Chapter 59 Calling him "senior brother" is not like calling him "husband"
Although the immortal vehicle sponsored by Shen Liwan was not as luxurious as Fang Wuyu's immortal boat, it was purple and white all over, and it could walk on the mountains as if walking on flat ground. It was also engraved with the Qingji Sect's iconic crane pattern.
While driving, the breeze blows on your face and the fairy clouds are misty.
Anyone who saw it on the road would immediately realize that this magical carriage was definitely not an ordinary item and must belong to an immortal.
Yedi is not a big place. As a remote city-state in the human world, there have not even been a few immortals appearing in the past hundred years.
Therefore, the residents' reactions were particularly strange.
Ning Mingmei used his spiritual sense to see that the people on the road were just walking back dejectedly. They were either out of energy or distracted. Occasionally, a few of them glanced at the carriage of the Qingji Sect's entourage, then quickly lowered their heads and listlessly went back to thinking about their own things.
It's like they're just so caught up in their own business.
It is really strange to see this kind of reaction coming from mortals who advocate the way of immortality.
Ning Mingmei: "That may not be the case. Maybe everyone in this city is socially anxious."
The kind that enters a lifeless, low-desire society early.
And maybe secretly, these residents’ rooms are piled with hundreds of comic books, dozens of bottles of fat otaku happy water, and they can’t even keep up with the dozen or so AI virtual idols on their phones.
However, there was someone on the tower in the distance running towards the city, heading west, probably to report the news to someone. Ning Mingmei then said to his disciples: "Drive slowly, and don't enter the city before they come to greet us in person."
Fifteen, the driver, was puzzled: "Master, what's the logic behind this?"
Ning Mingmei: "This is just like the up and down order of the two cups when toasting. It is a sign of whether the project can be successfully completed."
No further explanation was given, leaving Fifteen completely confused. Only the system sensed some evil aura.
The Qingji Sect members completed the five-minute journey at a snail's pace. The other disciples of Qingji Sect were not yet accustomed to Ning Mingmei's shameless style, and they all had cold sweats on their backs out of embarrassment. Only Ning Mingmei was calm and composed, as if because a group of people died socially with him, the one who died socially was no longer him.
Even the famous vicious beauty Gui Ruoxue felt uncomfortable, her brows twisted into a knot: "Can't you hurry up?"
Ning Mingmei said, "Why are you so nervous? The people of Yedi won't look at you. Does this different local customs and practices make you feel at home?"
Gui Ruoxue: ...
Many times, he felt that Ning Mingmei had some mental problems.
He snorted coldly: "What do you want to do?"
Ning Mingmei said to the system: "Gui Ruoxue is just a technical talent after all, and is not experienced in human relations. But I don't intend to tell him the true meaning of my behavior. After all, the postdoctoral fellow is not a disciple, he is just working for me."
If you can't find a teaching job, it's not bad to work for free for a few more decades.
System: "On your first day in Yedi, you were regarded as a psychopath by the whole city. You don't seem to be very experienced in dealing with people... Why are you moving forward at such a snail's pace?"
Ning Mingmei: "Because the speed at which cherry blossoms fall is five microns per second."
?
The system didn't understand Ning Mingmei's meaning until later: when you're too lazy to explain, just throw out a confusing aphorism. In this way, the person asking the question will fall into deep thought due to excessive doubts and you won't disturb him.
Walking slowly, Ning Mingmei continued to scan the pedestrians around him.
This time Ning Mingmei saw it clearly.
The action of kneading the joints.
Almost every pedestrian on the road rubs their joints at least once.
When they were halfway up the slow climb, the people who were waiting to greet them finally came out.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I didn't know that the Immortal Master of Qingji Sect was coming, I'm sorry for not welcoming you!"
"I just received a letter from your clan a few days ago, saying that the Immortal Master has agreed to make a trip for Yedi and has already set off, but it is not certain when he will arrive. I was not able to wait for you at the city gate. I am really ashamed!"
The people of Yedi gave a great welcome to the people from Qingji Sect. The middle-aged man in the lead was dressed in a low-key but luxurious manner, and at first glance he was one of the most important figures in the city. Not to mention the other officials and gentry standing on both sides.
But Ning Mingmei saw it at a glance: "You are not the city lord?"
The middle-aged man looked apologetic and said, "General Wang has been ill for many years and has been ill for a long time. Now that spring has arrived, his illness has worsened. It is really inconvenient for us to go out of the city to welcome him. Now that the prince is unable to leave, the three of us are helping to take care of him."
