Chapter 281 Collapse

People's thoughts are the most difficult to estimate. Short-sightedness, infighting, betrayal, surrender, irrationality, and even anger, many factors contributed to this tragedy.

Ning Mingmei was lost in thought, but the owner of Zhaoye Mountain was leaning against the car window and glancing at him. He looked at the thoughtful look on the young monk's face and found that he was somewhat similar to his master.

Ning Mingmei originally estimated that it would take at least three days on foot to reach Changle Gate. But the carriage of the owner of Zhaoye Mountain was excellent. No one knew what breed the black horse pulling the cart was, but after half a day, they had arrived at Leshui City at the foot of Changlemen Mountain.

Ning Mingmei asked: "Where did you get this black horse?"

He was thinking about getting a few horses back and giving them to Xuezhu for breeding and improvement.

The master of Zhaoye Mountain said: "This creature is not a black horse, but a dark horse. It grows by the Black Water River in the ghost world. Half of the Black Water River flows through the human world, and half flows through the ghost world. Therefore, this creature runs between life and death, and its speed is extremely fast."

Ning Mingmei asked, "Running between life and death means it's fast? Is there any scientific reason for this? If it were another species, and it was cultivated in this river basin, would it also mutate?"

Lian Chengyue: ...

Shi Ruzhuo laughed when he heard this: "This Mei kid is indeed your Immortal Venerable's offspring. The two of them talk in the same way."

Lian Chengyue: "Now I have found evidence that Dongtian Fudi plagiarized my master's teaching plan. Dongtian Fudi is really hateful."

Shi Ruzhuo: ...

However, he noticed that although Lian Chengyue increasingly hated the paradise, he did not have any hatred towards Merlin himself. If there was any negative emotion, it was nothing more than anger and jealousy.

The master of Zhaoye Mountain smiled slightly and answered the questions one by one. While asking, Ning Mingmei said in his heart: "This Zhaoye Mountain Master is really weird. I don't think he has no knowledge of the Immortal Sect. On the contrary, he must have been a member of the Immortal Sect in the past few decades. Or, he is planning something to infiltrate the Immortal Sect."

And he has been in a top-level immortal sect.

When the master of Zhaoye Mountain began to ask him about the news of the paradise intentionally or unintentionally, Ning Mingmei became more alert.

"Does this person have any intentions towards the Qingji Sect? However, he cares so much about the blessed land, which shows that he has a unique vision."

Because of this suspicion, Ning Mingmei said intentionally or unintentionally: "Your Excellency is so concerned about the blessed land..."

The master of Zhaoye Mountain smiled slightly and said, "I am very interested in Qingji Sect."

Ning Mingmei felt that this person's purpose was even more strange: "But if we talk about the most famous sect of Qingji Sect..."

The Master of Zhaoye Mountain: "Of course it is Piaomiao Peak."

Ning Mingmei said: "There are also Yunv Peak, Yuting Peak, Baiyun Peak..."

The master of Zhaoye Mountain smiled and said, "How can they be compared with Piaomiao Peak?"

...I got excited and saw the excitement. Ning Mingmei said: "In this case, I believe you are also very interested in Piao Miao Peak. As it happens, I know a lot about Piao Miao Peak."

Merlin knows a lot about Piaomiao Peak? Lian Chengyue smiled slightly, but sneered in her heart. What could he know about Piaomiao Peak?

How could a traitor like Merlin know more about Piao Miao Peak than he does, who knows every detail of the laboratory and canteen management rules of Piao Miao Peak by heart?

Ning Mingmei: "You know a lot? Then let me test you."

The master of Zhaoye Mountain smiled slightly: "What a coincidence, then I will test you too."

In order to conceal their identities, the two of them did not perform well in the exam. After a while, the owner of Zhaoye Mountain said, "Let's talk about the blessed land."

Ning Mingmei: "Yeah, I think so."

