Chapter 254: Falling into a Trap

Ning Mingmei: "But Bai Bugui still came back."

"Perhaps this is the power of blood. He couldn't find his home in the human world, nor in other places in the demon world. So after many twists and turns of fate, he finally returned to the demon fox tribe... like a mayfly that couldn't find its home. But he didn't know that from the moment he stepped into the demon fox tribe, his fate and my wind chime had already been played."

Ning Mingmei: "You knew he was your blood, but you still sent him to that isolated island?"

"I regard him as a mistake, as a proof of humiliation. I don't want to see him. Besides, in the demon fox tribe, the weak have no reason to survive." The high priest said, "No matter what, since he is my blood, he must prove that he is not a weak person. The fact that he was able to come out of the isolated island alive made me change my mind about him a little bit."

“But it’s not enough.”

"The dirty human blood in him... this alone is not enough for him to gain my approval."

"I asked him to go undercover in the Qingji Sect for the same reason. I know that he and Bai Ruoru have conflicting bloodlines, and I also know that this journey is dangerous, but so what? If he dies and severely injures Bai Ruoru, it will be a contribution to the Demon Fox Clan. If he wins and returns with the remains and relics of the Demon King, it will prove that he has passed the test of the Demon Fox Clan. From now on, I will treat him as my own son." The high priest said, "Bai Bugui."

Bai Bugui stood behind Ning Mingmei with a struggling look in his eyes. He heard the high priest say, "You did it. You proved to me that you are an excellent fox demon and a true warrior."

"Since you have passed the test of the demon fox tribe, as your father, I will also help you complete the transformation and make you a complete demon fox." The high priest extended his hand to him, "Come, my child."

The room was silent. After a long time, Ning Mingmei said, "This is quite like family members meeting each other. High Priest, I am sorry for your disrespect."

“Master…” Bai Bugui said.

Ning Mingmei bowed to the high priest, ignoring Bai Bugui who was lowering his head behind him, and smiled: "So, it seems that Su Huang next to him was also knocked unconscious by the high priest?"

The high priest said: "He followed me here, I can't let him ruin our plan. I will help Bai Bugui complete the transformation, but I don't want everyone to know about our relationship for the time being."

"Master, Master..." Bai Bugui said, "I want to talk to him..."

Ning Mingmei looked back at Bai Bugui and asked him to come forward. Bai Bugui walked towards the high priest step by step and stopped in front of him. However, just when everyone thought that Bai Bugui was going to give the high priest a hug, Bai Bugui hissed, "Stop joking!"

"I passed your test? Who do you think you are? Do you think you are a god? If you want to get rid of me, you get rid of me. If you want to kill me, you kill me. If you want to deny me, you deny me. Now, I come to you, but you tell me that all this is a test you have prepared?" Bai Bugui roared, "Do you think I will forgive you? Will I happily accept your charity, regard you as my father, and start to admire you from now on?"

The roar was a question and full of resentment, but it was also gradually mixed with sporadic cries. All of Bai Bugui's pain seemed to be melted into this question. Finally, he heard Ning Mingmei's voice: "Bai Bugui, come back."

"Master..." Bai Bugui choked.

Ning Mingmei: "Stop talking nonsense and come back soon... If you don't come back, you may never come back."

“clang!”

Everyone drew their weapons at this moment, not because they sensed a crisis, but because of their unconditional trust in Ning Mingmei. Even though Ye Xuefei was still confused: "What happened?"

Lian Chengyue's eyes fell on the second disciple behind the high priest.

He was wearing a mask and standing there quietly, like the shadow of a fallen leaf.

He is lifeless, inorganic, and like a dead object.

But he is still "alive".

Ning Mingmei stretched out his hand and "grabbed" Bai Bugui from the high priest to his own side. The purple-robed high priest said in a hoarse voice: "Master Ning Feng, what do you mean by this?"

Ning Mingmei said: "I thought about it and felt that I still wanted to obtain the complete naming rights for this transformation operation. Besides, there is one thing I am very curious about."

"What's up?"

"Can you let me see Yin Zhu's face?" Ning Mingmei said, "You and he are both wearing masks. If you don't know, you would think he is the real high priest."

There was dead silence in the room. After a moment, the high priest said, "Yinzhu, take off your mask."

The silver mask was removed. Wu Yun frowned slightly.

It was a very pretty face. His eyes are distinctly black and white, his nose is delicate, and his facial features lack sharp lines and corners, making his temperament a little plain, but comfortable enough to make people feel comfortable. But to be fair, it is difficult for a face like this to leave a very deep impression on people.

But Wu Yun just kept looking at him... He frowned, as if he was recalling something. The high priest said, "Ning Xianzun, do you have no more doubts now? Or, do you want to see my face again?"

Ning Mingmei: "What a coincidence, thank you High Priest."

High Priest: ...

The high priest had never seen anyone so frank and shameless.

The high priest's mask also fell. Revealed behind the mask was a face that was 70% similar to Bai Bugui. He asked, "Is Immortal Ning satisfied now?"

