Chapter Thirty-Six: Entering the Heart of the Island

  "Really, there is a Golden Cicada Fruit?" Ning Cheng's tone became somewhat excited.

  He didn't want to go to the middle of Lanship Island, not that he looked down on the Golden Cicada Fruit, but because he knew it would be useless for him to go. His cultivation was too low, and even if he went, he wouldn't be able to get the Golden Cicada Fruit. Moreover, he also suspected whether the Golden Cicada Fruit was real or not.

  Those who came out of Mingxin Academy, the one with the worst cultivation was also at the sixth layer of Qi gathering. What can he use to rob the Golden Cicada Fruit from others?

  "That's not right, An Yi. It seems like it's not the 15th yet, so why is there the scent of golden cicada fruit? Is that Daoist deceiving us?" Ning Cheng immediately recalled what the Daoist had said about only being able to enter the formation on the 15th.

  "Brother Ning..." An Yi called out, she had already seen from Ning Cheng's eyes what he wanted to do now.

  If Ning Cheng hadn't smelled the fragrance of Golden Cicada Fruits, he definitely wouldn't have been moved. In his opinion, even if there were Golden Cicada Fruits here, they weren't something he could obtain. He might not even be able to find them.

  But now it's different, he clearly smelled the taste of Jin Chan fruit. This means that as long as he follows this smell to find his way, he can see Jin Chan fruit.

  The question of whether to go or not was directly ignored by Ning Cheng. In this place, if the Golden Cicada Fruit were placed in front of him, he would be unmoved. What could he say about opportunities? What is an opportunity? This is an opportunity.

  In Pingzhou, the Golden Cicada Fruit is one of the most valuable spiritual fruits, which can help cultivators who have formed their Qi to advance to the Condensing Reality stage. Can he afford to give this up? If he gives it up this time, he might never see it again. Moreover, perhaps the Golden Cicada Fruit has ripened and there's no one around, so it just happens that he encounters it.

  "An Yi, I've decided to go look for the Golden Cicada Fruit. You stay here and wait for me. If I don't come back, you can leave Ling Island after the Spirit Stone is used up." Ning Cheng said resolutely.

  Unexpectedly, An Yi, who had always listened to Ning Cheng's words, directly picked up the meditation mat on the ground and said, "Ning big brother, I'll go with you. If you leave, I'll be left alone here and I'm afraid of those soul soldiers."

  Ning Cheng scratched his hair and said, "An Yi, I've told you before that I've always wanted to return to my hometown. My hometown is very far away, and with my current cultivation level, it's impossible for me to go back. I don't know what level of cultivation I need to reach in order to return, but I don't want to give up, so I won't let any opportunity to advance pass me by."

  I know the chance of going back is slim, but even if it's slimmer, I still want to try. This time, going to find the Golden Cicada Fruit will definitely be a life-or-death situation, but I won't give up on this opportunity and must go. You're different, your hometown is here, there's no need for you to come with me.

  "Ning, why do you have to go back to your hometown? Isn't Pingzhou good enough? We can go to other countries. When we were in Mangocity before, the people from Mingxin Academy said that they were recruiting students and we could go to Mingxin Academy. Is it because your girlfriend is in your hometown, so you're worried?" An Yi asked carefully.

  Ning Cheng shook his head, "It's not because of her, but because of my sister. I still have a sister now, and without me, she must be worried. Unfortunately, I can't go back to her side. So I want to work hard on my cultivation, or one day when my cultivation is high enough, I can return."

  "Ning Ge, I'll go with you to find the Golden Cicada Fruit." An Yi said simply after hearing Ye Mo's words, without giving any other reasons.

  Ning Cheng looked at An Yi's determined eyes and knew that further persuasion would be futile. He could only nod his head and say, "Alright then, you can follow me closely from now on. The two of us will be together, even in death we won't be lonely."

  Since Ning City knew that he had cultivated to the level of building yuan, he also knew that his hope of returning to Earth was extremely slim. As he said, even if it's even slimmer, he didn't want to give up. Not giving up means there is still a glimmer of hope, and if he gives up, then not even half a chance remains.