As a result, the two of them became a little warmer towards each other. There were two people in the carriage. One wants to test the other's identity, and the other also wants to test the other's identity. This is the two date trees theorem.

Before we knew it, the carriage was almost arriving at the station. Along the way, Ning Mingmei believed that the master of Zhaoye Mountain had ulterior motives and was related to the Demon Sect and the ghost world, and might even be an intelligence chief. The master of Zhaoye Mountain believed that Merlin was a pathetic genius boy who had been brainwashed by the paradise. Both sides have enhanced their understanding of each other.

The carriage gradually stopped. The master of Zhaoye Mountain said, "From here, we will drive the carriage and walk into the city."

To go to Changle Gate, Leshui City is the only way. To exit from Changle Gate, you must pass through Leshui City. If not, how could the furnaces and cauldrons be trapped in Changle Gate.

Changle Gate is surrounded by mountains on three sides and a cliff on one side, leaving only one passage leading to Leshui City. Below the cliff is a deep abyss with fast-flowing water and monsters in it. The other three sides of the mountains and forests are extremely dangerous, filled with poisonous miasma, abysses and ferocious beasts, stretching for hundreds of miles. Even the birds among the spiritual beasts cannot fly out of this forest, let alone the furnace cauldron with low cultivation. Ironically, the Changle Gate area where Lu Ding lived has been well tidied up, and it looks beautiful with mountains and rivers, and can be called a "paradise in troubled times."

It is truly a great favor that you were able to prepare such a beautiful and safe birdcage for Changle Gate in such a dangerous place.

Leshui City was originally a subordinate city of Changle Gate, and the so-called city lord was just a figurehead who lived a life of idleness and waiting to die. In the past few hundred years, all he needed to do was to obey the words of the leader of Changle Sect, receive the monks passing by, and capture the escaped furnaces. Now that the leader of Changle Gate has died, he has become a headless fly. He hides in a small building and obeys whoever comes to do the bidding of the stronger one. He just hopes that the new master will come soon so that he can know who he should work for next.

Leshui City fell into chaos, and even the checkpoints at the city gate were useless. If you get stuck in the demon world, you will offend the people in the demon world. If you get stuck in the fairy world, you will offend the people in the fairy world. How could he, an ordinary citizen, dare to offend anyone, so he just cleverly acted like a "waste". After all, no one can blame a loser.

But everything changed after the mission was attacked. Everyone noticed that there were more people outside Leshui City. It turns out that he is from the Immortal Sect.

"Nowadays, Leshui City only allows people to enter but not leave. It seems that the United Immortal Sect is determined to catch the murderer." The owner of Zhaoye Mountain whispered to Merlin.

Ning Mingmei said, "But if you want to sneak into Leshui City, there are too many ways. Besides, this is not a long-term solution. It is still unclear whether Changle Gate is under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Realm. I see that they have already had conflicts with some passers-by. If this continues, there will be another war at the city gate."

The Lord of Zhaoye Mountain said, "That's right. Aren't we trying to get in now?"

The master of Zhaoye Mountain looked very calm. When people from the fairy world came over, he took out his pass and claimed that he was there to collect the goods.

"Making money from war? That's very particular." said a disciple from the immortal sect. She didn't make things difficult for anyone, but she was quite disdainful of them.

After passing the checkpoint, a ghost in the team laughed: "She said we are making money from the war, but the immortal sect is also making money from the flesh and blood of the furnace. They are all crows, talking as if one of them has a whiter butt."

"Ha ha!"

Ning Mingmei kept silent. The master of Zhaoye Mountain asked him, "Are you not angry?"

Ning Mingmei said: "The Immortal Sect is the Immortal Sect, I am me, why should I be angry?"

The Lord of Zhaoye Mountain smiled, as if he found his reaction very amusing. Ning Mingmei stared at him and felt that he seemed to have a bit of the legacy of a dead person.

The group entered the city among the crowd entering and leaving Leshui City, found a local inn, and ordered a cup of tea in the lobby. The inn was sparsely populated, the innkeeper had droopy eyelids, and was listless when doing things for the guests.

