Chapter 46 Observing My Life Ning Hong suddenly sat up straight!
What happened?
The handwriting is not from Ning Chengshan.
Because the internal energy surges through the meridians like a raging tide, making it impossible to reconcile.
Upon seeing the handwriting again, Zhou Fuling couldn't help but purse her lips tightly.
But then another line of text appeared below.
“Remember: expeditions bring misfortune, perseverance brings danger. When reforms are made three times, they are believed to be true.”
Zhou Fuling also recognized this hexagram.
This is the third line of the hexagram "Ge" (革).
It means that the action is dangerous and one should adhere to the right path to avoid danger.
As for reform, it needs to be studied multiple times and done with sincerity.
The cultivation method was also inscribed below. However, it was different from the previous cultivation method.
The previous method was as if it were formed by the spiritual power in mid-air, and the spiritual power was ancient, simple and powerful.
However, the inscriptions below are shallow and new, as if they were carved by someone later.
Upon closer inspection, her handwriting was remarkably similar to Ning Chengshan's. After reading it carefully, Zhou Fuling was astonished.
The power within was no longer righteous; it seemed as if demonic cultivation techniques had been incorporated into it.
Zhou Fuling did not understand the meaning and tried to use the skill. At first, her skill gradually increased, but later, she felt as if thousands of insects were biting her limbs and meridians, causing unbearable itching and pain.
She coughed up a mouthful of blood and almost fainted.
What's going on?
Could it be that Ning Chengshan deliberately wrote this to harm people? Or what happened?
Zhou Fuling stood up, and bloodstains fell on the stone wall. Suddenly, her expression changed drastically, and she heard a Vermilion Bird's angry cry.
The words on the stone wall gradually faded, and the ground buzzed.
The last line of text disappeared completely, leaving only:
[Note: Observe my life, my advances and retreats.]
The underground chamber trembled again, and a rain of stones fell, as if the mechanisms were clattering once more, as if to ambush and destroy the chamber.
Zhou Fuling was struck, but her internal organs were still affected by the impact, leaving her feeling powerless. As the formation collapsed, Zhou Fuling forcefully practiced the "Yellow Robe" of the "Six Lines of the Kun Hexagram".
The spiritual energy surged up the stone wall.
The giant array in the stone chamber began to rotate, and suddenly a loophole appeared. Another upheaval ensued, and Zhou Fuling looked up in shock. A bright moon hung in the sky, tall grass grew in abundance, and a cold wind blew. She had found herself outside the stone chamber.
Looking at the terrain again, it turned out to be the same place where Ning Hong wanted to kill him, but after passing three or four miles, it was still in a mountainous area.
As they walked along the road, they suddenly smelled a strong stench of blood.
Zhou Fuling's expression also hardened when she saw the scene.
Many corpses hung from the trees, all dismembered and brutally murdered. These were the very people who had been lowered into the mountain with her!
The wife of the fourth monk was nowhere to be found.
Then came the stench of decay, and a figure stood in the distance—a pharmacist. Zhou Fuling recognized him as Master Luo, who stood with his hands behind his back, leading a group to dissolve several gruesome corpses.
The person who died screaming was the same person from the first part.
Who is it?
Luo Shi shouted.
A chilling wind blew.
Zhou Fuling struck with her palm, and Master Luo cried out in agony before suddenly dying.
Zhou Fuling transformed Luo Shi's corpse and squatted down to take his mustard seed pouch.
The Holy Blood Pill. Sure enough, the Holy Blood Pill was inside. Zhou Fuling put it in her bosom and continued on her way.
She walked another five miles, and in the distance she heard the sound of swords clashing. Passing through the green clouds, she saw a clever and beautiful young girl in a green robe, leading her men east and west, fighting with others, but being defeated one after another.
Zhou Fuling recognized the girl's martial arts technique as Yun Ning's, but it differed from the first, second, and third parts. Could it be...?
Is this someone from the fourth installment?!
And the person she was fighting against was Ning Bai!
Ning Bai's face was dark as he cast a spell on the girl.
The spell was cast in all directions, as if venting anger, just like when Zhou Fuling first met her and teased her, as if disciplining the person before her.
It seems like they have absolutely no respect for their opponents.
Ning Hong was also there, her chin held high, a slight smile playing on her lips, still with that kind and gentle demeanor.
It was as if the previous murder plot had nothing to do with her.
Ling Fu, chained up, followed them in a disheveled state, all watching the disciple being besieged.
Ning Bai seemed to be angry.
The girl said, "Young Master Ning Bai, Young Master Ning Hong, you haven't even reached Ningzhu Tower yet in the second part, and you're already acting so arrogantly?"
Ning Hong bowed and said, "Junior Sister of the Fourth Division, it's not like that. The Second Division was also considering the Fourth Division."
