Chapter 296 Negotiation Expert

Ning Mingmei stood up slowly. He saw himself standing on a lonely shore. In the distance, the black sea was gloomy and filled with gray fog. The only thing that could illuminate the scenery in front of us was a little bit of bleak skylight.

Behind him was a formation of stones. This is an ancient teleportation array. It seems that he came to Spark Island through this teleportation array.

On this white beach, there used to be a stone tablet with the word "Spark" written on it. But now, the "star" of the "spark" has been cut off, leaving only the half-dead "fire" inserted into the soil. The aged red pigment deposited on the axe marks looks like a scar of time.

Ning Mingmei took out a lamp from his Qiankun bag and lit it in his hand. He carried a bamboo lantern and walked along the coastline. At this moment, he heard the voice of the system.

"Ning Mingmei, when did you find out?"

After the identity was revealed, the voice of the system changed. It was like a snake shedding its skin, shedding the lively and silly tone that it had put on the outside as a disguise. All that is left is cold inorganic matter.

But Ning Mingmei wondered, were the tones that the system had once disguised also what it had read from Weng Xingyun’s memory? Those cheerful cartoons, those interesting novels, those bizarre fairy-tale TV series, and the enduring friendship of the protagonists...

"Just now." Ning Mingmei said.

"You just realized that you are speaking so decisively without verifying anything?"

"How can you win if you don't seize the opportunity?"

The coastline is as long as a person's sigh. Ning Mingmei was in no hurry to leave Xinghuo Island. He planned to explore this restricted area where no one had set foot for thousands of years. The system said: "Okay, this is your style of doing things. But I want to know, how much have you deduced?"

"How much do you need to know? You and the lotus lantern were once the possessions of the goddess Minglong? Later, you were passed to Weng Xingyun? Later, by chance, you were taken away from the Lian family by Lian Tingyu and given to Jiang Wu. Jiang Wu and Jiang Heng have various connections with the skills left by Weng Xingyun, and even obtained the secret realm that Weng Xingyun had used. You used this secret realm to find Weng Xingyun's real hometown." Ning Mingmei said, "Later, an accident happened, Jiang Ming stayed in this world, but Jiang Mei went to Weng Xingyun's hometown. So, you attached yourself to Jiang Ming. You wanted to use him as a tool to fulfill your own wishes. This is what is called, 'As long as it's Ning Mingmei, it's enough, it doesn't matter whether it's Jiang Ming or Jiang Mei'."

"Because all you need is this body that you are trapped in."

"Unfortunately, your first life in this world was not what you wanted. Jiang Ming tried hard to be a gentleman. He wanted to continue to be a good leader of the Qingji Sect until his death. However, you did not get as much energy as you wanted from him. In addition, perhaps he did not make a wish, or perhaps his wish was not what you wanted, so, in this life, you found me."

At the same time, in this second life, the system was unaware of Lian Chengyue's return. Perhaps, in the system's view, Lian Chengyue, who has already broken through the void and become a god, has almost reached perfection and there is no need to start over.

Maybe this is the difference between the system and people! No matter how it imitates, the system is ultimately just a lotus heart and it cannot be a human being. And Lian Chengyue, even if he has the qualifications to be a god, cannot become a god.

Lian Chengyue's face flashed through Ning Mingmei's mind. He held the lantern and noticed that he was actually smiling. After a moment, he stopped smiling and said, "Twins have a special connection. From the very beginning, when you came to the modern era, I was the only one you could choose. Of course, you disguised yourself very well. Before that, you must have been lurking and learning for a long time! Even I was almost fooled by you at the beginning. I really thought..."

"Is there such a good thing in this world?"

Ning Mingmei: "It is beyond my imagination that there are such illogical and random things happening in this world. If anyone can be randomly abducted to another world, how can the world continue? Fortunately, I have been involved in the conspiracy for a long time."

...Your "okay" is quite advanced.

"From the selection of partners, it is easy to see who you prefer to work with." Ning Mingmei said, "The first savior is Minglong."

"The second savior, Weng Xingyun."

"For the third candidate, you didn't choose Jiang Heng or Jiang Wu. Because they don't want to be saviors at all. All they want is to carve out a path for themselves that no one can stop them from moving forward, a sky that no one can resist, even if the world is burned down for it." Ning Mingmei said, "They don't have that kind of... desire to set things right."

"So, you chose Jiang Ming. You probably weren't very satisfied with this choice. Because all Jiang Ming wanted was to be the leader of the Qingji Sect, nothing more. He had little interest in the world and no ambition to be a savior. So, even when he was about to be killed by Lian Chengyue, you did nothing."

"But at the moment of his death, did you listen to his wishes? Did you let him make a wish? I guess he should have made a wish. Unfortunately, it was not what you wanted."

