Chapter 237 Farewell

"Sad?" Ning Mingmei repeated.

"Yes." Qi Miancheng said.

He kept holding Ning Mingmei's cheek with his left hand, while his right hand fingers roamed over his face.

"You don't hate..." Qi Miancheng brushed Ning Mingmei's pointed eyebrows with his fingers, and his tone was like muttering to himself, "Because in your eyes, the cycle of things in the world is logical."

"You're not angry either." Qi Miancheng's fingers brushed across his nose, "Because you know that everyone has their own stance. If you were in their shoes, perhaps everyone would make a corresponding choice."

"To the outside world, you are simply a machine. You use all your rationality to digest them. You don't approve of them, but you accept them and use their rules to change them. Things in the outside world cannot affect you. For any bad things or any abnormalities, you can always tell yourself that this is in line with the principles of the outside world, and you don't need to understand those principles. You just need to use them to do what you want to do. You won't be angry with them, and you won't hate them..."

“But you feel sad.”

"You feel sad for yourself, for the world you can't see, for the dreams you can't realize, and for having to use the rules."

……No.

No.

Ning Mingmei took a step forward. He walked through the dusty corridor, through the gloomy and cold campus, and headed forward.

He turned his back to the darkness and the sorrow behind him, pushed up his glasses, and walked quickly.

"Being sad is useless." Ning Mingmei said, "Being sad will only slow myself down. It won't become any motivation from the outside world. Nothing will change because of my sadness."

"If you stay where you are, you can only continue to accept the reality of where you are."

"I will keep moving forward."

"What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger. *Even if it requires dances with wolves."

“If only those who are ‘that’ strong can stand out, I will become someone who is ‘that’ stronger than ‘that’ and then laugh at them!”

Ning Mingmei closed his eyes. The dark red blood receded from his face, replaced by a warm, light golden glow. Spiritual energy flowed freely in his body, turbid air was discharged through his meridians, and even his cut hair began to grow again.

He broke through completely and cleanly.

From today on, Ning Mingmei is already a cultivator in the Void Refinement Stage.

"So, do you still choose to throw those things away and move forward quickly? Because if you stay where you are, everything will remain the same, so you have to move fast enough, the faster the better." Qi Miancheng said softly, "No matter what is ahead is reality or ideal, you have to move forward quickly?"

"... Ning Mingmei, what kind of world did you live in in the past? You are stronger than I thought. If you were here, maybe I could get the answer I always wanted. But..." Qi Miancheng said, "Being sad is not useless."

"For example, right now, I am also feeling very unhappy. If I knew who your enemy is, I would also help you."

"But it's a pity. They and you don't seem to be from this world. And now I..." Qi Miancheng saw the crowd rushing over from afar, "It's time for me to die."

Qi Miancheng fell to the side and died again.

The heavenly calamity dissipated. Bai Ruoru, Fang Wuyu and Yin Xisheng had already hurriedly flown to the top of the mountain. Bai Ruoru pounced on the unconscious Ning Mingmei. After seeing Ning Mingmei, Yin Xisheng saw Qi Miancheng. He was busy taking Ning Mingmei's pulse and glanced at Fang Wuyu, motioning him to put a piece of clothing on Qi Miancheng.

Then Fang Wuyu was seen looking at the two of them, and he looked like he was about to choke up again.

Yin Xisheng: ...

"It turns out that he has already made up his mind." Fang Wuyu whispered, "If we can't live together, we will die together on the same day!"

Yin Xisheng:?

Fang Wuyu: "They are fellow apprentices, but what about me? Who am I?"

Wake up, you are also a fellow disciple. And I understand the logic, so why is Qi Miancheng not wearing any clothes?

Yin Xisheng, who had been fighting openly and secretly with Qi Miancheng for many years, felt like he was going blind. He glanced at Ning Mingmei who was wearing clothes and felt that he was actually not inferior to Qi Miancheng.

