“Xu Gu, are you sure you’re not mistaken for someone else?” The Great Man Lun suddenly stood up and looked at a middle-aged beautiful woman in front of him in astonishment and uncertainty.
This middle-aged beauty was none other than the female cultivator that Ning Cheng had met before entering the city, except that at this moment, she had already reported all the news about Ning Cheng to the Man Lun Emperor.
Xu Gu was even more certain, “Great Emperor, this was admitted by that cultivator himself. I have secretly inquired about it, and his name is Ning Cheng. After he entered Zuotian Starry Sky City, he went to a shop that had been empty and named that shop the City Ruo Lan Alchemy Shop, a shop that was originally owned by a cultivator named Jian Pepper.”
“You will show me his image.” Great Emperor Man Lun frowned, if there really was such a great power, what did he mean by hiding on the ship coming to the Central Heaven Star Continent?
Xu Gu raised her hand and conjured up an image of Ning Cheng in empty space.
“It’s actually him?” Great Emperor Man Lun even looked at Ning Cheng’s image in disbelief, his eyes filled with shock.
“Does the Great Emperor know this person?” Xu Gu asked carefully.
The Man Lun Grand Emperor pondered for a long time before saying, “I have met him once, he should have represented a certain star river in the Peeping Star Genius Selection Tournament. Back then, at the Daoist Conference in Tianji City in Man Lun Star Continent, it seems that he was still a Numinous Star cultivator who didn’t even have a Star Wheel. That’s only how many years ago, even if his cultivation is fast, he could never become an Eternal Realm powerhouse.”
Even though Ning Cheng was sitting in a corner, a casual sweep of his divine sense by a powerful person like Man Lun the Great would give him an impression. The image Xu Gu had drawn had more vicissitudes and beard than back then, but Man Lun was not sure, it was just that now that he saw the image, he turned something out of his vague memory.
“Wait …… he seems to have also participated in some kind of smithing competition …… that’s not right, since he came from the Man Lun star land, how could he be a disciple of Zhong Li Bai Eating?” To a small person like Ning Cheng Man Lun Da Di would not care, but once he did, some memories would be slowly turned up. Even if Ning Cheng had disguised himself, as long as his scent was a little bit the same, he would still be able to make the connection.
“Could it be that he had concealed his cultivation back then?” Xu Gu said with uncertainty.
Great Emperor Man Lun shook his head. “It shouldn’t be possible, if he really is a strong person, there’s no need to go to that kind of Daoism Conference. The only possibility is that he really has cultivated from the Numinous Star realm to the Eternal realm in all these years. Of course it’s also possible that his Nian Xing was a fake in the first place. A concealment technique that can make me not see it with a casual glance is not simple.”
Xu Gu took a breath and asked in disbelief, “Great Emperor, even if he was at the Numinous Star cultivation level at that time. He couldn’t have advanced to the Eternal Realm in such a short period of time. Besides, even if he did advance to the Eternal Realm, such a speed would surely cause the foundation to become unstable, so how would he survive?”
“If that’s really the case, then this person must have a foreign treasure on him.” The Great Man Lun finished and then admonished, “Xu Gu, don’t tell anyone about this, it won’t do us any good, and in case we anger this person, we will have one more enemy. I will take the time to pay him a visit. Get to the bottom of it before you do.”
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After Ning Cheng changed the name of the shop to Cheng Ruo Lan Alchemy, he didn’t really do business. Apart from having Chasing Ox watch the shop, Ning Cheng himself had been using the Red Crow Flame to refine pills. His alchemy level was already in a state of breakthrough, and he could now easily refine Grade 7 Starry Sky Pills. However, Ning Cheng did not have the intention to come out of seclusion, he planned to come out after he was able to refine a level eight Starry Sky Pill.
He now had spare time and plenty of spiritual herbs on him, so he naturally wanted to make use of these.
