The Gate Of Good Fortune c1-905

by Demon Translations

  At this moment, a pointed-faced man stood up and smiled before giving the white-robed man and the square-faced cultivator a courtesy bow. He then said, “There are many people here. But Elder Brother Huo and Elder Brother Qu are both experts counted among the Grand Essence’s 12 Sacred Children. We naturally would listen to any instructions from the two Sacred Children.”

  Ning Cheng quickly understood something. No wonder these two had such powerful auras. Those two were two of the twelve Grand Essence Sacred Children. From the looks of it, the Grand Essence’s 12 Sacred Children weren’t ordinary and undeserving of fame. Just looking at these two fellows also allowed Ning Cheng to imagine the strength of the other ten.

  The cultivator surnamed Huo nodded and said, “Since everyone can get together here, let’s consider it as our destiny. Many people also know me Huo Erqi and Qu Baiyi. I won’t talk any nonsense. After we break this concealed array formation and have a look at the divine grasses inside, we’ll then split it between the two of us.”

  This distribution plan was truly a shameless plan from the get-go, and Ning Cheng felt sure that someone would stand against it. However, Ning Cheng felt disappointed. Not only did no one object to it, but everyone even agreed to it. Ning Cheng couldn’t help but sigh to himself that the prestige of these twelve Grand Essence Sacred Children seemed too great.

  Qu Baiyi suddenly frowned and focussed his gaze on Ning Cheng before speaking with a flat tone. “This friend, just now everyone said that they agreed. But you didn’t say anything. Do you disagree with Brother Huo’s proposal?”

  Ning Cheng spoke with an indifferent voice, “You are two of the twelve Grand Essence Sacred Children. Presumably, you both also enjoy quite the fame. Who among us doesn’t know about the difficulty in finding high-level divine grasses? If you open it and randomly decide to assign us some low-level divine grasses, do we still have to agree to it?”

  Huo Erqi’s face sank on hearing Ning Cheng’s words, and he spoke up in a cold voice, “What do you propose then?”

  Others might feel afraid of the Grand Essence’s 12 Sacred Children, but Ning Cheng had no fear at all. He had already changed his appearance. Plus, these two weren’t even Dao Sculpting cultivators. Therefore, no matter what, these two would find it impossible to recognise him.

  But since Huo Erqi asked him, he simply gave a casual reply. “Everyone can attack the concealed formation together. Once opened, fight for the divine grasses with your strength.”

  On the surface, Ning Cheng didn’t seem to have any competitive strength against Huo Erqi or Qu Baiyi. But Ning Cheng intentionally spoke from the standpoint of the rest of the cultivators. As such, no one would stand up and talk nonsense.

  Sure enough, no one spoke up in objection. At the same time, Huo Erqi and Qu Baiyi also understood what was going on. Although their expressions turned a bit ugly, Qu Baiyi could only speak in agreement, “In that case, let’s follow what this friend said. Let’s break the concealed formation together, and then we’re all on our own.”

  While speaking those words, he had already written down Ning Cheng’s name in his heart. Based on his previous proposal, no one here would have dared oppose them at all. Besides, who in their right minds would dare stand against the Grand Essence’s 12 Sacred Children? Unfortunately, at this time, someone truly came forward and stood against them.

  With thirty to forty Eternal cultivators attacking the concealed array formation together, no matter how strong the array’s defensive capabilities, it couldn’t last for long.

  In just half-an-incense stick worth of time, the concealed array formation’s entrance broke down with a loud bang. Greenery suddenly appeared in the gazes of everyone, and an even more decadent aura of divine grasses poured out.

  But before everyone could rush inside, two angry roars erupted. Then, two huge black holes suddenly appeared out of thin air. Smelling a burst of a fishy odour, Ning Cheng felt the space surrounding him starting to compress. Even his protective domain started to shatter inch-by-inch while a power seemed to have locked onto his body. At the exact moment, a wave of black poisonous mist swept over towards everyone.

  Ning Cheng understood that things had become a little trickier. Stimulating his spiritual consciousness to wrap around him, strands of Laws of Space started to spread out. His body regained its freedom in just an instant, and Ning Cheng quickly activated the Twin Wings of the Heaven Clouds. A moment later, he appeared hundreds of feet away from his initial position.