They sat down not really to drink tea, but just to find out some local news. But when Ning Mingmei saw the oily liquid floating in the teacup, he found it difficult to drink it. The shopkeeper glanced at their actions and said, "It's not clean, but there's nothing we can do. Those who have some connections in Leshui City and can escape have already escaped. Want a good inn? Go to Yifenglou. Unfortunately, the owner there has good connections, and he ran away long ago when he saw that the situation was not right..."

The owner of Zhaoye Mountain said: "Boss, you stayed here and held on until the last moment. You deserve admiration."

Ning Mingmei almost spit out a mouthful of tea. The owner of Zhaoye Mountain seemed to have grown up memorizing elementary school essay templates, and there was a weird tone to his words. Perhaps he also thought he was imitating the reactions of normal people and was very considerate.

The old shopkeeper was obviously speechless. He said, "What can I do? I have lived here all my life. This is the inheritance left by my ancestors. If you want me to leave, I don't know where to go..."

There was a bustling sound at the door. After hearing this, the cook who now worked part-time as a waiter in the inn said a few words to the old manager and then went out to send the people away.

Ning Mingmei asked: "What is that?"

"A few servants in the store. They packed up and ran away a few days ago, and I, an old man, had no objection. Young people always have to go out and find a place to work... But the city was sealed off these two days, and they couldn't run away, so they came back to continue to earn money for the next few days." The old shopkeeper shook his head, "I can't keep them here. Do you want to stay in the hotel?"

Ning Mingmei nodded. The old shopkeeper said, "I only have two rooms here. Do you want one?"

There are more than a dozen people in this group. If you want to live in two rooms, it would be a bit too cyberpunk. Seeing the old shopkeeper leave, the owner of Zhaoye Mountain said, "Brother Mei, what do you think?"

Ning Mingmei said, "Brother Zhao, that's perfect. We have two groups. One group, one room."

The owner of Zhaoye Mountain called himself Zhao Ye.

This means that Ning Mingmei has one room, and the other dozen people have one room.

The owner of Zhaoye Mountain said, "Now our relationship with the old shopkeeper has become strained. I don't like being in an environment with complicated interpersonal relationships. But it doesn't matter, because the living environment here is also very poor. The old shopkeeper just gave us the information that Yifenglou has closed down, so, what I mean is that we can go to live in Yifenglou."

Ning Mingmei: "Ah?"

The owner of Zhaoye Mountain said, "You also think this is a good idea, don't you? Although the owner of Yifenglou has run away, the facilities are still there, and all the things are there. Maybe we can find some good tea from his warehouse. And I have a lot of subordinates who can do the work of waiters, and we don't have to make the beds ourselves. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"

Ning Mingmei glanced at his tea suspiciously. Removing all the weird information and leaving the most important information, did the Master of Zhaoye Mountain realize that I didn't drink the tea here?

Ning Mingmei gave the final conclusion: "Although the owner of Yifenglou has fled, there may be someone guarding the door of Yifenglou."

The master of Zhaoye Mountain smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter, we are monks."

Are you a monk who has entered the monastery? I want to ask.

The master of Zhaoye Mountain does what he says. The subordinates around him seemed to be accustomed to his way of speaking. In response to his words, everyone only showed admiration, as if every strange word of the master of Zhaoye Mountain would lead to a bright future.

Ning Mingmei said: "I don't need it."

Things have their priorities. The most important thing Ning Mingmei has to do at this moment is to find Chang Feifan's trace and help him destroy the records in Changlemen. As for the furnace tripod in Changle Gate, despite great hope, Ning Mingmei did not think that he could save the entire Changle Gate by himself.

Only Bailing can be developed. After all, she is Baimian's sister. Helping the outstanding employee in Houshan to get his sister back is also a kind of employee benefit.

