Chapter 59 He's Now a Great Lecherous Demon (Plot Deviates)
After reaching an agreement with Xiao Bumian, his possessiveness towards Mingjian did indeed diminish considerably.
When Mingjian descended the mountain again, the way the disciples of Jianming Immortal Mountain looked at him was completely different from before.
As he walked, the whispers of the disciples gathered at the foot of the mountain were incessant, and many of their discussions drifted into his ears without any attempt to conceal them.
"I wonder what it is about Mingjian that Immortal Venerable Hanwei sees in him, that he actually allowed him to enter the Everlasting Night Mountain..."
A disciple lowered his voice and asked doubtfully, "But the sect leader and the elders of Guiyi Peak all looked extremely grim that day. Do you think going up Mount Evernight wasn't as good as we imagined?"
“Of course!” another disciple immediately chimed in, even raising his voice deliberately, as if afraid Mingjian wouldn’t hear him clearly. “If it were truly a good thing, why would an outer disciple get a chance? I’ve heard that Immortal Venerable Hanwei has a strange habit of torturing his disciples, preventing them from sleeping peacefully, and his diet is horrifying; they must drink blood and eat raw meat with him every day!”
"…………"
Mingjian's eyes twitched slightly upon hearing this.
It's laughable how these disciples acted. When they first heard Xiao Bumian say he wanted to take disciples up the mountain, their eyes were filled with fervent longing. Now that they weren't chosen, they immediately changed their tune.
Although it's true that being in Evernight Mountain is not good, it's not good for your health.
Mingjian thought silently.
He counted the number of times he and Xiao Bumian had practiced dual cultivation. In just three days, they had already done it seven or eight times. If this continued, Mingjian worried that he would die on Xiao Bumian's bed one day.
He initially didn't want to cultivate together with Xiao Bumian, but perhaps because his first time had opened some forbidden box, he seemed to have become an insatiable lecherous demon himself. Every morning when he woke up, he would find his forehead pressed tightly against Xiao Bumian's.
Then Xiao Bumian looked at him with her wet eyes.
He looked very aggrieved.
Mingjian rarely reflected on himself, and wondered if he had gone mad.
He had his doubts about Xiao Bumian. One night he even pretended to be asleep, but Xiao Bumian just obediently held him as they fell asleep without crossing any lines.
Surely Xiao Bumian couldn't know even if he hadn't slept with her, so Mingjian was certain that he had been bewitched by her beauty and had involuntarily clung to her in his sleep, indulging in the pleasure of dual cultivation time and time again.
Fortunately, it wasn't without its gains; his cultivation level broke through to the fourth level of Foundation Establishment.
Rapid progress in cultivation without sufficient experience is ultimately not a safe course of action. Therefore, after some thought, Mingjian returned to the mission pool to see if there were any suitable missions for him to go down the mountain for training.
Gu Zhi saw him from afar.
He immediately noticed the obvious dark circles under Mingjian's eyes, and recalling the various rumors circulating in the mountains about Evernight Mountain in the past few days, his expression tightened.
He strode forward, pulled Mingjian to a corner, and asked in a low voice, "Mingjian, how have you been these past few days?"
Seeing the hurt in his eyes, Ming felt a pang of sympathy for Gu Zhi for a moment, but decided not to be so cruel to him. He said seriously, "How could that be? Immortal Venerable Hanwei... well, he's a good person."
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhi immediately let out a long sigh of relief, holding the sword and nodding repeatedly, "Of course! The Immortal Venerable has sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, profound cultivation, and is upright and noble in character. Back then, he was all alone with his sword..."
Mingjian heard Gu Zhi's classic praise of Xiao Bumian from head to toe again. He forced himself to suppress his fatigue and yawned several times.
It wasn't until Fuzhi finally said she was tired that she stopped.
Gu Zhicai said, "Now that you are a disciple of Guiyi Peak, would you like to come up the mountain with me?"