  Behind Ning Cheng, horrifying screams erupted intertwined with the clash of weapons. One could even hear the space shaking.

  A group of sorry figures, unlike Ning Cheng, quickly retreated to the periphery.

  After a dozen breaths, the chaos finally ended, and Ning Cheng eventually saw what those two black holes were. They were two centipedes about a hundred meters in length that blocked the concealed defensive array formation entrance. Moreover, a powerful demonic aura oozed out of them in waves that suppressed everyone. Even if Ning Cheng stood relatively farther away from them, he could still feel their power.

  Besides, those two hideous-looking centipedes had a human face, with an entirely red body and many thick but razor-sharp feet. Each centipede looked like a long and flexible double-edge serrated knife. One could also see a blood-stained rag hanging just below the corner of one of the centipede’s mouth.

  “Human-faced Poison Centipedes…..” A female cultivator cried out in shock.

  Only then did Ning Cheng discover that out of the original thirty-something people, only twenty-five remained. In just a few breaths, those two centipedes had swallowed seven or eight Eternal experts. From this, Ning Cheng also understood that this Human-faced Poison Centipede was a pretty powerful creature.

  Everyone understood the terrifying power of a Human-faced Poison Centipede, but no one wanted to escape. Primarily because just behind these two poison centipedes, everyone could see a large patch of land containing many divine grasses. Facing the temptation of so many divine grasses, only an idiot would choose to leave. What’s more, there were no idiots here. Plus, with an area this rich in divine grasses, how could it remain a secret for long?

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  The name Baiyi ‘

  ’ literally translates to ‘White/Snowy Justice/Righteousness’.

  Chapter 0881 – Ning Cheng’s Role

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  When the two Human-faced Poison Centipedes saw the crowd withdraw to a certain distance but didn’t leave, they immediately screamed at each other as if discussing something. Although those present here didn’t understand the ‘language’, they knew that these two Human-faced Poison Centipedes would eventually attack them as long as they stayed here.

  Qu Baiyi, the one wearing a white robe, suddenly spoke up, “There are still twenty-four people here. Since everyone decided to stay here, we naturally have the same intentions about the divine grasses concealed behind the array formations. But if we can’t kill these two Human-faced Poison Centipedes, we can forget about the divine grasses in this place. I think we should split into two groups, one group to deal with one Human-faced Poison Centipede. Huo Erqi and I will remain in one group, which means we can take in another ten people.”

  Qu Baiyi just finished his words when ten cultivators, who had already noticed the opportunity, quickly rushed up and landed beside Qu Baiyi and Huo Erqi.

  The eleven people on Ning Cheng’s side couldn’t even choose a side and got assigned to the other group by default.

  Some of the slow-thinking cultivators saw Qu Baiyi and Huo Erqi form a group together could only look at each other. In this place, people considered Qu Baiyi and Huo Erqi as powerful experts. Moreover, both of them had a spot amongst the Grand Essence’s 12 Sacred Children. Therefore, according to conventional thinking, these two
men should have formed two separate groups. Yet, the two people decided to create a group together.

  How many fools could cultivate to the Eternal Ream and enter the Grand Essence Mystic Realm?

  Everyone already understood that Qu Baiyi and Huo Erqi had murder in their hearts.

  Qu Baiyi and Huo Erqi, plus the ten other experts, this kind of strength would be more than enough to deal with one of the Human-faced Poison Centipedes. The other group of twelve didn’t have any strong or capable leader to lead them. Meaning the other Human-faced Poison Centipede could kill them one-by-one. They would only serve to delay it for some time at most.

  Qu Baiyi aimed explicitly for this delay. By the time their group killed the first poison centipede, most of the other group would have already fallen. Plus, with their hands now freed, they could join hands with the survivors to kill the second Human-faced Poison Centipede. In this way, not only would they kill the two Human-faced Poison Centipedes but also reduce the number of people aiming for the divine grasses.

  Seeing the other group of twelve not speaking, Qu Baiyi continued. “Just as this friend said previously, we should all work together to take on this challenge and then distribute the divine grasses according to strength. There are two Human-faced Poison Centipedes here, and I’m sure that no one would want to idle around and then ask for their share while others risk their lives.”

