Chapter 98: The Uninvited Guest

  "It seems we've found the right one." Zhu Hongwen also said with a surprised tone, whether he was really surprised or not, only he knew in his heart.

  "Hongwen, I'm going to see Luo Fei..." Xiong Qihua completely forgot about the things she had discussed with Zhu Hongwen earlier and was about to rush towards Ji Luo Fei.

  Hongwen hastily pulled Qiuhua and said, "Qiuhua, I also hope you can see Luofei soon, but now Luofei is with Ning Xiaocheng. The relationship between the two is obviously very close, I'm sure that Ning Xiaocheng has already told our story to her, it's better if you don't go to see Luofei, once you go to see Luofei, it may cause you and your mother to have no chance of reconciliation in the future."

  After finishing, Zhu Hongwen felt that it was not enough and added, "This Ning Xiaocheng is treacherous and cunning. He can be with Luo Fei, he must have used his eloquence to deceive her. We hurt him in the Da'an Forest, I'm sure he will exaggerate what happened between you and me, and even slander us to an unbearable extent."

  "What should I do?" Xiong Qihua's face turned pale, completely at a loss for what to do next.

  "Qihua, don't worry, just follow our previous plan. Now let's first track down Lu Fei and see where she lives. Then when Lu Fei and Ning Cheng are separated, we'll go find Lu Fei." Zhu Hongwen said calmly.

  "But... " Xiong Qi's tone had softened a lot, "That Ning Xiao Cheng looks pretty good too, not only is he generous with his hands, but he also got the core disciple status of Shen Feng Academy, and his future prospects are bright. I think Luo Fei following him together isn't bad either..."

  After initially probing into her and Zhu Hongwen's private affairs in Ning City, she only wanted to kill Ning City. But now that she sees Ji Luofei and Ning City are close, she hesitates a bit, wondering if Luofei will be heartbroken if she kills Ning Xiaocheng. At the same time, deep down inside, Ning City is still worthy of her daughter.

  "Qihua, you're still too kind-hearted. There are countless people who seem fine on the surface, let alone Ning Xiaocheng going to participate in the preliminary exam, his qualifications won't make it. Even if Ning Xiaocheng's qualifications were enough, this sly person and Lu Fei together, in the end, Lu Fei would still get hurt. Moreover, look at the other woman beside him, that woman is obviously a shrewd and cunning type, can Lu Fei handle them?"

  Hongwen gazed at the distant back of Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei as he said word by word.

  Xiong Qi Hua seemed a bit distracted, Zhu Hong Wen's tone slowed down and said, "Ning Xiao Cheng is not yet a student of the Five-Star Academy, but he has already brought Luo Fei and another woman with him. In the future, when he stands firm in the Five-Star Academy, he will be another core disciple. With so many beautiful girls in the Five-Star Academy, where will Luo Fei's position be? Moreover, if we don't separate Luo Fei from Ning Xiao Cheng, you will lose Luo Fei as your daughter."

  "I'll listen to you..." Xiong Qihua said weakly, her tone wandering and uncertain.

  ……

  "Both of you are dual-spirited roots?" In the residence of Shenfeng Wuxing Academy, Executive Liu Xian was even more pleased to learn that Ji Luofei and Zhu Muer were both dual-spirited roots. With another decent main spiritual root disciple, not to mention inner disciples, just showing excellent performance would make them core disciples.

  Zhu Muer was overjoyed, "My dad said several times that he would send me to a five-star college, but now I've entered the five-star college with my own strength."

  Zhu Muer forgot that she also entered Shenfeng Academy with Ning Cheng's help when speaking.

  "'Your father?' asked Liu Xian in puzzlement. Logically speaking, someone who could casually send people to the Five-Star Academy shouldn't be some unknown character."

  Zhu Muer said with a smile, "My father is Zhu Yao Shi, you shouldn't be unaware of that, should you?"

  Liu Xian's expression changed slightly as he hurriedly said, "So you are Medicine Master's beloved daughter, I was indeed too rude."

  Ning Cheng had long suspected that Zhu Muer's father was not ordinary, and now it seemed to be the case. Even someone like Liu Xian from Shenfeng Academy showed great respect for Zhu Muer's father.

  With Zhu's relationship, Liu Xian was even more enthusiastic towards the three people from Ning City. He personally took them to get the jade token of Shenfeng Academy and went through the formalities for entering the academy.

  "In ten days, there will be a re-examination. The re-examination tests your leadership skills and the top 1,000 must participate. Otherwise, you can also move to Shenfeng Academy's side to live in preparation for the re-examination in ten days?" Although Ning Cheng was already a disciple of Shenfeng Academy, Liu Xian still spoke with great care about Ning Cheng's opinion.

  "Thank you, Director Liu. I still have some personal matters to attend to, so I won't be staying here for the time being. However, I won't leave Mozhe City and will participate in the rematch on schedule in ten days." Ning Cheng hastily declined.

  He had a Xuan Huang Pearl on him; if it weren't for having no other choice, he still wouldn't want to live together with the Xuan Liquid expert.

  "Of course, take care of your own affairs first. Ten days later, you can come directly to Mozhe City Square." Liu Xian was extremely tolerant towards Ning Cheng.

