“Deal.” Ning Cheng turned his head and looked at Duan Gantai with a smile.
Duan Gantai’s heart jumped slightly, surprisingly, he felt something wrong. However, when he thought of the fact that all three Time Hall keys were about to fall on him, how could there be anything wrong?
Both of them did not mention the transaction, and each of them set up various kinds of prohibitions in the room to prevent one of them from suddenly escaping. Only after the two had finished setting up the prohibitions did Ning Cheng then take out the third Time Hall Key.
Duan Gantai forced himself to hold back the thumping in his heart and took out a ring as well. The ring contained thirty star veins and a jade talisman of teleportation, and both he and Ning Cheng knew clearly that it was simply impossible to deceive the other party with a fake one at this time.
The two of them quickly exchanged their things, and only then did Duan Gantai breathe a sigh of relief. Even the two parties involved, Duan Gantai and Ning Cheng, did not notice that they had clearly made the transaction because of the matter of the Starry Sky Luo Chi. However, after the deal was made, the two of them surprisingly did not dwell on the quantity of the Eternal Emperor’s Return Pill. It was as if the two of them had not made the deal for the Eternal Emperor Returning Pill, but for the Time Eternal Hope Key instead, which was simply a little too bizarre.
It was only when Duan Gantai took out the Starry Sky Luo Chi that he felt something odd.
Not only did the two of them not bargain over the Eternal Emperor Returning Pill Count 10↘ amount, but also why had Ning Cheng not asked him to bring out the Starry Sky Luo Zhi as well when exchanging things? This feeling flickered, and in Duan Gantai’s opinion, it should be because Ning Cheng was confident that the forbidden here could not go away by itself for a while. Or perhaps. Although the Starry Sky Luo Zhi was extremely rare. The price at which it was purchased wasn’t very outrageous. It was only a few million Heng Yuan Dan.
“I need two Eternal Emperor Returning Pills.” Duan Gantai said as he grabbed the Starry Sky Luo Chi.
Ning Cheng did not hesitate half a second this time and agreed straight away, “Yes, as long as the pills can be made, I will definitely give you two of them.”
Duan Gantai nodded, before handing the Starry Sky Luo Chi in his hand to Ning Cheng. He was not afraid that Ning Cheng would not be able to make the pills, and he even wanted Ning Cheng to not make the pills. As long as Ning Cheng failed in his alchemy, he would only be losing one Starry Sky Luo Zhi. The Hall of Time was already in his hands. What did he care about a single Starry Sky Luo Zhi?
Duan Gantai fell silent, and Ning Cheng also stopped speaking.
As he watched Ning Cheng skillfully and incomparably take out the Dan Furnace, a pile of spiritual herbs, and offer up the Star River Flame, Duan Gantai’s eyes grew increasingly shocked.
Ning Cheng’s level of alchemy was really as he had said, it was too strong. This was not all, Ning Cheng still had such a terrifying flame. No wonder Ning Cheng had to ask him for the Void Haze Crystal, this flame had advanced to such a level.
Ning Cheng also knew that this had to be exposed, since he and Duan Gantai had made a deal, some of his cards had to be revealed. Duan Gantai would definitely not allow him to hide away and refine pills.
Ning Cheng did not refine many Starry Sky Grade 9 pills, as he did not have many Starry Sky Grade 9 spirit herbs. Nonetheless. Ning Cheng was still confident in refining the Eternal Emperor Return Pill this time. He had refined many Starry Sky Grade 8 pills, and had also refined a few Starry Sky Grade 9 pills, and had successful precedents ahead of him. He believed that now that his Star River Flame level had increased, there was still a great possibility of success in refining the Eternal Emperor Return Pill.
One by one, spiritual herbs were thrown into the Streakless Dan Furnace by Ning Cheng, even if it was the Starry Sky Luo Chi, Ning Cheng did not hesitate half a second before throwing it into the Dan Furnace.
Duan Gantai could only see Ning Cheng moving continuously, throwing out some impurities at the same time, while his divine sense could not sweep into Ning Cheng’s Dan Furnace. This was not only because Ning Cheng had arranged a barrier to block divine sense outside the furnace, but also because Duan Gantai himself knew that he could not easily sweep his divine sense into the alchemist’s furnace, so as not to affect the formation of the pills.
