Chapter 27: Mango City

  Ning Cheng had clearly seen that this rusty-faced man was a Qi-gathering fifth-layer cultivator, one level higher than him.

  This person's cultivation is obviously much higher than that of the industry, and unlike Ning City who was a little apprehensive when he met the industry before, after seeing this person, Ning City didn't have much worry in his heart.

  After advancing to the fourth layer of Gathering Qi, Ning Cheng felt that his strength had increased several times over. The kind of true qi condensation and its power gave Ning Cheng an inexplicable sense of confidence.

  "What's in there?" The man stood at the entrance of the cave and looked around for a while before immediately furrowing his brow and asking. Apparently, he didn't see what he was looking for.

  Without waiting for Ning Cheng to respond, he continued, "Just now I saw a yellow aura bursting out from here, it should be the emergence of a treasure. When I came, I also heard you mention the Yellow Pearl, where did you put the Yellow Pearl?"

  Ning Cheng and An Yi were two people, but he didn't put them in his eyes at all. At a glance, he knew that Ning Cheng and An Yi had never experienced killing, and although the fourth and fifth layers of Qi gathering were both mid-term Qi gathering, the degree of true energy condensation was not much different.

  Ning Cheng didn't say a word, and with a raise of his hand, six fire blades appeared. When he was at the third layer of gathering aura, he could only release one or two fire blades, but now that he had reached the fourth layer, he instantly released six fire blades.

  Don't mention the matter of the Xuan Huang Pearl being leaked, but this rusty-faced man dared to barge into his territory and demand things, Ning Cheng wouldn't show any mercy either.

  The man with a face full of rust seemed to have not expected that a cultivator who had condensed his aura into four layers would dare to take action first, and the speed of the fire blade was so swift. He suddenly became furious. The next moment, a long knife with a completely green body was chopped out by him, bringing up a miserable green knife edge, wanting to block Ning Cheng's fire blade.

  In his view, a four-layer cultivator from Ning City who wanted to hurt him with fire blades was simply dreaming. The more fire blades Ning City chopped out, the weaker their power would be.

  "Boom, boom, boom..." Three consecutive explosions sounded, and three of the six fire blades in Ning City were directly slashed by the long knife of the rusty-faced man, bursting into flames. These flames hit the rocky walls of the cave, smashing stones flying everywhere.

  The rusty-faced man had thought that his knife would easily block Ning City's six fire blades, but he hadn't expected to only block three. After blocking the three fire blades, his knife immediately retracted, and the remaining three fire blades directly passed through the knife, arriving in front of him in an instant.

  The rusty-faced man hadn't expected that a four-layered cultivator could use a flame blade to pierce through his sword's edge, fortunately he had spent many years around the Manggo Sea area and had experienced too many things. At this moment, although it was urgent, he didn't panic. His body only twisted a few times, and those three flame blades strangely slid past his side.

  Ning Cheng saw the man's physique and immediately knew that his combat experience was far inferior to his opponent. From the power of the fire blade just now, his true energy condensation degree was in no way inferior to this Qi gathering fifth layer man, and even surpassed him by a lot.

  This rusty-faced man had extremely rich combat experience, and when he discovered that Ning Cheng's cultivation seemed to be no lower than his own, he immediately retreated, wanting to completely exit the rocky cave. For him, fighting outside the rocky cave was more advantageous. Even now, he still didn't put Ning Cheng in his eyes.

  Ning Cheng retreated after seeing the man, his heart shocked. Now he was not afraid of a fierce battle with this person, but rather that this person would escape. If this person escaped and he couldn't catch up, it wouldn't be a good thing.

  At this time, Ning Cheng couldn't care about anything else, directly grabbed the flying sword from his storage bag, grasped the hilt, and with a surge of true energy, he slashed forward. He didn't know how to use the flying sword, and the flying sword hadn't been refined either, so he could only use it as an ordinary weapon.

  "Flight Sword Technique?" The man with five layers of gathered aura saw Ning City bring out the flying sword and suddenly shouted out in surprise.

  In the Mang Ocean, there are countless cultivators struggling to survive, but those who truly possess magical artifacts can be counted on one hand. Even if they do exist, it's often due to years of accumulation or because they come from large clans or have an unusual background.

  Because the master of the flying sword in Ning Cheng's hand had fallen, even if Ning Cheng hadn't refined it, the gathering of true energy still brought up a nearly ten-foot-long sword edge.

  The rusty-faced man panicked and hurriedly used the long knife in his hand to block again. If he had known that Ning City had a flying sword artifact, he would not have engaged in close combat with Ning City like this, nor would he have rushed into the cave. This time it was his experience that deceived him, in his opinion, Ning City and An Yi were wearing ordinary clothes, and hiding in such a rocky cave, they must be just two ignorant people who wanted to come and take risks. Unexpectedly, such a person could still produce a flying sword artifact, which was also a high-level artifact.

  "Ding" sound, the long knife was like brittle jade, and was directly cut in half by the flying sword's blade. The blade was not affected at all, and almost simultaneously with cutting off the long knife, it split the man into two halves.

  An Yi didn't have any fighting experience either. It wasn't until Ning City killed the opponent that she came to her senses, and she hadn't been of much help with anything.

