Chapter 45 I am full of temptation to my master [Revised]
Luo Xiao stood under the carved window of the corridor, his eyes through the window frame, quietly watching the conversation inside.
——I’m still a little worried. She thought.
In fact, Luo Xiao couldn't tell why. This child looks pitiful and well-behaved. Master Ning Feng has been in seclusion for many years, so he probably doesn't have many opportunities to meet a mortal boy.
If she stayed, she could provide some help in time.
"Thank you, Immortal Lord." The little boy said obediently.
After saying this, he bowed.
The little boy looked around and found a chair to sit down. He straightened his back and his movements were a little stiff, but he had a kind of politeness and proficiency that was rare for a child of his age. Even Luo Xiao, who came from a prominent family, suspected that this child might be from that impoverished aristocratic family. He became an orphan because his family committed a crime.
But at the same time, he was born like a beautiful doll, with a well-behaved look in his eyes, not too reserved, and a naive and simple temperament - or perhaps, children of this age, no matter what, would naturally appear naive and simple.
What's more, he looks exactly like what people expect of a pretty and cute little boy of this age.
It's hard to imagine him doing anything bad. After all, this is such a cute little boy.
Luo Xiao was still looking, and soon, she heard a faint voice.
"Luo Xiao."
Luo Xiao came back to his senses from his reverie and said, "I'm here."
From her angle, she couldn't see Ning Mingmei, but she noticed that the child's eyes immediately looked in her direction: "Go make him some tea."
The art of hospitality?
Ning Mingmei: "Add astragalus, red dates, wolfberry and ginger to the tea."
They are all for blood replenishment. This is the first gift that Ning Mingmei decided to give to the male protagonist.
After all, blood needs to be drawn.
Luo Xiao didn't understand why, but replied, "Yes."
After saying that, she looked at the little boy worriedly again. The little boy also looked over and smiled at her through the window.
He raised his white jade chin, his hair and eyes were pitch black, and he smiled at her straight, like a beautiful doll in a painting.
Luo Xiao felt a little relaxed. Only then did she hurried away from the window.
Inside the house, Ning Mingmei had a panoramic view of the interaction between the two. He tapped the table inconspicuously, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.
The little boy said at this time: "Thank you, Immortal Venerable."
The tone and expression were impeccable. Very good child, very polite and cute.
Ning Mingmei did not reply to him.
It was not until a long while later that he said, "I heard from Luo Xiao that you are here to return the book."
The little boy said, "Yes, Immortal. Two months ago, I came to Gao's house with other people to help. At that time, I got some books..."
Ning Mingmei interrupted him: "Okay, come here and put the book here."
He tapped the desktop.
The little boy walked towards him, his posture was also very upright. He put down the book with a straight posture.
Noticing that Ning Mingmei was looking down at him, he raised his head and smiled at him.
It looks like a little sunflower.
If it were someone else, his smile would have already worn down their guard.
Ning Mingmei just said, "Sit back. You've walked a long way, so it's a good time to take a rest."
…
Ning Mingmei: "Replenish blood before drawing blood. I am such a good master."
system:……
I won't bother you or complain about you. So as not to distract you from your first meeting with the male lead.
The system held its heart tightly, trying its best to ignore Ning Mingmei's inhuman words just now, and thought so.
The smoke from the incense burner in the house floated up slowly. Ning Mingmei leaned on the wooden chair, slowly flipping through the book the little boy brought, without saying a word, and without even looking at the other person.
But he could feel that the little boy's eyes were fixed on the corner of his clothes, his eyelashes drooping, motionless.
And soon, you will start to get anxious.
Ning Ming felt at ease until he heard the little boy's feet move.
Coming to the door and then being left alone for a long time was probably not what the little boy had imagined.
Ning Mingmei then left him alone for a while, then asked, "What's your name?"
The voice is still lazy and casual.
Only those who are extremely satisfied with their desires can make such a sound.
The little boy said: "My name is Yue."
The answer came quickly, almost immediately.