Mingjian thought for a moment and nodded.
He would be staying at Guiyi Peak from now on. He was afraid that he would become lustful again, so if the bed at Guiyi Peak was also very soft, he would try to avoid going to Nevernight Pavilion in the future.
Seeing him nod, Gu Zhi finally felt relieved.
He hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help himself. He looked at him seriously and asked, "Mingjian, tell me the truth. If Immortal Venerable Hanwei hadn't come out of seclusion and interrupted Shi Lian and me, which would you have chosen between Tingyun Peak and Guiyi Peak?"
Although he felt that Guiyi Peak was the best peak in Jianming Immortal Mountain, he had to admit that Tingyun Peak, as the sect leader's lineage, far surpassed Guiyi Peak in terms of cultivation resources, status, and prestige.
Mingjian blinked gently, looked at Gu Zhi's serious expression, and replied after a moment of silence, "Guiyi Peak."
He originally preferred Guiyi Peak.
He didn't have much ambition; he simply wanted to reach the Foundation Establishment stage and live longer. Now that wish had been fulfilled, he didn't want to live a tiring life anymore and just wanted to find a place to relax and enjoy life.
Besides, he now has a lot of spirit stones, enough for him to use for a lifetime. He no longer needs to live like before, where he wished he could break a spirit stone in half to use it.
Most importantly, after the system notified Xiao Bumian that his redemption value had reached 70%, Mingjian received a reward: the system could no longer sense his thoughts.
Mingjian didn't want to follow the system's instructions in everything. He discovered that even if he deviated slightly from some plot points, the system wouldn't judge his mission as a failure as long as he completed it in the end.
Therefore, Mingjian wanted to test the maximum deviation of the plot that the system could accept.
He intends to do as much as he wants within this scope.
The first plot point he chose was whether to enter Tingyun Peak or Guiyi Peak.
According to the system, in the original storyline, he joined Shi Yan's sect, not Guiyi Peak.
Furthermore, there is a significant plot point later on where Xiao Bumian kills Shi Yan. Because of the demonic energy Shi Yan carries, the other disciples of Jianming Immortal Mountain mistakenly believe that Xie Linzhao was responsible, and therefore their attitude towards Xie Linzhao becomes even worse than before.
Mingjian could not tolerate Xie Linzhao killing his master, so he broke with Xie Linzhao.
Logically speaking, this plot point is extremely important.
If he hadn't entered Tingyun Peak but instead chose Guiyi Peak, how would he have gotten the revenge for killing his master from Shi Yan? And how would the plot point system have progressed?
The fact is, he chose Guiyi Peak, but the system only said a couple of things at the beginning and then didn't react at all.
In other words, the margin for error in the plot deviation was far greater than he had imagined.
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhi's face lit up with a smile, and he patted Mingjian's shoulder forcefully.
"I knew you had a good eye! You don't know, besides their overall cultivation being slightly higher than ours, Tingyun Peak's food is slightly better, their accommodations are slightly more comfortable, and they even receive slightly more spirit stones every month..."
As he spoke, he paused guiltily for a moment, then straightened his back and tried to save face, "...Besides that, what else can compare to our Guiyi Peak?"
Mingjian: "..."
He paused for a moment, then asked, "Is there anything else to compete in?"
Gu Zhi thought about it seriously for a while, and finally looked at him with a serious expression, "Well, that's all."
Mingjian chuckled twice, "Hehe."
Gu Zhi originally planned to take Ming Jian back to Yifeng directly by flying on his sword, but then remembered the purpose of his trip. So he took him around the mission building and finally took off a jade token and said, "It just so happens that you have also reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and I just broke through to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment yesterday. I was planning to find a secret realm to train and consolidate my foundation. Why don't we go together?"
Seeing that he had come for this very reason, Ming naturally nodded in agreement: "Okay."
