Chapter 0325: I’m Afraid I’ll Be Leaving
Ning Cheng had not walked very far when he once again stopped, turned back and looked back at the immortal cave that had been temporarily been dug out by Shi Qionghua. Even if he used Concealnt Array Formations to completely hide the immortal cave, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart. Unfortunately, he currently did not have the ability to move the mountain. Even if he did have that ability, his miniature world would still not be able to accommodate it.
He was a nostalgic person, if he wanted to forget the events that transpired in this place then even if he spent his entire lifeti, he would not be able to do it.
It was only after a long ti that Ning Cheng once again turned around. Not knowing from how long, a woman wearing white robes, stood in front of him not much far away from where he was. She was just like a beautiful landscape, with her robes gently swaying as the winds brushed past it, as if the next mont she would simply fly away.
Ning Cheng did not know when such a scenery had abruptly appeared, but his heart imdiately started to pound violently. A mont before, he was really eager to see Shi Qionghua, but he had truly not expected that Shi Qionghua would return, or even co back to this place.
People’s thoughts truly were very strange, before when Ning Cheng forced himself on Shi Qionghua, he found out that Shi Qionghua already had unsealed herself and also had the ability to retaliate, so the first thought that popped up was to bring out the talisman and get ready to escape.
But at that ti Shi Qionghua did not make even a single move to bring harm to him or even kill him, rather she silently walked out of the immortal cave, causing Ning Cheng to feel at a loss at what to do. At this mont when he saw Shi Qionghua again, he did not bring out the talisman, and also forgot that Shi Qionghua had the ability to kill him. He even did not know how he ended up arriving in front of Shi Qionghua.
He looked at Shi Qionghua’s delicate face that seed to have risen above the worldly affairs, and could not think of anything to speak. In his mind, the scene erged of him traversing the world accompanied by Ji Luofei and Shi Qionghua, going back to Jiangzhou with them, and then holding a grand wedding in Jiangzhou. He saw his sister Ruolan, smiling happily, causing him to suddenly feel an incomparable satisfaction.
Although it was only a mont, but he was completely imrsed in this kind of soul stirring happiness.
Not knowing for how long the two of them stood there, Shi Qionghua, who had been staring at Ning Cheng suddenly spoke out, “Why didn’t you take out that escaping talisman that you held in your hand before?”
Ning Cheng suddenly sobered up, while the vision from before also slowly disappeared. He simply shook his head but did not speak. If at this mont Shi Qionghua wanted to kill him, then even if had the ans to escape, he would not employ them. Being killed by Shi Qionghua, he would not feel any kind of resentnt for it.
The two people turned silent again.
Gentle breezes blew between the two of them, yet they still stood there quietly. Although it was silent between them but the two of them were feeling anything but silence.
After a long ti, Shi Qionghua once again spoke up, “If you have a Nine-Coloured Mirage Stone, can you give one to ?”
Ning Cheng was already feeling extre guilt in his heart, to the point that he simply did not know what to speak. Sothings simply cannot be redied by just a sorry.
But at this ti, when Shi Qionghua spoke about Nine-Coloured Mirage Stones, Ning Cheng did not even think before taking out a jade box and handing it to Shi Qionghua, “The Nine-Coloured Mirage Stone is inside.”
Shi Qionghua was surprised as she took the jade box. She was soone who could be said to have understood Ning Cheng the most. Ning Cheng was unlike most cultivators, that is, he was very kind at heart. However, he was also a person who did not bother to keep good terms with everyone, nor would he casually give out things at random. The last ti when he had to escape from the Heavenly Dao Public Square, it was because soone wanted to get sothing from him.
“Such a precious thing, why did you not ask for a reward for it, let alone give it to ?” Shi Qionghua asked at she looked at Ning Cheng in puzzle.
Ning Cheng shook his head and spoke, “In my eyes, even if it were all the Mirage Stones that existed in the entire universe, it would never add up to the grief and sadness you had to suffer. Let alone the Mirage Stones, even if you want to kill here and now, if it would make you feel happy, I would not have even half a shred of regret. There are so matter that can never be rectified with just re apologies.”
Ning Cheng was not an expert when it ca to love, but he had co from Earth, so the reason he was able to co up with these words was that he had ended up picking them up out of his habit of listening. However, at this ti, these words did indeed co out from his heart; he felt such a heavy guilt to the point that he even felt that he really owed Shi Qionghua his life. The debt of the disciple being repaid by the master, in Ning Cheng’s heart of hearts, this kind of reason was utterly unjustified.
