Chapter 275: In dire straits
The Qingji Sect was attacked during the entry ceremony, which was a huge challenge to the authority of the Qingji Sect. This is also a great misfortune for Lian Chengyue.
Ning Mingmei sat upright on the high hall, his face as gloomy as water. This incident happened to coincide with the time when all the major branches of the Qingji Sect were recruiting disciples, and the elders from each branch gathered together, which saved the trouble of finding more people to come.
"People from the blessed land are coming this way." Jiang Ying whispered.
This is a serious matter, how could the elders from Dongtianfudi be willing to miss it. Bai Ruoru saw the disciple rushing in and asked in a deep voice, "Did you catch the person?"
"Disciple is useless..."
"They have been caught, but they have already self-destructed their golden cores, leaving only one alive. He is now being sent to Qizhen Peak for rescue."
Ye Xuefei followed in behind the disciple. She was wearing white clothes and had black hair, and her high ponytail made her look heroic. Everyone just breathed a sigh of relief. Bai Ruoru still frowned: "How does the leader of Tianyu Peak do things? How could he allow these people to sneak in here? What are the origins of these people?"
Shen Liwan thought of something and whispered to Bai Ruoru: "Master Bai, I wonder if this attack is related to the attacks that Qiushi Sect, Minghua Valley and other sects encountered a few days ago..."
Bai Ruoru realized something and pursed her lips without saying anything. The disciples of Tianyu Peak came in again and replied: "Although these people have already self-destructed, the disciples just discovered that they are all furnace tripods!"
"They all have the mark of Changlemen on their bodies!"
"!"
It is better to be calm and composed. He checked himself, and for some reason, there was no mark of Changle Gate at all. But the disciple's next words made his hand holding the teacup move.
"Furnace? Golden Elixir Furnace..." Liang Jiansu questioned.
"Nowadays, the cultivation speed of furnaces and cauldrons has also accelerated. It is not surprising to see a few furnaces and cauldrons in the Jindan stage occasionally." Jiang Ying said while shaking the fan.
"But even so, how could a Jindan stage cultivator make such a big noise? Did they use any special magic weapon?" Liang Jiansu still frowned.
"them……"
Ning Mingmei noticed that the disciples from Tianyu Peak glanced at him. Then, she said, "What they used seemed to be nitroglycerin that had been improved by spiritual power..."
Jiang Ying stopped fanning herself, and Yin Xisheng, who had been looking sick, also realized something.
Everyone knows that this type of explosives-related content has been published in the Qingji Sect Journal.
At the same time, clouds were rolling in the sky. A monk came floating over.
"Master Wukong has arrived."
…
Taoist Master Wuwei has been in seclusion again recently. Besides, this matter would not alarm him, so the only people who came here were Zhenren Wukong, Zhenren Wufang and others.
But even with just them, things became extremely difficult.
Although Master Wukong and Master Wufang were sitting together, it was obvious that their relationship was not harmonious. Today, the three most powerful supreme elders in the Senate are Wukong, Wufang and Wuse. The internal fight between Wukong and Wufang has become increasingly intense, and they are already on equal terms. If a person is colorless, he is treacherous but has a face like Guanyin, but he is slippery and cannot be touched. Obviously, she will stand wherever there is benefit.
After much investigation, everyone dismissed the unnecessary disciples. Seeing this, Lian Chengyue deliberately asked Ning Mingmei in a low voice: "Master, do I need..."
"You are already an inner disciple, so stay." Ning Mingmei said.
Lian Chengyue asked the question even though he knew the answer, just to get an answer that would make him smile. What’s more, Ning Mingmei then said, “Take your nails and put them on yourself.”
Although Lian Chengyue felt sorry for not letting Ning Mingmei wear the Fengling for him personally, this also strengthened his determination to find a way to take revenge on the instigator of this incident.
Lian Chengyue put a nail on herself. It is said that every time Ning Mingmei had something to look for his disciples, the bell would emit a pleasant "dingding" sound, regardless of day or night, weekdays or holidays, hence the name "dingding". Lian Chengyue felt that he was very lucky, and soon he would also be one of those summoned day and night.
