Ning Cheng gave a casual reply, “Brother Duan seems to be familiar with this place, and since Brother Duan brought me here, then, of course, I would continue listening to Brother Duan.”
“Then this younger brother will take the lead,” Duan Gantai showed a smile and brought out a high-grade airship-type Dao Artefact before quickly flying away.
Ning Cheng did not take out the Starry Sky Wheel this time and instead brought out a middle-grade airship-type Dao Artefact and followed.
A month later, standing on the deck of the airship-type Dao Artefact, Ning Cheng could already see an area up ahead that resembled a starry sky. Although he was not sure if this region was still in the same positional plane as the Grand Culmination Starry Sky, Ning Cheng knew that he truly had left the void crack between the positional planes and interfaces.
Another month later, a huge starland appeared in front of Ning Cheng. Unlike the Eternal Night Domain, this starland was a real starry sky mainland. Moreover, this starland was by no means grey like the Eternal Night Domain but had layers of green surrounding it.
“Brother Ning, this is the Mysterious Yellow Starland, a completely independent starland and separate from the other starry sky starlands. Don’t worry, I’ll take you to get an identity card for the starland.”
From Duan Gantai’s words, Ning Cheng instantly understood that this person had come to the Mysterious Yellow Starland in the past.
……
This Mysterious Yellow Starland handled the procedures for the Identity Jade Cards in roughly the same manner as the other starlands. Just as Ning Cheng predicted, Duan Gantai did not need an Identity Jade Card, nor did he have to go through any of the other required paperwork. He could directly enter the Mysterious Yellow Starland with Ning Cheng.
“Brother Ning, I have been to the Mysterious Yellow Starland before, but you need to know that there are six most powerful forces in the Mysterious Yellow Starland, collectively referred to as ‘One Sect, Two Clans, and Three Unions.”
Ning Cheng quickly spoke up, “Brother Duan, please elaborate.”
Duan Gantai revealed a slightly smug expression, “The ‘One Sect’ refers to the Impermanence Dao Sect, the ‘Two Clans’ refer to the Tie Clan and Shui Clan of Moyi City[1]. The ‘Three Unions’ refer to the Interdependence Chamber of Commerce, the Mysterious Yellow Chamber of Commerce and the Scattered People Assembly. Moyi City is the same as the Eternal Night Domain’s Eternal Night City and has an extremely high status throughout the Mysterious Yellow Starland. Therefore, we’ll be heading to the Moyi Starry Sky City,”
At this point, Duan Gantai deliberately paused and asked, “Brother Ning, do you know what the speciality of the Mysterious Yellow Starland?”
Ning Cheng shook his head and spoke, “I don’t know. Brother Duan, please enlighten me.”
Duan Gantai smiled and spoke, “Even if I did not say anything about it, you would have come to know about it as long as you entered Moyi City. Throughout the Mysterious Yellow Starland, the most popular article is wine. A wine called ‘None to Depend On’.”
Ning Cheng felt surprised. He never imagined that the original ‘None To Depend On’ Wine came from the Mysterious Yellow Starland. But Ning Cheng quickly quelled the surprise, realising that this place most likely was in the same positional plane as the Grand Culmination Starry Skies. If he explored things here, he might be able to return to the Grand Culmination Starry Sky and see Luofei and Qionghua.
Duan Gantai did not pay attention to Ning Cheng’s expression and continued to speak in a complacent tone, “The None To Depend On Wine is the premier treasure of the Interdependence Chamber of Commerce. All the supply of None To Depend On Wine within this starry sky comes from the Interdependence Chamber of Commerce. However, they produce only very little of this wine every year, which means that it’s out of reach for most of the people. But Brother Ning, if you want it, I can buy some for you.”
“Is Brother Duan from the Mysterious Yellow Starland?” Ning Cheng casually asked. However, he was very concerned about the answer. If Duan Gantai truly came from the Mysterious Yellow Starland, then Ning Cheng would have to be even more careful, as it would mean that this was Duan Gantai’s home. At that point, it would truly be strange if he obtained any harvest by following Duan Gantai.