At this moment, Gu Zhi suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, last time I went to the cultivation cave to look for you but couldn't find you, so I thought I'd look for Xie Hanwei on the way. But I asked almost everyone in the outer sect disciples' courtyard, and no one knew which courtyard he was from."
Upon hearing this, Mingjian's heart tightened, but he pretended to be calm and said vaguely, "I suppose it's because he hasn't returned to the mountain yet. His usual residence is in a remote place, so it's normal that you couldn't find him."
"But..." Gu Zhi wanted to ask more, but Ming Jian quickly changed the subject: "Where are we going down the mountain this time?"
"Oh." Gu Zhi was indeed led astray and replied, "Go to a small town under the jurisdiction of the Hehuan Sect. The town is inhabited by mortals. This month, some strange things seem to have happened in the town. We need to go and investigate with the disciples of the Hehuan Sect."
Seeing that Gu Zhi was no longer fixated on Xie Hanwei's whereabouts, Ming Jian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
“It will probably take some time to get down the mountain,” Gu Zhi instructed. “When you get back, remember to pack the necessary clothes and medicine.”
Mingjian nodded in agreement, "Okay."
The two then went up Guiyi Peak and briefly looked around the surroundings.
Mingjian was quite satisfied with the cave dwelling he had been assigned. Although it was far from being as rich in spiritual energy and exquisitely furnished as the Nevernight Mountain, it was worlds apart from the outer disciples' quarters. At least he no longer had to squeeze in with others, and his daily cultivation would be much quieter.
After agreeing on a date to descend the mountain with Koji, Akemi set off to return to Mount Buyeku.
Xiao Bumian made a grand entrance into the seclusion that day and took him away in front of everyone. The only good thing was that Mingjian no longer had to sneak around to go up the mountain.
He didn't think Xiao Bumian was being so high-profile for his sake, since this yandere always seemed to have something to do.
Even if it's obvious, I'm too lazy to investigate further.
He has achieved most of his life goals and now just wants to lie down, eat and wait to die.
After finally reaching the summit, panting heavily, Mingjian caught his breath and began to consider the feasibility of moving to Guiyi Peak.
Since you can't fly on a sword in Evernight Mountain, you can't keep climbing up there every time.
Mingjian clearly doesn't want to work himself to death.
In stark contrast to the exhausted Mingjian, Xiao Bumian looked refreshed. He had changed his clothes and stood calmly on the steps, as if he had just returned from an outing.
Mingjian, panting against a tree, was furious at the sight of him. It seemed that the yandere had also gone out, but because of the ghostly restriction he had placed, he could only climb the stone steps, while Xiao Bumian, relying on his high cultivation level, could tear through the void and go wherever he wanted. It was really unfair.
Mingjian was immediately displeased and gritted his teeth, saying, "I'm moving out tomorrow."
Xiao Bumian blinked and simply replied, "Oh."
Seeing that he remained unmoved, Ming repeated himself with emphasis.
Xiao Bumian didn't react much, only saying softly, "Alright, go ahead."
Mingjian: "..."
In a fit of anger, he actually packed his bags and went down the mountain the next day.
But that night, lying on that hard stone bed, he tossed and turned, his mind filled with the soft, warm bed on Evernight Mountain, still surrounded by a cool fragrance.
Mingjian remained silent for a long time, but finally gritted his teeth and resisted the temptation, forcing himself to close his eyes and fall asleep.
When he opened his eyes the next morning, he was greeted by Xiao Bumian's sleeping face so close to his, and the Nevernight Pavilion, which he knew all too well.
It's clear that they've completely given up.
Damn it!
Not only is he being seduced by this yandere, but he can't even give up his bed? He actually sleepwalked back to Evernight Mountain in the middle of the night just for a good bed to sleep in?!
He's probably really gone mad.
In a corner unseen by Mingjian, Xiao Bumian secretly curled the corners of his lips and hugged the person in his arms even tighter.
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Author's Note: Just going through the plot a bit [covering face and peeking] Goodnight, everyone!
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