On the other side, Bai Ruoru had already received the news from Minghua Valley, Qiushi Sect and other sects. When the news came out, everyone was shocked.
"The Changle Clan is colluding with the demon world?"
"Changlemen Rebellion?!"
Who could have thought that the former leader of Changle Sect actually suppressed this matter to the extreme and it was only exposed now when it could no longer be covered up. Someone angrily asked: "Aren't they causing us trouble by doing this?"
"In my opinion, we were too lenient towards those furnaces and cauldrons." Guan Lan said coldly, "Who founded the Changle Sect for them? Who gave them the right to practice cultivation? Now, not only are they ungrateful, but they are also colluding with the demon world. We should not have been so tolerant of them from the beginning!"
"Let's not talk about how they sneaked into Qingji Sect. They caused such a thing on Tianyu Peak. Do they think they can get away with it?" Zheng Heguang asked doubtfully.
"No." Liang Jiansu suddenly said, "Perhaps, they didn't even think about going back alive."
Everyone was silent for a moment. What kind of hatred makes them prefer death to revenge against the major sects?
The wailing of injured disciples outside the hall was endless. Bai Ruoru said: "No matter what, first we need to find out how they sneaked into Qingji Sect."
The Qingji Sect suffered such an attack during the ceremony of recruiting disciples. If the truth is not investigated, it would be ridiculed. Bai Ruoru added: "I will discuss the matter of Changle Sect with the leaders of the other four major sects..."
Speaking of this, Bai Ruoru frowned slightly.
Among the five major sects, the only one that has not been attacked is Yanyun Tower.
——Obviously, Yanyun Tower will be their next target.
The matter should have ended there. Elder Zhiwu suddenly said, "Listen to the cries of those disciples. If it were a few decades ago, even if Changle Sect suddenly wanted to attack, how could they achieve this with their low cultivation?"
"Where did the bombs in their hands come from?"
"How did their cultivation level increase so quickly?"
The eyes of everyone present consciously or unconsciously shifted to Ning Mingmei.
"Elder Zhiwu, what you said is wrong." Lian Chengyue said, "As long as Changlemen has rebellious intentions, they will use other methods to attack even if they don't use the method they use today. Elder Zhiwu, don't you think so? Besides, it was Immortal Wukong who proposed to gather the furnace tripods and build Changlemen. Does Elder Zhiwu mean that if there was no Immortal Wukong, these furnace tripods would not have the opportunity to gather together and attack us?"
Lian Chengyue cleverly fought back on the aggressive question. Guan Miao then smiled: "Master Lian has just entered the sect today, and he speaks for his master like this. The relationship between master and disciple is really deep."
"A few years ago, under the strong request of the Elders' Council, half of the patrol missions of Qingji Sect are now handled by people from the Elders' Council. Master Guanyou might as well go back and check which link has gone wrong." Ning Mingmei said coldly.
"Master Ning Feng doesn't blame the furnaces and cauldrons of Changle Sect, but blames our own people. Could it be that Immortal Ning sympathizes with those furnaces and cauldrons?"
If the quarrel continued, it would be endless. Bai Ruoru said, "Okay, let's stop here today. Things outside have not been handled properly, and some people have started fighting among themselves and attacking their own family members! All the peak masters, go and see if there are any disciples in your peak who have been injured. Xue Fei, go and count them and give me the list."
Everyone dispersed. After the meeting, Lian Chengyue noticed that Master Wufang glanced at Ning Mingmei intentionally or unintentionally. On the other side, Master Wukong had a tense face and a dark complexion.
The Changle Gate Rebellion...this is quite strange. Lian Chengyue moved his fingers, it was time for his Wuyi Tower Master to come out.
After the meeting, Ning Mingmei was called to Yuting Peak by Yin Xisheng. Yuting Peak is still as peaceful as spring all year round, and the young disciples back then have now become senior disciples around Yin Xisheng. Yin Xisheng asked his disciples to leave and poured Ning Mingmei a cup of tea.
Ning Mingmei said: "I am really flattered to have Senior Brother serve me tea."
