Ning Cheng initially wanted to purchase an ordinary Wilderness Map; however, he did not have the opportunity to do so. The cultivators participating in the Time Wilderness Smelting Trial were about to board the battleship.
The Time Wilderness was not located in the Striking Order Star Land, nor could it establish a Transfer Array. As such, one would have to rely on a battleship to reach it.
The battleship carried the hundreds of thousands of cultivators who entered the Time Wilderness for the trial. After passing through the Striking Order Star Land, it only took half a day before it stopped outside the starry skies.
Ning Cheng's Spiritual Consciousness had already detected that the space in this place was extremely unstable. No wonder there was no way to establish a Transfer Array. A ripple-shaped entrance appeared in front of the battleship. Ning Cheng did not need to guess to know that this entrance should be the entrance to the Time Wilderness.
Heavenly Emperor Man Lun attached great importance to this trial. Not only did he personally lead the team here, but he also specifically reminded everyone at the entrance, "Geniuses of my Man Lun Starry Skies, the entrance to the Time Wilderness will only remain open for 72 hours. If you lose this opportunity, you would not know when the next time the Time Wilderness opens would be.
Ten years later, a temporary plaza would be built here. As long as the geniuses were able to come out, they would appear in this temporary starry plaza. Now, let's hurry up and enter the Desolate Region. I wish all the participating geniuses a lucky return. "
"Striking Order Immortal, Heavenly Emperor Eternal!" The participating cultivators shouted out in excitement.
The battleship's restrictive spell was opened, and many cultivators jumped into it. Like dumplings falling into a pot, they disappeared.
"Senior Apprentice Brother Ning, let's also go in." Ruan Mingshu, who was standing beside Ning Cheng, spoke up in a low voice.
"Okay, Junior Apprentice Sister Mingshu, do you have an ordinary map of the Time Wilderness?" Ning Cheng asked with a slight hope in his heart.
"Yes, you didn't even buy this?" Although somewhat surprised, Ruan Mingshu still took out a map jade strip and handed it to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng was overjoyed, as he took the jade strip and said, "Many thanks."
Ruan Mingshu smiled and flew into the entrance of the Waste Domain. Zhao Yanxiang glanced at Ning Cheng and quietly hid away the killing intent at the corner of his eyes before following Ruan Mingshu into the Time Wilderness.
Ning Cheng saw Tang Yu but did not see Shen Qinyu. Ning Cheng knew that Shen Qinyu's appearance was constantly changing; as such, there was a possibility that she was right next to him. He did not continue to use his Spiritual Consciousness to sweep around, and followed behind the many cultivators into the Desolate Domain's entrance.
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An enormous whirlpool swept away Ning Cheng, at this moment Ning Cheng could not even think, as everything in his mind turned blank.
Not knowing how much time had passed, Ning Cheng's feet finally came to a stop. Even with his powerful middle-stage Celestial Novice Cultivation, he could not help but stagger. Ning Cheng felt as if he was standing in the middle of a life vortex that was gradually disappearing. His life seemed to be fading away, while his heart was filled with panic and fear.
Ning Cheng calmed his mind and stabilized his thoughts. Perhaps anyone who felt that their life was slipping away would also experience this state, right?
The surroundings were barren. There was no light, no water, no life, no spirit grass. There was only an indescribable color. It seemed to be gray, but also seemed to have a trace of a very strange color. This is the colour of time, Ning Cheng couldn't help but think of such a thought.
Time had no color, but he felt that this was the color of time.
Taking a deep breath, Ning Cheng quickly left the place. Hundreds of thousands of people entered the Time Wilderness, yet he did not even see a single person. From this, it could be seen that this Time Wilderness was definitely not small. Not only that, even with his starry sky Sea of Consciousness, his Spiritual Consciousness could only sweep out within a radius of a hundred miles.
A day later, Ning Cheng stopped in the middle of a withered thorny forest. This place finally had a little bit of colour, at least it was a lot brighter. There were also a lot of plants here, although all of these plants were dead.
Finding a secluded place in the thorns forest, Ning Cheng took out three maps.
Two of the maps were given to him by Ruan Mingshu. One was the map of the Ruan Clan, while the other was a map that could be bought on the streets of the Striking Order Star Land. As for the third map, Ning Cheng had spent 110 million Green Coins at the auction to purchase it as a spendthrift.
Ning Cheng compared the two maps given to him by Ruan Mingshu and found that they were indeed very different. Although these two maps were jade strip maps, the Ruan Clan's map not only marked more places, but also more than twice the size of the two maps.
Carefully looking at the map he had bought at the auction, he found that it was not a jade strip map, but a leather scroll made from unknown materials. The things marked on the leather scroll were almost the same as the ordinary jade strip maps, but the graphics were a bit rougher.
Ning Cheng couldn't help but shake his head. He would not get angry over a hundred million Green Coins. Among the many people at the auction, he was the only one who ended up being cheated. This was simply bullying him for not knowing the ropes.
Just when Ning Cheng was about to put away the leather scroll map, he suddenly noticed a bright spot on the leather scroll. Ning Cheng felt sure that this bright spot was not there when he took it out, which made him stop his action of putting away the map.
