Chapter 99: No Longer Owing Each Other
After Huang Junyi explained the situation to the Ning family and had them detain the Divine Seal Realm elder who was still plotting for Ning Yourong, she then took Ning Yourong and began to track Ning Feixuan with Mingyan.
Knowing that Ning Zetian was innocent and had even been framed for murder, the life-and-death battle between Ning Feixuan and Ning Zetian was even more unnecessary. If they really fought to the death, wouldn’t Ning Yourong be overjoyed?
This seemingly gentle and kind Ning Yourong was actually such a cold-blooded person…
Killing a mortal, framing a relative, and even directly murdering a relative…
One really can’t judge a book by its cover…
Huang Junyi was at the peak of the Rotating Core Realm, a half-step Human Gateway. The divine sense she sent out could cover a very far distance. However, Ning Feixuan should have something to block divine sense on her. She probably didn’t want Huang Junyi to find and stop her, so Huang Junyi searched for a long time but did not find her.
Mingyan was anxious. After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered that he still had the Mandarin Duck mirror. He had found it together with Ning Feixuan before. He had one side, and she had the other. It was said to be a King-level artifact…
Mingyan didn’t know if it would be useful. Maybe he could feel the other party’s presence? Now he could only try his luck.
He looked into his Qi Sea world, took out the Mandarin Duck mirror, and tried to pour spiritual energy into it. Sure enough, the mirror quickly reacted. Mingyan was overjoyed. Soon, a picture appeared in his mind. The picture was a bit blurry, probably because it was still communicating with the other mirror…
Not long after, the picture in his mind gradually became clear. He concentrated, planning to observe the situation around Ning Feixuan, or to feel her so-called direction.
Hmm, there are mountains, and water…
Wait, that’s not right! Mingyan was shocked. Why was the person in the picture not Ning Feixuan at all? But… the Queen Mother of the West, Ning Mengru?!
And at this moment, she was actually bathing?!
The picture was extremely clear, as if he were there. Ning Mengru didn’t seem to have noticed a spectator. She was soaking in the hot spring, her face slightly flushed, but her brow was slightly furrowed, as if she was a little troubled and sad.
Do not look at what is improper! Do not look at what is improper! Mingyan wanted to cut off the connection between the two mirrors but found that he couldn’t cut it off at all. That picture was still in his mind, as if it had appeared in front of him…
He was helpless. What was this? Wasn’t this mirror with Ning Feixuan? How could it be in Ning Mengru’s hands?!
And in Yaochi… Wang Qingchu felt someone was peeking here. She frowned, surprised. There is an extremely complex protective formation under Yaochi. How can someone peek here through some means? What is this situation? Is there such an ability?
Wang Qingchu’s divine sense covered the entire Yaochi Sacred Land and soon found the culprit. It was actually a mirror in Ning Mengru’s Qi Sea world. This mirror… why does it look so familiar?
Wang Qingchu soon remembered. Mingyan had once given her a mirror. At that time, she had recognized it as a King-level artifact. That’s right, this was that mirror… no, it was different. The character carved on the back was different. The last time he had brought the ‘Yuan’ mirror, and this time what she observed was the ‘Yang’ mirror. This was a pair of mirrors…
But the other mirror, wasn’t it in Ning Feixuan’s hands? How could it be here with Ning Mengru? And Ning Mengru can actually control this mirror… Wang Qingchu’s smile became playful.
Hmm, it seems I have to make another bracelet…
Here, Mingyan was burning with anxiety. This picture couldn’t be cut off no matter what. He had to watch… What time was it now? He was in no mood to appreciate this kind of thing… He usually wouldn’t do such a peeping thing, but that picture was in his mind as if it were in front of him… he couldn’t not look… no, it was worse than being in front of him, because if it were in front of him, he could still close his eyes. Now he couldn’t close them at all. He could only watch.
This was not as easy to use as the concentric pendant… The concentric pendant could be used whenever he wanted and could be turned off when he didn’t want to use it. It was very convenient. But the Mandarin Duck mirror… once it was opened, he could only continue to watch… he didn’t know how to turn it off.
Huang Junyi noticed Mingyan’s strangeness and was a little curious. “What’s wrong with you?”
“Ahem… nothing…” Mingyan quickly coughed to ease his embarrassment, but Ning Mengru, who was far away in Yaochi, was startled. She looked around, her face strange. How did I hear Mingyan’s voice? And so close? As if he were speaking in my ear?
