Today's Xianmen elegant pig slaughter

After breakfast, Nan Fuguang moved the butcher back to her own cave, and swaggered into the morning hall with her current status as the most popular figure in the Yuntian Sect who was surrounded by scandals and gossips. Under the gazes of the disciples in the medicine pavilion, she moved a mat and placed it next to Xie Yunxing.

Just as I sat down and had not yet started my first morning breathing exercise, a fresh and hot volume of "Three Realms Gossip" was shoved to me.

Ever since the publication of "Three Realms Insider", everything that happens in the world of immortal cultivation spreads very quickly, not to mention such a major event as "Da Ri Mine collapsed and the production of Black Sky Ore was suspended", which made the headlines almost as soon as Nan Fuguang returned to Yuntian Sect.

[Recently, the Immortal World Alliance Organization (also the First Alliance Wuweimen Intelligence News Group) released a report on "The Collapse of the Da Ri Mine in the Mi Shi Land and the Suspension of Mining".
An unexpected mine collapse occurred in the Hei Lie Kong Ore Mining Area of ​​the Da Ri Mine in the Mi Shi Land (hereinafter referred to as the Da Ri Mine).
On the day of the incident, the Immortal Alliance Organization and its leader Duan Congyi responded actively and organized rescue activities at the first time, sending the "Kingfisher's Nest" to the front line of the Da Ri Mine disaster.
With the active rescue efforts of the Immortal Alliance, the "Kingfisher's Nest" organization went deep into the mine and minimized the damage caused by the mine disaster at the cost of three people being seriously injured and fifteen people being slightly injured.
According to statistics, this mining accident was large in scale and had a profound impact. The specific cause is still under investigation, and preliminary judgment does not rule out human factors.
Immortal Alliance leader Duan Congyi and the Immortal Alliance Basic Resource Management Organization jointly issued a statement that the impact of this mining accident is across the entire Immortal Realm, and it is very likely to have a great impact on the subsequent output of Black Cracked Sky Ore in the future. We call on people from all walks of life in the Immortal Realm to prepare for the corresponding response...】

Nan Fuguang quickly scanned the headlines and scrolled to the end of the news. After the routine praise of the Immortal Alliance and the "Kingfisher's Nest" for their work, the accompanying picture was just some ruins of the Dayi Mine, and there was no sign of any miners in the picture.

The comments section of the mobile section is naturally full of praise for "Kingfisher's Nest" -

"pay tribute!"
"I had the impression that the Mishi Land was too rebellious to be under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Alliance. This time, they were the first to come to the rescue... Very touching."
"I hope there will be more relevant reports, and to comfort the monks of the Kingfisher's Nest who were injured in this mining accident! They are the elites of the Immortal Alliance, and losing one of them is a huge loss!"
"QAQ So I have always regarded joining this organization as my life goal. It's so great!"

"What? This doesn't make sense." Nan Fuguang said to Xie Yunxing, "The people from Kingfisher's Nest didn't come that fast. The miners themselves were the ones who organized the evacuation and rescue, and—"

Moreover, the news did not mention the mysterious monster at all, and the various wording and sentences seemed to lead people to think that the mine collapse was caused by the miners' illegal operations.

Nan Fuguang suppressed the "Three Realms Gossip": "In addition to the Immortal Alliance supervisors, there are many ordinary miners in the Da Ri Mine. How can you say nothing about the miners? This is unfair."

Xie Yunxing had never been to the Da Ri Mine. She had not felt anything wrong when she read the news earlier in the morning. Now she was thoughtful and said, "The authorities didn't even mention the casualties of the miners."

Nan Fuguang’s questions don’t end there.

She found a tofu-sized derivative news next to the headline news: Duan Nan, the former deputy commander of the "Kingfisher's Nest" and the supervisor of the Big Sun Mine, was punished by the Immortal Alliance for poor management. He resigned from all his positions in the Immortal Alliance and went into seclusion to reflect on his mistakes.