Duan Gantai gave a casual wave, “I’m not from the Mysterious Yellow Starland. I used to live in the Mysterious Yellow Starland for some time and had built up a relationship with Moyi City’s Shui Clan. For some reason, the elders of the Shui Clan promised me that if I could advance to the Heaven Seated Realm, I could then marry Shui Clan’s premier beauty Shui Wuchang, on the added condition that I would marry into Shui Clan.”
Ning Cheng’s mind had nothing but black lines at this moment.
How was this surnamed Duan involved everywhere? No, how was it that people would readily accept him as their son-in-law?
Seeing Ning Cheng frown, Duan Gantai quickly spoke up, “Brother Ning, you don’t have to worry. Shui Clan is an upright family, completely different from Su Clan. There is no way that they would make any moves to trick you or me.”
Ning Cheng suddenly smiled and nodded; however, he felt truly disdainful in this heart.
Wouldn’t they do this if they did not know what’s on you?
He was now sure that Duan Gantai had many treasures. As for what treasures Duan Gantai had, if Duan Gantai himself did not reveal them, then no one would know about it.
While the two people conversed, Duan Gantai landed outside a huge city. This city had an array formation filled with shimmering lights covering it from all sides, which made it look like a city suspended in clouds, giving it a stunning appearance.
Above the city’s entrance, one could see three characters ‘Moyi City’. On the side, and embedded into the array formation, was an incomparably huge stone tablet with twelve words, “Always apart, abandoned heart; looking at the distant stars, none to depend on!”
“Oh, Senior Shui advanced to the Eternal Realm.” Duan Gantai spoke in amazement.
Ning Cheng then saw a huge banner erected on the other side of the entrance, which read, “Congratulations to Moyi City’s Senior Shui Guangxi for stepping into the Eternal Realm and achieving the supreme Grand Dao. Dao Friends from all sides of the Mysterious Yellow Starland are welcome to the Shui Clan’s hall to congratulate Eternal Starry Sky Emperor Shi Guangxi! Come partake in the grand ceremony!”
“Brother Ning, Senior Shui Gongxi has stepped into the Eternal Realm. I must go to attend the celebration to congratulate him. Does Brother Ning want to come with me? Regardless, I suggest that Brother Ning should come together with me, that way we could avoid many unintentional mistakes.” Duan Gantai spoke up again.
“Okay, then I will come with Brother Duan to explore this place.” Ning Cheng showed a smile and spoke up.
[1]
‘Moyi’ is actually ‘None to Depend On’. I left it as it to keep the city name short.
Chapter 0679 – An Old Friend In Moyi City
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Ning Cheng had been to the Eternal Night Domain’s Su Clan, and now he was standing in front of the entrance to the Shui Clan. At this moment, he only had a single thought in his heart. That is, the difference between Eternal Night Domain’s Su Clan and Shui Clan was akin to the difference between a thatched cottage and a golden palace. Moyi City’s Shui Clan, the imposing aura oozing from these words merged with the defensive formations around the Shui Clan, which not only made it look elegant but also very majestic.
“Brother Ning, I’m planning on sending 100,000 Permanent Essence Pills. What are you going to offer? You need to know that you can’t just offer a casual gift or send in too little; otherwise, you might not even gain entry to the main hall.” Duan Gantai stood in front of Shui Clan
’s entrance and asked in a low voice.
Ning Cheng shot a disbelieving look at Duan Gantai, “Brother Duan, aren’t you giving too much away? A hundred thousand Perpetual Moon Pills?”
Duan Gantai spoke up with a straight face, “This can’t even be considered much. Apart from sending the hundred thousand Perpetual Moon Pills, I plan to also send the half Starry Sky Essence Qi Vein that I obtained. Who among the guests visiting the Shui Clan doesn’t have a high status? If I send anything less, even I might not get to enter the main hall. What’s more, the Shui Clan and I have some connections, so I to do my best.”
Ning Cheng sneered in his heart,
Duan Gantai, you might be Shui Clan’s son-in-law, but I, Ning Cheng, am not.
Although he felt disdain, he still spoke with a calm expression, “Brother Duan, I’m just a poor man. You also know that I do not have many good things to send. I can only send a million Perpetual Moon Pills.”