  Heaven has already given him an opportunity, allowing him to obtain the Xuan Huang Pearl. The Xuan Huang Pearl is against the heavens, but it also requires countless spirit stones to support his cultivation, and numerous spiritual herbs. He is alone and without a family here, unable to join any sect or academy, so if he doesn't desperately search for spiritual objects himself, who will help him? Furthermore, even if he were an academy disciple, there isn't an academy that can use piles of spirit stones to pile up his cultivation.

  ……

  Ning Cheng and An Yi left the cave, carefully following the direction of the fragrance emitted by the golden cicada fruit. After walking for a while, the vague mist once again enveloped them, making Ning Cheng and An Yi appear indistinct from each other.

  Ning Cheng tightly grasped An Yi's hand, knowing that in a place like this, once they lost each other, the two of them would never meet again.

  "Tap, tap......" A series of footsteps came, and Ning Cheng and An Yi immediately stopped.

  Those footsteps were getting closer and closer, but what shocked Ning City was that he couldn't see anyone's shadow at all, only the sound of non-stop footsteps.

  Suddenly, the footsteps stopped, seemingly just a few meters in front of Ning Cheng. An Yi subconsciously stuck closer to Ning Cheng, and like him, she couldn't see who was making those footsteps either.

  A chill crept in, and suddenly a bright and clear small road appeared in front of Ning City. Just as Ning City was about to pull An Yi onto the path, another wave of energy emanated from the Xuan Huang Pearl in his Purple Mansion. The chill that had invaded Ning City's body instantly vanished, and soon he heard the 'patter patter' footsteps fade into the distance.

  "Brother Ning, just now I seemed to see a small path, and soon the path disappeared. Was it fake?" An Yi already somewhat understood that the small path she and Ning Cheng had seen earlier was indeed fake.

  Ning Cheng said in a low voice, "This Manggo Sea and this Lansa Island are both somewhat strange. The soul soldiers before, the headless man, and these footsteps without shadows. We can't go on like this, wait."

  Ning Cheng hesitated for a moment before saying, "We followed the route map given by that industry insider. I feel that the route map he gave us is real."

  Annie murmured in response and didn't say anything else.

  Ning Cheng recalled the route map given by Ye Dao Ren and immediately changed direction. He had long been familiar with the route map, and now that he was somewhat knowledgeable about formation techniques himself, he soon found a truly winding small path.

  When Ning Cheng and An Yi found this winding path, the surrounding mist that was still there had clearly thinned out a lot. Moreover, the fragrance of the Golden Cicada Fruit had instead become even more intense.

  "That map is correct, let's hurry up." Ning Cheng pulled An Yi tightly, and they turned around on this winding small road from time to time. The faster they walked, the more they didn't see anything strange along the way.

  An hour later, Ning Cheng and Yan stopped, there was no road ahead, the array map given by Ye Dao people only went this far.

  "There's no way." Ning City stared at the disappearing curved path in front of him, furrowing his brow as he spoke. He also knew that this was indeed an array, unfortunately, this array was too advanced, and he had no way to find the real path for now.

  "Ning Ge, it seems like the fragrance of the golden cicada fruit is gone too." An Yi suddenly said.

  Ning Cheng had been carefully watching the road ahead, and for a moment he hadn't noticed the fragrance of the golden cicada fruit. It wasn't until An Yi spoke up that he reacted. The fragrance of the golden cicada fruit was gone, and he hadn't even detected it.

  "An Yi, get closer to me. I'll go down this road first. If it's not right, we'll come back immediately." After Ning Cheng carefully reminded An Yi of this, he cautiously stepped out onto the winding small path.

  "Boom..." Ning City had just stepped out of this small road when he heard a muffled boom in front of him.

  At this time, Ning Cheng's attention was extremely concentrated. As soon as he heard the muffled sound, he immediately wanted to return to the original small path. However, when he turned his head to look at the small path again, he found that the small path had disappeared. It was as if someone had taken it away from thin air, and around him were only some withered grass and scattered rocks.

  "An Yi......" Ning Cheng felt something was off, only to discover that An Yi had vanished into thin air. The surroundings were shrouded in a thick, blurry mist, where could An Yi's figure be?

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