“Of course, but unless you are exceptionally lucky, even if you enter Lan Sha Island and find the Golden Cicada Fruit, you won’t be able to get it.” The old man said unquestioningly.
“Why?” The woman called Tian Fei couldn’t really resist asking.
The old man said in a deep voice, “Because the Golden Cicada Fruit Tree is surrounded by a rank five killing formation, and any cultivator who wants to covet the Golden Cicada Fruit Tree will be killed by the killing formation and end up becoming the Golden Cicada Fruit Tree’s nutrients.”
After saying that, the old man looked at Feng Fei Zhang and the others, “You don’t need to suspect that I’m lying to you, the reason why I’m revealing this news is because the route map to enter Lan Sha Island will be auctioned at the Mango City auction at the end of the month, and it’s for a hundred copies. Even if I don’t tell you guys, many people will know about it at the end of the month.”
Several people who were still somewhat skeptical about this old man were now somewhat convinced by his words. The Mango Auction was all about auctioning the formation route map to enter Lan Sha Island, this thing might still really exist. The Mango Auction was near the Mango Sea and was incredibly powerful, if they auctioned off a hundred copies, that would be a hundred copies, absolutely no one would dare to use the route maps they had auctioned off and then reproduce them for sale.
“May I ask my friend how you obtained the route map for entering the Lan Sha Island formation, and before the Mango Auction?” Feng Fei Zhang asked in a gruff voice.
The old man nodded and said, “Even if you don’t ask, I will tell you. I was not the only one who obtained the diagram in the first place, there was another person, and I think he must have been to Lan Sha Island many times, just like me. He should have been equally unable to obtain the Golden Cicada Fruit, which is why he chose to sell the diagram by the auction.”
Several people did not say anything, since the old man said this, there must be more to come, and indeed after the old man finished, he continued, “I myself was already proficient in low level formations, and this time I deliberately went to ask a formation master, and that formation master said that this killing formation would require at least a level five formation master to break it. In addition, there is another way, that is, there are eight people, attacking in eight directions at the same time, which can also break this killing formation. It’s just that after this method breaks the killing formation, I don’t know if it will destroy the Golden Cicada Fruit.”
“Is my friend trying to invite us to join in?” Miao Xiuming then asked.
The old man replied, “Indeed, I am only at the third level of Qi gathering, so I won’t be inviting mid Qi gathering cultivators to participate. Moreover, there are at least thirty-six fruits in one Golden Cicada Fruit, so even if all eight people participate, they can each get as many as four. There are six of us here now, and if we go to the Mango Sea and find two more, we can make up eight people to go to Lan Sha Island. Introduce myself, my name is Pu Jingye, and everyone calls me Daoist Ye. And, I will swear by my word to the sea.”
Hearing what Daoist Ye said, Miao Xiuming clasped his fist and said, “Tian Fei and I will also go, but before we go, I would like to ask Brother Pu to show me your route map. Otherwise, please forgive me for not agreeing.”
He had some knowledge of formations, and he had also been to Lan Sha Island, although he had never been inside, he knew the outskirts very well, once the route map given by Daoist Ye was not to his satisfaction, even if Daoist Ye had a sea oath, then he would never agree to it.
After hesitating for a moment, Feng Fei Zhang also clasped his fist and said, “Brother Pu, count me in too, my request is the same as Brother Miao’s, I need to see the route map for entering the formation before this.”
The Daoist of the Industry laughed and said, “That’s for sure, before we go, I will show the route map to everyone publicly. Even if there is no such thing as that auction to auction off the line diagram of the entry formation, I will still be satisfied with this line diagram of the entry formation.”
At this moment, all the people looked towards Ning Cheng, they wanted to know what Ning Cheng meant. An Yi followed Ning Cheng closely, obviously taking Ning Cheng’s words as the main focus, they only had to consult Ning Cheng’s meaning.
Ning Cheng smiled faintly and said, “Of course I want to participate, this kind of good thing, it would be a loss not to participate.”
Ning Cheng was smiling on the surface, but in his heart he was depressed beyond belief, only a fool would want to go to Lan Sha Island and join this small group. Let’s put aside the truth or falsity of what Daoist Ye said, even if what he said was true, why didn’t any senior formation masters go over to Lan Sha Island when there was something about the Golden Cicada Fruit? Even if a senior formation master was not willing to go over, I think the auctioneer would still find a way to invite a senior formation master to check it out.
If they could have obtained more than thirty Golden Cicada Fruits, then the auctioneer would definitely do such a thing.
The only possibility was that a senior formation master had gone inside, and the situation inside was not as simple as what Daoist Ye had said.
Of course there was another possibility, and that was that Daoist Ye was talking nonsense. Feng Fei Zhang and Miao Xiuming had both been surviving by the Mango Sea for many years and were both shrewd and cunning people. They should have been able to hear whether or not Daoist Ye was talking nonsense. They chose to believe in Daoist Ye, so they thought that it was unlikely that Daoist Ye was bullsh*tting.
But to Ning Cheng, even if this matter was completely true, he was still unwilling to participate. Having lived on Earth, he had long since lived by a truth that no pie would fall from the sky for nothing. What was an oath? On Earth, some people treated oaths as simple as eating and drinking water, and they had never seen anyone fulfilled.
Besides, he and An Yi had just come out, and they had met such a good thing? Even if there was such a good thing, it would be a late Qi gathering cultivator who would be poking around, what business was it of his, a third level Qi gathering?