However, Shi Qionghua had never heard of such sweet whispers, causing her eyes to go soft. She looked at Ning Cheng for a mont, before she softly spoke up, “It was my own intentions that led to it. If I did not want to do it then you would also have no ans to achieve that.”
Shi Qionghua also did not speak any more nonsense, at the mont when Ning Cheng had entered her body; she had already regained her strength. At that ti, she could have easily killed Ning Cheng at her whim. However, she did not, not only did she not do such a thing, but also let Ning Cheng have free reign over her body.
Ning Cheng opened his mouth. However just as the words ca to the tip of his tongue, he swallowed it back down.
Shi Qionghua looked at the jade box in her hands, before she levelled a calm gaze at Ning Cheng and asked, “You want to ask as to why did I save you, right? And also why did I let you do as you pleased?”
Ning Cheng spoke up with a dry voice, “Yes.”
Although Shi Qionghua was kind, however she would never use her own body to save soone. Moreover, he and Shi Qionghua did not even have a good relationship. To be exact, the first ti he had ever laid eyes on Shi Qionghua was when Shi Qionghua had saved him.
Shi Qionghua did not speak, rather once again moved towards the immortal cave that Ning Cheng had just left. At the sa ti, she also threw out several Array Flags, creating another layer over the Concealnt Array Formation that Ning Cheng had placed around the immortal cave, before entering it.
Ning Cheng knew that since Shi Qionghua had co over, then there must be sothing that she wanted to say. What he did not expect was that Shi Qionghua’s attainnts in array formations was so high, that even he was not much worse than her.
Looking at the clean insides that was obviously was tidied up by Ning Cheng; Shi Qionghua paused for a slight while. But then returned to her previous calm, before she took out a jade table and two chairs.
Seeing Shi Qionghua sit down, Ning Cheng also sat down, while waiting for Shi Qionghua to speak.
“I’m afraid I’ll be leaving.” Shi Qionghua spoke slowly.
Ning Cheng was not surprised. He assud that Shi Qionghua must have been talking about going back to the Severing Emotions Dao Sect. He himself was preparing to take a trip to the Severing Emotions Dao Sect.
“I’m anyways coming to visit the Severing Emotions Dao Sect.” Ning Cheng also did not hide his intentions. At this mont, Shi Qionghua’s shadow had already deeply imprinted into his mind and heart. At this present mont, it could even be said that she was already at the sa level as Ji Luofei, even if he did not understand how it ca to be. However, he also was aware in his heart that this was not true. He already had Ji Luofei, so he should not think about Shi Qionghua. However, he found himself really unable to ignore what had happened, let alone try to forget it.
Shi Qionghua shook her head, “I told you before, you can’t go to the Severing Emotions Dao Sect, nor can you go to find Xu Yingdei.....”
Ning Cheng took a deep breath before looking at Shi Qionghua and spoke, “I’m not looking for Xu Yingdei. I have never even had a crush on her, so why would I look for her? She saved my life, while I already have repaid it back to her. The reason I was going to the Severing Emotions Dao Sect was to look for you.”
Looking at Shi Qionghua, Ning Cheng once again took a deep breath before speaking, “I think, I’ll never be able to forget about you in my entire life, whether you care about or not.”
“I heard that you already have a fiancée?” Shi Qionghua spoke in a very calm tone.
Ning Cheng also nodded and spoke, “Her na is Ji Luofei, she is not my fiancée, rather she is my wife.”
Slightly pausing at this mont, Ning Cheng once again spoke up while stressing each word and phrase, “In my eyes, you are now like Ji Luofei to , although in your eyes, I am only a Profound Core Ant.”
Shi Qionghua did not answer Ning Cheng’s words, rather she just looked at the entrance towards the immortal cave and spoke, “When I said that I would be leaving, I was not saying about returning to the Severing Emotions Dao Sect. I’ll be leaving the Yi Xing Mainland forever. Otherwise, I will never have the chance to live. It is also the reason why I ca back and wanted to warn you once again, to not go to the Severing Emotions Dao Sect.”
“Are you going to the Heaven’s Way?” Ning Cheng asked in shock, his thoughts transford extrely quickly, to the point that he even had guesses as to why Shi Qionghua wanted to save him. Shi Qionghua already had a very high cultivation, so for her to say these kinds of words and also ask him for a Mirage Stone, if it was not for the Heaven’s Way, then where else was there?
