Chapter 128: Youth is always passionate

"Brother Ye, what you said is wrong." An abbot stepped in. "Our Baopu Temple is a famous and upright sect. The atmosphere in the temple is clear and upright. Kong Huan has a kind personality. How could there be any 'unclear' relationship between him and that demon cultivator? Don't slander him based on hearsay!"

Ye Guimu retorted. The two groups of people quarreled with each other. The disciples of Piaomiao Peak were drowsy after listening to the lecture, except Ning Mingmei and Gui Ruoxue who were paying full attention.

It turns out that this is roughly what happened.

Many years ago, Ye Guimu was traveling and met Kong Huan by chance. The two of them stayed together in a mountain villa. There happened to be a wedding going on at the villa. However, on the wedding day, the groom and his relatives started to go crazy and bite people, and a wedding banquet turned into a funeral.

The two found the culprit on the mountain behind the villa - it was the evil cult demon Rong Qi. Rong Qi committed such a serious crime, but he was still complacent, and his words revealed that he and Kong Huan were old acquaintances - even though Kong Huan kept frowning and said nothing. At the same time, Ye Guimu recognized Rong Qi as the murderer who caused his sister to be poisoned and his dantian to be destroyed.

The two men started fighting after a disagreement. Rong Qi spoke rudely, and Ye Guimu was extremely angry. He tried every move to kill the demon cult monster - until Rong Qi was knocked off the cliff, and Kong Huan, who had been silent all the time, actually jumped down to save him.

Ye Guimu had no choice but to follow the two men down the mountain. It would be best if Rong Qi died, but Kong Huan was a disciple of Baopu Temple after all, and the famous and righteous people should take care of each other. At the foot of the cliff, Ye Guimu spent several days to find the two people, but discovered that Kong Huan had actually healed Rong Qi's injuries.

"Take him back to Baopu Temple and deal with him? How do I know you are not in cahoots with each other?"

In Ye Guimu's eyes, this is tantamount to sheltering someone. Ye Guimu was furious. He wanted to kill Rong Qi again, but was stopped by Kong Huan. Rong Qi took this opportunity to break free from the ropes and escape.

Kong Huan and Rong Qi seemed to have known each other earlier. Rong Qi behaved in a eccentric and lonely manner, but he never hurt Kong Huan at all. Ye Guimu even saw him smilingly breaking off willow leaves for Kong Huan to play the flute. Therefore, in Ye Guimu's eyes, these two people were in cahoots with each other.

Ning Mingmei heard that there seemed to be a hidden story behind Rong Qi's poisoning. But everyone was too aggressive and just wanted the antidote, so they preconceivedly pinned today's events on Rong Qi and the Demonic Realm.

"I've known for a long time that the evil spirits in the demon world are not dead yet!" Someone said, "Is there a way to find Rong Qi and make him hand over the antidote?"

"His parents were killed by the monsters from the Demon Realm, and now he's even having an unclear relationship with the people from the Demon Sect." Some people even accused Kong Huan.

"Since you are familiar with the demon, you must have a way to contact him. If you can lure him out, we will forgive your past actions!"

"Yes, try to trick him out. As long as he comes, we can always find a way to dig something out of his mouth!"

"The clues are not clear yet, but you are already convicting people." Ning Mingmei said.

His voice was so soft that only Gui Ruoxue could hear it. Gui Ruoxue glanced at him, and thought of her past when she was tried, feeling an indescribable feeling in her heart.

But soon he discovered something else.

Qi Miancheng was also looking at Ning Mingmei. When Ning Mingmei said that, his eyes flashed with an ambiguous meaning.

As if he had experienced this before.

At this time, Gui Ruoxue's eyes actually met Qi Miancheng's. Qi Miancheng looked at him, smiled, and made a mouth shape with his thin lips.

At that moment, Gui Ruoxue was struck by lightning.

The hall was in an uproar. Only the abbot of Baopu Temple said kindly, "Kong Huan, what do you think?"

Amidst the excitement, Kong Huan actually knelt down and kowtowed to the abbot.

"Rong Qi saved my life twice. I promised that I would make him give up his evil ways and return to goodness, but the matter is not clear yet, and it may not be Rong Qi's doing. Moreover, if we deceive him and force him to confess as the elders said, what is the difference between us and the demon world? From now on, how can we still call ourselves a reputable and upright sect, claiming to be impartial and selfless, and keep saying that they are evil and want them to give up their evil ways and promote goodness?"

Although Kong Huan's voice was small, his last few words were powerful. He held his head high, his posture stubborn.

It was clear that he believed in light... or procedural justice more than anyone else here.

The crowd was silent for only a moment. Soon, someone else started trouble again.

"What do you mean by that? What's your intention in comparing us to the people of the Demon Sect?"

"I think it was Rong Qi who did it. The Demon Realm has been so busy lately, it's not in his nature for him not to do something."

