“Boom” with a dull explosion, the naked man was directly torn apart by the five-coloured Star Splitting Arrows, and his Yuan Shen was similarly strangled by Ning Cheng’s Formation Trapping and Killing Formation.
While the Five-coloured Star Splitting Arrow disappeared from Ning Cheng’s wrist once again, Ning Cheng had already grabbed a ring. Without waiting for Ning Cheng to break the prohibitions in the naked man’s ring, the ring’s prohibitions shattered inch by inch. Ning Cheng threw the contents of the ring into his own ring as fast as he could, and as soon as he managed to transfer the contents of the ring away, the ring directly collapsed away.
Ning Cheng was slightly relieved, it was much better now than the first time he had killed Hong Lun.
It was only then that Nalan Ru Xue reacted and hurriedly went forward to support Ning Cheng who was stumbling, “Senior Brother Ning, are you alright.”
Ning Cheng waved his hand and said weakly, “This is not a place to stay for long, hurry into the formation ……”
Only then did Nalan Ruxue realize that the protective formation that previously required a sacrificial formation to be broken had been driven by Ning Cheng’s arrow and had long since cracked.
A dense wood origin aura radiated out, and Nalan Ruxue hurriedly helped Ning Cheng to enter this protective formation.
Ning Cheng casually threw out some formation flags to lock the aura outside this protective formation, while temporarily concealing the place.
“What a dense Wood Origin aura.” Nalan Ru Xue exclaimed in astonishment, unfortunately she was not a wood attribute spirit root. If she was a wood attribute spirit root, cultivating in this place would be at least tens of times better than outside.
Ning Cheng was also stunned by the wood origin aura in front of him, to be exact, this was a reef beach. These reefs were inlaid with one Wood Origin crystal after another, both large and small. It was impossible for the reefs to produce wood origin crystals, the only possibility was that the origin crystals here had evolved over countless years.
The Unmercurial Ghost Vine King pulsed on Ning Cheng’s wrist, and with a shake of his hand, Ning Cheng said, “Go devour these Wood Origin Crystals, and remember to collect all the complete ones for me.”
After saying that, Ning Cheng once again called out to Chasing Ox, “You also go and collect the Wood Origin Crystals, I need to heal my injuries.”
Seeing a thick vine stretching out endlessly, this vine swept up all the surrounding rocks and quickly absorbed the Wood Origin Crystals in it, Nalan Ru Xue knew that this vine was Ning Cheng’s pet. Moreover, she also knew this vine, it seemed to be the Ooze Ghost Vine.
As for the chasing cow, she instead didn’t care, the value of the Unmercurial Ghost Vine was definitely much more powerful than an ordinary demon cow.
Ning Cheng put his hand down from Nalan Ruxue, “Senior sister Ruxue, you also go and collect Wood Origin Crystals, I need to heal my injuries.”
There were wood origin auras everywhere here, so it was most appropriate to heal here.
Sensing that Ning Cheng had only lost too much, Nalan Ruxue did not refuse and helped Ning Cheng to a place where the Wood Origin Crystals were dense, and also began to dig for Wood Origin Crystals on the reef beach.
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A month later, Ning Cheng stood up with a long sigh of relief. His injuries were all gone, and although his hair was still grey, it would gradually return in the future as he continued to cultivate. This was something that Ning Cheng would naturally not continue to use the Morning Ice Marrow.
“Master, the Wood Origin Crystals are all here.” As soon as Ning Cheng stood up, Chasing Ox came in front of Ning Cheng and handed a ring to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng’s divine sense swept through it, and there were thousands of Wood Origin Crystals in it.
Without waiting for Ning Cheng to ask, Chasing Ox hurriedly said, “Little Wood Vine and that little girl’s Wood Origin Crystals are also here, Little Wood Vine has gone out for the tribulation. That little girl said she had gone to help protect the spell, so I guess she went to watch the fun. I’m loyal to my lord and don’t dare to leave even one step.”
Ning Cheng had long since discovered that neither the Wu Xia Ghost Vine nor Nalan Ru Xue were here, and the Wood Origin Crystals in here had basically been consumed, and all that remained were a few star points.
Ning Cheng paid no attention to the Wu Hei Ghost Vine, as a burst of explosive thunder came from outside, Ning Cheng knew that the Wu Hei Ghost Vine had indeed gone out to transmigrate.
He did not go out immediately, but sorted out all the several rings. Apart from some lower and middle grade divine crystals, there were more than ten million upper grade divine crystals alone. All these upper-grade divine crystals mainly originated from that black-skinned and naked male cultivator.
When Ning Cheng brought Chasing Ox out of the reef crevice, the Wunderkind Ghost Vine King had already completed its tribulation and had successfully advanced to become a Starry Sky Grade 8 Demon Vine. It was only a matter of time before the Wu Hei Ghost Vine King advanced to rank nine as long as it had the Wood Origin Crystals to devour.
“Senior Brother Ning, have you recovered from your injuries?” When Nalan Ru Xue saw Ning Cheng come out, she walked over with a hint of excitement. She was naturally clear about the value of Wood Origin Crystals, and she had obtained hundreds of them down there. Although most of them had been given to Chasing Ox, she still had forty to fifty of them on her.
Ning Cheng took out a ring and handed it to Nalan Ru Xue and said, “There are some Wood Origin Crystals in here, so you should keep some as well.”
Nalan Ru Xue hastily excused herself and said, “Senior Brother Ning, I still have a few dozen on me, it would not be of much use if I wanted more of these.”
When Ning Cheng heard that Nalan Ru Xue had left some of the Wood Origin Crystals behind, he did not continue to be polite. Wood Origin Crystals were very important to him, not only did he need them for his pill refining, but he also needed them for the advancement of the Wu Xia Ghost Vine King afterwards.
