Chapter 240: Flying Away by the Evil Sea Cucumber

As soon as Ning Mingmei went out, he saw Yin Xisheng waiting at his door.

"It's rare for you to dress so formally, brother."

Yin Xisheng was physically weak and easily felt suffocated, so he disliked being restrained and always wore loose clothes. But today he was wearing a well-fitting suit. The high collar supported his pale chin, making him look restrained and dignified.

"Mingmei, you should change your clothes too," he said.

Ning Mingmei shook off his black coat and said, "I look good in this."

"Master has been in seclusion for many years. Now that he has come out, there will definitely be big changes." Yin Xisheng said.

"Senior brother really respects Master."

"Master is the saint of the world."

The Taoist master Wuwei accumulates virtue and benevolence, and is recited in every household. Unlike rising stars like Ning Mingmei, he is a legend engraved in the childhood memories of those who practice immortal cultivation. In the past events of Xinghuo Island, everyone was stained with blood. But even though the world is in such turmoil, the Taoist Wuwei remains clean and aloof, and can definitely be called "morally upright".

Therefore, Yin Xisheng was reminding Ning Mingmei: Don't be disrespectful to Wuwei Zhenren where it is unnecessary.

This will cause resentment from the entire cultivation world.

Ning Mingmei never suffers obvious losses. He returned to his dressing room and rummaged around for a while before finally finding only one set of clothes that met his requirements.

It was the same set that Qi Miancheng gave him back then.

Qi Miancheng's vision is surprisingly good. Ning Mingmei put on the white clothes and took off his glasses. After Wen Siheng left, he didn't have Tony for a long time and had almost no chance to take care of his long hair. Ning Mingmei was too lazy to spend time on unnecessary things, so he always put them behind his head.

At this moment, he was wearing a white suit, had black hair, and was standing in the mirror without glasses. For a moment, he felt that he really looked like a sage-like and aloof monk.

The kind that takes the people of the world as its own responsibility.

This was probably what Jiang Ming was like back then.

But Ning Mingmei just raised his eyebrows when facing the mirror and put on his glasses again. In an instant, the mirror could no longer contain the evil aura that was emanating from Ning Mingmei. He followed Yin Xisheng who had been waiting for a long time to the Dadongtian. Yin Xisheng praised on the way: "This dress is really nice."

"Brother Qi gave it to me."

Yin Xisheng: "...Junior brother, I will give you a few sets in a few days."

Ning Mingmei is still closer to Qi Miancheng after all. Yin Xisheng looked at Ning Mingmei's shoulder and recalled the time when Ning Mingmei had just come out of seclusion. At that time, he was at odds with Qi Miancheng, and he still had some admiration for Ning Mingmei. Who would have thought that in just twenty years, the entire Qingji Sect had changed beyond recognition.

Ning Mingmei is no longer the silent cauldron he once was, but the master of Piaomiao Peak known to everyone in the world. Yin Xisheng is not a bright and sunny person. He admitted that he was not like Xiang Wuxing and Bai Ruoru, who openly treated Ning Mingmei as their junior fellow apprentice - of course, he was not as perverted as Fang Wuyu. He had feelings for Ning Mingmei like a master and a disciple, admiration for his worthy opponent, admiration for a beautiful woman with extraordinary means, but also fear of her.

But there is only one thing that has been completely changed.

Now, no one in the world of immortal cultivation can regard Ning Mingmei as a plaything anymore.

There are six disciples under the tutelage of Master Wuwei. Among them, Fang Wuyu, Bai Ruoru and Xiang Wuxing have heartfelt respect and admiration for Wuwei Zhenren. It’s hard to say about Qi Miancheng, but when he is required to show a kind and filial teacher, he is quite kind and filial. Only Yin Xisheng, who lost the chance to become the head due to his weak body and was born suspicious, was the only one who never had a genuine admiration for Wuwei Zhenren.

Because of these two points, Yin Xisheng has never given up on investigating the purpose of Wuwei Zhenren accepting Ning Mingmei over the years. He felt that there must be some other intention behind this matter. And from his own point of view, he did not want a shrewd beauty like Ning Mingmei to end up as a tool. This is such a waste. So in the end, Yin Xisheng did get some information.

For example, what shocked him was the connection between the sword-wielding elder and the cauldron.

