Ning Cheng only had to look at the countless white bones in this black black lake to know how difficult it was to collect the Underworld Soul Flower. But even if it was difficult, when he met such a good thing, he still had to get his hands on it. Even if he didn’t have the Heavenly Cloud Twin Wings, he still didn’t give it a try now that he had them, so did he know if he would regret it in the future?
Thinking of this, Ning Cheng did not explain to Yin Kongchan, he was already standing around this Soul Abyss Black Lake observing the terrain.
Yin Kongchan and Xu Yingdie had been with Ning Cheng for some time, and they knew something about Ning Cheng’s temperament. Once Ning Cheng had decided on something, with their relationship with Ning Cheng, they would not be able to persuade him at all. Besides, Ning Cheng had the Heavenly Cloud Wings and the conditions to collect the Underworld Soul Flower, so he would not die if he did not let him try it.
As expected Ning Cheng only observed for a few breaths before he rose up and directly rushed towards the centre of the Black Lake. Yin Kongchan and Xu Yingdie, who were watching from the lake, stared nervously at Ning Cheng, once Ning Cheng landed in this Soul Abyss Lake, then even if they found the Nine Mysterious Marrow of the Earth’s Heart, they would not be able to take it.
Ning Cheng had just rushed to the top of the black lake when he immediately felt a terrifyingly extreme suction force, a suction force that was not even half as bad as the one he had felt back on Blood River Mountain. Back then, he had failed to block the vortex suction on Blood River Mountain and had been sucked to the bottom of the Blood River. Now, although his cultivation level had increased a lot, in a short time, Ning Cheng still landed to a distance of less than half a foot from the pitch-black lake.
Even though he did not know this black lake very well, Ning Cheng knew that once he landed on the black lake, he would only be looking for death.
At this moment, Ning Cheng’s heart was horrified and at the same time, he strove to move his Heavenly Cloud Wings. With the Heavenly Cloud Twin Wings swinging several times faster than usual, Ning Cheng finally broke away from the lake once again.
Only then did Yin Kongchan and Xu Yingdie, who were watching from afar, let out a faint breath of relief, for just now Ning Cheng had almost fallen into the black lake.
“Boom, boom, boom ……” Ning Cheng did not have to rush out for very long before a roar erupted in the black lake, countless black waters suddenly exploded and rushed towards Ning Cheng at the same time. At this time, Ning Cheng was still a dozen feet away from the island in the center of the lake.
The endless black lake water swarmed up with densely packed Yin souls. It was even denser than the Yin souls in the Yin soul trough that Ning Cheng and his trio had met not long ago.
Ning Cheng once again grabbed a handful of talismans and scattered them, if he was on flat ground, he would have several ways to deal with such a large number of Yin souls. However, in this place, he did not even dare to sacrifice his Tai Void True Devil Axe. The suction of this black lake was simply too terrifying, and once he sacrificed his Tai Chou True Devil Axe, it was possible that the next moment he would have fallen into the black lake. Although his true essence and divine sense were strong, they were still not enough here.
The crackling and booming sound of the talisman instantly filled the entire surface of the black lake, countless Yin souls were blown into nothingness by the talisman, but more Yin souls rushed up from the black lake. These Yin souls even formed a trail of black smoke that gradually wrapped around Ning Cheng from all around.
Not to mention that Ning Cheng was now about to be dragged down into the black lake again, even if Ning Cheng was not dragged into the black lake, once he was swept up by these black soul fogs, he would still be in a situation where he would die without surviving.
Ning Cheng sighed and frantically waved his Heavenly Cloud wings while continuously spilling out talismans, while taking out the talisman given by the Skeleton at the bottom of the Blood River from his ring. He knew that he had done one thing wrong, and that was that the talisman should not have waited for the Yin Soul to appear before blasting it out. He should have kept sprinkling the talismans on his way forward before the Yin Soul came out, and when the Yin Soul came out, it was just the right time for the talismans to block the Yin Soul while he could move forward without any effect.
Xu Yingdie, who had been watching Ning Cheng closely, suddenly took out an elixir and swallowed it, and before Yin Kongchan could react, she had already rushed to the edge of the black lake, and a white ling belt in her hand shot out as if it were a white train.
This white practice, in an instant, formed a long practice bridge, which appeared out of thin air on the Black River and in the space of a breath had extended to Ning Cheng’s feet. With such a powerful suction force in the Black River, this white practice did not even have the tendency to fall down halfway.
It was at this critical moment that Ning Cheng’s feet became solid, and he immediately saw the white coach beneath his feet. Ning Cheng did not have time to be shocked as to why Xu Yingdie had such a powerful true essence and divine sense, and with the help of this force, his True Devil Axe had already swept out completely.
A swirl of axe patterns and axe killing vortices spread out around him, and the slowly gathering Yin Soul black fog was instantly blown away, and the next moment Ning Cheng had already appeared on the island in the heart of the lake.
The refreshing fragrance of the Underworld Soul Flower came from Ning Cheng, who felt refreshed after just one sniff. Ning Cheng knew that this was a time of chaos for the Underworld Souls and he had to make the most of it. Without further observation, he directly scooped up the Underworld Soul Flower on the island and sent it into his ring, and once again swung his Sky Cloud Twin Wings and rushed towards the shore.
At this time, Xu Yingdie’s white train had long since retracted and disappeared, but Ning Cheng had experience and he didn’t even wait for the Yin souls to come up, he just threw out a handful of talismans. Once he was surrounded by these ghosts, coupled with the suction of the black lake, it would be difficult for him to break out even if he used his talisman, just now, if it wasn’t for Xu Yingdi’s White Practice, he would have crushed the talisman and left.
