Chapter 47: Temple Apparition

When talking about what had just happened, Eleven hesitated for a long time and couldn't give a clear description.

Ning Mingmei glanced behind him.

There were four people who were sent out to find umbrellas. Eleven, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen.

Standing behind Eleven were only Sixteen and Seventeen, both with annoyed expressions.

Ning Mingmei asked, "What about the fifteenth?"

Seventeen said: "He was splashed with vegetable soup and went to find a place to change."

The three people knew they had said something wrong and all lowered their heads feeling guilty.

…

Ning Mingmei said, "Tell me what happened. Eleven, if you don't have the ability, let Sixteen speak for you."

How did he end up having vegetable soup thrown on him by the townspeople?

Sixteen said, “This is what happened.”

The whole process was actually very smooth.

They went to find the girl selling umbrellas. The girl is mentally deficient. All they found out was that an old man gave her a few umbrellas and asked her to sell them to these disciples. In addition, Sixteen continued to ask questions and even got a portrait of the old man from her.

As for the rest, the girl didn't know.

Unfortunately, no townspeople knew the man in the portrait.

Sixteen said: "However, we also met another girl. Her identity..."

It’s the adopted daughter of the Gao family.

Ning Mingmei glanced to the side out of the corner of his eye.

Ning Mingmei said to the system: "Lian Chengyue's feet moved. Now things are getting interesting."

They are both orphans, and she helped her kill Young Master Gao... What is the relationship between this adopted daughter of the Gao family and Lian Chengyue now?

Is he afraid that his murder will be exposed?

Ning Mingmei said: "Don't be afraid, I have already deduced it."

system:……

It glanced at Lian Chengyue next to it, whose eyes rolled slightly, and was wondering if its murder would affect its acceptance into the Immortal Sect if it was exposed, and sighed.

"When she learned that we were Taoist priests investigating the Gao family's ghost story, her face changed drastically. We thought that this must be a serious matter, so we chased her home. But besides her, there was also a grandmother who adopted her. We asked a few questions, but somehow, the townspeople misunderstood that we were going to bully this grandmother and granddaughter, and they beat us up..."

Actually, this matter is very strange. Normally, the tempers of the townspeople shouldn't be so easily provoked.

Ning Mingmei did not miss the moment when Sixteen mentioned the "mother-in-law" that the little boy's toes moved again. He just pretended not to see it and said, "If you keep asking, it's understandable that you've been misunderstood."

Seventeen cried out, "How could that be? We just asked a few questions politely. The two of them didn't say anything, so we just stood there waiting for our master to come. But before long, the townspeople started fighting with us... It's really inexplicable!"

Waiting for Master to come.

Ning Mingmei asked, "In other words, before you claimed to 'wait for the master to come', those conflicts had not occurred?"

Several disciples looked at each other, not understanding what Ning Mingmei had discovered. But Ning Mingmei only cares about one thing now.

"Did Fifteen bring a change of clothes?"

Eleven said: "I brought it."

Ning Mingmei: “Not bad.”

That’s good, he doesn’t have to buy new clothes for Shiwu before going out.

"Since they have a misunderstanding with you, why don't you go to their house tomorrow and apologize to them in person?" Ning Mingmei said, "I will go with you tomorrow, that's it."

That's how it's settled. The master seemed to have some ideas but he didn't say anything, which made Eleven suspicious.

Seventeen discovered something else: "Master, who is this child?"

He was referring to Lian Chengyue who was sitting next to Ning Mingmei.

Hearing himself being mentioned, the little boy straightened up again and the smile on his face became more obedient.

"Gao's temporary worker, an orphan, here to return a book." Ning Mingmei said, "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

Little boy: ...his smile froze.

Seventeen said, "Master, why don't we send him back? Little brother, where do you live?"

This is a very expected question, and it's what a normal person would say. The little boy immediately said, "I live in a dilapidated temple on the northern mountain. It's outside the town and the road is not easy to walk on at night. I'm sorry to bother you Taoist priests."

He was pitiful, well-behaved, polite and smart. Seventeen's favorability towards the little boy instantly reached the maximum.

Eleven frowned and said, "The ruined temple is outside the town, very remote. There are bound to be wolves, tigers and leopards in the mountains. Do you live there alone?"