Ning Mingmei: "I have another question that needs to be answered. Why did the high priest knock out Su Huang, but only left Yin Zhu awake?"

"I gave him his life." When mentioning Yin Zhu, the high priest's expression changed slightly, "Yin Zhu is not like Su Huang. He will not betray me. I am connected to his lifeblood."

Silver Bamboo remains silent throughout, like a silent wax figure. Ning Mingmei said: "Then I would like to thank the high priest..."

At this moment, dozens of vines suddenly rose from the ground!

"Ning Mingmei!" the high priest said in shock and anger.

Ning Mingmei held the lotus lantern in his hand and smiled, "I'm so sorry, High Priest. I really can't rest assured if I don't get rid of you. As everyone knows, intellectual property cases are difficult to win, so I'm sorry for offending you!"

"You... aren't you from a respectable family?"

Ning Mingmei's sneak attack was beyond the high priest's expectations. Ning Mingmei just turned around and said to Gui Ruoxue and Wu Yun: "Hurry up and complete the transformation of Bai Bugui first."

The altar is in the center of the room. After a comprehensive examination, Bai Bugui lay on the altar. The high priest looked at their busy backs with a dim look in his eyes.

After a while, he lowered his eyes.

...It's okay, he still has a trump card in his hand. Thinking of this, he looked at Yin Zhu beside him.

At this moment, he heard Gui Ruoxue say, "Wu Yun, this spell is now in your hands."

Wu Yun...

witch?

The high priest was stunned.

Wu Yun drew the final mark for the spell. The golden magic power activated the skeleton of the big demon, causing the gray-black bones to gradually turn red and golden like charcoal fire. Magic power formed a flowing circuit between the skeleton and Bai Bugui. Bai Bugui closed his eyes and sweat dripped from his face.

One hour, two hours...the spell took longer than they expected. The sky gradually brightened. In two hours, Gui Ruoxue's medicine will lose its effect!

And for Bai Bugui, this is the most critical moment!

Bright red demonic patterns covered his entire body. Nine tails spread out behind him, and even his eyebrows and eyes changed into the shape of a demon fox. The more critical the moment, the more we cannot relax. Ning Mingmei held the lotus lantern and injected his magic power into Bai Bugui's body.

The high priest was also always fixed and had no chance to come out and cause trouble. But at this moment, Ning Mingmei heard Wu Yun's voice: "Boss! I remember it!"

"That Yinzhu... looks a lot like an ancestor in the Li murals!"

"coax!"

Golden light flashed at this moment. The impact of the completed transformation knocked several people out. When Ning Mingmei looked again, Bai Bugui was lying flat on the altar with his eyes closed.

The pile of remains of the great demon had turned into powder and were scattered all around. Ning Mingmei didn't have time to check on Bai Bugui. He turned to Wu Yun and asked, "What..."

"Who are you?!"

There was another voice questioning Ning Mingmei at the same time.

What was surprising was that this question did not come from anyone else, but from the high priest who was tied up by vines. He stared at Wu Yun intently, as if staring at a nightmare that had suddenly awakened him: "You are a Li people... No, weren't all the Li people dead a long time ago?"

At this moment, Ning Mingmei also discovered the clue. He stood up and walked towards the high priest: "Who are you..."

“Aaaaa——!”

At this moment, Bai Bugui on the altar suddenly let out a heart-wrenching scream.

He covered his head and rolled on the ground. Gui Ruoxue tried her best to subdue him but failed.

Everyone heard Bai Bugui's voice.

"Who are you? Who are you?"

"Get out of my head!"

! !

“Could it be…”

“——!!!”

At this moment, Su Huang, who was originally unconscious, finally struggled to wake up. He yelled, "He is not the high priest! He is not the high priest at all! He has not been our high priest for decades!"

"boom!"

There was a loud noise in the center of the altar. Gui Ruoxue was knocked over by the air wave and hit the stone wall. A mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth. He hissed, "You..."

"Bai Bugui" stood up from the ashes.

The veins on his forehead bulged, he roared, and looked at everyone with bloodshot eyes. The high priest looked at him calmly, and there was a moment of sadness in his eyes.

At this moment, "Bai Bugui" turned his head. After seeing the bound "Silver Bamboo", he was stunned and uttered two ancient syllables.

Among all the people present, only Wu Yun understood those two syllables.

"Wu Yu..."

That is the pronunciation of the two words "Wu Yu" in the ancient Li language.

The mountains were shaking violently, as if they would collapse in an instant. Ning Mingmei had to divert his attention to deal with "Bai Bugui". At this moment, the high priest's expression suddenly changed.

"How...how could this happen..."

"How could the demon clan... be her!"

"She lied to me!"

Ning Mingmei also heard the sounds of killing outside at this moment.

"Demons?!"

The demons invaded the fox tribe as if they were in an empty land. The fox demon, who had just been drugged and had just woken up from his sleep, had no power to fight back and fell into a pool of blood with a scream. The blood instantly dyed the river of the fox clan red.

