Being knocked down by the Heavenly Dao while ascending

After Pang Yuan left Songwu Academy, he always felt that something was not right.
Uncle Yu and Murong saw him with their own eyes, which forced him to kill Uncle Yu in advance, but why is this matter related to Pei Mingyan?

Pei Mingyan is the eldest son of the Mei family. His master has failed to achieve his goal, and suddenly intensifying the conflict between the academy and the Mei family is definitely not a good idea.

Did Xue Qingyu... notice something? What about the master's new order? Why did he take so long to come?

Pang Yuan rushed to Uncle Yu's cabin, determined to find out the situation himself.

As soon as he entered the room, he asked, "How is Protector Murong?"

Uncle Yu glanced at him, his eyes remained the same as always, then he looked back at the little green snake lying on the pillow and said, "It's nothing serious."

Pang Yuan asked tentatively, "I know a little bit about medicine, why don't you let me take a look?"

Uncle Yu stopped his outstretched hand, "Yao Huichun said that Murong is too vigilant and will wake up if touched. It's best not to touch her and let her rest for a few days."

Pang Yuan withdrew his hand in dismay and asked casually, "What happened yesterday? Why did Pei Mingyan..."

Uncle Yu lowered his eyes. "Tanggu disappeared, and Murong and I wanted to go out to look for her. Pei Mingyan said that Tanggu treated him well, so he went with us to look for her. We followed our goal all the way to the maze... I can't remember anything after that."

Pang Yuan looked doubtful, "You can't even remember how you got injured?"

Uncle Yu shook his head, "I don't remember anything. Pei Mingyan..." Uncle Yu looked out the window and saw a head poking out to eavesdrop. "I have spent a few days with Pei Mingyan. He shouldn't hurt anyone. But since the dean said that, it must be true. The dean has no reason to lie."

Pang Yuan was even more confused. "Well, this is not a simple matter. I'll go to the main peak to see if there are any new discoveries. I heard that Pei Mingyan is from the Mei family. I wonder if killing him will attract the Mei family."

Uncle Yu's face was filled with regret, "I shouldn't have rescued him in the first place."

Pang Yuan consoled him, "What nonsense are you talking about? The academy has always brought people back like this. When Xiao Kong and Tang Gu were rescuing people, how could they have known so many things would happen? Besides, I remember that Tang Gu was always worried about him. It was the academy head... well, it's nothing. Anyway, don't say this anymore. If Tang Gu and Xiao Kong hear it, they will be sad."

Uncle Yu hummed and looked down at Protector Murong.

The person who was eavesdropping outside the window left. Pang Yuan patted Uncle Yu on the shoulder and left too.

Uncle Yu turned around and looked at Pang Yuan's leaving back, then looked back at the little green snake lying on the pillow and smiled.

Under the main peak.
Pang Yuan stood beside the "Hufeng River". The waterfall rushed down and hit the rocks, making a rushing sound. He hesitated for a long time.
The sound of the waterfall became more and more agitated, just like his mood.

Xiaokong appeared at this time.
Although he left the hut first, his speed was slow, and he only reached the foot of the peak at this time. As soon as he arrived, he called for a small boat and went to the main peak.

Pang Yuan hesitated for a moment and followed him.

"Master!" Xiaokong ran towards the pavilion hurriedly as he reached the main peak, as if he was going to break in.
Unfortunately, the pavilion that anyone could enter in the past now had a formation set up, and Xiao Kong had almost no skills, so he was blocked by an invisible "wall".

"Master! Pei Mingyan is innocent, right? He is not dead, right?" Xiaokong kept slapping the protective shield condensed by the formation with his right hand and shouted.

There were bursts of coughing in the pavilion. After a while, the weak voice of the courtyard owner sounded, "Xiao Kong, this has nothing to do with you. Go back first."

"I won't go back!" Xiao Kong said stubbornly, "I must see Pei Mingyan with my own eyes today. He is so timid that he can't hurt anyone!"

Suddenly there was a noise in the pavilion, the sound of a stool rubbing against the ground, followed by a muffled "bang" sound, as if someone had fallen to the ground.

Xiao Kong was so anxious that he was running around, trying to rush in, but was blocked.
Soon, he turned around and ran back, shouting as he ran: "Director! Wait for me, I'll go call the deputy director and the medicine manager! You must wait for me!"

After the people left, Pang Yuan appeared and stood outside the lake, looking at the pavilion standing on the water.
The room was so quiet that even the faintest sound of breathing could not be heard, and the formation that blocked Xiao Kong was looming.
Not only that, the traditionally indestructible mountain protection formation also showed up from time to time. The formation, like an interwoven web, gradually became clearer, and even showed signs of disappearing in an instant.

This is something that can never happen! If Xue Qingyu is still alive, this situation will never happen!
Could it be that something really happened after he left last night? Did Master Mei and Xue Qingyu fight? Was Xue Qingyu seriously injured?
But...something's still wrong.
Pang Yuan couldn't explain it, but the master had not given the order yet, and although Xue Qingyu was an abandoned pawn, it was not time to throw him away yet.

Finally, the formation began to collapse, and the "wall" blocking in front of him disappeared completely.

He looked at the pavilion, which was relatively small compared to Songwu Academy, and felt that it was like a silent sea beast. Once it opened its mouth, it would swallow countless fish, shrimps and seawater. After struggling for a while, the shaky mountain protection formation finally began to dissipate from the top of the mountain, as if the master of the formation could no longer hold on.

Pang Yuan still stepped onto the corridor and went to the pavilion. His steps were heavy and slow, ensuring that he could slip away at any time if anything went wrong.