"You reject Lian Chengyue because he can't be your choice. Lian Chengyue hates the whole world. From the beginning, there is no bright side in his heart that can be dug out. Even if he suffers betrayal and darkness again, for him, it is 'nothing more'. Moreover, he has a restraining effect on Hunlun. Hunlun can extract the seven emotions and six desires of human beings, and you need the intense emotions of human beings... This makes Lian Chengyue your enemy."

"Ning Mingmei." The system suddenly asked, "Do you think you are very smart?"

Ning Mingmei raised his chin at this moment.

"Yes." He said calmly and firmly, "So, is there a reward? For example, answer me a question - did Weng Xingyun come to this world because of Minglong's wish?"

After a long time, the system said: "It is."

"What is the content of the wish?"

"I can't tell you." said the system.

"Why wasn't her soul collected into the lotus seed? Was it because she wasn't dead yet, was it because she was too powerful, or was it because of the word 'it'?"

“……”The system was silent.

"What is Jiang Ming's wish? He doesn't want to revitalize Qingji Sect and have a more qualified leader, does he?" Ning Mingmei asked, "Then he is really stupid. Are you using my time travel as a means to realize his wish?"

"No." The system suddenly said, "I did not appear in his life - until the last moment. At that moment, his wish was, 'I want to become a better Ning Mingmei.'"

“And I fulfilled his wish.”

At that moment, Ning Mingmei suddenly felt the system's undisguised, cold malice. That kind of malice is like the thousands of mouths following a person on a night road, chasing relentlessly and making mocking laughs.

At the end of Jiang Ming's life, he did not hate anyone, but was still blaming himself. He felt that he had done very badly, and he wondered, if he could have done better, would everything not be like this now?

So the system fulfilled his wish.

It captured Jiang Ming's soul and brought Jiang Mei - now Ning Ming Mei - here.

The paper lanterns on the white sand beach began to sway at that moment.

"Beast..." Ning Mingmei said slowly, raising his eyes, "You are really a beast."

"I am not a beast, but a lotus seed. Isn't that what you discovered?"

"You are deliberately provoking me and trying to absorb my emotions." Ning Mingmei put the lamp in his hand on the beach and calmed down. "I won't be fooled by you."

As he said this, Ning Mingmei subconsciously took out something from his Qiankun bag.

A dagger.

"You want to dig me out of your body?" The system said, "It's difficult. I'm good at hiding."

Ning Mingmei stuck the knife on the beach and looked into the distance.

"No, when I reach the Tribulation Period, everything will be solved. Since Minglong can choose not to pay you, I can do the same," he said.

The world is vast, with only the sound of the sea breeze as an answer. The system said, "Ning Mingmei, don't be in a hurry to get rid of me. You will need me. Just like Minglong needs me, Weng Xingyun needs me, and you will need me too. You and the two of them are actually very similar. Only people like you can have the most valuable extreme emotions."

Compared to this, all other collapses pale into insignificance.

"I'm sorry, I don't need it." Ning Mingmei said.

Finally, some old buildings appeared in front of Ning Mingmei. In the distance, there stands a tall stone gate. The system said: "This is the main gate of Spark Island. The people on Spark Island were trapped in this main gate."

But Ning Mingmei didn't stop.

He continued to move forward. At this moment, the system realized that Ning Mingmei was calculating something. He counted with his fingers every step he took, but because he was talking to the system just now, the system did not notice it.

Could it be that Ning Mingmei is trying to divert its attention again?

"You are……"

At this moment, Ning Mingmei took two steps and turned in another direction.

"This place is full of resentment, blocking out the sky and even the sun, moon and stars. But the calculation method in my hand does not require these." Ning Mingmei stared at a mountain on Xinghuo Island, "Now, I finally found it."

"What did you find?" At that moment, the system felt as if everything was out of control.

"A gap back to the modern times." Ning Mingmei said, "I have long known that Spark Island is where Weng Xingyun first landed. And this exit still exists today."

He looked straight ahead and walked towards the mountain range without hesitation, leaving the other ruins of Spark Island behind. The system was shocked: "You want to leave?"

"You don't plan to stay? Lian Chengyue, Qi Miancheng, Piaomiao Peak, Qingji Sect, Bai Ruoru, Xiang Wuxing and the others...you don't care about them anymore?"

It kept asking questions, but Ning Mingmei walked briskly. He was so calm and determined, just like his rock-hard determination every time he pushed forward his plans. The mountains were right in front of us, and the system did detect some fluctuations in them. At that moment, it was really panicked.

It never expected that after going through so many things, Ning Mingmei would actually decide to go back decisively!

If so, how can it achieve its purpose?

"Let's make a bet!" The system suddenly said, "As long as you guess what wish Weng Xingyun made, I will release Jiang Ming's soul."

Ning Mingmei didn't even turn his head.

"What does Jiang Ming's soul have to do with me?"