Chapter 102: The Immortal Mansion

  Ning Cheng's first thought was to sit down and cultivate, but he immediately remembered that his life was in some danger. This place was so cold, and the old woman who controlled the fire-red shield had left, even if he returned to the Half Moon Ship Treasure again, it would be somewhat difficult.

  The red color on the crimson mask is fading away, apparently because it has lost the old crone's continuous control. This mask won't last much longer.

  Ning Cheng looked back at the Half Moon Ship and calculated the distance. Before the fiery shield completely lost its effect, he should barely be able to return to the ship. It seemed that the old woman had also made her calculations, and it wasn't as if she was intentionally trying to harm him.

  But Ning Cheng was secretly scolding her in his heart, this old woman only remembered her own precious things and didn't care about his safety at all, a typical person who dismantles the bridge after crossing the river.

  Just as Ning Cheng wanted to speed up the control of the protective cover and enter the Half Moon Ship's treasure, he suddenly felt a strong call. Ning Cheng immediately noticed that on this already closed water-colored gate, there was an extra something protruding out. The color was dark purple, and it was only the size of a soybean.

  Ning Cheng was certain that he had not seen this thing before, which means that it appeared only after the gate of the Cold River Sect opened. The old woman rushed into the gate without noticing this thing.

  Is it the return of the Half Moon Ship's treasure, or will he take away this bean-sized thing? His shield can only provide one of these options. Moreover, even if he gets that thing attached to the water-colored gate, his shield cannot support him returning to the Half Moon Ship.

  Ning Cheng hesitated for a moment before deciding to take the thing away. One of them was just calling out to him, and it was this yellow bean-sized thing, and another was that Ning Cheng felt that nothing in this place was simple, so taking one more thing wouldn't make a difference.

  After getting this thing, once the shield loses its effect, he wants to see if he can enter the Xuan Huang Pearl.

  Cultivation relies on opportunities, and there may be opportunities right in front of you. If you don't take them, your heart will feel suffocated. Moreover, Ning City knows that when the old woman comes out later, she absolutely won't give him a sip of soup to drink.

  As soon as he made up his mind, Ning Cheng didn't hesitate anymore and immediately walked towards the dark purple thing. When Ning Cheng was walking in this place, he only understood what the old woman meant by saying that the Half Moon Ship's speed was very fast.

  Every step he took at the bottom of this river was extremely difficult, Ning Cheng almost exhausted his entire body's true yuan to move forward with a protective shield, only for a distance of one or two meters. He walked for dozens of breaths. This was still in front of the Water Gate, where there were array restrictions that stopped the flow of water; otherwise, it would have been even more difficult for him to walk.

  The mask was about to shatter just by looking at it, Ning Cheng couldn't care about anything else and reached out to grab that dark purple thing.

  A terrible scorching heat spread from Ning Cheng's palm throughout his entire body.

  The "Ka" shield shattered, and Ning Cheng didn't even have time to enter the Xuan Huang Pearl, but at this moment he didn't need to enter the Xuan Huang Pearl either. The terrifying temperature in his palm had already dispersed the icy chill around him.

  Ning Cheng could even feel that as long as this yellow bean-sized thing in his hand exploded, his entire body would be reduced to nothingness.

  A message of goodwill was conveyed from this bean-sized thing to Ning City, making Ning City feel that although the thing was fierce, it didn't have any intention of harming him, which slightly calmed Ning City down.

  The next moment, Ning Cheng received the information of acknowledging the master. The unremarkable thing in his hand turned out to be spiritual and even took the initiative to acknowledge him as its master.

  Ning Cheng unhesitatingly imprinted his own mark, and as soon as Ning Cheng's mark was imprinted, this thing suddenly disappeared from his palm, not even giving Ning Cheng a chance to refine it. Or rather, Ning Cheng simply didn't have the ability to refine it.

  Ning Cheng soon discovered that the thing was hiding in a certain place, and it was staying beside the Xuan Huang Pearl, quietly remaining within his Zi Fu.

