A month later, in a remote and uninhabited planet in the Great Starry Sky of the Devil’s Domain, Ning Cheng lightly panted and slowly opened his eyes.
His face was still a little pale, after a month of continuous healing and recovery, he still hadn’t fully recovered, and his sea of consciousness was still vaguely painful. It was only after what he had gone through that he had a slight aftermath.
Fortunately, he had not tried to sacrifice the Five-coloured Splitting Star Arrow at the Life and Death Realm, otherwise, he might have been drained into jerky and his Astral Body would have collapsed. Even after advancing to the Eternal Realm, his such a strong sea of consciousness had still caused such damage.
The Five-coloured Star Splitting Arrow was in no way something that an ordinary cultivator could sacrifice. If it wasn’t for the fact that the Five-coloured Splitting Star would have been blocked from the killing intent by a crumbling planet, and that killing intent had been dispersed for countless years, he wouldn’t have even been qualified to refine it. Even so, Ning Cheng suspected that it was somewhat odd that he could quickly refine the Five-coloured Star Splitting Arrow.
While Ning Cheng continued to heal his injuries, he took out the jade box with the Wood Origin Pearl and opened it. The rich wood origin aura came out, making Ning Cheng rejoice, he had finally not taken this risk for nothing. Unfortunately, the Wood Origin Pearl was indeed exactly as Shui Wushang had said, only half of it was there, well the greater part.
If it was the entire Wood Origin Pearl, Ning Cheng would not have hesitated to send this Origin Pearl into the Xuanhuang Pearl at this time, making his Xuanhuang Pearl completely complete. But this half side of the Wood Origin Pearl, Ning Cheng hesitated for half a day, but still did not dare to send it in.
He was worried that once the broken Wood Origin Pearl was sent in, not only would it not have much ⑤▼… The effect would also be completely worn out. If that were the case, then he would be at a huge loss. Even if he found the other half of the Wood Origin Pearl in the future, he would not be able to make the Xuanhuang Pearl complete. Such an outcome was absolutely unacceptable to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng carefully put the Wood Origin Pearl away. Once again, he struck several prohibitions. He had to search to see if he could find the other half of the Wood Origin Pearl. Only when he really could not find it. Only then would he risk fusing this half of the Wood Origin Pearl into his own Xuanhuang Pearl.
There were quite a few things in the red-haired man with the collapsed nose, and what Ning Cheng had gotten out was really limited. Apart from the Wood Origin Pearl, there were also a bunch of Constant Element Pills as well as several rings.
These several rings Ning Cheng went to open one by one, most of them were empty, the stuff should have been sorted out by the red-haired man.
To Ning Cheng’s surprise, he still found two rings filled with stuff.
One of the rings contained nearly forty to fifty star veins, hundreds of millions of constant yuan pills, starry sky spirit herbs and materials for refining and formation were also in a large pile. The other ring didn’t have as much as this one though. The items were also quite a lot.
Together with the Heng Yuan Pills that Ning Cheng had previously rescued from the red-haired man’s ring, and the cultivation resources that Ning Cheng himself had on him. With just this one harvest, Ning Cheng had nearly eighty Star Veins, 150 million Constant Element Pills, and piles of Starry Sky Spirit Herbs and artifact refining materials. As for those pills, they were simply ignored by Ning Cheng. He himself was a top Dan Emperor, so would he not care about these pills.
Ning Cheng soon knew who these two such rich rings belonged to, one was Yi Cang, the Guild Master of the Cang Pagoda Chamber of Commerce, and the other was Zeng Ta Jiang, the Vice Guild Master of the Cang Pagoda Chamber of Commerce.
The red-haired collapsed-nosed man had snatched these two men’s rings before he could sort them out, and he had gotten them by hand.
Ning Cheng sighed with relief. This was a lot of giving, almost giving his little life away. The same gain was also a lot. He had never gotten so many things in one unexpected harvest.
Feeling the quiet five-coloured Star Splitting Arrow on his wrist and the Heavenly Cloud Twin Wings on his body that had not long been in Nirvana, Ning Cheng felt that he finally had a hint of his capital to gain a foothold in the starry sky.