The master of Zhaoye Mountain dismissed his attendants and took Ning Mingmei to a secluded place. Finally, he smiled and said, "I have some news. If Brother Mei knew, he would definitely want to live in Yifeng Tower with me."

"oh?"

"I have long heard that Yifenglou is the largest den of money in Leshui City. Even monks, dignitaries who are not monks, and even people from the demon clan and ghost clan who hide their identities occasionally patronize it." The owner of Zhaoye Mountain opened and closed his lips like a snake spitting out its tongue. "What kind of services do you think there will be in such a big inn with everything?"

Ning Mingmei guessed it quickly: "What do you mean?"

"People in Leshui City have never seen a furnace tripod walking on the street." The owner of Zhaoye Mountain said, "What passage do you think they took to get to Yifeng Tower?"

The answer is clear.

Secret passage.

There must be a secret passage leading to Changle Gate in Yifeng Tower. And maybe more than one.

Ning Mingmei narrowed his eyes slowly: "In this case, we have to go to Yifeng Tower to take a look."

The master of Zhaoye Mountain also laughed.

Several people set off from the inn. On the way, the master of Zhaoye Mountain looked ahead and suddenly said to Ning Mingmei: "Brother Mei, do you know?"

"What?"

The Lord of Zhaoye Mountain said, "When I was young, I hated my father just like you. But later, I realized that blood ties are an unbreakable bond. Especially since my father was so outstanding. For the sake of temporary interests, I gave up his legacy and role model, which made my future self extremely painful."

Ning Mingmei: "It's mainly because of the inheritance that I'm suffering."

Master Zhaoyeshan: "Haha. It's not important. This is just a little story I made up. What I mean is, maybe you want to do something to hinder your father, to destroy your father's plan, to get what your father needs most. But later you will find that this only makes you a knife in the hands of others."

Ning Mingmei said: "I don't understand what you are saying."

What does the master of Zhaoye Mountain mean? Why does he seem to think he knows Merlin so well? Ning Mingmei was a little skeptical. Could it be that this person mistook him for someone else?

The Master of Zhaoye Mountain said, “I hope you can do the right thing, instead of regretting it in the future.”

Ning Mingmei: "Can you be more specific?"

Master Zhaoyeshan: "Haha... I don't need to say more. I think you are just pretending to be ignorant."

...So what do you understand? !

The words of the master of Zhaoye Mountain are extremely confusing. Ning Mingmei was speechless. He added, "Forget it. You go to Yifeng Tower first. I'll check out the situation in the city."

The master of Zhaoye Mountain did not stop Ning Mingmei. He just smiled at Ning Mingmei: "Okay."

Ning Mingmei: ...

Ning Mingmei was unfamiliar with the place in Leshui City. And if Chang Fei really wants to hide himself, no one can find his trace. After a brief inquiry, Ning Mingmei thought for a moment, concealed his breath, and went to the only road leading to Changle Gate in Leshui City.

He frowned, realizing the situation was worse than he thought.

There is a section on this must-go route where the monks built a bridge between two cliffs. The bridge can be broken in the middle, and whenever this happens, Changle Gate is isolated from the outside world. However, at this moment, the bridge has been severely damaged and is impassable. The disciples of the Immortal Sect built a temporary path on the cliff nearby.

In fact, there was no need for Ning Mingmei to walk over there. He could have just flown over there. However, at this moment, the cliff near Leshui City was already crowded with people.

They are all people from the immortal sect who are burning with anger.

"Changlemen will pay the price for this!"

"Kill all the furnace tripods!"

The disciples of the immortal sect who came after hearing the news filled the entire mountain. They are stationed here with weapons in hand, waiting for someone to give the order, so that they will launch the final charge towards Changle Gate. On the cliff on the other side is the once beautiful, mist-shrouded fairy gate of flowers and plants. Now the Immortal Sect has erected a tall fortress, and countless Immortal-Slaying Crossbows are pointed toward the other side of the cliff. They will shoot down any monk who tries to fly across this natural barrier.