He was referring to the three people standing in the front.
First, he is the descendant of the prince’s deputy general and also the deputy city lord who manages government affairs.
The second one is the old man in green next to him, a legal advisor.
The third one is a minor local official sent by the imperial court of the human world. He has an unlucky look on his face, and mentioning him is giving face to the imperial court. I guess there's no point in staying here, just messing around.
Ning Mingmei nodded but did not get off the carriage. The ordinary people did not dare to care and after repeated urging, they finally persuaded Ning Mingmei to come into the city.
Along the way, the deputy city lord was talking to Ning Mingmei beside the car, as if he was afraid that Ning Mingmei would bear a grudge against them and thought they were deliberately trying to intimidate him.
Ning Mingmei said to the system: "Like I said, I have already highlighted my dominant position in Yedi by being personally welcomed into the city by them."
System: "Are you sure you are not being 'respected' because they suspect you of having some kind of mental illness?"
I'm actually afraid that you might suddenly go crazy and start hacking people.
The system suddenly felt that Ning Mingmei was in a good mood. Normally, how could Ning Mingmei have the leisure to chat with it like this?
When did Ning Mingmei’s mood improve...it seemed like it was after Lian Chengyue became so angry that she barked like a dog?
The system glanced suspiciously at Lian Chengyue who was lying behind. After being tortured and fed medicine, the young bad boy fainted again.
…
Are you trying to bully them a few more times while you can still do so?
The deputy city lord showed his enthusiasm outside the carriage and talked nonstop.
Ning Mingmei asked casually: "Who sent the letter to you?"
It was probably Shen Liwan.
After all, Shen Liwan is the administrative elder in charge of this area. He can still do this favor.
The deputy city lord said a name that Ning Mingmei did not expect: "Master Qi of the Qingji Sect."
"Master Qi specifically told us that since you are his direct junior fellow apprentice, and that you are willing to come out in person, it is to give face to Ye Di, and we must treat you well. Although the Immortal Master is not fond of common things, we must not treat you badly. Therefore, although we did not know that the Immortal Master was coming today, we have already prepared all the furnishings for him according to his preferences."
Ning Mingmei was a little surprised: "Oh?"
Does this mean that all the expenses for this trip to Yedi will be covered by the people here?
"Master Qi also said that although you, Immortal Ning, are simple-minded, you are extremely powerful and will definitely be able to help us solve the problem."
It was really unexpected that this letter was sent by Master Qi.
The image of Sect Leader Qi with a radiant smile flashed through his mind again. Ning Mingmei said calmly, "Brother, you are so worried."
Upon hearing that this pair of brothers indeed had a close relationship, the deputy city lord's face broke into a smile. Only the system was questioning Ning Mingmei: "Don't you hate Sect Leader Qi?"
Ning Mingmei pushed up his glasses and said, "When did I say I hated my senior brother? This is another chance to show off your background. If you're not quick, you'll miss it."
With just one word from Senior Brother Qi, the expenditure budget sheet was changed into a false expense report, and the two million given by Senior Brother Yin could be embezzled. Senior Brother Fang is rich, and Senior Brother Qi is powerful. Just based on the power of Senior Brother Qi's words, I have to call him Senior Brother.
system:……
It's so shameless, so shameless that I want to electrocute Ning Mingmei and make him meow.
Several people headed east.
Ning Mingmei asked again: "I don't live in the general's mansion?"
The deputy city lord said: "The general's palace is in this direction..."
As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and his voice suddenly became subtle: "Did anyone say something to Immortal Ning..."
He knew he had said something wrong and lowered his voice.
It's really strange and bizarre.
When the people on the tower saw Ning Mingmei and others coming, they clearly ran towards the west.
The immortal who was supposed to exorcise demons and monsters for Yedi came. Instead of reporting to the general Lord Wang in the east, he ran to the west. Who did he report to?
The General King’s palace is indeed magnificent, worthy of being built by the order of the Emperor himself. On the plaque is the late Emperor’s handwriting of “Red Blood and Red Heart”. The people of Yecheng lined up and waited respectfully for the immortals to get off the car.
The deputy city lord and others only heard the voice of the immortal along the way but did not see his appearance.
But the several disciples are as beautiful as orchids and jade trees, so the immortal must be even more... huh?
Hmm, hmm?
Ning Mingmei has become accustomed to the shock that his appearance brings to others. He only glanced at the few people and said, "In that case, please take us to have a good look..."
A maid came to whisper something, and the deputy city lord nodded and was about to say:
The prince is being examined.