But he had to agree again, the killing intent in Miao Xiuming and that Daoist of Industry’s eyes was obvious. It was clear that as long as he refused, both of them would strike to silence him at the first opportunity. As for Feng Fei Zhang, he and he had only met each other in pa*sing.
Ning Cheng could only be blamed for not knowing the dignity of a rank five Formation Master when he thought this way. It would be a fool’s errand to ask a level five formation master to go to the Mango Sea to check out the Golden Cicada Fruit. But Ning Cheng didn’t know that, he thought that a level five formation master was easy to invite.
Seeing Ning Cheng agree without hesitation, Feng Fei Zhang was frozen for a moment. He thought that Ning Cheng had just made his debut, so even if he were to agree, he would need him to explain a bit. He would tell Ning Cheng that the Ye Daoist was not lying. This was because there was indeed one thing being auctioned at the Mango Auction at the end of the month regarding Lan Sha Island, it was just that they did not know that it was the formation route map to enter Lan Sha Island.
Apart from that, there was another thing, and that was that Daoist Karma was willing to take a sea oath. Cultivators who survived by the Mango sea knew the horror of the sea oath, as long as it was made, it would definitely be true, or else the oath would definitely be fulfilled.
“Good, since everyone believes me, then I will take out the formation route map to enter Lan Sha Island for everyone.” As the Daoist of Industry finished speaking, he had already taken out five copies of the formation route map and handed them to the five people.
Ning Cheng just took one copy and said, “It’s fine for me and my cousin to have one copy.”
He simply knew nothing about formations, and even if he were to go, he could only follow behind the others. Taking a copy of the route map was for An Yi to read later, he couldn’t read it.
“No need, I have more than one prepared, it’s safer for one person to have one copy. In case we get separated, there is a diagram to go by.” The Daoist of Industry handed the route map to Ning Cheng again.
Thinking about it, Ning Cheng took the second copy of the route map in his hand, but did not give it to An Yi. One of the two diagrams was put away in his own parcel, while the other was held in his hand, ready to look at it first and ask An Yi in pa*sing if he couldn’t understand it.
The Daoist of Industry smiled faintly at Ning Cheng and said, “You can also take out the other copy and show it to your companion. If there is something you don’t understand, you can still ask me.”
Ning Cheng knew that it was not simple out here and was careful at all times. He was already wary of the Karma Daoist, and now these words from the Karma Daoist had even made Ning Cheng even more wary, both of the words from the Karma Daoist meant that he should give a copy of the route map to An Yi. What did he need to care about this matter?
Although he felt that something was wrong, Ning Cheng still smiled and said, “It’s alright, my cousin knows even less about formations, and she’s not in the mood to read it right now. When she is in a better mood, I will show it to her again.”
An Yi certainly would not refute Ning Cheng’s words, to say that she knew more about formations than Ning Cheng, but she would not come to refute Ning Cheng’s words.
The cold light at the corner of the Daoist of Industry’s eyes flickered, but this time Ning Cheng caught it clearly, even more so that he felt that this matter was unusual.
Several people were looking at the formation route map for entering Lan Sha Island, after Ning Cheng looked at it for a while, he couldn’t understand it at all, so he simply put away the route map in his hand as well and put it in the bag behind his back.
“I haven’t asked what my friend’s name is yet?” Seeing that Ning Cheng had put away the route map, Daoist of Industry instead smiled and asked Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng said in a light voice, “We are just cooperating to go to Lan Sha Island, there is no need to inquire about anything else.”
The Daoist of Industry surprisingly did not get angry, he just smiled and nodded, and stopped talking.
Sister He’s carriage drove fast and steady, and Ning Cheng doubted that if the carriage had rubber tyres, would it have been the same as a commercial vehicle, without half the bumps?
For a few days, except when it was time for a break, Sister He stopped the beast carriage and everyone came out to have something to eat, usually except for Ning Cheng and An Yi, they were all studying the formation route map. Either asking the Ye Daoist about some of the situations within Lan Sha Island, or discussing what to do after entering the island.
For all these Ning Cheng did not participate, nor did he say one more word. No one asked Ning Cheng either, when the time came they just had to hand over the task to Ning Cheng. The more the beast carriage walked, the heavier the fishy smell of the sea became.
The Daoist of Industry likewise did not seek nonsense from Ning Cheng these few days, instead, Tian Fei did not continue to study that route map, instead, he often looked at Ning Cheng and An Yi, but did not seek to talk to the two.
When the beast carriage reached the seventh day of walking, Ning Cheng was thinking about how he could stay out of this grouping when he heard a hissing sound, followed by the carriage they were sitting in vibrating and seeming to come upside down.
Ning Cheng reacted quickly and almost at the same time as the carriage shook, he picked up An Yi, who had not yet woken up, and blew the roof off the carriage with one punch, flying out of the carriage.
The one who came out at the same time as Ning Cheng was the Daoist of Karma, who immediately retreated after coming out, leaving the carriage a hundred metres away in an instant. At this moment, Feng Fei Zhang and the other three also flew out and retreated in the same manner.
Ning Cheng had just seen a tens of feet long gully stretching across the front of the beast carriage, the unicorn had been split into two halves and the other half was nowhere to be found. Without waiting for Ning Cheng to think more, another whistling sound came, and Ning Cheng hurriedly led An Yi to dash out horizontally, not caring what he was rushing towards.
Just as he rushed out, an explosive sound was heard from behind him. There seemed to be two shadows criss-crossing the sky, Ning Cheng didn’t even think about what it was, and immediately led An Yi to rush to the side at the most frantic speed.