Ning Cheng might not have much of other things, but he had a lot of Perpetual Moon Pills. However, he can’t just arbitrarily bring out a flood of it either. Ning Cheng felt that it was more than enough to take out a million Perpetual Moon Pills. He and the Shui Clan didn’t have any relationship and had only come here to ‘participate’ in the Eternal Starry Sky Emperor’s ascendance ceremony. As for going to the main hall, he did not care about it at all.
“Brother Ning, if you only sent a million Perpetual Moon Pills, you might not even be able to step through the Shui Clan’s entrance.[1]” Duan Gantai felt somewhat speechless. It was one thing for this surnamed Ning to have a cunning mind, but this person was even stingy.
“Never mind then, it’s better if I did not go inside. I’ll wait for you outside.” Ning Cheng said without batting an eye. He did not believe that Duan Gantai would make a losing sale. Duan Gantai most likely had a purpose for sending so many things as congratulatory gifts. As for Ning Cheng, he had nothing to do with it. He anyways lacked cultivation resources; therefore, how could he possibly ‘gift’ it to others?
Duan Gantai showed a frown, “Brother Ning, it’s not that this younger brother is forcing you to send a gift. But it’s because of the Connecting Spirit Silk between us. If it were an open area, it would not have mattered. But there are all kinds of array formations all over this place, not to mention many powerful cultivators. Moreover, the Shielding Array Formations in this place would also have some effect on the Connecting Spirit Silk.”
“What’s more, if an expert notices our Connecting Spirit Silk, they might decide to break it. Breaking the Connecting Spirit Silk is just a trivial matter, but in that scenario, the two of us would be in a lot of danger. Therefore, when in Moyi City, it’s better to remain close to each other, at least let’s not get too far apart.”
After a moment of hesitation, Duan Gantai spoke up, “Brother Ning, I have an idea, but it might wrong you a little. You can pretend to my steward. That way you can follow me inside without the need to give any gifts.”
Ning Cheng understood what Duan Gantai wanted to say.
What steward, to put it bluntly, Duan Gantai wanted him to act as his servant.
However, Ning Cheng didn’t care about it at all and gave a casual reply, “Whether a butler or a steward, I don’t care.”
He anyway did not have enough cultivation resources for himself; therefore, he can’t take out a hundred thousand Permanent Essence Pills and the other half of the Starry Sky Essence Qi Vein. Besides, he truly could not take out the hundred thousand Permanent Essence Pills as he did not have it.
While Ning Cheng and Duan Gantai ‘negotiated’ with each other, two slim figures walked past them. Of these two female cultivators, the female cultivator on the left wore a blue robe and did not have a celestial wheel. When Ning Cheng’s Spiritual Consciousness subconsciously brushed past her, he felt an intense shock pass through his heart. He simply could not gauge the cultivation of this female cultivator.
Even the female cultivator on the right did not have any celestial wheel. However, when Ning Cheng’s gaze fell on the female cultivator on the right, also wearing a blue robe, he felt stunned. He felt an intense familiarity with this female cultivator’s figure.
Just when Ning Cheng was about to stretch out his spiritual consciousness to take a closer look at this female cultivator in blue robes, an extremely overbearing spiritual consciousness swept down. It immediately caused his chest to tighten up, forcing Ning Cheng to quickly retract his spiritual consciousness and even subconsciously take a step back.
The overbearing spiritual consciousness, on realising that Ning Cheng had retreated, did not choose to target him. Ning Cheng, at this moment, felt secretly horrified. He confirmed from the sweep of that blue-robed female cultivator’s overbearing spiritual consciousness that she had terrifyingly high cultivation. Moreover, Ning Cheng also affirmed that this female cultivator cultivated a genuine spiritual consciousness cultivation method, which was far stronger than his made-up spiritual consciousness cultivation method.
Duan Gantai quickly understood that Ning Cheng had suffered a loss with just a glance. He smiled and spoke up, “Brother Ning, this place currently has mighty experts from every corner. Please don’t casually sweep out with your spiritual consciousness. Even if you see a beautiful female cultivator, don’t sweep around; otherwise, hehe….”
By this time, Duan Gantai had already walked up to the huge entrance to the Shui Clan. After what Ning Cheng experienced a moment ago, he decided to indulge this person for now.
