Ning Cheng had already seen clearly that this man with a face full of water rust was a Qi gathering fifth level cultivator, one level higher than him.
This man’s cultivation level was obviously much higher than that of the Ye Daoist. Unlike before when he met the Ye Daoist, Ning Cheng was still a bit scare, but after seeing this man, Ning Cheng did not have much worry in his heart.
After advancing to the fourth level of Qi gathering, Ning Cheng felt that his strength had increased several times, and the solidity and power of his true qi gave Ning Cheng an inexplicable sense of confidence.
“Where are the things?” The man asked with a frown immediately after standing at the entrance of the cave and looking at it for a while. Obviously, he did not see what he was looking for.
Without waiting for Ning Cheng to answer, he continued, “Just now, I saw a yellow aura rushing up from here, it should be a treasure coming out. When I came, I also heard you guys talking about the yellow pearl, where did you put the yellow pearl?”
Ning Cheng and An Yi had two people, but he didn’t put half of them in his eyes. He knew at first glance that Ning Cheng and An Yi had never experienced killing, and although the fourth Qi gathering layer and the fifth Qi gathering layer were both in the middle Qi gathering stage, the difference in the degree of true Qi condensation was not a little.
Ning Cheng didn’t even say half a word as he raised his hand and sent six fire blades. When he was at the third Qi gathering level, he could only send out one or two fire blades, but now that he had reached the fourth Qi gathering level, he sent out six fire blades in an instant.
Not to mention that the fact that he had the Xuanhuang Pearl could not be divulged, even if this water rust-faced man barged into his territory so arrogantly and demanded something, Ning Cheng would not show any mercy.
The man with a face full of water rust did not seem to have expected that a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi gathering would dare to make a move first, and the speed of the fire blade was so swift that he was instantly furious. The next moment a long green blade was slashed out by him, the long blade brought up a tragic green blade aura, trying to block Ning Cheng’s fire blade.
In his opinion, it was a dream for Ning Cheng, a fourth level Qi gathering cultivator, to use the fire blade to hurt him. The more Ning Cheng’s fire blade cleaved out, the more that power would decrease.
“Boom boom ……” Three explosions in quick succession, three of Ning Cheng’s six fire blades were directly split away by the water rusty-faced man’s long blade aura, exploding into a trail of fire light. These fire lights struck at the reef cave wall, smashing the debris.
The water rusty-faced man had thought that his piece of blade mane would easily block Ning Cheng’s six fire blades, but he had not expected that it would only block three of them. After three of the fire blades were blocked, his blade aura immediately converged, and the remaining three fire blades went straight through the blade aura and reached him in an instant.
The water rust-faced man had not expected at all that a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi gathering could use the fire blades to pa*s through his blade mane, but fortunately, he had been around the Mango Sea for many years and had experienced too many things. At this moment, although he was in a critical situation, he did not panic. His body twisted just a few times and the three fire blades slid past him in a bizarre manner.
When Ning Cheng saw this man’s figure, he immediately knew that his combat experience was far inferior to his opponent’s. Judging from the power of the fire blades just now, the degree of his True Qi condensation was no less than this man at the fifth Qi gathering level, and was even much more than that.
This water rust-faced man was incredibly experienced in combat, and when he discovered that Ning Cheng’s cultivation level seemed to be no less than his, he immediately retreated, wanting to exit the reef cave completely. To him, it was more advantageous to fight outside the reef cave. Even now, he did not look at Ning Cheng in the eye.
Ning Cheng was shocked when he saw this man retreat, now he was not afraid of fighting this man to the death, he was afraid that this man would escape. Once this man escaped, it would not be a good thing if he did not catch up with him.
At this moment, Ning Cheng could no longer think about anything else, so he directly grabbed out the flying sword in his storage bag, held the handle of the sword in his hand, and used his true qi to slash over. He did not know how to use a flying sword, and it had not been refined, so he could only use it as an ordinary weapon.
“A flying sword magic weapon?” This man of the fifth Qi gathering layer cried out in shock when he saw that Ning Cheng had even taken out his flying sword.
There were countless cultivators who survived in the Mango Sea, but not many of them truly possessed magic weapons. Even if they did, they had accumulated them over the years, or were from great clans and some people of unusual origins.
Because the owner of the flying sword in Ning Cheng’s hand had already fallen, even if Ning Cheng had not refined it, under the gathering of true qi, it still brought up a sword awning that was nearly ten feet long.
In panic, this water rust-faced man hurriedly used the long sword in his hand to block it again. If he had known that Ning Cheng had a flying sword magic weapon, he would never have dueled with Ning Cheng in such close quarters, nor would he have snatched into the cave. This time it was his experience that deceived him, in his opinion Ning Cheng and An Yi were dressed in general and hiding in such a reef cave, they must be just two poor people who did not know the sky was high and wanted to come and take risks. He could not imagine that such a person could still produce a flying sword magic weapon, or a very high grade magic weapon.
“With a tinkling sound, the long knife was like a brittle jade, and was directly turned into two halves by the flying sword’s sword aura. The sword maneuver was not affected at all, and almost at the same time as it cut the long knife, it split the man in half.
An Yi had even less experience in fighting, and it was only when Ning Cheng killed the other party that she woke up to the fact that she hadn’t been of any help.
Ning Cheng did not care to talk to An Yi, and after collecting all the gold coins inside the man’s package, a few fireballs directly turned the man into flying ashes. He then took the flying ashes and threw them into the sea outside the reef cave before he said to An Yi, “Let’s hurry up and leave, this is not a place to stay for long.”
