“My name is Li Shao, it was my youngest son …… that my benefactor saved that day,” Li Shao spoke with trepidation, not knowing whether he was scornful of Ning Cheng’s previous status as Younger Ning or grateful that Ning Cheng had saved his son.
What made Ning Cheng slightly relieved was that after a day of running, Li Shao’s carriage took a road that became more and more remote and still no one came after it.
“Brother Li, let the horse rest for a while. You can just drive us here, there shouldn’t be much of a problem behind us.” Ning Cheng saw that the horse was already a little tired and took the initiative to say.
Li Shao also felt sorry for these two yellow horses of his and obeyed Ning Cheng’s words, stopping the carriage. At the same time, he took out dry food and gave it to Ning Cheng and An Yi, “Don’t worry, Your Grace, when I give you another ride, I can bypa*s the Dingbi town post. Then I can go directly to Hai Chengpi, there are also many adventurers returning from the Mango Sea over there, and the silver coins you get from a trip will be a bit more.”
An Yi, who had not said anything, suddenly said, “Brother Li, I already have some impressions of this place, you can go to Hai Cheng Pei first, I can take Ning Cheng out.”
Seeing that Li Shao still had to speak, Ning Cheng said dryly, “Then let’s do it this way, big brother Li, you take us to the place in front of us that bypa*ses Dingbi Town. Then we’ll split up and you, Brother Li, will go to Hai Cheng Pei.”
An Yi had no idea, and now that Ning Cheng had said so, of course she would not have any objections.
Ning Cheng had rested for a day, and being a Qi gathering third level cultivator himself, plus An Yi also knew how to heal his injuries, by now his injuries had greatly improved.
The three of them waited for their horses to rest and continued their journey. In the early hours of the next day, Ning Cheng, An Yi and Li Shao separated.
This time, An Yi did not make up any nonsense, she really knew the way. Although the paths they took all the way were mountain trails, they did not go wrong. Only after walking for another two days did she lead Ning Cheng into a lush green forest. After entering the woods, An Yi directly pulled Ning Cheng’s hand and said, “There are formations here, you have to follow me closely, otherwise you will get lost.”
Ning Cheng had been here for more than a day or two, so of course he knew about the formations. It seemed to be somewhat related to the ancient Chinese civilization, a kind of arrangement through orientation and some things he did not understand, very subtle. Anyway, he knew nothing about it.
After following An Yi around and around, he finally turned out of this verdant green forest and revealed a mountain peak that was not very high in front of Ning Cheng. At the foot of the mountain there were several acres of fields, planted with small vegetables and the like. There was a greyish-brown nunnery on the mountainside, and the three words on the nunnery Ning Cheng could see from afar: Lan Xin An.
“That Orchid Heart Nunnery is where you live?” Ning Cheng asked.
An Yi let go of Ning Cheng’s hand and said with a happy smile on her face, “Yes, I have grown up here since I was a child, this time I went out for several days and it was always on my mind, now I am finally back. I’m going to see Master, you come with me ……”
An Yi said while already speeding up her steps and rushing towards that Lanxinan at the mountainside.
Ning Cheng followed behind An Yi, somewhat unsure in his heart. An Yi was already at the third level of Qi gathering, An Yi’s master’s cultivation must not be too bad, what if An Yi’s master was eccentric in temper? This was not Earth, there was really no reasoning to be done.
“Come in.” A slightly old voice rang out in Ning Cheng’s ears, Ning Cheng knew that this must be An Yi’s master, An Yi’s master already knew that he had come.
Ning Cheng walked through the somewhat mottled door, and a faint smell of sandalwood fragrance came through.
This surprised Ning Cheng, An Yi said that her master was dying, but there was not even the slightest smell of decay and sandalwood fragrance inside.
An Yi’s master was a middle-aged woman who did not look very old, wearing a grey robe and sitting in the middle of the main nunnery. She did not look old, only a little pale. Ning Cheng still felt a hint of death aura from her body, apparently An Yi had said that her master was about to go to his death, which was true.
What surprised Ning Cheng was not that she did not look old before she was going to die, nor was it that he could not see her cultivation level. Rather, it was that An Yi’s master was not a nun, for she had long hair, and even if she was surrounded by death Qi, that long hair was still black, just less lustrous.
“Although An Yi has always treated me as her master, the truth is that I can’t teach her anything. I am sure you can see that I am about to sit down and that Anyi is kind-hearted and untouched. If possible, I would like you to take Anyi with you until the day she is able to become independent.” This grey-robed woman looked at Ning Cheng and said calmly.
She did not ask how Ning Cheng had come with Anyi, nor did she ask about Ning Cheng’s origins, nor did she ask about Ning Cheng’s injuries, just a few straightforward words like this.
An Yi was instantly shocked, “Master, I won’t leave you, I’m going to stay at Lan Xin An all the time. How can I go with Ning Cheng? Ning Cheng is just pa*sing through here.”
Ning Cheng also hurriedly said, “Senior, junior is going to the Mango Sea, I heard that it is treacherous and can be killed at any time, and junior also has a few rivals. An Yi staying at Lan Xin An is much safer than following senior.”
Ning Cheng did not make these words up, originally he was still a little worried about An Yi. An Yi was as simple as a blank sheet of paper, but now that he had arrived at the Orchid Heart Nunnery, Ning Cheng was instead not worried anymore. This place was protected by formations, so ordinary people could not get in at all.