Why is every sword-wielding elder a cauldron? Why does every sword-wielding elder fail to have a good end? The more Yin Xisheng thought about it, the more terrifying it became. He was unable to deduce the whereabouts of the sword bone, but he thought that the Qingji Sect might be treating the sword-wielding elder as a cover or a consumable. Every Sword-wielding Elder goes from madness to destruction in the mission of protecting the excalibur.

But Ning Mingmei is different. When all the disciples of Qingji Sect were crazy about credits, his mental state was very good. He also broke through to the Void Refinement Stage, an achievement that no other sword-wielding elder had ever achieved. It would be a pity if Ning Mingmei was just a consumable.

Therefore, before entering the Great Cave Heaven where the four seasons are like spring, Yin Xisheng whispered: "Junior brother, do you think that Master's coming out of retreat is related to your breakthrough?"

Ning Mingmei said: "I think so."

Ning Mingmei didn't believe that Master Wuwei would come out of seclusion for no reason.

In the original work, Ning Mingmei devoted his life to the Qingji Sect until his death. Although Ning Mingmei could not remember the exact time when Wuwei Zhenren came out of seclusion in the original work, we can infer from this plot that the death of Qi Miancheng, the death of Xiang Wuxing (deduced by Ning Mingmei), and even the death of Ning Mingmei, the defection of Lian Chengyue, and the massive invasion of the demon world in the original work did not constitute reasons for him to come out of seclusion.

Even the theft of Weng Xingyun's soul-binding lamp a few years ago did not cause Master Wuwei to come out of seclusion.

Today, the situation in the world of immortal cultivation is dozens of orders of magnitude better than that in the book. Academics are in full swing, disciples are thriving, and even the real estate market of Qingji Sect is hot and steadily improving. Although Qi Miancheng was half dead, his body was still alive and was used by Ning Mingmei to resist electric shocks; although Xiang Wuxing fell into the Wanmo Abyss, he took away a group of spare items before leaving, which was enough for him to survive in the wilderness for hundreds of years; Yin Xisheng, a sickly person, broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, and Bai Ruoru took over the responsibility of being the head of the sect and became more and more qualified. He is also in seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

As the sword-wielding elder who carries the sword bone, Ning Mingmei is in a much better mental state than his predecessors. Although he did not become the head of the sect like in the original work, he has prepared a speech for the first class of the inner sect disciples. From this it can be seen that it is impossible to find the reason from the surface.

"What is the thing that can affect the core interests of Wuwei Zhenren? What does a person like him care about the most? Wuwei Zhenren is in the Mahayana stage and is the number one saint in the world. What does a person like him care about the most?"

——Ascension?

Could it be that Master Wuwei saw the opportunity to ascend to heaven?

Ning Mingmei thought about it again and again, but felt that his guess was not quite right. It was as if there was a voice telling him in the dark that what Master Wuwei wanted was not just this.

The fragrance of flowers in the big cave is intoxicating. When Ning Mingmei came in, he saw that all the supreme elders and elders were dressed in white, and each one of them looked as radiant as a god. Just as Ning Mingmei was about to speak, he saw Fang Wuyu coming out from the inner room.

"Master let us in," he said.

The True Man Wuwei lived in a small building in a bamboo forest. The door curtains are all woven from bamboo. Ning Mingmei, Yin Xisheng and Fang Wuyu went in. Behind a screen deep in the bamboo room, Ning Mingmei saw Master Wuwei for the first time.

The man had his back to the others, his white hair was neatly combed and pinned with a wooden hairpin, and he was wearing a white robe. Because the man was sitting cross-legged, Ning Mingmei could only see that he had a thin figure.

Is this the “number one” of Qingji Sect?

Master Wukong is coming out from behind the screen. Seeing Ning Mingmei, he smiled and said, "You all arrived quite on time!"

Fang Wu Yu took the lead and went in to pay his respects to Master Wuwei. Ning Mingmei stood behind the crowd and heard the man's calm tone: "No need for formalities, everyone please take a seat."

His voice has a wonderful rhythm that calms people and shows his profound cultivation. Ning Mingmei sat down with Fang Wuyu and others. He raised his eyes and saw his cheap master for the first time.

It lives up to the eight words of elegant temperament and refined elegance.

As the leaders of the Qingji Sect, Qi Miancheng is a man of honor and dignity, but he also has a noble character. The Wuwei Zhenren in front of him gives people the feeling that he is more like a Taoist immortal, as elegant as an immortal. His hair and eyebrows were all white, but his appearance was extremely handsome, and his eyes were so calm that people could forget the world when they saw him.