"I heard before that someone opened the seal and the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm returned... Could this rumor be true? Who opened the seal? Why is there no clue at all?"

"Where was the seal supposed to be?"

It would be bad if we continue talking about this. You know, Ning Mingmei's matter is involved in the lifting of the seal.

"Everyone, please be patient. Please listen to me."

Amid the clamor, a simple sentence should have been drowned out by the noise. But the voice of the person who spoke was clear and cold, he was calm and composed, and had an absolute certainty and confidence.

Man is a thinking reed - this sentence also means that people tend to sway with the wind and question themselves.

Therefore, when a person speaks with absolute confidence, it attracts attention whether her/his words are right or wrong.

The first person to speak among the crowd was Ning Mingmei. He sat in a corner of the hall, but he did not seem cramped, but calm and composed: "I have a few things about the incident at Qingxia Villa that I would like to confirm with Monk Ye."

Ye Guimu saw the eighteen disciples of Piaomiao Peak around Ning Mingmei showing familiar expressions of mourning, and he just frowned and said, "Please speak."

The sword-wielding elder of the Qingji Sect looked at Qing Leng and found him unreliable. But he didn't expect that the sword-wielding elder would actually speak.

Ning Mingmei began to chant.

"Just now you mentioned that the groom of Qingxia Villa was poisoned and lost his mind, biting people everywhere. Were the people bitten by him also infected?"

Ye Guimu said: "This... is not the case."

"The people poisoned at Qingxia Villa include the groom and his blood relatives. Are all blood relatives included, or are there omissions? What is the definition of the concentration of blood relatives? In addition, are there any non-blood relatives who have been infected?"

Ye Guimu said: "This... I don't know."

"What are the symptoms of their biting? How do they bite? Do their nails change? When is the peak of energy after the onset of the disease?"

Ning Mingmei asked a series of questions. Not only Ye Guimu, the entire hall was silent.

I'm sorry, Brother Ye, I'm taking away your right to speak.

Ning Mingmei then put his hand back on the armrest of the chair: "Therefore, we can see that the 'poison' that the disciples of Qingji Sect were infected with today and the poison that everyone in Qingxia Villa was infected with at that time only have one general 'symptom' in common. From the perspective of feature point recognition, they cannot be classified as the same at all - the infectiousness alone is already a world of difference."

Several of the most aggressive questioners were now speechless. Only Qi Miancheng said: "I wonder what Junior Brother thinks of this disease?"

Ning Mingmei said under everyone's gaze, "Three-pronged approach."

First of all, the disciples who have been poisoned must be taken away and kept in the medical room.

Secondly, starting from the transmission mechanism of the "virus", we study ways to block the "transmission" and provide treatment for patients.

Finally, look for the people in the casino who initially spread the "virus" and find clues about the "poison" from them.

Ning Mingmei proposed a plan and Qi Miancheng made the final decision. All the elders who had knowledge of medicine, drugs, and poisons went to the doctor's room.

Ning Mingmei suddenly asked at this moment: "I wonder if there is an elder here who knows about biological... animal taming?"

Several elders from one of the sects stood up and said, "Yes."

The 21st century is the century of biology. At this moment, the biological sects in the world of immortal cultivation also have very 21st century characteristics. For example, they look poor.

Especially since they were sitting near the glittering Yinbing Pavilion. Anyway, just like the world of immortal cultivation is not the world of talisman cultivators, the 21st century cannot be the century of programmers.

Ning Mingmei asked them to go and see the situation as well. The elders were confused, but went anyway.

At this moment, no one wanted to oppose Ning Mingmei.

Because Ning Mingmei looks... indeed very confident. People will be unconsciously carried away in front of confident people.

Gui Ruoxue huddled in a corner, relying only on the veil to eliminate her presence.

The noise outside Tiantai Peak finally faded away. A disciple came in to report. After hearing this, Qi Miancheng said, "Ninety percent of the sick disciples have been controlled. Now you can all go back."

The mood of watching the competition was swept away. Everyone left the hall one after another. When Ning Mingmei looked over, he found Kong Huan was still kneeling on the ground.

No one woke him up.

"He claims to be upright, but in fact he is just protecting the evil cult's evildoers? I don't believe that he is as upright and innocent as he says." Someone spat at him as he passed by.

"I didn't believe it just now, but now it seems that this Kong Huan might really be someone from the demon world..." said another person.

But someone pulled the man's sleeve and told him to shut up. At that moment, Ning Mingmei saw a glimmer of hope in Kong Huan's eyes.

But the man's words quickly shattered his fantasy.

"Shen Yan, the matter has not been resolved yet. If we need Rong Qi to be present, then we will have to ask him to help trick Rong Qi over..."

Several people went there together. Everyone is like this.

On the other side, Ye Guimu looked at Kong Huan, pursed his lips tightly, and did not add insult to injury.