  After speaking, he shot a cold stare at Ning Cheng. Just now, he purposely said those words directed at Ning Cheng, who had opposed Huo Erqi’s proposal.

  Seeing Qu Baiyi staring at Ning Cheng, some of the people standing close to Ning Cheng subconsciously stepped away.

  Huo Erqi promptly seized the opportunity and added onto Qu Baiyi’s words, “I also agree with Baiyi’s words. If you don’t want to fight, please leave this place immediately. But there is also one ugly thing that I will say to you all. In case you decide to leave this place, and information about this place somehow got leaked out. In that case, you’d be making a sword enemy of Baiyi and me.”

  Several of the cultivators already had thought of retreating before these two people had spoken up.

  Who among them didn’t know about the aggressive nature of the Human-faced Poison Centipede?

  But Qu Baiyi and Huo Erqi were also the same; no one wanted, no, dared to offend either of them.

  Ning Cheng walked out of the group slowly and brought out a middle-rank spear-type spirit artefact before speaking up with a calm tone. “In that case, count me in the other group. Any of the dao friends here wanting to join my group can come over. As for those unwilling, you can do whatever you like.”

  “I want to join Brother Huo and Brother Qu….” Hearing what Ning Cheng said, someone immediately spoke up. Ning Cheng had already offended bother Huo Erqi and Qu Baiyi.

  Who would want to stay with him?

  Ning Cheng smiled and then said to Qi Baiyi, “Brother Qu, this friend said that he doesn’t want to be in a group. Let’s attack together.”

  Before Qu Baiyi could answer, the expression of the cultivator who just spoke suddenly changed. He quickly retorted, “Careful of what you speak. Don’t try to instigate discord. When did I saw that I don’t want to be in a group?”

  Ning Cheng gave a cold snort, “Did you forget how to count, or have you gone blind? We need to divide the twenty-four people here into two groups. The other group already has 12 people, and you say you want to join them. Wouldn’t it mean that the other group would have one less?”

  “You….” Hearing Ning Cheng’s sharp words, the cultivator suddenly felt angry.

  Huo Erqi heard the two Human-faced Poison Centipede’s screams getting louder and could also feel the aura starting to overflow from their bodies. From the looks of it, those two would rush over at any time. Therefore, he didn’t bother to talk nonsense anymore and said with a cold voice, “That’s the end of it. Our group of twelve will deal with the Human-faced Poison Centipede on the left. The rest will take care of the one on the right. Those unwilling to join the other group can get lost.”

  As soon as Huo Erqi’s voice fell, the two poison centipedes rushed over.

  Qu Baiyi and Huo Erqi simultaneously brought out their weapons and, at the same time, shouted at the other, “Stop the other one.”

  Huo Erqi and Qu Baiyi truly had the strength to back up their reputation. As the two stretched out domains, they quickly superimposed over the others’ domains in their group. The twelve people promptly brought out their weapons and simultaneously activated them, which allowed them to block the Human-faced Poison Centipede’s charge on the left.

  As for the Human-faced Poison Centipede, it pounced directly towards Ning Cheng’s group. At the same time, a unique spacial constraint descended, intending to suppress everyone. Ning Cheng didn’t do anything at all but instead encouraged his domain to block the Human-faced Poison Centipede’s space constraint on him.

  The two who wanted to escape ended up fully bound by the Human-faced Poison Centipede. A spacial vortex suddenly appeared and sucked away the two into the mouth of the Human-faced Poison Centipede. The group at their side hadn’t come together, but the poison-centipede rushed over and had devoured two people. It immediately disorganised the remaining people in the group.

  The three cultivators who were still on the periphery immediately decided to escape without hesitation and disappeared without a trace in an instant. Divine grasses were tempting, but no matter how alluring, one could only enjoy them if one was alive.

  The rest of the people, including Ning Cheng, were bound by the spacial constraint unleashed by the Human-faced Poison Centipede. Even if they wanted to leave, they couldn’t get away for a while.

  “Everyone, let’s do our best together. Otherwise, we’ll just be waiting for our deaths.” Before Ning Cheng could even speak up, someone here quickly spoke the thing he wanted to say.

