“This is also a sandy Shuo, what’s the point of coming here?” Xiang Zhilan and Yan Ji both looked at the unexceptional black Sand Shuo in front of them in confusion, they did not understand what Ning Cheng wanted to come here for.
“I have projected the formation here, and although I have found a way to break it, I have not completely figured out this formation. To break this formation, I need to set up the communication formation flags for the entire formation, which I have already set up in the past few years, and now it is to go out from the core of the formation through the spirit stone sacrifice formation. According to my projections, this should be the formation centre.” Ning Cheng explained.
“You really know the way out of this formation?” Xiang Zhilan looked at Ning Cheng in complete disbelief, not to mention that there was no possibility of getting a very high quality spirit stone, even if she did, Xiang Zhilan did not believe that Ning Cheng could break the formation.
There were many cultivators who had been trapped in the bottom of the Blood River, and there were some amazing formation geniuses among them. However, they had never seen a single person who could get out of here, nor had they ever seen a single person who could break the formation.
Ning Cheng did not say any more, it was better to say more than to do it himself. He casually took out a dozen formation flags and threw them out, then scattered some spirit stones to provide the spirit source. A few breaths later, a black irregular gate abruptly appeared in front of the three people.
“There’s actually a gate hidden here?” Xiang Zhilan once again said in a shocked voice, while in her heart she was already wondering if Ning Cheng could really get out.
“This gate only has a maximum of ten breaths of time, let’s hurry and enter.” Ning Cheng had already entered the gate first as he spoke.
Seeing this, Yan Ji and Xiang Zhilan then followed.
When the three of them entered the gate, they all froze in the face of what was in front of them.
They had all fallen into the bottom of the Blood River because of the Blood River Mountain, the bottom of which had a lack of spiritual energy, or rather, no spiritual energy at all. And here was the same long river of blood, and on the contrary the spiritual energy was incomparably dense.
This river of blood is so long and curved that it cannot be seen to end. The waters of the Blood River Mountain seemed to be still flowing, yet there were no waves to rise and fall. What was even more astonishing was that this river of blood seemed to be a vast and incomparable circle, with no visible ends.
The river of blood was not wide, and as they stood at the edge of it, they could see that it could not be more than three feet wide at most. In the middle of this circular river of blood, there was also a black sandstone, and in the middle of this sandstone was a skeleton. A golden talisman hovers above the skeleton.
“What a big talisman ……,” Yan Ji said in awe.
Ning Cheng had never seen such a large talisman either, this talisman was about tens of feet in circumference. Moreover, it emitted a terrifyingly mysterious aura, and if it wasn’t for this river of blood blocking it, they wouldn’t have been able to stop it even with this aura.
“Why do I get the feeling that this river of blood is a forbidden formation?” Xiang Zhilan suddenly said after looking at it for half a day.
“What you see should be good, this blood river is definitely a forbidden formation, not only is this blood river forbidden, even the blood river mountain outside, and the blood river peak on the blood river mountain are also forbidden formations. This forbidden system is a natural forbidden formation, as if it was specifically designed to trap this talisman.” Ning Cheng said in a deep voice, he had been deducing formations for decades, his insight and level of knowledge of formations was far from that of Xiang Zhilan.
“There seems to be words on the talisman.” Yan Ji also saw it.
Xiang Zhilan nodded and said, “Yes, there are two words written on it in the form of the word ‘Open Heaven’.”
Ning Cheng said, “My divine sense just tested it, and although we can see across the blood river, our divine sense cannot cross this blood river. We don’t want to cross the river, and if we do, we will definitely be swept away by the river of blood. That corpse bone and talisman may be good things, since we can’t get them, hurrying out is the right thing to do.”
Ning Cheng said as he had already taken out a very high quality spirit stone, “Fortunately, I happen to be able to take out a very high quality spirit stone, as for the top quality spirit stones, there is absolutely nothing to worry about.”
“Can you really get out?” Yan Ji had never intended to go out, and now when he saw that Ning Cheng had not only said that he could go out, but had also taken out a very high quality spirit stone, he asked in astonishment.
Ning Cheng gave a hmph, “I guess this formation and even the entire Blood River Mountain was caused by this talisman, and all the spiritual energy from outside was also absorbed in here. It’s easy to get out of this formation, all you need to do is find the formation heart, which is this river spirit offering, it’s a little different from ordinary formations.”
“How do you know that you can break the formation this way?” Xiang Zhilan asked offhandedly, she came from an eight-star clan and had a wide range of studies, but she had never heard of a way to break a formation with a spiritual sacrifice.
Ning Cheng had to say, “I also deduced it slowly, I had scattered many formation flags outside before, just to open the gate and find my way here. As long as we get here, we can spiritually sacrifice. If you get trapped in this place next time, you can soon get out as long as you have spirit stones. And the spirit ritual is not to break the formation, it is just to provide the Blood River Spiritual Qi to actively transport us out.”
Yan Ji glanced at Ning Cheng, but did not say anything. She had not spent much time with Ning Cheng, but it could not stop her from appreciating Ning Cheng. If she was really locked up in this place with Ning Cheng, it might not be very difficult to survive. However, once they got out, she and Ning Cheng would only be a close friend at most.
Just because Yan Ji did not say anything did not mean that Xiang Zhilan would not consider this matter either. If Ning Cheng could really take them out, there were some things that she would have to make clear.
