Being knocked down by the Heavenly Dao while ascending

"I..." Xue Qingyu looked at Pei Mingyan, "It's not that I don't believe Young Master Mei, it's just that this matter is a little hard to believe... you know, it's hard to believe."

"This is the most reasonable guess at the moment." Pei Mingyan smiled calmly, not minding Xue Qingyu's doubts. "Besides, this guess is quite disrespectful to you. It's normal for you to doubt me, so you don't have to take it too seriously. I'm just saying this for the time being, and you just listen to it."

"Young Master, your heart is so open, I can't compare to it." Xue Qingyu restrained his emotions and sat upright, "Young Master, please speak."

Pei Mingyan no longer hid his feelings, "Before that, I have a few questions for you."

Xue Qingyu gestured for him to ask anything he wanted.

"I remember that you brought Xiaokong back personally." Pei Mingyan said.

Xue Qingyu understood what he meant and replied, "Not only Xiaokong, most of the people in the academy were brought back by me."

Pei Mingyan nodded. "The fishing village is not close to Yongshan. Why did you arrive at the fishing village at such a 'coincidental' time and take Xiaokong with you?"
Xue Qingyu had already mentioned the answer to this question. He had mentioned this question as early as when he was in the academy. Pei Mingyan brought it up again in order to confirm his guess.

Xue Qingyu understood very well that this 'coincidentally' referred to the time after the tsunami and before everyone arrived at the small fishing village.
He also understood Pei Mingyan's reminder.
The master asked him to go to Tanshi Village at that time, obviously foreseeing the outcome of the matter and asked him to take Xiaokong away.
The reason why he disappeared just now was to find Xiaokong. The master and Master Mei both thought that Xiaokong was the key, but what exactly was the key to Xiaokong? He couldn't figure it out.
But this doesn't seem to be such an important matter.

"I have saved many desperate people." Xue Qingyu said, "Some of them were told by the 'master' to be rescued, some arrived at the gate of the academy on their own and were rescued, and some people were transported to Yongshan when they jumped off the cliff and encountered the formation I set up." He paused, and finally brought up the question he cared about, "Do you still remember Minghai Beast? It and Xiaokong arrived at the academy at about the same time."

"Minghai Beast?" Pei Mingyan remembered. It was the giant beast that hardly opened its eyes. "What happened to it?"

"At that time, I received a message from the master. It was very short, with only a few words. It said - go to Tanshi Village as soon as possible. Tanshi Village is the name of the small fishing village." Xue Qingyu said, "Do you remember what I said at that time? When I arrived at Tanshi Village, only Xiaokong was still sitting on the beach in a daze."

Pei Mingyan was a little confused. Minghai Beast was born in the sea, died in the sea, and spent its entire life on the sea surface. Wherever it went, there was the sea.
The sea water around it is different from usual sea water. It is similar to weak water, and only Minghai Beast can float on it.
"I remember you said that Xiaokong was clamoring to see the sea, so you found Minghai Beast." Pei Mingyan recalled, "You mean, the tsunami is related to Minghai Beast?"

"I don't know what happened at that time, and I haven't deliberately investigated it." Xue Qingyu pursed his lips and explained, "The people who came to the academy were all desperate. They were rescued when they were on the verge of death, and they were full of resentment and hatred in their hearts. In order to let them forget the hatred and live on, I washed away their past and gave them a new life."
"But Xiaokong is different. I have never read his memory." Xue Qingyu forced a smile. "Xiaokong was still young when he came to the academy. Although he had a rough childhood, he was not really desperate. I left his memory, and that is why he always wanted to see the sea."

"Ming Hai Beast, it's better to say that it came for Xiao Kong than to say that it came because of me." Xue Qingyu said, "If there really was a tsunami there, and if countless people really disappeared together, how could it be done? I think this is the credit of Ming Hai Beast."

This speculation is infinitely close to the answer. However, in this passage, Xue Qingyu also denied himself.
Pei Mingyan did not say anything to persuade him, but only said, "Heaven asked Minghai Beast to do this."

"Heavenly Way?" Xue Qingyu was still a little disappointed, but when he heard this word, all his emotions disappeared. He suddenly remembered something, "Speaking of Heavenly Way, there is something that has been hidden in my heart for a long time, but I have never had the chance to ask it out."

