Chapter 94: Confinement
"Who is Master Wukong?"
"The direct junior brother of Master Wuwei, one of the last standing elders, living at Baiyun Peak, one of the current Grand Elders, and in charge of the precepts in the past."
The system brought up the personal page of Wukong Zhenren for Ning Mingmei. Ning Mingmei's privilege of allowing the system to write code was finally fully demonstrated at this moment.
Ning Mingmei: "Why did the academician come to me? Is he going to deny all my research results with just one sentence?"
System: "I can't guess, but it's probably not a good thing."
This was Ning Mingmei's first time coming to the Discipline Department of Qingji Sect.
The Discipline Department, as its name suggests, is in charge of the sect's disciplines. When Ning Mingmei came in with the guiding disciple, there were two people following him.
One is invisible, the other is constant.
"Brother Qi is in a coma, this is a serious matter. We have reported this to the Cave Heaven Blessed Land. Our master has reached the critical moment of breaking through to the middle stage of the Mahayana stage and is still in seclusion, so this matter will be temporarily handled by Master Wukong." Xiang Wuxing frowned, "I just don't understand why Master Wukong summoned you so late at night? Is there anything that can't be said until tomorrow?"
He then said to Ning Mingmei, "Junior brother, go behind me."
Xiang Wuxing is really a good senior brother. He knew that this matter was not simple, but he was still willing to stand in front to block the fire for Ning Mingmei.
"Master Wukong has always been impatient." A voice said calmly, "It has always been like this."
They both looked at Chang Feichang. Xiang Wuxing said at this time: "I remember when your master had that incident, Master Wukong also... Later, he was the one who ordered you to take over the position of Zhisu."
Chang Feichang was silent and only responded with a faint "hmm".
These two short sentences of dialogue are actually very interesting.
"It seems that Master Wukong also knows about the 'sword bone' that the Sword-wielding Elder is holding. Before me, they must have used the body of the former Sword-wielding Elder to nourish the sword bone. The former Sword-wielding Elder's obsession might not only be obsession, but also be related to the sword bone - the former Elder Zhisu, as the one who cleared up the atmosphere of the Qingji Sect, should have killed the Sword-wielding Elder at the moment he became possessed. Is it also the duty of Elder Zhisu to execute the out-of-control Sword-wielding Elder?" Ning Mingmei wondered.
But they are from the same school after all. then……
At that moment hundreds of years ago, the former Elder Zhisu faced the wind and snow, holding the sword.
His sword intent... softened.
This hesitation may lead to devastating consequences. The mountains and rivers are broken, and the sun and moon have lost their light. Several elders and disciples of the Qingji Sect died as a result.
Until Chang Feichang drew his sword and took his master's life with his own hands.
Due to the backlash, his spiritual palace was nearly shattered, and his cultivation made no progress since then. A genius who is in the Nascent Soul stage for two hundred years will only be in the Spirit Transformation stage after another three hundred, four hundred, or five hundred years.
The young man in gray walked beside the two of them. He showed no expression. Therefore, it is difficult for people to guess whether his expression when he drew his sword against his master that day was as cold as when he drew his sword against Baimian?
There is another point worth noting.
Zhenren Wukong appointed Chang Feichang as the next Elder Zhisu.
Everyone knows that Chang Feichang has only reached the Spirit Transformation Stage since then. What gave Master Wukong the confidence that Chang Feichang was always capable of executing Ning Mingmei, the new Sword-wielding Elder?
Chang Feichang is in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Stage, only one step away from the Great Perfection, but he can make no further progress. Ning Mingmei is now in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. Even if Chang Feichang can defeat monsters above his level, isn't Master Wukong afraid that Ning Mingmei will break through to the Lianxu stage or even the Fusion stage?
By then, will Chang Feichang still be able to execute him? Considering this, why didn't he choose someone with intact bones to be the Elder of Supremacy?
Apart from Ning Mingmei's furnace-cauldron physique...are there any other reasons?
What caused the former Sword-wielding Elder to go mad?
And what on earth is this sword bone? Why does it have to be nurtured by a human body?
The system sensed Ning Mingmei's thoughts. If it were a human, its clothes would have been soaked with cold sweat by now.
Xiang Wuxing and Chang Feichang only said a few words, but he deduced so much content hidden underwater!
Moreover, Ning Mingmei had forgotten the contents of the novel when he traveled through time... The system's heart suddenly tightened.
It began to feel that what it had initially thought, "Ning Mingmei forgetting the content of the novel was a good thing," was actually a bad thing.
In the absence of the support of novel content, Ning Mingmei will more deeply unravel the world from his perspective in order to restore the content of "this novel" that he thought he had forgotten and that he had traveled through.
Without the reference of established thinking, Ning Mingmei's thinking space will only become larger and larger, and his thinking level will only become deeper and deeper.
If that’s the case…will Ning Mingmei be able to deduce the truth behind the system’s existence one day?
