The Gate Of Good Fortune c1-905

by Demon Translations

  Ning Cheng smiled and spoke, “It’s not about being involved. Since I’m in the Grand Essence Ruins, such a thing would have happened to me eventually. It doesn’t matter if it was a day earlier or a day later. However, I do have some questions for the two of you.”

  Ning Cheng didn’t bother beating around the bush. If Peng Shan hadn’t shown honest intentions, maybe he would have already killed Peng Shan at that time. But considering how Peng Shan spoke about this Flaming Feather Spirit Mountain, Ning Cheng also understood that it wasn’t a small sect. Therefore, once he killed Peng Shan, Flaming Feather Spirit Mountain would investigate.

  But fortunately, he didn’t have any feud with Flaming Feather Spirit Mountain. However, because of this Jing Weiran, he ended up in a feud with Beyond Heaven Path. Therefore, even if he tolerated such things, this kind of matter would have eventually happened to him. Facing experts who he couldn’t resist against, Ning Cheng might have to bear it for a while and wait till his strength reached the desired level before striking back. But in the face of two Eternal cultivators, Ning Cheng would never tolerate it.

  “Senior, please ask whatever you want.” Jing Weiran, who already felt guilty of involving Ning Cheng into their matters, replied with a respectful voice.

  Ning Cheng knew that Jing Weiran and his wife wanted to leave as quickly as possible. So, he decided to ask some simple questions, “How strong is this Beyond Heaven Path? Who is their strongest cultivator, and what level of cultivation do they have? Do they have any special backing?”

  Ning Cheng asked these questions with a purpose. If Beyond Heaven Path was too powerful for him, he might have to cancel the idea of going back to Grand Essence Ruins’ Quest Hall to complete the tasks. The Grand Essence Quest Hall had too many good things. But no matter how good the stuff in there were, they weren’t as important as keeping one’s life.

  But if Beyond Heaven Path’s strength weren’t enough to force him to escape, he would still do what he should do.

  Jing Weiran bowed and replied, “Beyond Heaven Path is far inferior to the Dao Confirming, Rogue Cultivator, Sword Ruins, Spirit Thunder or the other major alliances. But it’s still relatively famous among the small alliances within the Grand Essence Ruins. Fei Er, their leader, is a Dao Sculpting expert and his most famous spirit technique is the Everlasting Collapsing Thunder. It’s quite strong and is even known as Grand Essence Little Spirit Thunder. Moreover, there aren’t many Dao Sculpting cultivators on the same level that can defeat Fei Er in a solo battle.”

  “Vice Leader Ran Haosen is Fei Er’s sworn brother, and he is a half-step Dao Sculpting expert. Beyond Heaven Path also has more than 20 full-circle Eternal cultivators. At the same time, they also have quite a few Eternal cultivators at varying cultivation levels. As for if Beyond Heaven Path has any backing, I don’t have any information about it.”

  Only one Dao Sculpting cultivator?

  Ning Cheng felt somewhat relieved. He didn’t know whether Hong Lun was a Dao Sculpting cultivator or not. But even if Hong Lun wasn’t a Dao Sculpting cultivator, Hong Lun must have been close. Therefore, even if he couldn’t fight against Fei Er, he could easily escape if necessary with his current strength. As for Ran Haosen’s half-step Dao Sculpting, Ning Cheng entirely ignored it.

  Ning Cheng, who originally wanted to leave, no longer wanted to after knowing Fei Er’s strength. After he finished transforming his celestial essence into spirit essence, why would it matter if he had to face a Dao Sculpting cultivator? Besides, he came to the Grand Essence Ruins to look for Yan Ji, but he hadn’t found Yan Ji yet. Moreover, the Grand Essence Ruins truly helped him in cultivation and had plenty of treasures everywhere.

  Why not take this opportunity to redeem more good things when he didn’t care much about the points?

  As for encashing Peng Shan’s favour, Ning Cheng didn’t even think about it. In his opinion, after finishing the transaction with Peng Shan, there would be no favours. It’s already a favour if he didn’t want anything with Peng Shan.

  “I understand. I’ll take my leave now; you guys also should leave. Goodbye.” Ning Cheng finished speaking, and his figure flashed before it disappeared.