"Ok?"

"Fang Qing's cultivation is mediocre, but the last time she entered the academy, when I tried to invade her consciousness, countless thunders suddenly fell from the sky, which made me very confused." Xue Qingyu glanced at Pei Mingyan, "What puzzles me even more is that you seem to have foreseen this. I know that everyone has things hidden in their hearts that they don't want to say, so I just want to ask, who is Fang Qing? Or, her name has never been Fang Qing, who is she?"

“……” I can’t tell you that she is the author of the novel.
Pei Mingyan coughed lightly and had to throw out another important point to distract Xue Qingyu's attention, "She... another person protected by the Heavenly Dao."

This statement contains too much information.
"Another Heavenly Dao" means that there are at least two Heavenly Daos, and the "protective" Heavenly Dao will take the initiative to intervene in some things, just like the heavenly thunder last time.
Xue Qingyu's mind was churning rapidly.
After he came back, the first thing Pei Mingyan said to him was - your master was Jiang Yuansheng, who died more than 20 years ago, and the person who "controlled" you afterwards was Jiang Yuansheng's younger brother Jiang Yuanse.
And now, Pei Mingyan mentioned Tiandao and Fang Qing, and another person he had never met was Shang Nanyiyi.

Pei Mingyan couldn't be someone protected by Heaven. It was obvious who the two people protected by Heaven were. Pei Mingyan looked at Xue Qingyu who was in deep thought, and tapped his fingertips on the table. "The interference of Heaven makes this matter no longer as simple as we thought. This is very dangerous. Dean Xue has always trusted me and helped me a lot. Now, it's time for me to repay the Dean. I really want the Dean to stop getting involved in this mess."
He sighed, "More than a thousand people in the academy need you. Once something happens to you, the peaceful life they long for will be shattered." Seeing Xue Qingyu was about to speak, Pei Mingyan interrupted him, "Listen to me first. Your master is not Jiang Yuanse, and the restrictions your original master has on you will become less and less. Jiang Yuansheng knew he would die, so he found Xiaokong. Xiaokong is the chance of life he left for you. He wants you to live and do what you want to do."

"I……"

Pei Mingyan glanced at him and said in a light tone, "You are a very important person."

"So I should find out the truth of the matter, deal with the people behind it, give comfort to my real master, and give myself an explanation." Xue Qingyu said.

Pei Mingyan saw that he was unwilling to withdraw and just shook his head. This was what he had guessed. He did have a way to easily deal with Jiang Yuanse, but the price was...
"We have all been puzzled by one question. You are clearly a very useful tool, so why would Jiang Yuanse want you to die? Now it seems that it is because you are not really controlled by him. So when you went to save Xiaokong, he did not give you any orders, and you were able to fight him back and forth. And the soul in your sea of ​​consciousness that we thought was Jiang Yuanse's is also the reason why you must die."

Xue Qingyu frowned, "Why is this?"

"Only when you die, the soul in your sea of ​​consciousness that originally belonged to Jiang Yuansheng will be separated." Pei Mingyan paused for a long time, and a small box suddenly appeared in his hand. He stared at the box, "Here, there is the soul imprint of Jiang Yuansheng left by the Mei family, which is also a very small piece of soul fragment. And these soul fragments are exactly what Jiang Yuanse has been looking for."

"He wants to revive Jiang Yuansheng?"

Pei Mingyan frowned, glanced at Xue Qingyu again, and said, "This is our guess. But perhaps, these soul fragments have other uses."

Xue Qingyu nodded, indicating that he accepted this statement, "What about the Heavenly Dao?"

"Just as you guessed, behind Fang Qing stands the Heavenly Dao, and behind Shang Nanyi stands the Heavenly Dao as well." Pei Mingyan pondered for a while, "These two Heavenly Daos, maybe one is true and the other is false, maybe both are false, or maybe both are true. In short, for the convenience of distinguishing, let's call them 'True Heavenly Dao' and 'False Heavenly Dao'."
Pei Mingyan glanced at him and said, "You were wondering just now why there was a thunderbolt when you invaded Fang Qing's consciousness. This is the protection that the Fake Heavenly Dao gave to Fang Qing."

