Chapter 88 The Origin of Lianchengyue

The cold light advanced inch by inch, penetrating into the deadly acupoints.

“Hiss—Ah!”

The young man in white stood under the full moon. Against the light, the moonlight outlined a cold outline for him. From a distance, it looked like a noble and majestic crescent moon appeared in the dark night.

But lying on the ground a few feet away was the body of a child covered in blood.

Dirty and miserable.

"He just died like that."

The young man turned and left. He took a few steps forward, thinking to himself, "Where should I go next?"

until……

"call out!"

Gao Yin broke through the air, and a dark flame swept over, leaving a clear cut mark on his back.

The cut came so quickly that even his skin seemed unable to react. After a while, he heard a "hissing" sound on his back.

His skin was cut smoothly.

Only then did blood begin to gush out from the crack as if something had suddenly occurred to him. The young man covered his back with blood on his hands, and turned to look at the child lying on the ground.

The child's pupils have completely dilated. The whites of the eyes are almost invisible in the upturned corners. He lay on the ground, dark flames gushing out of his body. He looked more like a wild beast than a dying loser.

A beast that bites.

He looked at him and hissed. But the young man covered his serious injuries and only gave a slightly puzzled answer.

"Isn't this quite capable of biting?"

There was no pain or fear.

Only the renewed interest is there.

The young man lowered his head to look at the child. This time he used all his strength. The spiritual pressure around him made it impossible for the child to raise his head. Under the king-like majesty, the child was firmly pinned to the ground, and only his mouth kept roaring.

But it is also enough to make people feel very terrifying. Because he doesn't look like a human being at all.

It was like a wild beast that would crawl out of the mud even if every inch of its bones were crushed into mud by spiritual pressure.

"Now it looks quite decent. But your methods are too crude." The young man squatted and looked at him. After a moment's silence, he stretched out his finger and tapped his forehead. "In that case... let's take another look and give you a gift."

As he spoke, he looked towards the Lian family's red buildings under the moonlight, and his eyes fell on one of the courtyards.

"Would it be a good idea to kill Lian Zhao and force the Lian family to adopt you as their son?" he said.

After saying that, he gently stroked the wound on the child's body. As the black smoke passed, the hideous wounds gradually healed.

But the child still stared at him and made a hissing sound.

The young man looked at him, a faint light flashing in his eyes.

"Looking at me like that... is like I took something from you. Even though just now, you still hated him for fooling you so much."

As he was about to leave, he noticed something rolling out from the child's waist.

That thing is a ring.

A snake head ring.

The ring made the young man let out a slight "eh". There was a hint of nostalgia and a hint of indifference in his voice.

It doesn't seem to be because of the longing for the soul in the ring, but because of the longing for one's own past.

But how did this ring appear on this child at this time?

The young man stood up again. This time he no longer looked in the direction of Lian Zhao's room, but looked towards the waterside pavilion in the courtyard to the east of Lian's mansion.

In the waterside pavilion, Ning Mingmei and others lived.

And tonight, the child just came out of Ning Mingmei's room.

The moonlight illuminates the young man's handsome face. He looked at the waterside pavilion, thoughtfully.

After a while, he smiled softly, as if he couldn't figure it out, but also as if he found it very interesting.

…

The next morning, Ning Mingmei and his group planned to set off.

Before leaving, Ning Mingmei sent Fifteen to take a look inside the house. Fifteen reported back: "Master, the headmaster is still unconscious."

Qi Miancheng was unconscious for quite a long time.

Ning Mingmei's face did not show the worry that others had: "Move him into the car. Today, I will continue to pretend to be Qi Miancheng."

The disciples quickly packed up everything. The two fairy carriages they brought with them were now fully loaded, and in addition, there was also Qi Miancheng's own fairy carriage.

The laurel tree was tied to the roof of the car.

After making sure everything was ready, Ning Mingmei disguised himself as Qi Miancheng and went to say goodbye to the Lian family.

But the result was beyond his expectations. There was no one in charge in the main hall of the Lian family today.

"My family suddenly encountered an emergency..." The butler who came to see them off on behalf of the Lian family's patriarch was sweating profusely, "I am really sorry, all the immortals."

Ning Mingmei asked: "What's the emergency?"

The other party remained silent.

Ning Mingmei asked everyone to leave, leaving only the two of them: "You can't even tell me?"

