PDLP Chapter 459: Snow on the Cangshan Mountain, Bright Light in the South
Chapter 459: Snow on the Cangshan Mountain, Bright Light in the South
At first, everyone thought that Mingnan’s retreat would only last two or three months. After all, the Chinese New Year was coming soon. In the past, she was the most excited during the Chinese New Year and would insist on getting everyone to make dumplings and lanterns with her.
But unexpectedly, she was absent this year.
During the New Year's Day, only Yuan Ying, He Yunfei and Yuan You were left.
The three of them sat around the table looking at each other.
Although there was only one person missing, it seemed particularly deserted.
Finally, they had a casual New Year's Eve dinner in silence and went back to their own rooms.
During the New Year's Day the following year, they started preparing early again, thinking that Mingnan should have come out this time, so they bought a table of wine and food. However, they waited from dusk till dawn, but Mingnan still didn't come out.
He Yunfei couldn't help but ask, "Master, why don't you go and take a look? Is there anything wrong with Junior Sister? She has never been in seclusion for such a long time before, I am a little worried."
"I'm a little worried too." Yuan You rarely looked serious, and stood up and said, "Let's go together, right now."
Yuan Ying also found it strange.
The three of them went to Mingnan's yard. Yuan Ying waved his hand and asked He Yunfei and Yuan You to wait in the courtyard. He walked forward and stood at the foot of the steps. He closed his eyes and released a wisp of spiritual consciousness, slowly reaching into the house and seeing the situation inside clearly.
Mingnan was still sitting on the bed meditating, without moving at all.
His face was calm, his breath was gentle, there was no sign of being possessed, and he was surrounded by spiritual energy, it was indeed just practicing normally.
Yuan Ying breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time she felt mixed emotions.
When Mingnan didn't make progress, he wanted to whip her with a whip, forcing her to practice hard from morning to night.
But she really practiced day and night, and he was afraid that she was too tired, or that she had something on her mind, and might develop a mental demon if she wasn't careful.
He opened his eyes and looked deeply at the closed door. It seemed that the last beast tide incident had indeed had a great impact on her.
It turns out that people need to walk more and see more in order to make progress.
"How is it, Master? Is my junior sister okay?" He Yunfei asked with concern.
Yuan Ying turned around and nodded, "It's okay, I'm practicing."
He Yunfei and Yuan You looked at each other and finally felt relieved.
"With the effort she puts in, she won't surpass me when she comes out, right?"
He Yunfei frowned, "No, I am her senior sister after all. If I spread the news that my cultivation is not as high as hers, won't I be laughed at?"
She turned around and left, "Master, I'm going back to retreat too. If you have anything to do, come find Yuan You!"
Yuan You: “???”
Yuan You laughed in anger, and bowed to Yuan Ying, saying, "Master, as the eldest senior disciple, I should set an example for them. I will go back and work hard. Excuse me."
Yuan Ying: “…”
He stood in silence for a moment, then smiled and shook his head.
"Okay, let's all work harder."
The harder you work and the sooner you break through, the more likely you are to survive in troubled times.
Before leaving, he looked up at the vast starry sky and sighed silently.
……
In the third year of his retreat, one spring morning, when the first ray of sunlight broke through the clouds and fell on the earth, Mingnan's drooping eyelashes suddenly trembled.
205, who was sleeping soundly, noticed something and woke up suddenly.
The next moment, the spiritual energy from the mountains and streams surged in from all directions and completely sank into Mingnan's body.
A vortex of spiritual energy formed in her dantian, madly devouring and refining the spiritual power for her own use.
Soon, the spiritual power condensed into a dazzling and transparent elixir in its rapid operation.
A bird's pattern faintly appeared on the elixir.
Its shape is like a chicken, its crowing is like a phoenix, and its eyes have double pupils, indicating double vision (1).
When the elixir was completely formed, the bird pattern lit up, flew away from the elixir, and circled above Mingnan's head.
In an instant, it was as if he had been enlightened, and 205 suddenly understood.
