Door of Luck and Fortune

The man and woman who were coming over clearly also knew Sister He.

"Exactly, we'll be off as soon as we get up," Sister He said with a loud voice.

In just a short amount of time, five people had gathered around Sister He. Ning Cheng, An Yi, and a few others followed Sister He to her beast-drawn vehicle, only to notice that it was not a bit smaller than the ordinary business cars on Earth.

Instead of horses, the vehicle was pulled by a type of beast Ning Cheng had seen before. He had encountered this creature in Cang Le City before, but the one he saw then was pure white, whereas this one was mottled. Ning Cheng had heard from Jian Suojie that it was presumably called a Unicorn Screaming Beast.

Ning Cheng wondered, could such a beast pull such a large vehicle with so many people? After all, Li Shao's carriage needed two horses to be able to move.

"Get on, we're about to leave," Sister He said before she took a seat at the driver's bench up front.

Only after Ning Cheng and An Yi boarded did they realize there was already someone on the carriage. It was an older man, also with a cultivation level of Qi Gathering Third Layer. Although at the same cultivation level, Ning Cheng felt this elder's cultivation seemed much stronger than Feng Feizhang's.

When the elder saw Ning Cheng and the others board, he just gave them a cursory glance and closed his eyes again. In just the brief moment he opened and closed his eyes, Ning Cheng felt a surge of killing intent. Ning Cheng knew this killing intent was not directed at him, nor at anyone here, but emanated from an invisible presence of murderous aura around the elder. Clearly, this was a person with an extremely fierce history of killing.

An Yi sat next to Ning Cheng, and she too sensed the elder's killing aura, moving closer to Ning Cheng and not daring to look at the elder any longer.

Sister He sat in the driver's seat, her whip creating a whooshing sound in the air, and the Unicorn Screaming Beast immediately roared and dashed ahead. The large carriage, despite its size and passenger load, moved smoothly without any delay.

Not only that, but the speed of the carriage did not seem slow at all. The only drawback was that it was a bit bumpy. Ning Cheng and his companions sat on the bumpy carriage, still able to see the scenery outside through the transparent windows.

All those sitting in the beast carriage were hardened individuals who had come through life-and-death struggles, with fierce and sharp eyes. At a glance, they knew Ning Cheng and An Yi had not experienced such killing, and aside from Feng Feizhang who still had a mind to help, the other three secretly sneered, thinking that Ning Cheng and An Yi were heading to the Mango Sea Area to find death.

"The honored couple must be Miao Xiuming and Tian Fei, right? I've long admired your reputations, and to sit in the same beast carriage with you today is also an honor for someone like me," Feng Feizhang said warmly, greeting the man and woman sitting opposite him with a fist and palm salute.

The man with a red scar on his face didn't expect that Feng Feizhang would recognize him, but he wasn't surprised. Even though his cultivation was low, he and his wife were ruthless in their actions, and when they worked together, they were not afraid of even the strongest Qi Gathering Early Stage practitioner. On the outskirts of the Mango Sea Area, they had gained some notoriety.

"Indeed, I am Miao Xiuming, and this is my beloved Tian…" Before the man with the red scar could finish speaking, he stared coldly at Ning Cheng and huffed. It was obvious that he was very displeased with Ning Cheng for having looked at his beloved.

Feng Feizhang noticed Ning Cheng's impoliteness and promptly coughed, snapping Ning Cheng back to reality. Ning Cheng, a bit embarrassed, gave a salute with his fist, but offered no explanation. He knew that this kind of situation was impossible to explain.

When he heard the woman opposite him called Tian Fei, Ning Cheng thought of Tian Muwan and for a moment, he was lost in thought. Although he was staring at Tian Fei, in truth, Tian Fei's image wasn't actually in his eyes at all.

Seeing that Ning Cheng did not continue to be disrespectful, Miao Xiuming refrained from making a scene. However, he had already marked Ning Cheng as someone he needed to teach a lesson. He deliberately glanced at An Yi, sitting next to Ning Cheng. Initially, An Yi, covered with a white cloth and dressed in an ordinary blue cloth robe, seemed unremarkable, and he hadn't paid any attention to her. But when Miao Xiuming took a closer look at An Yi, his heart suddenly ignited with fervor.

An Yi was too refined, ethereally beautiful like a celestial fairy. Sitting there quietly, she was like a white lotus flower, pure and translucent. He had seen many beautiful women before, but he had never encountered a woman as pure and serene as An Yi, who made his heart race non-stop.

