"Give me a jade strip with a map of the Grand Essence Ruins." A deep voice came over, immediately suppressing the laughter in the shop.
After this sound, Ning Cheng heard the 'pata, pata … …' footsteps coming into the shop.
He was a burly man with messy hair and was dressed in sackcloth. There was a gourd hanging on his waist and an incomparably thick iron rod on his back. One end of the iron rod was a little dark and emitted a strong murderous and bloody aura. It was obvious how many souls had died under this iron rod. What was even stranger was that this person was not wearing shoes.
Other people would not make a sound when they walked barefoot, but this person's footsteps were not only loud, but also heavy.
Ning Cheng looked at this two meter tall burly man, and immediately thought of Pan Qian. Of course, compared to Pan Qian, this burly man was nothing. Moreover, Ning Cheng couldn't see through this person's cultivation. Moreover, this person seemed to have another kind of power within him, without any celestial essence or spiritual consciousness fluctuations.
"Alright, a hundred low grade divine crystals. This is my shop's latest map of the Grand Essence Ruins. I guarantee that it's more complete than the maps sold elsewhere. Moreover, the price is also the cheapest. "The shop assistant seemed to be afraid of this big man and quickly took out a jade strip and handed it to him. Even though it was a deal worth three Divine Crystals, the shop assistant still had a smile on his face.
The man nodded, threw a crystal stone on the ground, picked up the jade slip, and walked out with a series of clattering sounds.
Ning Cheng saw that this crystal stone looked similar to the crystal stone he had used before. It should be a high-grade crystal stone, which made him realise that a high-grade spirit crystal could be exchanged for a hundred low-grade spirit crystals.
After the man left, someone in the shop muttered softly, "He's Mo? Did you kill an early-stage Eternal martial cultivator with a single slap last time? "
"Of course it's him. Mo is actually very easy to talk to and doesn't like to cause trouble. He's also very loyal. Last time, that person used his cultivation to bully others and was killed by Mo, "someone explained.
"He just bought a jade strip about the Grand Essence Ruins. Does he want to go to the Grand Essence Ruins? He's a martial cultivator. "
"What's wrong with being a Martial Cultivator? He wasn't the only martial cultivator going to the Grand Essence Ruins. To go to that kind of place, martial cultivation was not important at all. What was important was luck. If you're unlucky, so what if you're a second-step Dao Integration expert? It's also the character for death. "
"Haha, don't joke around. Would a Dao Perfection expert go to the Grand Essence Ruins?"
"I'm not joking. Such a thing really happened."
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Ning Cheng did not stay in the shop to listen to the discussions of the other people. Walking out of the shop, he swept his gaze towards the Martial Cultivator called Mo and followed him.
When Ning Cheng saw Mo walk to a corner of the public square, he also quickly walked over. Then, he saw Mo take out a pile of divine crystals and put them on a table. The cultivator sitting at the table put away the pile of divine crystals and gave Mo a jade token. Mo grabbed the jade token and walked to the side to sit down. There were already many cultivators sitting around him.
Just now, when Mo took out the Spirit Crystals, Ning Cheng had already counted them from the side. Mo had taken out at least tens of thousands of Spirit Crystals.
After Mo sat down, a few more people came over to pay the divine crystals and sat beside him.
Ning Cheng's gaze fell on a huge Array Formation Screen next to the table, when he glanced over the contents of the Array Formation Screen, he immediately came to an understanding in his heart.
After paying the spirit crystals, one would have to follow everyone to a teleportation array and then use that teleportation array to reach the Grand Essence Ruins or leave the Boundary Essence Sea from there. Ning Cheng had no idea what kind of place the Grand Essence Ruins was. Even if he knew, Ning Cheng didn't have any spirit crystals to go there.
Not to mention ten thousand spirit crystals, Ning Cheng couldn't even take out a single spirit crystal.
After wandering around the public square for a long time and asking a few cultivators, Ning Cheng gradually learned about this place. This place was the edge of the Grand Essence Realm's edge. The cultivators here generally came to the Grand Essence Sea to search for treasures or to hunt demonic beasts.
Because the competition here wasn't very fierce, the safety of cultivators here was more guaranteed compared to other places. Therefore, many cultivators with low cultivation liked to come to this place.
The real place to find treasures was the Grand Essence Ruins. The Grand Essence Ruins was the most famous ancient ruin in the Grand Essence Realm. This place was boundless, and no one knew if the Grand Essence Ruins had an end or where the end was. After entering the Grand Essence Ruins, one's spiritual consciousness would be restricted.
But as for what treasures the Grand Essence Ruins contained, Ning Cheng asked a few cultivators, but they could only say things like high-grade spirit artefacts, ancient rings, and the like.
As for how to leave the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City, Ning Cheng also asked a few cultivators. The answer he got was that there was no directional jade strip to leave the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City. Even if one wanted to venture into the Grand Essence Sea, one couldn't go too far away from the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City. Otherwise, one might not be able to find the way back. Once one got lost in the Grand Essence Sea, one could only wait for death.
If a cultivator wanted to leave the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City, they had to save enough spirit crystals and take a special airship to leave.
Ning Cheng sighed. From the looks of it, if he wanted to leave this place, he would have to slowly save up spirit crystals. Most likely, some forces controlled the route out of this place, and one couldn't leave without paying spirit crystals. It was just like when he first arrived at the Rootless Black City. Back then, people operated a special line business. From the looks of it, it was a stroke of luck that he met a cultivator and found the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City.