When Great Emperor Man Lun came to visit, Ning Cheng had been in seclusion for more than half a month.
“Who are you looking for?” Chasing Bull looked Man Lun the Great up and down, raising his bull head and asking without panic.
It had been living a very reverent life recently, without those few little bees buzzing around. What could be more comfortable than being able to take in the bustling scenery of Zetian Star City?
A mere Grade 6 Star Demon Beast dared to speak to him in such a manner, and the Great Man Lun was somewhat annoyed in his heart. Thinking of the Eternal Realm powerhouse behind Chasing Bull. He could only hold back his anger and said in a harmonious voice, “May I ask if Fellow Daoist Ning Cheng is in, I am an old friend of his and am visiting specially.”
Chasing Ox’s tail flicked, “Come in another month. Master has said that this retreat will last at least a month and a half.”
Great Emperor Man Lun snorted coldly, he was an Eternal Realm Starry Sky Emperor who controlled a starry sky, even if this was Zu Tian Starry Sky City, he couldn’t stand this kind of attitude.
However, when his divine sense swept upstairs to the formations, that anger instantly disappeared. The formations here were all Class 7 Starry Sky Formations, which included not only defensive formations, but also killing formations.
Emperor Man Lun was an Eternal Realm powerhouse, but he was still unable to set up a star formation. The level of proof had nothing to do with one’s own cultivation, the formation dao required countless time to verify and deduce. Regardless of whether this Ning Cheng was a Starry Sky Emperor or not, he was shocked to see such a level of Dao attestation.
“What else do you have to do?” Seeing that Great Emperor Man Lun was not leaving, Chasing Ox said with some displeasure. This b*stard had never seen the world before, and his first master was also a fellow with a low cultivation level. At this time, Ning Cheng’s cultivation level had risen, so he actually didn’t even look at Man Lun Da Di, which was really a dog fighting …… no, it should be a bull fighting for power.
Man Lun Da Di suppressed his displeasure and said, “It’s like this, in a month’s time, there will be a Spiritual Fruit Invitation Banquet at Heart Tower Emperor Mountain. I have three invitations, and since Daoist Friend Ning and I are old friends, I’ve sent one here on purpose.”
If Ning Cheng was truly of Man Lun Star Continent origin, then the Man Lun Emperor definitely had to pull the strings. The more Eternal Realm cultivators a star-land had, the more powerful that star-land was. He had indeed received three invitations and had sent one to Tang Yi. This time, he came over to Ning Cheng because he wanted to see how strong Ning Cheng really was. If it was worth pulling together, he would send one to Ning Cheng to pull together a friendship.
Right now, he had not seen Ning Cheng, but he had seen the formation that Ning Cheng had set up. It was that Ning Cheng’s cultivation level was not at the Eternal Realm, and such a powerful formation master was worth pulling his strings. Anywhere, there were not many emperor formation masters who could set up a rank seven star formation.
When Chasing Ox heard that there was a Spiritual Fruit Invitation Banquet, his tone immediately became polite, “A Spiritual Fruit Invitation Banquet, Master will definitely go, just leave the invitation here with me and I will leave it for Master.”
Great Emperor Man Lun had long ago not wanted to nag this foolish ox and sent out an invitation saying, “In that case, then I will wait for Brother Ning’s great pleasure at Heart Tower Emperor Mountain.”
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Ning Cheng did not have to use a month before he came out of seclusion, having successfully refined a Grade 8 Starry Sky Pill.
After advancing to a rank eight Starry Sky Dan Emperor, Ning Cheng did not continue his seclusion. One was that his flames simply could not refine a Grade Nine Starry Sky Pill, and the second was that he did not have that many top grade Starry Sky Spirit Herbs.
“Master a man called Man Lun came over to look for you, I said you were in seclusion, he left an invitation saying that the Heart Tower Emperor Mountain was holding a Spiritual Fruit Banquet and invited you to attend.” Chasing Bull joyfully took out the invitation, it was longing in its heart for Ning Cheng to take it to see the Spiritual Fruit Banquet.