Only after another half a month did Ning Cheng sacrifice the Starry Sky Wheel to return to the Frothy Silence Star Continent. Although his face was still a little pale, he had recovered 90% of his strength. The rest could only be repaired slowly with time.
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As soon as Ning Cheng returned, he went to the City Lord’s Mansion in the Returned Capital. After more than a month, the City Lord’s Mansion, which had been blown into ruins at first, was once again constructed. Ning Cheng did not find Piercing Heart Tower and Qiao Kai Rui and the others in the City Lord’s Mansion, but fortunately his divine sense sensed that Shui Wushang was still here.
When the ban at the door was touched, Shui Wushang was startled in his heart and hurriedly stood up. Ever since she knew that the red-haired man had come specifically to kill her, she had been a little jumpy.
However, when she saw Ning Cheng standing at the door through the restraint, she immediately opened the restraint with immense surprise and called out, “Senior Brother Ning, it’s you ……”
Her surprise was not feigned, but came from her heart. If that red-haired man came again, she would do nothing but wait for death or die.
Ning Cheng entered Shui Wushang’s room and casually helped Shui Wushang with the forbidden system and said, “It’s me, why haven’t you seen Piercing Heart Tower and the others?”
Shui Wushang breathed a sigh of relief and said, “After waiting for you for half a month without news, the four of them left the Guidu Starry Sky City together. If I guessed correctly, they should have gone to the Xuanhuang Star Continent.”
It was also because all four Starry Sky Emperors had left the Frothy Silence Star Continent that Shui Wushang was emboldened. In this place, she had no protection. If she hadn’t been expecting that Ning Cheng might return, she would have secretly left this place long ago.
“Senior Brother Ning, did you really go after that red-haired cultivator?” Shui Wushang could see that Ning Cheng’s face was still slightly pale. It had taken so long to return to the Frothy Silence Star Continent, and she even suspected that Ning Cheng was not lightly injured.
Ning Cheng could likewise see Shui Wushang’s worry, and he nodded, “Yes, I did go after that fellow.”
After hesitating for a moment, Ning Cheng still said, “You don’t need to worry now, that fellow was killed by me.”
The reason why he said this was because it was originally Shui Wushang’s fault that he had received the news of the Wood Origin Pearl and had come to this place. No matter what relationship he had with Shui Wushuang before, that was all in the past. At least now, he and Shui Wushuang were still friends. It would not be quite enough if he had to conceal it from Shui Wushuang after she had contributed her efforts.
Shui Wushang was still thinking about how Ning Cheng had escaped from the red-haired, collapsed-nosed man, but then she suddenly heard Ning Cheng say that he had killed the red-haired, collapsed-nosed man, a shock that she could not even imagine. She even subconsciously covered her mouth with her hand after she opened her mouth to let out an ah, in complete disbelief.
Ning Cheng was naturally strong, if Ning Cheng wasn’t strong, then the Heart Piercing Tower and Qiao Kai Rui wouldn’t have scorned him. Nor would it have been rumoured that he had blown away the three Island Masters of Divine Devil Island with a single punch.
But even if Ning Cheng was strong, there was still a bottom line, right? She had seen with her own eyes how powerful the red-haired, collapsed-nosed man was. How could Ning Cheng defeat the red-haired, collapsed-nosed man? Not only could Ning Cheng not, I was afraid that even the most powerful of the Four Great Star Emperors, Piercing Heart Tower, might not be stronger than that man.
Ning Cheng interrupted Shui Wushang’s consternation, “Fairy Wushang ……”
“Senior Brother Ning, if you look up to me just call me Wushuang.” Shui Wushang finally came back to her senses and looked at Ning Cheng and said seriously.
“Good, Wushang. The Heart Tower Grand Emperor and his few people have gone to the Xuanhuang Star Continent, and I don’t think highly of these guys. I plan to go to Xuanhuang Star Continent, you have helped me, I know your father, I will help you keep an eye on them.” Ning Cheng saw that the Heart Piercing Tower few had already left, so he simply went there alone.