Kong Huan was isolated and he didn't look happy. After a long while, when everyone had left, he came to Kong Huan and said, "Everyone has left. Who are you kneeling here for?"

Before Kong Huan could stand up, he was gone.

Kong Huan then slowly stood up and left at the instruction of his fellow disciples. Ning Mingmei heard someone from Baopu Temple sigh: "Because his parents were killed by the Demon Cult, Kong Huan has always been a very good child. How could such a good child become like this now..."

Has it changed? Maybe Kong Huan has not changed.

Everyone left, except Ning Mingmei, who was stopped by Qi Miancheng and stayed.

It is summer now, and there are no white plum blossoms on Tiantai Peak. Ning Mingmei followed Qi Miancheng into his study.

Ning Mingmei asked, "Brother, is it really okay for me to leave Miss Xue outside?"

"No one dares to bully him on Tiantai Peak." Qi Miancheng said.

Ning Mingmei then sat down with peace of mind. As soon as he sat down, Ning Mingmei said, "Brother, this is an emergency. You must handle it well and as quickly as possible."

Qi Miancheng smiled and said, "Did it delay my junior brother from selling his goods?"

"No way." Ning Mingmei didn't even blink, "I'm just considering the future of Qingji Sect."

You can't spit out ivory from a cat's mouth. The list of candidates for tomorrow's competition came out. Qi Miancheng lowered his head to flip through a book. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Ning Mingmei leisurely changing his cushion to a softer one.

Ning Mingmei is quite good at accommodating guests.

"I'm afraid it's also for your Miss Xue's sake?" Qi Miancheng turned a page and said, "Junior brother, did you notice? Just now in the hall, Xu Changze was staring at you and your Miss Xue."

Ning Mingmei said, "Looking around everywhere is not a sign of male morality. Xu Changze probably thinks we are a perfect match."

"A perfect match made in heaven? I think my junior brother and I are the perfect match made in heaven." Qi Miancheng said.

Ning Mingmei: "This joke is not funny."

"Let's not talk about this. How is the bet between Junior Brother and Junior Brother Fang going now? Did Junior Brother expect to lose to Gui Taoran?"

Qi Miancheng readily found a way out for himself. Ning Mingmei said: "One game is nothing."

"At this time tomorrow, Junior Brother's Wen Siheng will compete with Junior Brother Fang's direct disciple." Qi Miancheng said, "This match is not easy to play... Junior Brother, what are you going to do?"

Tiantai Peak is the leader peak, and Qi Miancheng is the leader of Qi. Ning Mingmei felt, however, that at this moment, the two of them sitting in the headmaster's study looked like two evil villains with beastly hearts colluding with each other to have an affair.

The topic of discussion was their common fellow disciple, the Tianlong Fang Wuyu.

Ning Mingmei then leaned back and said casually, "It's not that good, let's just fight."

Qi Miancheng: "Hmm... Is that so? If I were you, I would take this opportunity to assassinate Fang Wuyu. There are always more ways to assassinate an enemy than to advance yourself."

Ning Mingmei said: "Brother, what you said doesn't sound like what the headmaster would say. Brother, you changed out of your white clothes today, and even the way you speak has changed?"

Qi Miancheng said: "But Junior Brother needs to win, doesn't he? As long as you can win, there is nothing wrong with taking the quickest way. What's more, it was Junior Brother Fang who started this dispute first, so you have a legitimate reason."

Even weirder. Ning Mingmei leaned to the side and said, "Senior Brother, Fang Wuyu is also your junior fellow apprentice."

Qi Miancheng: “Yeah.”

Ning Mingmei: "I am still your second in command. I respect you very much."

Qi Miancheng: "Um...oh."

"What I mean is, Brother, as the head of the sect, it is extremely inappropriate for you to discuss how to assassinate him in front of me. It is also very inconsistent with your usual immortal personality." Ning Mingmei said.

"Junior brother." Qi Miancheng looked at him without blinking, but with a smile on his lips, "You are resisting me."

Being stared at in such a way, Ning Mingmei was silent for a while, and said: "Brother, you can't say that anymore."

Qi Miancheng sighed softly and closed the book as if he was very sorry: "Is that so? It seems that Junior Brother wants to win a fair victory. Just like today, Junior Brother allowed Gui Taoran to have that little 'accident'... That's it, since Junior Brother doesn't want this, I won't bother him anymore."

Ning Mingmei stood up quickly, as if he had wanted to leave for a long time. Before leaving, Qi Miancheng suddenly said, "Junior brother, if you need help, feel free to come to me."

"I'll be here anytime in these ten years."

Ning Mingmei said nothing. Until he walked out of the yard, he looked at the sky, as if he had sensed something, and blocked the sunlight with his hands.

"It doesn't matter." Ning Mingmei said, "Young people are always passionate, and mentors always win."

At this moment, the patients in Qingji Sect were roaring, and inside the forbidden area, the magic sword was faintly flashing.

There is also the decisive match that will take place tomorrow.