Ning Cheng had not expected that the Man Lun Emperor was still in the Central Heavenly Star Continent, and he was not surprised that the Man Lun Emperor had come looking for him. Since Great Emperor Man Lun had come here, he must have gotten the news from that middle-aged beautiful woman. Ning Cheng looked at the date of the invitation, there were only two days left.
Putting the invitation away, Ning Cheng did not intend to go to the Heart Tower Emperor Mountain, he did not have any friendship with the Heart Piercing Tower, and this invitation was not even personally sent out by the Heart Piercing Tower, so it did not matter if he went or not.
“I’m going to go to the Zu Tian Merchant Hall, just wait for me here.” Ning Cheng barked an instruction to Chasing Ox and left the Alchemy Shop.
Chasing Ox was still a little unhappy that Ning Cheng had gone out alone without him, but when the old master told him to stay here, he did not dare to bargain. It would be depressing in case Master was not happy and threw it into the ring again.
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This time, Ning Cheng did not change his appearance and entered the Zetian Merchant Hall directly as he originally appeared.
As soon as he arrived at the Zuotian Merchant Hall, Ning Cheng deliberately revealed his powerful cultivation aura. The Zuotian Merchant Hall’s receptionist knew at first glance that a powerful person had arrived, and soon welcomed out a Heavenly Realm cultivator.
“May I ask what I, the Zuotian Merchant Hall, can do to help Fellow Daoist.” This Heavenly Realm cultivator spoke to Ning Cheng in a respectful tone, but did not refer to Ning Cheng as senior.
Ning Cheng gave a hmph and made a lofty appearance as he asked, “I heard that a few years ago, a piece of clay that housed the resting soil was auctioned off at the Zu Tian Merchant Hall. Who bought this clay?”
This Celestial Realm cultivator said in an even more polite tone, “Those who come to my Zu Tian Merchant Hall are guests, and the auctions held by my Merchant Hall do not divulge information about guests.”
Ning Cheng guessed that this was the result, but he was still unwilling in his heart. He stood up and deliberately pressed over with his aura.
This Heavenly Rank Realm cultivator was immediately suppressed by Ning Cheng’s aura, making it difficult for him to breathe. Previously, he had thought that Ning Cheng was only at most at the Life and Death realm, and although a Life and Death realm cultivator was remarkable, he could not make the Zu Tian Merchant Hall do anything.
Now this powerful aura of Ning Cheng’s was clearly that of an Eternal Realm powerhouse. If he met an unreasonable Eternal Realm powerhouse, the Zuotian Merchant Hall would be in trouble even if he was not afraid.
This Heavenly Realm cultivator hurriedly stood up as well, and said with an even more respectful face, “Senior, my Zuotian Merchant Hall has been standing in the Great Star of the Middle Heaven for countless years, by virtue of its reputation, so please forgive me, senior.”
Ning Cheng was somewhat helpless in his heart, if the other party did not say anything, he could not really oppress people without reason.
Seeing Ning Cheng’s unpleasant face, the Heavenly Realm cultivator added, “There are still two days left for the Heart Tower Emperor to hold a banquet of Star Spirit Fruits at the Heart Tower Emperor Mountain, if senior wants to inquire about this matter, he can certainly ask a few questions by going to this place.”
Ning Cheng’s powerful aura caused the cultivator to change his address from Dao Friend to Senior.
“Thank you very much.” Ning Cheng nodded his head, knowing that this receiving cultivator was in fact tantamount to indirectly telling him that the person who had purchased the resting soil deposit clay would also be going to the banquet.
As this Heavenly Realm cultivator watched Ning Cheng leave, his heart grew stranger and stranger. This Eternal Realm powerhouse seemed to have a great temper, so how could he casually say something and leave like that?