  Jing Weiran and his wife naturally knew the dangers of staying in this place. Therefore, after Ning Cheng left, the two quickly took out concealment masks and instantly left the area.

  ……

  When Ning Cheng reached a secluded area, he brought out the Starry Sky Wheel and left the place ten times faster than when he entered the Grand Essence Ruins.

  People still went in and out of the Grand Essence Quest Hall. But because of the feud with the Beyond Heaven Path, Ning Cheng remained vigilant even after entering the Quest Hall. He didn’t know if it was because no one had realised his return or whether his warning worked. But after entering the Quest Hall, no spiritual consciousness fell on him.

  Seeing this, Ning Cheng went straight to the Material Quest Area, found an open window and sat down. The one receiving him was a young female cultivator with a pair of crescent moon-shaped eyebrows.

  “Excuse me, what quest have you come to hand over?” The female cultivator spoke with a crisp voice. It even had a sort of affinity that would draw people over to her.

  Even Ning Cheng who felt on edge felt extremely comfortable after hearing this soft yet crisp voice. It even had a relaxing effect on his mind. He realised that he was just overthinking about various things. Even if Fei Er from Beyond Heaven Path came, he didn’t have anything to fear truly.

  Not to mention that fighting wasn’t allowed in the public square of the Grand Essence Ruins, even if a fight did break out, so what? There wasn’t anything to fear.

  The female cultivator also seemed to have felt Ning Cheng’s relaxed mood and smiled. People like her had received special training in relaxing cultivators who came to hand in their tasks.

  “Can you tell me which tasks involve Law Soil?” Ning Cheng also smiled and asked.

  When the female cultivator heard that Ning Cheng had come here for Law Soil related tasks, the smile on her face immediately brightened. “Law Soil pertains to the 163rd material task. Do you plan to select it or redeem it?”

  For her window, any cultivators who take up and finish the tasks would receive points through her. For every transfer of 10,000 points through her window, she would also receive a commission of one point. On a typical day, she could easily earn a dozen points every day. And if she did a transfer for a task that exceeded one million points, her commission would increase by a factor of ten.

  Unfortunately, she had manned this window for many years, and such things rarely happened. Even she had only handled one such transaction before. After all, hardly anyone could hand over tasks that exceeded one million points. Moreover, even if such a thing did indeed happen, it wouldn’t be a material-type task. It would mostly be either a spirit technique task or a dao fruit task.

  But Law Soil tasks involved very high points, which meant that she could earn at least 50% to 100% more than usual from Ning Cheng’s transaction today.

  “Yes, I want to hand over some Law Soil….” Ning Cheng took out a jade box while she was still talking and handed it over.

  The female cultivator took the jade box and opened it carefully.

  But when she saw the chunk of Law Soil in the jade box was larger than her fist, she almost screamed aloud. Fortunately, she quickly controlled her excitement and closed Ning Cheng’s jade box. Then, she spoke to Ning Cheng with an even more polite voice, “I can’t estimate the points for your Law Soil. Please wait for a moment as I call over a deacon.”

  Ning Cheng noticed the slight tremble in her tone as if she was afraid that Ning Cheng would switch to another window to exchange for points.

  This female cultivator truly thought that Ning Cheng would do such a thing. However, only the deacon could evaluate the points for this chuck of Law Soil and the only person who could approve the commission. She naturally didn’t want to lose out on such a huge income be
cause she couldn’t evaluate the points.

  Ning Cheng smiled and said, “It’s okay; you can go call him.”

  The female cultivator immediately taped the crystal ball next to her and made a few handprints over it. After just a few breaths, a red-faced old man eagerly came to this female cultivator, “Who’s handing over the chunk of Law Soil larger than a fist? Where’s this chunk of Law Soil?”

  The old man asked anxiously before even coming to a stop. Law Soil chunks of such massive size were too rare. Now that one such piece had come to their doorstep; he naturally would feel excited about it.

  The female cultivator quickly handed over the jade box and then pointed to Ning Cheng before speaking, “This dao friend came to hand it over.”