Seeing Ning Mengru’s reaction, Mingyan thought to himself, Oh no, this is bad… she seems to be able to feel it?! Could this be like the concentric pendant, able to transmit sound?
Ning Mengru soon discovered something. The Mandarin Duck ancient mirror in her Qi Sea world was glowing. She hesitated, took out the mirror, and in an instant, the scene on Mingyan’s side also appeared in front of her.
Mingyan’s heart turned cold. He immediately decided to play dumb. I didn’t see anything, I don’t know…
But his slightly flustered look and slightly red face had already let Ning Mengru see the clue. Even though she was not young, she still felt a little ashamed at this moment and said angrily, “Mingyan…? What are you doing?”
“Hmm?” Mingyan looked surprised. “How did I hear Aunt Ning’s voice?”
“Hmm?” These words made Huang Junyi, who was hugging him and driving, also stunned. “How come I didn’t hear it?”
“Stop pretending. I saw it,” Ning Mengru left the hot spring in an instant, and the dress she usually wore appeared on her body. Only then did Mingyan sigh in relief. Otherwise, this unprepared look was really a bit… excessive.
Mingyan coughed. In the end, he still couldn’t lie. “It’s just… a misunderstanding.”
Mingyan told her everything that had happened after he arrived at the Ning family. “I originally wanted to use the Mandarin Duck mirror to see if I could find Ning Feixuan, but I didn’t expect… the mirror to actually be with you, Aunt Ning…”
Hearing Mingyan’s words, Ning Mengru had no mind to pursue the matter of peeping. Besides, she also knew his character. He was not the kind of person who would do such a thing. She thought for a moment. “I sent a Yaochi elder to follow her. Her cultivation is at the half-step Human Gateway Realm. You don’t need to worry about her safety.”
“Is there a way to contact that elder?” Mingyan asked.
“It’s too far…” Ning Mengru shook her head, but she thought for a moment. “Wait a moment. The ancestor might have a way.”
With that, Ning Mengru in the picture began to move. She soon arrived at Wang Qingchu’s tomb. She explained the matter to Wang Qingchu and asked if she had a way to find Mingyan.
Wang Qingchu did not answer, but not long after, Mingyan felt a vast Emperor’s might sweep over. And not long after, he got a place name. He was not familiar with it, but fortunately, Huang Junyi knew.
“Aunt Ning, thank my sister for me,” Mingyan said to Ning Mengru through the Mandarin Duck mirror.
“Your sister wants you to go back to the Sacred Land when the time comes. She has something to talk to you about,” Ning Mengru replied after a moment of silence.
“I know…” Mingyan nodded. “But how do I cut off this picture?”
“We can cut it off together,” Ning Mengru said. “But… don’t look over without a sound next time.”
“Of course, I didn’t do it on purpose… Aunt Ning…” Mingyan was a little helpless. “I just didn’t know that this mirror had come to… you.”
Did she resist being associated with me so much before? Mingyan shook his head in his heart. Forget it, it doesn’t matter. After this matter is over, the debt of gratitude will be repaid. We will no longer owe each other.
This long-standing obsession should also be let go of naturally.
Mingyan thought of his senior sister… his lips curved upwards slightly.
With both Mingyan and Ning Mengru wanting to cut off the picture, the connection between the mirrors was finally severed.
With Ning Feixuan’s location, Huang Junyi immediately sped up.
Ning Feixuan’s own movement speed was not fast. She left alone. Although she knew that there must be a Yaochi elder following her, she did not use the elder’s power.
So it took nearly half a day for Mingyan and Huang Junyi to finally catch up with Ning Feixuan.
Seeing them appear in front of her, the expressionless face of Ning Feixuan showed a faint ripple. “Are you still planning to stop me? Mingyan is like this… is Second Aunt also like this?”
Huang Junyi threw the unconscious Ning Yourong in front of Ning Feixuan. “Just search her soul directly. After that, all problems can be solved.”
Seeing Ning Yourong, Ning Feixuan’s expression changed slightly. “Why did you bring Sister Yourong here?”
“Because she is the murderer,” Mingyan stepped forward and said. “Before, I couldn’t produce evidence and ultimately couldn’t stop you from leaving. But at this moment, I can’t let you continue to be wrong. She has already fainted. Search her soul.”