"No last name?"
"My parents died very early." The little boy's eyes were somewhat sad. "I am an orphan who grew up eating at many families' homes."
It looks so genuine, you can't tell it's fake. Ning Mingmei said, "Oh? How pitiful. He must have suffered a lot growing up."
The little boy wanted to pretend, so Ning Mingmei just played along with him indifferently to see what he would say.
There is a saying that goes "too much is as bad as too little". The little boy obviously understood this. He soon stopped talking about his own life and turned the subject to his difficulties.
In short, to sum it up, in the little boy's words, he is such a child:
He lost his father before he was born and his mother when he was two years old. From then on, he lived a wandering life, eating at different people's homes. Some time ago, he was adopted and then abandoned in a dilapidated temple in Wangyue Town. So, he usually did some small jobs that he could do to support himself.
A month and a half ago was Mr. Gao’s birthday. He came to Gao's house to help with some guys who were temporarily recruited for the birthday banquet.
Ning Mingmei asked him, "Oh? So Master Gao gave you the book out of kindness?"
The little boy's eyes flickered, and he looked very innocent: "Master Gao lent me a book. Of course he wanted to help me... Why did the Immortal Lord say that?"
Why?
Instead, he referred the problem to Ning Mingmei.
This is indeed difficult to respond to. It is logical for a child to ask such a question.
Ning Mingmei continued to lower his eyes.
According to the little boy's description, the story goes like this: When Master Gao saw that the boy, at such a young age, actually came to work, he and a bunch of other playboys couldn't help but make fun of him. Later, Master Gao was in a good mood and asked him what reward he wanted. He said that he saw young masters and young ladies reading books all day long and he also wanted to read.
Young Master Gao was drunk, so he waved his hand and told him to go to the study to choose books by himself. Just send it back after a month.
The little boy said: "Who knew that something like this would happen after that..."
"The Art of War, The Analects, Mencius, The Book of Changes..." Ning Mingmei flipped through the books one by one. "The books you picked are quite interesting."
He turned the pages of the book, and the little boy looked at his long, white fingers.
This person was different from the other immortal cultivators he had met. The little boy thought. He seemed smarter and more powerful than them.
He had also seen people who practiced Taoism when he was at the Lian family. The Lian family hired a master to teach Lian Zhao, a rare genius in a century.
During the hundreds of years of gradual decline, the Lian family had not produced a genius for a long time. Lian Zhao's birth made the whole clan celebrate and excited, and they concentrated all their resources on this young man. Some people even said with regret that Lian Zhao was just a little bit away from being on par with Lian Tingyu, the previous genius of the Lian family hundreds of years ago.
Although he had only stayed in the Lian family for a few months, the little boy had heard of Lian Tingyu's reputation. Lian Tingyu is the concubine's daughter of the Lian family. Her talent and understanding are unmatched in the entire family for hundreds of years. The only child she had during her lifetime was Qi Miancheng, the leader of the Qingji Sect, the number one immortal sect in the world.
But such a person actually became enemies with the Lian family, and they were almost so cold to each other that they would never have any contact with each other until they died.
The reason is very interesting. The same reason why the little boy left the Lian family.
In addition to the main martial arts passed down in the Lian family, there is also a strange martial art that can quickly achieve success. This practice can make one's practice more efficient, but it requires a material.
A child who practices the same technique, and the better his physique, the better.
The role of this child in cultivation is to detoxify the practitioner.
The kind that is transmitted through true qi.
The cultivator's cultivation improved by leaps and bounds, but the child's own spiritual energy was taken away. Although his cultivation improved a little, his own spiritual veins were polluted, and his face was covered with sores and pus. It is said that although Lian Tingyu was a genius, he was born to a concubine. She has an older brother who is born to the first wife and has excellent qualifications.
In her cultivation relationship with her brother, she was the child used for detoxification.
