Chapter 93 Happy Hotpot for Four

Ning Mingmei followed behind Xiang Wuxing and Bai Ruoru. Below the main hall of Guyue Peak is the armory.

As expected of Guyue Peak, even the swords in the armory are larger than those in other peaks.

Ning Mingmei pinched the black frozen pear and glanced at Chang Feichang who was also pinching the frozen pear all the way behind him...then he saw the gray-clothed boy quickly stuffed the pear into his own mouth with an expressionless face.

?

"Junior Brother Ning." Xiang Wuxing's voice was as loud as a bell. "Why don't you eat the frozen pear? This thing is delicious. I'll teach you, this is how you should eat it..."

Ning Mingmei: ...

I was careless.

Very often! You betrayed your faction!

Under Xiang Wuxing's enthusiastic gaze and words, he followed his instructions and bit off a little bit of the pear skin... and then ate it step by step.

In between are all kinds of invisible encouragement and care.

Ning Mingmei: ...I finally understand why Chang Feichang stuffed the pear into my mouth so quickly.

Xiang Wuxing: "Oh, Junior Brother, you finally know how to eat! You just didn't do the last step well. It's okay, Nuo, I have another one here, I'll give it to you."

Ning Mingmei: ...

System: ...It's so rare to see Ning Mingmei being so stubborn.

Xiang Wuxing and Bai Ruoru, one cheerful and the other enthusiastic, surrounded Ning Mingmei and watched him eat pears... Ning Mingmei sincerely felt that there was a reason why these two people could get together.

The extroverted genes of the entire Qingji Sect's direct lineage are concentrated in them.

Ning Mingmei finally finished eating the second pear. Before Xiang Wuxing spoke again, he said, "Brother, let's pick the swords first."

Xiang Wuxing: "Oh, how could I forget about picking up the sword!"

He glanced up and down at Ning Mingmei and Chang Feichang, and said to them, "Looking at your bodies, you don't need to look at the swords after the fifth cabinet. Just pick any sword from the first few cabinets."

Ning Mingmei said thank you to his senior brother. Chang said very slowly: "I don't need a sword, Senior Sister Bai brought me here by chance..."

Xiang Wuxing: "Why are you being polite? Just take one and leave. Don't dawdle there."

Ning Mingmei glanced at Chang Feichang, who seemed to be still swallowing his saliva - he probably choked because he ate the pear too quickly. He pushed up his glasses and added insult to injury: "That's right, Senior Brother Xiang said it all."

Xiang Wuxing laughed loudly and put his arm around Ning Mingmei's shoulders: "Xiaobai is right. After a few years, you have become more cheerful! Good! Good!"

...I'm trying to take advantage of you, what are you saying?

Ning Mingmei was still thinking about that horrible dinner. Even though he could take advantage of it, he planned to leave before the dinner time after taking advantage of it. Unfortunately, Xiang Wuxing obviously didn't intend to let him go.

Treating guests so rudely is not his invisible way of hospitality.

Xiang Wuxing: "Try this one. I saw you took a second look at this one. The material of this one is quite suitable for you. It's sharp!"

Sword in hand +1.

Xiang Wuxing: "You can try this one too. Now that you have the sharp one, you can get the tough one. If you combine the two, you can use them for a longer time."

Sword in hand +2.

Xiang Wuxing: "Take both. Take this one too. This one is not bad either..."

I've bought all the vegetables, and I'll add some green onions.

Xiang Wuxing: "And this one..."

…

If this intangible skill were put into modern times, it would definitely be a great help in sales.

Ning Mingmei held the seven or eight swords that Xiang Wuxing had forced him to try with his own hands, and said, "Brother, that's enough, it's really enough."

If I take the sword again, I won’t be able to escape before the dinner.

Bai Ruoru: "Don't be shy. Your brother has many swords here, they are just sitting there. Do you think that one is suitable for you?"

This was the first time that Ning Mingmei was clearly taking advantage but wanted to run away halfway.

Although he failed to escape for the time being, the focus of attention shifted to Chang Feichang, which comforted Ning Mingmei a little.

Until Xiang Wuxing saw that he was alone there, he felt that he had neglected Ning Mingmei, and came over and said, "Why don't you try the sword behind the fifth cabinet? Let me see if you can lift it?"

…

There's really no need for you to feel like I'm being left out and come talk to me.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Ning Mingmei felt that dinner time was approaching, and he became more and more nervous. There was no expression on his face. He walked over reluctantly, picked up the hilt of the sword, and pretended that he couldn't lift it.

Xiang Wuxing: "I think there's something wrong with the way you hold the sword! You can't hold it like this. Here, change your position so you can hold it more steadily."