Previously, she had thought that everyone would not be able to get out, which was why she thought that it was okay for Ning Cheng to look at Yan Ji’s body. If they could go out now, it would be no small matter if Yan Ji’s body was seen away by an outsider. With Yan Ji’s kind of looks and qualifications, after achieving Xuan Dan, there would definitely be too many geniuses going to Qingxia Academy to propose marriage.
She could see that Yan Ji had a good feeling for Ning Cheng, even if she had a good feeling for Ning Cheng and was not reserved, she would not take the initiative to seek out Ning Cheng to say anything about the rest. It would have been fine if Ning Cheng hadn’t looked at Yan Ji’s body, Ning Cheng was good, but Yan Ji had a brighter future. Now it was Ning Cheng who had taken advantage, and Yan Ji did not know it yet. As for her own body being looked at, so be it, once she got out anyway, she would put all her mind on cultivation.
Thinking of this, Xiang Zhilan spoke directly and asked, “Senior Brother Ning, are you a casual cultivator?”
“Kind of a casual cultivator, I guess, I’m in the cultivator army. After the rule path goes out this time, I guess I will have to leave the Cultivator Army as well.” Ning Cheng answered honestly, there was no need to hide this.
“Although Qingxia Academy is only an eight-star academy, it is only a matter of time before it advances to a nine-star academy. If you are willing, I can introduce you to our Qingxia Academy.” Xiang Zhilan stared at Ning Cheng and said.
Yan Ji also looked at Ning Cheng with an expectant face, she really had a good feeling for Ning Cheng in her heart.
Ning Cheng hurriedly said, “Thank you, Senior Sister Lan, for your kindness, after I go out from here, I am afraid that I will not stay in Le Continent for a long time. Moreover, I like to be at ease by nature, so it would be better for me to be a casual cultivator.”
Ning Cheng knew that he had a lot of secrets on him, and besides, with the terrifying level of cultivation resources he consumed, staying at the academy was not suitable for him.
“Being at the academy is also free and easy, not only do core disciples have their own cave, they can also go wherever they want whenever they want, while still having the protection of the academy. Besides, I think it would be great …… if you and Senior Sister Yan Ji could form a dao couple in the future,” Xiang Zhi Lan finally said what she meant.
Ning Cheng secretly cried out in his heart, he had known that Xiang Zhilan meant this, he would definitely have changed the subject. Yan Ji was pretty, but his mind really wasn’t on it. If Yan Ji had been the first person he met when he first arrived, it would have been possible. In modern society, which was basically monogamous, he could not have anything to do with Yan Ji when he had Ji Luofei. Even if he could return to Earth and Tian Muwan took the initiative to find him, he wouldn’t have anything to do with Yan Ji.
The problem was that an outstanding woman like Yan Ji was one of the Lezhou juxtapositions, and once he refused, it would definitely be too much for people to face. Ning Cheng had not spent much time with Yan Ji, yet he knew that Yan Ji was extremely good at being strong. Moreover, this time, Yan Ji had fallen into this to save him. Plus, Yan Ji had helped him before, so what should he say if he refused?
Xiang Zhilan was not a fool, and as soon as she saw Ning Cheng’s expression, she knew that she had been reckless. She hadn’t thought at all that Ning Cheng would still hesitate when faced with such an outstanding woman like Yan Ji.
Yan Ji’s face immediately turned a little odd, she had always thought that Ning Cheng also had a good feeling towards her, otherwise how could she have come over as soon as Changsun Yan called? Ning Cheng had obviously come over to save her, not to save Jia Lingwei.
She was just about to open her mouth to break this awkwardness when Ning Cheng suddenly smiled and said, “Senior sister Ji is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, a casual cultivator like me ……”
“Hehe, Senior Sister Lan is really too anxious. I haven’t achieved Xuan Dan yet, such things are always mentioned after Xuan Dan. By the way, Senior Brother Ning, you said that you can spirit sacrifice, try it.” Yan Ji interrupted Ning Cheng’s words and said with a smile. When she said this, her tone had returned to normal.
Originally, she did not feel that she was about to become a dao couple with Ning Cheng, after all, the sect had already made calculations for someone like her. But now that she had picked this matter up with Senior Sister Zhi Lan, she found that she really had some such thoughts about Ning Cheng. Especially when she knew that she would not be able to get out, this subconscious mind was even more obvious.
“Good ……” Ning Cheng finished speaking and took out one million top grade spirit stones and sprinkled them into the river of blood in front of him, while at the same time sacrificing a dozen more formation flags before finally throwing a very high grade spirit stone into the river of blood.
Only a few breaths later, the river of blood suddenly tumbled and a vortex of intense spiritual mist formed. This vortex grew larger and larger, slowly enveloping the three of them.
When the three were unable to release their divine sense, they immediately felt their bodies lighten. A wave of dizziness came over them, and Yan Ji and Xiang Zhilan had already appeared at the foot of that continuous Blood River Peak mountain.
“We’ve really come out?” Xiang Zhilan looked around at the endless Blood River Peaks with ecstasy, even if they died of old age inside this rule path, it was still better than dying at the bottom of the Blood River where there was no spiritual energy at all.
“Where’s Senior Brother Ning?” The first thing Yan Ji saw was not that she and Xiang Zhilan had already come out, but that Ning Cheng had not yet come out.