  It turned out that he was after the Xuan Huang Pearl and only acknowledged me as the master because of it. Although it wasn't because of his own innate aura, the Xuan Huang Pearl was different from his.

  Ning City learned from the information he had just recognized that this soybean-sized thing had a very loud name, called Xinghe. As for its origin and what it was used for, he had no idea. Xinghe simply stayed motionless beside the Xuanyuan Pearl, as if waiting for Ning City to refine it.

  No, Ning City found that at this time he had neither a shield nor returned to the Half Moon Ship. The icy coldness around him could already be tolerated. Not only could it be tolerated, but he could also clearly feel the icy coldness around him gradually weakening, which means the temperature at the bottom of the river began to rise.

  Ning Cheng didn't know what was going on, but he was certain that this thing had something to do with Xing He. Xing He was at the bottom of this cold river, and the temperature wasn't just not icy, it was actually so high that it was a bit strange from the start. Now that Xing He had been taken away by him, the temperature at the bottom of the river immediately rose. Ning Cheng already had some understanding in his heart - the heat of this river was very likely to have been completely absorbed by Xing He. It was precisely because the heat of this river had been completely absorbed by Xing He that it became so icy cold. And because Xing He, which continuously absorbed heat, existed, this river simply couldn't freeze.

  Something so terrifying actually stayed in his Purple Mansion, fortunately it recognized its master. If it didn't recognize its master, would it have absorbed all the heat from his body in the next moment? Ning Cheng was the first to know that there were things that purely absorb heat.

  He decided that after clearing up, he would immediately refine this already recognized Star River completely, absolutely not allowing any slight mistake to exist.

  At this time, the chill of the riverbed had already disappeared. Ning Cheng didn't want to waste even half a moment, and immediately sat down at the edge of the gate to start cultivating.

  The spiritual energy here is so dense, not cultivating would be foolish. Ning City sat down to cultivate and only then did he realize that he had still underestimated the spiritual energy of this place. He had never tried cultivating at such a speed before, from Condensing Reality First Layer to Condensing Reality First Layer Completion, it had only taken him several hours. Immediately after, without any hesitation, he rushed into Condensing Reality Second Layer, his cultivation continuing to rise as he cultivated.

  Two days later, Ning City actually cultivated to the late stage of Condensing Reality Second Layer. Ning City was overjoyed in his heart and planned to make a concerted effort here to charge to Condensing Reality Third Layer. Unfortunately, when he was impacting Condensing Reality Third Layer, that kind of extremely dense spiritual energy disappeared without a trace.

  "Is that all absorbed?" Ning Cheng said with some disappointment. If this spiritual energy was abundant, who could surpass his cultivation speed? This was just a slight opening of the gate, and once he entered the gate to cultivate, his cultivation speed would be incredibly powerful. Ning Cheng couldn't even imagine it. Unfortunately, the gate had already closed, and everything inside must have belonged to that white-haired old woman.

  Feeling his true yuan was several times stronger than before, Ning Cheng's disappointment turned into excitement.

  He has been practicing outside for almost three days, and the old woman hasn't come out since entering the gate. It seems that the old woman's promise to bring him back to Mozhe City in two or three days was a lie. Ning Cheng had no choice but to start refining the Star River within his Purple Mansion.

  Xinghe has acknowledged allegiance. When Ningcheng started refining him, he was extremely cooperative. In just half a day, Ningcheng completely refined Xinghe.

  Until now, Ning City only knew that Xing He was a kind of fire seed. Only by absorbing a large amount of flames or heat can this fire seed break out and form a flame. Before, Xing He had sensed the Xuanyuan Pearl, which is why it voluntarily wanted to acknowledge Ning City as its master.

  The Star River had refined it again, but there was no longer that kind of spiritual energy that could be absorbed. Ning City pushed the large door with his hand, but the door didn't budge at all, extremely sturdy.

  Ning Cheng looked around the gate again and suddenly saw four extremely small characters, Zhuo and Xian Fu.