However, it was so quiet along the way that the four musical instruments on the pavilion not only lost their sound, but even began to turn into smoke.
Pang Yuan immediately quickened his pace, lifted the curtain and stepped in.

In the pavilion, the back of the Qingyuqin was facing upwards, with its strings touching the ground, as if it had been knocked over in a panic.
The person on the couch was lying flat on it, and even from such a distance, he could seem to sense the corpse aura approaching.

Pang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and knelt on one knee to pick up the Qingyuqin, but his hand hung on the qin and he did not dare to touch it for a moment.
If his master knew that he had neglected his duty, I'm afraid he would have difficulty saving his life.

Thinking of this, he immediately picked up the Qingyuqin.

The ripples on the front of the zither that always looked like flowing light disappeared, and the entire jade zither became dim and cold to the touch. Not only that, the entire zither was like a dead object, with no trace of Xue Qingyu's soul left.

"how come?!"
The master will definitely kill him!
Pang Yuan began to think in his mind, and in a trance, he seemed to hear the noisy sounds coming from the branches a few miles away at the foot of the main peak.

Yes, with Xue Qingyu's death, the mental control over more than a thousand people in the academy fell apart.
The academy is in chaos.

Pang Yuan picked up Qing Yuqin and turned to escape, but he instinctively felt that something was wrong. He stopped and looked at the person lying on the couch.

If Pei Mingyan died...
If he was really as the abbot said, why would the abbot leave a corpse in the pavilion?
Xue Qingyu is a kind-hearted man and would never do such a thing as leaving the body exposed in the wilderness, but he would bury the body anyway. Why did he leave it on the bed?
If there is a problem, there must be a problem.

Pang Yuan turned around, put the Qingyuqin on his back, and walked towards the couch step by step with a sea-blue light flashing in his palm.

The person on the couch had removed all his formations, and his "expressions of joy and dislike" were also gone. It was none other than the eldest son of the Mei family - Mei Shanxue.
This face is so beautiful. He had seen this Young Master Mei at a banquet at the Mei family many years ago.
He is a handsome young man with clear features, sharp eyebrows and eyes, and extraordinary bearing, but Mr. Mei is always smiling, which neutralizes this sharpness and makes him look more like a gentleman.
There were two vertical ripples between his eyebrows, one above and one below, and at the intersection of the upper and lower ripples there was a life stone of the Mei family. It was originally blood red, but now the blood red life stone had lost all its color and became transparent, with only a thin blood thread remaining in it.

Is Young Master Mei really... dead?
This is impossible!

He reached out to touch it, and it felt cold and stiff, and it didn't look like a living person at all.
He looked at the other person's face again and saw that his lips had turned pale. Not only had they lost their blood color, but their lips were even chapped.
Looking more closely, I don't know if it was an illusion, but there was even a faint shadow of corpse spots on his face.

Pang Yuan was so scared that he took three steps back and turned to run.
As if he thought of something, he turned around again, picked up Young Master Mei, put away the piano, carried Young Master Mei on his back, and ran away in a hurry.
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At the same time, Dean Xue took a sip of tea and said to Pei Mingyan who was lying on the couch, "You are not a good manager. When will he realize that he is in an illusion array?"
"In terms of the sophistication of the formation, the Mei family must belong to it. It is inevitable that he cannot detect it." The corpse "Pei Mingyan" moved his mouth and said.

"Hey, lie down, lie down, don't open your mouth, don't ruin my carefully arranged makeup, there will be another one coming later." "Dean Xue" put down the cup, also a little puzzled, "According to Xiaokong's speed, Qianshui should be here by now."

"Master Xue" cleared his throat, sat up straighter, and casually wiped his face with his hand. A layer of powdery substance made of unknown substance was evenly spread on his face. He straightened his clothes, and looked like a weak beauty again.

The two waited for a while, but Qianshui didn't come.
The two of them looked at each other, and Pei Corpse said, "He left a shadow in Songwuyuan, deceived Xiaokong, and the person has left."

"Oh?" Dean Xue nodded, "It seems that the person behind Qianshui is not simple. This is the benefit of following the master. Pang Yuan didn't even know that he was abandoned by the master. The master of Qianshui should let him leave."

Pei Corpse asked: "You mean, the 'master' got the things at Mei's house?"

"Did I say that? No?" Dean Xue explained, "I'm not in close contact with my father, so how would I know whether it was taken away or not? However, I did ask them to investigate the matter of Old Wu, also known as Mei Xucheng. I don't know what the result was... However, as long as you are out of your master's control, he will lose his main fighting force and will not be able to accomplish anything for a while."

"How long can your formation provide protection?" Pei Corpse said in a muffled voice.

"Ah?" Dean Xue stuffed two dried fruits into his mouth. "As long as I don't die, there will be no problem. However, the more than a thousand people in the academy are indeed a big problem. No one can guarantee that they will commit suicide collectively once they lose control. Let's change our thinking. Look, it's been so many years. They wanted to die so much back then. After so many years have passed, many of them should have figured it out. After dealing with Manager Pang, find a place and try it in groups. For those who don't want to die anymore, give them freedom. For those who still want to die...you can do it yourself. After all, brainwashing them back then was not a good thing."

Pei Corpse uttered a "hmm".

"Look at the illusion, Pang Yuan has arrived!" Dean Xue suddenly said.

The two of them looked intently, and in the illusion array, Pang Yuan was panting and running with Young Master Mei on his back, and finally stopped in front of a boundary monument.

The boundary marker is a black stone standing in the ground, with three big characters written on it in white dye - Xuantian Gate.

(End of this chapter)