The comment section below this news is also full of positive energy——
"This world has finally become what I've always dreamed of. For example, if you don't work hard, even the son of the leader of the Immortal Alliance will be hung on the wall and fired?"
“Eh, eh, eh? Duan Nan? That genius monk? Ahhh, I grew up listening to his legendary stories, so where is he now?”
"Don't worry about the people upstairs. There are only a few Nascent Soul cultivators. They have probably been transferred to other places."
"Duan Bei is still the commander, right? I remember that..."
"Danbei is also there this time?"

Nan Fuguang slid his fingers, and a pen holder appeared in his hand. It was made of the same bamboo as the current "Three Realms Gossip". He picked up the pen and wrote in the flowing area with great vigor and vitality -
"Duan Bei Meng Nu is here. Did Duan Bei go to the Dainichi Mine this time? Do you have any photos of him?"

After waiting for a while and seeing no reply prompt, Nan Fuguang looked at the mobile area again and found that the question he had written had disappeared without a trace as "the content is inharmonious, please consider carefully before leaving a message."

Even Xie Yunxing’s subscription rights were closed.

Nan Fuguang: “…”

It was hard for Nan Fuguang not to be angry.

He slammed the bamboo slips in his hand to the ground, ignoring the terrified expressions of his fellow disciples who were looking at him like a spirit beast that had suddenly gone mad for no reason.

At this time, the second senior sister of the sect asked her indirectly how the things that happened in the Da Ri Mine were related to her.

When asked this question, Nan Fuguang asked back: "Which part do you mean? The miners in the mine rose up to fight against the guardians of the Immortal Alliance? The mine cave collapsed and the monsters inside were released? Or before the unspeakable monster killed everyone, another strange monster with a similar style suddenly appeared out of nowhere to compete with it? Or someone opened the Yin-Yang mirror world to save all the miners and supervisors in the entire mine?"

Nan Fuguang threw out a bunch of plots that sounded very exciting. Xie Yunxing looked at her in shock. It was obvious that her description and the summary of the main news in "Three Realms Gossip" were like two different stories.

Before I could ask, I heard the former calmly say, "It's all about me."

Xie Yunxing: “…”
Xie Yunxing: "Impossible."

Nan Fuguang: "How is it impossible?"

Nan Fuguang told Xie Yunxing everything about the Da Ri Mine, even about the dream she had in which the entire group was wiped out. She described in detail the appearance of the two brothers Duan Bei and Duan Nan, and asked Xie Yunxing if he had seen them when he went to the Wuwei Gate for a meeting before.

Xie Yunxing said no, the people in "Kingfisher's Nest" are all very mysterious.

Xie Yunxing: "You mean you destroyed the Sun Mine, affected the output of Black Crack Sky Ore, and organized a shocking uprising of miners? Do you know how outrageous the price of Qiankun Bags has skyrocketed overnight? If you did all this, why hasn't the Immortal Alliance arrested you yet? Any of the things you said before is enough to put you in jail for life."

Nan Fuguang: “…”

Nan Fuguang said "Oh" slowly, and then realized belatedly that there seemed to be something wrong with his smooth journey back to Yuntian Sect.

So when the morning meditation was over and Nan Fuguang had just completed the last posture of the Eight-Section Brocade, she looked up and saw Xie Cong standing at the front of the crowd with his hands behind his back, staring at her with bright eyes. She was not surprised at all.

Nan Fuguang: "Arrest me and put me in jail?"

Xie Cong: “Not yet.”
Xie Cong: "But it will be soon, don't worry."

……

When she was young, she independently completed the production of the time converter. After the Immortal Alliance came to her personally to ask for her, Nan Fuguang had been treated like this for a long time by having the elders of various pavilions gather together just for her.

As the real backbone of the Yuntian Sect, Yunshang Xianzun would naturally not be absent. At this moment, he sat at the head of the table with a cold expression that showed no difference. He only raised his eyelids when Nan Fuguang stepped over the threshold...

But he didn't look at her.

I don’t know what this guy is angry about. Maybe he is still resentful of her for forcing her way past him and bringing the pig butcher back to Yuntian Sect a few days ago.