The little boy said, "It can shelter us from the wind and rain, and there is also the protection of the gods. I used to live on the street, and if it rained at night, I would be wrapped in wet clothes all night and couldn't sleep. There is straw in the temple, which is very warm."

Eleven, sixteen and seventeen all came from poor families, and there was a little more pity in their eyes when they looked at the little boy. Eleven said: "Master, it's dark and the road is hard to walk on, why don't we let him stay here for a night?"

The little boy also looked at Ning Mingmei.

He didn't care about the attitudes of these little Taoist priests, because he knew that Ning Mingmei was the most important person here.

Sure enough, Ning Mingmei nodded: "Okay. Seventeen, you take him. I'll go see Fifteen."

The little boy suddenly felt an indescribable joy in his heart.

Until Ning Mingmei stood up and walked out of the main room.

"Little brother, what's your name?" Seventeen asked.

At that moment, the little boy suddenly realized that Ning Mingmei didn't even look at him after he said this.

Instead, he went to take care of his disciples.

…

Ning Mingmei visited Fifteen who was washing clothes by the river, praised him for washing his clothes cleanly, and gave his own clothes to him to wash.

Fifteen felt very touched. In this gloomy day, at least he had a word of praise from his master.

The system couldn't stand it anymore and electrocuted him. Ning Mingmei was refreshed and said, "I often help my mentor get dry-cleaned clothes from the laundry."

Then he looked at the two unlucky guys who started laughing again. Then he returned to his bedroom.

The system saw him deep in thought and asked him, "What's wrong? Are you thinking about the hero again?"

Ning Mingmei said, "Why didn't the townspeople get angry when they were questioning Gao's adopted daughter? Why did they get angry when I said I was coming? It's obvious that someone drugged them."

It was probably a group attack, the kind that could provoke violent emotions in the people around them.

His purpose was to stir up conflicts between the monks and the local townspeople in order to prevent Ning Mingmei from appearing at this moment and adding fuel to the fire.

System: "Someone drugged me, what do you mean?"

"I have a hunch that Gui Ruoxue is hiding on the street where Gao's adopted daughter lives." Ning Mingmei said.

His sudden reasoning caused the system to be shocked. Ning Mingmei continued: "But I didn't expect that his medicine would have this effect."

System: "What's wrong? Are you scared? I told you that this person is a tough nut to crack."

Even if it is the male protagonist, in the original text you have to upgrade to the middle stage before you can deal with him.

Ning Mingmei: "I am getting more and more interested in this Gui Ruoxue. He can even make stimulants. This guy is so terrifying! Just thinking about his potential commercial value makes me unable to sleep. Originally, I thought that if I captured him and he refused to hand over the antidote, I would search his soul; if he cooperated, I would make him work for me from now on."

One is to practice the soul-searching technique that he had recently learned, and the other is to do some pharmaceutical experiments.

system:?

Neither of these options looks very good.

Ning Mingmei: "But now, I have decided that no matter whether he cooperates or not, I will search his soul."

Such a soul is truly a treasure.

Ning Mingmei meditated all night with a peaceful look on his face. Only the system was trembling in his brain.

And a little bit uneasy.

If this farce made Ning Mingmei aware of Gui Ruoxue, did Gui Ruoxue also notice that his risk of being exposed increased?

Will it be a good thing?

…

There was another person who never slept well.

Xiaoshui has been very silent since that group of Taoist priests left.

She continued to work as usual, so Gui Ruoxue didn't notice anything unusual about her.

The only things he was concerned about were those Taoist priests.

It was unexpected for these people to meet Xiaoshui today. Gui Ruoxue frowned, fearing that this would lead to further complications.

Originally he gave these people six days, but now it seems that he has to speed up the process, or muddy the waters a little more.

"Mother-in-law, I'm going to bed." said the girl.

"Go ahead." Gui Ruoxue said.

Girl goes to bed. She closed her eyes and tried her best to pretend that her breathing was steady. Until footsteps stopped beside her and fine powder was inhaled into her nose.

At that moment, she felt uncontrollable despair.

…

The next morning, the howling started again in the next room.

“￥#……%&￥%#……#%…………#!!”

Several disciples were circling in front of the room, and even the little boy woke up and followed Seventeen to look inside.

After seeing two people tied to the bed with hemp ropes, but still barking wildly.

Little boy: ...

Is this also an immortal?