Later, she rebelled against the Lian family and killed her brother. Later, she was almost considered a witch, but because of the guarantee of several big families, her "bad reputation" was suppressed. The fact that she fell in love with the head of the Qi family is not mentioned here. In short, for many years, the Lian family didn't dare to do this again.
But the birth of Lian Zhao made them start to have evil ideas again. Because the Lian family really needs a genius.
This time they did not focus on the children from the side branches, but went to Ciyu Village, adopted a little boy, and named him "Lian Yue".
Behind the kind face is a disgusting arrogance. In their eyes, without them, the little boy would have lived an ordinary life. Although he is now being used as a poisoner for detoxification, at least they have given him the opportunity to embark on the path to immortality.
The path to immortality is a path that drives Lian’s family, all mortals, and cultivators crazy.
They have been busy with another matter recently: after countless letters of petition, the leader of the Qingji Sect, Qi Miancheng, finally agreed to come to the Lian family - to collect some of his mother's belongings and to meet their little genius.
The Lian family was busy preparing for this. One of the preparations is to train Lian Zhao. The second preparation is to adopt Lian Yue.
Therefore, the little boy had already seen those immortal masters who were hired by the Lian family with a large sum of money.
The highest level of cultivation among those immortal masters was the Great Perfection of the Golden Elixir. When they walked, they would wear loose robes, with their white clothes fluttering in the wind, and they would not look sideways. There was a kind of deliberate formality in their behavior. The little boy had seen them once from a distance. As they walked, everyone was awed and respectful, as if they were gods above the nine heavens.
Everyone else was respectful and quiet, but the little boy looked at those who were deliberately being cold and thought that they were just pretending.
Is this the immortal?
And is the purpose of life for mortals like them to become immortals like this?
Is this the appearance that people who pursue the so-called supreme "Great Way" and "Path to Immortality" should have?
What exactly is the path to immortality?
But the person in front of him was completely different from those immortals of the Lian family.
The way he turned the pages of the book was so casual, and the few words he spoke were lazy and light. It was the reaction that only a supreme being with absolute self-confidence would have.
He doesn't need to pretend to be noble or extraordinary in front of him.
...Why? Is it because the difference between them is too great? Because he is the "peak master" and he is just a little boy?
But those immortals in the Lian family are also immortals like him. Why do they have to pretend in front of a little boy like him?
The little boy looked at him curiously. He looked at his blue robe, the strange glass mirror on his nose, and his cold eyes.
If the person sitting on this chair with power is me, and the person sitting on my chair is him, what would his expression be at this moment?
If the immortals from the Lian family saw me walking with him... the title of Peak Master should be more effective than the titles of those Golden Core Immortals. What expressions will they show?
Hmm... If I can be taken away by him as planned, I'm kind of looking forward to it. If he takes me away, will the place where he is sitting now become the place where I sit one day?
At that time, could I leave him alone...and put him in a certain position?
The little boy never controls his thoughts, no matter how innocent they are, or how ambitious or essentially evil they are.
He always hid his thoughtful expression very well. If it were someone else, even if the well-versed Luo Xiao were here, he might not be able to discover what he was thinking at the moment.
They would just think he was a curious child.
But Ning Mingmei glanced at him with his spiritual sense at this time.
"He wants to use me as his decoration. He has bad intentions." Ning Mingmei said.
System: "What do you mean by bad intentions? Stop distracting yourself from talking to me, focus a little, and interact with the hero with your sincerity."
Ning Mingmei commented: "You were a bit stupid today, and I couldn't stand it anymore."
The words were still like marbles, being pushed back and forth between Ning Mingmei and the little boy. The little boy watched the man's fingers turn a few more pages, then stopped: "Can you understand these books? When did you learn to read?"
The little boy suppressed his excitement and answered a few words: "I learned it when I was with my foster mother. I also like to eavesdrop on the teacher's teaching. I have read all these books."
Ning Mingmei: "Oh? Memorize a few sentences?"
This sounds like a pure challenge. But the little boy could recite it by heart with his eyes closed, as if everything was just as he had expected before he came.
