Chapter 254: Ning Lao's Inner Demon

As if sensing Feng Tianning and Director Cai's confusion, Mr. Mao sighed and continued:

"Lao Ning lived a life worthy of heaven and earth. The only person he felt sorry for was the person in his hometown."

"People from my hometown?"

Director Cai and Feng Tianning both pricked up their ears, afraid of missing out on this shocking news.

"Lao Ning accidentally said this when we were drinking together."

Old Ning was not originally a cultivator, and his family was just an ordinary rural family.

He has lived in a village in the mountains since he was a child, herding cattle and cutting grass day after day.

His name was not Ning Shao before, but Ning Yaozu.

He was one of the few boys in their village who had received an education.

"Ning Yaozu?"

Feng Tianning subconsciously repeated these three words, and could already imagine what status Old Ning had held in the family in the past.

"Just like his name, he is the hope of the Ning family."

Mr. Mao sighed and continued:

"But few people remember that he actually has an older sister - Ning Zhaodi."

Feng Tianning and Director Cai nodded in understanding. Just by hearing the name, they knew that Old Ning’s sister was probably the kind of girl who was sucked dry by her family.

Hearing their words, Mao Lao shook his head and said:

"Her family treated Ning Zhaodi very badly, forcing her to do all the dirty and tiring work."

"even……"

"On the day Old Ning came of age, their parents wanted to give Ning Zhaodi to Old Ning as a gift. They said they were afraid that the woman they bought would pollute the Ning family's genes."

Director Cai said speechlessly:

"Does the Ning family have any throne to inherit?"

"And the genes... I think their parents have problems with their brains too."

Feng Tianning nodded in agreement and said:

"So he... agreed?"

Mr. Mao shook his head:

"He didn't. On the night that Old Ning came of age, he pretended to obey his parents' arrangements, but in fact he ran away with Ning Zhaodi."

"Lao Ning and his sister have always had a good relationship. He would save his own food and quietly give it to his sister who couldn't even get enough to eat."

"He would memorize everything he read in school word for word just to tell his sister."

Feng Tianning nodded in appreciation. It seemed that Mr. Ning did not disappoint her expectations and was an upright and good man.

Mr. Mao didn't pay attention to the expressions on their faces. He coughed lightly and continued:

"He originally wanted to take his sister and escape from the mountains, but the mountains were so high that there was no way for two young adults like them to escape."

There was a hint of pity on Mr. Mao's face.

"Lao Ning and his sister had no choice but to rest for a night in a mountain temple, a place the villagers avoided, planning to continue their run the next day. But they never expected that night to be the night that changed their destiny."

Feng Tianning's eyebrows twitched, and he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

"What happened that day?"

"After Lao Ning and his sister went to sleep in the mountain temple, he kept hearing someone talking to him, as if trying to tempt him to do something."

"Just when he was desperately trying to wake up, Lao Ning realized that his neck seemed to be strangled. He wanted to break free but he had no strength."

"Just when he was about to die, a force came out of nowhere, controlled his hands, and beat the man who was strangling him to death."

Feng Tianning's eyes flashed:

"Drawing Qi into the body?"

Mr. Mao was stunned for a moment, then nodded in sudden realization and said:

"That's right, it's about drawing the Qi into the body."

"He drew Qi into his body at the critical moment of life and death, and that's when he embarked on the path of cultivation."

Director Cai frowned and said:

"Since Elder Ning has already drawn Qi into his body, shouldn't it be easy for him to escape with his sister?"

"What does he have to feel guilty about?"

Director Cai was a little confused. The information of China's six earthly immortals was kept in the special case team, but he had never heard that Mr. Ning had a sister.

He didn't even know who Mr. Ning's family was.

Mr. Mao sighed and continued:

"But just when he thought he was saved and just regained consciousness, he found Ning Zhaodi pinned to the ground, her neck covered in purple-red marks."

"It was then that Lao Ning realized that he had killed his beloved sister with his own hands."

Feng Tianning was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief:

"Why?"

Although she asked, she could actually guess a little bit in her heart.

The tempting voice in Ning Lao's ear might be an evil spirit hiding in the mountain temple.

He originally wanted to let them kill each other, but unexpectedly, he allowed Old Ning to draw Qi into his body.

The evil spirit probably didn't expect that Ning Zhaodi would give up resistance when her brother wanted to kill her, which prevented the two of them from killing each other.

"What happened next?" Director Cai's voice became a little hoarse.

Mr. Mao smiled bitterly:

"Later, it was Old Ning who entered the world of cultivation and made his mark here."

"He is extremely talented. Although he only began formal cultivation at the age of eighteen, he entered the Spiritual Transformation Realm in less than thirty years, and ascended to the Earthly Immortal Realm at the age of eighty."

Although the years that Mr. Mao mentioned are long, eighty years is just a blink of an eye for an earthly immortal.

Putting aside the cultivation monsters like Feng Tianning, the cultivation speed of someone like Old Ning is already one of the best geniuses in the world of cultivation.

Director Cai frowned:

"So the barrier in Mr. Ning's heart is actually his sister who was killed?"

Mr. Mao nodded and looked at Mr. Ning helplessly:

"He said he couldn't get over this, so he never married and wanted the Ning family to have no descendants."

"I don't know if this is a punishment for his parents or a punishment for himself."

After hearing what Mr. Mao said, Director Cai also fell silent.

After a long while, Feng Tianning slowly said:

"So it's impossible to find the person who caused his inner demons?"

Mr. Mao nodded and said:

"His sister is dead, and his parents are long gone."

"Old Ning is now truly alone."

He looked at Feng Tianning pleadingly:

"Inspector Feng, Lao Ning has suffered a lot in his life. Please save him!"

Feng Tianning's eyes fell on the dark-faced Ning Lao, and after a long while he spoke:

"Is he suffering?"

"ah?"

Mr. Mao was a little confused by Feng Tianning's sudden question.

"He has been the center of attention since he was young, and his sister has been responsible for everything for him."

"After he turned eighteen, although his sister died, he turned a disaster into a blessing and became a genius in the world of cultivation, admired and admired by everyone."

Feng Tianning said seriously:

"In fact, Ning Shao has never suffered any hardship in his life. He just feels a little guilty."

"But his sister was only a teenager when she died in the mountain temple that everyone avoided."

"Ning Shao, he's not suffering."

After Feng Tianning finished speaking, Mr. Mao also fell silent.

Finally, Director Cai came out to smooth things over:

"Tian Ning, let's talk about these things later. Let's think of a way to save Old Ning first."