Chapter 58

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Xie Tingyun brought out some more pastries. After bringing them to Ning Chen, he twisted a piece and ate it himself.

Ning Chen was busy switching back and forth between his true self and his disguise, leaving his true self waiting outside Liuyun Sect for Agui to pick him up.

When Ning Chen used his big account to come, he used his small account to scout the way. After finding out that Xie Tingyun went to Putang, he used his big account to come.

The location of Pu Tang is particularly easy to find. Even Ning Chen, who is a road idiot, can recognize it. Just turn left after entering the gate of Liuyun Sect and keep walking and you will find the place.

I had just finished doing something in someone else's territory, so it would not be appropriate to stay there for long. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if I was caught, and I would have to spend more time dealing with the pursuers.

Besides, Xie Tingyun has already returned, so Ning Chen can't stay at the vest for too long.

Xie Tingyun brushed off the remaining crumbs on his fingertips and saw Ning Chen eating a piece of rice and then became quiet, so he asked, "Are you full?"

Ning Chen came back to his senses, took another bite of the cake that Xie Tingyun passed to him, and said vaguely, "I'm full."

Xie Tingyun said, "It's originally a single serving. I've helped you eat a few bites. You are responsible for finishing the rest."

The lunch box contained a plate of thin-skinned steamed buns with crystal shrimp filling, a plate of osmanthus jelly and shortbread, three portions in one plate, all of which were bite-sized.

These things are just enough for a half-full meal for an adult. Xie Tingyun knew that Ning Chen didn't like breakfast, so he didn't buy so much.

As a result, Ning Chen just ate two bites perfunctorily. How could that be acceptable?

The real body and Agui got back together, Ning Chen calmly switched back to his vest, and was forced by Xie Tingyun to finish the rest, so he started bargaining with Xie Tingyun: "Half for each, you didn't eat it either."

"I ate it," Xie Tingyun said, "You three and I one. I can only help you eat one more piece at most."

Ning Chen said, "Two pieces."

Xie Tingyun took the wooden chopsticks that Ning Chen had placed on the edge of the food box, turned them over, picked up the last crystal shrimp bun with the other end and ate it. Then he pushed the rest in front of Ning Chen and gave him a final ultimatum, saying, "Clean up after you finish eating."

Ning Chen: “…”

There is no bargaining.

Fortunately, the food tasted pretty good. Even Ning Chen, who is used to eating strong flavors, was able to enjoy it. He ate it all, one bite at a time, and put away the dishes after finishing.

Xie Tingyun checked the swing nearby and confirmed that there were no problems with it and the spiritual power formation was running smoothly. He then turned around and said to Ning Chen, who had just finished his meal, "Just put it on the table in the pavilion. Do you see the small formation next to the corner of the table? Focus your spiritual power into it."

After saying this, Xie Tingyun suddenly remembered that Ning Chen had just arrived and might not have adapted to the life here, so he asked, "Can you use spiritual power?"

Ning Chen imitated and activated the formation on the table. Hearing this, he sighed without turning his head and said, "Brother, I admit that my cultivation is lower than yours, but you don't have to treat me as an idiot who can't even use spiritual power."

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Xie Tingyun laughed: "Okay, got it."

Ning Chen felt very comfortable as he watched the dishes in the food box being washed clean by the spiritual power activated within the formation.

That’s great! A formation like this that can automatically cleanse and free your hands is the greatest formation in the world of cultivation.

In just a short while, the real body had already arrived at the Demon Palace. Ning calmly and contentedly drove his main account back into the blood pool, and then he switched back on his vest with complete peace of mind.

Ning Chen looked at Xie Tingyun who was already sitting on the swing, closed the lid of the lunch box, and unceremoniously went over to grab a seat, saying, "Brother, come over."

Xie Tingyun then made some room for him.

The Yunfeng Pavilion was quiet and peaceful. The sun shone on the two people. The snow-white hems of their clothes overlapped and covered their legs, swaying with the amplitude of the swing.

Xie Tingyun raised his head and closed his eyes. The profile of his face seemed to be coated with a layer of gold.

Snow white and warm gold mixed together, pure and clean.

Neither of them spoke a word. They just sat on the swing, basking in the sun and swinging back and forth. Surprisingly, no one seemed bored.

Ning Chen lazily leaned back and suddenly said, "Senior Brother."

"Hmm?" Xie Tingyun opened his eyes and turned his head to look at him.