Ning Mingming said: "Your sincerity."
He turned around and told Gui Ruoxue, "Carry him on your back."
This "he" naturally refers to Lian Chengyue. The latter suffered from bitter medicine and is still dizzy.
The shocked deputy city lord: ...
Speaking of being simple, he is truly a very simple swordsman!
Other disciples: …
Master, it is not good for you to enslave a strange female doctor to carry a child.
Gui Ruoxue swallowed her anger and carried the child on her back. Ning Mingmei, who once again enslaved the vicious beauty, didn't look at him.
He only noticed one thing from the people in the palace who greeted them.
This heroic king, who lived for more than four hundred years, has no descendants.
…
Sect Leader Qi’s instructions were indeed useful. The villa that the prince's mansion had carefully decorated for everyone was seven or eight times more presentable than the place they had stayed in Yaochuan City last time, which cost ten thousand yuan a day. Most of the antiques on display were gifted by the royal family, which shows that over the past few hundred years, the general's palace was indeed wealthy, and even wealthy for a long time.
But looking at the flowers and plants along the way, and the furnishings in the villa, Ning Mingmei could tell that these rich things had not been properly cared for for a long time.
Just like its owner, he no longer cares about these things.
Ning Mingmei: "The glorious glory has faded. Only a little bit of heritage remains, like a candle in the wind."
The system was touched when it heard this: "I didn't expect you to be so artistic."
Ning Mingmei: "In that case, why not give me the spare money? It seems that in addition to the six million, I can squeeze out a lot more from here - my laboratory just needs such a pavilion. When the time comes, I will build a Tianshan Hot Spring Hotel on Piaomiao Peak..."
system:……
The electrodes are itching again.
Ning Mingmei: "Fang Wuyu spends money to get things done, while Sect Leader Qi can get things done with just one word. Now it seems that Sect Leader Qi is still better. Having power is different. Just a word can shake up a thousand weights, and you can also put on the cloak of being incorruptible, unlike rich people who are accused of smelling of money. He is really my good brother!"
System: "Why are they good senior brothers again? So they are all your senior brothers, right?"
Ning Mingmei pushed his glasses and said, "Of course, calling me senior brother is not like calling me husband. You can call me any one of them."
...If there weren't disciples outside, the system would really want to electrocute them. The system said: "Ning Mingmei, why do I feel that you are biased against Sect Leader Qi?"
Ning Mingmei sat on the bed, lowered his head and frantically wrote and drew on the calculation paper: "Is there?"
System: "Yes. A lot. Speaking of which, Sect Leader Qi has never done anything to let you down. He helped you, gave you swords, showed concern for you, treated you, sent you furniture, gave you budgets, and asked others to take care of you... Why do you dislike him so much?"
Ning Mingmei: "Is there?"
System: "It's the same as sending money, but I feel your attitude towards Fang Wuyu is much better."
Ning Mingmei: "They are all my senior brothers. When have I ever been partial to one of my senior brothers?"
...Ning Ming is so shameless that it's really speechless. The system paused and said, "But Sect Leader Qi is indeed a good person. In the original work, apart from being weak and a little biased... he has always been sincerely considering the sect. Although in the end, he implicated Ning Mingmei in the original work. But, he is indeed a good person."
The system means this sincerely.
In the original work, Sect Leader Qi was kind-hearted, but he blew himself up to save the sect, which was also very sad.
The system said: "Besides, he will die in ten years anyway. You don't need to spend too much time on him."
Ning Mingmei: "Oh? You will also provide hospice care for other NPCs? I thought you just wanted to be a mother to Lian Chengyue wholeheartedly."
System: "Although I can extract the most energy from this world from the change in Lian Chengyue's fate line, as for the future, he..."
silence.
It was like a dark beast hidden under the "exaggerated care" that suddenly showed its fangs.
The system suddenly stopped talking, and quickly changed the subject: "I am also helping you, so that you can do less useless work and spend more time on more beneficial things."
Tsk.
Qi Mian Cheng.
After settling everything down quickly, Ning Mingmei brought his disciples out and went to the city lord's room with the deputy city lord who was waiting outside.
The place where the city lord lives is even darker than other places. There are gauze curtains everywhere, not much ventilation, and the fragrance of herbs wafts inside. It's sweet and fishy, intoxicating and nauseating.
Someone went to pass the message, and Ning Mingmei took the opportunity to scan the inside with his spiritual sense.
There is no ghost inside, but there is a person.
A soul...a somewhat strange person.
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