Chapter 77: Deserted Ancient Mansion

  After the wine was served, the three people who went to change their clothes had returned to the room. Although the three of them seemed to be in no way unusual, they were actually empty shells with their true selves scattered and dispersed.

  Ning Cheng smiled and greeted the three of them first.

  Three people saw Ning City and greeted him first, then hurriedly went forward to thank him again. Ning City also knew the names of these three people. The hot-tempered man with a medium build and slightly dark skin was called Lou Hongfang, with a cultivation level of Condensing Truth Second Layer. Another male cultivator named Huang Yuanbo had narrow eyes and pale skin, but only had a cultivation level of Condensing Truth First Layer. The woman's name was Shi Peishan, who looked somewhat gentle, with a melon-shaped face and eyes that didn't flicker at all, giving her an extremely resolute appearance.

  After the three of them sat down, Ning Cheng asked, "The three of you were indeed poisoned by the venomous fangs of the Sandy Toxin Beast?"

  Luo Hongfang glared at the girl with anger in his eyes and said in a stern voice, "That's right, we were indeed ambushed by this woman."

  "Is there a way to dispel the toxic gas?" Ning City knew that these monks who had been walking in the desert for many years had all sorts of methods. Just because he couldn't get rid of the toxic gas didn't mean others couldn't either.

  Shi Peishan might have been injured in the throat, speaking with a slightly hoarse voice. She heard Ning Cheng's words and replied voluntarily, "The toxic gas on the Sand Poison Beast is very difficult to remove. This point she didn't lie about. Only the Desert Heart Spring Tea can detoxify it. Because the Desert Heart Spring Tea is hard to find, once you encounter the Sand Poison Beast in the Thunderfall Desert, you won't fight back. Generally, people will choose to escape voluntarily."

  Huang Yuanbo looked at Ning Cheng's furrowed brow and said, "The Desert Heart Spring Tea needed to dispel the venom of the Sand Poison Beast isn't much, just one drop will do."

  Ning Cheng furrowed his brow in deep thought, wondering when he had drunk the Desert Heart Spring Tea and how it allowed him to be immune to this toxic gas, without paying attention to Huang Yuanbo's words.

  Lou Hongfang and Shi Peishan also didn't pay attention to Huang Yuanbo's words, only the girl Wang had a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, apparently knowing that the seeds she had sown had already sprouted. At least this Huang Yuanbo thought that Ning Xiaocheng had the Dihuanquan tea on him.

  Ning Cheng suddenly thought of the place where he had drunk the spiritual tea, which was the cup that Liu Huanyu had poured for him at Yishui Temple. The entrance was slightly bitter, but it immediately refreshed his throat and made people feel a little nostalgic. Could that be the Desert Heart Spring Tea? Liu Huanyu was just a down-and-out woman, how could she possibly have such precious spiritual tea?

  "Brother Ning, aren't you also just passing through Luolei Desert?" Lou Hongfang's straightforward personality broke into Ning Cheng's contemplation.

  "That's right." Ning Cheng remembered the question he wanted to ask earlier, what was this Beijue tribe? He didn't know, but Lou Hong and the other three were definitely also desert travelers like him, and they might have a map.

  "How did you three end up here? Are you also trying to cross the Thunder Desert to reach Huazhou like me?" Ning Cheng asked directly.

  That young princess saw that several people didn't take her seriously, and her face looked a bit awkward for a moment, but she quickly recovered. She took the initiative to pour a cup of wine for Ning Cheng and said, "I represent the Beijue tribe to thank Mr. Ning for coming to our Beijue residence as a guest."

  Luo Hongfang saw Ning Cheng raise his wine cup, and his face suddenly became urgent. Just as he was about to speak, Ning Cheng had already downed a cup of wine.

  Ning Cheng certainly knew that Lou Hongfang was afraid of poison in the wine, now their three lives were tied to his own, and Lou Hongfang's anxiety was normal.

  Ning Cheng was extremely cautious now, and this cup of wine had already been checked by him once.

  Since nothing happened in Ning City, Lou Hong finally put his mind at ease and spoke out, "The three of us were indeed going to Huazhou originally. We were five people initially, but two fell on the way. The day before yesterday, we inadvertently obtained a secret map, which turned out to be the lost legacy of the Blue Feather Kingdom in the Luolai Desert for countless years. The three of us were overjoyed and wanted to find the legacy of the Blue Feather Kingdom, but unexpectedly, we were led here by these despicable people to be ambushed..."

  Lou Hongfang still stared at the young girl Wang Shang with a furious face after finishing speaking.

  The young princess spoke slowly and calmly, "Ning Gongzi, Lou brother is indeed correct. His map was obtained from a traitor in my Northern Ji tribe. This map is indeed the relic of Blue Feather True Country. Perhaps some of you don't know this: my Northern Ji tribe's predecessor was actually Blue Feather True Country. When Blue Feather True Country was destroyed, several senior elders protected the true bloodline and escaped to Northern Ji, leaving behind this branch."

  "Now that someone wants to go to my Blue Feather Kingdom to excavate the ruins, as the king of the Bei Jue tribe, how can I let the things of my Blue Feather Kingdom fall into someone else's hands? Moreover, the secret map they obtained was also leaked from my Bei Jue tribe."

  Luo Hongfang pointed at the girl Wang and burst out laughing, "It's you who spread the rumors of Bei Jue, tsk, don't you have any shame? Let's not even mention whether Bei Jue is a remnant of Lan Yu Zhen Guo or not. Even if it was, Lan Yu Zhen Guo didn't have the right to claim ownership of things. Back then, Lan Yu Zhen Guo chose to establish their kingdom in the desert not because building a kingdom in the desert was particularly good, but because they discovered a powerful legacy left behind by a strong being in the desert."

