“Master Wanderer, you must not use your divine sense to casually sweep around, or no one will be able to save you.” The scattered cultivator standing beside Ning Cheng waiting for Ning Cheng to refine his weapon saw Ning Cheng’s gaze fall on the man with the imperial crown on his head and hurriedly whispered to the side.
Even though Ning Cheng usually did not say much, however, the high quality and cheap price of the weapons he refined were very popular among some of the casual cultivators. Basically, the cultivators who came to Ning Cheng’s place to refine weapons called Ning Cheng Wanderer Master.
Ning Cheng looked at this casual cultivator blankly and asked, “Is that person just now very famous?”
The scattered cultivator lowered his voice and said, “That is the Dragon Emperor Barbarian Huishan of the number one clan of the Tai Su Sea Barbarian Dragon Clan, a Dao Yuan powerhouse, wouldn’t you say that is very famous?”
Ning Cheng said in a daze, “No wonder all the people bowed to him wherever I saw him pass, so it’s the Dragon Emperor of the Barbarian Dragon Clan.”
The scattered cultivator nodded, “Of course, it’s strange that the Dragon Emperor would come to the Tai Su Market Square. For this selection, the other clans will at most just send some elders, the ten clans won’t even come here at all.”
“Selection for what?” Ning Cheng hurriedly asked, he had stayed here to refine weapons, his purpose was to wait for Yan Ji, apart from being skilled in the means of refining weapons. As for other things, he rarely inquired about them in order to prevent anyone from finding out anything unusual. Therefore, the selection that this casual cultivator was talking about, he had never heard [of it at all.
The casual cultivator said with a heated smile, “You know that the Great Tai Su Competition is about to begin, right?”
“That I do know.” Ning Cheng replied, he didn’t know when the Great Tai Su Competition would start, but understood that there was such a thing.
The scattered cultivator pointed at the Lower Grade Divine Weapon in Ning Cheng’s hand and said, “This Lower Grade Divine Weapon of mine is for the Great Tai Su Competition.”
“Anyone can participate in the Great Tai Su Competition?” Ning Cheng asked in disbelief.
The scattered cultivator shook his head and said, “That is naturally not possible. Only some sects are qualified to participate in the Great Tai Su Competition. The rewards for the Great Tai Su Competition are generous. How could there be a share for a casual cultivator? But every time before the Great Tai Su Competition. Some sects would come to the Tai Su Market Square to recruit some strong casual cultivators as a way to fill the shortage of sect disciples. Originally, some of the powerful sects did not bother to do so. However, these sects were afraid that some of the strongest casual practitioners would be recruited away by their rivals, so they would come to Tai Su Market Square to select casual practitioners before the Great Competition.
Over time, this has become a rule. At a time before the Great Competition in Tai Su Market, all the sects came in unison to recruit the casual cultivators to fill the spots for the Great Competition. These few days are the time when the major sects come to recruit disciples, can you see, there are many more temporary buildings at the edge of the Tai Su Market Square.”
Because of this casual cultivator’s hint. Ning Cheng really saw that there were more temporary buildings built with magic treasures at the edge of the Tai Su Market Square. Some of the buildings even had sect signs erected, so obviously what this loose cultivator said was true, these sects were indeed here to recruit disciples.
Ning Cheng was even more puzzled as he asked, “I heard that the reward for the Great Tai Su Competition is the Extra-territorial Divine Spring, which is incredibly precious. If so many loose cultivators were to participate, wouldn’t that reduce the chances of true sect disciples?”
When the scattered cultivator heard Ning Cheng’s words, he laughed heatedly, “You are thinking too much, the Extraterrestrial Divine Spring is a reward only for the top ten in the Great Tai Su Competition, and has nothing to do with the scattered cultivators recruited in half. Because before each Tai Su Grand Competition. There is also a Tai Su secret realm up for grabs. The major sects recruited these casual cultivators to join them in grabbing the stuff in the secret realm.
Only the top 100 cultivators who captured treasures such as the Divine Spirit Grass in the secret realm. Only then would they have the chance to participate in the Great Tai Su Competition. All said the real Tai Su Grand Competition is a fight between the top one hundred in the Tai Su Secret Realm and has nothing to do with anyone else. I wanted to be selected by another clan because I wanted to capture some treasures in the secret realm. If I could be rewarded with a Dao fruit, it would be worth everything.”
Ning Cheng understood, so it was a recruitment of cannon fodder. He didn’t even need to ask, he knew that grabbing something in the Secret Realm was a little more dangerous than grabbing something in the Tai Su Market. The Tai Su Secret Realm had chosen to open just before the Tai Su Grand Competition, so there must be a lot of good stuff. Could the scramble within it not be fierce?
“May I ask which sects are recruiting disciples here this time? What’s the matter with those ten sects you mentioned just now?” Ning Cheng knew that the question he was asking was somewhat idiotic, and he lowered his voice to a very low level.
Sure enough, when this loose cultivator heard Ning Cheng’s question, some consternation appeared in his eyes. He quickly returned to normal and instead explained very carefully, “The ten sects are the Three Saints, Three Gods and Four Deep Seas, referring to the River Luo Saint Sect, Seven Stars Saint Sect and Nine Revolutions Saint Dao Pond; the Li Yu Divine Mountain, Xuan Yue Divine Sect and Desolate God Palace; and the Savage Dragon Clan, Silver Dragon Clan, Sunken Fish Palace and Du Xuan Ancient Clan of the Tai Su Sea.
The Du Xuan Ancient Clan is a clan that has long since ceased to exist, and they don’t even participate in the Great Tai Su Competition. As for the rest of the smaller clans, there are too many for me to mention, so come and see for yourself when the time comes.”
