Chapter 43: Training this kind of born bad child

In the morning, Luo Xiao and Ye Ling stayed behind to defend the Gao family and take care of Li Yao and Wang Cheng.

Therefore, there were six disciples in total who set out on the journey.

Six oil-paper umbrellas unfolded into a circle and were lined up in front of Ning Mingmei. He sat in a chair and stared at the six umbrellas.

"The first and fourth hands swap positions."

"The third and sixth hands will switch positions."

"Put the second one at the end."

Knowing that the umbrella handle is poisonous, several disciples were very nervous when they changed the position of the paper umbrella for him, fearing that their skin would touch any part of it again.

However, Ning Mingmei's instructions seemed to have some kind of magic, prompting them to complete Ning Mingmei's instructions without thinking and with the highest efficiency.

He Zheng secretly raised his head and glanced at Ning Mingmei.

Ning Mingmei didn't notice his gaze. He sat on the gilded wooden carved chair in Gao's mansion, with his slender legs crossed.

The wide sleeves of the robes are formal and polite, and should cover all the skin on the human body, just like all the cold and self-disciplined sword practitioners in the Qingji Sect. Like all the monks of Qingji Sect, he wore a robe embroidered with crane patterns.

But the robe was based on ultramarine.

Ultramarine, the oldest and most vivid blue. It was so dazzling that it captivated the eyes, and there was a faint golden crane pattern on the robe. What exaggerated, what excessive, what untamed colors.

But when it is put on him, he is extremely obedient, as if he was born to be that way.

The only skin that was faintly visible through the ultramarine clothing was the transparent white neck and the bony wrists. Ning Mingmei tapped his lips with his raised index finger and lowered his eyes.

If someone else were to be in this posture, it would not be considered good-looking. It could even be said to be a bit rude and arrogant, as if he was talking to himself. Compared with adults, they are more arrogant and childish, immersed in their own world.

He Zheng's family came from a feudal village. The clan's power is greater than anything else. Since he was three years old, he has been taught what is polite and what is not.

Ning Mingmei's thinking behavior is undoubtedly impolite and inconsiderate of other people's feelings.

But he couldn't take his eyes off him no matter what.

The few moments of staring seemed only half a moment. The man in the blue robe moved a little, and he heard the cold voice of the man: "Six days later at midnight, put the beads under the old locust tree in the hills behind the north city."

Several disciples could not figure out how Ning Mingmei was able to decipher these contents from those umbrellas. But Ning Mingmei had no intention of explaining: "Wash your hands. Put the umbrella in the storeroom. When you go out later, go find the little girl selling umbrellas to see if there are any clues."

The six disciples looked at each other. Seventeen, the boldest among them, asked Ning Mingmei: "Master, how did you figure out what was written on the umbrella?"

Ning Mingmei: "No need to explain. We won't test this after we return to Qingji Sect."

…Somehow, these simple words once again exuded an evil aura.

Seventeen shivered from the cold. But he still said bravely: "Master, can you tell me..."

Ning Mingmei supported his head with one hand and looked at him expressionlessly.

...Just this one glance and Seventeen was so frightened that he dared not say anything.

"You are so old, you just buy whatever others give you? Take a good look at how much trouble you have caused me." Ning Mingmei spit out the poisoned knife from his thin lips, "Have you figured it out?"

Seventeen: "...I understand."

Ning Mingmei: "He Zheng, Jiang Yu, you two have higher cultivation bases, go and ask around for widows, widowers, and lonely people in the village. The remaining four, go find that girl. Call me when you find her, and I'll go over to see her."

Ning Mingmei changed his attitude in the morning, which was to let the six of them go look for the person while he stayed in Gao's house. He now asked them to find the person first and then call him over.

Eleven’s mind went blank.

The result is obvious—Master no longer trusts their abilities!

Just like the team was two minutes late because the e-Mule ran out of battery, just like the report had been revised to the correct version but the previous version was accidentally sent, just like the review email was thrown into the spam folder of the school mailbox and was not seen...

A thousand-mile long dyke is destroyed by ants. It was just a small matter, but it was the beginning that Master no longer trusted them. Life is like a domino. If one domino falls, their academic status will fall into the abyss!

Ahhhh! How can I make up for this mistake?