Yin Xisheng didn't laugh. He stared at Ning Mingmei and asked, "Mingmei, what do you think?"
"What do you think?"
"There is something strange about this. I think today's attack might be aimed at you." Yin Xisheng said.
Ning Mingmei pondered: "In fact, I have heard about the rebellion of Changlemen a long time ago."
"Over the years, the various sects have treated Changle Sect as their own backyard. For his own benefit, the leader of Changle Sect has also sent the disciples to various sects and families for selection. He even treats the disciples as commodities and asks them to entertain visitors 'overnight'." Yin Xisheng said indifferently, "It's not surprising that such a dirty sect would get into trouble."
Ning Mingmei knew that Yin Xisheng's mother had a difficult childbirth due to the affair with the evil concubine, which left her with a chronic illness and caused her to die early. He originally thought that Yin Xisheng would hate the furnace cauldron as much as Fang Wuyu did in the past, but now it seems that Yin Xisheng does not think so.
"Maybe it happened! But I have been reflecting on it over the years. If the Demon Concubine Jiang Heng could practice like an ordinary cultivator, or at least settle down and have an ordinary and happy life, perhaps what happened back then would not have happened." Yin Xisheng said, "Besides, those furnaces and tripods are weak after all. As a strong one, why bother with them."
It is impossible for Jiang Heng to be satisfied with an ordinary life. Ning Mingmei smiled slightly in his heart. And no one has the right to ask her to be content with being a "weak person" in their eyes and live an ordinary life.
"Those furnaces and tripods cannot be simply described as 'weaklings'," Ning Mingmei said. "They are just like ordinary people, with the same brains and the same thoughts. The only difference is that there are things about them that are worth coveting. This makes them commodities that can be used to exchange for benefits in the eyes of some people."
"Yes!" Yin Xisheng suddenly smiled faintly, "They can indeed be as smart as ordinary people, or even smarter..."
Ning Mingmei realized that Yin Xisheng might have discovered something. However, he would never mention it unless Yin Xisheng spoke. Yin Xisheng said: "There were early signs of the rebellion at Changle Gate, so I think the rebellion should have nothing to do with 'who it was targeting'."
“But their attacks on the Qiushi Sect, Minghua Valley and other sects were mostly marginal. This is the first time they were able to attack Qingji Sect’s Tianyu Peak during a disciple-recruiting ceremony,” Ning Mingmei said.
"Someone provided them with help! And, it was directed at you." Yin Xisheng said, "Nitroglycerin and accelerated cultivation speed. Every word and sentence is investigating your inventions, your academic journals, and your achievements in making your cultivation methods public to the cultivation world."
"They still want to cancel those journals. They are right. Without those journals, how can the monks learn those 'ancestral' secrets? Without those journals, the new monks can only serve those 'highly respected' old monks to obtain their inheritance." Ning Mingmei said, "However, if they want to fight head-on, let them come."
Decades later, Ning Mingmei had already established his own intricate network of interests in the world of immortal cultivation. This network of interests includes the various peak masters of the Qingji Sect, as well as the leaders of other sects. If the Elders are determined to take action against him, then let them come and fight him head-on.
By then they will be able to see who will be the one who dies in the end.
Yin Xisheng said: "But in this process, your reputation..."
"It doesn't matter." Ning Mingmei took a sip of tea, "I'm here to do business."
Since you have power and influence, who cares about a good reputation? Who cares about reputation?
Once involved in a war, no one can escape unscathed. Compared with the power and wealth that allow one to make a living, a good reputation is the least important thing.
Only a fool like Weng Xingyun would hand over the weapons he relies on for survival in order to "clear his reputation", and ultimately end up with a thousand arrows piercing his heart.
Yin Xisheng hesitated for a moment and said, "The so-called good reputation... I am not just talking about academics."
"Um?"
"Recently, many people in Qingji Sect have started talking about your past." Yin Xisheng looked at him directly, "They want to know where you practiced before entering Qingji Sect."
“…”
"This is an unsolved case. Immortal Wukong did not compile a set of fictitious life stories for you to check." Yin Xisheng took a sip of tea. "For him, this should be a piece of cake. Just say that you come from a small sect, a small family, or a small city... So, his real purpose is only one."
