“Ru Xue, I’m leaving.” Yan Ji stood up, his tone seemed to calm down, except for the fact that his face was still pale.
Nalan Ruxue also stood up, she had been with Yan Ji for such a long time and knew him very well. Yan Ji had an independent personality and was very opinionated. In a way, Yan Ji was much stronger and more independent than she was. Even though she had lived alone in the stars for many years, she was still not as strong as Yan Ji.
She also knew that Yan Ji had decided to go and kill the Poisonous Hands and the Heartless Monk, but she did not persuade Yan Ji, knowing that she could not do so. Yan Ji would not act impulsively. Even if she went to kill these two people, she would not do it immediately.
“I’m leaving too, so be careful. I have received my inheritance, and I will come back here in the future after I have shaped my dao.” Nalan Ru Xue only said that she would tell Yan Ji to be careful, after Ning Cheng had fallen, she would not stay on the outskirts of the Tai Su Ruin Square either. She was going to finish her business, and if Yan Ji hadn’t killed these two people after she shaped her dao, she would strike.
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After a year of seclusion, Ning Cheng heard about the events of a year ago as soon as he came out. He guessed that the Heartless Monk would go to him, and he didn’t expect that he would actually go, so it looked like it was always good to plan ahead for a rainy day.
After retiring from the cave, Ning Cheng wore the mask he had made to the mission hall. He had been refining weapons for a year and could only refine lower grade divine weapons. Because it was a mask magic treasure that he had refined himself, ordinary Dao-shaping cultivators would definitely not be able to see his appearance. Even for cultivators above the Plastic Dao, if they didn’t carefully scan him with their divine sense, they wouldn’t necessarily be able to tell.
He was an inconspicuous casual cultivator doing a mission, there shouldn’t be any experts specifically checking out on him. What’s more, experts who were more than Dao-shaping. There weren’t many in the Tai Su Market Square either.
Ning Cheng soon discovered that he was wrong. There were indeed not many Dao-shaping and above powerhouses here a year ago. It only added up to those few. This time, as soon as he entered the Mission Hall, he saw seven or eight powerful auras. Even if he didn’t use his divine sense to scan them, he knew that the cultivation level of these few strong people was stronger than Shaping Dao.
Ning Cheng took a breath and even more so, he collected his aura and watched the Mission Grand Screen with the many ordinary cultivators.
It did not take much time before Ning Cheng saw the mission to apprehend the Heartless Monk and the Lifeless Poisoner. When Ning Cheng saw this mission, he did not think anything of it. It was normal for these two guys to be wanted by the Tai Su Market Square Cave since they dared to sneak in and attack the Tai Su Market Square Cave.
However, Ning Cheng soon thought otherwise. This was because he saw the points wanted for these two men, which were two million each, and they were still wanted alive. Even the one who provided information about these two people would get 500,000 points, which caused Ning Cheng’s heart to thud.
He was just an insignificant scattered cultivator here, and even if he had fallen victim to a sneak attack, the Tai Su Market Square Cave would definitely not spend such a large amount of money to wanted these two people. The only possibility was that this was not a mission issued by the Tai Su Market Square Cave. Or the reason for wanting these two had nothing to do with him.
Ning Cheng did not think that the wanted for these two had nothing to do with him, the Heartless Monk and the Lifeless Poisoner had just sneaked up on him. It was a bit too much of a coincidence that they were mysteriously wanted.
Had he fallen. Only the two, the Lifeless Poisoner and the Heartless Monk, knew. Ning Cheng began to make assumptions, if this wanted person was for him, or wanted to know if he had really fallen away, then it would be justifiable to look for the living Lifeless Poison Hand and Heartless Monk.
And who would go to such lengths to find him? The most likely would be the Lifeless Poisoner and the Heartless Monk, but these two are themselves wanted.
Other than that there was only the Heaven’s Beyond Dao, and he had only offended these few people when he came to Tai Su Market. Ning Cheng also knew very well that the Heaven’s Beyond Dao did not yet dare to find him through the wanted Heartless Monk and Lifeless Poison Hand. What’s more, the Heaven’s Beyond Dao did not have the strength to do so.
Ning Cheng walked to a corner of the Mission Hall and asked for an ordinary cup of spiritual tea.
He picked up the spirit tea and took a somewhat mindless sip, and as he was about to put it down he saw a man with stripes on his face walk into the Mission Hall.
The Ninth Prince?
Ning Cheng quickly ascertained that this man was not the Ninth Prince, this man’s face was similar to that of the Ninth Prince, Barbarian Jiu Ren, with a stripe on his face, and he also looked somewhat similar, but he was definitely not Barbarian Jiu Ren.
When he thought of Barbarian Jiuren, the leaf that was covering Ning Cheng’s thoughts was suddenly opened, and Ning Cheng’s heart suddenly became as clear as a clear mirror.
The Ninth Prince of the Tai Su Sea had returned, only his old man would have the guts to take out so many points to find his whereabouts, Ning Cheng.
Naturally, the Ninth Prince’s old man was so bold, not just for the Ninth Prince’s revenge. Rather, it was because of his Five-coloured Star Splitting Arrow, the power of his Five-coloured Star Splitting Arrow was clear to Barbarian Jiuren. It was certain that Savage Jiu Ren would tell his old man this news, and his old man was here to search for the Five-coloured Splitting Star Arrow.
Ning Cheng was not sure what kind of cultivation level the Ninth Prince’s old man was, but Ning Cheng could guess that it was definitely a super powerhouse.
Faced with such a powerful person coming to look for him, an Eternal Realm cultivator, Ning Cheng’s heart instantly went cold. He was certain that once half of his information leaked out, he was afraid that he would not even be able to escape into the Tai Su Ruins.
