"I'll go ask around." Ning Cheng patted Jin Liangan's shoulder, as he walked towards the academy's Assignment Hall.
"I want to ask … …"
Ning Cheng had not even spoken a word, when he was interrupted by a female cultivator, "Which Assignment do you want to take? Just give me your Identity Jade Card and the Assignment Number, there is no need for any nonsense. "
Ning Cheng helplessly spoke, "I want to take the 17th Assignment … …"
When the impatient looking female cultivator heard Ning Cheng's words, her hands trembled, she looked up in disbelief and repeated the sentence, "You said that you want to take the 17th Assignment?"
"I asked you to explain, but you did not explain, so I had to take it directly." Ning Cheng spoke in a somewhat depressed manner.
The female cultivator unexpectedly did not flare up, instead she frowned and spoke, "So far, including our Rainbow Fall Sword Sect, all the disciples with the cultivation of Soul Essence Realm or below who took the 17th Assignment, none of them have returned, nor is there any news about them. Are you sure you still want to take the 17th Assignment? "
Ning Cheng already knew about this, he just asked, "I want to ask, if I do not complete the Assignment, and come back halfway, will I be punished?"
"No, this Assignment is voluntary." The female cultivator replied without hesitation.
Ning Cheng on hearing this affirmative answer, immediately spoke, "Good, then I will take the 17th Assignment."
At worst, if he discovered danger, then he would not go. In case he tried his luck, and found out something, the academy's reward would be enough for him to cultivate in the Small Spiritual Domain for more than a year.
The female cultivator did not try to persuade Ning Cheng again, as she nodded and spoke, "This time there are some changes to the 17th Assignment, there are also disciples from other academies, when you get there, the elders will tell you what to do. This is the Assignment Jade Card and the map, as well as the description of the Assignment. Take it, I wish you good luck. "
Ning Cheng walked out of the Assignment Hall, and found Jin Liangan discussing something with a few Profound Core Cultivators, he guessed that they were planning to go out together with the Assignment Hall. Ning Cheng and Jin Liangan said their goodbyes, and immediately left the Assignment Hall.
He did not even go back to his own place, as Ning Cheng directly went to the Great Liang True Country and the Northern Shang True Country's battlefield. He was still somewhat worried about the Liang Kexin duo.
As for the reason for the war between the two true countries, the jade strip was very vague, but there was also a general idea.
A few years ago, in the territory of the Great Liang True Country, at the border between the Northern Shang True Country and the Great Liang True Country, an ancient Immortal's Cave suddenly appeared. The Northern Shang True Country was the first to receive this information. They immediately wanted to occupy this place and search for this ancient cave that had suddenly appeared.
However, the Great Liang True Country also came to know that an Ancient Immortal's Cave had appeared in their territory, and certainly would not allow the Northern Shang True Country to occupy it. Then, the Northern Shang True Country used the excuse that the Great Liang True Country had kidnapped the Northern Shang True Country's Princess, and demanded that the Great Liang True Country hand over the Princess, or else they would have to cede their territory as compensation.
Because of this, the two countries went through several years of war and countless people died. In the end, this matter was still exposed, and some sects intervened in this matter. At this time, this matter had already gone out of control, and was completely beyond the control of the Great Liang True Country and the Northern Shang True Country.
Once the ancient cave mansion was exposed, the war between the two countries came to a temporary halt. That was because this Immortal Cave was simply too ancient and huge. Moreover, only cultivators at or below the Soul Essence Realm could enter it. He even heard that in the deepest part of the Immortal Cave, there was a place where the Spiritual Qi was the densest, and only cultivators below the Profound Congealing Realm could enter it.
So some of the Soul Essence Cultivators who participated in the exploration of this Immortal Cave, would bring along one or two Profound Congealing Cultivators. Otherwise, if he encountered this place, he wouldn't be able to enter it.
But the strange thing was that the disciples of these sects went to the place where the two countries were fighting, and after entering this ancient cavern, they disappeared one after another. In the end, none of them returned. As for how they disappeared, no one knew.
In the beginning, there was still an entrance to the cave. Towards the end, the ancient cave mansion actually gradually disappeared without a trace. Even if this Ancient Immortal Cave disappeared, the cultivators in the Soul Essence Realm or below who came to this Immortal Cave would still disappear without any warning.
These disciples who came out to complete the mission were the elite disciples of the major academies, causing the Crucible Transformation Cultivators of the major academies to immediately be unable to sit still. Some of the Crucible Transformation Cultivators also began to come out; however, none of these Crucible Transformation Cultivators were able to find the reason behind it. Fortunately, although the Crucible Transformation Cultivators were not able to find the reason, they did not end up disappearing like the disciples who were on a mission.
This matter had now become a mystery, as more and more disciples went missing, some of the rogue cultivators also began to take up the academy's missions, but they still ended up disappearing. As such, the number of disciples who took up this mission was also getting fewer and fewer.
In order to find out the truth behind this mystery, it was necessary for some of the cultivators below the Soul Essence Realm to participate in this mission. Only then would the Crucible Transformation Cultivators be able to find some clues from the missing cultivators.
Ning Cheng put away the jade strip, as he had already guessed it in his heart, if he took up this mission, then he would have to take up the job of a cannon fodder, or perhaps he would have to take up the job of a guinea pig.
Ning Cheng was also aware of his own situation, he had already cultivated in the Small Spiritual Domain. If he did not have the Small Spiritual Domain in the future, then if he wanted to advance, it would be too difficult. In order to cultivate in the Small Spiritual Domain for a year, he had to fight for it. Besides, he also had a magical weapon for escaping that others did not know about, that is, in the case of a last resort, he could crush the talisman given to him by the skeleton, allowing him to enter the bottom of the Blood River.
