Chapter Sixteen: Little Nun An Yi

  Although Ning Cheng's chest was severely injured due to Gu Fei's sneak attack, his speed continued to increase under the strong desire to survive. He didn't care if his foundation was damaged or not, he just kept sprinting wildly, and the true energy in his body reached its peak, not allowing a single drop of blood to fall from his body.

  ……

  Gu Yiming stopped in his tracks, seeing a large patch of blood on the ground. Clearly, the two had fought here, and a torn piece of clothing lay on the ground. The clothes were stained with blood, but they didn't belong to Gu Fei, they belonged to Ning Cheng.

  Gu Yiming nodded in satisfaction, looking towards the direction where the bloodstains had disappeared. He knew that the trail of blood didn't lead out because Ning Cheng had suddenly escaped, but rather because his younger brother Gu Fei wanted to toy with Ning Cheng, letting him taste the flavor of impending death as he ran.

  After realizing this, Gu Yi Ming didn't run anymore, but instead strolled along the blood trail, and didn't even check his surroundings. With Gu Yi Ming's cultivation level, if he had been a bit more careful, he would have definitely discovered that Ning Cheng had left from the other side, but he hadn't considered this at all. It was only strange that Ning Cheng, who was only at the first layer of Qi gathering, could change direction under Gu Fei, who was at the third layer of Qi gathering.

  Ning Cheng's speed had reached an extreme, but he was also getting more and more dizzy. After a stick of incense, black stars were already appearing in front of his eyes. Ning Cheng knew that he had reached the limit. He was very clear that he absolutely did not have time to be safe, and he would definitely find Gu Yi Ming here, it was only a matter of time.

  Ning City stumbled and fell into a long water ditch by the side of the road. Ning City's dizzy head was suddenly refreshed by the cold water in the ditch. He quickly grabbed the wild grass by the roadside, wanting to climb up again to continue escaping, but he had reached the point of exhaustion, and couldn't muster any strength. With just a slight effort, he fell back into the water once more.

  A strong will to survive made Ning City grab the wild grass by the ditch again. Just as Ning City was about to climb up the ditch with force, a huge snake over one zhang long quickly swam towards Ning City.

  Ning Cheng saw the big snake's green, oily eyes and a thread of despair rose in his heart. This had nothing to do with his willpower; even if he wanted to struggle for life again, he couldn't get past this giant serpent quickly.

  Just as the giant snake was about to swallow Ning City, a willow branch swept over and brushed it away. The giant snake was immediately sent flying by the willow branch. After falling down, the snake did not dare to come again, apparently knowing that the person who had just swept it open was extremely formidable. It quickly turned around and disappeared in an instant.

  Ning Cheng let out a sigh of relief, and only then did he see a small nun wearing a deep blue robe. The little nun was extremely delicate, with several incense scars on her head, and surprisingly, she also had the cultivation of gathering energy in three layers. At this moment, she stared at Ning Cheng with a pair of very large eyes, hesitated for a while before speaking in a timid voice, "Are you okay?"

  Ning Cheng looked at the little nun with some depression and said, "Little Shifu, do I look like someone who doesn't care?"

  When Ning Cheng called herself Xiao Shitai, the little nun's face suddenly turned bright red, and she quickly came forward to pull Ning Cheng up. Stammering, she said, "I'm not Shitai, please ask you..."

  Ning Cheng didn't have the leisure to argue with the little nun about whether she was a Shifu or not, and immediately said, "Please help me with something, take me away from this place, someone wants to kill me."

  "Why?" Little Nun's inquiry **obviously exceeded Ning City's expectations.

  Ning Cheng wanted to say that now was not the time to ask why, but he knew that the more he said, the weaker his words would become. So he simply said, "I saw a few late-stage Qi-refining bandits trying to abduct a nun as their wife. After I saved the nun, those bandits wanted to kill me, and they'll be here soon..."

  "What is a wife?"

  "It's just taking her back as a concubine."

  This time the little nun heard clearly that a few robbers in the later stage of gathering gas wanted to catch the nun as a concubine, and she was indeed a little nun. After understanding this point, the little nun didn't have time to ask again, and hurriedly carried Ning Cheng away, not even caring that Ning Cheng's body was all wet.

  Ning Cheng let out a sigh of relief, gathered his strength and continued to say, "Those bandits have colluded with the people of Cang Le City. The farther you go, the better; the more remote, the better..."

  After finishing this sentence, Ning City finally fainted with relief.

  ……

  Gu Yiming stopped and felt that something was off. He had walked a long way without seeing any bloodstains, nor were there any other signs.

  He turned his head again, and when he got to the place where the blood stopped, he bent down and took a closer look. Suddenly, a bad feeling rose in his heart. The blood trail ended abruptly here, without any signs or warnings, as if it had vanished into thin air.

  Gu Yiming's heart was slightly panicked, he quickly turned his head and walked back to the bloody spot again. He carefully looked at the broken clothes that Ning Cheng had dropped, then looked around for a long time. After closing his eyes and thinking for a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes and chose another direction, quickly chasing after it.