This time, Ning Cheng threw the talisman out beforehand, and before those Yin souls had time to wrap around Ning Cheng, Ning Cheng had already landed on the shore without any danger amidst the explosion of the talisman.
“Xu Yingdie, thank you so much this time ……” Ning Cheng had just landed and was about to thank Xu Yingdie, except that his words suddenly stuck.
He saw Xu Yingdie, who had a full head of green hair not long ago, her long hair had turned snow-white, and although her stunning appearance had not changed, that vitality had fallen to the lowest level, nor did she have that rosy and lustrous look she had before, and even her eyes, which were originally like clear water, carried a hint of dull, dead grey.
“What’s going on?” Ning Cheng asked in shock.
Yin Kongchan walked up and she too stared blankly at Xu Yingdie for a while before saying to Ning Cheng, “She swallowed the Longevity Burning Pill in order to stimulate that White Coach. Swallowing the Longevity Burning Pill would have stimulated her entire body’s potential and her strength would have increased wildly within a short period of time, but she would only have ten years of life left. And in order for Xu Yingdie to preserve her appearance, she only had three years left to live after swallowing the Life Burning Pill to burn her life span.”
As Ning Cheng listened to Yin Kongchan’s words, a deep gratitude for Xu Yingdie surged up in his heart, but amidst this gratitude, there was a chill that came from within. He and Xu Yingdie could not talk about any feelings at all, not even friendship, and for Xu Yingdie to do this, she was determined to enter the love from him.
If Ning Cheng had been more ruthless, he could have ignored all of this, but Ning Cheng could not. He knew that Xu Yingdie had used the Life Burning Pill to save him in order to carve a mark in his heart, but he just couldn’t erase this mark.
“Why?” For the first time, Ning Cheng felt that he did not understand at all why the other party wanted this, the idea was simply too crazy.
Xu Yingdie smiled faintly, her smile was like a pear blossom swaying in the cold wind, poignant and beautiful, making Ning Cheng unable to divert his gaze.
“You saved me once, I will save you once too. Don’t think too much about it, it has nothing to do with entering love. Even if I am unable to advance to God Shaping in three years’ time and fall down in this way, I do not regret it.” Xu Yingdie’s tone was gentle, as if she was talking about a very ordinary matter.
However, Xu Yingdie’s eyes were not that emotion of saving each other once and repaying them once. Ning Cheng did not see it, but Yin Kongchan did. Her heart trembled as she knew that Xu Yingdie had already taken the first step into love. She and Ning Cheng had been together for some time, and she had some understanding of what kind of person Ning Cheng was.
Ning Cheng was definitely different from ordinary cultivators, although Ning Cheng spoke fiercely, and seemed to be calculating and unruly in his actions. But Ning Cheng’s heart was as blank and clean as a white sheet of paper compared to those cultivators who pursued cultivation by any means necessary.
She could see that Xu Yingdie could definitely see that, so she chose Ning Cheng. Xu Yingdie might have really liked Ning Cheng, but she knew more than anyone else about the merit methods of the Zhangyi Dao Sect. When one entered into love, one was absolutely sincere and genuine towards a man, without any half-heartedness, even if it meant her life.
Only in this way could one really make the other person like them and make them fall in love with them. But once the time comes to cut off love, it is absolutely heartless and meaningless. Even if both sides have had more life and death attachments, even if both sides have had more emotional attachments, once love is cut off, these are all ethereal and illusory.
Yin Kongchan winced as she lowered her head, suddenly regretting a little for allowing Xu Yingdi to join the search for the Nine Yin Marrow of the Earth’s Heart.
There was a sudden silence between the three of them, Ning Cheng did not know what had occurred to him, and only after a while did he ask, “After you swallowed the Life Burning Pill, is there any other way to recover yet?”
Xu Yingdie gave Ning Cheng a deep look and did not answer Ning Cheng’s words as she turned around and slowly left.
Yin Kongchan watched Xu Yingdie leave and said softly, “There are two ways to recover her, the first is to find a Grade 9 Spiritual Fruit Frost Bud, and the second is to allow her to advance to the God Shaping Realm within three years. Xu Yingdie is already at the perfect cultivation level of the Yuan Soul, to advance to the God Shaping Realm in three years is not something that cannot be done.”
Yin Kongchan’s words clearly meant that the search for the frost buds would be over, as such a thing was simply impossible to find. The only way to do so was to allow Xu Yingdie to advance to God Shaping within three years.
“Frost buds?” Ning Cheng repeated.
Yin Kongchan nodded, “Yes, this spiritual fruit is called a frost bud, and in terms of grade it is not much lower than the Underworld Soul Flower you just obtained. The legend means that it can sprout even in a great frost. Xu Yingdie is now equal to having been beaten by frost, and using frost buds is something that can restore her. It’s just that things like frost buds are extremely rare and are simply treasures that can’t be found.”
“Thank you, I understand.” After Ning Cheng finished speaking, he took a few quick steps and came in front of Xu Yingdie and said, “You follow behind me, if Xiao Xuan can sense aura fluctuations, you tell me.”
“Mhm.” Xu Yingdie stood behind Ning Cheng in a docile manner.
Yin Kongchan, who had followed up, shook her head inscrutably and walked in the last position. The three of them had originally all come to search for the Nine Yin Marrow of the Earth’s Heart, but now that they each had their own thoughts, they had nothing to talk about along the way instead.