In the basement of the Silver Thunder Rest Inn, a small, bony girl is confined to an altar by a formation, a yellowish flame burning beneath it.
Ning Cheng didn’t even need to ask, he knew that this little girl must be the little girl that the couple had left behind.
According to the fellow, this little girl had been here for six years and should reasonably be a twelve or thirteen year old, but what Ning Cheng saw at this moment was still a seven or eight year old girl. The reason this little girl hadn’t died yet was because the formation underneath the altar wouldn’t let her die. Coupled with the fact that she was already at the cultivation level of Yuan Building, she was barely hanging on to her breath under the meagre spiritual energy.
Rushing anger burned up in Ning Cheng’s heart as Ning Cheng blasted this basement into pieces with one punch, kicking this confining formation into pieces, and reached out and picked up the little girl who was confined to the formation.
The little girl’s thin and bony body was like a piece of dried wood in Ning Cheng’s hands, light and without any half weight.
Ji Luofei’s eyes were slightly red as she watched from the side, treating a six or seven year old girl so cruelly, this Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce simply did not have any semblance of humanity to speak of.
The poor little girl was carried away from the formation altar by Ning Cheng, and her entire body went limp at once, her soul, which was suspended by the formation, weakening rapidly.
It was evident that in just a moment, this little girl’s life would dissipate into smoke.
Ning Cheng could no longer think about anything else and directly cut a piece of Wood Essence and incorporated it into the little girl’s body. The powerful life energy of the Wood Essence instantly stabilised the life of the little girl in Ning Cheng’s arms.
Only then did Ning Cheng breathe a sigh of relief, put another pill in the little girl’s mouth, and looked down at the little girl in his arms. At this moment, the little girl was so tortured that she could not even see her appearance, and a few thinning heads had fallen off one after another. Her body was as thin and bony as a lotus in the middle of winter.
Standing on top of the ruins of the Silver Thunder Rest Inn, Ning Cheng looked at the many onlooking cultivators and said loudly, “The Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce has scorched a little girl, who is only seven or eight years old, with the Soul Scorching Formation. Such inhumanity. I, Ning Cheng, hereby vow that I will not be a human being until I destroy the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce.”
This time, Ning Cheng did not bother to collect evidence, things had come to this point. Any reasoning would pale in comparison, only blood could explain it all away.
Although some cultivators did not think so, most of them agreed with Ning Cheng’s words and felt that the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce had gone too far.
“Everyone, when I came here yesterday, Cecil of the Jiaxing Chamber of Commerce tried to take my wife by force. I think that if the end of the Heavenly Road is full of such trash, this will only add countless filth to the Heavenly Road. Today, I will put my words here, whoever dares to act in such a manner at the Heavenly Road in the future, I, Ning Cheng, will kill. This killing. It will start with the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce ……”
Ning Cheng’s tone spread out with a murderous intent, and no one dared to underestimate Ning Cheng. A person who could kill a Seventh Level Cultivator of the Tripod Transformation in just a dozen breaths was definitely not a simple person.
Gary and Bian Shao who were hiding on the side were completely frozen, Ning Cheng dared to kill Cecil, they knew it. Ning Cheng was not a character who was good at holding back and allowing others to bully him. No matter how bold they were, they would never have thought that Ning Cheng would dare to directly destroy the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce at the Sky Catcher Stone.
What was more, they were aware of this old matter, which not only involved the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce, but also involved the Rootless Black City’s Young City Lord, Sequence of Wisdom. How bold did this have to be? Or was it ignorance and fearlessness?
Ning Cheng walked out of the ruins of the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce with the little girl in his arms. The cultivators outside who were onlookers immediately parted on two sides and made way for a path.
At the entrance of the Heavenly City Rest Inn, when the fellow saw Ning Cheng coming, he hurriedly bowed and said, “Greetings, senior.”
Ning Cheng was so formidable. No matter what the future outcome would be, there would never be a problem addressing senior in his place.
Ning Cheng nodded, “I still want to stay at the Heavenly City Rest Inn. I wonder if that’s okay?”
“Haha, Brother Ning can stay at my Heavenly City Rest Inn as long as he wants, we opened our doors to do business, so how could it not be possible. From now on, Brother Ning will only need a thousand black coins a night at our Rest Inn, and when exchanging black coins, they will all be exchanged for a hundred spirit stones for one black coin.” A harrumphing voice came. Immediately afterwards, Ning Cheng saw a middle-aged man with an eight-character beard, this middle-aged man had a smiling face, looked gentle as could be, and his cultivation level was already at the eighth level of the Cultivation Tripod.
“Steward Mu ……,” the fellow hurriedly bowed and called out when he saw this man coming.
The man nodded and then cupped his fist at Ning Cheng and said, “My name is Mu Cunjian the Steward of the Heavenly City Chamber of Commerce at the Receiving Heavenly Stone Rest Inn.”
“I am Ning Cheng, this is my wife, Ji Luofei, thank you Steward Mu for giving me a discounted price.” Ning Cheng also clasped his fist and said. Even though Ning Cheng knew that there were conflicts between the chambers of commerce here, Ning Cheng was still grateful for Mu Cunjian’s attitude.
One of the reasons why Ning Cheng was not willing to go to Rootless Black City immediately was that the little girl had not woken up yet and her body was still recovering. The second was that he felt that his strength was still slightly low, the rules of this place were a little stronger than the rules of the Heaven Continent, and he still had some slight effect in cultivating here with spirit stones and pills.
