The Gate Of Good Fortune c1-905

by Demon Translations

  Ning Cheng along with Lan Shu turned around 7 or 8 bends, and soon left the noisy and bustling streets, and arrived in a small alley. This let Ning Cheng to reminisce about the white-haired old woman’s house, the white-haired old woman was living in such a remote place, was it possible that these experts all liked to live in such a secluded corner?

  Sure enough, Ning Cheng had just entered the small alley, when he heard the tinkling sounds of a blacksmith. Moreover, these sounds were also heavy and dense, it was clear that the business was very good.

  Making their way to the door from which the tinkling sounds were coming from, Ning Cheng finally saw a small sign that said, “Abundant Harvest Blacksmith’s Shop.”

  Entering the blacksmith’s shop, Ning Cheng saw that there were already a few people inside, three men and a woman sitting on the side on a wrought iron bench. While two bald headed boys were beating an ingot hard, while another was forcefully pulling on the bellows. Ning Cheng determined that he was definitely not mistaken in what he saw, these two youths although were forging a weapon, but it was not of a spiritual nature.

  As for the three men and the woman, they looked almost similar to Lan Shu in appearance, although their cultivation was not high, but they projected a tough appearance, they should be the more formidable adventurers. As they sat there, he guessed that they were waiting for the weapon that was being forged.

  The blacksmith’s shop was not small, but because of the continuous fireworks it was smoked black. Inside the entire shop, other than the sounds from the two bald headed youths, there were no other sound.

  As Lan Shu and Ning Cheng entered the smithy, it did not arouse any strangeness, the four guest also looked at the two people, while the two youths paid more attention to the weapon that they were forging.

  “I am looking for Great Master Nong to forge an axe, moreover it has to be personally forged by the Great Master himself.” Lan Shu spoke in a thick voice.

  The blacksmith youth then spared a moment to take a look at Ning Cheng and Lan Shu, and then once again began hammering the embryonic form of the weapon in his hands as he casually spoke, “If you want Boss to forge an Axe, he will not accept gold coins he only accepts Spirit Stones, moreover the price would be ten times the original price, which would be decided later.”

  “I know the rules.” Lan Shu still spoke with a coarse voice.

  “Go in.” The youth blacksmith spoke two words, and once again continued forging the weapon’s embryonic form.

  Lan Shu along with Ning Cheng walked to the corner of the room, and then through a small door in another corner. The door was very inconspicuous, if not for Lan Shu leading him, then without specifically searching for it with his Spiritual Consciousness, Ning Cheng was not sure that he would have been able to find this small door.

  Entering through the small door, Ning Cheng saw a similarly bald headed man, only he had a beard on his face. This man was calcining some common materials on a flame, Ning Cheng realized that he could not recognize what the material was. But what he was certain was that the flame he was using not a powerful flame, but rather a very ordinary flame.

  Ning Cheng did not use his Spiritual Consciousness to examine this man, he could feel that this man’s cultivation was not worse than Elder Sister Shu’s, probably even slightly better than her. At the same time Ning Cheng was wondering that if Lan Shu had not come along, and he alone brought the True Cosmic Devil Metal to be refined into a magic weapon, wouldn’t it be snatched away by this guy? Would he even be able to preserve his small life?

  “There is no business today.” The bald man didn’t even look at Lan Shu before refusing immediately.

  Lan Shu signalled Ning Cheng to take out the wooden plaque, and then threw the wooden plaque in front of the bald man and spoke, “Great Master Nong, just this one time.”

  “Yi!!” The bald man seeing the wooden plaque, finally looked up and took a closer look at the two people, Ning Cheng and Lan Shu, after a moment he put away the wooden plaque and spoke, “What do you want me to craft?”

  “An axe.” Lan Shu spoke as she hinted Ning Cheng.

  Ning Cheng then immediately took out the chunk of True Cosmic Devil Metal from his ring and placed it on the ground.

  “True Cosmic Devil Metal?” The man’s countenance finally changed, but he then shook his head and spoke, “My crafting skills are limited, the True Cosmic Devil Metal cannot be refined into an advanced grade magic weapon. If you have to give me this True Cosmic Devil Metal to craft, then it would only lead to spoilage.”