Ning Chen said nonchalantly, "You said that you are already a senior brother of a sect, who on earth is qualified to be treated like this by you, and brought back to Yunfeng Pavilion and treated to delicious food, drinks and entertainment."

If we count it from a human perspective, even that old bastard Daoling Zhenren's kindness to Xie Tingyun is greater than Ning Chen's.

There must be many people who have helped Xie Tingyun, so why is it that when it comes to Ning Chen's alias, it is so special and different?

Ning Chen was very unhappy at first because he was treated differently, but he was the one who was treated softly, ate well, drank well and slept well, he was the one who angered Chengfeng and had Xie Tingyun to calm him down, he was the one who had the swing to play on and the automated formation to free his hands.

No matter what, Ning Chen did benefit greatly.

It was not until this moment that Ning Shen thought about it carefully and realized that some of the logic did not make sense at all.

Either there is some hidden story between Xie Tingyun and Ma Jia that has not been recorded in detail in the plot, otherwise it is not worth it for Xie Tingyun to treat a fellow disciple in the Jindan stage in this way.

Xie Tingyun was helpless: "..."

Here it comes again.

Xie Tingyun raised his hand and placed it on the back of the swing. He looked at Ning Chen seriously and recited word by word: "Ning Chen."

There is only one person, just this one person, just because he is worth it.

After saying this, Xie Tingyun stopped talking, as if he had already answered the question.

Ning Chen thought Xie Tingyun was going to explain why, so he patiently waited for the next words. However, after Xie Tingyun finished reading his name, he paused for a long time. Only when Ning Chen looked in his direction did Xie Tingyun smile helplessly and say, "Some things cannot be explained clearly. If there is a chance, I will tell you, okay?"

Not to mention that the rule for time travelers is that they cannot reveal the existence of higher laws in the plane world. Even if they can reveal it, Xie Tingyun is not brave enough to confess it to Ning Chen now.

When he was staring at Ning Shen's face in a daze last night, he suddenly realized that he didn't need to confess anything.

Ning Chen always said that he acted according to his mood. He didn't care what he would get for what he did. He didn't want it and didn't need it. He had no relatives and no shackles. He would die one day. He was born free and he would be free when he died.

From the beginning to the end, it was Ning Chen who did something for him, and in the end, Ning Chen died because of him.

However, in Ning Shen's eyes, Xie Tingyun was just a poor kid from the neighborhood. He helped him out, that was all.

One afternoon, Ning Shen impatiently carried a bruised child who was leaning against the door outside back to his home. While disinfecting and applying medicine to him, he threatened him not to cry. From then on, the two parallel lines had a little intersection.

Xie Tingyun had thought countless times that it would have been better if he had not entered Ning Shen's home at that time.

The things of the previous life are already in the past, there is no need for Ning Chen to continue to be involved in it.

Xie Tingyun was already very satisfied that, under some strange circumstances, this situation had allowed him to face and redeem his regrets.

Ning Chen is an eagle that is born free. Only a sky big enough can accommodate him. Here, he only needs to soar freely in all directions without worrying about the mess behind him. This is enough.

Ning Chen folded his hands behind his head, looked into the distance and said, "You have something on your mind."

Xie Tingyun said frankly: "Everyone always has their own secrets."

Ning Chen: “…”

Ning Shen was speechless.

After all, he too has secrets, and more than one.

I wonder how Xie Tingyun would react if he knew that this vest was a puppet made by Ning Chen.

I guess he would be very angry.

At this moment, the wind chimes outside the Yunfeng Pavilion rang three times politely, and then a voice came from outside: "Big Brother!"

"The Demon Lord seems to have escaped. The patrol disciples discovered the remaining demonic energy. Should we chase him? Should we settle accounts with him?"

"Putang was destroyed, and the elders wanted to discuss with you the reconstruction and the reinforcement and update of the sect's formation. The elders originally wanted to ask the sect master, but the sect master told us to come to you."

The culprit himself was lazily lying in the swing made by their senior brother, and the main feature was that he was unmoved by the eight winds.

Xie Tingyun responded, "Wait a moment, I'll be right over."

Afterwards, Xie Tingyun said to Ning Chen, "I'm going to take care of some sect affairs. If you feel bored, you can go out for a walk. When you want to come back, send me a message and I'll pick you up."

Ning Chen touched the tip of his nose. If he were Tian Xiao at this moment, he would definitely feel very happy and joyful. Looking at Xie Tingyun running around, he might even say a few bad words.