  This is actually a fairy mansion? Ning Cheng's mind was shocked beyond measure, he believed that no one could have thought that there would be a fairy mansion under the Lightning River. The continent of Yixing had no legends about the fairy realm, but he had heard of it on Earth. Of course, that was an ancient rumor from Huaxia, and he didn't expect to actually see a fairy mansion now. Ning Cheng wasn't very sure if this fairy mansion was the one he imagined, but he knew that what was inside this gate was definitely not ordinary.

  Ning Cheng finally understood why the old woman wanted to enter this gate, she was going to refine this immortal mansion. Good grief, this immortal mansion was going to be refined by her, how many things would she obtain?

  Ning Cheng had just thought of this when a sense of extreme danger arrived, and Ning Cheng didn't think twice before quickly retreating. Immediately after that, he saw the originally closed gate of the immortal mansion suddenly open, and the old woman who had entered the immortal mansion earlier was blasted out like a cannonball. The river water that was originally blocked by the formation in front of the immortal mansion's gate also started flowing immediately, and Ning Cheng felt himself being carried away by this flowing river water, hurriedly operating his true yuan to forcibly retreat.

  The old woman was blown out, obviously the refining had failed. The old woman's cultivation was so strong that she didn't refine it successfully, Ning City didn't think about it, and now he only knew to rush towards the river surface. Fortunately, at this time, the temperature of the river water was no longer that icy cold, otherwise he would have died without a doubt.

  "Boom..."

  A loud roar swept past Ning Cheng's side. Ning Cheng was driven by this massive water flow, and he was immediately brought flying out of the river at the fastest speed.

  As he flew out of the river's surface, he saw a black shadow rush into the void from the river's surface and disappear instantly.

  Ning Cheng was sprayed with several mouthfuls of blood by this powerful impact force, and as soon as he appeared on the river surface, he rushed to the shore at the first time.

  Lying on the shore, Ning Cheng took a deep breath. It wasn't until half a moment later that he saw the white-haired old woman's figure emerge from a very distant place.

  The old woman's mouth was bleeding at the corner, her clothes were tattered and torn, Ning City clearly saw that the exposed skin was snowy white.

  The old woman cast a concealment spell at the first opportunity, and when she emerged from it again, she had resumed her extremely aged appearance.

  But this time her eyes were filled with a hint of real loss and fatigue.

  Seeing the white-haired old woman come before him, Ning Cheng struggled to get up, coughing a few times and saying, "Senior, what was that thing that rushed out from under the river? I almost died on top of it, it's really too terrifying."

  The old woman sighed, "You know now, but it's useless. I'm unable to refine it either. Alas, I've implicated you as well. Let me send you back to Mozhe City."

  After finishing speaking, the white-haired old woman seemed unwilling to say another word, took out a flying treasure and brought Ning Cheng back to the outskirts of Mozec City at the fastest speed. Only then did she put Ning Cheng down and said, "This time I owe you one favor, I need to find a place to retreat and cultivate, we will meet again in the future."

  The old woman and Ning City exchanged a casual greeting before controlling the flight treasure again, disappearing in an instant without a trace.

  Ning Cheng watched as the white-haired old woman disappeared into the distance, and he also let out a sigh. Obtaining treasure was indeed dependent on one's luck, but fortunately, his luck wasn't bad, and he had already obtained a fire seed. The white-haired old woman looked very tired and dejected, but Ning Cheng didn't believe that she hadn't gained anything in the immortal mansion for several days. Or perhaps she was just being greedy, having obtained many things yet still feeling unfulfilled.

  The public chapters of Lao Wu's new book have a large number of words, generally around 3,000, far exceeding 2,000, so our update speed is actually not slow. Generally, the word count for new books' public chapters is around 250,000 before they go online, but our new book has already exceeded 330,000 words and it's not even the end of the month. That means our update speed was indeed a bit too fast, and the editor also thinks that the initial update speed of Canghai Zhi Men was a bit too quick. So yesterday we only updated two chapters.