The sect leader never expected that Wu Ning, who had always been intelligent and insightful in her eyes, would be so muddle-headed, still not realizing that Wu Nian was no longer the same person she once was.
Wu Ning was flung far away by her sleeve and once again fell spectacularly from the sky onto the training ground.
The Foundation Establishment cultivator thought that the Buddha was finally gone. Considering her bad luck today, he planned to quickly finish what he needed to say to the group of brats and let them go back to their rooms. However, before long, the Buddha fell face down to the ground again with a thud.
The places she fell were all incredibly precise. One little kid pointed to the three spots where she fell and exclaimed, "She's ruined that whole area!"
The Foundation Establishment cultivator was so frightened that he rushed up and covered her mouth.
Seeing that Wu Ning had left, Wu Si and the other two planned to leave together as well. However, they had not gone far when they saw a figure flying over from the distant blue sky, rapidly approaching. At the same time, the sect leader's shouts echoed throughout the Qingyun Temple...
The three hesitated for a long time. Should they pretend not to see it, pretend not to see it, or pretend not to see it?
In the end, they turned back and saw Wu Ning struggling to get up from the ground, so the three of them quickly went over to help her.
As Wu Ning was helped up, the sect leader's reprimands still echoed in her ears. She wondered: What did those words mean? Could it be that Wu Nian was now stronger than the sect leader?
She finally became curious about how Wu Nian became the Supreme Elder, and turned to ask, "Do you know why Wu Nian became the Supreme Elder?"
Wu Si said, "I heard that she offered up the scriptures that Buddha had given her in the past."
These classic texts were ones that Chu Nian had seen her take out on the way back to Emei from Lingshan. At the time, they all thought that Chu Nian was just using these classic texts to fool them, and didn't want to show them the Dharma treasures given to them by Buddha. Now, they never expected that Wu Nian would make such a great contribution to Qingyun Temple with these classic texts, and even become the Supreme Elder with a very transcendent status.
Wu Lin hadn't said a word for a while, but now he couldn't help but say, "I think she might have gotten some other good fortune, which caused her to not only recover her physical strength but also make great progress in her cultivation."
A single sentence jolted them awake, and the other three immediately realized the truth. Wu Ning, in particular, felt a mix of emotions as the sect leader's words still echoed in her ears.
They all went to Mount Ling, just like Wu Nian, so why did the Buddha only see Wu Nian? Why did only Wu Nian benefit greatly from Mount Ling, while the others gained nothing?
That's not fair! This is so unfair!
Seeing her expression, Wu Si wanted to test her, so he deliberately said with envy, jealousy and hatred, "I always thought it was just my master who was biased, but I didn't expect that Buddha was even more biased. Wu Nian is the same as us, and he is not related to her at all. Why does he favor Wu Nian so much? He not only gives her private guidance behind closed doors, but also gives her many treasures?"
Upon hearing her words, Wu Ning wholeheartedly agreed, but at the same time, a surge of hatred also rose within him.
Wu Si continued, "Uncle-Master Wu Ning, why don't we have the same good fortune as Wu Nian? How are we inferior to her? She was just born with better aptitude, but that aptitude was ruined once, and what she has left is just the favoritism of my master and Buddha. Since she was ruined, I haven't seen her cultivate properly. For the past sixty years, we've been locked in the meditation room, and I don't know how she's cultivated. Can she really ascend to heaven in one step?"
Wu Ning grew angrier the more she listened. Indeed, after Wu Nian was crippled, she hadn't seen him cultivate at all. How could he compare to them, who were diligently cultivating every day?
However, she had cultivated for many years and had gone through countless difficulties to reach the Nascent Soul stage. It was impossible for her not to see through Wu Si's petty tricks. She knew that Wu Si wanted to use her to deal with Wu Nian.
"Trying to use her as a pawn? Ha!" Wu Ning sneered inwardly, but put on a show of sympathy and said, "Wu Si, all these years, you and she have been disciples of Uncle Kong Yuan. Life must have been very difficult for you!"
Wu Si immediately felt that all his words hadn't been in vain, and said with a wry smile, "Uncle-Master Wu Ning, although I have become a disciple of Master, my talent is mediocre and I can't compare to you. After Master took in Wu Nian, how could he still have me in his eyes and heart? If I had your talent, I think Master would have paid more attention to me." As he spoke, he couldn't help but feel sad.
These were her true feelings.
Wu Ning said quietly, "Uncle Kong Yuan may not be as good to you as she is to Wu Nian, but when the sect leader punished us that day, I saw that she was very concerned about you."
The two of them were gazing at each other in self-pity, which made Wu Lin and Wu Qing, who were listening nearby, feel a bit uneasy. They had neither Wu Ning's talent nor Wu Si's lineage. Although they did envy and resent Wu Nian, and had even thought of following Wu Ning and Wu Si in the hopes of getting some benefits from Wu Nian, it seemed that Wu Nian had become someone that even the sect leader dared not provoke.
They didn't want to make the same foolish mistake again. Especially Wu Lin, who still remembered how these girls had pinned the blame for trying to frame Wu Nian on her!
She made up a random excuse and said goodbye, and Wuqing quickly followed her.
Wu Ning and Wu Si had no desire to stay there. After all, they had just fallen and embarrassed themselves, and they wanted to leave as soon as possible. However, Wu Si followed Wu Ning around like a shadow.
Wu Ning said with a hint of helplessness, "Wu Si, didn't you hear Wu Nian's reminder just now? You should go and pay your respects to Uncle Kong Yuan."
She didn't want to be accused of abducting Wu Si and preventing her from going to worship her master. Wu Si was a very cunning woman; she was the one who came up with the idea of framing Wu Nian and shifting all the blame onto Wu Lin.
When Wu Si saw the sect leader, she immediately summoned the four nuns who had been to Mount Ling to the main hall for questioning, which probably meant she knew things were about to be exposed. After all, she was the only one among the four who knew that the Demon Emperor Stone came from Mount Ling, not Mount Demon.
She telepathically told Wu Ning and Wu Qing that if the sect leader asked about the stone in the mountain valley that truly emitted demonic energy, they should both insist that Wu Lin threw it.
Looking back now, Wu Ning realizes how foolish she was. She clearly had a brighter future than Wu Si and the other two, yet she lacked ambition and spent all her time hanging out with them. Now, she's even somewhat grateful for the sect leader's punishment: being forced to meditate in a quiet room. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to calm her mind and successfully break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Hearing Wu Ning's words, Wu Si's eyes reddened, and she said, "I'm afraid Master doesn't want to see me at all!"
Wu Ning: "What are you thinking? Hurry up and go!" After saying that, fearing that Wu Si might still follow him, he immediately used his profound magic power at the Nascent Soul stage to speed away.
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