Chapter 58: The Fearsome Battlefield

  Africa.

  In the three lower continents of the Yi Xing mainland, the spiritual energy of Huazhou is the most abundant. If it weren't for the endless mountains separating Huazhou and Jizhou, these mountains would have split some of Huazhou's spiritual veins, and Huazhou could even be classified as a mid-level continent.

  In the continent of Huazhou, the strongest power is not the six major True Nations, nor is it the numerous small and large sects that cannot be counted. It is the Five Great Five-Star Academies. The Five-Star Academies in Huazhou are an existence that surpasses even the True Nations. Even the strongest True Nation in Huazhou does not dare to trifle with the Five-Star Academies.

  If you exclude Wuxing Academy, the most famous in Huazhou are the Six Great True Nations, followed by the Seven Major Families.

  The most famous family is the Shui family of Donglan Divine Kingdom. Although the Shui family is one of the seven major families of Huazhou, it has surpassed the others due to having a Xuan Dan realm cultivator. Even in Donglan Divine Kingdom, they are an extraordinary existence.

  In the lower continents, only the Five-Star Academies and a few True Nations have Xuan Dan Realm cultivators. The Water Family, as a family, has produced a Xuan Dan Realm cultivator, which is enough to make them the number one family. If not for the overall strength of the Water Family being relatively weak, they could have been on par with the True Nations.

  At this moment, in the family meeting of the Shui family, a middle-aged man was scolding a young man beside him. The young man had already reached the state of condensing his true energy, and he just lowered his head, allowing himself to be scolded without saying a word.

  The Shui family's Family Assembly is an event that all elders must attend, and each elder will bring one or two of their most outstanding children to the assembly. The middle-aged man who was scolding the young man is named Shui Gaoyuan, the Zhuyuan Elder of the Shui family, and the person he was scolding is his own most outstanding son, Shui Fengqi, who has already reached the fourth layer of Condensing Truth at an age of less than thirty.

  The young man who was being scolded finally became somewhat impatient, suddenly raised his head and said loudly, "That Ji Luo Fei is actually disfigured, why must I marry her? Even if it's just finding a random woman, she would be a hundred times better than her."

  The middle-aged man immediately stood up and shouted angrily, "What do you know? Ji Luofei wasn't born ugly. Once her looks are restored, how many people in the Meteorite Academy can compare to her? Restoring one's appearance is difficult in Huazhou, but it's as easy as turning one's hand over in the middle-level continent. You idiot."

  At this time, the old man sitting at the top waved his hand and interrupted the middle-aged man's anger, "Gaoyuan, don't scold Fengqi anymore. Young people always have their own ideas. Since Ji Luofei was disfigured, she must be a bit ugly."

  The middle-aged man heard the old man speak and didn't dare to continue, hastily sitting down. This was Shui Chenghua, the master of the Shui family, who had already reached the initial stage of Xuanli cultivation. In the Shui family, except for that Taishang elder who always closed himself off in seclusion at the Xuantan realm, the words of the Shui family's master were always law.

  "Shui Yu is willing to marry Ji Luo Fei as his wife, and also asks the master of the house to act on my behalf." At this time, a young man sitting not far from the head of the Shui family's household stood up and bowed, saying.

  "Are you willing to marry Ji Luo Fei? Don't you mind that she's been disfigured?" asked Shui Cheng Hua, the master of the Shui family, with a puzzled and astonished tone.

  Before Shui Yu could speak, a man sitting opposite him stood up and said, "Master of the house, Shui Yu is my most talented disciple from the Shui family, with an unlimited future ahead of him. How can he marry that disfigured Ji Luo Fei?"

  After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said seriously to Shuiyin, "Shuixin, your father is not at home, you can't be so reckless."

  Shui Yu also bowed slightly to the man who spoke, and then said solemnly, "I'm not acting on impulse, I've long had the idea of marrying Ji Luo Fei. Ji Luo Fei's talent is not much inferior to mine, I believe that if she can come to my Shui family, it will only be beneficial to my Shui family in the future, and there won't be any harm. As for appearance, I'm not particularly concerned about it."

  A young man sitting at the bottom heard Shui Yu's words and immediately clenched his fists. He had originally wanted to marry Ji Luo Fei, but didn't expect to be preempted by Shui Yu. At this time, Shui Yu had already spoken up, and no matter how much he liked Ji Luo Fei, he didn't dare stand out and compete with Shui Yu.

