Chapter 459: Snow on the Mountain, Bright Candles in the South 19

Everyone initially thought that Mingnan's seclusion would only last two or three months. After all, the Chinese New Year was coming soon. In the past, she was always most excited during the Chinese New Year and would insist on getting everyone to make dumplings and lanterns with her.

But unexpectedly she was absent this year.

During the New Year's Day, only Yuan Ying, He Yunfei and Yuan You were left.

The three of them sat around the table and looked at each other.

There was only one person missing, but it seemed particularly deserted.

Finally, they had a casual New Year's Eve dinner in silence and went back to their own rooms.

During the Chinese New Year of the following year, they started preparing early again, thinking that Mingnan should have come out this time. They bought a table of food and wine, but they waited from dusk till dawn, but Mingnan still didn't come out.

He Yunfei couldn't help but ask, "Master, why don't you go and take a look? Is Junior Sister okay? She has never been in seclusion for such a long time before, I'm a little worried."

"I'm a little worried too." Yuan You was rarely serious and stood up and said, "Let's go together, right now."

Yuan Ying also found it strange.

The three of them went to Mingnan's yard. Yuan Ying waved his hand and asked He Yunfei and Yuan You to wait in the courtyard. He walked forward and stood at the bottom of the steps. He closed his eyes and released a thread of consciousness, slowly reaching into the house and seeing the situation inside clearly.

Mingnan was still sitting on the bed meditating, without moving at all.

His face was calm, his breath was peaceful, there was no sign of being possessed, and he was surrounded by spiritual energy. It was indeed just a normal practice.

Yuan Ying heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she felt mixed emotions.

When Mingnan didn't make progress, he wanted to whip her with a whip and force her to practice hard from morning to night.

But she really practiced so hard that she forgot to eat and sleep. He was afraid that she was too tired, or that she had something on her mind, and might develop a demon in her heart.

He opened his eyes and looked deeply at the closed door. It seemed that the last beast tide had indeed had a great impact on her.

It turns out that people need to walk more and see more in order to grow.

"How is it, Master? Is my junior sister okay?" He Yunfei asked with concern.

Yuan Ying turned around and nodded, "It's okay, I'm practicing."

He Yunfei and Yuan You looked at each other and finally felt relieved.

"With her hard work, she won't surpass me when she comes out, right?"

He Yunfei frowned, "No, I am her senior sister after all. If I spread the news that my cultivation level is not as high as hers, wouldn't I be laughed at?"

She turned around and left, "Master, I'm going back to seclusion too. If you have anything to do, please find Yuan You. If you have any problems, please find Yuan You!"

Yuan You: “???”

Yuan You laughed in anger, and bowed to Yuan Ying, saying, "Master, as the eldest senior brother, I should set an example for them. I will go back and work hard. Excuse me."

Yuan Ying: “…”

He stood in silence for a moment, then shook his head with a smile.

"Okay, let's all work harder."

The harder you work and the sooner you break through, the more likely you are to survive in this chaotic world.

Before leaving, he looked up at the vast starry sky and sighed silently.

…

In the third year of seclusion, one spring morning, when the first ray of sunlight broke through the clouds and fell on the world, Mingnan's drooping eyelashes suddenly trembled.

205, who was sleeping soundly, noticed something and woke up suddenly.

The next moment, spiritual energy from the mountains and streams surged in from all directions and completely penetrated into Mingnan's body.

A vortex of spiritual energy formed in her dantian, madly devouring and refining the spiritual energy for her own use.

Soon, the spiritual power condensed into a dazzling and transparent elixir during its rapid operation.

A bird pattern faintly appeared on the elixir.

Its shape is like a chicken, its voice is like a phoenix, and its eyes have double pupils, indicating double vision (1).

When the elixir was completely formed, the bird pattern brightened, flew away from the elixir, and circled over Mingnan's head.

In an instant, it was as if a revelation had struck him, and 205 suddenly realized.

