Being knocked down by the Heavenly Dao while ascending

"Hmph!" The red-clothed man laughed and waved his hand, and another flame came over. "I didn't expect that the eldest son of the Mei family would be such a coward!"

Mei Shuyu was completely enraged. His hands flew, and layers of green gathered in front of his eyes. The green light condensed and turned into a spiritual sword with his spiritual power.
He tightly grasped the magic sword. The sky seemed to be in danger of catastrophe. Thick clouds rolled in and black air gathered, as if a disaster was about to happen.

The man in red was shocked and doubtful, and instinctively took a few steps back, but he did not avoid the fight. He called for his magic weapon and was about to take action.

At this moment, Pei Mingyan's unhurried voice came, "Shu Yu, come down."

Mei Shuyu's knuckles turned white as he gripped the hilt of the sword. He lowered his head and stared at Pei Mingyan, with a hint of unwillingness still on his face. But after watching Pei Mingyan for a long time, he finally stopped obediently.
When he put away his sword, he slashed it unintentionally, and a beam of green light mixed with the force of thunder brushed past the left shoulder of the man in red, cutting off a piece of his clothes and leaving a deep hole in the ground.
Mei Shuyu flicked his sleeves, put away his sword, and returned to Pei Mingyan. He turned his head away, pouting slightly, looking unhappy.

Pei Mingyan looked helpless and took the initiative to check his pulse. "Am I the older brother or are you the older brother? Have you ever seen an older brother who always lets his younger brother take the lead?"
Mei Shuyu lowered his head.
"I don't mean to blame you." Noticing that the black energy in his body had gradually disappeared, Pei Mingyan said, "Your safety is much more important than these trivial matters, do you understand?"
"Yeah." Mei Shuyu replied sullenly, but did not look up.

Pei Mingyan habitually wanted to touch his head, but when he realized that the person opposite him was not Xiaokong, he felt both amused and helpless for a moment.
It is too easy to develop a not-so-good habit, but it is always difficult to quit it. He needs to change his habit of stroking his fur.

Pei Mingyan's expression calmed down, and with a flick of his fingertips, five black and white chess pieces flew up from the table, carrying the energy of black and white and heading towards the man in red.

The red-clothed man looked surprised, "Xuan Tian Sect's Yin-Yang magic...how do you know it?!"

Five chess pieces were seen interlacing and changing, as if they were physically connected to each other, and the patterns drawn on the pieces could be vaguely seen.
What he actually drew was a headless turtle on the ground!
Mei Shuyu saw his elder brother take action and immediately became excited. He took the opportunity to finish him off. "Wow! So this is the Xuantian Sect's magic! No wonder elder brother doesn't like to use it even though he has a photographic memory. He just draws turtles when he has nothing to do. Isn't that too embarrassing?"
He was struggling as he spoke, his forehead wrinkles almost popping out, "Brother! Let's use the Mei family's magic from now on. It's beautiful and practical!"

Pei Mingyan cooperated and said, "Okay."

The man in red was caught off guard, but there was no shame on his face. "Humph, you learned Yin-Yang magic and ended up learning it incompetently. What's there to be proud of? The eldest son of the Mei family is nothing more than this."

Black energy surged around Mei Shuyu again. Pei Mingyan put his hand on his shoulder and the black energy disappeared again.

"As long as magic is always useful, that's all." Pei Mingyan paused and looked at the man in red. "I have some friendship with Xuantian Sect. If the Yin-Yang magic is defeated by the Mei family magic, it will really hurt the reputation of Xuantian Sect."

The man in red did not speak immediately, as if the content of his words made him hesitate.

Pei Mingyan smiled, "Young Master Shang is very talented, this formation should not be able to trap him. My brother, I, and this new disciple are not used to Sha Diao. I heard you say his name is Tian Fang. We are not used to Tian Fang's rapid spatial transfer. We are feeling a little unwell, so we will go back and rest. When Young Master Shang comes out, I will personally apologize to you."