“Butterfly Mountain’s Duan Gantai sends a gift of one hundred thousand Permanent Essence Pills…. And half a Starry Sky Essence Qi Vein…… Congratulations….” Duan Gantai’s gift immediately shocked the cultivator receiving the offerings at the entrance. This sort of gift was just too generous. If everyone could give ‘gifts’ like Duan Gantai, then the Shui Clan would have sent out many more invitations.
Ning Cheng also lamented the ‘generosity’ of Duan Gantai. He had already guessed that Duan Gantai was much wealthier compared to him, but even so, Duan Gantai truly was a little too generous. Even Ning Cheng couldn’t help but doubt if the person in front of him was the Duan Gantai he knew.
Not only did the items shock the cultivator accepting the congratulatory gifts, but even the cultivators behind them, along with those who had just gone inside, all of them turned around to look at Duan Gantai.
“Haha, virtuous nephew, it hasn’t even been a decade…. Huh….” A laughing voice greeted them, but it had not finished its words when it exclaimed in surprise. The voice then continued with a pleasantly surprised tone, “Nephew Duan, you really stepped into the Heaven Seated Realm. Good, good…. I truly did not misjudge you. It looks like my Shui Clan will enjoy double the happiness today.”
Ning Cheng, by this moment, could clearly see the new entrant. This was a white-faced middle-aged cultivator, who possessed quite the handsome looks. As for his cultivation, it looked somewhere around the early stage of Heaven Seated Realm.
Duan Gantai quickly gave a ceremonial bow, “Duan Gantai greets Uncle Qiao. Meeting after a decade, I can see that Uncle Qiao’s cultivation has also improved by another level.”
“Haha, Gantai, you don’t have to speak with such politeness with me. We’re family now. If one talked about cultivation, who here could compare to nephew Gantai.” The middle-aged man pulled on Duan Gantai’s hand and spoke with what seemed like a genuinely happy expression.
Ning Cheng on seeing this middle-aged man pull on Duan Gantai’s hand so enthusiastically felt a strange chill pass through his heart.
Wasn’t this a trend common among people with same-sex preferences?
Duan Gantai did not forget Ning Cheng and quickly pointed at him and said, “Uncle, this person is your little nephew’s steward. Steward Ning, this is my elder uncle Shui Caiqiao, Junior Apprentice Sister Shui Wuchang’s father.”
Ning Cheng knew that Shui Wuchang was Shui Clan’s little princess, and now he got to see that she was also
Shui Caiqiao’s daughter. Regardless of if Shui Caiqiao had taken a fancy to Duan Gantai, Ning Cheng still couldn’t understand why he wanted to marry his daughter to Duan Gantai?
“Ning Cheng greets Senior Shui.” Ning Cheng couldn’t help but feel a little sick with all this. He was a Heaven Seated Cultivator, and Shui Caiqiao was also a Heaven Seated Cultivator, with not a particularly high cultivation. Yet, he still had to call him ‘Senior’, which was a bit sickening for him.
Shui Caiqiao, on seeing the celestial wheels behind Ning Cheng, estimated that Ning Cheng was somewhere around half-step to Heaven Seated Realm. However, since Ning Cheng was Duan Gantai’s servant, he did not care about him at all and only gave a random nod before once again enthusiastically starting a chat with Duan Gantai, “Gantai, you go to the guest hall first. After attending the Clan Head’s advancement ceremony, we both can then go see Wuchang.”
“Ok, this Gantai will obey.” Duan Gantai’s performance was more respectful than a grandson.
Ning Cheng felt secretly speechless at this while thinking back to the killing intent that Duan Gantai had unleashed when talking about the Su Clan. He couldn’t help but admit that this Duan Gantai truly was an excellent actor.
Under the guidance of the welcoming cultivators from Shui Clan, Ning Cheng and Duan Gantai entered the Shui Clan’s guest hall. At this moment, the guest hall already contained many cultivators. Although these cultivators did not intentionally release their imposing aura, Ning Cheng still felt it the moment he walked into the room.
However, since he was now a Heaven Seated Expert, this combined imposing aura had no effect over him.
Knowing that anyone who entered this hall was most likely an overlord of a region, Ning Cheng did not carelessly use his spiritual consciousness. Instead, he just swept around the room with his eyes. However, when he saw the two female cultivators from before once again, his eyes suddenly stopped.
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