  Only he knew that Shui Yu's words were not trustworthy, and Shui Yu was completely taken in by Ji Luo Fei's beauty and stunning appearance. Yes, it was her beauty. Although Ji Luo Fei had lost her looks, her unparalleled figure made people unable to forget. Once she regained her beauty, no one would be able to compare with her. Moreover, Ji Luo Fei's talent was so excellent that if she became his wife, he could definitely borrow her power in the future.

  Unfortunately, not all Shui family disciples are like Shui Fengqi, who can see that Ji Luofei is good, and it's not just him.

  "However, I've heard that Ji Luo Fei has an aunt named Ji Yao He. Cheng Zhou, go find Ji Yao He and propose to her on behalf of Shui Yu. Remember to bring the sincerity of the Shui family, don't be lazy just because Ji Luo Fei was disfigured." Shui Cheng Hua was extremely delighted when he heard Shui Yu's words. He was satisfied that the Shui family had such an excellent and understanding disciple. He had never met Ji Yao He before, but only heard that Ji Luo Fei was very talented in the Xuan Xing Academy. The only regret was that Ji Luo Fei was disfigured."

  "Yes, master of the house." A slender-looking man stood up and bowed in response.

  ……

  At this time, Ning City had been in the Great Ancestor Forest for nearly a month. According to Ning City's estimate, he had walked almost half of the distance in that month.

  After walking in the Great An Forest for more than a month, Ning Cheng's understanding of the Great An Forest was even deeper. He was glad that he had obtained the map, if not for the map, he would not have said that he was lost in the direction of the Great An Forest, or he would have died in the mouth of high-level demon beasts long ago.

  Even if he had a map, he was almost killed by high-level demon beasts several times. Along the way, he didn't know how many white bones he had seen. These white bones, in addition to some demon beasts', were also numerous human bones. It can be seen that since ancient times, countless people have died in the Great Ancestor Forest.

  However, his harvest was not small either. Not only did he find over a hundred first-grade spiritual grasses, but also more than ten second-grade spiritual grasses. What surprised him the most was that he obtained one fourth-grade Rainbow Grass, and unexpectedly didn't see even one third-grade spiritual grass.

  Nai Guang Cao is a very precious fourth-grade spiritual grass. Although Ning Cheng doesn't know how to refine pills, he is familiar with some spiritual grasses. Nai Guang Cao can repair the Dan Lake of cultivators and can also be used to refine Xuan Nai Dan. Of course, refining Xuan Nai Dan is a bit too far-fetched, after all, Xuan Nai Dan is a fourth-grade pill, and alchemy masters who can refine fourth-grade pills are not people Ning Cheng can recognize.

  Walking in the Daxing Forest, occasionally you can get such an opportunity, but most of the time it's just holding your head in your hands. Although Ning City could fly with his sword, he didn't dare to fly even ten meters. Flying here would be a quicker death.

  Not only can't fly, but also need to be careful when walking. Ning City is just relying on this caution and has walked nearly half of the way.

  However, for the past two days, Ning Cheng had a feeling that something was off. Not only did he not encounter any demonic beasts, but even low-level wild beasts were nowhere to be seen. The surroundings were eerily quiet, and if it weren't for his clear map, he would have thought he took a wrong turn.

  Ning Cheng's pace slowed down, and it was another half a day later that when the scorching heat came face to face with him, Ning Cheng saw the scene in front of him, and he was stunned.

  The area in front of me, at least dozens of miles around, has completely turned into a crisscrossing gully, without a single tree.

  In the Da'an Forest, although there are also some open spaces, there has never been a place like this in front of me, where all the gullies and ravines intersect, and no trees can be seen.

  It's not that there aren't any trees at all; Ning Cheng also saw some broken tree trunks scattered haphazardly in the gully.

  A streak of fierce and menacing aura emanated from these ravines, and this aura still made Ning City feel a wave of discomfort.

  What a terrible battlefield, Ning City can see that this is where two powerful people fought. When he and Feng Fei Zhang went to the Mang Ocean Domain before, they encountered two masters fighting on the way. But compared to the battle in front of him now, it was simply a matter of comparing big and small, and there was no comparison at all.

  Ning City didn't dare to directly cross this battlefield, even though it had been many days since the battle started. He could still feel waves of murderous aura lingering around. This was just at the edge of the battlefield; once he entered the battlefield, this kind of murderous aura would definitely grow stronger and stronger. Whether or not he could withstand it remained to be seen.

  Ning Cheng was just about to carefully bypass this terrifying battlefield in front of him, when a rifle handle sticking out of the ground suddenly stopped him.

  (This is the second update, and there will be a third one today. Since I have to go out for a while, the third update might be late, but it will definitely be posted. Meanwhile, please support Sanjiang Ticket, thank you!)