Ning Mingmei's breakthrough to the Void Refining Stage was a small step for Ning Mingmei, but a big step for the entire world of immortal cultivation. This symbolizes that after Qi Miancheng and Yin Xisheng, another person from the new generation of Qingji Sect has broken through to the Refining Void Stage. The comprehensive strength of the Qingji Sect has been demonstrated, and the results of the Qingji Sect's many years of teaching reform have been achieved in three stages. The news of Ning Mingmei's breakthrough will be on the headlines of the school website and will also be pinned on the top of Fei Si Book for seven days, allowing the entire world of immortal cultivation to participate in the celebration.

Fang Wu Yu was responsible for dragging Qi Miancheng back into the coffin. Bai Ruoru held Ning Mingmei in her arms and walked out of the tribulation site solemnly. Outside the venue, the media were armed with cameras and Ning Mingmei's close friends had already gathered in the inner circle.

Lian Chengyue waited for Ning Mingmei to come out. After seeing that Ning Mingmei was safe and sound, he finally felt relieved.

Together with everyone from Piaomiao Peak, he escorted Ning Mingmei to Ning Mingmei's bedroom. In the bedroom, after checking the surroundings, Lian Chengyue heard Wen Siheng say, "Now that the people closest to Master are here, he will definitely wake up soon."

The person closest to me... Lian Chengyue thought of a figure in his mind and frowned.

"He's not here at this time." Lian Chengyue whispered, "How unfilial."

Ren Miao heard it with his sharp ears and asked him, "Ayue, who are you talking about?"

Ren Miao didn’t even know... Lian Chengyue was surprised, but also a little happy. He thought to himself, no, that's impossible. How could I tell you something that Immortal Ning doesn't want outsiders to know?

He will keep all of Immortal Ning's secrets well.

"Nothing." Lian Chengyue said.

He turned his head to look to the side, and the wind blew up the ponytail he had tied behind him. Ren Miao looked at the boy and smiled, "Ayue has grown up and has something on her mind now!"

Lian Chengyue: ...

No need to remind me that you are about to take part in the Jindan defense while I am still in the foundation-building stage!

Ren Miao asked again: "Ayue, are you still in the outer sect now? After you pass the entrance exam to the inner sect, where do you want to go?"

Lian Chengyue wrinkled her nose and said with a little reserve: "Ning Xianzun said that he would give me extra points."

Ren Miao was pleasantly surprised: "Really? Congratulations."

Lian Chengyue finally revealed a proud smile. He looked at the moon outside the window and thought that tomorrow would be a good day.

Qi Miancheng is already dead. As long as he is strong enough, he will be Ning Mingmei's most useful disciple in his future life.

In the bedroom where Lian Chengyue couldn't see, Ning Mingmei slowly woke up and opened his eyes.

He did not go to see any of the disciples, but put on his outer robe and walked alone towards the patio in the bedroom. He put a few chairs in the patio, saying they were for watching the moon. But Ning Mingmei seldom comes here except when he is talking with others or discussing business.

He leaned back in his chair, holding his pipe in his hand, and looked at the sky. The external cannon on his body hung down on the ground, and finally, he exhaled a long, mysterious breath towards the sky.

Suddenly, he smiled: "Sad?"

After a moment, the eyes behind the lenses half-closed: "Say I'm sad..."

"Please put on some clothes next time, Qi Mian Cheng."

"Or is it someone from the original world who has been reborn once?"

…

Ning Mingmei regained consciousness after surviving the catastrophe, and the entire immortal world sent congratulatory messages. The gifts sent by various peaks and sects filled up the mountain gate of Qingji Sect, and Wen Siheng and others had to carry the things upstairs several times a day. Meetings to celebrate Ning Mingmei's ordeal were held one after another. There were many hot searches about Ning Mingmei on Fei Si Bu. When Ning Mingmei was promoted to the next level, his mailbox was flooded with emails.

Ning Mingmei was also invited to all major conferences throughout the day. All-inclusive accommodation, travel and luxury cars. Because Ning Mingmei's existence is a symbol of authority in a meeting.

This is just like the raging fire and the blooming flowers. This was the reaction after Ning Mingmei strongly requested to "keep a low profile", because at this moment, the Guyue Peak was shrouded in gloomy clouds.

The same is true on the northern border.

"We will wait for Master to come back." Xiang Wuxing's first disciple said, "Master will definitely come back. Men from the north never break their promises."