Ning Mingmei continued to draw several more sections. The little boy is still performing well, and this is not something that can be achieved overnight.
——Study hard, diligent, and talented. He has them all. With such performance, it is hard not to be impressed by him.
His qualifications are extremely high, otherwise, the Lian family would not have specially taken him out of Ciyu Village. As long as Ning Mingmei is willing to take a look at his spiritual roots, he will definitely be attracted to this good seedling.
This is also what the little boy wanted.
But unfortunately, he met Ning Mingmei today.
Ning Mingmei: "Interesting, but just memorizing it won't do."
After he said this, he saw the little boy actually sit up a little straighter.
——I’m quite proud of it.
Or, in his eyes, did this mean that Ning Mingmei was interested in him?
Ning Mingmei: "It's really easy to guess what a little boy is thinking."
Ning Mingmei decided to reward him, so he said: "Next, I will test you on some practical questions. First, regarding the 'lunar phase calendar method', which of the following seven statements is correct?"
Little boy: “?”
Ning Mingmei: "Which of the following cultural common sense is incorrect?"
Little boy:?
Are you trying to embarrass me, Fat Tiger?
New techniques. This time the little boy finally answered haltingly. Ning Mingmei flipped through the book and asked, "Which of the following idioms and allusions are correctly matched with the characters?"
The common sense learned in the college entrance examination back then was actually used here!
The little boy said uncertainly, "The third one?"
Ning Mingmei thought about the type of question he had just mentioned.
As the saying goes, if there are three short and one long, choose the longest one; if there are three long and one short, choose the shortest one; if the number of words is the same, choose C. It is obvious that Lian Chengyue is indeed gifted. Being in a different world, he has also understood this law of selection.
Ning Mingmei casually turned to the next page and said, "The third and fourth. This question is multiple choice."
Little boy: ...
It was obvious that the Bad Seed's eyes were starting to get a little crazy.
Ning Mingmei continued on the next page: "Among the following four statements about XX, XX, and XX, which ones are correct? One, XX. Two, XX. Three, XX. Four, all of the above."
Introducing fresh options: All of the above.
Although the little boy was not good at doing the exercises, he soon discovered the truth of all the above, and then quickly solved all the above. When turning to the last page, Ning Mingmei asked another question: "This question is another multiple-choice question. Which of the following sentences is not a wrong sentence?"
"One, I am very tempted by dumplings."
"Second, many leaders in the Qingji Sect talked with the new disciple and gave him guidance, which helped him gain peace of mind."
"Third, because he has no cultivation, he said, 'Don't despise the young and poor.'"
"Fourth, how much effort our leader has put in for the benefit of Qingji Sect."
Little boy: ...
"One?" he said carefully.
Ning Mingmei: "Wrong, the answer is empty."
Multiple-choice questions, where you don’t select any answer, are also a type of multiple-choice question.
The little boy was silent again. Ning Mingmei said: "Hmm...one more question."
He closed the book and asked a question. It comes from a book that Lian Chengyue has definitely never read.
This time, the little boy was silent.
"I forgot. This question is beyond the scope of the syllabus." Ning Mingmei said lightly in response to the silence, "I almost forgot that you are not in Jiangsu."
The Jiangsu test paper often goes beyond the syllabus. When doing "Five Years of College Entrance Examination and Three Years of Simulation", some of the final questions from Jiangsu will be skipped. Is there anyone who doesn't know this?
How could someone take advanced calculus and calculus in the college entrance examination?
Little boy: ...
Ning Mingmei: "But I didn't expect that you don't even have the courage to guess. Even to roll a dice. Ah Yue, do you know why I asked you this question?"
Little boy: "Please speak, Immortal."
Ning Mingmei: "To teach you the first lesson: courage is the most precious thing in this world."
Ning Mingmei spoke as if it was a matter of course, and the system was almost going crazy after hearing it.
What made it even crazier was that the little boy was silent again, and finally said: "I understand, thank you, Immortal Venerable."