In addition to this, how many black weapons are there in Changlemen sponsored by demons or mobs?

Ning Mingmei stared at the arrangement on the other side for a while. He had to admit that if this was the arrangement of the Changlemen trio, then these three giants did have some vision. It transformed Changle Gate into a death fortress where people could never return - however, this was not a true never-returning situation. Under the crushing of absolute strength, all Changlemen could do was fight like a trapped beast. They cannot resist the real encirclement and suppression from the fairy world relying solely on their own abilities.

There is only one problem: those powerful people who are truly capable of destroying the entire Changle Gate with just a few people will not take the initiative to participate in this war. For example, Lu Mengqing, Gui Ruoxu, Ying Jiu...for example, Ning Mingmei. So the ones who really fought here were the disciples, and only the disciples. The Zhuxian Crossbow shot at the bodies of the disciples of the Immortal Sect with the silver light of death, and their silhouettes crossing the cliff would fall like birds with their wings shot. After repeated wars, Changlemen became a ruin, and the deaths of disciples of the immortal sect made the actions of the immortal sect in this war more reasonable.

But at that moment, Ning Mingmei seemed to see someone.

The man stood on the flower and grass gate of Changle Gate, looking at him quietly. Ning Mingmei felt that the man looked very similar to himself. But he knew that person was not him. When he was about to take a closer look at the shadow, the person disappeared.

"...Jiang Ming?"

Ning Mingmei suddenly uttered these two words.

At that moment, Ning Mingmei felt a chill. It was rare that he felt cold sweat seeping out and soaking his body.

I wonder if anyone else has seen a legend called "Doppelganger". When you see another you in the crowd, it means your death is coming... Ning Mingmei scoffed at this statement, thinking that this legend is nothing more than the laziness of the programmer creator being discovered. The programmer who reused the model was discovered by the user to have a bug caused by laziness, so he secretly deleted the user and no complaints occurred.

Ning Mingmei did not cross the cliff, but turned around and looked at the crowd. Among the crowd, Ning Mingmei saw a tent. The moment he saw the pale tent, he knew its purpose.

Amid the crying, Ning Mingmei walked into the tent. Disciples from various schools and sects are shedding tears here. Ning Mingmei saw several corpses in the middle of the tent.

The bodies of the disciples belonging to the Xianmen delegation.

Most of these corpses are disciples. They had their eyes closed, and it was obvious that they had been dead for a long time. In addition, there is a seriously injured Minghua Valley elder who is still receiving first aid. Ming Huagu attached great importance to this. Outside her tent were disciples wearing yellow Taoist robes coming and going.

In addition to her, another disciple from Yanyun Tower survived. He is also one of the few survivors. At this moment, she was also in a coma. It is said that the only reason she survived was because Elder Minghuagu was by her side when the attack took place. This elder, who usually found fault with her and often accused her of being playful, forgetful and wasting time, now protected her under his protection.

After walking back and forth a few times, Ning Mingmei quickly realized that something was wrong. Although he didn't know how many people there were in the United Immortal Sect delegation, he still discovered a very obvious fact.

There is no Le Han’s body here.

Soon, he proved his guess amid a lot of noise.

"We must take back Senior Sister Le's body!"

"And Senior Brother Li!"

Unexpectedly, due to the sudden attack, the only ones who survived were a few disciples with lower cultivation at the end of the team. They fought desperately in the battle and brought back the corpses and bodies of some monks, but the bodies of several monks were left in Changle Gate.

Their memories of the attack were also muddled. I only remember an explosion, the flash of a knife, and someone falling down... I don't remember who the attacker was. Just as Ning Mingmei was thinking, someone lifted the curtain and came in.

"Senior Sister Wan!"

"Senior Brother Mu!"

"Brother Wu!"

What a coincidence, three acquaintances came. Ning Mingmei turned around and saw Wan Sheng, Lao Wu and Mu Hanshan.