The man in red raised his hand to destroy the formation, but Xuantian Sect's Yin-Yang magic was famous for its reversal of Yin and Yang.
As soon as he thought of setting fire, he was immediately submerged by the flood. This Yin-Yang magic mixed with the Mei family's formation was not easy to break.

Fang Qing?
Her expression could be described as Sichuan Opera face-changing, with all kinds of emotions rolling through her.
If it were in a game, I would have to compete with each other for a few times and not stop until I had beaten the other person.

How is this possible?
She never thought she had a good brain, but now, she even suspected that this fake Tiandao grew up eating stupid noodles? Or did she eat too much stupid noodles and pass on her stupidity to the fake Tiandao?

With this doubt, she followed Pei Mingyan back to the house. In order to avoid this stupid embarrassment, she took the initiative to carry Qianshui into the room and found a bed for him to sleep. She hid in the room for a long time. After making sure that Pei Mingyan did not intend to ask, she came down from upstairs and sat in a corner far away, rubbing the red silk and even playing cat's tangle by herself.

As long as Pei Mingyan made the slightest movement, she felt that - here it comes, the other party is going to ask!
Fortunately, it was not the case. Pei Mingyan just asked Mei Shuyu and her, "Are you hungry?"

Fang Qing breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she took a deep breath - she can't cook!

Although one can almost fast after practicing, two of the three people present came from a country with a huge food culture where people have been arguing for years about whether tofu pudding should be eaten sweet or salty. It can be said that one can jokingly say that one can break his head and bleed, but he must not skip meals!
So even if there is no such thing as hunger, eating is still part of their daily routine.

There is no such thing as take-out in the world of cultivation. Although everyone has a magic weapon to carry food with them, that is a privilege only for "rich families".
As a woman of poor origin, she naturally didn’t have any. She had never been hungry on weekdays. Moreover, although there was food, it wasn’t very delicious, so she never thought of hoarding food!!

So, among the three people present, she seemed to be the only one who should cook, but in fact, she was just a regular takeout customer. If it weren't for her roommate's advice, she would not have understood that the reason why the scrambled eggs were mushy at the beginning was because she was in a hurry and forgot to add oil, so cooking? Haha, I guess she would feel happier if she didn't eat it than after eating it.

She was thinking about a breakthrough. Pei Mingyan was definitely the safest person. Mei Shuyu would never let her eldest brother cook.
As for Mei Shuyu, even if he could cook, he might only cook for his brother. If others wanted to eat the food he cooked, it would probably be a dream.

So Fang Qing said, "No, I'm not hungry."

Pei Mingyan was a little surprised, but he didn't force it. "Shuyu, bring your things. Let's find a place to eat."

Mei Shuyu nodded, "What about them?"

"We won't disturb them from studying magic." Pei Mingyan looked out the window. "The forest below is quite suitable. It's quiet and peaceful. It's the best place for studying. Let's leave them here."

Fang Qing couldn't help but take a look.
The terrain of this mountain is so complex that it is comparable to a maze. There are probably towns and villages nearby. Some powerful person has left a formation here to protect the residents. Therefore, there is a no-fly spell in the forest. Once you enter the forest, you can only walk out.
Damn it!! These people are all evil-minded!
"Fang Qing, please send Qianshui away." Pei Mingyan said.

"Huh?" Fang Qing was puzzled. "No way, I'm not going to eat, right? Are you going to abandon me?"

Pei Mingyan looked at her as if she were a fool, "Your red silk is easy to give away."

awkward!
The scene was very awkward for a moment. Fang Qing ran upstairs, tied Qianshui up, put him on his back, climbed onto the roof, and let him down like letting out a fishing line.

As soon as Qianshui landed, the "black and white turtle formation" also took root in the ground. Fang Qing came down from the roof depressed, and saw Mei Shuyu carrying a small bamboo backpack on his back, like a student going to study far away. The backpack not only had a lid, but also a tarpaulin to provide shade.
Fang Qing originally wanted to make a few jokes, but considering that she would probably be living off the chef in the future and couldn't afford to offend the chef, she had to swallow her anger.