Bai Ruoru: "Mingmei, listen to Lao Xiang. He is an expert in this area."

...Damn, this pair of enthusiastic brother and sister who are so corrupt that they go along with the crowd.

Will it ever end?

Ning Mingmei finally failed to run away before dinner. Xiang Wuxing's second disciple came down and told him that the goose was stewed.

Xiang Wuxing: "Okay. That's all for today. If you still need anything, come to me another day. Anytime is fine."

Ning Mingmei followed them holding the seven swords, and said expressionlessly: "Thank you so much, Senior Brother. I'll go back and bring you some tea. But these seven swords are too many, so I'd better put them back to Piao Miao Peak first..."

Xiang Wuxing waved his hand and said, "It's alright. I'll ask my disciples to take you to Piao Miao Peak. I'll also let them take a look around your peak. I just came back and heard that your peak has changed a lot. They are all curious about what is going on in Piao Miao Peak now."

Bai Ruoru said: "My disciples are also very curious."

When they said this, Ning Mingmei was no longer sleepy. His glasses flashed, "You are very welcome. If you are a disciple of my senior sister or senior brother, you can live with me and practice sword skills."

Xiang Wuxing's eyes lit up: "You also know that the two of us often go out to travel, and now is a time of trouble, so we are away for several years or even decades. It is really a waste of time to keep these disciples in the peak on weekdays... Mingmei, if you are willing to help us take care of them, it will really help us a lot!"

Ning Mingmei took out a finger and pushed his glasses: "It's okay. As long as the brothers and sisters need it..."

I would very much like to have two more people on Piaomiao Peak.

Xiang Wuxing and Bai Ruoru settled the matter in a few words. As for the other twelve peaks, the peaks of Zhang Zhizhen and Chang Feichang have become colonies of Ning Mingmei. Shen Liwan, Jiang Ying, Zheng Heguang and Ning Mingmei had a lot of human resources cooperation exchanges. Yin Xisheng's peak is being changed from the inside out by Jiang Yu.

I won’t talk about Qi Miancheng’s Feng, he is my dear senior brother.

Now, the only peaks that Ning Mingmei has never set foot on are Fang Wuyu's, Liang Jiansu's and Fu Weidao's!

Three sword cultivators, three final stubborn mountains!

In other words, 76.92% of the thirteen inner peaks of the Qingji Sect have become Ning Mingmei's academic territory. Soon, Ning Mingmei will be able to begin the academic era of exploration.

Ning Mingmei feels the benefits of working. Since ancient times, it has been easier to get things done if you have connections. For example, Bai Ruoru and Xiang Wuxing gave up their peaks to Ning Mingmei with just a few words.

...While he was talking, he had already walked into the room.

I really can’t escape this dinner!

A big goose was steaming in a copper pot on the table. Xiang Wuxing asked his disciples to take Ning Mingmei's seven swords back to Piao Miao Peak, and asked Chang Feichang: "Feichang, should I take your swords back as well?"

Chang Feichang: "...Just help me get to Piao Miao Peak."

Xiang Wuxing:?

Chang Feichang: "My disciples are probably all in Piaomiao Peak now."

Xiang Wuxing's expression suddenly became very complicated - obviously, he didn't know that in the past few months, academic enthusiasm had achieved a Cambrian explosion in Qingji Sect.

However, Ning Mingmei still sensed something complicated from his expression.

It seemed that he didn't expect Chang Feichang and Ning Mingmei to be so close.

Four people sat around. Xiang Wuxing drank and ate meat in large chunks and in large cups. Bai Ruoru sat next to him and slowly dipped the meat in chili peppers - what a horrible way to eat it!

Ning Mingmei glanced at Chang Feichang next to him, and he also took a plate of chili powder.

Ning Mingmei, who cannot eat spicy food, took small bites of the food very calmly and cooperated in livening up the atmosphere. After three rounds of drinking, Xiang Wuxing put one hand on his knee and said, "It feels so good now, just like we are back to the time when we were disciples. Tsk, but back then, we couldn't always get everyone together when we wanted to eat hot pot. Old Yin fell ill again and couldn't go out, Old Fang sometimes came and sometimes didn't, and you, Junior Brother Mingmei, never came out, you were always controlled by his master... Old Qi came every time, and every time he ate more than anyone else. When will this stinky thing wake up?"

Every time Qi Miancheng comes over, he eats more than anyone else.

After Xiang Wuxing finished speaking, he lowered his head, his face a little red from the heat from the hot pot.

The person who most wanted to eat hotpot with his fellow sisters and brothers in Qingji Sect had to go to guard the border.