Time passed in the midst of Ning Cheng’s alchemy and Duan Gantai’s waiting, and after a full two hours, Ning Cheng’s gestures suddenly accelerated.
At this time, even Duan Gantai, who was watching from the side, became nervous, he knew that Ning Cheng was collecting the pills. Despite his low level of alchemy, he could vaguely feel that the gesture Ning Cheng made was not a Dan trick, but as to why he felt this way, he himself could not say.
Another half column of incense passed, a burst of clear fragrance came out, and Duan Gantai saw Ning Cheng raise his hand with a wave. Even though his gaze was incredibly powerful, it was blocked by Ning Cheng’s hand gesture, and he surprisingly did not see clearly how many pills Ning Cheng had actually refined.
Seeing Ning Cheng put away the pill furnace and remove the ban, Duan Gantai laughed dryly for a few seconds, “Brother Ning is really true to his name, he has easily refined the Eternal Emperor Return Pill, impressive.”
Ning Cheng threw a jade bottle to Duan Gantai and said, “Brother Duan, in this jade bottle are two Eternal Emperor Returning Pills.”
Duan Gantai grabbed the jade bottle and swept his divine sense in, immediately knowing that these were two top grade Eternal Emperor Restoration Pills. He hurriedly put away the jade bottle with a heated smile, “Thank you, Brother Ning, by the way ……”
Duan Gantai had just said two words when his face changed.
Ning Cheng was puzzled and asked, “Is there something wrong with Brother Duan?”
“Not good, someone is attacking my cave, my cave is my lifeblood, Brother Ning wait for me to come back ……” After Duan Gantai said these words, his entire person faded away and disappeared from Ning Cheng’s sight in an instant, without leaving even a half trace.
Those prohibitions in the room seemed to be mere ornaments to Duan Gantai, unable to stop him by half.
Ning Cheng looked at the location where Duan Gantai had disappeared and let out a cold laugh. He had indeed guessed correctly, Duan Gantai’s means of escape was much better than his, at least he could not keep Duan Gantai. It looked like when he returned, apart from speeding up to advance to the Eternal Realm, he would also have to upgrade his Heavenly Cloud Twin Wings.
As for giving two Eternal Emperor Returning Pills to Duan Gantai, Ning Cheng did not even care about it. He had refined twelve Eternal Emperor Returning Pills in one furnace, six of the top grade and six of the special grade. What if he took away two of the top grade Emperor Returning Pills?
Ning Cheng put away his things, removed all the prohibitions inside the house and was about to leave when the prohibitions outside the door moved.
Ning Cheng’s divine sense swept out and found that the person who came was actually Shui Wushang.
Shui Wushang was definitely not here to find him, and it looked like Shui Wushang and Duan Gantai were not as simple as they seemed.
“Why is it you?” Shui Wushang looked at Ning Cheng in amazement, she always felt that Ning Cheng and Duan Gantai’s relationship was not as cordial as it seemed, she did not expect that Ning Cheng was also staying here.
“Are you here to find Duan Gantai?” Ning Cheng smiled as he looked at Shui Wushang at the door.
The expression on Shui Wushang’s face was somewhat odd. After hearing Ning Cheng’s words. He hurriedly said. “Not really, it’s fine to look for you. Can I go in and have a seat?”
Ning Cheng nodded, “Come in, it’s not like this is my territory.”
Shui Wushang had obviously dressed up on purpose before coming over, her original aqua dress had been changed and she was wearing a light purple tight fitting dress. The fullness of her breasts and her delicate waist were clearly bound by the belt, and her long hair fell on her shoulders, giving her a quiet and gentle look. Plus a faint woman’s fragrance comes through. It makes people feel good without realising it.
Ning Cheng knew Shui Wushang well and naturally knew what kind of person Shui Wushang was. Luckily, he did not see that kind of pretentiousness on Shui Wushang this time, which made Ning Cheng a little more comfortable.
“Can you tell me, what exactly is your relationship with Duan Gantai?” After Shui Wushuang sat down, the first thing she asked was about Ning Cheng’s relationship with Duan Gantai.
