The Wonderful Way

Chapter 44
After completing the mission of the sect, Chu Miao had a good night's sleep, woke up early the next morning, and meditated to restore her body and mind to the best state.

After getting up one after another, several people gathered for a while in the back garden of the National Teacher Hall, discussing the next itinerary, and saying goodbye to Pei Jue.

Pei Jue was very reluctant to give up to these people. Peiguo was considered a country that knew monks better among ordinary people, and the treatment he received in the palace was much better than that in the world of cultivating immortals.

But for many years, he only dealt with the former ministers and the emperor. These people wanted to turn eighteen corners in their words, so that he gradually assimilated.

This time, he encountered evil cultivators making trouble, and finally met the monks and people from the sect, which made him miss the world of cultivating immortals again.

He knew that his lifespan was approaching, and it was absolutely impossible for him to go any further. Even if he returned to the world of cultivating immortals, he would only become the lowest person again.

But when Chu Miao and the others left, he would have to live a boring life in the palace again, so he still felt a little disappointed.

Several people here are well taken care of by Pei Jue, Gu Nianning and Mu Xiaodie saw that he was lost, and some didn't know how to speak.

On the way of cultivating the Tao, everyone will meet and separate constantly, and sometimes the first meeting will be the last time.

Pei Jue's appearance is already old, his eyebrows and hair are white, everyone knows that this parting is a farewell, so they don't open their mouths to mention the matter of leaving.

After chatting here and there for a while, Pei Jue also understood what everyone was thinking, and said solemnly to them:
"Several senior sisters don't need to take care of me. I'm still a monk after all, and I've already disregarded the parting of life and death."

Chu Miao had lived much longer than Pei Jue, and although she was a little emotional about it, she had experienced too many similar differences, so she had already seen it off.

Gu Nianning and Mu Xiaodie are also strong-minded people, but they are still young and rarely experience these things.

Hearing Pei Jue's words, they had no choice but to put the matter aside one after another, no longer mentioning it, and only started talking about the upcoming itinerary.

Gu Nianning had never traveled so far away from the Zongmen, and he didn't care about where he went, only thinking that anywhere was better than being near the Zongmen.

Mu Xiaodie has traveled to many places, and she doesn't care where she goes next, for her, every city is the same.

Both of them asked Chu Miao to make up her mind, and Chu Miao did not refuse, and told her plan.

"Didn't Nianning want to watch the martial arts contest in Pingchuan City to recruit relatives? It seems that in these few days, we might as well join in the fun first.

It's very close to my hometown in Xunyang County, so I want to go back and have a look and offer incense sticks to my mother.

If you don't want to go to the ordinary village, just wait for me in Pingchuan for a few days. "

It was the first time that Gu Nianning heard Chu Miao mention her family affairs, and Mu Xiaodie only knew that Chu Miao's parents died young.

Seeing that she said she was going home to offer incense, they all nodded to express that they would also go with them.

This time the main purpose of leaving the sect is to do sect missions, Liu Ting and He You are easy to talk to, knowing that the juniors all want to play outside, so they don't have to worry about handing in missions.

But it is impossible for them to make progress. They will stay outside for six or seven days at most, and they should return to the sect to report the follow-up matters.

Pei Jue sent the three of them to the flying boat point on the outskirts of Xiyang County, and watched the flying boat rise into the air before turning and leaving.

It was almost dusk, and the three of them came to Pingchuan City again.

As soon as I entered the city, I found that the gates of the city where people come and go on weekdays are deserted, and there are only a few people in twos and threes in the tea shops and wine shops by the street.

When I was about to ask someone to ask, I heard bursts of cheers from a distance,
Chu Miao came to her senses and said to the two of them, "Could it be that the martial arts competition has started, let's go and see."

Gu Nianning immediately became excited when he heard the words, "It must be! Let's go, we won't be able to squeeze in if we don't go!" After speaking, he pulled the two of them towards the place where the cheers came from.

The three of them galloped like the wind, and soon arrived at a place full of people, which was the central square of Pingchuan City.

The square is usually a place for monks to set up stalls, and there is a small three-story pagoda on it, which is usually used for renting caves and registering.

At this time, no one was doing business in the square, and all the monks were looking at the ring in the middle and a woman on the second floor of the small tower.