Ning Cheng forced himself to calm down as he slowly took in a breath and thought about what he should do. The man with the lines on his face, even though he was not Barbarian Jiuren, was definitely related to him and might be his brother.
Finishing his spirit tea, Ning Cheng stood up. Since the Ninth Prince’s old man was wanted, he absolutely could not come here wearing a mask anymore.
Appearing with masked magic treasures would certainly not be visible at first glance, but at the same time, he would also be the most suspected group of people.
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An hour later, Ning Cheng entered the depths of the Tai Su Ruins, he removed his mask and changed his appearance through a straightforward method.
The original well-defined features were transformed into an unmistakably ordinary face by Ning Cheng’s deliberate movements. The first impression this face gave was that it had vicissitudes written all over it due to the long hours spent doing missions in the Tai Su Ruins. On the bare neck, there was even a scar left by a poison attributed demonic beast. The hair was also no longer grey, but had turned greyish white.
After doing this Ning Cheng was slightly relieved, although these modifications would gradually go away as he cultivated, or they would also go away with a drop of Morning Ice Marrow, but at least now no one would recognize him as Ning Cheng.
For a powerful starry sky cultivator, the easiest thing to change was the appearance. What was truly difficult to change was a person’s aura; the technique one cultivated determined that person’s aura.
If Ning Cheng did not have Xuanhuang Wufang, he would not have done useless work on his appearance. It might be difficult for others to change their aura, but not for Xuan Huang Wu Xiang. Xuan Huang Wu Xiang was invisible and phantomless, so it was completely possible to change the aura on one’s body. As long as he was not the closest person, no one would normally be able to recognise him by his scent.
Unless there was a top-level great power who had known him, Ning Cheng, a long time ago, and then saw him with an altered aura, he could find traces of it. In fact, the most powerful person Ning Cheng had known before was only Pan Qian.
A few days later, Ning Cheng, whose appearance and aura had completely changed, once again returned to the Mission Hall of the Tai Su Ruins. He wanted to see if anyone could recognise him, and if anyone could recognise him, he would immediately flee into the Tai Su Ruins.
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Half a year later, there was a smithing stall in the Tai Su Market Square that became famous. This smithing stall was called Wanderer Smithing, and the owner of the smithing stall was called Wanderer.
This Wanderer’s cultivation level and looks were far from being comparable to the magic treasures he refined. Don’t look at the Wanderer’s average looks, he looked unremarkable. But the lower-grade divine weapons he refined were first-class, even more beautiful and powerful than the lower-grade divine weapons in the mission merchant building.
This wasn’t the main thing, the main thing was that the Wanderer could refine the weapons as long as he provided the materials and then provided some points or divine crystals. In this way, the price is only half that of the Mission Merchant House.
There was no cultivator who did missions in Tai Su Market who didn’t know about the Wanderer’s Weapon Refining Stall. The vast majority of cultivators who wanted lower grade divine weapons would not go to the merchant building to buy them, but would come to this weapon refining stall.
Unfortunately, this Weapon Refining Stall could only refine Lower Grade Divine Weapons, not Middle Grade Divine Weapons.
This smithing stall was set up not far from the Tai Su Market Mission Hall, and every month, they had to pay a considerable amount of points to the Mission Hall. Many people had advised the wanderers to set up their stall in another place, and they would go over there, preferably to take up a shop.
But the wanderer was very mute, not only was he not a good talker, he was not even very good at business. Still paying his points to the Mission Hall as usual, or setting up his stall next to the Mission Hall.
Naturally, Ning Cheng was the one who had set up the Rangers’ Weaponry Refining Stall, he had set up the Rangers’ Weaponry Refining Stall next to the Mission Hall, earning points only incidentally. What he was really waiting for was Yan Ji, as soon as Yan Ji returned to hand in his mission, he would immediately see it. Because he was being watched by the Ninth Prince, he did not dare to openly post the mission to find Yan Ji, so he could only wait through this method.
Half a year had passed and Ning Cheng had long since been able to refine medium-grade divine weapons and could even barely refine ordinary top-grade divine weapons, but he still only refined lower-grade divine weapons. He knew very well that even with the Mission Hall bailing him out, he couldn’t really go and steal the business from those merchant houses.
He could only refine lower-grade divine weapons in limited quantities, and since he paid points to the Mission Hall every month, he could stay here for a long time without any problems.
The only thing that disappointed Ning Cheng was that half a year had passed and he hadn’t seen any sign of Yan Ji at all. It was unknown whether Yan Ji had joined a clan in the Tai Su Domain or was on a mission in the deep reaches of Tai Su Market and had not returned for a while.
However, there was one thing that Ning Cheng could rest assured of, countless divine senses had checked him over the past six months and no one had become suspicious.
On this day, Ning Cheng was helping a casual cultivator finish refining a lower grade divine weapon when he felt a divine sense that made his heart tremble sweep past him. It seemed that in this instant, he would be seen through.
Ning Cheng suddenly raised his head and saw a middle-aged man wearing an imperial crown walking towards the mission hall. Even though this man did not put out any aura to suppress it, Ning Cheng had a feeling of looking up. This was definitely the most powerful cultivator he had ever seen when he came to Tai Su Ruin, this man was even more powerful than that red-haired man back then, and it was completely impossible to feel just how powerful his cultivation level was.
When Ning Cheng saw Barbarian Jiu Ren, who had recovered his physical body behind him, he instantly understood that this man with the imperial crown on his head was definitely Barbarian Jiu Ren’s cheap old man.