“Search her soul…?” Ning Feixuan squatted down and checked Ning Yourong’s condition. She found that she had only fainted. She looked at Huang Junyi, her face hesitant.
“I have already searched her soul, Feixuan. I can tell you all the details, but since I want to convince you, I suggest you search her soul yourself…” Huang Junyi said softly. “Everything will come to light.”
Ning Feixuan opened her mouth and looked at Mingyan again. Mingyan’s face was calm. “Search… to take revenge, you have to find the right person, right?”
If it was just Mingyan bringing Ning Yourong here, perhaps Ning Feixuan might not believe it so much. But Huang Junyi had said she had already searched her soul. The credibility was naturally much higher…
In her silence, Ning Feixuan slowly reached out her hand and placed it on Ning Yourong’s forehead.
In an instant, all the memories came. The unconscious Ning Yourong’s face was slightly pained. Unlike Huang Junyi’s soul search, being searched by Ning Feixuan, whose cultivation was not much higher, was more painful for her…
Ning Feixuan was silent, tears streaming down her face.
She withdrew her hand, looked up, and fell to her knees weakly.
She relived the scene of losing her parents once again. And this time, she was standing from the murderer’s perspective, feeling her parents’ powerlessness, feeling their despair…
And she completely understood the murderer’s thoughts…
Just because Ning Yourong felt that she and Ning Zetian, would compete for her cultivation resources, she was so ruthless?
Framing, cruel murder…
Is this how you treat your own clansmen?
The ridiculous thing was that she still respected Ning Yourong very much… she thought that if it weren’t for her protecting her back then, her life would have been gone long ago… but it turned out that Ning Yourong had left her alive only because… leaving her alive could convict Ning Zetian and drive him out of the Ning family…
Ning Yourong’s final thought was to let the young her and Ning Zetian, because of her revenge, both die tragically in the end…
It was a pity that the Ning family did not intend to kick Ning Zetian out at the beginning, and the intervention of the Huang Family made this plan fall through in the end, creating the current ending.
The most ridiculous thing was that in the end, she joined the Yaochi Sacred Land and became the Yaochi Holy Maiden, while Ning Zetian joined the Yu Heng Sacred Land and became the Yu Heng Holy Son. Both of them got much more resources than Ning Yourong, who stayed in the Ning family…
Of course, Ning Yourong could not have predicted this situation. After all, in her eyes, Ning Feixuan and Ning Zetian should have died soon. How could there be such an opportunity?
There was not a trace of guilt in Ning Yourong’s heart. There was regret, but the regret was not for acting against her relatives, but for not being more decisive at that time and directly dealing with her and Ning Zetian…
This was… the good sister she had respected for many years.
And she, had seen the innocent Ning Zetian… as the murderer of her parents…
It was truly ridiculous. What had she been working so hard for all these years?
If she really fought to the death with Ning Zetian… would this “good sister” have laughed happily?
Ning Feixuan did not kill Ning Yourong immediately. She stood up and looked at Mingyan and Huang Junyi, her eyes complex.
She looked at Mingyan and sighed deeply. The words were on the tip of her tongue, but she didn’t know what to say.
“Now… everything has come to light. It’s time to deal with these things, Ning Feixuan,” Mingyan let out a breath. This matter could finally come to an end.
“…I’m sorry… I was… too impulsive before…” Ning Feixuan felt a lump in her throat and finally only said these words.
“It’s fine. I can understand you. You have your thoughts. I didn’t produce evidence at that time. There’s nothing wrong with what you did,” Mingyan smiled lightly and shook his head. “You saved my life. It’s just a slap. In my eyes, it’s nothing. But, this also counts as clearing the debt. You’re right… we’re not suitable for each other… we’re both stubborn people, our personalities clash. It was my wishful thinking at the beginning. Please don’t mind, Celestial Ning.”
From his tone, Ning Feixuan felt a sense of distance. She opened her mouth. He had done so much for her… and what had she given him? A slap?
“Let’s go back. After solving the matter at hand, it’s time to end it,” Mingyan said.
It’s time to end it… For some reason, hearing Mingyan say this, Ning Feixuan felt a little bitter and sad in her heart. She took a deep breath. But, indeed, she should deal with these things first.
Ning Feixuan became firm. “Let’s go back…”