Ning Cheng's flight type magical weapon was a medium grade flight type Spiritual Artefact, in order to arrive earlier, Ning Cheng not only activated the flight type magical weapon at full speed, but also used the Twin Heavenly Cloud Wings. Even so, it was not until ten days later, that he finally arrived at the location marked on the map in the jade strip.
In front of his eyes was an endless desolation, there were potholes everywhere, some broken weapons and fragments of low levelled magical weapons were strewn all over the place. In many places, even the soil was somewhat dark red, apparently because it had been contaminated by too much blood.
In the places that Ning Cheng's Spiritual Consciousness could reach, other than a dark grey coloured building, there was nothing else.
According to the introduction on the jade strip, Ning Cheng came to know that this dark grey coloured building was temporarily built by the major academies, if he wanted to take up this mission, then he would first have to go to this grey coloured building, and then listen to the instructions of the academy's elders.
Ning Cheng put away the flight type magical weapon, and had just walked to the entrance of the building, when he was stopped by two cultivators, "Which academy are you from?"
My goodness, these two cultivators guarding the door were also in the Soul Sculpting Realm.
"This junior is Rainbow Fall Sword Sect's Inner Sect Disciple Ning Cheng, this time I specifically came here for this mission." Ning Cheng quickly cupped his fists and replied in a polite manner.
The Soul Sculpting Cultivator on the left nodded and spoke, "The Rainbow Fall Sword Sect is on the third floor, the fifth room on the left."
"Many thanks." Ning Cheng once again thanked them, as he sped up the stairs.
"Alas, a month ago there were groups of Soul Essence Cultivators who came to take up this mission, but now what kind of people are there, even Profound Core 1st Level Cultivators have come to take up this mission." Another Soul Sculpting Realm Cultivator seeing Ning Cheng walk away, shook his head and spoke with a sigh.
The Soul Sculpting Cultivator who pointed out Ning Cheng's path spoke up in disapproval, "Today there were at least three people who came, but in the past few days, I have not seen even one of them come to take up this mission. I guess that this place will soon be demolished, moreover with so many disciples disappearing, there is still no clue as to what to do. "
"This is not something that we can manage … …"
Although Ning Cheng had already gone upstairs, he could still hear the voices of the two Soul Sculpting Realm Cultivators behind him.
"Come in." Ning Cheng had just arrived at the door of the fifth room on the left side of the third floor, when a voice arrived in his ears.
Such a powerful cultivation, this voice was as if it was coming from the opposite side, without even half a shred of distortion. Ning Cheng did not dare to hesitate, as he quickly pushed open the door and walked in.
Five male and female cultivators were sitting inside the room, while there were two young cultivators standing in the middle of the room.
Although the aura of these five male and female cultivators was not overflowing, it still gave Ning Cheng a strong sense of oppression. Ning Cheng was simply unable to see the cultivation of these five people, but he immediately understood that these five people were definitely Crucible Transformation Cultivators.
"Rainbow Fall Sword Sect's Inner Sect Disciple Ning Cheng greets the five seniors." Knowing that he was facing five Crucible Transformation Cultivators, Ning Cheng did not dare to neglect them, as he quickly bowed and greeted them.
"En, not bad, although your cultivation is a bit low, but you are quite calm." An old man on seeing Ning Cheng's calm appearance nodded.
A middle aged Confucian scholar sitting on the right side also nodded in satisfaction towards Ning Cheng and spoke, "Ning Cheng, I think you should be aware of the dangers of this mission, even if you give up now, it would still be excusable. Up until now, none of the disciples who participated in this mission have returned, as such the news that we obtained is also very little. This mission will soon be cancelled, and will be replaced by another way to track it down. "
When Ning Cheng heard the words of this middle aged Confucian scholar, he immediately came up with a few meanings. First, this mission was very dangerous, moreover letting the disciples participate in it, would only be for the cannon fodder to search for clues. Second, because the cannon fodder would obtain too little beneficial news, this mission would soon not be carried out in this way. Third, the other party wanted to persuade him to give up on this mission.
For a Crucible Transformation Cultivator to care about the life and death of an Inner Sect Disciple, it could be seen that this Crucible Transformation Elder was quite a good person.
Ning Cheng once again cupped his fists and spoke, "Many thanks to the seniors, my Rainbow Fall Sword Sect's True Inheriting Disciples and Core Disciples are participating in this mission, I am just an Inner Sect Disciple. Participating in the academy's mission, contributing to the academy, while at the same time improving one's own cultivation, it is all part of one's duty. "
A beautiful woman giggled and spoke, "Elder Bei, this kid from your Rainbow Fall Sword Sect really knows how to talk aah."
When Ning Cheng heard these words, he came to understand that the five Crucible Transformation Cultivators here were not all from the Rainbow Fall Sword Sect, there were also people from other academies.
The middle aged Confucian scholar gave a chuckle and spoke, "Junior Apprentice Sister He is overpraising me, this disciple from your Star Gathering Mansion and that little girl from the Severing Emotions Dao Sect are much stronger than Ning Cheng."
The Rainbow Fall Sword Sect's elder then directly turned to Ning Cheng and spoke, "Ning Cheng, this time you and the Star Gathering Mansion's Xing Hai, as well as the Severing Emotions Dao Sect's Bu Mei will go together to investigate the situation. Remember, as long as you are able to find some clues and come back, it would be equivalent to performing a meritorious deed. Here is a jade talisman, once you find that something is wrong, immediately crush the jade talisman, and you will immediately be teleported away. "
"Yes, this junior understands." Ning Cheng quickly responded, as he stepped forward and received the jade talisman.
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