He took charge of all the affairs of Guyue Peak - just like Qi Miancheng's first disciple. They worked just as hard, even though the elders in the Senate were watching them closely.

But Gu Yuefeng’s hatred for the Council of Elders was even greater and more bizarre. Here’s what they said:

"The great elders are obviously stronger than my master, but they stay in the blessed land, only focusing on their own cultivation, and never willing to go to the north." The disciples said, "If they were willing to go to the north, things would not have turned out like this."

Some people also said: "It is enough to take care of your own sect. What does the northern affairs have to do with Qingji Sect?"

No matter how heated the discussion is, the current situation in the North is already like this - after losing Xiang Wuxing, the door to a corner of the North is wide open. The demon world has become even more powerful with the help of the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons. They burn, kill and plunder in the immortal world and the human world. The death of the monks in the immortal world and the human world will provide them with strength.

Compared with the fairy world, the damage in the human world is even more severe. They do not have enough power to fight against the monks from the Demon Realm, and their blood and energy will become the nourishment for the monks from the Demon Realm to become stronger. The demon world hates these weaklings who have the advantage of time and place. Therefore, village and town massacres were not uncommon, with rivers of blood flowing everywhere.

Even though the ghost world was busy with internal strife and did not formally join the battle. This is enough to turn the world into hell.

At this moment, while Ning Mingmei was wandering around in many banquets and toasting each other, a volunteer team appeared from the Qingji Sect.

They are composed of countless young monks. They are not doing it for credits, fame or fortune, or for the honors bestowed by Gongshantang.

They just want to go.

Bai Ruoru agreed to their request despite everyone's objections. In just one month, the once stunningly beautiful woman had become emaciated. But her sunken eyes were bright. She opened her own private storehouse and Xiang Wuxing's private storehouse, provided them with the best equipment, and summoned several elders to lead them into battle.

The Supreme Elder strongly opposed this. Especially Wukong. He said: "You can't let them die just because you want to save Xiang Wuxing and satisfy your own selfish desires..."

In the past, Bai Ruoru would always reply with a few words to reveal her true purpose. But now, Wukong found that Bai Ruoru was just looking at him calmly with cold eyes.

"Why don't you say anything?" he said unconsciously.

"Because I finally know that no matter how much you say some things, some people will not understand." Bai Ruoru said, "Summer insects cannot talk about ice. How can people who only have selfish desires in their hearts believe in the great love of others."

Master Wukong became furious. Unfortunately, Yin Xisheng, Fang Wuyu and others were standing firmly behind Bai Ruoru. Even though he threatened and tempted them many times, the two remained unmoved.

What's more, there is someone behind Bai Ruoru who they absolutely cannot defeat.

Ning Mingmei hiding in the shadows.

It was Ning Mingmei who made the younger generation of monks form a strong rope centered on the same chain of interests. Even though he tried to contact the supreme elder of Yanyun Tower, he failed because of Lu Mengqing's stubbornness.

Eight months later, Ning Mingmei held Piaomiao Peak’s first graduation defense at Piaomiao Peak. In addition to the fourteen disciples who participated in the defense, other guests present included other disciples from various departments of Piao Miao Peak, and students from the Piao Miao Peak preparatory class. Lian Chengyue is repeating a grade and cannot participate. But Ren Miao came and began to learn the skills of defense.

Wen Siheng, Lin Heting and others have completed their graduation projects. Some of them chose to work in Qingji Sect, and some chose other places - for example, Lao Qi, who fulfilled his long-cherished wish to work in the Daxian City system and became one of the first selected students of Qingji Sect. Some people did not choose to work, such as Wen Siheng who joined the army, and Lao Ba who was about to go to Yinbing Pavilion to continue his studies (but his hometown was still in Piaomiao Peak).

Generally speaking, it did not deviate too much from Ning Mingmei's expectations for their career direction. There are still people in charge of every direction Ning Mingmei needs.

But the only thing these disciples had in common was that they were all scolded badly during their graduation defenses, and began to reflect deeply on what the hell they had defended.