After a few fireballs had turned the man into flying ashes, Ning Cheng could truly feel the increase in his cultivation level. If he had been at the third Qi gathering level, his fireballs would definitely not have been able to turn this man into flying ashes.
“Hm.” An Yi also knew that this place had to be left as soon as possible.
After the two of them left this reef cave, they ran all the way and after another hour or so, Ning Cheng then slowed down and said, “It’s alright, now we’ll just be like the rest of the people who come to the Mango Sea in general.”
Ning Cheng’s confidence had increased greatly at this time, he was certain that his cultivation level would not be lower than the sixth level of Qi gathering, all he lacked was combat experience. Of course, he was also lacking the necessary killer weapon.
Only then did An Yi have the time to say, “Brother Ning, the technique you cultivate is much more powerful than mine, you are only at the fourth Qi gathering layer, yet the power of the spells you cast is a little stronger than that person at the fifth Qi gathering layer.”
Just because An Yi didn’t have experience in fighting didn’t mean she wasn’t being discerning.
Ning Cheng once again took out that flying sword and looked at it and said, “Fortunately, I have this flying sword magic weapon, otherwise I wouldn’t necessarily be able to kill that guy even if I wasn’t afraid of him. It looks like equipment is still very important.”
An Yi did not understand what Ning Cheng meant by equipment, she pointed at the flying sword in Ning Cheng’s hand and said, “This flying sword of yours should be a good magic weapon, but it is not yours yet. You should have refined it, and only then can it be used to its maximum power. My master said that when it generates spiritual awareness, then you can remotely control the flying sword to attack the enemy, and you can also step on it and fly.”
Ning Cheng did understand about spiritual awareness, which was also known as divine awareness, or rather his divine thoughts were now the prototype of spiritual awareness. When An Yi said that he could fly with his sword, it was only after he had built up his Yuan Yuan. Only after building a Yuan Yuan could divine sense be released on a large scale.
Of course, some cultivators with a strong cultivation level of condensed truth can have their divine sense outwardly released. It was just that their divine sense was still weak and they could not drive their flying swords to fly, nor could they cast their flying swords to attack the enemy.
Ning Cheng nodded and thought deeply of An Yi’s words, “An Yi, you’re right, I’ll find a place to refine the flying swords now. Right now, my biggest task is to find a bunch of spirit stones that will allow me to keep advancing and advancing again. Or one day in the future, I can go back.”
“Brother Ning, is the purpose of your cultivation to return to your hometown?” An Yi asked, somewhat puzzled, after hearing Ning Cheng’s words.
“Of course.” Ning Cheng nodded his head without hesitation and said, after finishing his sentence, he asked An Yi, “An Yi, what is the purpose of your cultivation?”
An Yi was silent for a while, then shook her head, “I have no purpose for cultivating, I cultivate when Master teaches me to cultivate.”
“What about your master?” Ning Cheng asked again.
“Master said that he wanted to pursue a higher realm, if Master could advance to a higher realm, or maybe she wouldn’t have sat down.” An Yi spoke of her master and went down again in gloom.
Ning Cheng also fell silent, his aim was to go back and see Ruo Lan, but he knew very well in his heart that he might not be able to achieve his aim for the rest of his life.
The Xuanhuang Pearl was indeed heaven defying, and the cultivation spirit stones that were needed were just as heaven defying. If one day, he could not find these spirit stones that would allow him to advance, he might also be like An Yi’s master, who just sat in obscurity.
Seeing Ning Cheng fall silent, An Yi suddenly said once again, “Big Brother Ning, my master said that if one works hard there is still a chance, but if one does not work hard, there will be no chance at all. It was because I listened to my master’s words that I went out to look for the Heavenly Fragrance Lucidum. Although I didn’t find it, at least I tried.”
Ning Cheng snapped out of his daze when he heard these words from An Yi. Yes, he had a higher qi than others and had even obtained the Xuanhuang Pearl. If he wasn’t even willing to work hard like that, would he always have such good luck in the future? Only now did he wake up to the fact that it wasn’t that Anyi didn’t know the difficulties in going to look for the Heavenly Fragrance Lucidia, or that she didn’t know that she was looking in the wrong places, but that the most she could do was to reach those places.
Thinking all this Ning Cheng once again regained his strong confidence and reached out to grab An Yi’s hand and said, “An Yi, thank you, I will definitely try my best.”
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The damp sea breeze and the sound of the waves blew into Mango City, which was as bustling and lively as ever. It was the largest city in the Mango Sea and the largest place for cultivators to come and go. Only this prosperity was tinged with some indifference, the people coming and going were all in a hurry, their expressions serious and cold.
Although many adventurers and cultivators, in order to get a higher profit, take the things they get back to the mainland city to sell, there are still many people who are not willing to travel far and sell the things they get from the Mango Sea directly in Mango City. People like this who are always in the Mango waters are called Old Mango by others.
At this moment, a man and a woman arrived outside the bustling Mango City. The man looked incredibly young, his face was slightly thin, but like a knife. His eyes were extremely bright, while his demeanour was calm and natural, as if he were an old Mango. His long black hair was slightly dishevelled and scattered around his ears, appearing casual.
The woman beside him is half a head shorter than he is and looks incomparably clean and pretty like a water-lotus. Although she does not show her long hair, the white scarf on her head reveals her unearthly and unconventional appearance.