“It looks like we’ve found the right one.” Zhu Hongwen also said with surprise, whether it was a real surprise or not, only he knew in his own heart.
“Hongwen, I want to see Luo Fei ……,” Xiong Qihua completely forgot what he and Zhu Hongwen had discussed earlier and was about to rush towards Ji Luo Fei.
Zhu Hongwen hurriedly pulled Xiong Qihua and said, “Qihua, I also hope you can see Concubine Luo sooner, but now Concubine Luo is with that Ning Xiaocheng. I’m sure that Ning Xiaocheng has already told the world about us. It’s better if you don’t go to see Consort Luo, but once you do, it may result in no chance for your mother and daughter to recognize each other again.”
After saying that, Zhu Hongwen felt that it was not enough and added, “This Ning Xiaocheng is treacherous and cunning, he can be with Consort Luo, he must have come here by deceiving with flowery words. We let him get hurt in Da’an Forest, I’m sure he’ll add fuel to the fire about you and me, even denigrating it beyond listening.”
“What then?” Xiong Qihua’s face was pale, completely at a loss as to what he should do.
“Qihua, you don’t need to worry, just follow what we discussed before, for now we will first follow Concubine Luo and see where she is staying. Then when Concubine Luo and Ning Cheng are separated, we will go and look for Concubine Luo.” Zhu Hongwen said in a calm and steady manner.
“But ……” Xiong Qihua’s tone had softened quite a bit, “That Ning Xiaocheng looks kind of good, not only does he strike a powerful blow, but he has also obtained the status of core disciple of Divine Wind Academy and has a bright future. I think it would be good for Luo Fei to follow him ……”
After Ning Cheng had initially spied on her and Zhu Hongwen’s private affairs, all she wanted to do in her heart was to kill Ning Cheng. But now that she saw that Concubine Ji and Ning Cheng were close, she was a little hesitant again, she didn’t know if Concubine Luo would be very sad after she killed that Ning Xiaocheng. At the same time, deep down in her heart, Ning Cheng could still be worthy of her daughter.
“Qi Hua, you are still too kind. There are more than thousands of people who look good on the surface, not to mention that Ning Xiaocheng will definitely not be qualified if he goes to take the written test for the preliminary round. Even if Ning Xiaocheng’s qualifications could be, a treacherous person like him and Luo Fei together, it would be Luo Fei who would end up getting hurt. Moreover, look at the other woman beside him, and that woman can tell at a glance that she is a spirited person, can Fei Luo get past them?”
Zhu Hongwen stared at the distant backs of Ning Cheng and Gui Luofei and said word for word.
Seeing that Xiong Qihua seemed to be a bit lost in thought, Zhu Hongwen’s tone slowed down a bit and said, “That Ning Xiaocheng is not yet a student of the Five Star Academy and already has Luo Fei and another woman with him, in the future when he has established himself in the Five Star Academy. He is another core disciple, and with so many beautiful young girls in Five Star Academy, where will there be a place for Luo Fei? What’s more, once we don’t separate Fei Luo from Ning Xiaocheng, you will be tantamount to losing Fei Luo as your daughter.”
“I’ll listen to you ……,” Xiong Qihua said weakly, his tone indecisive.
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“Both of you are dual spirit roots?” At the residence of the Divine Wind Five Star Academy, Deacon Liu Xian was even more satisfied after learning that both Ji Luofei and Zhu Mu’er were dual spirit roots. A disciple with double spiritual roots and a good main spiritual root, not to mention the inner sect, could be a core disciple even with some outstanding performance.
Zhu Mu’er was most happy, “My father said several times that he would send me to a five-star academy, this is not, I entered the five-star academy by my own strength as well.”
As Zhu Mu’er spoke, she completely forgot that she had also relied on Ning Cheng’s help to enter Divine Wind Academy.
“Your father?” Liu Xian asked suspiciously, it was reasonable to say that someone who could just send someone to a five-star academy should not be some nameless person.
Zhu Mu’er said smugly, “My father’s name is Zhu Medicine Master, you wouldn’t know that, would you?”
Liu Xian was horrified and hurriedly said, “So you are Senior Pill Master’s beloved daughter, I’m really much obliged.”
Ning Cheng had long guessed that Zhu Mu’er’s old man was not simple, and now it seemed that this was indeed the case. Even someone like Liu Xian of the Divine Wind Academy had great respect for Zhu Mu’er’s old man.
With this relationship with Pill Master Zhu, Liu Xian was even more enthusiastic towards Ning Cheng and personally took Ning Cheng and the three of them to receive their divine Wind Academy jade cards and go through the procedures to enter the divine Wind Academy.
“In ten days’ time there will be a rematch, the rematch tests comprehension ability and the top thousand must participate. Why don’t you guys move to this side of the Divine Wind Academy and live here too? To prepare for the rematch in ten days?” Although Ning Cheng was already a disciple of the Divine Wind Academy, Liu Xiangyi still cared about Ning Cheng’s opinion when he spoke.
“Thank you Deacon Liu, I still have some personal matters, so I won’t be staying here for the time being. However, I will not leave Moze City and will be on time for the rematch in ten days.” Ning Cheng hastily refused.
He had the Xuanhuang Pearl on him, and if he didn’t have no other choice, he wouldn’t want to live with a Xuan Liquid expert.
“Of course your own affairs are the main priority, after ten days, you can just come directly to Moze City Square.” Towards Ning Cheng, Liu Xian was incredibly forgiving.
