so he let me come and participate in the Rule Road.”
Ning Cheng’s words immediately caused the people next to him to laugh lightly, a person in his thirties was still at the cultivation level of Zhuyuan, so he could not really claim that his comprehension ability was still okay.
Yan Ji, however, said without a care, “Because there are Yixing Sea cultivators entering the Rule Road this time, the Rule Road is definitely full of dangers inside. Senior Brother Cheng can join our group if he doesn’t mind.”
While Que Penghai was looking for trouble, Ning Cheng was already thinking about how to escape from being chased after entering the Rule Road in the first place. He was not afraid of Hang Jiaojiao, but that Que Penghai was a XuanDan cultivator. He was definitely no match for a XuanDan cultivator he was facing right now.
“Thank you, Senior Sister Ji, I am willing to join your group.” Ning Cheng hurriedly thanked him, with his current cultivation level, Yan Ji was obviously inviting him to join the group in order to help him. Yan Ji’s motives were definitely different from Hang Jiao Jiao’s, as for why Yan Ji wanted to help him, he didn’t quite understand it yet.
The purple-skirted woman’s face turned ugly when she heard that Yan Ji had not only blocked her from taking on Ning Cheng, but had also directly invited Ning Cheng to join the group. It was just that she was wearing a veil at this time, so no one else could see it.
When Yan Ji heard Ning Cheng’s consent, she was even more enthusiastic as she introduced herself to Ning Cheng, “My group is formed by me and Senior Brother Yu Ang from Qingxia Academy. Let me introduce the rest to you ……”
After Yan Ji’s introduction, Ning Cheng realized that even Wu Zhemao, who had the lowest cultivation level, was at the ninth level. The one with the highest cultivation level was Yu Ang, the third level of Xuan Dan. The rest of the group, Shi Liqun, was at the sixth level of Xuan Liquid, Yan Xin was at the ninth level of Xuan Liquid, and Hua Hong was at the fourth level of Xuan Liquid. There were also two female cultivators, Huo Miaojing, who was at the seventh level of Xuan Liquid, and Ji Tingting, who was at the first level of Xuan Liquid.
Apart from Yan Ji, only Wu Zemao, who was at the ninth level of Yuan Building, was still polite to Ning Cheng. The others all merely nodded their heads.
Ning Cheng knew that these people nodded to him for the sake of Yan Ji, otherwise they would not have paid any attention to him, a fourth level Yuan Building cultivator.
When Hang Jiao Jiao saw Yan Ji stand up for Ning Cheng, she knew that she could only resign herself to her fate after being scolded for rolling. She took the opportunity to thank Que Penghai and joined Que Penghai’s squad.
Ning Cheng laughed coldly in his heart as he watched, letting this woman join the squad, hoping that this Que Penghai would still have some bone scraps left in the end.
……
The ripples caused by Ning Cheng did not expand, and in the end, the wind and waves were calm because of Yan Ji’s outburst. Just when Ning Cheng was still wondering why Yan Ji was helping him, he suddenly received a voice transmission from Yan Ji: “Senior Brother Cheng, are you still wondering why I am helping you?”
Was this woman a demon? How could she know what was in her mind, Ning Cheng subconsciously stared at Yan Ji for a while.
Yan Ji gave Ning Cheng a friendly nod and continued to transmit her voice, “I helped you because I don’t like this Hang Jiao Jiao, when she approached you to talk, she had a strong flavour of teasing. Your remark about rolling caused her breath to lurch and I recognised it. This woman had exterminated a village years ago with a male cultivator of the same Xuan Liquid cultivation level, and at that time this woman had changed her appearance. At that time I was out on a training trip, my cultivation was not as good as theirs, so I could only hold back, and I hadn’t seen these two since.
Do you know why I asked you to join my squad? You have a somewhat cynical personality, and the move you made just now has already had a few people trying to kill you. When this Hang Jiao Jiao approached you, there was an extremely faint hint of killing intent in the woman’s charm, and I guess you didn’t feel it yet.”
Hang Jiao Jiao had a killing intent towards himself? Ning Cheng immediately remembered that he had revealed a hint of killing intent towards Hang Jiao Jiao before when he had not yet boarded the ship. Now it seemed that Hang Jiao Jiao had long felt that hint of his killing intent. If Yan Ji had not reminded him, he would not have sensed that Hang Jiao Jiao wanted to kill him.
“Thank you for your help, Senior Sister Ji, you just need to take me to a place where there is no one and let me leave on my own.” Ning Cheng hastily thanked him, he knew that Yan Ji did not expect him to contribute when he asked him to team up, it was purely just to save his life.
As for Yan Ji’s grand introduction of the squad members and also asking him about his origins, it was purely out of respect for him. It would not make others think that she was merely giving grace and was not even interested in knowing the names of the team members. This was a woman who would think of others.
Yan Ji nodded and did not object to Ning Cheng’s intention. She did intend to save Ning Cheng’s life when she first entered the Rule Road. After it was safe, Ning Cheng would go look for his own chance and everyone would part ways. If Ning Cheng was still brought along in the squad after entering the Rule Road, the other people in the squad would definitely object. Asking Ning Cheng’s name, and introducing the squad members, as Ning Cheng thought, was just to respect Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng grew more and more fond of Yan Ji as he thought for a moment and added, “This Hang Jiao Jiao and that spelling head of hers are now hiding inside a grave in Jia Continent, and the two of them often go to exterminate some innocent villages.”
Ning Cheng recalled what Meng Jingxiu had told him back then, that on Meng Jingxiu’s way of escaping on his back, a village had been exterminated and was in miserable shape, now that he thought about it, it was definitely this Hang Jiaojiao and that Sikong Kai that he had taken out that did it.
“So that’s how it is.” A hint of murder flashed at the corner of Yan Ji’s eyes and he did not continue to speak.
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After another day, the door to the cabin suddenly opened. An old voice called out from outside, “The entrance to the Rule Road has arrived, all of you come out.”
The crowd had long been a little exasperated inside the cabin, and now that the entrance had been reached, all the people surged and squeezed out.
Ning Cheng followed behind Yan Ji’s small group, not in a hurry. Although his cultivation level was not the worst in this group, he was still among the worst.
After walking out of the cabin, Ning Cheng realised that the place they were on was a smooth and shiny green stone field. His divine sense swept out and was blocked when his divine sense stretched out less than two thousand metres.
With no new instructions, Ning Cheng could only stand on the green stone ground with the rest of the five to six hundred cultivators who were about to enter the Rule Road and wait. After about an hour, another airship landed on this piece of green stone ground. The airship stopped and about four hundred cultivators walked out from inside. These people all carried a hint of seawater aura, and Ning Cheng, having participated in the Yixing Sea War, immediately knew that these people were Yixing Sea cultivators who were participating in the Rule Road.