Facing the scrutiny of the elders, it was hard for the eldest sister of the Yuntian Sect not to feel nervous. She looked around like a quail with her head shrunk. Finally, she looked at the Sect Master and asked, "Aren't you going to arrest me and put me in jail? Where are the people from the Immortal Alliance?"

Maybe the tone she displayed was too fearless, and Xie Cong had a speechless expression, as if asking "Who are you provoking?"

At this moment, Yunshang Xianzun finally looked her in the face and answered the question for Xie Cong: "Still outside the mountain gate."

Whether you can get in or not depends on your subsequent performance.

Nan Fuguang: “…”

It is rumored that in addition to their high status, the dragon clan also has a bad temper.

Therefore, there will be no other person in the world who can simply and roughly lock the people sent by the Immortal Alliance outside the sect except Yan Ji'an.

Nan Fuguang: "Is it okay not to entertain?"

Yan Jian told her not to meddle in other people's business.

Nan Fuguang shut his mouth obediently and continued to play dumb, wondering unconvincedly that when someone asked about his affairs it would be considered meddling in other people's business.

Xie summoned Nan Fuguang this time just to get a rough understanding of the ins and outs of the Dayi Mine. His expression became strange when he heard that Nan Fuguang was going to illegally purchase Black Cracked Sky Ore and go to the west coast of the Unclean Sea. He looked at Yan Ji'an curiously, because Yan Ji'an had plenty of this stuff. Why did he force his apprentice and future Taoist partner to cross the sea and carry out illegal activities?
Yan Ji'an: "Some deviations."

Nan Fuguang: “…”

God damn "some deviations".

Nan Fuguang tried to make his tone sound polite: "There was some unpleasantness at that time, and Master gave me other immortal tools as compensation, but at that time I only wanted the Black Cracked Sky Ore..."

Yan Ji'an: "I apologized."

Nan Fuguang nodded: "I apologized at the Da Ri Mine. At that time, I had already gone deep into the Da Ri Mine and became a glorious miner."

Xie Cong's weird expression did not change, and he maintained this expression, calmly listening to Nan Fuguang's description of how the Dayi Mine persecuted mortals, established various rules that could not be violated, and secretly hid unknown and indescribable mysterious monsters to produce ore...

In his own narration, Nan Fuguang only did some trivial things, such as drawing his sword when seeing injustice.
But when she talked about distributing weapons to the miners, the expression of the leader of the Yuntian Sect gradually became blank.

"The Immortal Alliance's report shows that the miners at the Sun Mine have seized several special weapons with unpredictable properties, types, and uses." Xie Cong said numbly, "Those weapons are crudely made, but unexpectedly, in the hands of mortals whose sea of ​​consciousness has not yet been formed, they can also exert the five elements power, including but not limited to the late stage of Qi Refining cultivators."

Nan Fuguang pointed at himself.

"When the creature deep within the Great Sun Mine was released, another creature equally unknown and indescribable was summoned to fight it—"

Nan Fuguang pointed at himself again.

Xie Cong bit his back teeth until they were broken: "You are not a sword cultivator? How can you have the ability to forge weapons? Aren't you always at the bottom of the ancient creature summoning scores? How can you summon unknown and indescribable powerful ancient creatures?"

Nan Fuguang admitted that sword cultivators were not good at casting weapons, but the following sentence was a bit hurtful.

She thought about it and decided not to use the "evil little invention" as an excuse. Facing the calamity of imprisonment, she chose to confess and receive leniency.
Nan Fuguang described in detail how she usually liked to use magic to attach ordinary objects, and explained that the situation was critical. By drawing inferences from one example, she successfully came up with the idea of ​​putting talismans into ordinary weapons to turn them into weapons with the power of the five elements for mortals to use.

The so-called mortal was herself whose sea of ​​consciousness was sealed by the restriction of the Dayi Mine at that time.

"It was to save my life." Nan Fuguang said sincerely, "It was legitimate defense."

Nan Fuguang ignored Yan Ji'an and paused for a moment in scraping the tea bowl when he heard her mention "During Junior Sister Lu Sang's apprenticeship ceremony that day, I summoned an ancient tree with power beyond the Jindan stage."