This woman was truly too pure, Miao Xiuming secretly clenched his fist, determined to get her.

"Does Brother Miao know about the Golden Cicada Fruit?" Feng Feizhang hurriedly diverted the topic and actively inquired.

Hearing this, Miao Xiuming snapped back to reality, and immediately said, "Brother Feng means that someone brought out the Golden Cicada Fruit from Lan Sha Island in the Mango Sea Area?"

Feng Feizhang smiled and said, "Brother Miao indeed knows about this. If I could get a Golden Cicada Fruit, it would almost be equivalent to my entire life's effort selling myself in the Mango Sea Area."

Miao Xiuming seemed to have forgotten about Ning Cheng's impudence, and said indifferently, "Indeed, there have been people coming out from Lan Sha Island, and not just one person. I heard that those who formed teams to enter later never came out again. Besides, the Golden Cicada Fruit is not something we can touch. Even if one got a Golden Cicada Fruit, it would just hasten one's own death."

Feng Feizhang did not know that Miao Xiuming had set his sights on An Yi. He originally intended to distract Miao Xiuming from Ning Cheng, and now hearing Miao Xiuming's words, he agreed by nodding fervently, "True, even if we were to get the Golden Cicada Fruit and survive, we wouldn't be able to turn the fruit into a Gathering True Dan."

Ning Cheng recently studied spiritual grass and various types of their properties. He had heard of the Golden Cicada Fruit, a type of third-level spiritual root capable of crafting Gathering True Dan, which is used by cultivators at the ninth layer of Qi Gathering to advance to Condensing True. Feng Feizhang meant that ordinary cultivators, even if they got the Golden Cicada Fruit, couldn't craft it into a Gathering True Dan. Who would refine a Dan Medicine for a Qi Gathering cultivator?

In fact, Ning Cheng knew there was another layer to Feng Feizhang's words; not to mention the inability to craft a Condensing True Dan from the Golden Cicada Fruit, even if it could be crafted into such Dan Medicine, so what? They were only at the third layer of Qi Gathering, and the Condensing True Dan was meant for cultivators at the ninth layer, which was a far cry away.

The old man who had been closing his eyes and radiating killing intent suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Actually, Lan Sha Island isn't that frightening, as long as you have a certain formation, you can enter and exit safely. However, the chance to obtain a Golden Cicada Fruit inside is very slim."

"What?" The old man's words immediately attracted Feng Feizhang, Miao Xiuming, and Tian Fei. The three looked at the old man in disbelief.

An Yi was looking down, lost in her thoughts, and she did not even hear the conversation clearly. Although Ning Cheng heard it, he was not interested. Regardless of whether the old man's statement was true or false, even if it was true, getting the Golden Cicada Fruit would be of no use to him. Moreover, he was certain that the old man's words were not entirely truthful.

He also believed that Feng Feizhang and Miao Xiuming did not trust the old man's words, their surprise was merely because the old man's claim was too preposterous.

"You may think that my words are deceiving, but I can tell you clearly, there's not a half lie in what I said. It's easy to enter and exit Lan Sha Island, but obtaining a Golden Cicada Fruit requires immense fortune," the old man continued to say, with a trace of disdain in his tone.

Miao Xiuming couldn't help but ask, "Friend, if Lan Sha Island is so easy to enter and exit, why have so many cultivators who entered not been able to leave?"

"That's because they don't understand formations. Lan Sha Island is shrouded in sea mist, which actually forms a formation. Only on the fifteenth day of the month is it possible to enter the island, and only those who are proficient in that formation can do it. The reason I've been able to enter and leave Lan Sha Island several times is that I'm proficient in that formation," the old man said proudly, with a hint of disdain in his voice.

"Friend, you said you have been in and out of Lan Sha Island several times? The Lan Sha Island in the Mango Sea Area?" Feng Feizhang asked incredulously, starting to believe that the old man was perhaps not lying.

Upon hearing Feng Feizhang's words, the old man lost his previous disdain and said somewhat dejectedly, "Although I've entered and exited Lan Sha Island several times, I haven't gotten anything good. I've seen Golden Cicada Fruits but never obtained one, alas!"

"You've seen the Golden Cicada Fruit?" Feng Feizhang and Miao Xiuming asked almost simultaneously.