The steward shook his head.

Just waiting for the manager's reaction. Ning Mingmei quickly knocked the steward unconscious and searched his soul.

Ning Mingmei originally had no intention of delving into the affairs of the Lian family. But early in the morning, Ren Miao came to him in a panic, saying that A Yue was missing - although for Lian Chengyue, disappearance was never a strange thing. Last night, Ning Mingmei sent him a harsh rejection letter. This morning, he felt that there was no profit to be made, so it was possible that he would leave.

However, seeing the manager's secretive attitude, Ning Mingmei's intuition told him that there was profit to be made.

Sure enough, he was able to find some information from the manager's mind.

"Lian Zhao is dead?"

After hearing the news, Gui Ruoxue also frowned.

The femme fatale who had calculated everything did not think this was a coincidence: "Why did he die at this time, not earlier or later?"

"Some people said that he was possessed last night and killed more than a dozen servants before he exploded and died. They speculated that Lian Zhao wanted to show us his power this morning because we were leaving early this morning, so he was eager for quick success and became possessed." Ning Mingmei said, "The Lian family has only one Lian Zhao in this generation, and the situation of being excluded from the second-rate family is urgent. They can't wait another fifty years. Coincidentally, they found a person in Lian Zhao's own dungeon."

Gui Ruoxue: "Who?"

Ning Mingmei: "Our acquaintance, A Yue. In the past, he was also Lian Zhao's medicine man."

Gui Ruoxue only had to think about it briefly before she understood the whole story. "I guess that kid escaped from the Lian family because he saw what happened to other medicine men. Now, by chance, he came back to the Lian family with us. Lian Zhao wanted to enter the Qingji Sect but failed. Seeing that you valued him, he was angry and set up a poisonous plan to capture him and kill him last night. Unfortunately, he was too clever and ended up killing himself."

Ning Mingmei: "At present, it seems like this."

Gui Ruoxue: "What should we do? Are you going to bring him back and take him back to Qingji Sect?"

"It seems that it is not necessary now." Ning Mingmei said, "The Lian family was in great pain and decided to adopt A Yue as their adopted son. He has outstanding talent and is an orphan, so he is the best candidate to replace Lian Zhao. The head of the Lian family and a female cultivator in green facilitated this matter. The female cultivator in green is very famous in the Lian family and is highly valued by the head of the Lian family."

"This..." Gui Ruoxue couldn't believe it. "This child, is this considered lucky?"

After saying this, he himself felt strange: "This series of events does not seem to be caused by coincidence."

Ning Mingmei looked at the pond outside the window: "What a coincidence, I thought so too."

There are already small lotus leaves with their pointed tips beginning to appear in the pond. Gui Ruoxue said: "This incident should not have been planned by Ah Yue. He is just a child, how could he have such resources and means? I am afraid that he is also a pawn in the game."

"You never know." Ning Mingmei said, "Don't underestimate the child."

Gui Ruoxue was speechless: "Your paranoia should be treated."

Even Gui Ruoxue did not believe that a five-year-old child could have any extraordinary thoughts or means.

Ning Mingmei said nothing and just looked out the window. Gui Ruoxue asked: "What are you going to do?"

"Life and death are determined by fate. And I... have already taken enough. It would be stable if he stayed here for a long time." Ning Mingmei said, "Let's do this."

Just a simple sentence determined the outcome that Ning Mingmei would not help.

Gui Ruoxue had no objection to this. He just said, "That child is quite studious, what a pity."

Ning Mingmei said: "If you feel it's a pity after just a few days, then it's not a pity."

So that's how it was settled. In addition, Ning Mingmei also discovered something interesting in the manager's mind.

The head of the Lian family had discussed with the steward and wanted to threaten Ning Mingmei and Qi Miancheng with the corpse in the grave of their good friend, forcing them to accept Lian Zhao.

It's such a pity that we can't see the expression on the Lian family patriarch's face when he dug up the grave and saw the corpses of two entangled donkeys.

The immortal carriage drove away from the Lian family, and left on the clouds, sun and moon as the Tathagata did when he came. The common people in Liancheng knelt down and kowtowed, watching the immortals disappear into the sky as high as the Tathagata.

"Dad, Mom," a child said, "Do immortals look so noble and otherworldly? When I grow up, I want to be an immortal, too."