An Yi’s master sighed and took An Yi’s hand and said in a kind voice, “I am going after all, and you don’t have to treat me like a master, this place looks safe, but in fact it is incredibly dangerous. Once I leave, you will not be able to survive here alone.”
After saying this, she stopped persuading Anyi and turned to look at Ning Cheng and said, “When a person is about to die, you can tell something. , No matter how you know An Yi, I believe you are not a treacherous person, so I would like to inquire if you are betrothed or married ……”
As soon as Ning Cheng heard this, he immediately thought about whether this An Yi’s master was going to say An Yi to him as his wife? How could he marry a nun as his wife? Even if An Yi was not a nun, there was no way he could marry An Yi.
After understanding this, Ning Cheng hurriedly said, “I have a girlfriend’s, although I broke up recently after some minor conflicts, I still want to win her back.”
As soon as Ning Cheng said this, there was a secret sigh in his heart. Not to mention that he knew that Tian Muwan’s determined attitude at that time was definitely irretrievable. Even if Tian Muwan had come around, could he see her again?
Thinking of this Ning Cheng once again added, “I still have a fiancée, she has only left for the time being ……”
The latter words Ning Cheng really couldn’t go on, even he himself knew that his fiancée Ji Luofei had no more than half a relationship with him. Not to mention whether he could reach the Chemical Continent, even if he could, Ji Luofei and him were still a thing of the past. He was grateful to Ji Luofei, and to say that he really liked her, that wasn’t it either.
What Ning Cheng did not expect was that after hearing Ning Cheng’s words, this grey-robed middle-aged woman instead nodded and said, “Then I am relieved, remember, it is fine for An Yi to be with you, but she absolutely must not marry anyone. Nor must she absolutely have emotional disputes with anyone, otherwise ……”
Before these words were finished, a faint trace of blood spilled out of the corner of the grey-robed woman’s mouth. An Yi hurriedly hugged the grey-robed middle-aged woman and cried out, “Master, what’s wrong with you?”
Ning Cheng did not expect that this grey-robed woman asking him if he was betrothed was a reminder for him not to hit on An Yi, and he turned out to have expressed his feelings wrongly. An Yi was actually unable to marry, no wonder she was a little nun, I wonder what the reason for this was. But then he saw that this grey-robed woman looked even more depressed, so Ning Cheng did not dare to say more.
The grey-robed woman waved her hand at An Yi and took out a piece of pear-yellow jade and hung it around An Yi’s neck, and then took out a brown cloth pouch and hung it around An Yi’s waist, before saying, “An Yi, when I first picked you up, this jade was by your side, so I think it must have been left behind by your parents. This bag is a storage bag that I have used for many years, remember not to take it out casually and be seen by others …… Also, you must remember that you cannot marry someone ……”
After saying that, she then stared at Ning Cheng and said, “Please make sure you take care of An Yi, An Yi will not be an ordinary person in the future, she will not treat you badly ……”
Ning Cheng clasped his fist and said with a straight face, “My life was saved by Anyi, senior, please rest a*sured that as long as Ning Cheng has a breath of life, he will definitely not let Anyi be harmed.”
“An Yi, I am going to go, you live well and don’t be sad. What should come will always come, and what should go will always go. You still have a long way to go, take care of yourself.”
After the grey-robed woman had finished speaking, she looked up at the incomparably empty sky outside the nunnery door, sighed slightly, and with a slight despondency in the corner of her eyes, she slowly closed her eyes.
An Yi had already gathered Qi at the third level, and when her master died and his life span dissipated, she knew immediately and burst into tears. Even though she had long known that her master’s life expectancy was coming to an end, she still could not accept this fact.”
Ning Cheng knew that the grey-robed woman must have been waiting for An Yi to return, otherwise she might have pa*sed away long ago. He walked up and patted An Yi’s shoulder and said, “An Yi, old age, sickness and death are all part of human nature. You don’t need to be too sad, we will also come to this point in the future, it’s just a matter of sooner or later.”
Ning Cheng himself sighed as he said this, he didn’t know if he would be able to see his sister Ruo Lan again by the time he died.
An Yi’s master’s cultivation was obviously dozens of times more powerful than his, even so, it would be hard to escape this heavenly ethos.
An Yi knew that Ning Cheng’s words to persuade her were all right, but she just couldn’t contain the sadness inside her. For more than ten years, she had never followed her master and lived with him, depending on each other. Now that her master had suddenly left, it left her at a loss for words.
When Ning Cheng looked at An Yi, he knew that he had to take care of these matters.
Under Ning Cheng’s persuasion, An Yi finally gradually eased her sadness down. Then together with Ning Cheng, she buried her master at the back of the Orchid Heart Nunnery.
After accompanying An Yi to keep watch over the Orchid Heart Nunnery for three days, Ning Cheng and An Yi then left the Nunnery and continued their journey to the Mango Sea.
After three days, with An Yi’s help, Ning Cheng’s injuries had long since recovered. It was just that An Yi’s mood had become depressed, she was originally an introvert who did not talk much. After this incident, An Yi’s words became even less.
Although Ning Cheng was eager to see what An Yi’s Nascent Pouch was, he was too embarra*sed to ask.