Ning Cheng handed the lower grade divine weapon in his hand to this casual cultivator, “Your magic treasure is refined, after hearing you talk so much today, I’m going to take my chances too, so I’ll take half of your points.”
When the casual cultivator heard that Ning Cheng only wanted half of the points, he was overjoyed and hurriedly took out his white card and crossed out the points to Ning Cheng, thanking him again and again before he left.
The casual cultivator left, and Ning Cheng also collected his weapon smithing stall. After waiting for half a year, he had not waited for Yan Ji, so it was fine to continue waiting, but he did not have that much time left.
After half a year, his smithing level had increased even more, and he had collected many top quality smithing materials, so he could first refine a few top grade divine weapons for himself. As for the Tai Su Secret Realm, Ning Cheng decided to go in. If he could achieve a top hundred result in the Tai Su Secret Realm, he might represent whichever sect he entered in the Tai Su Grand Competition.
In that case, he might really be able to enter the Extra-terrestrial Divine Spring to cultivate.
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Two days later, when Ning Cheng came out of the Rest Building, the Tai Su Ruin Square had long been occupied by large and small sects.
A little different from what the scattered cultivator had said earlier, Ning Cheng not only took a look at a bunch of small sects in the Tai Su Market Square, but he also saw nine of the ten great sects. Apart from the Du Xuan Ancient Clan, almost all of the ten clans were there.
Countless loose cultivators gathered in the square, and to them, this was an opportunity. Once they were chosen to participate in the Tai Su Secret Realm, they might have a chance to advance to Dao-shaping. The Tai Su Secret Realm might be dangerous, but where wasn’t it dangerous if you wanted to stand at a higher place?
Ning Cheng turned half a circle and saw that all the sects had a magic treasure that tested divine sense and astral elements in front of them. In this kind of selection, there was no question about the cultivator’s spiritual root qualification at all, only the degree of muddy star yuan and the degree of penetration of divine sense.
Everyone understands what this is all about. This kind of selection is not about training you as a disciple of the sect, but about using each other. After participating in the Tai Su Secret Realm, each one gets the benefits, and then everyone is still separated in one go.
Ning Cheng stopped walking by the Seven Star Sacred Sect’s premises, and he surprisingly saw an acquaintance, Yan Xishuang.
At the beginning, he had saved Yan Xishuang and then joined hands with him to obtain a drop of Three Thousand Weak Waters and a fragment of the Green Lotus of Creation. As a result, the Three Thousand Weak Waters went to him, while the fragment of the Green Lotus went to Yan Xishuang.
Ning Cheng still had some good feelings towards this woman, a woman who was all about equal exchange and did not take advantage of people, nor was she the type to take advantage of people rudely. It was also because of Yan Xishuang that he knew about the Brahma Heavenly Heart. If we were to really talk about it, the Brahma Heavenly Heart was originally discovered by Yan Xishuang first, only that she had a problem while collecting the Brahma Celestial Lapis and almost fell.
At this moment, seeing Yan Xishuang standing where the Seven Star Saint Sect was, Ning Cheng realised that this woman was also from one of the Three Great Saint Sects. The Ying Yongxuan who was with Shan Yaozen before was also from the Seven Star Saint Sect, only that Ying Yongxuan had not come today.
The aura on Yan Xishuang’s body was even purer, not only was it much purer, it was more than twice as powerful as it was back then.
Ning Cheng knew that this must be the effect of that Green Lotus Fragment, when he first met Yan Xishuang, although Yan Xishuang was an Eternal Perfection, he was not stronger than him. Now, Yan Xishuang must have surpassed Eternal Perfection, and according to Ning Cheng’s speculation, Yan Xishuang must not have shaped his dao. With a cultivation level like Yan Xishuang’s, there was only one reason why he hadn’t shaped his dao by now, and that was to transform his divine essence in order to enter the Extra-terrestrial Divine Spring.
At this moment, Yan Xishuang’s aura was clean and pure, so if she could transform her divine essence at the Extra-dimensional Divine Spring again, she would really have a bright future.
While others were not clear about what was going on, Ning Cheng was. He possessed the Xuanhuang Pearl, so he naturally knew that only a creation treasure would cause such a great change in Yan Xishuang.
Yan Xishuang sat on the side with a calm expression. Her pretty and peerless face had attracted many people to come to the Seven Star Holy Sect for the test. In terms of looks, Yan Xishuang was prettier than both Kong Ning and Shan Yaozen. What Ning Cheng appreciated even more was her attitude towards things, spoiled and extremely sensible.
As he had to join a sect anyway, Ning Cheng decided to join the Seven Stars Sacred Sect. The Seven Star Sacred Sect was one of the ten great sects, so even if he did something in the secret realm, it would not affect the sect, that was one. The second was that the big sects definitely had more places to enter the secret realm, and the main thing was that Ning Cheng knew Yan Xishuang.
“This senior sister, I want to participate in the Seven Star Sacred Sect’s disciple selection.” Ning Cheng walked up to Yan Xishuang and cupped his fist and said.
Yan Xishuang obviously couldn’t recognize Ning Cheng, she nodded and pointed to a test magic treasure next to her and said in a gentle tone, “You muster all your star energy and divine sense and try it on this test magic treasure.”
“Okay.” Ning Cheng walked over to this test magic treasure and began to brew.
Drumming up all of his Star Energy and Divine Sense to blast out a bit, that was impossible. The star yuan scale and divine sense scale on this testing magic treasure were both ten, and Ning Cheng had seen other cultivators testing before. Generally speaking, the astral element figures for cultivators’ tests were from one to five, very few could reach six, and there were even only one or two who could exceed seven. As for Divine Sense, it was usually slightly lower than the Astral Yuan scale.
Ning Cheng decided to exert forty percent of his strength, this strength should be enough to ensure that he joined the Seven Star Holy Sect.