However, Ning Chen is a soft-hearted person, and once Xie Tingyun acted like he was willing to work hard and be ordered by his master to manage the sect and clean up the mess Ning Chen made, Ning Chen felt a little embarrassed.

Ning Chen also stood up and said, "Is the sect matter that Senior Brother is going to handle some kind of secret that cannot be disclosed to others? Can I go with him to take a look?"

Xie Tingyun glanced at him, sighed softly, and said, "Of course it's a sect secret. How can a family scandal that cannot be made public not be a secret?"

Ning Chen coughed lightly.

But he changed his mind and realized that it was not Ning Chen's fault. After all, his cultivation level was limited and he could not do whatever he wanted. It was because the sect's restrictions could not stop him.

Ning Chen followed Xie Tingyun out and said, "You are so busy, Senior Brother."

Xie Tingyun said: "You are already a senior brother, isn't it normal to be busy?"

Ning Chen was also wearing the white disciple's uniform, which clearly made him look like an immortal, but his expression and posture seemed lazy, and he looked like a dissolute young man who had not learned his lesson.

Ning's aura really didn't seem like that of a disciple. He was completely out of tune with the disciples around him who were either worried or frowning. It seemed that he was not here to rescue Pu Tang or reinforce the sect's formation, but to watch a show.

However, after Xie Tingyun was done, he would go back to look for Ning Chen. After finding him, he would carry him to the next location. As a result, the disciples beside him whispered to each other for a long time: "No, who is this brother? Why is the senior brother so concerned about him?"

"Remember the time when Senior Brother escaped punishment? It was because he saw this fellow practitioner outside the Punishment Hall. He flew out immediately, and even the patrolling disciples couldn't stop him. Later, the elders of the Punishment Hall personally rushed to the scene to arrest him. Senior Brother saw that the situation was not good and simply grabbed the person and ran away."

"If Master wasn't injured, he would have to come and arrest Senior Brother himself."

"I heard that he was Senior Brother's former lifesaver? So Senior Brother thinks highly of him. It seems that he has been in seclusion for a long time and just came out recently."

"Whose way of repaying a favor is to take the person back to his own residence, tie him up by his side whenever he goes out, and never let him leave?!"

Something is wrong. It is so wrong.

But the fact that the eldest senior brother and the Demon Lord are a couple is almost a public matter. How come a benefactor suddenly appears and takes advantage of the Demon Lord's absence to live with their eldest senior brother?

If this matter gets to the ears of the Demon Lord, won't he be so angry that he will come back and kill this benefactor, right?

Ning Chen appeared behind the disciples who were whispering to each other at some point, and said expressionlessly, "What are you mumbling about?"

The disciples immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "Nothing."

Who gave them the habit of thinking that it is safe to use voice transmission to secretly chat and gossip?

They don't even have a piece of fig leaf to cover themselves in front of the high-level monks, which is almost the same as running naked. How dare these disciples do that?

It can't be that the high-ranking monks also like to listen to gossip, so they don't stop it.

However, Ning Shen, who was at the center of public opinion, did not like to hear it so much.

Ning Chen heard that their conversation was going in the wrong direction, so he started to discipline them: "Didn't you listen to what your senior brother said, that you are not allowed to spread rumors? What's wrong with each of you? You are so arrogant in front of others, right?"

“…”

The disciples had not expected that Ning Chen, who had just been behind the eldest senior brother, would appear behind them so silently and listen to everything they talked about. They were so embarrassed that they dared not say a word.

What should I do now that I have discussed everything in front of the person concerned?

Ning Chen said indifferently, "Your senior brother can like whoever he likes. If he wants to make it public, he will. Don't make up rumors about who others like or dislike. Use this time to cultivate and improve your realm. Next time, when you gossip in private, try to let fewer people hear it."

Disciples: “…”

I have to admit that Ning Chen's verbal skills are really amazing. With just a few words, he can make all the disciples feel ashamed and say, "Yes."

Xie Tingyun, who was far away, was just dealing with the sect's restrictions when he turned around and saw Ning Chen scolding a bunch of young disciples. He walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ning Chen raised his chin towards one of them and said, "You talk and I talk."

The disciples were so frightened that they realized they couldn't hide the truth from their senior brother, so they had to confess and told him what had just happened.

Who would have thought that after Xie Tingyun heard this, his expression suddenly turned cold, and he frowned and asked, "You guys...are spreading this kind of stuff in private?"

The disciples had never seen the elder brother's expression change, and they were frightened instantly: "Elder brother, elder brother, please calm down. We were wrong, really. We promise that we will never make the same mistake again."