The reason why he did not look out for the Heart Piercing Tower few was because that red-haired man was too powerful. If there were a few more powerful guys like that in the Xuanhuang Star Continent, it would be good if the four of the Piercing Heart Building could escape with two of them. And he was the one who had to go over, otherwise he would be sorry to the giant who had saved his life.
“Senior Brother Ning, I’ll go with you. I have some means of escape, and I will definitely not drag you back when I have to.” Shui Wushang said firmly.
Ning Cheng had originally wanted Shui Wushang to stay behind, but now that Shui Wushang insisted on going with him, he thought about it and did not refuse again. After all, he still had to go back and invite Shen Mengyan, and Shen Mengyan’s cultivation level would not be higher than Shui Wushang’s.
“Wushang, I was able to get back that half of the Wood Origin Pearl thanks to you, and this ring is my payment to you. In addition, I hope that you will not tell anyone about the Wood Origin Pearl.” Ning Cheng took out a ring and handed it to Shui Wushang.
Shui Wushang naturally knew what Ning Cheng meant and she hurriedly took the ring, “Don’t worry, Senior Brother Ning, if it wasn’t for Senior Brother Ning’s hand before, I am afraid that I would have been killed by that person. No matter what happens, I will not tell anyone about this.”
Shui Wushang took the ring, to reassure Ning Cheng. However, when her divine sense landed inside the ring, she almost cried out in shock. Inside the ring were ten million Heng Yuan Pills, and a bunch of cultivation pills.
“I can’t ask for this much stuff.” So many things Shui Wushang looked at with great enthusiasm, and if she said she didn’t want to be false, she knew she couldn’t ask for it. She had only provided a message, if she really took so many things, I was afraid that Ning Cheng would look at her in a different light.
She was about to return the ring to Ning Cheng, but she saw Ning Cheng smiling and said, “The fact that I can give you so many things means that I have the ability to do so. Not to mention this amount of stuff, even if it was a few times more, as long as I can find the Wood Origin Pearl, I would give it willingly.”
Ning Cheng did not say this blindly, if it was not for Shui Wushang’s reminder, he would most likely have brushed past the Wood Origin Pearl.
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Half a month later, Ning Cheng returned to Jiangzhou Star, and after telling Ji Luofei and Ning Ruolan, Cang Caihe and the others that he was going to Xuanhuang Star Continent, he took Shen Mengyan and Shui Wushuang with him to leave Jiangzhou Star.
Ning Ruolan and Ji Luofei both knew that their strength was too low, and with Ning Cheng bringing back so many cultivation resources, the only thing they needed to do was to work hard on their closed-door cultivation.
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The speed of the Starry Sky Wheel was very fast, in less than half a month, the Xuanhuang Star Continent could be swept with divine sense.
“How did it turn out like this?” Shui Wushang muttered as he stood on the deck of the Starship Wheel looking at a huge star-land in front of him.
Not to mention Shui Wushuang, even Ning Cheng was equally in disbelief. He had been to the Xuanhuang Star Continent once. Back then, before he had even entered the Xuanhuang Star Continent, he had felt the layers of green intent. It had only been a few years, but when he came to the Xuanhuang Star Continent again, what he saw was not layers of greenery, but an aura of death and grey.
This reminded Ning Cheng of the Sacred Light Ridge in the Xuanhuang Star Continent. When he first saw the Sacred Light Ridge, there was also nothing growing in the morning. However, the Holy Light Ridge had no grass, nor did it have this dead grey aura in front of him.
As the Star Wheel stopped outside the Xuanhuang Star Continent, Ning Cheng stared at it for half a day before suddenly saying, “I understand.”
“What?” Shen Mengyan and Shui Wushang asked at the same time, Shen Mengyan had never been to the Xuanhuang Star Continent before, so it was a little better.
Ning Cheng took a breath and slowly said, “Someone wants to refine the Xuanhuang Star Continent, and it’s not just any refinement.”