  Ning Cheng couldn't bear to speak with An Yi, and after collecting all the gold coins from the man's package, several fireballs directly turned him into flying ash. Then, he picked up the ashes and threw them into the sea outside the cave, only then did he say to An Yi, "Let's hurry and leave, this is not a place to stay for long."

  Only after several fireballs had incinerated the man into nothing but ash could Ning Cheng truly feel the improvement in his cultivation. If he were still at the Gathering Qi Third Layer, his fireballs would never have been able to incinerate the man into nothing but ash.

  "Uh-huh." An Yi also knew they had to leave this place as soon as possible.

  After the two left the reef cave, they fled all the way and slowed down after more than a few hours. Ning Cheng said, "It's okay now, we're just like everyone else in the Manggo Sea area."

  Ning Cheng's confidence surged at this moment. He was certain that his cultivation wouldn't be lower than the sixth gathering layer. What he lacked was only combat experience. Of course, he also lacked a necessary killer move.

  "Brother Ning, your cultivation technique is much more powerful than mine. You only have four layers of Qi accumulation, but the power you exhibit when casting spells is even stronger than that person with five layers."

  An Yi had no fighting experience, but that didn't mean she wasn't being watched.

  Ning Cheng took out the flying sword again and said, "Fortunately, I have this flying sword artifact. Otherwise, even if I wasn't afraid of him, I may not have been able to kill that guy. It seems that equipment is still very important."

  An Yi didn't understand what Ning Cheng meant by equipment, she pointed to the flying sword in Ning Cheng's hand and said, "This flying sword of yours should be a pretty good magic weapon, but it's not yours yet. You should refine it, only then can you bring out its maximum power. My master said that after producing spiritual consciousness, one can control the flying sword to attack enemies remotely, or even fly by stepping on the sword."

  It's clear that Lingzhi Ningcheng is referring to the divine consciousness, or what can be called the embryonic form of spiritual awareness. As for An Yi's mention of flying with a sword, that would only be possible after building the foundation. Only after building the foundation can the divine consciousness be released over a large area.

  Of course, some powerful cultivators of the Condensing True Realm can already release their divine sense. However, their divine sense is still weak and cannot propel flying swords to fly or control them to attack enemies.

  Ning Cheng nodded in agreement with An Yi's words, "An Yi, you're right. I'll go find a place to refine my flying sword now. My biggest task at the moment is to find a pile of spiritual stones and keep advancing and advancing. Or maybe one day, I can return."

  "Brother Ning, is your goal in cultivating just to return to your hometown?" An Yi asked with some confusion after hearing Ning Cheng's words.

  "Of course." Ning Cheng nodded without hesitation and then asked An Yi, "An Yi, what is the purpose of your cultivation?"

  An Yi fell silent for a moment before shaking her head. "I cultivate without purpose, Master taught me to cultivate so I cultivated."

  "What about your master?" Ning Cheng asked again.

  "Master said that we should pursue a higher realm, if Master can advance to a higher realm, or she won't be able to sit in meditation anymore." An Yi said, looking down gloomily as she mentioned Master.

  Ning Cheng fell silent as well. His goal was to go back and take a look at Ruolan, but he knew clearly in his heart that his goal might be something he could never achieve in this lifetime.

  The Xuan Huang Pearl is indeed against the heavens, and it requires a cultivation spirit stone that is also against the heavens. If one day he can't find these spirit stones that allow him to advance, he might end up like An Yi's master, quietly sitting in meditation until his death.

  Jing Cheng fell silent, and An Yi suddenly spoke again, "Ning brother, my master said that if I work hard, there is still a glimmer of hope. If I don't work hard, there will be no chance at all. That's why I listened to my master's words and went out to find Tian Xiang Liu Zhi. Although I didn't find it, at least I tried."

  Ning Cheng was awakened from his confusion by An Yi's words. Indeed, he had a higher fate than others and even obtained the Xuan Huang Pearl. If he didn't want to work hard with this advantage, how could he always have such good luck in the future? Only now did he come to his senses, An Yi went to find Tian Xiang Lu Zhu not because she didn't know it was difficult, nor because she didn't know that the place she found wasn't right, but because her ability could only reach those places at most.

  Xiang thought of this and Ning Cheng regained his strong confidence, reached out to grab Any's hand and said, "Any, thank you, I must work hard."

  ……

  The salty sea breeze and the sound of waves blew into Mang City, which was as bustling as ever. This is the largest city in the Mang Sea area, and also the largest place for monks to come and go. However, this prosperity carries a hint of coldness, with people coming and going hastily, their expressions stern and solemn.

  Although many adventurers and monks, in order to get higher returns, took the things they got back to the inland cities for sale, there were still many people who did not want to run long distances and directly sold the things they got from the Manggo Sea in Manggo City. Such people who have been in the Manggo Sea all year round are called Old Manggo by others.

  At this time, a man and a woman appeared outside the bustling Mango City. The man looked extremely young, with a slightly thin face, but it was as if carved by a knife. His eyes were extremely bright, and his expression was calm and natural, just like an old Mango. His black long hair was slightly disheveled, scattered around his ears, looking very casual.

  The woman beside him was half a head shorter than him, looking delicate and beautiful like a lotus flower, and although she didn't reveal her long hair, the white scarf on her head showed off her elegance and refinement.

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