Three other disciples from Piaomiao Peak also came to the same conclusion. The three of them looked as if they were dying, yet they were struggling to revive. He Zheng was still in a daze, but Jiang Yu quickly noticed the change in the atmosphere.

Jiang Yu: ...Although I don’t know what happened, I feel this inexplicable anxiety. I always feel like they are trying to make me feel a sense of crisis.

But she has reached the great perfection of foundation building!

Miss Jiang Yu still doesn’t know what “peer pressure” is. She followed the four men out, confused.

This time, even He Zheng, who talked the most nonsense, didn't say anything. Seventeen looked at him, really confused as to what had happened just now that made him so honest now.

The six of them left in a flash. Ning Mingmei was left sitting alone on the chair.

He leaned back in a more comfortable position, rubbing his forehead, his face expressionless.

His cold eyes seemed to be empty, but they were actually staring ahead.

The reason why he doesn't go out.

Two option boxes, one red and one blue, flashed before his eyes, blocking his vision.

Just like the options that the system put in front of Ning Mingmei when he first came through.

"Option 1: Go out and ask around, and look for the child you saw on the street that day. The orphan's weak and frail body made you, who came from a high-class family, feel sympathy for him."

"Option 2: Go out and ask around, and look for the kid you saw on the street that day. As the male protagonist, he has amazing talent. If you leave him alone, he will definitely bring disaster to the fairy world if he grows up. This makes you want to kill him."

Ever since he saw the kid yesterday, these two options, one red and one blue, kept flashing before his eyes. The contents would change, but they were all options urging him to find the male protagonist.

The option box appears for a long time, blocks the view, then disappears, allowing Ning Mingmei to rest for a while, then reappears, blocks the view again, and disappears again.

It keeps looping and is very annoying.

But Ning Mingmei did not move as usual this time. Until the option box disappeared, the system finally couldn't help it.

The system asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

Damn, Ning Mingmei is still able to hold it in! Why did you speak first again! The system thought in frustration.

Ning Mingmei: "Are you a member? Please give me a membership and remove this advertisement."

...What do you think of our noble system as, a small advertisement for video software?

The system was angry and wanted to shock Ning Mingmei, but when it thought that it couldn't do what Ning Mingmei wanted, it forced itself to hold back.

It said: "Ning Ming Mei!"

Ning Mingmei: “Hmm.”

System: "Ning Mingmei, don't forget what your mission is!"

Ning Mingmei: "I know."

System: "What do you know?"

Ning Mingmei: "Change your own destiny, redeem or kill the hero. Isn't that what you said?"

The system imitated his tone and said, "Well said. Now that the male protagonist has appeared, why don't you go meet him?"

It was another aggressive question. The system vaguely remembered that it seemed to have asked this question a few months ago.

What did Ning Mingmei say at that time?

There are many things to do and you need to prepare?

Seeing that it was forbearing, Ning Mingmei said leisurely, "Strange, this is the first time I've seen a system that makes the host suck the male protagonist's blood."

system:…………

Damn it, I almost forgot about this.

System: "Aren't you the one who's eager to suck blood? Now that you're here, why aren't you sucking blood yet?"

...This system is truly a loss of power and a disgrace to the system. The system closed its eyes and didn't want to say anything.

Ning Mingmei said: "Before looking for the male lead, I found something interesting."

Without the option box blocking his view, Ning Mingmei put down his teacup and stood up. Amid the wild laughter of the two poisoned disciples next door, he first went to the study, and then stopped in front of Young Master Gao's room.

The corpse was still there, stinking and no one came to collect it.

But even so, no flies or insects dared to approach the dead body. Thick black air was emitting from the wounds of the corpse, which was filled with evil spirits. An ant passed by and was immediately turned into a corpse by the black air.

It's a very strange power, I can't tell what kind of spell it is.

Judging from the shape of the body, he was obviously killed from behind while he was pinning someone to the ground. The blow was fatal, without any hesitation, so that the already rotten face still had a dazed look.

It was as if he had never expected that he would be killed in his own room.

The fatal blade was a little shaky, but very precise because of the lack of power. The murderer must be committing murder for the first time.

But next to it, there is another knife.

The knife seemed to have been stabbed randomly. The force was very weak, the wound was very shaky, and the wound was very shallow, but very urgent, as if it was a helpless vent of anger.