  Chapter 0863 – Dao Confirming Exchange

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  The red-faced old man greeted Ning Cheng enthusiastically, and at the same time, opened the jade box in his hand.

  “Good stuff.” When the red-faced old man saw the Law Soil inside the jade box, he couldn’t help but exclaim. He wasn’t like the female cultivator looking over the transaction window. He had seen too many Law Soil chunks from many cultivators while working in this place for many years. He had even seen a few pieces several times larger than Ning Cheng, but he had never seen a chunk of Law Soil with such apparent law dao charms as the one in his hand.

  The clearer the dao charm of law within the Law Soil, the more valuable the Law Soil would be for anyone. The chunk of Law Soil brought by Ning Cheng wasn’t only large but also had a distinct law vein. It meant that a Dao Fruit Tree could more easily absorb the law aura contained within this chunk of Law Soil and fetch a higher price.

  “This dao friend, the grade of your Law Soil is truly very high. I can give you 150,000 points along with 150,000 spirit crystals for it, how about it?” The red-faced old man looked at Ning Cheng with an eager gaze.

  Ning Cheng showed a slight smile and said, “I don’t have an opinion…..”

  Seeing that Ning Cheng didn’t haggle, the red-faced old man felt overjoyed and was just about to urge the female cultivator next to him to initiate the point transaction. But then he heard Ning Cheng continue, “I have a few more pieces here.”

  While talking, Ning Cheng took out four more pieces of Law Soil. Three of those pieces were as big as two fists, and even the small chunk was about the same size as the one Ning Cheng had previously taken out.

  Even if the red-faced deacon had seen too much of the world, he still felt shocked by Ning Cheng’s display. The larger the Law Soil, the more valuable it is, and the clearer the Law Vein within it, the more value it would add to it. The chunks of Law Soil that Ning Cheng had taken out were not only big but even had clear Law Veins.

  He excitedly grabbed the jade boxes that Ning Cheng had taken out and the look in his eyes turned even more eager. As for the female cultivator beside him, she couldn’t help but visibly tremble in excitement. She could see that if all the Law Soil taken out by Ning Cheng turned into points, those points would exceed one million.

  For her, as long as she handled a task transaction of more than a million points, the commission she would receive would increase tenfold. In other words, as long as Ning Cheng’s task brought in more than one million points, she would get much more than a hundred points in this one transaction alone. It could very possibly exceed a thousand points.

  More than a thousand points for her was a lot. With this many points, she could redeem it for many resources suitable for her cultivation in the Quest Hall’s merchant house.

  The red-faced old man checked the Law Soil from Ning Cheng several times, and then finally put all the chunks of Law Soil into one jade box and looked at Ning Cheng. “These five pieces of Law Soil can fetch you a total of 1.5 million points. Plus, 1.5 million spirit crystals.”

  After speaking, the red-faced old man looked at Ning Cheng with an eager gaze. Even if Ning Cheng didn’t exchange these chunks of Law Soil for points, and put it up for auction, everyone would end up fighting for it. He wanted to ask Ning Cheng from where he obtained these chunks of Law Soil. But fortunately, the old man also understood that it was a taboo to ask about such matters. Eventually, he managed to hold back the curiosity and didn’t ask.

  “Okay.” Ning Cheng didn’t hesitate to agree and nodded. He also understood that he acted a bit too showy when he took out those five chunks of Law Soil at the same time. But for the sake of obtaining more strength, he had to do it.

  Besides, Ning Cheng had already planned that the Law Soil task was only a one-off task. He wouldn’t do it again after today. Ning Cheng didn’t dare to continue to take out Law Soil from the Mysterious Yellow Bead. Not only was he worried that taking too much Law Soil from the Mysterious Yellow Bead would affect the Mysterious Yellow Bead, but he also didn’t want anyone to start investigating him.

  He could say that finding a few pieces of Law Soil as a lucky encounter, but even that would be a stretch. But if he ‘found’ so many chunks of Law Soil each time he went out; luck wouldn’t just cut it. In any case, Ning Cheng decided to make this one-time deal and would stop exchanging the Law Soil from the Mysterious Yellow Bead for points.