  “To what extent can you work with it?” Lan Shu asked with a sinking voice.

  The bald headed man pondered the question for a few moments before finally speaking, “If you are lucky, then I can refine this chunk of True Cosmic Devil Metal in a Medium Grade True Artefact, but then this True Cosmic Devil Metal would not be upgraded in the future, for me it would be equivalent to failure, as such it would be better if I did not try.”

  Ning Cheng and Lan Shu were very clear in their hearts, if this True Cosmic Devil Metal can only be refined into a Medium Grade True Artefact, then saying that it was crafted badly would not be an exaggeration.

  The bald man paused, and then specifically looked at Ning Cheng and Lan Shu and spoke up, “But I can also craft this True Cosmic Devil Metal into an embryonic form of a High Level Spiritual Artefact. The embryonic form would have an ugly appearance, but it would actually not destroy the True Cosmic Metal, once you meet a genuine high level crafting master, you can then let him continue to craft this True Cosmic Devil Metal. Once this True Cosmic Devil Metal is crafted into a Best Quality True Artefact, or even something beyond the Best Quality True Artefact, it could then be upgraded infinitely without any restriction in the future.”

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  TL Note

  : Weapon Ranking: Mercenary -> Ordinary -> Spiritual -> True…… Each class further divided into: Low, Medium, High and Best Quality Artefacts/Weapons]

  “Then as long as I can have the embryonic form, it’s ok with me.” Ning Cheng saw that Lan Shu had looked at him, and quickly spoke up. For him at the moment, an Artefact of the rank of True Grade was simply too high, as such he would simply not be able to use it. For him at the moment, a High Level Spiritual Artefact was more than enough, moreover later when he found a more powerful Crafting Master, he would then be able to upgrade this True Cosmic Devil Metal, wasn’t this much better.

  The bald man also nodded and spoke up, “Crafting a High Level Spiritual Artefact will also come with a weakness, that is the Devilish Nature in the True Cosmic Devil Metal would also be much stronger, if your mind and heart is not strong enough, you would be directly consumed by the True Cosmic Devil Metal.”

  Ning Cheng spoke in a calm voice, “Master Nong can by all means go ahead and craft using this True Cosmic Devil Metal, as for its Devilish Nature, that’s my problem.”

  Ning Cheng had realised that Nong Zhen and Lan Shu did not know each other, moreover the reason Lan Shu was able to make the opposite party begin was because of the wooden plaque.

  But Ning Cheng was also lamenting in his heart that this True Cosmic Devil Metal can only be crafted to at most the level of Middle Grade True Artefact by him, moreover only if their luck was good, it was obvious that this Nong Zhen was not a High Tier Crafting Master. If he was actually a High Tier Crafting Master, he would have already been dragged away by the Crafting Divisions of the several popular Academies to work as their Crafting Teacher.

  Ning Cheng originally had intended to use his remaining materials, like the Exotic Wild Extreme Essence, the True Burning Star Sand, etc. to let this Master Nong to craft them into several small axes, but at this moment he took the initiative to give up on it and not ask about it.

  Nong Zhen immediately started to refine the True Cosmic Devil Metal, and also did not request Ning Cheng and Lan Shu to leave. However, he did not use the original flame that he was using before, rather after throwing out several Array Flags, he immediately
brought out a blue flame.

  When this blue flame came out, Ning Cheng felt his Star River become energetic, he quickly moved to suppress the energetic Star River.

  Chapter 0193 – Just An Idea

  Translated By – DemonKiller

  Checked and Edited By – MissLucifer and CurlyAdi

  Proofread By – SmartyMouth

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  This was Nong Zhen’s blue flame, if there was even half a change in it, he could easily sense it crystal clear. Ning Cheng felt the Star River throb a moment ago, which ended up causing the blue flame to flicker a bit, as such he immediately frowned as he shot a glance at Ning Cheng. But after a moment, he once again focussed on the blue flames.

  Although the Star River at the moment was residing at the edge of Ning Cheng’s Zifu, but to Ning Cheng, other than the Mysterious Yellow Bead, it was his next biggest secret. He could feel that this seed was definitely not simple at all, when Nong Zheng saw him, it was to warn him that the changes caused because of the Star River was not permitted.