This can't be a coincidence. How could such a coincidence happen in the world? Ning Mingmei and others had just defeated the fox tribe in order to convert Bai Bugui, and the demons came in to kill them?

There must be a conspiracy behind this!

At this moment, the high priest had just broken free from the vines - along with the silver bamboo next to him. Yinzhu helped up the pale-faced high priest, and the high priest grabbed Yinzhu, and the two turned around and ran!

The one who took action before Ning Mingmei was actually "Bai Bugui". "Bai Bugui" wanted to stop the two of them, but instead slapped the high priest on the back.

"puff!"

A mouthful of black blood spurted out of the high priest's mouth. But he did not resist. At the same time, "Bai Bugui" seemed to be injured by something. He bounced back and fell to the ground as well.

And completely fainted.

"Old Eighteen, Hua Puff, Gui Ruoxue, you guys retreat first, take Bai Bugui away... and the guy I knocked out is Su Huang." Ning Mingmei made a prompt decision, "Wu Yun, Lian Chengyue, Ye Xuefei, we stay..."

Lian Chengyue: "Fight against the demons?"

Ning Mingmei was very cold: "Lead away the demons and destroy the evidence that we have been here!"

From sneaking into the demon fox tribe to the demon tribe slaughtering the foxes, Ning Mingmei and his group had obviously fallen into a trap!

If Ning Mingmei hadn't come here, he would never have thought that the Demon Fox Clan was so complicated. And from what Su Huang said, Ning Mingmei could tell that there was something wrong with this high priest too!

Someone replaced the high priest. Who is that person?

The best option now is to run away. Everyone rushed out of the forbidden area as quickly as possible. What came into everyone's eyes at this moment was a hell on earth.

The fox demon who woke up in a hurry was killed by the demons. In the face of absolute numbers, the power of an individual is extremely small.

A demon soldier was chasing a fox mother. He raised the halberd high, ready to thrust it into the fox mother's chest. The fox mother curled up her body, using her last bit of strength to protect the child in her arms.

At this moment, a long sword suddenly flew out and pierced through his heart. The demon soldiers slowly fell down.

Ning Mingmei took back the sword and said, "My hand shook a little."

"Immortal Lord..." Ye Xuefei said.

Ning Mingmei lowered his eyes for a moment. Soon, he said, "It's okay, there's still time."

More demon soldiers fell under the sword. This long sword came from Ning Mingmei, Lian Chengyue, Ye Xuefei and Wu Yun. Gradually, some of the fox demons recognized their movements and shouted loudly.

"It's someone from the Qingji Sect!"

"Why are people from Qingji Sect here with us?"

Actually, things could be simpler, right?

When he found out that he had fallen into a trap, he destroyed the evidence of his visit to the Fox Demon Clan and then killed Su Huang. The high priest is the "enemy", and since Su Huang is dead, there is no evidence to prove it, and no one would know that the people from the Qingji Sect had come to the Fox Tribe before the Demon Tribe. No one would know that the demons took advantage of the "convenience" left by the Qingji Sect and were able to leave without getting hurt.

So, why draw the sword?

So what if we saved the mother? There are so many wars in this world. Even if she doesn't die today, she will die tomorrow. Even if she wasn't the one who died today, someone else would have died.

This is rational thinking. What is the difference between the sword just now and the swords now, and being lured into a trap?

It's nothing but emotionality.

"I did a stupid thing." Ning Mingmei said, "I did a stupid thing."

After sensing a breath, Ning Mingmei actually smiled silently.

"It seems like this has really become a stupid thing to do." Ning Mingmei said, "Wu Yun, take Ye Xuefei away... and Lian Chengyue."

"Boss!" Wu Yun was anxious.

Ning Mingmei: "How many times do you want me to say it?"

Ning Mingmei sticks to his word. No matter how reluctant Wu Yun was, he had to leave with the injured Ye Xuefei. Before leaving, he whispered, "Boss, I'll be waiting for you in Yaochuan City. You have to come back soon!"

Ning Mingmei didn't look back. Because he needed to concentrate on defense and cover their retreat.

I really did all the stupid things I could do today. Ning Mingmei laughed at himself in his heart. He actually stayed behind to cover the retreat...

However, if he wasn't there, Wu Yun and the others, as well as Gui Ruoxue, Lao Shiba and the others, probably wouldn't be able to escape.

After all, the person coming from afar was Jiang Duo.

Or, could I be the reason why Jiang Duo came here?

At this moment, Ning Mingmei noticed something unusual... He looked to his side and saw Lian Chengyue was still standing there.

Lian Chengyue didn’t follow Wu Yun?

The young man was holding a long sword, wearing black clothes, staring coldly into the distance with a solemn and murderous attitude.

But the Jindan stage.

Ning Mingmei's eyebrows twitched: "... In order to be admitted to graduate school, are you really going to this extent?"

The author has something to say:

This is our evil plan for the night.

Lian Chengyue: Master, you don’t understand. What’s the difference between failing to get into graduate school and dying?