Immersed in this pleasant feeling, Ning Cheng didn't even know how many steps he had crossed. When he came to a stop, a pond with a circumference of less than three meters appeared in front of him.
It looked like a hot spring, with water vapour curling up from the pool. An extremely rich spirit essence aura filled the air, pure and fresh, with a hint of dao charm aura that made it easier for people to comprehend.
In the middle of the spring, there was a lotus-like platform. This platform floated above the spring and condensed the essence of the entire spring.
Was this the premier spirit spring of the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring? Ning Cheng looked at the pool in surprise. He could feel the endless spirit essence and spiritual qi in the pool.
What a great place, Ning Cheng thought in his heart. But he didn't immediately rush to the lotus platform to cultivate. Instead, he swept out with his spiritual consciousness again.
Around his spiritual consciousness, it felt like there was nothing but a void. There were no obstacles, and there was no end. The only feeling he had was that he was in a spring in the void. There was no trace of the source or the location of this spring.
Although he didn't feel any dangerous aura, Ning Cheng began to arrange defensive arrays around the spirit spring. Once he entered a deep seclusion, this kind of defence was necessary.
A day later, Ning Cheng landed on the lotus platform in the middle of the premier spirit spring in the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring. He had just landed on it and hadn't even started cultivating, but he already had the illusion that his cultivation was improving.
Ning Cheng took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and started operating the Mysterious Yellow Formless on the lotus platform.
The rich aura of the Spirit Spring and the pure Spirit Qi formed a spiral-shaped vortex above the spring, which completely enveloped Ning Cheng.
In less than half an incense stick worth of time, Ning Cheng entered a state of cultivation. At this moment, apart from the ripples created by the punches, there was no other movement in the spring. If someone were watching from the side, they would feel Ning Cheng's cultivation rising.
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Time flew by, and the sun and moon shuttled by.
In a blink of an eye, more than a year had passed since the Grand Essence Great Meet, and the Grand Essence Domain had already returned to its normal state. The Star Stepping Tower's Master, who had clashed with Barbarian Dragon Clan's Dragon Emperor Man Huishan in the Heaven Essence Public Square, never appeared again after obtaining the ten bottles of mysterious medicinal pills. However, the Star Stepping Tower remained the premier rest stop in Heaven Essence Sacred City, and the Barbarian Dragon Clan's Dragon Emperor didn't continue to find trouble with the Star Stepping Tower.
Man Huishan also didn't return to the Grand Essence Sea but chose to stay in the Grand Essence Ruins.
It wasn't until recently, when Man Huishan grabbed Lifeless Poisonhand Ou Yandu and left the Grand Essence Ruins that some news started to spread. It turned out that the mission to capture Lifeless Poisonhand and Heartless Monk was issued by the Grand Essence Sea's Barbarian Dragon Clan. The reason for issuing this task was because Lifeless Poisonhand and Heartless Monk had stolen a Dao Fruit Tree from the Grand Essence Sea's Barbarian Dragon Clan.
However, a rogue cultivator named Ning Cheng bought this Dao Fruit Tree. But Ning Cheng ended up falling victim to Lifeless Poisonhand and Heartless Monk's plot against him while he was in seclusion in the Grand Essence Ruins' cave. Holy Emperor Barbarian Dragon, in order to take back this Dao Fruit Tree, issued this task to find the location of the Dao Fruit Tree left behind by Ning Cheng after his fall.
Rumours had it that after Lifeless Poisonhand died in the Grand Essence Sea, something changed. That is, Ning Cheng didn't die. When Heartless Monk and Lifeless Poisonhand joined forces to attack Ning Cheng's cave, it wasn't only for the Dao Fruit Tree but also for a treasure better than the Dao Fruit Tree.
It's just that the rogue cultivator named Ning Cheng was very cunning and managed to escape the two's pursuit with the help of a cicada shedding its carapace.
When these rumours reached Man Huishan's ears, Man Huishan almost wanted to kill everyone in the Grand Essence Ruins.
He wanted to capture Ning Cheng for the Five-coloured Star Splitter Arrow. Only a few people knew about it, but now, the whole world knew about it. He guessed that this rumour didn't come from the Barbarian Dragon Clan but from the Heartless Monk.
After the Heartless Monk learned that Lifeless Poisonhand had been captured and even lost his life, he wanted to take himself out of this matter. Therefore, the best way was to push everything onto Ning Cheng.
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In the Grand Essence Ruins' Mission Trading Hall, a woman in blue robes with long hair tied up into a starry sky female cultivator bun walked in. She walked directly to the mission window for the demonic beast's inner core, took out a jade box and a silver mission card, and handed them in. She then spoke with a very simple tone, "Hand in the mission, Ice-Cold Silver Rhino's inner core."
"Okay, please wait a moment." The female cultivator at the mission window spoke with a soft voice with a smile.
The blue-robed female cultivator nodded and didn't speak again. It seemed that she was calm and unperturbed by anything. However, the conversation between several rogue cultivators not far away made her a little excited.
"A treasure that can catch the attention of the Dragon Emperor should be a peerless treasure, right? Otherwise, why would the Dragon Emperor investigate that rogue cultivator named Ning Cheng? "
"Not necessarily. The Dragon Emperor most likely came for the Dao Fruit Tree. Ning Cheng is just a rogue cultivator, yet he dared to buy the Heartless Monk's Dao Fruit Tree. It shows that he has some courage. "
"What's wrong with a rogue cultivator? Ning Cheng could escape unscathed under the joint sneak attack of Lifeless Poisonhand and the Heartless Monk. It shows that he's not an ordinary rogue cultivator. "
"Nonsense. Can an ordinary rogue cultivator afford to buy a Dao Fruit Tree? Can they afford to buy a spiritual consciousness cultivation method? Can they find so much Law Soil? "
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The female cultivator at the mission window handed back the blue-robed female cultivator's silver card and said, "I've already handed over the mission for you. It's a total of 3,200 points. You can check it."