Having offended so many people, without strength, it would definitely not work.
Ning Cheng had never been to the Rootless Black City, but now he knew about the Heaven Catching Stone. The Heaven Catcher Stone anywhere could rush into the void, even if he was besieged, he still had room to escape. For the time being, no matter how dangerous the void was, it was at least a way to retreat.
Watching from afar as Ning Cheng once again entered the Heavenly City Rest Inn, Lan Wenbin was silent. He had always thought that Ning Cheng had the strength to kill Cecil, but now it seemed that it was not just a matter of strength. If it had been him, even if he had been more powerful, he would not have done such a death-seeking thing.
“This man’s guts are really wrapped up in the sky.” Ji Ying also murmured, although she had just come to receive the Heavenly Stone, she still knew something about the consequences of something like Ning Cheng exterminating the Silver Thunder Merchant House.
“Let’s go.” Lan Wenbin sighed, he had wanted to befriend Ning Cheng, and with Ning Cheng doing such a thing, he simply did not dare to befriend Ning Cheng.
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Ning Cheng had many healing pills, and with the Wood Essence, in just two days, the little girl came to her senses, only her eyes were filled with panic.
For a seven or eight year old girl to be able to cultivate to the Yuan Building Realm, her qualifications were definitely top notch. Moreover, Ning Cheng didn’t need to ask to know that this little girl had spent almost all of her time on cultivation since she was born. Otherwise, even if her qualifications were good, it would be impossible for her to be at the Yuan Building Realm at the age of seven or eight.
This was a pitiful little girl, who had been severely supervised by her parents to cultivate since she was a child, and had managed to get out only to be inhumanely scorched by the Soul Scorching Formation for six years. Even Ning Cheng did not feel good in his heart.
“Little sister you don’t need to be afraid, no one will burn you with fire in the future. What is your name? Where are you from?” Ji Luofei grabbed the little girl’s hand and asked gently.
Perhaps it was Ji Luofei’s soft eyes and pretty appearance that gave the little girl some slight peace of mind and she stumbled a little and said, “My name is Yi Zhu Zhu ……”
As Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei kept talking to Yi Zhuzhu, Yi Zhuzhu got slightly better. As the fellow had said before, Yi Zhu Zhu and her parents came from the Sacred Qian Region, her father’s name was Yi Jin and her mother’s name was Chang Man Yin. For as long as she could remember, Yi Zhuzhu had been immersed in various medicinal solutions and cultivated in various ways.
Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei also sighed gloomily, this little girl had simply not lived a single day of pleasure.
“Uncle …… Has my father been killed by the people from the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce?” Yi Zhu Zhu finally asked her first question, and even though she was the one who had asked it, she still looked wary, afraid that Ning Cheng would reprimand her.
“No, your father is gone for now, you will meet again in the future.” Ning Cheng could only try his best to comfort the little girl in front of him, even he himself didn’t know how he should go about saying it.
Yi Zhu Zhu lowered her head, although she was young, it didn’t mean that she didn’t understand things. Having gone through too many trials and tribulations, her body was still seven or eight years old and her psyche was no longer that of a child.
“Uncle, I want to cultivate.” Yi Zhu Zhu’s tone was a little wary, she didn’t know if the uncle and sister who saved her in front of her would be angry if she made this request. Cultivation required cultivation resources, and she had followed her parents as a child, not knowing how many heavenly treasures she had used up.
Ning Cheng touched Yi Zhu Zhu’s head, after being nourished by the Essence of Wood, in just two days’ time, her head, which had already finished losing its head, had once again grown some short.
“Zhu Zhu, don’t be in a hurry to cultivate, you stay with sister Luo Fei and wait for your body to recover before cultivating. Cultivation is not a day or two thing, you can’t spend all your time cultivating, sometimes you need to do something else.” Even though Yi Zhu Zhu’s actual age was already thirteen or fourteen, Ning Cheng still did not want her to spend all her time on cultivation.
“You go and close up, Zhuzhu will just be taken care of by me.” Ji Luofei could see what Ning Cheng was thinking, Ning Cheng certainly had the idea of staying here to help Yi Zhuzhu get well, and likewise had the idea of raising his own cultivation level.
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Rootless Black City, for countless years, it was unknown how many cultivators had gathered here. Most of the cultivators either died of old age here, or fell in the void. But there were also some cultivators who had left Rootless Black City and entered a more fervent starry sky.
In any place, there are rivers and lakes after a long time, and the same is true of the Rootless Black City.
In Rootless Black City, there are countless forces of all sizes, but there are only twelve that can truly speak in Rootless Black City.
The Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce is undoubtedly one of them. Although they are not capable of leaving Rootless Black City on their own, they have deals with many merchant ships from distant planet 6, and even have the ability to obtain some of the quotas to leave Rootless Black City.
At this moment, in the Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce’s merchant building in Rootless Black City, several men and women were sitting in the council hall. This was because a very arrogant newcomer had come to the Receiving Stone, and this newcomer had actually killed Cecil, the Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce’s Cultivator of the Transformation Tripod at the Receiving Stone.
“There is no need to go to the Receiving Stone, there is no way to get there after arriving at the Receiving Stone, this person is bound to come to Rootless Black City. When he arrives at Rootless Black City, then we can make our move. Even if the other party is powerful, he won’t be a Life Robbing Realm expert after all, at best, he’s just a Transformation Tripod, nothing worth caring about.” An old woman with a dark red coloured head said flatly.