[No wonder Mingnan is so strong! Chongming bird is an ancient mythical bird, with boundless strength, able to fight birds of prey and drive away evil spirits.]

That makes sense, then everything makes sense!

There is a bit of the divine bird's blood in Mingnan's body, and now that he is about to break through, the blood has awakened!

After the double-winged bird circled for a moment, it suddenly spread its wings and flew into Mingnan's body from the top of his head.

205 I dared not even breathe, and watched carefully with bated breath.

When the last bit of tail feathers disappeared, Mingnan suddenly opened his eyes.

There is a golden light flowing in his eyes, as if hiding all things.

Vast spiritual energy poured into the house like the sea, quickly causing strange phenomena in heaven and earth.

The originally cloudless sky suddenly changed into a cloudy one. Large dark clouds gathered above the rooftops. Purple lightning flashed back and forth and thunder roared, like some kind of prediction and warning.

The birds and animals living in the surrounding woods sensed something was wrong and fled in all directions.

A strong wind suddenly blew up, making the leaves rustle and the petals fly like rain, all gathering here.

Such unusual movements naturally alarmed other people in Chengtian Sect.

At that time, Yuan Ying was sitting opposite the sect leader and drinking tea.

A long wind blew past, just in time to pick up a leaf that fell into the sect leader's teacup.

The sect leader stood up and looked into the distance, and said in surprise: "Such a big commotion, I'm afraid he has broken through to the state of enlightenment."

He smiled and glanced at Yuan Ying. "It looks like your mountain is in the direction you are heading. That's good. Among the younger generation in our sect, your disciple is the most promising. Who is it this time? Is it Yun Fei or Yuan You?"

Yuan Ying was also a little surprised. It had only been a short while since these two people broke through to the late stage of the Questioning Heart Realm, but they had broken through to the Enlightenment Realm so quickly?

He put down his teacup and stood up, "Just go and take a look and you'll know."

"I'll go with you."

The clan leader hurriedly followed.

The two men landed on the mountain one after the other, but they saw that He Yunfei and Yuan You had already arrived.

The leader was stunned. "Why are you two here? What's in there?"

Yuan Ying raised her eyebrows and smiled, "It's Mingnan."

"Ah?" The sect leader was quite surprised. "Didn't she just ask about the middle state of mind before she went into seclusion? Is she going to jump two levels in a row?"

If he was asked about his state of mind moving from the early stage to the late stage, he wouldn't be so surprised.

Although it is difficult to advance to a higher level in small realms, it is not uncommon.

But if one were to upgrade from a small realm to a large realm twice in a row, that would be very rare.

He has only seen it a few times since he was born.

As he was speaking, thunder and lightning quickly gathered in the sky, and it looked like it was ready to strike.

Yuan Ying said in a deep voice: "Everyone, stay away and don't disturb her from overcoming the tribulation."

He Yunfei hesitated: "Master, can I withstand it alone? This is not a minor thunderbolt."

"You have to bear it even if you can't. You have to walk your own path. If you need others to help you overcome the tribulation, you will sooner or later go astray due to your unstable state of mind."

There was no fluctuation on his face, as if he was really not worried at all, but in fact, his hands were clenched tightly in his sleeves.

The leader also said: "Your master is right, let's go, if we stay here, it will distract Mingnan."

"yes."

He Yunfei then left with Yuan You.

After they retreated to the foot of the mountain, Yuan Ying immediately activated the formation to surround the mountain, not allowing anyone to approach at will to avoid accidents.

Almost at the moment when the array lit up, a dazzling light suddenly erupted on the mountain, as if a golden crow had descended, making people dare not look directly at it.

——Digression——

(1) The content related to Chongming Bird comes from Baidu.

Chongming bird is a kind of mythical bird in ancient times. To put it simply, it looks like a chicken and its cry is like a phoenix. In addition to the characteristics of great strength mentioned above, it is also very home-loving and loyal. Therefore, Nan Nan's character is not only raised by her master, brothers and sisters, but also because she is born with such blood in her bones.