The man waved his sleeves lightly, and several sets of tea sets appeared in front of them. The disciples under the tutelage of Master Wuwei spoke according to their ranking. Fang Wuyu was full of admiration, and Yin Xisheng was polite and respectful. When it was Ning Mingmei's turn, Ning Mingmei said:

"Dear Master, I haven't seen you for a long time. Is your health okay? Thousands of words cannot express my gratitude to you. I work late into the night, but what I can't forget is your earnest teachings. Your teachings have made me work hard and set sail. Your guidance has given me wings to pursue my dreams. Here, I have a poem to recite - "Longing for the Master". The night gave me black eyes, but I use them to look for the white figure of the Master..."

Master Wuwei's fingers holding the teacup paused... and when he saw Fang Wuyu and Yin Xisheng nodding in agreement, his pause became more obvious.

It seems to be saying - what does it mean that Yin Xisheng has acknowledged certain unspoken rules in the workplace?

Does the Qingji Sect have this style of reciting poetry upon meeting an old leader?

And at this moment, Fang Wuyu actually had tears in his eyes... What was going on with this touched expression?

Ning Mingmei finished reciting the poem and saw that Master Wuwei was silent, so he asked again: "Master, what do you think of my poem?"

The immortal with elegant temperament paused for a moment: "...good poem."

Ning Mingmei: "Master, my poetry is not very good, but the advantage is that the emotion is pure and simple. Haha! If Master likes it, I will be relieved! As the younger generation, the most important thing is to be filial! As the saying goes, go home often, go home often. Speaking of this, I remembered that there is a kind of auspicious beast in China, the dragon gives birth to nine sons..."

After half an hour, Master Wuwei spoke again: "Mingmei, I haven't seen you for several years. Your personality has changed a lot. Compared to before, you don't seem like the same person anymore."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room became a little cold. The two boys who served Master Wuwei had some doubts on their faces. At this moment, Yin Xisheng and Fang Wuyu spoke at the same time: "Master..."

Wuwei Zhenren: "Oh? It seems that you all have something to say?"

Yin Xisheng said: "Master, Mingmei has worked very hard to support the sect over the years."

Fang Wuyu said: "Master, after Senior Brother Qi left... I was alone, missing his voice and smile, supporting this family..."

Wuwei Zhenren:? ? ? ?

His words originally had a questioning tone. But what he didn't expect was that Yin Xisheng and Fang Wuyu actually came together to excuse Ning Mingmei.

This is different from what he expected...

Master Wuwei tapped his fingers lightly on the table. At this moment, he heard Ning Mingmei say, "Yes, Master. The sharpness of a sword comes from grinding, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Over the years, I have figured it out and done it. I told myself that I must change."

"As the saying goes, don't let society adapt to you, change yourself to adapt to society! Therefore, I am willing to go against myself and my proud stubbornness to change my character. In this difficult process, there is a sentence, like invisible wings, that takes me flying, flying over despair. That sentence is your teaching. I finally see that all dreams are blooming*..."

Wuwei Zhenren: ...

"Master, you suddenly came out of retreat, I guess you must have made some new discoveries." Ning Mingmei suddenly said, "I wonder if we disciples can be of any service to you?"

Unconsciously, the initiative of the conversation had fallen into Ning Mingmei's hands. The protection of Yin Xisheng and Fang Wuyu further illustrates one thing - Ning Mingmei is now fully grown.

Taoist Wuwei then waved his sleeves and slightly released his aura. When Fang Wuyu felt the overwhelming spiritual power, he cried out: "Master, you have already..."

"It is already the late stage of Mahayana, and it is only one step away from the great perfection of Mahayana."

The next stage after the Great Perfection of Mahayana Buddhism is the Tribulation Crossing Stage. The Tribulation Period is the end of a cultivator’s cultivation. A cultivator in the Tribulation Crossing Stage may face a heavenly tribulation at any time and then ascend to heaven.

But the sky has collapsed. Over the years, all the monks in the Tribulation Crossing Stage have disappeared. But some people also say that every cultivator in the Tribulation Period has an opportunity to open the Heavenly Gate.

Several people had different expressions, only Ning Mingmei remained calm. Wuwei Zhenren then said: "I should have practiced in seclusion until I broke through to the Great Perfection of Mahayana. However, recently, I have had all these sensations."

"There is a sign of disaster between heaven and earth. It will happen in the human world."

Disaster sign?