"Thank you." The blue-robed female cultivator grabbed the silver card and hurriedly thanked her before turning around and leaving. It seemed that she didn't care about the points she had worked hard to earn for more than a month.
"Senior Apprentice Brothers, I'm sorry to bother you." The blue-robed female cultivator walked up to the several cultivators talking and cupped her fists, "I just heard you say that the Dragon Emperor captured Lifeless Poisonhand, right?"
The few cultivators who were in the middle of their discussion immediately stopped. They were just casually discussing, and generally, no one who didn't know them would interrupt them. Now that someone asked about the Dragon Emperor, they immediately turned cautious.
However, the few of them saw that the blue-robed female cultivator had a pretty face and a warm smile on her face. Moreover, her cultivation hadn't reached the Eternal Realm. Therefore, they immediately let down their guard.
A long-haired male cultivator nodded and said, "That's right. The Dragon Emperor did capture Lifeless Poisonhand. The Dragon Emperor did a good deed for us rogue cultivators. You should have just returned from the Grand Essence Ruins. This matter should have already spread. "
Although answering the blue-robed female cultivator's words, he still subconsciously flattered the Dragon Emperor. He even said that they weren't the only ones talking about this matter.
The blue-robed female cultivator spoke up in annoyance, "Alas, I was planning to look for Lifeless Poisonhand's whereabouts and earn some points."
Another thin male cultivator chuckled, "Junior Apprentice Sister, your cultivation is a bit too low. I suggest that you don't think about earning points like this. You might as well team up with us and go to the Grand Essence Ruins to complete the mission. "
"Haha ….." The other cultivators laughed.
The blue-robed female cultivator didn't care about it and continued, "I heard that Ning Cheng is a rogue cultivator. But he's not simple. He could escape from Lifeless Poisonhand and the Heartless Monk's plot."
"Would he dare to buy the Heartless Monk's Dao Fruit Tree? Would the Dragon Emperor not be able to find any trace of him? "
The blue-robed female cultivator felt slightly relieved but said, "If it were me, I would have already fled to the depths of the Grand Essence Ruins."
The thin male cultivator spoke up, "That's not necessarily true. If the Dragon Emperor remembers you, you won't be able to survive at the edge of the Grand Essence Ruins. If you go to the depths of the Grand Essence Ruins, a rogue cultivator would only be courting death. I heard that the Dragon Emperor went to the Heaven Essence Sacred City a year ago during the Grand Essence Great Meet. I wonder if it was because Ning Cheng was in the Heaven Essence Sacred City. "
The long-haired male cultivator shook his head, "I also know about that matter. How could the Dragon Emperor make a special trip for a rogue cultivator? I heard that he went to investigate a Pill Emperor named Ji He. That Pill Emperor had something to do with the fall of the Ninth Prince. By the way, that Pill Emperor is also a rogue cultivator. "
"So that's how it is. Thank you, Senior Apprentice Brothers. This little sister will be taking her leave." The blue-robed female cultivator thanked them before leaving.
This blue-robed female cultivator was Yan Ji. After learning about Ning Cheng's fall, she had been frantically completing missions in the Grand Essence Ruins to earn points and exchange them for cultivation resources. It's just that no matter how high her qualifications were, she couldn't increase her cultivation speed by doing missions for points while cultivating. Even after a year, her cultivation hadn't improved by much.
But now that Yan Ji suddenly heard that Ning Cheng hadn't died and might have gone to the Grand Essence Domain, she immediately gave up her original plan and decided to go to the Grand Essence Domain to look for him.
With her qualifications, it shouldn't be a problem for her to find a sect to join and then enter the Grand Essence Domain.
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The ripples in the spirit spring under Ning Cheng finally calmed down, and the whirlpool around Ning Cheng's body also dissipated. Ning Cheng opened his eyes, and his heart filled with joy.
After advancing to the Eternal Realm, his cultivation speed had plummeted. But this time, when he came to the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring, he once again found the feeling of his cultivation soaring. Even if his demand for spirit essence spiritual qi was a bottomless pit, there was enough spirit essence spiritual qi here to fill this bottomless pit. While he was cultivating, every single pore on his body was absorbing the surrounding Divine Essence Spiritual Qi.
Ning Cheng didn't rush to transform the spirit essence. Instead, he wanted to improve his cultivation first. With such a terrifying cultivation speed here, he decided to cultivate to the full-circle of the Eternal Realm before starting to transform the spirit essence.
But Ning Cheng didn't feel disappointed. The cultivation speed here even exceeded his expectations. In just one year, he advanced from the middle-stage Eternal Realm to the late-stage Eternal Realm. Moreover, his Sea of Consciousness had also greatly improved. Moreover, this was without using the Empyrean Consciousness Transmutation Pill.
Looking at the spring that hadn't changed much, Ning Cheng decided to use the method of combining the Consciousness Transmutation Pill. Since his cultivation had improved, his spiritual consciousness also needed to improve by leaps and bounds.
When he swallowed the Empyrean Consciousness Transmutation Pill and started cultivating again, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his Sea of Consciousness had also expanded along with his cultivation. Previously, when his cultivation improved, his Sea of Consciousness also improved. But it wasn't this obvious and direct. But this time, with the help of the Empyrean Consciousness Transmutation Pill, his cultivation and spiritual consciousness improved almost simultaneously.
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