There were two people who took action.

Seeing Ning Mingmei swaying around beside the corpse, the system became impatient: "What on earth are you thinking about? Stop riddles here."

"He made a fatal strike. Was it because he knew that his own strength was still weak and if he failed, he would have no chance to strike again? Was he not discovered by Master Gao because he was short in stature?"

system:?

"The person who came to look for the elixir, poisoned my disciples, and threatened me was the medicine cultivator who left the medicine beads to the Gao family. If I'm not mistaken, that person is Gui Ruoxue." Ning Mingmei said, "If it's not him, it's not the female ghost, then who is the person who killed Master Gao?"

Ning Mingmei left this sentence and went back to the study. The system followed him, angrily: "Why did you leave after leaving half a sentence? Who is it?"

"Guess what book is missing here?" Ning Mingmei asked, "The Four Books and Five Classics, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Three Character Classic, Tang poetry and Song lyrics... Military tactics, strategies, the noble manners of scholars, elegant poetry and songs, and aesthetic tastes, he wants them all. This is a very ambitious, studious person who wants to behave like a noble person and enter the upper class. Who does this person resemble more?"

The system was horrified: "You..."

It suddenly felt a little scared.

Ning Mingmei placed his finger on a gap and said, "There were two people who killed Master Gao... two children. One was an assistant, the adopted daughter of the Gao family. The other one who took action was a child with strange powers."

"Combining these conditions, there should be no other candidates in this town. Do you think it's a coincidence that your male protagonist appears here?" Ning Mingmei said, "It's interesting. A kid, when we first met, did such a big thing to give it to me."

The conclusion has been settled. The system was stunned and hurriedly searched for the original text of this world.

Finally, it found a sentence - just a simple paragraph.

It was mentioned casually by Lian Chengyue when they were chatting with the little demon girl in the original text. The first time he used his power was in a small town, when he killed a young master.

After the murder, the family just ran away. Lian Chengyue was born a bad person, his soul was made up of fragments of the devil, and his body was the blood of the gods. Of course, he was not afraid of the ghosts in Gao's mansion.

In the past few years, Lian Chengyue has been living in Ciyu Village without even a surname. Later, he was adopted for some purpose of the Lian family. After being bullied by the younger generation of the Lian family for his "lack of education" and discovering the Lian family's intentions, he ran away.

It was a pleasant surprise to discover what happened at the Gao Mansion in this temporary resting place. He looted Gao's mansion of money and books - especially books. He was deeply impressed by the Lian family's contempt, and he made up his mind to be a person who was nobler, more knowledgeable and more elegant than they looked.

——The protagonist’s self-esteem.

In the original novel, Gui Ruoxue never came to Wangyue Town. On the way, he found the medicinal beads he needed in the belly of a snake, healed his wounds, and returned to the Qingyu Altar. Lian Chengyue had never met Gui Ruoxue, so he was able to finish reading the Gao family's books here in peace before heading to the next stop.

But now, Ning Mingmei came here to complete the task within a radius of fifty miles and took the medicine beads. That's why butterflies get into so much trouble.

He even had a conflict with Gui Ruoxue, the little boss in the later part of the original text.

After reading this passage, the system was horrified.

Although the original male protagonist Lian Chengyue is indeed dark, but Ning Mingmei... is also very dark?

System: "He is only five years old, still a child? Why do you doubt him right away?"

No normal person would do this.

Ning Mingmei: "Is my conclusion wrong?"

...Ning Mingmei’s conclusion is not wrong. It wasn't so wrong that the system wanted to shake his head to check whether his memory was wiped out when he traveled through time.

After all, even in the original text, this is only a short paragraph.

The system decided to give some push: "Congratulations, you guessed it right."

Seeing that Ning Mingmei didn't look happy, he just picked up a book and started flipping through it. The system said: "Since you already know the truth, why don't you go find that adopted daughter and force her to tell you the whereabouts of Lian Chengyue and bring him to justice?"

The system's location positioning is also authorized.

For example, without affecting Lian Chengyue's own purpose, it can show Lian Chengyue's vague location. There is no way to get a more specific location.

For example, now it can show that Lian Chengyue is in "Wangyue Town", but it doesn't know where exactly Lian Chengyue is in the town.