Bai Ruoru sat beside him and was also very quiet: "I wonder what will happen to Demon Lord Jiang Duo..."

For a moment, the only sound in the room was the sizzling sound of the hot pot. Xiang Wuxing said: "Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore! Let's play a drinking game!"

Drinking game...ah?

Ning Mingmei rarely refused. But when it was his turn...

“…”

This is a bit too difficult for a doctoral supervisor who has been engaged in science and engineering for more than ten years.

Bai Ruoru: "In that case, Junior Brother, please give us a show!"

Xiang Wuxing: "That's right! Get up! Perform the show!"

Chang Feichang even spoke up: "Support."

…

Ning Mingmei: "...I shouldn't have sympathized with them just now."

system:?

Ning Mingmei just showed sympathy?

Ning Mingmei thought for a while. Bai Ruoru reminded him: "How about singing? Singing is easy."

"Senior sister, you are putting me in a difficult position. I am tone-deaf." Ning Mingmei said.

Xiang Wuxing put down his wine glass: "Shouldn't we sing more?"

…Ahhh! !

You extroverts.

Ning Mingmei thought for a moment and said, "This is the only song I can sing without going out of tune..."

Xiang Wuxing: "Don't waste time, sing quickly."

Ning Mingmei said: "Tsk."

He put down his glass, cleared his throat, and sang along with the melody.

"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the grass is green and endless."

"The evening wind blows the willows and the sound of the flute fades away, the setting sun shines beyond the mountains."

"The end of the sky, the corner of the sea..."

"A pot of muddy wine to end my remaining joy, don't dream of the cold tonight."

(From "Farewell")

He sang, and the other three were silent. Bai Ruoru clapped the beat for him and said, "Junior brother, your singing is pretty good... but it sounds a bit sad."

Ning Mingmei finished singing the last line and pushed up his glasses: "This is the only song I'm familiar with."

In the past, he would sing it to people every year when they graduated.

He raised a glass of wine and toasted his three fellow disciples. Xiang Wuxing asked him to change the cup to a bigger one, and Bai Ruoru covered her mouth and laughed.

Even Chang Feichang drank a few more glasses.

Ning Mingmei glanced out the window at this moment.

Outside the window, the moon is bright, the sky is dark, and the mountains stretch endlessly. It is the vast and boundless Qingji Sect.

This lighted little window is like a speck of white in the frosty sky, or a small boat floating on the ocean.

At that moment, he suddenly lowered his eyes and smiled.

"...Don't dream of the cold tonight." He softly hummed the last sentence he had just sung.

The banquet was filled with cheers and everyone enjoyed themselves. While cleaning up the mess, Chang Feichang got drunk again and fell asleep on the mat.

Xiang Wuxing asked his disciples to pack up their things. Bai Ruoru was sitting next to him. She said to Ning Mingmei, "It's hard to see someone so happy."

Ning Mingmei: "He is usually very unhappy, right?"

"He has been like this ever since his master passed away." Bai Ruoru said with her eyes lowered, "At that time, people who knew the inside story said that he killed his master and was betraying his master and ancestors... From then on, his foundation was damaged and his cultivation level never improved."

These words were like thunder.

Ning Mingmei thought for a moment, and while Bai Ruoru was drunk, he said, "But he was only in the early stage of the Spiritual Transformation at that time..."

Bai Ruoru said, "At the beginning, his master, the previous Sword Elder, went astray. Elder Zhisu should have taken action to eliminate him, but he was a few steps too late. Just these few steps killed several elders and fellow disciples... Later, he attacked his own master. After that, the previous Elder Zhisu committed suicide to apologize. After Senior Brother Qi became the head of the sect, Feichang also became the new Elder Zhisu."

Ning Mingmei: ...

If he remembered correctly, he himself was the current Sword-wielding Elder.

"Where are the remaining elders who served previously now?" Ning Mingmei asked.

"They are now cultivating in the blessed land, or traveling to look for ancient secrets or treasures. Even if they don't show up, they are the glory of Qingji Sect and have the supreme status. This is the custom of Qingji Sect. Only when an emergency occurs will they come out to save Qingji Sect from the turmoil." Bai Ruoru said, frowning, "Now that Jiang Duo has been born and Senior Brother Qi is in a coma again. I always feel that it is time..."

At this time, a disciple came in hurriedly from outside. She whispered something to Xiang Wuxing.

Xiang Wuxing was shocked when he heard this, and frowned: "It's so late, how could it be..."

The disciple looked at Xiang Wuxing and shook his head vigorously.

Ning Mingmei also frowned. Xiang Wuxing's expression was obviously wrong.

Just as he was about to ask, Xiang Wuxing looked at him.