Wan Sheng is Master Zhang Feng's disciple and is now also in the army. Mu Hanshan came here all the way because of Le Han.

It was obvious that several people had argued and the atmosphere seemed very tense. Wan Sheng came here to change the medicine for his disciple. After a while, she called Mu Hanshan and Lao Wu and asked them to go out with her.

Ning Mingmei quietly followed them to a secluded place. Soon, he heard the quarrel between the three people.

Doctor Wan Sheng is kind-hearted and believes that Mu Hanshan's going to Changle Gate at this time is tantamount to committing suicide. Lao Wu also disagreed with this. He said to Mu Hanshan: "Is it necessary?"

"No matter what, I will bring Le Han back." Mu Hanshan lowered his eyes, "I can't let her stay there alone and coldly. Now that the master is gone, I am still the eldest senior brother. If I don't do a good job as the eldest senior brother, this family will really fall apart. I have to take her home."

Lao Wu said nothing more. Wan Sheng obviously still doesn't agree. But she compromised: "Okay, I'll find a few more people and go with you."

Lao Wu: "No need. The fewer people go, the better."

Wan Sheng asked, “Why?”

Lao Wu explained: "If more people go, it will be hard for outsiders not to think that this is another action by the Immortal Sect against the Changle Sect."

Mu Hanshan said: "Yes. Before the United Immortal Sect makes a decision, let's not create any unnecessary trouble."

After not seeing each other for a few years, these released disciples seemed to have grown up one by one. The taciturn Old Five, who used to follow Ning Mingmei around, has now grown into a reliable young man.

Wan Sheng said: "Okay, let's go together."

Mu Hanshan: "No. You can make a greater contribution if you stay here. Lao Wu, Xue Xingyu and I will go. The three of us are good at stealth. If you stay here to do the treatment, the effect will be better."

Xue Xingyu is a female disciple of Yinbing Pavilion and is very good at illusion arrays.

Wan Sheng said: "When are you going to start?"

Mu Hanshan said: "Within the available range, the faster the better."

This matter is really a headache. The sooner the better, everyone gets together. Ning Mingmei wanted to return to Leshui City when he saw Wan Sheng leave, but Lao Wu spoke to Mu Hanshan again when he saw Wan Sheng leave.

"That disciple was talking about the man in gray...why didn't you let him continue?" Lao Wu suddenly said.

Ning Mingmei's heart shuddered. Mu Hanshan lowered his eyes: "Old Five, what do you mean?"

Lao Wu folded his hands and looked at him, his eyes gradually deepening. Finally, he said, "Hanshan, you are my good brother. I don't want to see you go the wrong way."

Mu Hanshan said: "No matter what, I believe that seeing is believing. I will find out about Le Han's affairs. I will also find out about the things I have forgotten."

Lao Wu seemed to have something to say, but at that moment, he seemed to think of someone, and finally, he fell silent.

He patted Mu Hanshan on the shoulder and then walked away without saying a word.

Ning Mingmei: ...

And glanced in the direction of Changle Gate.

It seems that Chang Feichang has already gone up. But the secret vault where the archives are stored is so hidden that how can we find them in such a short time?

Ning Mingmei didn't delay any further. He hurried back to Leshui City. It was already late at night. When he followed his target and arrived at Yifeng Building, he found it was pitch black inside.

Not to mention lights, there wasn't even a candlelight. Ning Mingmei carefully concealed his breath as he walked between the three floors above ground. Leshui City’s reputation as a den of brothel is indeed well-deserved. Even though the owner has fled in a hurry, the facilities left behind are extremely elegant. The seal and magic circle left at the door of Yifeng Tower, as well as the remaining power of the owner of Yifeng Tower, also made people dare not think of attacking Yifeng Tower.

There was no one between the first and third floors. Ning Mingmei paused when passing by the rockery in the garden. He frowned and pressed his hand on it. Sure enough, there was a hidden door revealed from the depths of the rockery.