However, if he wanted to earn spirit crystals, he didn't need to venture into the Grand Essence Sea. He could help people refine weapons here. As long as he set up a stall in the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City's public square, spirit crystals would definitely roll in.
Ning Cheng had just set up an artefact-crafting stall in a corner of the public square when two cultivators stopped him.
"Friend, you should have just arrived here, right? You're not allowed to set up stalls here. It's the first time, but if you find out about it a second time, I'm afraid you'll be taken away. "An early-stage Life and Death cultivator pointed to Ning Cheng's stall and said.
"Why?" Ning Cheng asked in doubt. Was there a limit to setting up stalls here?
The cultivator looked at Ning Cheng and said with some helplessness, "You should buy a Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City's residential profile first. Forget it, I don't think you have any spirit crystals on you. I'll just give you one. "
After the cultivator finished, he took out a jade strip and handed it to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng's spiritual consciousness casually swept through it and immediately understood what it meant. In the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City, one needed qualifications to set up an artefact-crafting or alchemy stall. This qualification was issued by the Boundary Essence Spirit Sea City's artefact-crafting or alchemy guilds. The qualification certificate had a clear division of grades, indicating the grade of artefact-crafting qualifications one had.
However, to go to such guilds for the artefact-crafting or alchemy qualifications, one would need a lot of spirit crystals.
"I see." Ning Cheng put away his artefact-crafting stall. He really wanted to sell a space crystal in exchange for spirit crystals. But reason told him that he couldn't do that with his current strength.
"Ning Cheng?" At this moment, a surprised voice sounded from the side.
Ning Cheng looked up and saw a pretty face. He responded with a slight surprise, "Nalan Ruxue, why are you here?"
He saw two men and a woman beside Nalan Ruxue. Presumably, the four of them were in the same group.
"It's really you." Nalan Ruxue felt even more surprised after confirming that it was Ning Cheng. She didn't seem to notice Ning Cheng's calm tone. She didn't feel any joy from meeting an old friend in a foreign land.
"Junior Apprentice Sister Ruxue, who is this?" A brown-robed man standing next to Nalan Ruxue asked with a frown.
"It's an acquaintance. Senior Apprentice Brother Tao, Senior Apprentice Brother You, Senior Apprentice Sister Siyan, you can go to the merchant house first. I'll have a few words with Senior Apprentice Brother Ning first." Nalan Ruxue quickly spoke up, unable to restrain the joy in her eyes.
The brown-robed man frowned slightly, but soon smiled and said, "Junior Apprentice Sister Ruxue, don't be so polite. Your friend is also our friend. Why don't we all go to the restaurant and have a seat? Also, invite your friend over. I'll be the host this time. "
Nalan Ruxue saw Ning Cheng put away the stall and understood that Ning Cheng didn't have many spirit crystals on him. After hearing this, she quickly looked at Ning Cheng and asked, "Senior Apprentice Brother Ning Cheng, why don't we go and have a seat together? Senior Apprentice Brother Tao Xing, Senior Apprentice Brother You Cheng, and Senior Apprentice Sister Li Siyan are all my friends. Why don't you join us in the future? That way, everyone can take care of each other. "
"No need. You guys go ahead. I'll be leaving." Ning Cheng put the things into his ring and turned to leave. Although Nalan Ruxue had gone to find him to apologise to him back in the Rainbow Fall Sword Sect. Although he didn't care about the past, he never thought about becoming friends with people like Nalan Ruxue.
Nalan Ruxue only had a late-stage Heaven's Mandate Cultivation, while Tao Xing and You Cheng were at the middle-stage and late-stage Heaven Seated Realm respectively. Even Li Siyan was at the early-stage Heaven Seated Realm. To be honest, if Ning Cheng had a cultivation in the Heaven's Mandate Realm, he would never team up with three cultivators with much higher cultivation than him.
Seeing Ning Cheng turn around to leave, Nalan Ruxue's eyes flashed with sadness. But she still called out, "Senior Apprentice Brother Ning, do you know that Senior Apprentice Sister Yan Ji is looking for you?"
"Yan Ji?" Ning Cheng suddenly stopped and asked with a happy expression, "Did you see Yan Ji? Where is she? "
Nalan Ruxue on seeing Ning Cheng change so quickly felt even more sad in her heart. She hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I'll tell you about it later, or …."
Ning Cheng immediately understood that Nalan Ruxue wanted to talk to him alone. He was just about to ask Nalan Ruxue to leave with him when the brown-robed cultivator named Tao Xing spoke up again, "Junior Apprentice Sister Ruxue, why don't we go to the Essence Sea Restaurant together?"
Nalan Ruxue looked at Ning Cheng with some embarrassment. Her eyes clearly showed that she wanted to invite Ning Cheng to go together.
Ning Cheng felt a little strange in his heart. He knew a bit about Nalan Ruxue's temperament. She didn't like to have anything to do with male cultivators, but he didn't expect her to care about the words of that male cultivator named Tao Xing.
Ning Cheng was eager to know Yan Ji's whereabouts and didn't hesitate, "Okay, let's go together."
Hearing Ning Cheng agree, Nalan Ruxue felt overjoyed. Tao Xing also spoke up to Ning Cheng, "Junior Apprentice Brother Ning, you don't have to restrain yourself. You'll get used to it after staying here for a long time. Everyone can form a team and take care of each other. "
Ning Cheng didn't answer the brown-robed cultivator's words. He didn't have much of a good impression of this Tao Xing. It was just an intuition.
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