After all, novels are written for time travelers to read, and the world in front of us is a world...
But before that. The system thinks of a closer "after all".
…
After all, Lian Chengyue taking back the sword bone from Ning Mingmei was also his way of taking back something that originally belonged to him...
The Discipline Department has a white jade base and black stone pillars. As soon as Ning Mingmei stepped into the Discipline Department, he felt the undisguised pressure from above.
"What a great authority the academician has!"
Generally speaking, cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Stage like Ning Mingmei and Xiang Wuxing would restrain their spiritual pressure when they go out.
One reason is out of politeness, just like an alpha won't emit pheromones everywhere. The second is that the spiritual pressure of a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage is extremely terrifying to mortals.
Staring at a cultivator in the Spiritual Transformation Stage with his spiritual pressure fully activated would cause a mortal to suffer a mental breakdown or even go insane due to excessive pressure.
Of course, politeness is also very important. Even someone as arrogant as the Celestial Dragon Fang Wuyu would not use his full spiritual pressure when facing his disciples.
However, this great-grandmaster in the fusion stage obviously did not hide his intention of trying to put pressure on the younger generations. The disciple who led them here had just walked in here when his legs were already too stiff to move forward.
Xiang Wuxing burst into laughter at this moment.
"Uncle Master Wukong, it's been a long time since we last met! I wonder if you are getting used to the paradise here? It's late at night, and I'm looking for two of my junior brothers to eat a goose stewed in an iron pot, so I came here with them."
His smile was puffing up his chest, and it was obvious that he was trying very hard. He was also trying to restrain his awe of the spiritual pressure. "Master Uncle summoned me in a hurry, and Junior Brother Mingmei drank a lot of wine under my persuasion. If he has been rude in any way, Wuxing will apologize to Master Uncle on his behalf!"
At this time, Ning Mingmei looked over Xiang Wuxing's shoulder and saw his uncle-master sitting on the throne in the distance.
Everyone in Qingji Sect is a beautiful woman or a handsome man, even this great-uncle-master is no exception. He looked to be in his thirties, with completely white hair, but he did not tie it up. The silver-white hair fell to the ground like a waterfall, like the quiet and soft branches of a weeping cherry tree.
But he had long eyebrows and a pair of narrow eyes - his dark pupils were like two pieces of ice, which rolled in his eye sockets and looked towards Ning Mingmei.
At that moment, Ning Mingmei had a feeling that his soul was being examined.
This was probably not Ning Mingmei's illusion, because the system said: "It's okay, he still thinks you are the Sword Immortal."
"I really have no choice but to disturb you so late at night." The great-grandmaster said this, his voice was much more arrogant than Fang Wuyu's, and there was no apology in his voice. "It's just that I heard that my nephew Qi went out for a trip and fell ill after returning. There's nothing we can do. Someone in the Qingji Sect has to take charge of the situation."
Xiang Wuxing said respectfully: "Master uncle is right."
Wukong Zhenren said, "Junior Brother Qi fainted strangely, and I heard that Jiang Duo woke up. Now is a time of trouble, and it will be good for everyone if the matter is resolved quickly. Junior Brother Ning, don't you agree?"
Ning Mingmei pushed his glasses and said, "Master uncle is right."
"In that case, tell me what you think."
Ning Mingmei stood there and repeated what he had said to Fang Wuyu and others before. It's nothing more than traveling, running into a demon cultivator, the demon cultivator opening the seal, meeting Jiang Duo, a fierce battle, Qi Miancheng being injured, and then falling into a coma in Lian's house.
"Really? So it was to save Junior Brother Ning." Wukong Zhenren smiled, "After more than a hundred years, Junior Brother Ning has become more eloquent, and his appearance has also become more unique. When I came out just now, I heard the disciples say that Junior Brother Ning did a lot of things in Qingji Sect after his retreat. Junior Brother Ning did the same outside Qingji Sect, going to Yaochuan City and Liuyue Lake."
Now Ning Mingmei probably understood.
"This academician is not only here to investigate, but also because he is unhappy with me, and wants to use me, be afraid of me, and suspect that I have bad intentions and am unwilling to be a good scabbard. He came here to test, interrogate, and accuse me."
And look at the posture of Master Wukong. Ning Mingmei felt that if he answered incorrectly, he might be fired on the spot.
Ning Mingmei said: "I have been in seclusion for ten years, and my thoughts have become much clearer. After coming out of seclusion, I felt that as an elder of Qingji Sect, I did not contribute enough to and care about the sect. All of this is to help Brother Qi. When Master was still alive, he often taught us to be virtuous and remember the source of the water. If it is beneficial to Qingji, life and death are not important, why should we avoid it because of misfortune or fortune. Confucius once said..."
Wukong Zhenren: ...
"What a mess this is." Wukong Zhenren sneered, "Nephew Ning, do you know what the sword-wielding elder means?"