Shi Qionghua spoke up plainly, “That’s right; I’m going to the Heaven’s Way. It is also the reason I decided to ddle between you and Xu Yingdei and save you. I am soone proficient in the art of divinations, and had already divined a few things about you, and from there I realized that you are a kind hearted person. This ti’s matter, I am also partially responsible for it. I had also been sowhat affected by interfering with Xu Yingdei’s burning fires of lustful desire, so I know that it could not be resisted unless one was very resolute.”
“You have cultivated in the Small Spiritual Domain, causing you be burned by the Yang Qi toxins, and had also cultivated the Embracing Yang God Tactic, plus also afflicted by Xu Yingdei’s burning fires of lustful desires. At that ti, I could only look for an excuse inside . So I did not bla you, or even acquiesced to you. I’m aware of the Embracing Yang God Tactic, the Embracing Yang God Tactic is not sothing that originally belonged to Yan Fenghua, but rather it is a kind of ancient body forging cultivation thod, even Xu Yingdei’s grandmother is not aware about this thing.”
Ning Cheng was surprised as he looked at Shi Qionghua, from what he understood, Shi Qionghua was soone who was born in the Severing Emotions Dao Sect, so according to reason, she should be a junior for Xu Yingdei’s grandmother. If even Xu Yingdei’s grandmother, was not aware of this fact, so how could Shi Qionghua know about it?
Shi Qionghua did not care about Ning Cheng’s surprise and continued on, “After you and I beca one, I realized that you cultivated the Embracing Yang God Tactic. The Embracing Yang God Tactic didn’t really dissolve the burning fires of lustful desires in your body; rather it only temporarily helped you keep it suppressed. If remained unchecked, the next ti it would have flared up, it would be much more fearful. It would continue until you are completely burned to ashes. The Severing Emotions Dao Sect’s burning fires of lustful desires can only be resolved by a 9 Life Pure Yin body, and I happen to possess a 9 Life Pure Yin body.”
From this, Ning Cheng realized that Shi Qionghua had not only acquiesced to him, but at the sa ti had also saved him. At this mont, he had a kind of unspeakable feeling flowing through his heart, but at the sa ti, he also started to feel a biting anger towards Xu Yingdei. Why was the master this kind yet the disciple this disgusting?
“The second reason that I wanted to save you was because I wanted to ask for your help. I must go to the Heaven’s Way, as such only a Nine-Coloured Mirage Stone can let possess a chance to survive. After you left the Heavenly Dao Public Square, I lost all news regarding you. It was not until a few days ago, that I was able to sense Yingdei’s position, resulting in being able to find you.” Shi Qionghua finished with a slightly imploring tone. Not knowing what was going through her head, although she couldn’t help but show sowhat care towards Ning Cheng, but she also couldn’t help but think that she had saved him only for the sake of Mirage Stones.
“Can’t you wait for the Heaven’s Way to open by itself? Or wait till you at least reach the realm above Crucible Transformation......” Ning Cheng hesitated for a long ti before he finally spoke up.
Shi Qionghua was silent for a long ti, she chose to speak up, “I only have one year to live, I can no longer wait anymore......”
“What?” Ning Cheng asked with shock. Shi Qionghua already looked very young, so how could she only have left with one year to live? Moreover, didn’t Crucible Transformation Cultivators enjoy a very long life?
Since Shi Qionghua had already spoken about that, she no longer had any intentions to conceal it from Ning Cheng and spoke out, “When I started cultivating, a cultivation thod had automatically appeared in my consciousness. The cultivation thod that I cultivated in was also not from the Severing Emotions Dao Sect, rather it did not even belong to the Xi Ying Mainland, and moreover it was countless tis stronger than the Severing Emotions Dao Sect’s Severing Emotions Cultivation thod. I only ca to know about this that it was a reincarnation inheritance. Because my spiritual soul was formidable, it resulted in being suppressed by a major power, to the point that she even sealed away a part of my soul essence.....”
Ning Cheng suddenly stood up, as he angrily interrupted Shi Qionghua’s words and asked, “Who was it?”
Seeing the fury and anger displayed by Ning Cheng, Shi Qionghua unexpectedly turned a bit absentminded, before she subconsciously replied, “Xu Anzhen.”
[TL Note – The author regularly mixes up the words ‘Life Essence’ and ‘Soul Essence’, however essentially these two words are one and the sa. He even refers the Soul Essence Realm sotis as the Life Essence Realm. So rather than choosing to go with one phrase, I decided to keep it as it is for the sake of a consistent translation.]
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