  Ning Cheng saw that the rest couldn’t escape and understood that they had decided to work together. Only then did Ning Cheng fully spread out his domain. At the same time, he also cast the Maximal Flame Spirit Technique.

  Ning Cheng’s Maximal Flame Spirit Technique was no longer the same as the previous pseudo-spirit technique. Instead, it had transformed into an actual spacial flame spirit technique.

  The Human-faced Poison Centipede attacking Ning Cheng’s group had just swallowed the two people and gained the upper hand. It powered up once again and spat out more of those grey spacial vortices. But just when another Eternal cultivator was about to get sucked in, the surrounding space suddenly turned violent.

  A spacial collapse appeared right below the Human-faced Poison Centipede’s mouth, and a terrifying heatwave spread out.

  The moment this spacial collapse appeared, the spacial vortex spat out by the Human-faced Poison Centipede started to disperse it. From this, everyone thought that the spacial collapse created by Ning Cheng’s Maximal Flame Spirit Technique would quickly get sucked into the spacial vortex spat out by the centipede. However, everyone also understood that Ning Cheng hadn’t fully activated the spirit technique.

  A late-stage Eternal cultivator yelled at Ning Cheng impatiently. “Don’t use this meaningless spirit technique. Even if you fully cast that spirit technique, it wouldn’t harm the Human-faced Poison Centipede…..”

  Ning Cheng ignored the screaming cultivator. If he were such an idiot, he would have died a hundred times already.

  A Spiritual Consciousness Chop slammed into the Sea of Consciousness of the Human-faced Poison Centipede silently. The spacial vortex formed by the Human-faced Poison Centipede suddenly turned weak. It allowed the Eternal cultivator, who was about to get sucked into the giant vortex, to escape the constraints immediately.

  While the person was still under shock, a terrifying flame exploded out under the head of the Human-faced Poison Centipede from the spacial collapse.

  The Human-faced Poison Centipede let out a scream as its chin immediately exploded from the explosive force contained within the
Maximal Flame Spirit Technique. Black blood sprayed all over, falling like a rain of blood.

  When Ning Cheng’s Maximal Flame Spirit Technique exploded, his Spiritual Consciousness Chop also got forced out of the Human-faced Poison Centipede’s Sea of Consciousness.

  The cultivators in the group with Ning Cheng immediately understood that Ning Cheng truly was a powerhouse. It immediately alleviated everyone’s confidence, and they all started to put forth their best. Even if the Human-faced Poison Centipede grew angry at Ning Cheng and raged out even more powerfully, the battle no longer was one-sided.

  All kinds of spirit technique and skill blasted out. The Human-faced Poison Centipede had already experienced Ning Cheng’s Spiritual Consciousness Chop and got injured by Ning Cheng’s Maximal Flame Spirit Technique. Therefore, even if it raged, it would only be for a while. As long as they could survive through this period, they would then gain the upper hand.

  No one knew that Ning Cheng used a Spiritual Consciousness-based attack. But everyone knew that they had to put everything they had to get through this and survive.

  Apart from casting one or two Maximal Flame Spirit Techniques during the fight, Ning Cheng used the Traceless Spear Pattern against this Human-faced Poison Centipede.

  However, the Human-faced Poison Centipede had a varied repertoire of attacks. Apart from the Poison Mist Blades that it kept shooting out, even its blade-like feet were akin to spirit artefacts. Every time it connected with a cultivator’s spirit technique, it resulted in a huge celestial essence explosion.

  But the most potent attack method of this Human-faced Poison Centipede was the spacial vortex it shot from its mouth. Once caught by the Human-faced Poison Centipede’s spacial vortex, you’d end up in the mouth of the Human-faced Poison Centipede.

  Ning Cheng purposefully didn’t use any of his other means. Instead, he repeatedly used the Spiritual Consciousness Chop to sneak in a few attacks. Once anyone got caught up in the Human-faced Poison Centipede’s spacial vortex, he would immediately attack it with the Spiritual Consciousness Chop. Every time the Sea of Consciousness of the Human-face Poison Centipede got hit, its spacial vortex would suddenly weaken. At that time, Ning Cheng’s long spear would inevitably shoot out to rescue the trapped cultivator.