  With the large chunk of True Cosmic Devil Metal under his control, it fell into the blue flame, and gradually started to melt, deconstructing piece by piece. Flakes of ash were separated by the flames, and the block of True Cosmic Devil Metal gradually narrowed. Nong Zheng also began to focus on this narrowing True Cosmic Devil Metal, and constantly changed the Array Formations and Restrictions to forge it.

  Looking at how Nong Zheng was changing the Restrictions unceasingly, Ning Cheng found that his insights into Array Formations and Restrictions were far above his own.

  As the impurities present in the True Cosmic Devil Metal was constantly removed by Nong Zheng, its shape was also unceasingly changing under the blue flame.

  Ning Cheng had intentionally not mentioned the shape of the axe, he knew that if he did not mention the shape of the axe, it would be easier to forge. As for the shape of this axe, since it was just an embryonic form, in the future it would even help in re-forging it into a better one.

  With the passage of time, even if it was Ning Cheng, he could feel a kind of ruthlessly oppressive aura emanating from the True Cosmic Devil Metal, that was growing stronger and stronger by each passing moment.

  At this moment, Ning Cheng heard Lan Shu’s sound transmission, “Ning Cheng, this True Cosmic Devil Metal’s Devilish Nature is too strong, moreover this embryonic magic weapon has still not tasted blood. Once this unfinished child tastes blood. The Devilish Nature inside it would become even stronger, are you sure you would be able to control it?”

  Ning Cheng showed a faint smile. As he also spoke with a sound transmission, “Elder Sister Shu can rest assured, in my hometown there is a saying that to be affected by a calm heart keeps you cool, whether or not I become a Devil it will only depend on my heart’s intention. I am confident that I will not have to be afraid of this devilish magic weapon, if I cannot even control a magic weapon, then how could I even dare to think of going back from where I came.”

  “Is your hometown very far?” Lan Shu asked a question, however, after she asked the question, she did not wait for Ning Cheng to give an answer, and spoke, “Wait till we come out, I have another important thing to say to you.”

  “As Elder Sister Shu says.” Ning Cheng also did not plan on revealing anything about his past in this kind of place.

  Lan Shu also gave an En sound, “Ning Cheng, this True Cosmic Devil Metal that is being forged into a magical weapon, even if it is just a High Grade Spiritual Artefact in embryonic form, the power contained in it is no small matter. Once you go into the Law’s Way, it would provide you with a major power boost. But it will also have an enormous flaw, you have to be mentally prepared for it.”

  “What kind of flaw?

  “The True Cosmic Devil Metal crafted into a magic weapon, since it is still in an embryonic form, as such when you use it to fight with others, it will leak its Devilish Nature’s aura, which will make others regard you as a Devil Cultivator. In the Yi Xing Mainland, just the existence of a single Devil Cultivator would immediately invite everyone to come kill you. You must be extremely careful about it. Therefore, I suggest that besides forging this True Cosmic Devil Axe, it would be better if you also forged or procure an ordinary axe.” Lan Shu condensed her voice to a string and spoke.

  Ning Cheng this time actually hesitated, if his cultivation was very high, then he would not be afraid of being misunderstood. But at this moment he only had the cultivation of a mere Essence Building Realm. In the Yi Xing Mainland, there existed many people who could easily crush him with a single finger. Once he became their object of hatred, then everyone would immediately cry out to kill him. And that for him definitely wouldn’t be good.

  “You do not have to worry too much, just use this True Cosmic Devil Axe only in extreme circumstances so as to protect your life, but once you bring out this axe, if possible, then thoroughly kill of the entirety of the other party. If you think that there are many people around, then you should use the Appearance Changing Technique all the time, moreover you can even use the mask that I gave you, no one would be able to recognize you.” Lan Shu spoke up with a smile after she saw Ning Cheng silent.

  Ning Cheng only then understood the meaning behind Lan Shu giving him the mask, as he quickly gave his thanks, “Thank you, Elder Sister Shu, I know.”