Her tone was very calm, and she spoke directly as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

After Xie Cong heard what she said, he immediately refuted that it was impossible. Attaching talismans to ordinary weapons was not a great idea. Countless people from major sects on both sides of the strait, including the research and development departments of the Immortal Alliance, had tried to do this over the years...

The leader of the Yuntian Sect was a talisman practitioner himself. To prove that what he said was true, he immediately wrote a purple fire-inducing talisman, and then pulled out the Qingyun Sword worn by his inner disciples. He slapped the talisman towards the Qingyun Sword, and the sword body was affected by its properties, vibrating and humming -

Then with a "pop" sound, it broke into pieces.

“No one succeeds.”

Nan Fuguang couldn't explain why she was successful. She scratched her head and said it might be because practice makes perfect.

Her expression was too innocent.

The Yuntian Sect leader's eyes turned black. He couldn't tell whether he was happy that the Yuntian Sect might have produced a creative genius cultivator or sad that this genius never used his talent in the right way...

At this time, he heard the chief monk beside him, Yan Ji'an, coldly ask: "The Great Sun Mine has a sea of ​​consciousness restriction. The cultivators who enter are like ordinary people. When the sea of ​​consciousness is silent, how did you activate the 'Sramana Twenty-four-way Small Key' and summon the nine-tailed monster?"

Nan Fuguang caught some clues from his description and was surprised to find that even the knowledgeable Yunshang Immortal Venerable who even had the memories of a true dragon in his previous life could not identify what she had summoned in the Dayi Mine that day.

The talisman that summons ancient creatures to help in battle is essentially a signal to the other side of the world. The lyrics on the talisman roughly mean: Dear ancient beasts, this is the signal to contact you. Who of you is free now and who likes me a little? Please respond to my call.

The higher the level of the talisman, the wider the range of the signal. For example, the "Shanmen Twenty-four-way Small Key" has a high probability of reaching the depths of the abyss, thereby summoning the ancient creatures living there...

But that's only in theory.

No one has ever succeeded. After the Shatuo Sky-Splitting Tree withered, no one knew whether there were any living creatures in the abyss, let alone summoning them out.

Nan Fuguang's eyes widened slightly, she was surprised and proud at the same time, she pointed to her arm and said: "I slapped the last fire attribute talisman onto my arm."

Xie Cong was no longer able to speak.

Yan Ji'an swept away his previous nonchalant look and frowned slightly.

Yan Ji'an still remembered that when he pulled Nan Fuguang out of the ruins, one of her arms was nearly burned, and her flesh was emitting a terrible smell of being cooked. He never expected that such a mark would come from this -

She was really ruthless to herself.

Now looking at it again, the eldest senior sister of Yuntian Sect looked as if she had forgotten the pain and would dare to do it again next time. Yan Ji'an and Xie Cong looked at each other, and they both saw headache in each other's eyes.

"Nonsense."

Finally, Yunshang Immortal’s two words characterized all of Nan Fuguang’s actions at the Dari Mine.

At this point, in addition to the Yuntian Sect's leader and the elders of each pavilion, the Immortal Alliance members who had been guarding outside the Yuntian Sect for most of the day were also sent away...

The latter were even more miserable. They were simply and rudely sent away by the Immortal Venerable Yunshang with the words "It's all a misunderstanding. Our disciples mistakenly entered the Dayi Mine and are also victims." They didn't even see what Nan Fuguang looked like.

……

Nan Fuguang watched Yan Ji'an send away the people from the Immortal Alliance.

She did not leave immediately because she knew clearly that the rule of this world was that all gifts from fate must have a hidden price.

as predicted.

When all the elders left one by one, before the sect master Xie Cong stepped out of the hall, Yan Ji'an turned to Nan Fuguang and said in a cold and matter-of-fact tone: "No strangers are allowed to enter the sect. The people from the Immortal Alliance have been sent away. Ri Ri, when are you going to move the person in your cave?"

There was dead silence behind him.

The leader of the Yuntian Sect shook his head in his heart until it was about to fall off, wanting to remind the Immortal Lord that this was not the way to talk today.