  Lan Wei Zhen Guo established a true nation in the Luolei Desert to find the ruins of the Beihai border strongman, but unexpectedly, Lan Wei Zhen Guo hit the nail on the head and established the country in the desert, which instead promoted the prosperity of the true nation. Whether the ruins of Beihai were found or not, I'm not sure, but Lan Wei Zhen Guo became more prosperous."

  Ning Cheng really couldn't believe that a country could be established in the Thunderfall Desert, this Thunderfall Desert was too terrifying, he had personally experienced it.

  Seeing Ning Cheng's confusion, Shi Pei Shan spoke up, "Brother Ning, Brother Lou is telling the truth. The Blue Feather Empire was established in the desert countless years ago. At first, the place where the Blue Feather Empire was built was still on the edge of the desert, but after many years of changes, the Falling Thunder Desert's erosion of its surroundings became more and more severe, and the desert also became more and more vast. The Blue Feather Empire, which was originally established on the edge of the Falling Thunder Desert, gradually moved deeper into the desert. It was precisely because of this that the Blue Feather Empire was destroyed."

  Huang Yuanbo, who rarely spoke, explained after listening to Shi Peixuan's words, "It is said that the destruction of Lanyu True Country was not due to the lightning in the desert, but because Lanyu True Country found the remains of a powerful being from the Pihai Realm. As a result, it attracted many powerful experts from all sides. These powerful experts fought in Lanyu True Country, causing its complete destruction. Later, the strongest Yellow Dragon passed through the desert, sweeping away all the cultivators who were fighting, as well as everyone in Lanyu True Country, making them disappear into thin air. And so, Lanyu True Country was lost in the vast desert."

  "Huang Long?" Ning Cheng thought of the yellow sand that had swept him away earlier, which he had later broken free from with a punch and an axe.

  Lou Hongfang responded, "That's right, in the Thunder Desert, apart from the terrifying sand-poisonous beasts, there are also the Thunder Yellow Dragons. These yellow dragons appear to be just sand dragons formed by the swirling sand, but once you're swept in, it's hard to escape, and in the end, you'll be torn into pieces by the yellow dragon. This is still a small Thunder Yellow Dragon, the largest ones are said to be over a thousand miles long, if you encounter one of those, even a true country would probably just get swallowed up."

  Ning Cheng realized that the one who had rolled him up earlier must have been a small yellow sand dragon. If it were a big one, he might not have escaped either.

  Ning Cheng was now most interested in the cave of the Beihai Realm cultivator. He was no longer the young man who had just arrived here, and he knew very well that cultivation and business competition were similar. With limited resources, if you don't fight for them, they will be snatched away by others, and you can only watch as others continuously advance, leaving you behind.

  In the nine major realms of the Yi Xing continent, the Bianhai Realm is only below the Huadeng Realm. Once you step into the Huadeng Realm, that's a legendary existence that can tear apart heaven and earth to go far away. Of course, Ning City learned all this knowledge from his uncle Yi.

  When he came out of Pingzhou, he only knew that there was Xuan Ye Jing above Zhu Yuan Jing, and Xuan Dan Jing above Xuan Ye Jing. As for the realm after Xuan Dan Jing, he didn't know anything. It wasn't until he communicated with Yuan Shu and Tai Shu Ye in Yang Zhou that he learned that there was Yuan Hun Jing after Xuan Dan Jing, Su Shen Jing after Yuan Hun Jing, and then Bi Hai Jing after passing through Su Shen Jing.

  It's a visible relic of the mighty and powerful cave mansion, how terrifying and precious it is. Lou Hongfang said that the Blue Yi Zhen country was established in the Luolei Desert for the sake of the cave mansion of the Beihai boundary, and Ning Cheng didn't think it was strange at all.

  Ning Cheng suddenly looked at the young girl and said to Wang, "Wang, I think the secret map that Lou brother and others obtained should be with you, can you take it out and let me see what kind of secret map it is?"

  The young king's face changed slightly, she knew that Ning Cheng would ask for the map of the ruins of the Blue Feather Empire, but she didn't expect Ning Cheng to be so direct. If Ning Cheng had been evasive and roundabout, she would have definitely used various excuses to decline.

  The man with the three-layered true essence standing beside the young king let out a hearty laugh, "Ning Gongzi, my king treats you as a guest, and it's already a coincidence that you can come to our Northern Jie territory. We've treated you with good wine and a comfortable seat, but Ning Gongzi, you actually dare to openly ask for our Northern Jie's secret map? Do you really think we're easy to bully?"

  "What's with the map of Beijue? This map was clearly taken from me, and you have the nerve to say it's yours?" Lou Hongfang sneered.

  Just then, a hurried footstep rushed in. Ning Cheng was slightly puzzled, who had the guts to rush directly into the Mongolian yurt of the King of the Northern Jie tribe?

  The one who came in was a young man with thick eyebrows and fine eyes, an eagle nose that accentuated his facial features. Ning City saw at a glance the cultivation of this young man, which was actually the highest here, Condensing Real Fourth Layer Cultivation.

  "Ah..." The eagle-nosed man called out once and saw Ning Cheng and the others, but didn't say anything further.

  The king of the Beijue tribe, Wang Shangyuxu, looks like this eagle nose and the king have a complicated relationship.

  "Yes, we've already found the treasure map, so I sent a signal for you to come over." said Wang Shang, a smiling girl nicknamed Xiu Xiu.

  The man with the eagle nose cast his gaze on several people in Ning City, he didn't know who they were, and suddenly Xiu Xiu would directly mention the secret map in front of them.