  Ning Cheng had no interest in staying at Shen Feng Academy, and Ji Luo Fei would not stay here either. Zhu Mu Er alone was even less likely to stay here, plus she thought that now with her own ability, she had joined the Five Star Academy, at this time, she could report back to her old man. Meaning, you see, no need for your help, my own ability is enough to join Shen Feng Academy?

  ……

  "Luò Fēi, for these ten days, it's best we don't go out. Mozhe City isn't necessarily a safe place either." Upon returning to the inn where they were staying, Ning Cheng first warned Ji Luò Fēi not to go out.

  "Uh, I feel like I'm about to advance to the sixth layer of Qi gathering, so I'll be staying here for a few days to cultivate." Ji Luofei hastily replied, even if Ning Cheng didn't remind her, she wouldn't dare go alone to Moze City's main street.

  Ji Luo Fei closed the door and started to impact the six layers of Qi, Ning Cheng also prepared to improve his cultivation in these ten days. His meridians were rebuilt by Xuan Huang Ben Yuan, wanting to cultivate to the perfect first layer of Condensing Truth was several times more difficult than before.

  This is not that his qualifications have deteriorated, but rather the resources he needs to cultivate now are more than before. If there aren't more resources for cultivation, then for Ning Cheng, expanding his meridians isn't necessarily a good thing. In other words, the resources he originally needed to reach the Yuan Building Realm can now only get him to the middle of the Cong True Realm and no further.

  "For the time being, don't go into seclusion to cultivate just yet. I have some matters to discuss with you." Ning Cheng had just set up an isolation array when a familiar voice suddenly appeared beside his ear.

  Ning Cheng suddenly stood up and shouted, "Who?"

  Who is it that has come to his room where he had set up a formation? How could he possibly not know?

  "How much time has passed that even your benefactor doesn't recognize you?" The voice speaking this time sounded right in front of Ning Cheng, and immediately afterwards, Ning Cheng saw an old white-haired woman wearing a blue robe.

  "Is it you? How did..." Ning City originally wanted to ask how this old woman could silently arrive here, in this room he had set up several formations. But the words reached his lips and were swallowed back down. Since this old woman had come, it meant that her cultivation was far superior to his. Moreover, compared to last time, her body now carried an even thicker layer of cold intent.

  The white-haired old woman slowly walked to the edge of the chair and sat down, "I really didn't expect that you are still a second-level array master. A mere second-level array is nothing but a layer of foam to me, not enough to stop me from entering."

  Ning Cheng suppressed the shock in his heart and respectfully clasped his fists, saying, "Ning Cheng has seen Senior. Thank you, Senior, for refining equipment for me. If it weren't for the inner armor you sent, I would have fallen long ago."

  Ning Cheng's words were not unfounded, if it wasn't for the help of this white-haired old woman in refining an inner armor and a Qiyao Ice Needle, he would have really fallen. These two things had saved him several times already.

  Although he was grateful, Ning Cheng felt equally uncomfortable in his heart. He felt that his formation level still needed to be improved. At least, he had to set up a trigger formation, and as soon as someone entered his formation, he would know about it at the first time.

  But thinking of the white-haired old woman and his cultivation being worlds apart, Ning City felt a sense of powerlessness. Perhaps no matter how powerful the trigger array he set up was, others could still silently enter his room. This had nothing to do with the level of the array, but rather the gap in their cultivation.

  "You thank me for refining the inner pill, which means you got a hundred points in the preliminary round with your own ability and didn't get it because of my favor?" Unexpectedly, the white-haired old woman said something that Ning City couldn't understand.

  Ning Cheng was also puzzled in his heart. He got the first place, completely relying on his own memory power. What did this have to do with the white-haired old woman?

  "When you took my wooden box, didn't you receive the message I left for you?" The white-haired old woman saw that Ning Cheng was puzzled and reminded him again.

  Ning Cheng immediately recalled what the extremely ugly youth had said when he handed over the wooden box, 'Madam Gongsun gave this to me before she left, saying that everything you want is inside, and I hope you will act according to your abilities.'

  At that time, he was just thinking of a seven-day ice needle, what's the point of being cautious? Now it seems that the old woman's words have some meaning.

  There seemed to be nothing else in the wooden box except for the inner shell and the ice needle. Ning City thought of this, and at the first time, he took out the empty wooden box. At the same time, his divine sense scanned into the wooden box, and the next moment he vaguely saw a jade slip sealed at the bottom of the wooden box.

  "Bring out that jade tablet." The old woman knew that Ning City had already discovered the jade tablet.

  Ning Cheng pinched the bottom of the wooden box into pieces and took out the jade slip, asking in confusion, "Senior, what is this jade slip?"

  "You can see for yourself." The old woman's tone was flat.

  Ning Cheng's divine sense swept into the jade slip, and he immediately saw the contents inside. It was actually the Basic Alchemy Chapter. The jade slip was complex and intricate, with countless contents inside. The beginning of the jade slip was the Spiritual Grass Basic Chapter. When Ning Cheng saw the Spiritual Grass Basic Chapter, he immediately understood what was going on.

  This spiritual grass foundation is exactly the same as his first trial written test content, and there are many more spiritual grass than in the first trial written test.

  Seeing Ning City saw the content of Yu Jian, Lao Yu said in a low voice, "I sincerely treated you and helped you greatly, but you deceived an old woman like me."