"He wants to keep it for himself so he can use it to blackmail you."
Ning Mingmei recalled the expressions of Master Wukong and Master Wufang today, and said calmly: "I am most afraid of fools who think they are smart. It seems that this thing is no longer just a 'handle' in his hand."
If Master Wufang was smart enough, he would find out the truth of the matter and would also know that this matter was also a handle against Master Wukong.
That's enough tea. Ning Mingmei stood up to leave, but heard Yin Xisheng say: "Junior brother..."
"Um?"
"No matter who you are, you are my junior fellow apprentice." Yin Xisheng stared at him closely, "But over the years, whenever you think of your origins, haven't you ever hated yourself for it..."
"Hated...Qi Miancheng?"
In the past, Yin Xisheng probably said this to sow discord and seize power. But now, Yin Xisheng is very stable in his position as academic chairman. Ning Mingmei didn't quite understand what he meant.
"Why?"
Yin Xisheng: "I think Junior Brother's life should not exist for Qi Miancheng, and there is no need for him to be so loyal to Qi Miancheng."
Ning Mingmei still didn't quite understand what he meant, but he pushed his glasses and said, "Brother, I've said it before, I'm not anyone's vassal."
Ning Mingmei left the room. Yin Xisheng was sitting alone in the tea room. He looked at the seat where Ning Mingmei had sat and suddenly smiled bitterly.
"You don't want to be anyone's vassal, right?" Yin Xisheng said to himself, "Junior brother, I actually hope that you can hate him."
…
There are two things happening in Lian Chengyue's life recently. One of the good things was that he finally became a disciple through his own efforts. One of the bad things was that Tianyu Peak was attacked on the day of the disciple-taking ceremony. Not only was his ceremony disrupted, but his master was also busy as a result. He only held a simple meeting with him to determine the research direction and then left in a hurry.
In fact, there is no need to specifically determine this research direction. Over the years, Lian Chengyue's work has been mainly carried out in the back mountain of Piaomiao Peak. One project is nuclear weapons research, and the other is Hunlun weapons research. Now Ning Mingmei only gave him two obvious research directions - one is the purification of chaos, and the other is his own swordsmanship research. These two public research projects can help him cover up the two sensitive projects in the back.
In addition, Lian Chengyue also goes to check out the most interesting project in the back mountain from time to time - the Xuezhu project. Now Wu Yu finally got his own mushroom body. The separation of Bai Bugui and You Su Jue is still under investigation. However, Bai Bugui didn't seem to be very anxious about this. Because before his soul was separated, he had reason to go to Wu Yun, who was in charge of the project, twice a week and ask him to do a physical examination for him.
This mushroom project is not very important to Lian Chengyue, but it is very important to Shi Ruzhuo. After years of investigation, Shi Ruzhuo learned that his body had been taken away by Yinbing Pavilion and was casually stuffed into the ice storage recycling station of Yinbing Pavilion by Ying Jiuru like handling garbage data. Shi Ruzhuo has not yet thought of a way to break through the numerous blockades of Yinbing Pavilion and return to his body perfectly, so he can only consider obtaining a mushroom body for himself and make plans later.
Lian Chengyue was actually very confused about this. He said, "Old senior, isn't it good for you to follow me? After all, I will go to Yinbing Pavilion sooner or later. Because I will be traveling with Master on academic business."
Shi Ruzhuo had only one thing to say about this: "If I continue to follow you, I will quickly go insane. You have caused great harm to my mental state."
Lian Chengyue was even more confused about this. He felt that his mental state was very good, and having an old grandfather like Shi Ruzhuo following him could maximize the effect of Shi Ruzhuo as an old grandfather. and……
"With me here, I can let you hear a lot of gossip about Yinbing Pavilion." Lian Chengyue said.
...Shi Ruzhuo did not deny this.