What’s the difference between this and actively picking a fight with someone?
……

Xie Cong never thought that he would still have the hobby of eavesdropping at his age. When he cast the invisibility and breath-holding spell on himself and stood firm across the hall door, he told himself that he was just fulfilling his duties as the sect leader.

After all, the two arrogant people in the hall at this moment have the potential to fight each other or even demolish the building if they disagree.

At this time, just as Immortal Master Wen finished asking the question in a provocative tone, Xie Cong watched as Nan Fuguang, the eldest senior sister of the Yuntian Sect, Immortal Master Yunshang's former only disciple, and now Immortal Master Yunshang's future Taoist partner, turned her face slightly to the side with an expressionless face to face the master's question, sweeping away the previous respectfulness in front of everyone.

Her expression became somewhat indifferent, and she asked back, "Master, why are you asking this? I have no plans to move the butcher away for the time being."

Yan Ji'an drooped his eyelashes.

Xie Cong recognized that this was a sign of his anger.

Nan Fuguang knew her master so well that she naturally would not miss this signal, but this time she stood still and asked calmly: "Master, why is he so determined to drive this person out of the sect?"

"Since the founding of the Yuntian Sect, no outsiders have been allowed to..."

"Master, why is he so determined to drive this person out of the sect?"

"..."

"That's all." Nan Fuguang nodded calmly, "Apprentice, take your leave."

Having said that, Nan Fuguang decisively waved her sleeves and was about to leave. The sunlight outside the hall poured in, shining on her cheeks. Her fair skin was almost transparent, and there was not much expression on her face, nor was there any trace of blood.

Nan Fuguang walked towards the door, and just as one of her feet was about to step over the threshold, she heard the person behind her call out "Ri Ri" with a helpless and compromising tone.

Nan Fuguang paused but did not turn around.

"You and he experienced the same disaster at the Sun Mine, so we have an acquaintance. I will not elaborate on your doubts. But no matter what, the butcher is still a stranger. Now you have violated the sect's rules and brought him back to the Yuntian Sect in public, and you have blatantly helped him and settled him in the Taohualing Cave. I think... this is inappropriate."

He paused.

"As your bonded Taoist partner, I feel that this is inappropriate."

As everyone knows, Yunshang Xianzun has an aloof and Taoist demeanor. He doesn't talk much, and every time he speaks, his words are always cold and sarcastic, as if he is keeping people at a distance.

Few people could hear his heavy and slow tone of voice. At this moment, he slightly lowered his brows, as if what he was saying now made him feel very troubled.

Nan Fuguang turned around and saw this scene.

…but she found herself completely unmoved.

There is even a suspicion that he is so speechless that he wants to laugh.

"Master, the one who killed the pig was a man." She asked Yan Jian, "So Junior Sister Lu Sang is not a woman?"

Yan Ji'an's frown tightened even more because Nan Fuguang mentioned Lu Sang without any warning. He didn't seem to understand why he mentioned an irrelevant person at this time. As for him and Lu Sang, he had already promised her that after the Shatuo Likong Tree withered, their past relationship would no longer exist.

For a moment, he was silent.

"Master, when you brought him back to Yuntian Sect in violation of the sect's rules in public, and then blatantly helped and settled him in Tao Ting, did you ever think that there was something wrong? Did you ever think that I, your future Taoist partner, would feel that it was wrong?
Nan Fuguang said calmly.
"At least the butcher didn't blow up the Bone Identification Pavilion's tripod as soon as he entered the sect."

There wasn't much targeting in her tone.

After a moment of stunned silence, Yan Ji'an showed an expression of serious thinking. After a few moments, he finally opened his thin lips and asked seriously: "If Lu Sang moves out of Taoting, can you let the pig butcher leave Yuntian Sect?"

Nan Fuguang felt like he had punched cotton.

"No."

Yunshang Xianzun was truly confused. He tilted his head, as if he had reverted to being a cold-blooded animal. He could not understand the common human language at all. He asked in a daze, "What is the meaning of your metaphor?"

Nan Fuguang had the urge to vomit three liters of blood. He cursed eight hundred times in his heart, but he didn't know how to open his mouth or where to start.
She just wanted him to be less hypocritical.