"Hush - what are you talking about! Be careful that the immortals will punish you!" The man knocked the child to the ground, "You can't say you want to be an immortal? Immortals and us are not the same kind of people at all."

They all have two eyes and one mouth, but because of a few spiritual roots, there is a class gap between them. Even saying one more word is an offense.

The child, who had just spoken without restraint, knelt down along with his parents. She looked at the sky, no longer having the innocent curiosity of a child.

There is only endless fear.

And now, there was a small figure watching the immortal leave with them.

The small figure was still wearing blue-gray cloth. But soon, this set of clothes will be replaced with expensive silk and satin. The female cultivator in green stood behind him, looking at the sky and said, "The immortals of Qingji Sect have left."

The child said nothing, but just stared at the sky. The female nun in green said, "It's just as I guessed. The steward said that they left early in the morning and no one asked about your whereabouts. After hearing that you would stay at the Lian family, they were also indifferent. It seems that to them, you are indeed something that can be found everywhere. When he said that he would take you to Baopu Temple, it was probably just a casual remark and should not be taken seriously."

“…”

"Okay, calm down. From today on, you have received the first recognition from the Lian family. Unfortunately, this is far from enough for you. The Lian family now regards you as a tool that may be used to replace Lian Zhao, rather than the future head of the family." The female cultivator said, "Let me introduce myself again. My name is Bixiao. I have been in the Lian family for more than fifty years."

The child finally spoke: "For more than fifty years, a Jindan cultivator did not go out to practice, but stayed in the Lian family school to be a local snake?"

Moreover, he was one of the people who had just decided to make him Lian Zhao's successor.

"Every cultivator has different ambitions. Some cultivators want to achieve enlightenment. Some cultivators want to be famous. As for me, all I want is a sincere support from a decent family and enough money for me to squander." The female cultivator hid her smiling eyes behind a folded white fan. "Lian Zhao is not a smart person. If we keep him, he will squander the Lian family's wealth sooner or later. Now that he is dead, and you are here, it is a pleasant surprise for me."

The child said, "Oh? I'm so honored."

The female cultivator chuckled, "You really are talking like a little adult. Stop looking at the flying fairy carriages. No matter how low or close they fly, they don't belong to you. To those high and mighty immortal sects... second-rate families like us are just dirt under their feet. Isn't that right? Speaking of which, from today on, I should call you Lian Yue."

"The master of the family wants to change your name to show that from today on, you are different from the servant of yesterday." The female cultivator said, "Have you thought about what name to change yourself to?"

The child finally looked around with heavy eyes: "What is the name of this city?"

The female cultivator said, "Liancheng."

Near Liuyue Lake is the famous Liancheng.

Child: "Really? Is he a household name?"

The female cultivator said, “It can be considered as such.”

Can.

Once upon a time, Lian Chengyue in the original work named himself "Lian Chengyue" because he wanted to remember the place where he originated. No matter what hardships he experiences outside, he will always remember that he is a penniless avenger who came from Liancheng.

And today, the child still chose the two words "Liancheng".

But it's not because of any other reason.

But because...

If you can't remember me, at least you can remember Liancheng. He thought.

Liancheng Ayue.

Liancheng Moon.

He wanted the person who treated him like a piece of trash to immediately remember the next time he saw him that he had made an absolutely wrong decision in Liancheng, a decision that would make him regret his whole life.

He would regret having fooled Lian Chengyue and regret not having accepted him as his disciple earlier.

He wanted that person to regret it.

"Lian Chengyue," said the child.

"Lian Chengyue?" The female cultivator hesitated for a moment, "It's a good name!"

At this moment, a group of people on the fairy carriage were rushing towards Qingji Sect at the fastest speed.

"When we were at the Lian family just now, you didn't investigate further, but chose to return to Qingji Sect directly. I still can't understand this." Gui Ruoxue finally asked Ning Mingmei, "Do you have any plans?"

"I see the lotus flowers are budding," Ning Mingmei said. "Summer is coming soon."

Gui Ruoxue:?

Ning Mingmei: "It means that next month, the competition between Qingji Sect and Yanyun Tower in Qingji Sect will begin."

Then comes the much-anticipated enrollment season.

Ning Mingmei: "During this trip, the disciples I left behind in Qingji Sect have already achieved a lot of academic results. The competition and enrollment season are approaching, and it is urgent to harvest the results!"

Five days later, everyone arrived at Qingji Sect.