In just a moment, the Defensive Array Disc arranged by Shi Qionghua gave out a slight 'Kacha' sound. Obviously, the Defensive Array Disc would collapse in just a few breaths. Most of the Defensive Array Discs that Ning Cheng had given to Shi Qionghua were Grade 3 Celestial Arrays. Such Defensive Array Discs would not last long in the face of attacks from Celestial Gatherer Cultivators, not to mention the one attacking Shi Qionghua's Immortal Cave was a Celestial Bridge Cultivator.
"What should I do?" Chasing Bull did not have any idea and could only look at Shi Qionghua.
Shi Qionghua did not have time to explain in detail. She directly flew over to Chasing Bull's back and spoke, "Don't worry about anything else. Just rush out now, at your fastest speed, without any hesitation or pause."
"Kacha ….." Almost at the same time that the Defensive Array Disc over Shi Qionghua's Immortal Cave broke, Chasing Bull shot out like a bolt of lightning.
The cultivator who had broken Shi Qionghua's Defensive Array Discs seemed to have prepared for it. As soon as Chasing Bull rushed out, it immediately chased after it, leaving only a gap between them.
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Ning Cheng was in a trance as he saw a variety of Body Forging Materials, moreover each and every one of them appeared in his mind. It seemed that as long as he thought of the best Body Forging Materials, they would immediately appear in front of him, and then integrate into his body, making his body even more durable.
In that subconscious feeling, Ning Cheng knew that it must have been an illusion. This was because he himself wasn't sure if the materials in his mind really existed. However, he could not wake up from his own illusion. In his subconscious mind, as long as he woke up, the endless sword lights would tear him into nothingness.
Although Ning Cheng knew that it might have been an illusion, he still grabbed all kinds of body-forging materials. Fire-attributed, metal-attributed, wood-attributed …. Five-attributed, different-attributed ….
In the end, even top-grade starry sky materials, primal-attributed body-forging materials, ended up in his hands. His body seemed to be going through all kinds of torment, going through all kinds of restructuring. This kind of feeling was simply unfathomable and mysterious.
Not knowing for how long, the illusion around him suddenly disappeared, and Ning Cheng suddenly opened his eyes.
The first thing he did was to check his body. He was shocked to find that apart from not even a single piece of clothing on his body, his skin was smooth and healthy, giving off a streamlined sense of beauty.
Nirvana succeeded? Ning Cheng raised his arm and looked at it in amazement. The lines of muscles did not seem prominent, but they carried boundless power. It gave Ning Cheng the feeling that even if someone used a Dao Artefact to attack him, it might not necessarily cause him to bleed. Although he knew that this feeling was not reliable, Ning Cheng still felt extremely excited in his heart. He felt sure that his Body-Forging Nirvana had succeeded.
With his current physical strength, if he experienced the explosion of the Immortal Jade Star at this moment, he would not suffer any injuries to the extent that he would not be able to take care of himself.
Several more Sword Qis shot over, but they only left white marks on Ning Cheng's body; however, they were unable to cut through Ning Cheng's body.
Ning Cheng understood that he was still in the Sword Valley. He looked down and saw something standing at his feet. That's right, it really was the Mirage Tree that he had taken out for Body-Forging. He remembered that after he had taken out the Mirage Tree for Body-Forging, he had quickly fallen into that illusion.
The Mirage Tree looked even more withered compared to before he had taken it out, and it had also become a bit thinner.
Does the Mirage Tree really have the effect of refining one's body into nirvana? Ning Cheng was pleasantly surprised as he grabbed the Mirage Tree. He did not expect that the Mirage Tree not only had the effect of Body-Forging Nirvana, but also had such a powerful effect. He had initially thought that if the Mirage Tree could not help him undergo nirvana, he would use the Essence of Wood to restore his corporeal body and give up on this nirvana. In fact, after he used the Mirage Tree, he had completely fallen into the illusion. Not to mention using the Essence of Wood, he could not even heal himself.
Fortunately, the Mirage Tree did not disappoint him, and really helped him undergo nirvana; otherwise, he would have died unjustly.
Ning Cheng took in a deep breath in fear; next time, he could not act so recklessly. It was simply too much.
Carefully putting away the Mirage Tree, Ning Cheng looked around and found that this place was not the place where he had first started Body-Forging, but rather the depths of the Sword Valley. During the process of undergoing nirvana, he had unknowingly walked into the depths of the Sword Valley.
More than ten meters away from him, there was a silver-grey skeleton. Ning Cheng walked over and found that this silver-grey skeleton was different from the other skeletons in this place. The other skeletons would turn into flying ash the moment they touched it, but this silver-grey skeleton was very hard; even the ring on the skeleton's hand had not suffered any damage.
Ning Cheng raised his hand and took off the ring, before breaking the restriction and sweeping out with his Spiritual Consciousness. When he saw the things inside the ring, he could not help but shake his head. He had never seen such a poor cultivator before. Inside the ring, there was only a broken high-grade Dao Artefact and some materials. Apart from that, there were only a few jade strips. As for medicinal pills or celestial coins, there was nothing inside.
Taking out one of the jade strips, Ning Cheng scanned through it and found that it recorded some cultivation information about this cultivator named Zhang Qiushui. From this jade strip, one could see that this cultivator named Zhang Qiushui was a very meticulous person. All the resources he obtained were used for Body-Forging.
The reason why he was so obsessed with Body-Forging was that Zhang Qiushui always thought that his Body-Forging Cultivation Method was first-class within the entire starry skies.