Xue Qingyu understood almost immediately, "So the tsunami that caused Tanshi Village to disappear was Heaven's protection for Shang Nanyi. Shang Nanyi was in danger there."

"That's right." Pei Mingyan took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and recounted Shang Nanyi's dream, hiding the content of the academy. He only said that he got a sword, which brought him a fatal disaster. In the end, he found out that the person who wanted to kill him was Jiang Yuanse. Then he briefly recounted the first and second tsunamis.

"Jiang Yuanse caused the second tsunami on the pretext of helping Xiaokong. After the tsunami, Jiang Yuansheng disappeared. Jiang Yuanse, who was eager to find Jiang Yuansheng, had no time to spend on Xiaokong, so he did not show up. Because of this incident, Shang Nanyi and he had a disagreement. Jiang Yuanse could not bear it and finally thought of replacing Shang Nanyi."
"When he was looking for Jiang Yuansheng, under the pretext of 'looking for Xiaokong', he attacked Shang Nanyi - Shang Nanyi was just a child at the time and had no power to resist."
"When Shang Nanyi was about to die, the sky was filled with wind and clouds, and a tsunami came. The tsunami came with the power to tear the sky and split the earth. Jiang Yuanse was the first to be hit and was seriously injured, but he did not die." Pei Mingyan paused, "Jiang Yuanse was a calamity left by heaven for Shang Nanyi. It was impossible for him to die when he shouldn't have, so he was one of the people who survived."
"He was seriously injured and left in disgrace."
"He is a cultivator, and he is like this, let alone an ordinary fisherman with no cultivation. Jiang Yuansheng and Mei Xucheng died while rescuing the fishermen. At the last moment before losing his life, Jiang Yuansheng sent you a message."
"I think the appearance of Minghai Beast was not an accident. He must have been summoned by Jiang Yuansheng to save Xiaokong."

Xue Qingyu was silent. After a long while, he said, "The master died while looking for medicine for me, right?"

Pei Mingyan shook his head solemnly, "No, they died of their own destiny. Mei Xucheng and Jiang Yuansheng knew they would die, so they came to the fishing village at that time. I even think that they knew that the world would eventually end, so they devoted half of their lives to this matter." He changed the subject and talked about himself, "I once asked my father a question that has troubled me for many years. I asked my father why the Mei family did good deeds for a thousand years just to exchange for my birth, what I could bring to the Mei family, and why the Mei family protected me like this. My father could not explain it. I think there is only one explanation for this thousand-year plan."
"Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Mei family predicted that the Mei family would face this disaster. Perhaps they did not know that this was a disaster for the entire world, and they simply wanted to save the Mei family, so they did not tell anyone about this matter. Speaking of which, the Mei family at that time should not have had the reputation it has today. Who knows, they might have said it, but no one believed it. In short, the Mei family left behind ancestral teachings, and generations have accumulated virtue and done good deeds. Thousands of years later, I came into being."
"Mei Xucheng must also be a genius. I think he figured out something. He was also lucky to meet Jiang Yuansheng, a confidant who was willing to believe in him. The two of them have been looking for a way to resolve this disaster. I asked Shang Nanyi, and except for Zhier, the fathers of several other Five Elements people had contact with Mei Xucheng."

Xue Qingyu had been listening the whole time, and when he heard this, he spoke up, "As for the matter of the Fuling Clan, the one who actually took action was Jiang Yuanse. Jiang Yuansheng went to the Mei family to look for information, in fact, to stop Jiang Yuanse, but unfortunately the Mei family had rules, and he was one step late in the search for the Fuyuan Natural Moat. When he arrived, the Fuyuan Natural Moat had already been destroyed, and he could only just save me."

Pei Mingyan nodded in confirmation, "That's exactly what I guessed." He sighed deeply, "It's a pity that no one can confirm all this anymore."
"But you don't have to worry or feel guilty. Jiang Yuansheng's death is in accordance with fate. The two of them have interfered with too many things that they shouldn't have dealt with, which is considered interfering with the will of heaven. Heaven will not let them survive."

(End of this chapter)