These words are chilling. Ning Mingmei gave a humble answer that an ordinary scholar would give when facing a strong person: "I still want your guidance, uncle."
"Use your body as a sword to protect Qingji. It is the duty and responsibility of the Sword-wielding Elder to guard the sect. Moreover, the seal of the forbidden sword needs to be reinforced by the Sword-wielding Elder every ten years. The Sword-wielding Elders of all generations have been guarding the Qingji Sect for a hundred years. You have caused so many troubles during this trip." Wukong Zhenren suddenly shouted, "Ning Mingmei, do you admit your guilt?"
It was as if a huge weight suddenly poured down on Ning Mingmei, and even the disciples at the entrance of the Discipline Department knelt down. At that moment Ning Mingmei understood that Master Wukong was putting pressure on him.
His knees were shaking a little, but Ning Mingmei stood up straight.
If he knelt down at this moment, he would never be able to stand up again in Qingji Sect.
He said calmly, "What crime have I committed?"
"How dare you quibble?" Master Wukong scolded, "It seems that you already have complaints against the Qingji Sect."
Ning Mingmei suddenly sneered in his heart.
Among the people present, Xiang Wuxing didn't know about raising sword bones. Only the elders who are in charge of the austerity know this very well.
The former Ning Mingmei didn’t know either. So he was willing to devote himself to the Qing Dynasty until his death.
But now, it is obvious that Master Wukong already knows that Ning Mingmei already knows about this. After checking that Ning Mingmei was in good spirits, he perhaps thought that Ning Mingmei's drastic change in temperament was also related to Ning Mingmei's knowledge of the truth.
Although everything Ning Mingmei does now seems to be to solve problems for the development of Qingji Sect. But he didn't believe that anyone would have no complaints about this.
For example, he suspected that Ning Mingmei wanted to take revenge on the Qingji Sect. Or maybe Ning Mingmei at least watched Qi Miancheng get injured.
For someone like Wukong Zhenren, perhaps Qi Miancheng is not important - would the owner of a mansion care about a property manager? But to him, the scabbard that was supposed to keep the sword had a mind of its own, and that's what he wanted to kill.
And who can guarantee that Ning Mingmei won’t escape with the sword bone?
So now, he and Master Wukong are in a relationship where they appear to be friendly on the surface, but in reality they both know each other's hidden agenda and are questioning each other.
In this case, Ning Mingmei would never kneel down.
"Uncle Wukong's words are very strange. Qingji Sect has never done me any wrong. Qingji Sect adopted me, taught me swordsmanship, and allowed me to reach the Spiritual Transformation Stage at a young age, and become a Sword-wielding Elder..." Ning Mingmei emphasized the words "Sword-wielding Elder". "If that's the case, why did Uncle Wukong guess that I would have complaints against Qingji Sect? Is there something else that I don't know?"
Since Xiang Wuxing was present, it was of course impossible for Master Wukong to directly tell him about the sword bone.
Ning Mingmei: "What's more, after I came out of seclusion, everything I did was for the good of Qingji Sect? I trained my disciples, I repaired Piaomiao Peak, I taught my disciples swordsmanship, I went to Yaochuan City and Liuyue Lake to do justice, all for the sake of increasing the reputation of Qingji Sect. My uncle-master speculated about me like this, and I didn't know what to do. Is there really something I don't know..."
Ning Mingmei was speechless.
Master Wukong looked at him with his narrow eyes.
That look reminds people of a dangerous snake.
All his spiritual pressure was concentrated on Ning Mingmei, forcing him to shut up.
Danger.
Cold sweat dripped from Ning Mingmei's forehead.
"I came out this time mainly for two reasons." Wukong Zhenren said leisurely, "One is that since Junior Brother Qi is still sleeping, I will temporarily take charge of the sect affairs. This is the first one."
"Second, the Demon Lord Jiangduo was born. No matter what, the Sword-wielding Elder was at fault. The Sword-wielding Elder had the responsibility of holding the sword, but he did not stay in the sect. From today on, the Sword-wielding Elder will be confined in the back mountain for reflection, and he cannot leave without the order of the Sect Master."
Here it comes.
It turns out that he is going to be put in solitary confinement. Ning Mingmei sneered in his heart.
"He's afraid that I'll become too independent and move on with my equipment, projects, and funds!" Ning Mingmei said to the system. "And he's afraid that my change of mind might cause changes, so he's trying to take the initiative and lock me up."
Ning Mingmei had never received this treatment in the past, perhaps because Ning Mingmei didn't like to go out before.
"But..." Xiang Wuxing was the first to react. He was under pressure, with beads of sweat on his forehead. "Uncle Master, isn't this too much?"
"You guys go down." Master Wukong suddenly said, "I have something else to say to Junior Brother Ning alone."
Chang Feichang and Xiang Wuxing were both stunned. At this moment, a disciple ran in to report.
"Report... Qi... Sect Master Qi..."
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