She coughed slightly to clear her tense throat, her head buzzing with the thought that anyone else would be hammered into the ground by her, but the person in front of her had indeed just helped her send away the Immortal Alliance's people to pursue all the responsibilities of the Great Sun Mine...

What's more, his eyes were too clear.

Even though she was pure stupidity, she couldn't open her mouth to utter words that were disrespectful to her teacher and ancestors.

Nan Fuguang endured it again and again, the veins on her forehead throbbing wildly, and at this moment the blood suddenly surged to her cheeks, which were already pale to begin with, dyeing the tip of her nose red.

She heard the grinding sound of her back teeth, and her voice was barely calm when she spoke: "Did I not describe it in detail enough? Didn't I say that the huge, unknown hole in the butcher's chest was originally stabbed by my sword? Or did I forget to emphasize that the lifting of the ban on the Great Sun Mine and the settlement of everything came at the cost of his sacrifice?"

Nan Fuguang closed his eyes and spoke almost word by word: "I took him to the Dayi Mine."

Thinking of the butcher's half-dead appearance and his helpless situation, Nan Fuguang couldn't help but shiver, and a feeling of powerlessness swept over him.

"No matter what he wants or what he doesn't want, I have to be responsible for him."

She didn't know that Yan Ji'an was a Cloud-Supreme Immortal, and all the three realms and six paths gave way to him, so why did he have to go against an ordinary mortal? At the critical moment of life and death, he would always find a way to drive him out of the sect.

She didn't want to continue arguing with Yan Ji'an about this matter. According to her rich experience, most arguments with this immortal who was originally a real dragon were like talking to a cow. Even if you talk until your mouth is dry, the other party will never be able to understand something that he cannot understand at the beginning.

Nan Fuguang raised his eyelids and was about to say "Apprentice, goodbye", but before he uttered the first word, he was caught off guard and met the silent gaze of Yan Ji'an, who was sitting not far above him.

He just stared at her in silence, and an unusual atmosphere was brewing.

Nan Fuguang was a little scared by his stare. He blinked and was about to ask what was wrong when he heard the Immortal Venerable speaking not far away, still using the same indifferent tone: "Who do you think I went to the Sun Mine for again?"

"..."

After accurately accepting some of the other party's outward emotions, the mind screams that the current rhythm of the conversation is wrong.

Nan Fuguang opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word. In fact, what she wanted to say was, it's okay if you come. It's not normal to make a profit when your apprentice gets into trouble. You won't lose anything.

However, the gaze that was looking at her from head to toe looked at her carefully, as if he had guessed what she was thinking about with her fearful look. Yunshang Xianzun pursed his lips and said something shocking.

"The butcher wasn't the only one injured."

Nan Fuguang thought, sorry, what are you talking about?

She lost all expression.

Until he saw Yan Ji'an stand up and untie the belt of his Taoist robe from his waist, Nan Fuguang remained numb and watched him take off his outer robe and feathered clothes, the light gauze and thin feathers slipped off, and the white lining inside gradually revealed -

Before Nan Fuguang realized that she was not interested and turned around to run away, her pupils suddenly shrank and she looked in shock at the white linen on Yan Jinan's right arm, which was soaked with blood from the inside out.

The outer circle had become dry and black, with only a small patch of bright red in the center, sticking wetly and stickily to the forearm. Although there was no visible wound, one could still guess how hideous it was.

Yan Ji'an is a true dragon that has not yet awakened. He has now reached the end of his cultivation. He has transcended the mortal world. He is not invulnerable to swords and guns, but at least few creatures in the Three Realms and Six Paths can hurt him... not to mention that his wounds cannot heal for several days.

"It was the nine-tailed beast you summoned that day that bit me."

The high and mighty Immortal Lord Yunshang now had his clothes half-undressed, revealing his muscular upper body. He glanced over and seemed a little aggrieved.

"The butcher wasn't the only one who went to the Great Sun Mine for you, and he wasn't the only one who got hurt."
Have a nice dinner.
"It hurts me too."

(End of this chapter)