Walking down the stairs through the small door, Ning Mingmei suddenly smelled a bloody odor. As he walked further, he finally saw lights and an extremely luxurious hall.

and the Master of Zhaoyeshan, who was standing in the hall, wiping his hands on a handkerchief. After seeing Ning Mingmei, he smiled and said, "You're back? It just so happens that we have finished the work here."

His men dragged the bodies of a dozen guards around and cleared them from the scene. The master of Zhaoye Mountain said, "It's a pity that they don't know anything - they don't know where the secret passage is. But now I can take you to visit it. The 'roots' of Yifeng Tower hidden under the ground belong to the underground kingdom of the rich and powerful."

The master of Zhaoye Mountain's men were cleaning up skillfully. Ning Mingmei followed the master of Zhaoye Mountain to visit the basement of Yifeng Tower. The underground of Yifeng Building is actually two stories deep and very large. It turns out that this inn and restaurant, which looks elegant on the surface, actually owns an underground kingdom.

Casinos, private rooms, and even various kinds of "drugs". Ning Mingmei looked at everything in front of him and said, "I used to think there was only Changle Gate."

"How can we just make money from Changlemen? For those people, there is a high-end market and a mid-level market. Changlemen is a high-end 'place', and this is a more popular 'mid-level' place." The owner of Zhaoye Mountain said, "Besides, Changlemen is an 'immortal gate' after all, and it has to maintain its 'reputation'. How can it allow mortals, even demons and ghosts, to come in and out casually? If this is discovered..."

Ning Mingmei said: "Although we cannot allow mortals, demons, and ghosts to enter and leave the Immortal Gate, they do want their money."

Therefore, there is the reason why Leshui City stands firm, and therefore there is Yifeng Tower.

Ning Mingmei took a pack of medicine from the counter and brought it with him as evidence. These medicines have different functions and are written in the corresponding boxes. For example, one of the packets of pink medicine can cause Lu Ding to lose his short-term memory and his self. The other packet of red powder was almost a poison.

It was obvious that the people here evacuated in a hurry. I think they also know what will happen to them after the Changle Gate rebellion. The master of Zhaoye Mountain said, "This is only the first floor. Obviously, the deeper you dig, the darker it gets."

After saying that, he pushed open a display case, revealing the entrance to the second floor. The entrance to the second floor had apparently been sealed. But fortunately, they are all monks and can easily remove these obstacles.

There was even a faint fragrance wafting from the basement floor. The atmosphere on the second underground floor is completely different. If the first underground floor is pornographic, then the second underground floor can almost be described as curious.

"Changle Sect occasionally has some furnace tripods with poor qualifications and appearance. They violated the sect rules and disappeared, and no one knows where they ended up. The Sect Master of Changle Sect said that they were thrown into the abyss." The owner of Zhaoye Mountain said, "So this is the abyss."

Ning Mingmei said: "Maybe more than that. There are also those furnace tripods that were sent to Changle Gate but not accepted. The furnace tripods that can enter Changle Gate have passed the first level of screening. Where are the furnace tripods that did not pass the screening?"

Turns out it's here.

There are several boxes here that have not been cleaned. Ning Mingmei saw things that looked like torture instruments, the smell of blood that could not be covered by any fragrance, and bloodstains on the wall. He felt his forehead throbbing, and at that moment Ning Mingmei realized that he was extremely uneasy.

Of course, he could find a way to convince those people that the furnace had a higher value. Because they have higher value, they can find a different way to exploit them, but then what?

Then, will those people agree? Then, will those people's bestial desires be quelled? Then they would sincerely think that a cauldron that can be destroyed is not more valuable than a cauldron that can be used?

But those people are still alive! Those who regard the lives of others as worthless, those who use the lives of others to vent their own desires, those who are full of malice...

At this moment, when Ning Mingmei was unaware, a crack appeared in his shielding of the system.

"What's wrong with you?" The master of Zhaoye Mountain asked Ning Mingmei.