Every disciple cried after the defense. Bai Bugui, who was ranked in the top 15 but the only one who did not participate in the defense, also cried - as an international student, his life was always more difficult than that of other disciples. But the fact that he could still stay in Piaomiao Peak was enough for him to be content. Currently, his biggest goal is to get more cheap cosmetics during the 618 flash sales so that he can resell them to the demon world at a low price. Now, not only the fox demons are looking for Bai Bugui to purchase products on their behalf, but the entire demon world has begun to look for Bai Bugui to purchase products on their behalf. Therefore, the demon world rarely condemned the demon world's aggressive behavior - although it condemned it, it did not help.

Another month later, Piaomiao Peak held a graduation ceremony. Ning Mingmei personally selected the tassels for the fourteen disciples. All the disciples stood on the stage, holding their graduation certificates, their eyes red.

Ning Mingmei only had one thing to say about this: "Why are your eyes red? Do you deserve to be scolded again?"

The fourteen disciples shook their heads frantically.

From today on, you will enter the society, like a drop in the ocean - Ning Mingmei does not have the elegance to give a summary speech to them. He handed the matter over to Bai Ruoru. After the ceremony, Ning Mingmei yawned and went back to his office building in a lack of interest.

Then he was stopped by Wen Siheng and others.

"Aren't you going to set off tonight?" Ning Mingmei said without even raising his eyelids, "Your volunteer team."

The volunteer team includes Duan Ying, Wen Siheng, Mu Hanshan, Lao Wu, Lao Shi, Lao Eleven... and even Jiang Yu who has not been seen for many years. These four girls and boys, each with their own personality, finally got to rush to the battlefield that belonged to them as they wished.

"Before that, we prepared a thank-you banquet for Master." Wen Siheng said, "Everyone in the laboratory shared the money equally to host it for Master, and also bought Master's favorite tea and wine..."

Ning Mingmei's comment on this was: "You have finally learned how to let your junior schoolmates share the cost of the teacher's farewell banquet..."

A group of people also prepared their own gifts. Wen Siheng gave a box of writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, Duan Ying gave a beautiful jade pendant, Mu Hanshan gave a sword rest he made himself, Jiang Yu gave rattan handicrafts, Lin Heting gave a lot of precious fabrics...even Ye Xuefei gave a lot of red flowers. She also emphasized: "Rotten Tomatoes color."

God knows what kind of psychological trauma that experience in the ghost world has left on this girl.

Ning Mingmei accepted all of it with a smile, and followed everyone to the teacher appreciation banquet. In the middle of the teacher appreciation banquet, Ning Mingmei accepted round after round of toasts. He asked Lin Heting to organize others to play drinking games, while he brought the disciples who joined the volunteer team heading north to the balcony.

Ning Mingmei put his hands on the railing. He looked at the sunset outside the window and said to his disciples, "You should all be aware of the preferential policies for joining the volunteer team."

Some nodded, some looked confused. Ning Mingmei said, "Don't know? Then I will be merciful and tell you again."

He looked at the sunset and recited one by one the policies that he knew by heart.

Those were the policies that he, Bai Ruoru, Yin Xisheng and Fang Wuyu worked on together late into the night.

At that time, Yin Xisheng was writing, and he and Bai Ruoru were talking. Fang Wu Yu would interject from time to time, and complain that the lights were not bright enough, so he asked his disciples to bring in a few more.

Ning Mingmei then said: "The most shining person in this world is still Senior Brother Qi."

Of course not. If you apply 100,000 volts of electricity, it will almost turn into light.

…

"When you come back, you will have the right to change your major at will." Ning Mingmei said, "And you will get a lot of extra credits, dormitories, and food benefits. Keep your word."

"That's great, Master." Wen Siheng smiled.

"Come back first and talk about it later." Ning Mingmei said impatiently, "What do you think? You two are all disobedient."

Others want to enter the Qingji Sect, but they can’t. But when graduates graduate, they just want to leave.

"Master, we're going because you taught us so well," Wen Siheng said. "You've never asked us to do anything that goes against our conscience."

"Since we are the most outstanding and youngest group of monks, we should go to where we are most needed."

Ning Mingmei waved his hand and told them to get lost: "Leave as soon as you graduate. Stop wasting my time here."