"The demon world has been invading recently, and the human world is indeed not at peace." Fang Wuyu frowned, "Master's perception, is it related to the demon world?"

Wu Wei Zhenren shook his head: "That's not the case. This matter... will be a catastrophe. A catastrophe unprecedented in history."

According to the description of Master Wuwei, this matter will not only be related to the current situation in the world, but also to the historical legacy of the immortal cultivation world for many years. Ning Mingmei stared at Master Wuwei, and vaguely felt that the other party was hinting at Spark Island.

Ning Mingmei also recalled the green-clothed female cultivator that Wu Fang had mentioned when he was in the ghost world. If he guessed correctly, this female cultivator should be Bixiao, whose family was destroyed by the monk in the past. The dispute between the ghost world and the Qingji Sect, and even the successful invasion of the demon world in the end, were inseparable from her instigation.

This person is a member of the mob. Her actions are the will of the mob. But what is her purpose in doing this?

Simply want revenge on society and the world?

In the past, or before Ning Mingmei came into this world, the purpose of the mob might have been like this. They want revenge, they want to take revenge on everyone, to repay evil with evil, and through chaos, they want everyone to taste the consequences of their past evil deeds. But after talking with Weng Xingyun's sword spirit, Ning Mingmei thought that the sword spirit's current purpose should be more than that.

However, this is the business of the immortal world itself.

As the Taoist Priest Wuwei, even if he had done a lot of bad things in the matter of Xinghuo Island before, so what? Firstly, Ning Mingmei had to say that as the most powerful supreme elder of Qingji Sect, Wuwei Zhenren, Qingji Sect also wanted to cover up the scandal for Wuwei Zhenren. Second, strength is the bottom line. The late Mahayana master Wuwei Zhenren can be said to be the best in the world. Who dares to gossip in front of him? Third, what if it is really done and spread out? No one was clean in those days, and everyone had done bad things. Everyone still had the same idea, which was to label Xinghuo Island as the bad guy, and that was all that was needed.

And the True Man of Wuwei also has the ability to do so.

Therefore, his sudden coming out of seclusion and his previous request for Wu Min to assassinate the Old Ghost King made Ning Mingmei even more confused - it sounded like he was covering up something. Ning Mingmei put himself in her shoes. At this moment, he only cared about how to suspend his cultivation or how to open the Heavenly Gate. To be honest, if it were Ning Mingmei, he would choose to open the Heavenly Gate.

So what if there is a bad reputation behind you? I flew away, I ran away! Things like opening the Heavenly Gate require cultivators to cross the Tribulation Stage to be able to do this. So what's the harm in not trying?

Yin Xisheng was still asking, "Is there any way to resolve this catastrophe?"

Wuwei Zhenren paused and said, "For the world, perhaps this is fate."

"This is my fate..." Fang Wuyu's face looked ugly.

"Master, there's no need to worry so much. You still have us disciples." Ning Mingmei was thinking, and he had already spit out expressionless flattery, "How can we let you suffer? Doesn't it show that we, the younger generation, are not sincere? We have to trouble you to come out of seclusion and run around, and submit reports every month..."

Wuwei Zhenren: ...

Wait, when did I say I had to turn in a report?

Fang Wuyu: "Yes, Master, we will analyze your report carefully. You just need to travel around and investigate, or sit at home and continue to practice spiritual induction."

——Why did you add the task of traveling to me? ?

The world changed so rapidly that Master Wuwei couldn't react for a while. He only said, "I will not continue my retreat these days. I still need to investigate the matter of the catastrophe of heaven and earth. If I find any clues, I will naturally inform you."

Ning Mingmei said, "Master, don't just focus on work, you need to combine work and rest!"

Yin Xisheng said: "Yes, it is time to let Master see the current situation of Qingji Sect."

?

What kind of scene could there be in the Qingji Sect?

Isn't it just snowy?

"Actually, I've already prepared everything." Ning Mingmei suddenly said, "A few days ago, I heard that Master was going to come out of seclusion, so I specially prepared a party for Master. And in the next hour, the Qingji Sect's inner sect's opening ceremony for this year should have been held..."

? ?

Wuwei Zhenren: "Gala? Opening ceremony?"

Ning Mingmei: "Master, are you interested in giving the new disciples a first lesson?"

Fang Wuyu: "Master, if they could see you appear, they would definitely be very happy!"

He glanced out the window and saw that it was about to rain that day... He wondered what it would be like during the speech.