Xie Tingyun pinched his brows, turned to Ning Chen first, and whispered: "I'm sorry, as the eldest senior brother, I didn't discipline the disciples well. You laughed at me. Don't take what they said to heart. I never had the intention of... offending them."

It was obvious that Xie Tingyun was usually very nice to these disciples. He was so polite and gentlemanly that he wouldn't even send out his spiritual consciousness to eavesdrop on what they were whispering about.

After apologizing to Ningchen, Xie Tingyun turned to his disciples again. He lowered his eyes and said softly, "He is a very important person to me. If you describe him with worldly romantic terms, both he and I will feel offended—"

Especially since the unrelated Tian Xiao was also involved.

Xie Tingyun looked at the disciples who were about to cry out of guilt, and sighed inwardly. Then he said, "A gentleman's words should not be regretted. I will not blame you, but can you please stop making unfounded speculations in the future?"

Xie Tingyun was silent for a while, then lowered his voice and said, "I won't interfere with what you guys talk about in private, but at least don't get caught by the person involved, right? Now that I've been caught, do you think I should scold him or not?"

Disciples: “…”

In their hearts, the disciples wished they could roast themselves on the fire.

Xie Tingyun had never spoken to them in such a tone before. The disciples knew that they were in the wrong first, so they didn't even need to wait until midnight, they wanted to slap themselves in the face a few times.

They all understood what Xie Tingyun said. It was okay to gossip and it was none of other people's business, but at least don't let the person involved get caught. They were clearly innocent, so how could they not feel uncomfortable after hearing you say that?

Be smarter next time and don't get caught.

The disciples cried, "I'm sorry, we really know we were wrong. I'm sorry, fellow disciple, we shouldn't have made such rash assumptions about you."

Ning Chen hummed.

He didn't care. He was mainly upset because Xie Tingyun was suspected of colluding with him by the disciples when they were outside. He even had to put on a show in front of the righteous path in order to draw a clear line between himself and Ning Chen. He thought he must be very bothered, so he tried to dissuade him. He didn't expect the effect to be so good.

Seeing that Ning Chen didn't seem angry, Xie Tingyun breathed a sigh of relief. He remembered that he had used such a joke to tease Ning Chen before, and couldn't help but feel secretly upset.

Ning Chen must be very concerned about this matter, but he actually made a joke about it, which was very inappropriate.

However, he did not show it on his face, and no one could see it, but he seemed a little silent for some reason after that.

Xie Tingyun worked hard for a long time, and after he had dealt with most of the sect's affairs, he relaxed a little and said to Ning Chen, "Are you tired?"

Ning Chen said, "Brother, if I, who follows you around and just watches the show, still say I'm tired, how can that be fair?"

"Whether you say you're tired or not is not the same as whether you are tired or not - so are you tired?" Xie Tingyun stretched his waist lazily, and said with a lot of relaxation, "You will get tired after walking for a long time. If you are tired, let's go back to Yunfeng Pavilion and rest for a while. If there are no urgent incidents, I should be able to take some time off. If you don't mind, we can go to the human world at the foot of the mountain to play around and come back."

“…”

Ning Chen couldn't help but said, "Brother, has anyone ever told you that if you want to pursue someone, you can easily get them?"

"Ah? Is that so?" Xie Tingyun was a little confused by such an evaluation. He thought about it and suddenly said, "Actually, the Demon Lord said so, but he was probably just joking at the time. There's nothing to take seriously."

Ning Chen certainly remembered that he had said this, and he also remembered that he seemed to be teasing Xie Tingyun. However, it was not until this moment that Ning Chen realized that the joke that was made by mistake was actually quite true.

So he said calmly, "He didn't... No, I don't know if he was joking or not, but I wasn't joking anyway."

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Xie Tingyun said helplessly: "Don't tease me. I don't ask for much, but I'm afraid it's hard to get everything. Where in the world can I get everything? I have things I have to do. If I have a Taoist partner, it would be irresponsible to him."

Xie Tingyun knew that his entire life should be devoted to opening the Heavenly Gate. Since he was determined to pursue the great way, how could he have the energy to indulge in love?

In Xie Tingyun's opinion, a perfect match is someone that he or she is very happy with and the other person is also happy with him or her.

That being the case, Xie Tingyun didn't want to give the other party any chance of being ignored. He was also afraid that he didn't have a cold and hard heart, and if he stayed with his lover for too long, he would be reluctant to leave.

It is better not to be involved in love, which is better for both others and yourself.

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