  Before half a stick of incense had burned, he stopped again and stared blankly at the lake by the side of the road. After a moment, he suddenly sprang up and jumped into the middle of the lake, then grabbed a charred corpse that was already burnt to death.

  The moment he caught hold of the corpse, he clearly and unmistakably understood that this corpse was absolutely not Ning Cheng's, but his younger brother Gu Fei.

  Gu Yiming's eyes suddenly turned red, and a terrifying killing intent surged up in his heart.

  "With a splash", Gu Yi Ming forgot he was still in the lake, and under the attack of his anger, he actually fell into the lake.

  However, he quickly jumped from the lake to the shore, and roared with a fierce gaze, "Ning Cheng, I, Gu YiMing, swear not to swallow you alive, and will never give up..."

  He never thought that it would end like this, Gu Fei, the younger brother of Jiu Qi San Ceng, was actually killed by Ning Cheng. This is absolutely impossible, Ning Cheng must have had someone's help, otherwise, even if Ning Cheng was a sneak attacker, he wouldn't be able to sneak attack Gu Fei who has three layers of aura.

  Whether Ning Cheng can secretly calculate it or not, Gu Fei is already dead and cannot die again.

  ……

  Ning Cheng woke up to the sound of a night owl's screech, followed by several other unknown cries that sent chills down his spine. The darkness around him was palpable, and all he could feel was the coldness and hardness.

  What is this place? Have I already died and gone to hell? Ning Cheng stretched out his hand to feel around, everywhere was hard and cold stone.

  "Are you awake?" Just as Ning Cheng was wondering if he was dead or not, the little nun's voice came in time, and the little nun was actually by his side.

  At this time, Ning Cheng only smelled a faint fragrance and suddenly let out a sigh of relief, saying, "Thank you, Little Shifu, I didn't expect that monks also like to apply some fragrance on their bodies."

  The sentence afterwards was just to lighten the mood, letting him feel the joy of still being alive. Ning City certainly didn't want to die. He yearned to return to Earth after death, but in fact, he also knew that was self-deception. Even if he were reborn here, it could be because of that yellow light. This risk of dying and being reborn somewhere else was not something Ning City wanted to take.

  "I didn't... " The little nun's timid voice came again.

  Ning Cheng suddenly realized that he had occasionally detected this fragrance on Tian Muwan as well, and Tian Muwan didn't like to wear perfume either. This was obviously her natural body scent. Thinking of this, Ning Cheng quickly changed the subject and said, "Little Shifu, I heard the calls of night owls and various wild beasts outside. Are we inside some forest? Is it the Da'an Forest?"

  "My name is Anyi, not Little Shitai." The little nun explained after saying her own name, "This is not the Great An Forest, it's still very far from the Great An Forest even by beast-drawn carriage, which would take more than a month."

  After saying a few words with Ning Cheng, An Yi's expression and tone became natural, and she was no longer nervous.

  Ning Cheng felt that his injuries seemed to have improved a lot, and he knew that An Yi must have treated him. He immediately said, "An Yi, my name is Ning Cheng. Thank you for saving me, if it wasn't for you, I would definitely be dead. Previously, I lied about the bandits capturing the nun, I apologize to you."

  An Yiwei smiled faintly and said, "I know I'm too stupid, I don't know the urgency of things, I shouldn't have asked you at that time, I should have escaped immediately."

  "Is there anything to eat?" After coming out of the Cultivation Tower, Ning Cheng had been in a state of high tension. Having run for another stretch, he was already starving. Now that he was safe and sound, he immediately felt the pangs of hunger.

  An Yi took out two biscuits and handed them to Ning Cheng, "I have a few more here, you eat."

  Ning Cheng swallowed the two pieces of flatbread in a few mouthfuls, took over An Yi's water bottle and drank a mouthful before finally letting out a breath and asking, "An Yi, where did you come from? How did you end up appearing around here?"

  When Ning Cheng asked the question, An Yi's eyes suddenly dimmed, and even if Ning Cheng didn't see it, he could feel An Yi's change in demeanor.

  "If it's inconvenient to say, then don't say it. People always have a few things that are inconvenient to talk about, and I'm no exception. Once, I also saved someone. A group of students were on a field trip in the mountains when a flash flood occurred. I saved a girl, and we became friends later, but there were many things I didn't tell her. She also had many things she didn't tell me, which is normal, no need to worry about it." Ning Cheng already knew that this little nun Anyi was very honest and simple. It's really unknown how she can survive alone in a place like this.

  "An Yi blinked her big eyes and asked, 'Ning Cheng, what is this thing called 'adopting the wind'?"

  "Ah, just goofing off..." Ning said after a while, "It's when you've eaten your fill and have nothing to do, so you find something unrealistic to do. Or rather, you think of somewhere you want to go play, then come up with an excuse."

  "I'm not out to enjoy the breeze, I've been with my master all along. My master is going to leave. I want to find some medicine to let my master live a few more years." An Yi's tone turned gloomy again when she mentioned her master leaving.

  Ning Cheng didn't find it strange at all, Little Nun was also at the third layer of Qi gathering, if she wasn't then that would be strange.

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