Ning Cheng put down the ring and quickly found the Body-Forging Cultivation Method that Zhang Qiushui considered to be first-class.
As for the Body-Forging Cultivation Method in this jade strip, Ning Cheng did not care about it. What made him happy was that this jade strip recorded the Body-Forging Cultivation Method after undergoing nirvana.
When a cultivator cultivated to the ninth level of the God Body, they would have to rely on external objects to achieve nirvana. After achieving nirvana, the body would be called the Celestial Body. The Celestial Body was divided into four realms: Early-Stage, Mid-Stage, Late-Stage and Full-Circle. After surpassing the Celestial Body, one would be called the Celestial River Body. The Celestial River Body was also divided into four realms. After the Celestial River Body was the Starry Sky Body. In theory, once a cultivator reached the Starry Sky Body Forging Realm, they would be in a perfect state and would never be able to advance again.
Ning Cheng was overjoyed, he had used the Mirage Tree to undergo nirvana, at least in terms of Body Forging, there was no mistake. The only doubt he had was that even after he underwent nirvana, the Mirage Tree was still there. Moreover, he had indeed undergone Nirvana. Not only had he undergone Nirvana, but the strength of his physical body had also reached the middle-stage of the Celestial Body Realm.
From this, it could be seen that not only was the Body Forging Cultivation Method that he deduced quite good, but the effect of using the Mirage Tree to undergo nirvana was even more perfect.
Combining his cultivation method with the cultivation method recorded on this jade strip, Ning Cheng felt that he should explore deeper into the Sword Valley. In the deeper parts of the Sword Valley, he might be able to advance further.
Thinking until here, Ning Cheng immediately helped himself clean up, and at the same time changed a set of clothes. Even if he wanted to go in, he had to first greet Shi Qionghua.
After undergoing nirvana, the Sword Qi, which could have easily torn him apart, under the protection of his Body Forging Celestial Essence, could only scratch the surface of his clothes and could not cause any harm to him.
Ning Cheng quickly rushed out of the Sword Valley and took out the Time Setting Artefact to scan it. Only then did he realise that half a year had passed since he underwent nirvana.
Initially, Ning Cheng had thought that it would take at most a month, but he did not expect that it would take so long. Ning Cheng suddenly felt anxious. When he went in, Shi Qionghua only had a Celestial Novice Cultivation. Even if Shi Qionghua used Perpetual Moon Pills to cultivate, she would have already advanced to the Celestial Shatterer Realm.
After such a long time, Ning Cheng felt very worried about whether the people from the You Clan could find her. Sweeping out with his Spiritual Consciousness, in just a few breaths, Ning Cheng found the cave that Shi Qionghua had dug out. At the entrance of the cave was a broken Defensive Array Disc, which he had previously given to Shi Qionghua. However, at this time, the Defensive Array Disc was broken and casually discarded at the entrance of the cave.
Ning Cheng's heart sank, did someone find Shi Qionghua's cave? Now that Shi Qionghua was not here, where did she go?
Feeling anxious, Ning Cheng immediately took out the Communications Pearl. As soon as the Communications Pearl came out from the Mysterious Yellow Bead's Minor Five-element World, it received an intermittent message, "I'm … Eroding … Cliff …"
The message definitely came from Shi Qionghua. Most likely, it had been too long since he had found the array formation to receive the Communications Pearl, causing the message to collapse.
Ning Cheng knew that the Communications Pearl he had given to Shi Qionghua in his ring was a middle-grade Dao Artefact, something that he had crafted himself. Moreover, this kind of Communications Pearl was of a good grade. Even if he could not find the receiving communications pearl, it would take at least two or three months for the message to completely collapse.
Moreover, Shi Qionghua's message only contained a few fragmented words. From this, it could be seen that Shi Qionghua had sent the message at least two months ago.
Ning Cheng felt extremely anxious in his heart; he had no idea where the Eroding Cliff was.
He wanted to ask if there were any other places in the vicinity besides the Sword Mountain Path? Ning Cheng once again returned to the Sword Mountain Path.
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The shop assistant at the entrance of the South Sword Rest Stop greeted every guest with a smile. When he saw a blue-robed cultivator coming over, he raised his hand and spoke from afar, "Friend from afar, the South Sword Rest Stop is the best place for you to stay … …"
The shop assistant's words came to an abrupt end, as he recognised Ning Cheng.
"It's you?" The shop assistant looked at Ning Cheng standing in front of him in amazement. Half a year ago, a female cultivator with a veil over her face had come over with this male cultivator on her back. At that time, he only knew that this male cultivator was seriously injured and could not even move on his own.
Later, because of the pressure from the You Clan, the South Sword Rest Stop forcibly drove the two guests away. The South Sword Rest Stop's deacon even refused to refund the rent to the two cultivators. The reason was very simple. Once they fell into the hands of the You Clan, even if they managed to survive, they would only end up as dogs. How could they come back to the South Sword Rest Stop just for the rent? Although the South Sword Rest Stop was sincere in doing business, they were not willing to give away the money that they had picked up.
Ning Cheng smiled, "Yes, it's me. The last time I asked you to greet your steward, did you call him? "
"This, this …." The shop assistant panicked for a long time, but could not say anything.
Ning Cheng patted the shop assistant's shoulder and spoke, "It doesn't matter if you didn't say it. When your deacon comes, you can talk to him about it. Just tell him what I said last time. Today, I came here to ask you about two things. The first is the female cultivator who carried me out of the rest stop. Do you have any news about her? The second is the Eroding Cliff. Or rather, it is not called the Eroding Cliff, but something else. "
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