Ning Mingmei said, "I have other things to do. Why are you in such a hurry? Besides, there's no need to go through so much trouble."

system:?

"We came here with great fanfare. Lian Chengyue must have seen it." Ning Mingmei flipped through a book and said, "He is conceited with his power, but can only live among many mortals. With such great power in the hands of a single person without any background, he can only use it to kill a young master Gao - to steal some money, some books, and continue like this, he will just be a bandit. However, being a robber is definitely not his goal - having seen the Gao Da of the Lian family, how could he possibly go back to the mountains?"

system:……

"Besides, I know kids like him best." Ning Mingmei said, "If you lose on a certain battlefield, you have to fight back on that battlefield. If the Lian family insults him by showing off their superiority, he will definitely find ways to surpass them and insult them back. Kids are like this. They always crave for something that looks great."

As he said this, he actually laughed: "After all, he is just a five-year-old kid, it's too easy."

System: "...You also know that she is only five years old?"

You are sucking blood and peeling skin. Take a good look at what you are doing.

Ning Mingmei: "Yes, the reincarnation of the devil is destined to be invincible in terms of power. If I can't easily defeat the five-year-old Lian Chengyue, how can I survive?"

...I'm not asking you to feel sentimental about this!

Ning Mingmei: "So, I don't need to look for him. He will come to us on his own. People like him, with such a nature, will not miss any opportunity even if he is a child - because only we are different from ordinary people."

System: "I understand. You talked for a long time, just because you don't want to go out, right?"

Are you just making excuses for yourself?

Ning Mingmei pushed up his glasses.

"Do you know how the trainers treat elephants? When the elephant is still a baby elephant, they will tie the baby elephant's legs with a hemp rope. For the baby elephant, the hemp rope is too thick and it can't break free." Ning Mingmei said, "Later, the baby elephant grew up. But the rope used to tie the elephant is still the same."

"Because the hemp rope didn't hold its legs together. It held its mind together. It decided that it couldn't get away from the rope, and from then on, all its thoughts were actions within the fence. Therefore, it could never get out of this predicament again."

The sun moved westward, and the twilight shone on Ning Mingmei's glasses, flashing white light. The system suddenly started to tremble.

A word came out of its mouth: "What on earth are you going to do?"

"Between him and me, the one who can take the lead will always be me. He needs to form this habit, which will benefit him for the rest of his life." Ning Mingmei said, "For example, now."

He closed the book.

"He should have come to me on his own initiative so that he could enter the extraordinary world and let me see his value. It's not me who took the initiative to go to his hiding place to find him." Ning Mingmei said, "When training a child who is born bad, you can't give him sweetness and illusions."

The system finally understood. After a while, it sneered and said, "What are you daydreaming about? He will definitely not come to you on his own initiative."

and.

System: "You can indeed think so now. But I warn you, the hero is a heartless monster. He is far more terrifying than you think."

The palace bell around Ning Mingmei's waist suddenly rang.

"Master." Eleven's voice came from the palace bell, "We found the girl selling umbrellas. Do you want to come over now?"

Ning Mingmei said: "Wait for me, I'll be there soon."

He walked out of the study. It was still raining, the evening drizzle was falling, and the sunlight was dim.

At this time, Ning Mingmei saw Luo Xiao coming. Luo Xiao shielded himself from the rain with a piece of cloth and ran to him.

There was a strange expression on her face, as if she had seen someone unexpected. As the leader of the disciples of Jixian Peak, Luo Xiao has always been steady. She had a weird expression on her face, which showed that things were really weird.

Ning Mingmei asked her: "What's wrong?"

Luo Xiao: "Master Ning Feng, there is someone knocking on the door and saying they want to see you."

Ning Mingmei asked: "Who?"

Luo Xiao had some difficulty speaking: "One..."

The author has something to say:

It's time to explain the memory status of Qi Miancheng and Lian Chengyue (cub version).

Qi Miancheng: He has not yet awakened the memory of his past life, but he has realized that he is not the Qi Miancheng of the past, and his personality is very different. He is thinking about it with great interest.

Lian Chengyue (juvenile): No memories.

Qi Miancheng recovered his memory: after seeing the larvae.

Larval Memory Fusion: After the After (No Spoilers)