"Grandmaster Wanderer, don't sweep around with your spiritual consciousness. Otherwise, no one can save you." The rogue cultivator standing next to Ning Cheng, waiting for Ning Cheng to craft artefacts, saw Ning Cheng's gaze fall on the man wearing the crown and quickly whispered to him.
Although Ning Cheng didn't talk much, his artefacts were of high quality and cheap, which made him very popular among rogue cultivators. Most of the cultivators who came to Ning Cheng to craft artefacts referred to him as Grandmaster Wanderer.
Ning Cheng looked at the rogue cultivator blankly and asked, "Is that person famous?"
The rogue cultivator lowered his voice and said, "That's the Grand Essence Sea's premier sect, Barbarian Dragon Clan's Dragon Emperor Man Huishan. He's a Dao Essence powerhouse. Don't you think he's famous?"
Ning Cheng suddenly spoke up, "No wonder everyone bowed to him when I saw him. It turns out to be the Barbarian Dragon Clan's Dragon Emperor."
The rogue cultivator nodded, "Of course. It's strange that the Dragon Emperor would come to the Grand Essence Ruins' Public Square. For this selection, the other sects would at most send some elders. The top ten sects wouldn't even come here. "
"What's the selection?" Ning Cheng quickly asked. He stayed here to craft artefacts, not only to familiarize himself with artefact-crafting methods, but also to wait for Yan Ji. As for other things, he rarely inquired about them to prevent others from discovering anything unusual. Therefore, he had never heard of the selection mentioned by this rogue cultivator.
The rogue cultivator smiled and said, "You know that the Grand Essence Great Meet is about to start, right?"
"I know about it." Ning Cheng replied. He didn't know when the Grand Essence Great Meet would start, but he knew about it.
The rogue cultivator pointed to the low-rank spirit artefact in Ning Cheng's hand and said, "I prepared this low-rank spirit artefact for the Grand Essence Great Meet."
"Can anyone participate in the Grand Essence Great Meet?" Ning Cheng asked in confusion.
The rogue cultivator shook his head and said, "Of course not. Only some sects are eligible to participate in the Grand Essence Great Meet. The Grand Essence Great Meet has rich rewards, so how can rogue cultivators have a share? However, before each Grand Essence Great Meet, some sects would come to the Grand Essence Ruins' Public Square to recruit some powerful rogue cultivators to make up for the lack of sect disciples. Originally, some powerful sects wouldn't bother doing this. But these sects were afraid that some of the powerful sects would come to the Grand Essence Ruins' Public Square to recruit rogue cultivators.
Over time, this became a rule. During the period before the Grand Essence Ruins' Great Meet, all the sects came together to recruit rogue cultivators to fill the slots for the great meet. In the next few days, the major sects will start recruiting disciples. Did you see the many temporary buildings on the edge of the Grand Essence Ruins' public square? "
Because of this rogue cultivator's reminder, Ning Cheng saw some temporary buildings built using artefacts at the edge of the Grand Essence Ruins' public square. Some of the buildings even had the signboards of the sects. Clearly, this rogue cultivator was telling the truth. These sects were indeed here to recruit disciples.
Ning Cheng asked in confusion, "I heard that the reward for the Grand Essence Great Meet is the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring. If so many rogue cultivators were to participate, wouldn't that reduce the chances of the true sect disciples? "
The rogue cultivator on hearing Ning Cheng's words showed a smile, "You think too much. The Extraterritorial Spirit Spring is a reward for the top ten of the Grand Essence Great Meet. It has nothing to do with recruiting rogue cultivators. Because every time before the Grand Essence Great Meet, there would be a Grand Essence Mystic Realm to snatch. The major sects recruit rogue cultivators to join them in snatching things from the mystic realms.
Only the top 100 cultivators who obtain divine grasses and other treasures in the mystic realms have a chance to participate in the Grand Essence Great Meet. Therefore, the real Grand Essence Great Meet is a competition between the top 100 cultivators in the Grand Essence Mystic Realm. It has nothing to do with others. I want to be selected by the other sects because I want to get some treasures in the mystic realm. If I can get a Dao Fruit as a reward, it would be worth it. "
Ning Cheng understood that it was to recruit cannon fodder. He didn't need to ask to understand that snatching things in the mystic realm was much more dangerous than snatching things in the Grand Essence Ruins. Since the Grand Essence Mystic Realm chose to open before the Grand Essence Great Meet, it meant that there must be a lot of good things inside. How could the competition inside not be fierce?
"Excuse me, which sects came here to recruit disciples this time? What do you mean by the top ten sects? "Ning Cheng knew that his question sounded a bit stupid, so he lowered his voice.
Sure enough, when the rogue cultivator heard Ning Cheng's question, his eyes flashed with astonishment. But he quickly returned to normal and explained in detail, "The top ten sects are the Three Saints, Three Spirits, and Four Deep Seas. They refer to River Luo Sacred Sect, Seven Star Sacred Shrine, and 9-Revolving Sacred Dao Pond; Flaming Feather Spirit Mountain, Profound Moon Spirit Gate, and Desolate Spirit Palace; Grand Essence Sea's Barbarian Dragon Clan, Silver Dragon Clan, Sunken Fish Palace, and Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan.
I heard that Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan hasn't appeared in the world for a long time. They don't even participate in the Grand Essence Great Meet. As for the rest of the smaller sects, there are too many of them. I can't explain them all. You can come and see for yourself when the time comes. "
Ning Cheng handed the low-rank spirit artefact in his hand to the rogue cultivator, "Your weapon is finished. Since I heard you say so much today, I'm going to try my luck. I'll take half of your points."