Unfortunately, Chef Mei is a vengeful person and never gave her a good look from beginning to end. He just followed his brother around happily. If it were today, he would be just like a little fanboy.

They were moving fast and were now walking on the streets of the city.

The cultivators in this world have always lived together with ordinary residents, and people have become accustomed to all kinds of strange characters. The three of them walked in the town, and except for Pei Mingyan's outstanding appearance attracting many peach blossoms, there was nothing else to see.

Along the way, Fang Qing saw Mei Shuyu coming up to Pei Mingyan to hand him water, and sometimes even wanted to hold an umbrella for Pei Mingyan.
She couldn't help but asked Pei Mingyan, "Master, can I ask how you got such a good little brother?"

Pei Mingyan paused, glanced at Mei Shuyu, and did not answer her technical question. He just said, "Let's eat first."

There was an inn in the small town that specially served monks. Several people booked two rooms in the inn and had a hearty meal.
Then everyone went back to their own rooms. Fang Qing lay on the bed in a spread-eagle position, feeling happy that he had escaped danger.

Then I heard——"Fang Qing, come here for a moment."

Fang Qing wailed a few times, resigned himself to getting up, knocked on the door of the next room, and sat down carelessly, "Okay, I knew I couldn't escape. I swear! I really don't know anything about this!"

Pei Mingyan couldn't help but laugh, "So you knew it too."

"If I still don't know, I'd be a fool!" She snorted twice, "Although I'm stupid enough to just find out now! But how could I have known that Shang Nanyi was so cunning!"

Pei Mingyan coughed twice and consoled him, "After all, you never thought of fighting him, so it's not surprising that you couldn't detect it. After all, no one knows what the real Shang Nanyi's personality is like."

Fang Qing hung his head. "Why is this male protagonist so complicated? This is really unreasonable!"

"The information we can get at the moment is that he is observing us."

Fang Qing nodded fiercely. "That man in red, the one I have always called Shang Nanyi, is probably not the real Shang Nanyi. The male protagonist is so weak that he should have died a hundred times ago."

Mei Shuyu, who had been playing the piano, chuckled at this moment, not trying to hide his ridicule for Fang Qing.

Fang Qing was also shocked by his own stupidity. He couldn't even think of rebutting.

"So, where is the real Shang Nanyi?" Pei Mingyan knocked on the table. "This is the biggest question at the moment."

Fang Qing hammered his head and suggested, "Is it possible to find him by following that idiot?"

Pei Mingyan shook his head. "No need to go through so much trouble. We have already taken the initiative since the appearance of the sand sculpture."

"Ok?"

Pei Mingyan asked Fang Qing, "Why is the man in red so persistent in fighting me?"

"How would I know that?" Fang Qing suddenly realized, "You mean -

"That's right." Pei Mingyan agreed. "The appearance of Sha Diao means that it's not us who are anxious, but Shang Nanyi. And the man in red who tried to provoke me to take action shows one more thing. Shang Nanyi is testing my cultivation. He is in trouble and urgently needs help from someone with high cultivation and who shares his stance."

Fang Qing was full of doubt. "Although what you said makes sense, if you really have difficulties, it would be better to just say it directly. Why beat around the bush?"

"Maybe he has some unavoidable difficulties."

Fang Qing laughed awkwardly, "What should we do now? Shang Nanyi can't even protect himself, are we still going to make plans?"

"You also said that what I said made sense. No one knows the truth. Therefore, the plan should still be carried out as before."

Fang Qing nodded, "I understand. But how can we implement the plan if we haven't even seen the person?"

Pei Mingyan blinked and said, "I have my own way."
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At the same time, in the mountains and forests near the city.

The man in red played with five chess pieces, gazing at the inn in the city.

Qianshui knelt on the ground and called softly, "Master."

(End of this chapter)