The girl scoffed, "I don't believe you for a second!"
Ning Bai: "Qinghu Yue, this magic weapon in your hand is something I obtained from the secret realm. Taking it without asking is stealing. Leave it here, and I'll let you go."
Even so, he became even more ruthless, and the girl was forced to retreat step by step.
Upon hearing Ning Bai's words, the girl's face turned pale, and her eyes filled with tears: "Steal, steal..."
The young girl was Qinghu Yue, the personal disciple of the Fourth Division Chief, and she was on her way to participate in the Yun Ning Grand Competition. She had a very close relationship with her senior sister, but while traveling, her senior sister went to a mountain cave and never returned.
Qinghu Yue searched for her senior sister for three days and three nights, and finally found her body in a distant pool, where she had been bitten to death by insects and beasts.
Qinghu Yue and Liang Bucheng were heartbroken. Liang Bucheng, however, told her not to get involved in the matter.
Qinghu Yue ignored the advice and led her people to set off, constantly investigating the places her senior sister had been. They discovered a dilapidated spirit-summoning artifact with traces of her use.
After using Qinghu Yue, she saw a vision of her senior sister's voice and appearance before her death, and her senior sister's hand wrote the character "虫" (insect) on the ground.
Right now, Qinghu Yue held the magic weapon in her hands, glaring hatefully at Ning Hong. She already had a guess, but dared not lash out. She only wanted to wait for the results and use it later when she could.
But in the second part, they discover her whereabouts and come to reclaim the magical artifact.
Now... there seems to be a possibility of them being silenced!
She was surrounded by people.
Although Ning Hong smiled on the surface, she was furious inside.
She killed Liang Bucheng's eldest disciple, and then used her first scheme to kill the fourth immortal official. In the second part, she could have planted people in the fourth part to participate in the grand operation much faster.
Unfortunately, Ning Bai is dishonest, and Qinghu Yue is incredibly perceptive!
At this point, we can no longer care what Qinghu Yue knows; we have no choice but to proceed forcefully.
Ning Hong proudly raised her head: "Therefore, we have come here today on behalf of our mother, hoping that Miss Qing can do us a small favor. Return the magic artifact and have her test the medicine for our second division. Finally... when Minister Liang arrives, our Yun'er division will recommend a new apprentice, a second-rank swordsman, to Minister Liang. The second and fourth divisions are of one mind and will help each other during the competition."
Ning Hong took out a pill.
Qinghu Yue: "Pah!"
If she takes it, she will be extremely weak and unable to participate in the competition.
But now, Qinghu Yue's heart is also filled with desolation.
The eldest disciple is dead. She was the only disciple of rank two or higher. Throughout history, the Grand Competition has always implicitly allowed disciples of rank two or higher to participate. No one is in the fourth part.
Her only hope lay with her master's wife, the Miao Mountain Master of the Mortal Realm, who said she would bring a personal disciple. She hoped that disciple would be somewhat skilled, so that no one would notice the fourth installment's decline.
Ning Bai retorted angrily, "Qinghu Yue, don't push your luck! Birds choose good trees to perch on, and wise ministers choose wise rulers to serve. Now, Yun Ning, my second part, Yun Er, holds a high position, and my mother has broken through to the first-rank high realm. If you back down now, you'll harm others later..."
Qinghu Yue was furious, but outwardly dared not cause trouble immediately: "The Fourth Division will not participate in the conflict; you can fight it yourselves!"
Ning Bai: "Not participating?"
Ning Bai went even further. Qing Hu Yue was not without rank after all; she possessed a second-rank cultivation level and was able to withstand it.
However, Ning Bai clearly had more abundant spiritual power and a more refined control than Qing Hu Yue. In Zhou Fu Ling's view, Qing Hu Yue's spellcasting was too crude, focusing on exhaustion rather than circulation, and she was forced to retreat step by step.
Qinghu Yue was quickly struck in the arm by a sword.
He tried to retaliate against Ning Bai, but was defeated.
Suddenly, someone rushed to Ning Hong to report.
Ning Hong frowned: "What? Master Luo has disappeared?" Ning Hong was shocked.
The disappearance of Master Luo is not a simple matter in the present day.
Ning Hong didn't let any clues slip by and immediately sent people to search the surrounding area.
Zhou Fuling climbed up a tree, also feeling annoyed.
The second group of people actually formed a Bagua formation at a distance. This Bagua formation was used in ancient times for searching for enemies, with hundreds or thousands of people surrounding one person, aiming to track them down from all directions and capture those who had fled.
Zhou Fuling can break through, but that will inevitably expose her whereabouts and put her in a war of attrition.