The rogue cultivator felt overjoyed when he heard that Ning Cheng only wanted half of his points. He quickly took out his white card and transferred the points to Ning Cheng. After thanking him repeatedly, he left.
After the rogue cultivator left, Ning Cheng also put away his artefact-crafting stall. Even after waiting for half a year, Yan Ji still hadn't appeared. Although he could continue to wait, he didn't have that much time.
After half a year, his artefact-crafting level had soared. Moreover, he had also collected a lot of high-quality artefact-crafting materials. Therefore, he decided to refine a few high-rank spirit artefacts for himself first. As for the Grand Essence Mystic Realm, Ning Cheng decided to enter it. If he could reach the top 100 in the Grand Essence Mystic Realm, he might be able to represent one of the sects to participate in the Grand Essence Great Meet.
That way, he might even be able to enter the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring for cultivation.
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Two days later, when Ning Cheng came out of the rest stop, the Grand Essence Ruins' public square had long since been occupied by sects of various sizes.
Unlike what that rogue cultivator said before, Ning Cheng not only saw a bunch of small sects on the Grand Essence Ruins' public square, but he also saw nine of the top ten sects. Apart from the Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan, almost all of the top ten sects had arrived.
Countless rogue cultivators had gathered in the public square. For them, this was an opportunity. Once selected to participate in the Grand Essence Mystic Realm, they might have a chance to advance to the Dao Sculpting Realm. The Grand Essence Mystic Realm might be dangerous, but if one wanted to stand at a higher place, where wouldn't it be dangerous?
Ning Cheng walked around half a circle and saw a weapon in front of each sect that tested one's spiritual consciousness and celestial essence. In this kind of selection, cultivators didn't care about the qualifications of their spiritual roots. Instead, they only looked at the density of celestial essence and the penetration of one's spiritual consciousness.
Everyone understood what was going on. This kind of selection wasn't meant to train you as a sect's disciple, but rather to take advantage of each other. After participating in the Grand Essence Mystic Realm, each person would get their own benefits. After that, everyone would go their separate ways.
Ning Cheng stopped at the Seven Star Sacred Shrine's station and saw an acquaintance, Yan Xishuang.
He had saved Yan Xishuang and then teamed up with Yan Xishuang to obtain a drop of 3000 Weak Water and a fragment of the Good Fortune Azure Lotus. As a result, the drop of 3000 Weak Water went to him, while the azure lotus fragment went to Yan Xishuang.
Ning Cheng still had a good impression of this woman. This woman paid attention to equal exchange. She didn't take advantage of others, nor was she the rude kind. Ning Cheng only knew about Nirvana's Heart because of Yan Xishuang. Speaking of which, Yan Xishuang was the first to discover Nirvana's Heart. However, she encountered a problem while collecting the Nirvana Bluestone and almost died.
Seeing Yan Xishuang standing at the Seven Star Sacred Shrine's station, Ning Cheng realised that this woman was also from one of the three sacred sects. Ying Yongxuan, who came with Shan Yaocen before, was also from the Seven Star Sacred Shrine. However, Ying Yongxuan didn't come today.
Yan Xishuang's aura had also become much purer. Not only did it become much purer, but it also doubled in strength compared to before.
Ning Cheng knew that this was the effect of the azure lotus fragment. When he first met Yan Xishuang, although she was at the full-circle of the Eternal Realm, she wasn't any stronger than him. But now, Yan Xishuang had definitely surpassed the full-circle of the Eternal Realm. According to Ning Cheng's speculations, Yan Xishuang definitely hadn't reached the Dao Sculpting Realm yet. With Yan Xishuang's cultivation, there was only one reason why she hadn't reached the Dao Sculpting Realm yet. That is, she wanted to enter the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring to transform her spirit essence.
At this moment, Yan Xishuang's aura was clean and pure. If she could transform her spirit essence in the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring, her future would truly be bright.
Others might not know what was going on, but Ning Cheng knew it. He had the Mysterious Yellow Bead, so he naturally understood that only a Good Fortune Treasure could cause such a big change in Yan Xishuang.
Yan Xishuang sat on the side with a calm expression. Her unparalleled beauty attracted many people to come to the Seven Star Sacred Shrine to take the test. In terms of appearance, Yan Xishuang was more beautiful than Kong Ning and Shan Yaocen. What Ning Cheng appreciated more was her attitude towards things. She remained calm and rational.
Since he had to join a sect, Ning Cheng decided to join the Seven Star Sacred Shrine. The Seven Star Sacred Shrine was one of the top ten sects. Even if he did something in the mystic realm, it wouldn't affect the sect. This was one of the reasons. Secondly, the big sects would have more slots to enter the mystic realm. Most importantly, Ning Cheng knew Yan Xishuang.
"Senior Apprentice Sister, I want to participate in the Seven Star Sacred Shrine's disciple selection." Ning Cheng walked up to Yan Xishuang and spoke with cupped fists.
Yan Xishuang apparently didn't recognise Ning Cheng. She nodded and pointed to a testing artefact next to her. Then, she spoke with a gentle tone, "Stimulate all your celestial essence and spiritual consciousness and try it on this testing artefact."
"Okay." Ning Cheng walked up to the testing artefact and started to gather his strength.
It was impossible to stimulate all his celestial essence and spiritual consciousness. The celestial essence scale and spiritual consciousness scale on this testing artefact were both 10. Ning Cheng had seen other cultivators take the test before. Generally, cultivators would have a celestial essence scale of 1 to 5. Only a few could reach 6, and only one or two could exceed 7. As for spiritual consciousness, it was generally slightly lower than the celestial essence scale.
Ning Cheng decided to use 40% of his strength. This level should be enough to guarantee him entry to the Seven Star Sacred Shrine.
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