However, Ning Cheng soon discovered that this bright spot was actually a directional indicator, pointing in a fixed direction.
Was this really a different map? Ning Cheng felt pleasantly surprised in his heart. He guessed that the map in his hand was most likely the same one that Fu Shougeng was looking for.
Ning Cheng knew that his cultivation was still a bit lacking. He had originally planned to find a place to go into seclusion for a while to see if he could improve his cultivation before going out to look for Ruan Mingshu. But now that he found this map with a directional indicator, Ning Cheng immediately gave up on his seclusion.
No matter who left this map, or where it pointed to, he had to go and take a look.
Ning Cheng did not know how big this Time Wilderness was, but even after following this directional indicator for a few days, he did not meet a single person.
Apart from the desolate surroundings, it was still desolate. No wonder it was called the Wilderness.
After walking around the Time Wilderness for a few days, compared to when he first came in, Ning Cheng had already grown accustomed to the fear of his life slipping away.
On the twelfth day, Ning Cheng stopped at a dry well. It was strange to see a well in the Time Wilderness; after all, a well was something that could only be seen in the mortal world. What made it even more strange was that this well was very shallow. Even without using his Spiritual Consciousness, with the help of the greyish light around him, he could see the bottom of the well with his eyes. Apart from a few rocks and some broken soil, there was nothing else inside.
Ning Cheng opened the leather scroll map and compared it to the one in front of him. Sure enough, the bright spot on the leather scroll map pointed to the bottom of the well. He carefully searched the bottom of the well with his Spiritual Consciousness, but found nothing.
Ning Cheng did not believe that anyone would be so bored as to make such a map to play tricks on others. Thinking of this, Ning Cheng put away the map and jumped into the well.
After falling into the well, Ning Cheng knew that something was wrong. This well, whether using his Spiritual Consciousness or his eyes, did not exceed three meters. However, after he jumped in, the well seemed to have turned into a bottomless pit, causing him to sink deeper and deeper. Moreover, the speed of his descent was also getting faster and faster.
Ning Cheng felt horrified in his heart. If this continued, wouldn't he end up falling to his death?
However, even if Ning Cheng desperately tried to circulate his Celestial Essence, it was useless. His falling speed still kept increasing. Horrified, Ning Cheng crazily stimulated the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds.
To Ning Cheng's relief, although the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds did not stop his falling figure, it did not increase his speed. In fact, it even started to slow down slowly.
Just when Ning Cheng wanted to speed up the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds, his legs gave out a crisp 'kacha' sound. At this moment, he fell to the bottom of the well.
Ning Cheng took in a deep breath. Fortunately, he had the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds. Fortunately, he was a Body Forging God; otherwise, he would have ended up as a starry sky cultivator.
Not caring about his broken legs, Ning Cheng immediately swept out with his Spiritual Consciousness. He found that he was surrounded by all kinds of skeletons. Because of the airflow fluctuations caused by his fall, these seemingly safe and sound skeletons instantly turned into flying ash.
When he looked up again, where could he see the mouth of the well? Even his Spiritual Consciousness could not find the mouth of the well. Ning Cheng sucked in a breath of cold air. What the hell was this place?
The surrounding rich starry sky Essence Qi made Ning Cheng feel slightly relieved. At least in this place, there would not be any problems for him to cultivate. As long as he could cultivate, with the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds, he would eventually be able to climb up.
Ning Cheng did not expect that just after entering the Time Wilderness, he would fall into such a terrifying dry well.
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For Ning Cheng, breaking both of his legs was not a very serious injury. Under the operation of his Celestial Essence, it only took him half an incense stick worth of time to fully recover from his injuries.
Ning Cheng stood up and walked around the bottom of the well. The bottom of the well was not very big, only about three feet in radius. Some of the fallen cultivators' skeletons were scattered all over the place, and with just a single step, these skeletons would turn into flying ash. As for the storage rings, Ning Cheng did not see any of them.
After wandering around for half a day, Ning Cheng found a hidden array entrance in a corner. The array entrance was not complicated, and Ning Cheng easily opened the array entrance and walked in. It was a small stone house with a praying mat in the middle of the stone house. Other than that, there was nothing else.
Ning Cheng's Spiritual Consciousness tried to grab it but could not pick up the praying mat.
What kind of praying mat was this? Ning Cheng walked up to the praying mat with some doubts, bent down and grabbed it with his hand again. An extremely rich starry skies' Essence Qi instantly filled his entire body, and the comfortable feeling made the feeling of his life slipping away disappear without a trace.
Good stuff, Ning Cheng felt pleasantly surprised. Since his cultivation advanced to the Celestial Novice Realm, he had not felt this way for a long time. If he cultivated on this praying mat, his cultivation would definitely rise by leaps and bounds.
His cultivation progressed slowly, which made Ning Cheng deeply feel the difficulty of survival. Now that there was such a good place to cultivate, how could he miss it? After using his Spiritual Consciousness to check that the praying mat did not have any problems, Ning Cheng did not hesitate to operate the Mysterious Yellow Formless and start cultivating on the praying mat.
The rich starry sky Essence Qi almost turned into a solid substance as it poured out from the praying mat and completely surrounded Ning Cheng.
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