“First, you tell me where Duan Gantai came from, and what is Butterfly Mountain?” Ning Cheng did not answer Shui Wushang’s words and asked Shui Wushang a question in return.
Shui Wushuang nodded, “I already know about your relationship with Duan Gantai, and you don’t even know about the Butterfly Mountain. It looks like Duan Gantai is with you just as much as he went to my Shui family, to use you, right? Die Mountain is a place. I heard that people there rarely come out, and when they do it’s a shocking event.”
It seemed that Shui Wushang had really come over to ask this, and after she had answered Ning Cheng’s words, she stood up again, and as she walked to the door, she suddenly turned back and said, “Senior Brother Ning, do you think that Duan Gantai is a good daoist couple?”
Shui Wushang did not take the initiative to mention the matter of the Time Eternal Hope Key, so Ning Cheng’s impression of her was a little better instead. If this woman had mentioned the Time Eternal Hope Key as soon as she arrived, Ning Cheng would have told him to get lost without hesitation. This woman wanted to harm him in the first place, and she still dared to mention the Time Eternal Hope Key?
Hearing Shui Wushang ask such nonsensical words, Ning Cheng was also speechless. He guessed that something must have happened to the Shui Family, otherwise Shui Wushang would not have come here and said such things, this was a way to find a way back for himself.
Ning Cheng hesitated slightly, but still answered truthfully, “Firstly, Duan Gantai is not a good daoist couple, and secondly, you won’t be able to find Duan Gantai at all in the short term.”
Ning Cheng did not know if Duan Gantai was a good daoist couple, he knew that Duan Gantai definitely did not have Shui Wushang in his eyes. If Duan Gantai had put Shui Wushuang in his eyes, he would not have used Shui Wushuang. As for not being able to find Duan Gantai in the short term, that was certain, Duan Gantai was going to advance to the Eternal Realm and also go to the Time Hall, it would be strange if he was free to appear.
“Thank you for Senior Brother Ning’s words, Senior Brother Ning must not go to the Xuanhuang Star Continent again. A transmission vortex has appeared at the Xuanhuang Star Continent’s Sacred Light Ridge, and a powerful outsider has already set up a residence there. Any cultivators from the Xuanhuang Star Continent who didn’t manage to leave in time have been killed at will as well as forcibly driven there to build a new city.” After finishing these words, Shui Wushang quickly walked out.
Ning Cheng looked at Shui Wushang’s back as he thought about Shui Wushang’s words in his heart. This place, Sacred Light Ridge, was a place Ning Cheng naturally knew, and there was a Xuanhuang Sacred Temple here. This Xuanhuang Sacred Temple was still the one he had taken out with the Wishing Jade Seal, when a powerful existence wanted to seize his Xuanhuang Pearl and even to take him over.
After being blown away by him, this existence even said that it would return. Could that teleportation vortex be this existence coming back? It was reasonable to say that it couldn’t be so soon, when he had taught that fleshless Yuan Shen a good lesson.
In any case, Ning Cheng knew that he could not delay, he had to advance to the Eternal Realm with the same swift speed. Only after advancing to the Eternal Realm would he have some backbone. As for the Xuanhuang Star Continent, that was something he had to go to.
Thinking of this, Ning Cheng rushed out of the room and called out to Shui Wushang who was about to leave, while taking out a jade token and handing it to Shui Wushang, he said, “Fairy Wushang, thank you for the reminder, this is my divine thought jade token.”
Shui Wushang took the jade token in surprise, a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes, she did not understand what Ning Cheng meant.
Ning Cheng said cautiously, “Fairy Wushang, I would like to request everything that has something to do with the Wood Origin, the most important being the Wood Origin Pearl. The Cang Pagoda Chamber of Commerce is the number one chamber of commerce in the Four Great Stars, and as you work in this chamber of commerce, I just want to ask Immortal Shangless to keep an eye out for me, and once there is news of the Wood Origin Pearl or something similar, please ask Immortal Shangless to crush the jade token to inform me at the first opportunity. I will never treat you poorly.”
Shui Wushang’s expression once again calmed down as she nodded and said, “I will keep an eye out for Senior Brother Ning, please don’t worry.”