Chu Miao and the others were petite, so they easily squeezed to the front. Looking at the woman on the second floor, the three of them praised in unison, "Sure enough, she is a beauty!"

The woman sat upright on a wide chair, her slender legs were placed sideways and close together, and her hands were folded on her legs like catkins.

The light-colored ribbon made the slender waist look even tighter. Looking up, the slender neck and small and delicate face are like white jade.
A pair of almond eyes are slightly moist, and the willow eyebrows are slightly wrinkled, which makes people feel pity at first sight.

On the arena below the small tower, there are two qi-training perfect monks who are five big and three rough, competing desperately.

Chu Miao heard someone beside her say sourly, "Bah, those two reckless men dare to miss Second Miss Wang."

As soon as the voice fell, there was a burst of sarcasm: "Oh, you are only a fourth-level qi practitioner. I'm afraid you don't even dare to go on stage, and you still talk about others."

"That's right, the hair hasn't grown neatly, so what are you talking about here, you can do what you want."

Everyone spoke one word at a time until the person who spoke first did not dare to speak again, and then continued to gossip.

The three of Chu Miao finally learned from fragments of the public that the Wang family who was recruiting relatives in the martial arts competition was the largest family in Pingchuan City.

Although it is not as good as the small families near Tianjizong, it can be regarded as a tyrant in this neighborhood.

The Patriarch of the Wang Family has three sons and two daughters. The second lady is Wang Ningzhi, who is 19 years old this year and is the only child of the Patriarch who has no spiritual roots.

Originally, Wang Ningzhi was supposed to marry when he was sixteen. It was convenient to travel from Pingchuan City to Xiyang County. Many monks married their children without spiritual roots to Xiyang County.

But Patriarch Wang loves Wang Ningzhi very much, and he is reluctant to marry her to an ordinary person, and he knows that high-ranking monks will definitely look down on his daughter.

Only then did he listen to the words of his eldest daughter Wang Ningshan, hold a competition to recruit relatives, and select a low-level outstanding monk to marry, which is not a bad treatment to Wang Ningzhi.

The monks in the square obviously had more than this gossip ability. After talking about the family affairs of the Wang family, they lowered their voices and said some "secrets".

It turns out that Wang Ningzhi has a sweetheart, that person is Xiao Ruizhi, the son of Xiao Qing, the lord of Pingchuan City. The Xiao Wang family has always had a very good relationship, and they are also childhood sweethearts.

But Xiao Ruizhi is a person with spiritual roots, Xiao Qing obviously will not let his son marry Wang Ningzhi as his wife.

What's more, Xiao Ruizhi's attitude is ambiguous, and he is very close to both Wang Ningzhi and Wang Ningshan, which makes Wang Ningshan also fall in love with him.

Later, the expected bloody incident happened. Wang Ningshan and Xiao Ruizhi got engaged, and suggested that the head of the Wang family compete in martial arts to recruit relatives, so as to find a husband-in-law for his sister.

Gu Nianning listened with gusto, "This has caught up with the story, Wang Ningzhi is really pitiful, her sister and Xiao Ruizhi are too hateful."

Chu Miao looked at the lovely and pitiful Wang Ningzhi who was biting her lower lip lightly on the small tower, and said, "There are not a few girls like this in the world, so what if everyone knows about it? Let's watch the martial arts competition."

The two big and three thick monks in the arena finally finished the competition, and the monk with the double ax lost to the opposite Ti Xiu. The Ti Xiu looked at Wang Ningzhi like a copper bell, and laughed triumphantly.

Wang Ningzhi's brows were furrowed even deeper, as if he couldn't shed tears, which made the male cultivators below feel aggrieved.

Just when everyone was expecting someone to end the stage to teach that body repairer a lesson, they saw a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator in a cyan robe standing beside Wang Ningzhi and cupping his hands towards the crowd.

"Fellow daoists, forgive me, but the little girl is only a mortal, and she needs to go home to rest.

Tomorrow is the last day of the competition, anyone who wants to be the son-in-law of my royal family can just challenge this little friend who has cultivated his physique. "

After speaking, he ordered a few maids to support Wang Ningzhi, who seemed unable to stand still, and walked into the tower step by step. Everyone in the square dispersed after seeing the end of the competition.

Chu Miao and Mu Xiaodie also dragged Gu Nianning, who was not addicted to drama, to find an inn to stay, and planned to join in the fun at noon tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)