[No wonder Mingnan is so strong! Chongming bird is an ancient mythical bird, with great strength, able to fight birds of prey and drive away evil spirits.]
That makes sense, now everything makes sense!
Mingnan has a little blood of the divine bird in his body, and now that he is about to break through, his blood has awakened!
After seeing the double-headed bird hovering for a moment, it suddenly spread its wings and flew into Mingnan's body from above his head.
205 He dared not even breathe, and watched carefully with bated breath.
When the last bit of tail feathers disappeared, Mingnan suddenly opened his eyes.
There is a golden light flowing in his eyes, as if hiding all things.
Vast spiritual energy poured into the house like the sea, quickly causing strange phenomena in heaven and earth.
The originally cloudless sky suddenly changed, with large dark clouds gathering above the roof, purple lightning flashing back and forth, and thunder rumbling, like some kind of foreshadowing and warning.
The birds and animals living in the surrounding mountains and forests sensed that something was wrong and fled in all directions.
A strong wind blew up out of nowhere, making the leaves rustle and the petals fly like rain, all gathering here.
Such unusual movements naturally alarmed other people in Chengtian Sect.
At that time, Yuan Ying was sitting opposite the sect leader and drinking tea.
The wind whistled past, just in time to pick up a leaf that fell into the sect leader's teacup.
The sect leader stood up and looked into the distance, and said in surprise: "With such a big commotion, I'm afraid he has broken through to the enlightenment realm."
He smiled and glanced at Yuan Ying. "It looks like your mountain is in that direction. Not bad. Among the younger generation in our sect, your disciple is the most promising. Who is it this time? Is it Yun Fei or Yuan You?"
Yuan Ying was also a little surprised. It had only been a short while since these two people broke through to the late stage of the Questioning Heart Realm. How could they break through to the Enlightenment Realm so quickly?
He put down his teacup and stood up, "Just go and take a look and you'll know."
"I'm with you."
The clan leader hurriedly followed.
The two of them flew down the mountain on their swords one after the other, only to see that He Yunfei and Yuan You had already arrived.
The clan leader was stunned. "Why are you two here? What's in there?"
Yuan Ying raised her eyebrows and smiled, "It's Mingnan."
"Ah?" The sect leader was quite surprised. "Didn't she just ask about the middle state of mind before she went into seclusion? Is she going to jump two levels in a row?"
If it was about the transition from the early stage of the mind state to the late stage, he wouldn't be so surprised.
Because although it is difficult to advance to a higher level in small realms, it is not uncommon.
But if a small realm is upgraded to a large realm by two levels at a time, that would be very rare.
He has only seen it a few times since he was born.
As he was speaking, thunder and lightning quickly gathered in the sky, flashing as if ready to strike.
Yuan Ying said in a deep voice: "Everyone, stay away and don't interfere with her tribulation."
He Yunfei hesitated a little: "Master, can Junior Sister withstand it alone? This is not a small thunderbolt."
"You have to bear it even if you can't. You have to walk your own path. If you need others' help to overcome the tribulation, sooner or later you will go astray due to your unstable realm."
There was no fluctuation on his face, as if he was really not worried at all, but in fact his hands were clenched tightly in his sleeves.
The clan leader also said: "Your master is right. Let's go. If we stay here, it will distract Mingnan."
"Yes."
Only then did He Yunfei and Yuan You leave.
After they retreated to the foot of the mountain, Yuan Ying immediately activated the formation to surround the mountain, not allowing anyone to approach at will to avoid accidents.
Almost at the moment when the big formation lit up, a dazzling light suddenly erupted on the mountain, as if the Golden Crow had descended, making people dare not look directly at it.
——Digression——
(1) The content related to Chongming Bird comes from Baidu.
Chongming bird is a kind of mythical bird in ancient times. To put it simply, it looks like a chicken and its cry is like a phoenix. In addition to the characteristics of great strength mentioned above, it is also very home-loving and very loyal. Therefore, Nan Nan's character is not only raised by her master, brothers and sisters, but also because she is born with such blood in her bones.