She intended to stay far away, but a square formation of cultivators suddenly swarmed in, stirring up a cacophony of birdsong.
Dust billowed in the distance, as if someone was approaching, making quite a commotion.
Zhou Fuling suddenly lowered her gaze and jumped out just as the second set of talismans for searching cultivators flew over.
Zhou Fuling jumped out and stood with her hands behind her back.
Ning Hong and Ning Bai were both surprised.
Ning Hong never expected that she was still alive.
Ning Bai stammered, "Ling...Ling Fu?"
Zhen Lingfu, disguised as a servant, also looked up at her.
Seeing Zhou Fuling covered in dust and looking somewhat disheveled, but without any injuries, Zhen Lingfu breathed a sigh of relief, but her gaze became tense.
Ning Hong gritted her teeth: "Men, seize her!"
Zhou Fuling waved her hand and said, "Wait, I want to make a bet with you. Shall we bet? If I win, let us go. If I lose, I will commit suicide on the spot."
Ning Hong felt that the woman was talking nonsense.
Even if she didn't commit suicide, she would still kill her.
And look at this "Ling Fu," she's only a fifth-rank official, yet she dares to say these things to her?
Ning Hong, not wanting to waste time, was about to call someone to capture Zhou Fuling when Ning Bai gritted his teeth and said, "Sister, you're not even willing to bet my furnace cauldron on me?"
It turns out that Ning Bai was holding a grudge against Ning Hong for disposing of the furnace cauldron behind his back.
Ning Bai suddenly flipped over, using his sword to block Ning Hong, glaring at her hatefully.
"She gambles, and I gamble too."
Seeing Ning Bai's reaction, Ning Hong recalled how somewhat hesitant she had been when dealing with Zhou Fuling earlier. Curious to see what Ning Bai was up to, she sneered, "What are we betting on?!"
"I bet your Bagua formation has a flaw."
Ning Hong and Ning Bai's expressions changed slightly, and they raised their eyebrows.
Ning Hong was arrogant and could never tolerate anyone pointing out flaws in her formation, especially since the person who spoke was just a minor cultivator. Her expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
Ning Bai was also familiar with this formation and disliked Zhou Fuling's arrangement of his family's Bagua formation. However, since he had already provoked her, he couldn't take back his words. He just looked at Zhou Fuling with a darker expression.
Zhou Fuling beckoned to Qinghu Yue and said, "You, use your most powerful sword technique on the Kun position of that formation, and don't worry about the other places."
Qinghu Yue: "Huh?"
There was a lot of discussion around.
The reason Zhou Fuling's expression was so immature was that, aside from pointing out a direction, she only gave vague explanations like "the most powerful sword technique" or "don't worry about it."
Ning Hong scoffed.
Ning Bai also felt somewhat embarrassed, his lips pressed tightly together as he glared at Zhou Fuling with a sinister look in his eyes.
Qinghu Yue had no idea where Zhou Fuling came from, and didn't recognize her at all, yet she suddenly jumped out and started talking to her about cultivation techniques in a strange way.
This technique, in Qinghu Yue's current view, is indeed immature and vague.
But seeing that Zhou Fuling and Ning Hong were at odds, and that she, being of low status, was also going to be killed, he thought that the enemy of my enemy is half a friend. He simply nodded for the sake of etiquette, without any intention of listening to Zhou Fuling.
Only Zhen Lingfu, hidden in the crowd, quietly clenched her fists. What... what is that strange person going to do?
Qinghu Yue and Ning Bai started fighting again.
Qinghu Yue, dressed in green, danced like a lotus leaf in the rain; Ning Bai, dressed in red, was like a flame. The two fought extremely fast, and all the spectators held their breath.
Ning Bai was clearly more relaxed. Qing Huyue struggled to set up her formation and counter the attacks, but Ning Bai chuckled and dismantled them all.
Ning Bai: "Break!"
Qinghu Yue's formation wasn't actually that bad for a second-rank expert. But in the eyes of Ning Bai and other outstanding individuals, it appeared weak and listless, causing her to retreat steadily. Then, she heard the sound of a flute.
The sound of the flute was continuous, played by Ning Hong. Qing Hu Yue felt a chill run down her spine, as if the Bagua Formation was about to crush her. It turned out that Ning Hong was using music to direct the cultivators of the Bagua Formation.
Amidst the flashing blades and clashing swords, enemies were locked in from all directions. Qinghu Yue was struck by two swords and had nowhere to retreat.
What should we do? If she dies now, who will avenge our senior sister?
In a flash, she remembered Zhou Fuling's words.
Trying means certain death, not trying also means certain death, so why not give it a try!
She slashed fiercely at the Kun position.
But in the next instant, Ning Hong suddenly sat up straight.
Look at the Kun position in disbelief!
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