These words were said with some gnashing of teeth.
...It seems that your cultivation is indeed not enough.
Ning Mingmei was in a good mood after bullying his mortal enemy. He continued, "Xiaoyue, you love reading. But it seems that you haven't learned enough about daily life."
Little boy: ...
Lian Chengyue's eyes are completely crazy and shattered.
Ning Mingmei turned to the next page and planned to continue asking. At this time, Luo Xiao came in with tea.
Seeing the girl coming in, Ning Mingmei said to the little boy, "Are you tired after all the traveling? Try it."
The little boy stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Taoist priest, thank you, sister."
Standing up so quickly made Luo Xiao a little flattered.
This child is indeed a super good child!
Luo Xiao looked at him again before going down, and it was obvious that he had a good impression of this polite boy again. Ning Mingmei pushed his glasses up, looking calm and composed——
Soon, he heard a slight cough coming from the little boy's throat.
Ning Mingmei finally reacted quickly at this time: "What's wrong?"
The little boy closed his mouth and shook his head, his expression still pretending to be well-behaved, but there was a little distortion in his eyes.
...This tea is so sweet!
Ning Mingmei: "Of course, I asked Eleven to marinate these things with sugar several times before leaving."
However, the little boy's only eyes are damaged at the moment, and he does seem to be quite good at pretending.
Lian Chengyue drank the tea with difficulty, while Ning Mingmei was struggling with the system in his heart.
The system roared: "Ning Mingmei! Don't think I don't dare to shock you now, and you are so arrogant here!"
Ning Mingmei: "What are you talking about? Am I not communicating with the little boy in the same way that a junior high school teacher would treat a little boy?"
There are questions, test questions, and question analysis. Master, you are very cool and aloof, aren't you?
System: "Ahhhh! I really want to beat you up!"
Ning Mingmei said leisurely: "Calm down, you are a system, you should act a little like a cold system, okay?"
The system is speechless.
It looked at the little boy who was sipping tea with an increasingly distorted expression, and its voice gradually broke down and said helplessly: "This is your first meeting, and he hasn't offended you yet, so can you behave normally?"
Ning Mingmei: "Isn't he the reincarnation of a fragment of the Heavenly Demon? He's just an old cucumber painted green."
system:……
Ning Mingmei said: "Besides, I don't like the way this little boy pretends to be an adult. Little boys should act like little boys."
system:……
What does the little boy in your heart look like?
System: "Then do you act like an adult? Can't you just treat him as a little boy from your relative's family?"
Ning Mingmei: "This is what I do with the little boy from my relatives' family. I haven't asked him to come up and perform for us relatives."
The Spring Festival’s signature program “Come up and perform the violin for everyone” appeared.
system:……
What was the era like when Ning Mingmei lived?
Ning Mingmei: "And the way you look at him, he seems a little angry. It's as if he thinks I'm playing a trick on him."
System: "Aren't you playing? I'm telling you, Lian Chengyue is very vindictive, so be careful."
Sip after sip, the little boy finally finished his tea. When he raised his eyes, he saw Ning Mingmei holding the book and looking out the window again.
Despite the odd gesture, the feeling came back.
Ning Mingmei's eyes were vague. He wasn't in there.
"Have you finished your tea? Come here, I have one last question for you," said the Immortal.
Finally, he called him over and stood in front of his desk.
The little boy still kept his eyes down, looking well-behaved.
Ning Mingmei: "I saw vengeance in his eyes. I decided to do something to save him."
system:……
Then you shouldn't have offended him from the beginning.
System: "Indeed, try to save it."
Ning Mingmei propped up half of his face and asked him, "What's the previous sentence of 'there is a source of living water'? Write it down."
He tapped the desktop.
system:……
Is this a P recovery?
The author has something to say:
"I am full of temptation for dumplings." After a monthly exam, the high school class teacher yelled at the whole class for a full twenty minutes about the mistake in this sentence.
Thank you, class teacher, I will remember this sentence for the rest of my life.
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