  Hearing Ning Cheng agree to the offer, the red-faced old man finally felt relieved. The female cultivator, however, felt even more delighted and tried to calm herself. After a few breaths, she then said to Ning Cheng, “Please take out your Quest Card, and I will help you finish the exchange for Quest Points.”

  Ning Cheng then took out the black card and handed it to the female cultivator.

  Seeing that Ning Cheng’s Quest Card was only a black card, the female cultivator felt even more shocked. A cultivator wanted to exchange for 1.5 million points in one go, and he took out a black card. No one would believe it even if she shouted about it at the top of her voice.

  Fortunately, her ample professional experience helped her return to normal quickly. With a soft smile on her face, she quickly helped Ning Cheng transfer 1.5 million points to his card and at the same time, also handed Ning Cheng 1.5 million spirit crystals.

  With over a million spirit crystals and also 1.5 million points, the first thing that Ning Cheng wanted to do now was to head to the Quest Hall’s merchant house and exchange it for some cultivation resources. After that, he would find a place for secluded cultivation to convert his celestial essence into spirit essence.

  “Huh, Senior Apprentice Brother Ning, are you also coming to hand over a task?” A surprised voice stopped Ning Cheng who had just walked out of the Quest Hall.

  Ning Cheng quickly spoke up with cupped fists, “It turned out to be Junior Apprentice Sister Kong Ning. That’s right. I just finished handing over a task. Did Junior Apprentice Sister Kong Ning also hear to complete a task?”

  Ning Cheng knew the female cultivator who called him, it was Kong Ning, who he met in the Defying Ice Mound. Kong Ning was River Luo Sacred Sect’s disciple. She had even asked Ning Cheng to join her River Luo Sacred Sect. However, Ning Cheng had rejected her without much thought. He never expected to see her here.

  Next to Kong Ning, were another man and a woman. The male cultivator looked very handsome. The white cultivator robe over him made him look even more stunning and extraordinary. Moreover, disregarding this male cultivator’s looks, the aura of cultivation from him also felt quite strong. Ning Cheng estimated that this male cultivator’s strength didn’t lose out to Hong Lun from back then, or even higher.

  The female cultivator wore a light blue robe, had snowy white skin, and sported slim eyebrows. Although she had long hair, she put it up in a fairy bun, which seemed to add an aura of an immortal to her. Kong Ning herself was a beautiful woman, but standing next to this lady, she couldn’t compare to her at all. She even looked inconspicuous and ordinary.

  Of course
, it was just the first impression of a bystander. From Ning Cheng’s perspective, Kong Ning’s beauty wasn’t any different from this female cultivator. It’s just that Kong Ning chose to dress in a grey robe, without any decorations or trinkets, which made her seem like a far cry from that female cultivator.

  In Ning Cheng’s view, this female cultivator’s cultivation should have already reached the full-circle Eternal Realm. However, Ning Cheng didn’t like the expression on her. She sported an ice-cold face as if someone owed her money. That said, the man and the woman standing side by her side did look like an immortal couple.

  “No. I, Senior Apprentice Brother Yin and Senior Apprentice sister Yaocen came here to participate in the Dao Confirming Exchange in the Quest Hall’s merchant house. By the way, let me make the introductions. He is Senior Apprentice Brother Ying Yongxuan from Seven Star Sacred Shrine, one of the three sacred shrines. And this person is my Senior Apprentice Sister Shan Yaocen.”

  While Kong Ning said this, she also pointed to the two cultivators one by one and introduced the man and the woman. “Senior Apprentice Brother Ying, Senior Apprentice Sister Yaocen, this is Senior Apprentice Brother Ning Cheng. He helped me out in the Defying Ice Mound before…”

  Ning Cheng also stepped forward to greet them out of politeness. Shan Yaocen and Ying Yongxuan both had higher cultivations than him and came from prominent sects. Moreover, he had heard about these so-called sacred shrines quite a few times till now and understood that these most likely weren’t trivial forces at all.

  But just as Ning Cheng took a step forward, he stopped. Ying Yongxuan and Shan Yaocen didn’t even glance at him after hearing Kong Ning’s introduction. Since these people didn’t even bother to nod, even if they were Dao Perfection powerhouses, Ning Cheng wouldn’t bother with courtesies.