Ning Cheng had no interest in staying at the Divine Wind Academy’s premises, and Ji Luofei would obviously not stay here. It was even more unlikely that Zhu Mu’er would stay here alone, plus she thought that now that she had joined the Five Star Academy by virtue of her ability, this was the time when she could report to her old man. Meaning, look, I don’t need your help, don’t I join the Divine Wind Academy with my own abilities?
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“Luo Fei, we’d better not go out during these ten days, Moze City is not necessarily a safe place either.” Returning to the resting inn where he was staying, Ning Cheng first urged Ji Luofei not to go out.
“Mhm, I feel that I am about to advance to the sixth Qi gathering level, so I will stay here for the next few days to cultivate.” Ji Luofei hurriedly replied, even if Ning Cheng did not instruct her, she would not go to Moze City Street alone.
As Ji Luofei closed her door and began to attack the sixth Qi gathering layer, Ning Cheng was similarly prepared to improve his cultivation in these ten days. After his meridians had been reshaped by the Xuanhuang Origin, it was several times tougher than before to cultivate to the perfection of the first level of Condensation.
It was not that his qualifications had become worse, but that the resources he needed to cultivate had now become even more than before. Without more resources for cultivation, meridian expansion was not necessarily a good thing for Ning Cheng. This meant that the resources that he would have needed to cultivate to the Yuan Building Realm might now be gone after he could only cultivate to the middle stage of True Condensation.
“It’s better for you not to close down and cultivate for now, I’m looking for you for some things.” Ning Cheng had just set up an isolation formation when a familiar voice rang out abruptly in Ning Cheng’s ears.
Ning Cheng stood up with a startled voice, “Who?”
Who was this that came into the room where he had set up the formation and he didn’t even know about it?
“How long has it been, and your benefactor doesn’t even recognize him?” The voice that spoke this time sounded right in front of Ning Cheng’s eyes, and then Ning Cheng saw a white-haired old crone dressed in green clothes.
“It’s you? How did you ……” Ning Cheng wanted to ask how this old crone could come here without a sound, he had set up several formations in this room, but he swallowed the words at the end of his mouth. Since this old crone had come, it meant that the other party’s cultivation level was much more powerful than his. Moreover, this old woman had an even colder layer than the last time she had come.
The white-haired old crone slowly walked over to the chair and sat down, “I really didn’t expect that you were still a level two formation master. A mere level two formation is similar to a layer of foam to me, it’s not so bad that I can’t get in.”
Ning Cheng forced down his inner shock and said to this white-haired old crone with a respectful cupped fist, “Ning Cheng has met senior, thank you for refining the weapon for junior. If it wasn’t for the inner armor that senior sent, junior would have fallen long ago.”
Ning Cheng was not talking nonsense, if it wasn’t for this white-haired old crone who had helped him refine an inner armor and a Seven Obsidian Ice Needle, he was truly at risk of falling. These two items had saved him several times.
Although he was thanking, Ning Cheng was just as uncomfortable in his heart, he felt that he still had to improve his formation level. He should at least set up a triggering formation, so that once someone entered his formation, he would be the first to know.
However, once he thought of the hundred thousand miles difference in cultivation between this white-haired old crone and him, a sense of powerlessness rose up in Ning Cheng. Perhaps as powerful as the trigger formation he had set up, people could still enter his room without a sound. This had nothing to do with the level of the formation, it was the difference in cultivation level.
“You thanked me for refining the inner armour, which means that you got a hundred percent in the preliminary round on your own ability, and are not grateful to me for this anymore?” To Ning Cheng’s surprise, the white haired old crone said a word that Ning Cheng could not understand.
Ning Cheng was also puzzled in his heart, he had gotten the first place solely on his own memory, what did this have to do with the white haired old crone?
“When you got my wooden box, did you not receive the words I left for you?” Seeing Ning Cheng’s confusion, the white haired old crone reminded him once again.
Ning Cheng immediately recalled what the extremely ugly boy had said when he had handed him the wooden box, ‘Gongsun Damsel handed this to me when she was leaving, she said that everything you wanted was in here, and she hoped that you would act within your means.’
At that time, he was still thinking that a Seven Obsidian Ice Needle was only a Seven Obsidian Ice Needle, what was there to measure up to? Now that he thought about it, the white-haired old woman seemed to be referring to this statement.
There seemed to be nothing else inside that wooden box apart from the inner armour and the ice needle, Ning Cheng thought of this and took out the empty wooden box at the first opportunity. At the same time, his divine sense swept into the wooden box, and the next moment he vaguely saw a jade slip sealed at the bottom of the box.
“You take that jade slip out.” The old crone knew that Ning Cheng had already discovered the jade slip.
After Ning Cheng crushed the bottom of the wooden box and took the jade slip out, he asked in confusion, “Senior, what kind of jade slip is this?”
“You’ll know if you take a look yourself.” The old crone’s tone was flat.
Ning Cheng’s divine thoughts swept into the jade slip and immediately saw the contents, which turned out to be the Basic Chapter of Pill Refining. This jade slip was so complicated and confusing that the contents inside were simply countless. The beginning of the jade slip was the Spiritual Herb Fundamentals Chapter, and when Ning Cheng saw the Spiritual Herb Fundamentals Chapter, he immediately understood what was going on.
This Spiritual Herb Basic Chapter was exactly the same as the content of his preliminary written test, and there were even more Spiritual Herbs than in the preliminary written test.
Seeing Ning Cheng see the content in the jade slip, the old crone then said in a light voice, “I treated you with sincerity and did you a great favour, but you cheated me, an old woman.”