Ning Mingmei drove away all the disciples and returned to the hall alone. In the hall, several disciples got drunk and started to act crazy, imitating the way they did during the group meeting. Lin Heting also drank a lot of wine. His face was pale from drinking, but today it was completely pale—it was all from the foundation. In order to avoid dark circles under his eyes in his graduation photo, Lin Heting tried his best to conceal his blemishes today. He also climbed up and said goodbye to Ning Mingmei. Ning Mingmei looked at him and said coldly, "Why are you saying goodbye? From today on, you will still be working under me."

Lin Heting: "Master——"

Ning Mingmei: "Why call me Master? From today on, you are my employee. I treat my employees differently from my disciples. This is society."

There is also Gui Taoran, who will be running between Qingji Sect and Minghua Valley from now on, and the sixth brother who is in charge of real estate, the ninth brother who is in charge of factory management, the tenth, twelfth and fifteenth brothers who will continue to study academic subjects, and the fourteenth brother who will start to engage in administration... The future of Qingji Sect is bright.

As for Old Thirteen and Old Seven who were out looking for jobs, Ning Mingmei told them to get out as soon as possible and remember to expand the influence of the Piaomiao Peak School to the entire world of immortal cultivation.

Finally, the banquet ended and the table was in a mess. The disciples going to the front line gathered at Tiantai Peak and left. Two disciples who left the sect to find jobs also left. The disciples who remained in the sect were also dragged back to their rooms by Lin Heting.

“Master…” someone muttered incoherently.

He looked into the room and found that Ning Mingmei had left.

Ning Mingmei sat back in the pavilion at the top of Piaomiao Peak. On the first day of his time travel, he looked down at the square on the ground. Eighteen unfortunate guys in white clothes and holding swords had been freezing there for half an hour just to see him. Now, only four of the eighteen unlucky guys have not graduated yet. Piaomiao Peak also changed from an ice cave to a prosperous and lively place.

The only thing that remains unchanged is the setting sun shining on the mountains.

He sat cross-legged on the couch alone, facing the setting sun, holding the wine glass that he had not drunk a sip from at the farewell banquet for his teachers. Finally, he gazed at the setting sun, at the direction of Tiantai Peak and at the small black dots where the volunteer team members were leaving, and sang Li Shutong's "Farewell" quietly:

"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the grass is green and endless."

"The evening wind blows the willows and the sound of the flute fades away, the setting sun shines beyond the mountains."

"At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, half of my friends are gone."

"A pot of muddy wine to end my remaining joy, don't dream of the cold tonight."

Don’t dream of the cold tonight.

The system felt a little sad for a moment. After a while, it heard Ning Mingmei say, "That disciple of Gu Yuefeng rebelled and went to the demon world, right?"

The system said: "The world is in chaos now, and people's hearts are unsettled. This is also human nature."

Ning Mingmei: "Ask the new disciples to come here, and get the idea he mentioned at the conference published in the next two months. Let Old Thirteen review it before publishing it - he hasn't found a house outside yet, and he has to live in Piaomiao Peak for a few days, let him make use of his remaining energy. Finally, he has a paper that he hasn't published yet, and he has to let me know when he gets a new position. I almost forgot."

system:……

This person is really... too evil! !

Ning Mingmei said: "Also, I won't have much time from now on. I have to work on a new project."

"What new project?"

"A..." Ning Mingmei said, "a groundbreaking weapon."

He said calmly: "A weapon that I don't know whether I should allow to be created."

…

At the same time, in the human world, torches began to light up in the dark villages.

In the center of the square, a trace of seven stars lit up. Those once ordinary villagers began to wear white robes. They closed their eyes and murmured prayers to the Seven Stars.

"Go and believe, go and pray."

"Go and believe in the existence of our God."

"Only He can lead us out of confusion. Only He can give us strength. The guidance of the stars and the loyalty of fire allow us, as mortals, to have strength in the cruel war and move towards a bright future..."

"Believe in Him, accept His blessings, and pray for His return..."

The wind blew up the sleeves of a villager. There were vague traces of Hunlun's transformation on his arms.