When he was the master of Zhaoye Mountain, Lian Chengyue discovered one thing: many years ago, during the two previous generations of the master of Yinbing Pavilion, Yinbing Pavilion had been massacred by the demon world. Several of their allies retreated during the battle against the demon world, forcing Yinbing Pavilion to be at the forefront of the war, fighting to the bitter end and nearly slaughtering the entire sect. In order to preserve its manpower, Yinbing Pavilion also sent out Hanshan Temple, which specialized in magic arrays and divination, just to prevent Yinbing Pavilion from being completely destroyed.
All the passion ended up with a situation that was about to fall apart. Yinbing Pavilion lingered on for a generation after the war. If it had not specialized in talisman cultivation and had not had a little bit of the afterglow of the past, Yinbing Pavilion would have been kicked out of the top five long ago.
Moreover, the previous master of Yinbing Pavilion was a pedantic gentleman. He emphasized the role of morality very much. It was at that time that Shi Ruzhuo could no longer tolerate it and eventually defected from Yinbing Pavilion and even became a demon cultivator.
But when it comes to Yingjiu's generation, things become a little interesting. Ying Jiu looks aloof and quiet, but he is actually very stubborn and ambitious. In order to revive Yinbing Pavilion, he actually had dealings and hookups with the demon world in secret. At the same time, he kept everything a secret, especially when facing his senior brother, Chen Zhoubai, the abbot of Hanshan Temple, who was known for his unrestrained and carefree lifestyle.
It seems that Ying Jiu's calculations were very good. He was ready to revive the Yinbing Pavilion, which had almost become a hollow shell, and use himself as a chess piece to walk back and forth on the tightrope between the immortal and demon worlds. If the truth comes to light, he only needs to commit suicide and let the clean Chen Zhoubai take over as the leader of Yinbing Pavilion. By then, there will only be one sinner of Yinbing Pavilion, Ying Jiu, and the future of Yinbing Pavilion will also be bright and dazzling, Chen Zhoubai.
No matter which side the result is, Yinbing Pavilion will be the winner in all outcomes. This is Ying Jiu’s strategy.
Fortunately, with the vigorous development of talisman cultivation technology in the past few decades, talisman cultivation has now become one of the most popular and best-employed professions in the minds of ordinary cultivators. Even the Qingji Sect has opened a cooperative academy with the Yinbing Pavilion. Ying Jiu no longer had to walk the tightrope, as he secretly severed his relationship with the demon world. It can be said that this ending is quite happy. Lian Chengyue found it difficult to imagine where Yinbing Pavilion and Yingjiu would have ended up if Ning Mingmei had not been there, if Ning Mingmei had not developed the new function of talisman cultivation.
I hope he won’t become one of the bosses at the end of the level, haha, haha.
"The former Pavilion Master lived a sanctimonious life, but in the end he left behind two interesting disciples." Shi Ruzhuo commented, "I could tell from the time Ying Jiu was a child that this kid was no ordinary man."
Lian Chengyue said: "Old senior, can you be considered as Pavilion Master Ying's uncle?"
Shi Ruzhuo snorted and said nothing.
Holding the handle of Yinbing Pavilion is of no use now, but the demon clan that had a secret dealings with Ying Jiu of Yinbing Pavilion is very interesting. This man can be regarded as a great lord of the demon clan, and is also highly regarded in Jiang Duo's eyes. That man was Shangguan Yao, the patriarch of the Shangguan family in the demon world. Lian Chengyue plans to use him as a starting point to open the door to the demon world.
After all, he has only one ultimate goal: to replace Jiang Duo and become the new Demon Lord. Shangguan Yao’s support is very useful.
It is said that Shangguan Yao is a romantic and unrestrained man, who has close ties with the Hehuan Sect in the demon world and is known as a "flower-loving" person. But how many of these ambitious politicians are truly "flower-cherishing" people? I think behind this, this person must have hidden a lot of things in the name of "cherishing flowers".
Therefore, after the Changle Gate Rebellion, during the days without a mentor, Lian Chengyue made various efforts as the owner of the Wuyi Tower, using Shangguan Yao as a breakthrough point, and finally obtained some information.
"The matter of Changle Sect is very complicated. Of course, there is the instigation of the Demon Realm and the Hehuan Sect, as well as the intervention of the mysterious forces. It is also related to the internal strife of the Immortal Sect."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