  “On the path of cultivating the Dao, whether or not you want to pursue the Heaven’s Path, you should not care about other people’s gazes. Initially I had prepared this chunk of True Cosmic Devil Metal for Yuchen’s use, thinking about the rough way ahead of Yuchen. However even if the entire Yi Xing Mainland’s population in its entirety failed to understand him, I will always make sure to follow closely at his side. I feel that you are also the same, you must not renounce one’s own power because of the gazes from other people. Even if in the end you are the only person left, even if there is no other person to accompany at your side, when you leave the Yi Xing Mainland behind, you will discover that whether it is an Immortal or even a Devil, they are merely just an idea, only a single word difference between them, that’s all.” Lan Shu spoke softly.

  She knew this even better than Ning Cheng, that if one did not have formidable strength, then everything they had was false.

  “Elder Sister Shu, even if no one believes me, Luofei will always follow by my side. I will not abandon becoming powerful because of such a trifling thing.” Ning Cheng spoke in an affirmative manner, Ning Cheng was well aware of the fact that the trust Luofei placed in him was something that no one could ever replace.

  Even if this True Cosmic Devil Axe had a Devilish Nature, that would lead to some misunderstandings, Ning Cheng would still use it. He had enough of pain and sufferings and had been pushed around for far too long. In this world, one did not have dignity without having strength to back it up. At the time when he had to use the True Cosmic Devil Axe, it would be to sweep across everything at that time, he would not let anyone be long winded in front of him. Otherwise even if he was not branded with the label of a Devil Cultivator to be killed, there would still be someone who would use a sword to split him into two.

  Lan Shu nodded her head, and did not speak again.

  On the fifth day, the embryonic form of the True Cosmic Devil Axe under Nong Zhen’s control suddenly gave a slight shiver, moreover it still continued trembling so much so that it began to give out a vague dragon like cry. Then after a moment, an extremely formidable and ruthlessly oppressive aura, with even more trembling, spilled out along with an actual dragon cry.

  Nong Zhen suddenly exclaimed, “Whoever is going to use this axe, quickly resort to your Blood Essence to refine it, the Devilish Nature of this axe is too heavy, I am unable to forge it anymore, and can only give it this appearance.”

  Ning Cheng immediately stood up, it was necessary to use his Blood Essence to refine it, Lan Shu suddenly grabbed Ning Cheng’s arm, moreover even her hand was trembling slightly, “
Ning Cheng, do not refine it, I have truly underestimated this True Cosmic Devil Metal’s Devilish Nature, this Devilish Nature is too powerful, with your cultivation, you would not be able to control it. Because of a long period of time, it is possible that the Devilish Nature inside this True Cosmic Devil Axe ended up gaining a Spiritual Nature which has further transformed it to give birth to a Devil Spirit. Once you are not able to control it, in light cases you would immediately become a puppet under the control of the Devil Spirit, or…. It would be better if we first seal it, and then take it to an auction.”

  But at this moment Ning Cheng did not back down, but it was also true that Lan Shu was really afraid of for him. In her eyes, the scene of Ning Cheng turning into a Devil appeared. Once Ning Cheng went ahead and grabbed the handle of the Axe indiscriminately, he would be left without any reason……

  Although formidable strength is good, but to become formidably powerful one could not take such insane risks.

  Ning Cheng lightly patted Lan Shu’s hand and spoke, “Elder Sister Shu, you can rest assured, I have a feeling that this True Cosmic Devil Axe is something that was made for me, others simply wouldn’t be able to use it. Moreover, I have my own beliefs and norms, as Elder Sister Shu previously said ‘It’s just an idea’, Elder Sister Shu please believe in me.”

  Lan Shu released Ning Cheng, but did not speak, she just nodded towards Ning Cheng and spoke to herself, “Ok, I believe in you.”

  Ning Cheng went up, and sprayed out a bit of his Blood Essence, letting it fall on the embryonic form of the True Cosmic Devil Metal Axe, and began refining the not yet fully forged Great Axe.

  He was confident that he would be able to suppress the True Cosmic Devil Axe, not because he was really confident that his will power was stronger than others. But rather in addition to his will power, he still had the Mysterious Yellow Bead. Even if this Devilish Nature wanted to invade his Zifu and into his consciousness, he could count on the Mysterious Yellow Bead which resided in his Zifu to completely destroy this Devilish Nature.