After taking out the Wood Origin Crystals from the ring, he handed the ring to Nalan Ruxue and said, “There are three million divine crystals in here, as well as some magic treasures and pills. I have kept many for myself, so these are for you.”
Hearing Ning Cheng say this, Nalan Ru Xue did not continue to push back and put away the ring.
The upgraded Crowded Ghost Vine King turned into a dark light and disappeared on Ning Cheng’s wrist, the Crowded Ghost Vine King had just upgraded and still needed to stabilize its cultivation.
Seeing Ning Cheng sacrifice his flying magic treasure, Chasing Ox called out pitifully, “Master, let me help you drive the magic treasure.”
Knowing that this creature did not want to stay inside the True Spirit World at all, Ning Cheng simply handed the airship over to Chasing Ox for control.
“Senior Brother Ning, did you see that person hiding off to the side right from the start?” After the airship took off, Nalan Ru Xue finally couldn’t help but ask.
Ning Cheng shook his head, “No, but when I saw that the map jade slip that Tao Xing got was the same as the map jade slip that the Ancient Society got, I guessed that this was a deliberate layout by someone. The person who laid it out was definitely not looking for a cultivator like Tao Xing, but for a virgin child cultivator with water spirit roots.
Since this person put out the map to intentionally find female cultivators to sacrifice the formation, he would be paying attention to that fire attribute protective formation at all times. To keep an eye on the protective formation at all times, staying here was even less likely to be discovered than checking with divine sense, and it was also easier to control the temporary happenings.
My divine sense went around in there and didn’t find anything suspicious. I knew then that if someone had stayed in there, this person’s cultivation level was definitely much stronger than mine. If I want to make a move, I must take it by surprise. I asked you to sacrifice the formation, also to make that guy focus his attention on you, and also to set up a trapping and killing formation to help, sorry about that.”
“No, Senior Brother Ning, I’m the one who’s sorry. I thought you were really going to use me to sacrifice the formation, and I was still very lost in my heart. But, Senior Brother Ning, how did you know where that person was hiding?” Nalan Ru Xue was very excited in her heart at this moment, she felt that after this incident, the misunderstanding between her and Ning Cheng had melted away a lot.
Ning Cheng sighed, “I don’t know, I totally bet on it. I was thinking about which position would be the best for me to hide in if it were me. Not only did this position have to be the best visually, it also had to be able to control everything at all times. I chose a location and I guessed that if someone was hiding here, they would have chosen the same place as I did. I just didn’t expect that guy to be so good, and if I hadn’t had a killer, I would have almost been taken out by him.”
Hearing this, Nalan Ru Xue also had some fear in her heart. In case Ning Cheng had misjudged, then her fate would still not escape being sacrificed to the formation.
Thinking of this, Nalan Ruxue was suddenly a little baffled. When Ning Cheng wanted to use her to sacrifice the formation, she only had loss and sadness in her heart at that time, just not fear. But when she thought that the guy who had been killed by Ning Cheng was going to use her to sacrifice the formation, she actually had fear.
Ning Cheng did not say anything more, the only thing he was puzzled about was why that naked male cultivator wanted to lock himself up, was it to cultivate a technique or was it something else?
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After the airship returned to Bian Su Divine Sea City again, Ning Cheng and Nalan Ru Xue did not even go to the cave place, they directly paid 20,000 divine crystals in the square and waited for the airship that was heading to the transmission formation group.
As for Chasing Ox, he was once again sent into the True Spirit World by Ning Cheng. According to the airships of Bian Su Divine Sea City, and the rules of the transmission array transmission, the beast pets would not be charged divine crystals as long as they were not released.
However, a person could not be sent into a special space, once they were found out, not only would they be deprived of their cultivation and expelled, but they would also have everything confiscated. The fact that a cultivator had his cultivation nullified, which was tantamount to throwing his life away, it was no longer relevant whether he received something or not.
Ning Cheng and Nalan Ru Xue had just sat down when two people walked over. The one in front was a middle-aged male cultivator, while the one behind was a poised, tall young man. However, the young man at the back had an even higher cultivation level than the middle-aged male cultivator at the front, and was already at the late stage of the Eternal Realm.
Seeing the middle-aged male cultivator walking in front, Ning Cheng frowned slightly, he knew what the reason for this man coming to him was. The middle-aged male cultivator in front of him was the head of the Su Hai Restaurant, he had sold a pot of Mo Xiang Yi to him at the Su Hai Restaurant, and now they were really looking for him.
“Hello friend, we meet again.” The middle-aged shopkeeper arched his hand at Ning Cheng and said enthusiastically.
“Brother Hong, is this the friend?” The young man walking behind the middle-aged shopkeeper asked with a smile.
The middle-aged shopkeeper hurriedly said, “Yes, young Min, this is the friend who sold it to me.”
The young man nodded, “Thank you very much, Brother Hong.”
This middle-aged shopkeeper said in a very tactful manner, “Young Min, I still have things to do in my restaurant, so I will take my leave.” After saying that, he also nodded to Ning Cheng and turned around to quickly leave.
The young man hugged a salute to Ning Cheng and said with great poise, “My name is Xi Zi Min, I come from the Tai Su Domain.”
“Ning Cheng, a casual cultivator. If Brother Xi is looking for me to ask about that wine, I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint Brother Xi, it was given to me by a friend of mine and I only have that one pot.” Ning Cheng blocked out Xi Zimin’s words as soon as he spoke.
“It’s not entirely about the wine, I happen to be going on a trip to the Tai Su Market as well, and I happen to be travelling with Brother Ning.” After Xi Zimin finished speaking, he took the initiative to go and pay 10,000 divine crystals and purchase a jade talisman for the airship ride.