I thought that as disciples of the immortal sect, they would have something to say when they came to Wangyue Town and faced mortals...

"Who is speaking such vulgar words here so early in the morning?"

The disciples separated to both sides, and the little boy saw through the crowd of people, the immortal walking towards the side room among the crowd.

Ning Mingmei changed into a dark green robe today, with vines woven with silver thread. He just draped this mysterious and elegant robe diagonally on his body, without even tidying it up.

Yesterday it was Jiang Yu and the other person's turn to take over. Jiang Yu said: "It was Wang Cheng and the others..."

Today is the second day of the Seven Emotions Powder, and the one for this is “anger”.

The two of them were still shouting and cursing in the room. Everyone looked at Ning Mingmei, anxiously seeking a solution.

Ning Mingmei: "Why are you looking at me? Shut his mouth. Jiang Yu and He Zheng will be the ones watching the house today. The other disciples, come with me to look for someone."

Who are you looking for?

"Go to the north and find the adopted daughter of the Gao family." Ning Mingmei said, "I offended them yesterday, so of course I have to go and apologize today."

Luo Xiao asked: "Aren't you going to look for other widows, widowers, and lonely people?"

Ning Mingmei said: "No."

After saying this, he left with a few disciples.

Before he even left the house, a little kid started running after him.

"Immortal, can you take me with you?" The little boy tilted his head and looked at him. "I am very familiar with the north and can lead the way for you, Immortal."

Ning Mingmei said: "Then you can go with us."

The traveling team became eight people. To Ning Mingmei's surprise, the little boy was actually very well behaved along the way. He didn't talk or act weird, and just led the way.

Instead, Seventeen whispered to him, "Master, I think that child has lost his parents since childhood, and he is a bit pitiful. After we leave Wangyue Town, why don't we find a good family to adopt him."

This is normal and sympathetic to the weak. After all, objectively speaking, young Lian Chengyue looked very pitiful.

Ning Mingmei said: "Let's wait and see."

When we first entered the north, everyone was a little nervous.

Of course it was because of everything that happened yesterday. They had not forgotten the hostile looks the townspeople gave them when they were driven out of the north yesterday.

"These people were invited by the Gao family!"

"The Gao family usually bullies the common people and humiliates their neighbors. These Taoists are just helping them..."

"Keep your voice down, we dare not let them hear..."

Those fragmented words from yesterday make my scalp tingle just thinking about them now.

Gossip is like Schrödinger's poison. What is truly frightening about them is not their hurtful content.

It's about being on the road and being alert at all times because you don't know where it might suddenly and randomly float out from, or even float into the ears of someone you care about.

That kind of heart hanging in the air.

Enough to kill.

Today, there are still some eyes looking towards them. But Ning Mingmei walked in front of them, wearing a dark green robe, but his eyes were unbiased.

It was like no matter what these people said, he didn't take it seriously.

The few of them felt inexplicably calmed down. They followed Ning Mingmei to the street in the north.

"Strange." Eleven whispered.

This street is where the poor people of Wangyue Town live. It was bustling yesterday, but today there are few people.

Even the doors of each household were empty. Those daily necessities seemed to have been placed there temporarily.

Eleven looked from one end of the street to the other and saw only the girl named Xiaocao playing with a ball. He was a little embarrassed, but Ning Mingmei walked over calmly.

"Kid." Ning Mingmei asked, "Do you live here?"

Xiao Cao looked up: “Yes.

Ning Mingmei: "Okay. Why are there so few people on the street today? What are they doing?"

What did you do...

Eleven suddenly felt that someone was watching him. He followed his gaze and actually saw the girl named Xiaoshui from yesterday.

Adopted daughter of the Gao family.

The adopted daughter was hiding behind a door, spying on them, with a complex emotion in her eyes that was a mixture of fear, wanting to get closer, but also not daring to get closer.

Her eyes widened when she saw the little boy in the crowd...only to realize the next moment that Eleven was looking at her and she ducked back.

What's going on. Eleven thoughts.

When she faced them yesterday, she felt only fear and the desire to escape.

On the other side, the conversation continued.

"The adults are out." said Xiaocao.

Ning Mingmei: "Oh, what did you do outside?"

Xiaocao turned and looked at him.

"They said that the statue outside the ruined temple showed its power!"

"A miracle?" Seventeen was stunned. "What miracle?"