He seemed to smell a pleasant scent coming from Merlin's body. That smell is surprisingly similar to the smell of Hunlun.

It was the taste of malice or hatred that he loved to consume.

Ning Mingmei gripped the hilt of the sword and calmed himself down: "No, there is nothing."

He walked on the second underground floor and found that there were more types of things in the medicine cabinet here than on the first underground floor - especially crystals, small crystals like broken crystals.

This is a medicine that Ning Mingmei has never seen outside.

These colorful crystals look stunning. Even in the dark underground second floor, it was sparkling, like a gem fished out of a seven-colored lake. They were placed in the most important safe on the second underground floor, and it seemed that there were only a few of them there. But the shimmering surface gave Ning Mingmei a sense of danger. He frowned and divided these things into two halves, giving one half to the owner of Zhaoye Mountain and taking the other half away with him.

After tidying up the medicine cabinet, Ning Mingmei heard some noises.

These noises are so tiny that normal people cannot hear them at all. Fortunately, Ning Mingmei is a cultivator. He looked across the corridor and finally stopped at a secret door hidden by a painting: "There's someone in there!"

The Lord of Zhaoye Mountain said, "I heard it too. It seems this person is very lucky and has a long life."

Because that sound was the sound of extremely weak breathing.

The two of them worked together to open the secret door. I didn't expect that there was a very spacious place inside the secret door. There are many single rooms here, which are where the furnaces and tripods are imprisoned.

Apparently, before the owner of Yifenglou left, the place was cleaned up and there was nothing left. But there were still three "slippery fish" here, perhaps because they were still in the box and had not been collected, so they had to be hidden in the innermost room. When Ning Mingmei opened the inner room, he saw two bodies, who had obviously been dead for a long time.

Under the corpse, lay a scarred girl.

"She can still be saved." Ning Mingmei said.

Ning Mingmei immediately rescued the girl. The master of Zhaoye Mountain looked at the door and saw traces of blood on it caused by scratches. There were even a few nails scattered on the ground.

It seems that the girl deceived the guards by pretending to be dead. But she was still locked in this room. For some time past, she must have been grasping at the iron door in despair. She wanted to escape, but was also afraid of being discovered by the guards upstairs.

The master of Zhaoye Mountain lowered his eyes. He lit a ball of light in his palm to illuminate the two of them.

The moment the room was illuminated, they could see the girl's face clearly. The girl had slightly yellowish hair and her skin was so white that it was a little scary. Perhaps this was the "reason" why the former leader of Changle Sect sold her. But her will to survive makes her stronger than any "normal person".

"Have your men found the secret passage?" Ning Mingmei asked.

The master of Zhaoye Mountain said, "No. It seems that this thing is hidden very secretly."

Ning Mingmei kept silent. After a moment, the master of Zhaoye Mountain heard him curse "fuck".

The gnashing of teeth and the rage almost made him look less like Merlin.

What the fuck?

Is it because the matter at Changle Gate is obviously imminent, but he knows that if he stops transmitting his true energy, the girl will die immediately?

Yes, there are always some things that stand above others. Ning Mingmei knew this clearly. For example, at this moment, his own affairs should be above everything else. If something happened to Chang Feichang, if Mu Hanshan and Lao Wu were arrested, if a bigger incident broke out in Changle Gate... more people would die.

Thinking in the long term, if his identity is exposed, if from then on, the order he created faces greater pressure, and he is also labeled as a traitor in the fairy world, if more chain butterfly effects are triggered...how can he accomplish his greater goals?

What a great world he could bring if he could become... How could a person like him who could bring a new order and enable more people to live a better life be here, making unnecessary sacrifices for a nobody?

"It doesn't matter. I can control the situation. I can control any situation." The Lord of Zhaoye Mountain heard Merlin mutter, "I made so many preparations... not to let a small thing defeat me."

"I can control it even if something unexpected happens. I can control it. I can..."

"I can... I definitely can!! I can!!"