Chapter 23: Foolish Woman

  "Bang bang bang......"

  A loud banging sound came from outside.

  "Wu Ming, Wu Ming, come out quickly, something's happened, something big has happened...... I'm telling you, kid, what's wrong with you today, how can you sleep so soundly? Get up and open the door quickly......"

  "Huh? Who is it? What's going on?" Wu Ming mumbled drowsily.

  He had been hiding in the martial arts world for a month, practicing diligently. As soon as he logged out of the system, unlike the previous two times when he went to the back mountain to find that old man, he directly lay on the bed and fell fast asleep.

  Everyone often says that the more fulfilling their days are, the more comfortable they feel. But this is too fulfilling, and Wu Ming directly collapsed from exhaustion. For a month, he almost didn't rest at all, practicing internal skills during the day and staying in the pool to practice martial arts at night. When he was hungry, he would go hunt wild beasts or catch fish directly in the pool. He hadn't slept well for who knows how many days, but as soon as he exited the system, he felt a particularly relaxed feeling, and his head nodded off to sleep, sleeping until the sun shone on his butt.

  The person outside the door heard Wu Ming's question and quickly said: "It's me, Qi Hao!"

  "Oh, it's Brother Qi?" Wu Ming rubbed his eyes, got up and ran over to open the door in a daze, then came back and flopped down on the bed with a thud.

  Qī Hào was not very old, looking younger than Wú Míng, probably around thirteen or fourteen years old. However, due to the rules, all miscellaneous tasks had to be referred to as "younger brother", and Qī Hào was an inner disciple.

  Seeing Wu Ming like this, Qi Hao was even more anxious, grabbing Wu Ming's arm and walking at the same time, while also anxiously saying: "I'm telling you, boss, I really admire you, you're still sleeping? Don't you know that Shi Shijie is leaving?"

  "Want to leave? Then let's go? I reckon it's just going down the mountain for training, what's there to worry about? In this Jingzhou, who else dares to lay a hand on a disciple of Xuantian Sect? Just take a stroll for three to five months and we'll be back, what's the rush? Ah, what are you doing, where do you want to pull me to?"

  Qī Hào saw that at this time, Wú Míng had finally sobered up. He turned his hand over and said with a hateful tone: "Wú Míng, don't you know that Shí Shījiě was going to find medicine for you? She wanted to go to Wàn Shòu Mountain. Is that a place where someone who has just broken through the First Heaven realm can go?"

  "What? Go to Wanshou Mountain? Nanjiang Wanshou Mountain? It's at least a hundred thousand miles away from our Jingzhou, isn't it? And what...what did you say? Shi Jingxuan is going to Wanshou Mountain to find medicine for me?"

  Wu Ming was previously confused and didn't react, but now that he has reacted, he looked at Qi Hao with some disbelief.

  "No way, if it's just this week, even going to nearby places like Shu State, no one will say anything. I'm sure there will be senior brothers and sisters together too. But she wants to go to Wanshou Mountain... She said that only there is the main medicine for Huaxingcao, and at that time, it can be refined into a pill to help you reshape your roots and bones, so you can cultivate... Ah, ah, I haven't finished speaking yet! Wu Ming, why are you walking so fast? You're really something, I skipped class early to tell you, and you actually left me behind. No loyalty at all!"

  Just as Zhi Hao raised his head, he found that Wu Ming had already walked a long way off. All that was left to him was a vague silhouette, which made it impossible for him to see clearly in the remaining mountain fog.

  "You silly girl, you just said it and that's all, but you really went? What do I want you to find the transformation grass for? That thing is eaten by demonic beasts, what are you going to use it for? Do I look like a beast? Stupid woman, why are you so impulsive?"

  Wu Ming spoke as he quickened his pace, but the emotion in his heart was truly hard to put into words. This foolish woman, how could she have really gone? Was Mount Wanshou a place that someone with your innate realm could ascend to?

  With the strength of Innate Triple Heaven, even if it's just a step forward, the speed is faster than that of a Post-Heaven realm cultivator using lightness skill. In the blink of an eye, one sees a figure flash by, and if it weren't for everyone being in morning class at this time, they would probably be shocked out of their titanium alloy dog eyes. Anyone would be frightened - is this a miscellaneous servant or a personally transmitted disciple? Fifteen years old? Damn, that means the master was only five years old?!

  Just as they walked to the mountain gate, several people were seen standing at the square steps tens of meters away. Almost all of them were familiar faces. The white-haired elder who had picked up Wu Ming back then appeared in front with Shi Jingxuan's back, accompanied by a few disciples, one male and two females, all of whom were direct disciples of Bai Yanniang.

  Wu Ming let out a sigh of relief, looking like he hadn't left yet, and that was good!

  "Jing Xuan, you've always been stubborn since you were young. As your master, although I took you in and raised you, I won't force you to do anything. This trip to Wanshou Mountain is dangerous, I think you should know that already, but I have to say it again. Although Wanshou Mountain is on the outskirts of Nanjiang, as long as you don't go too deep, there shouldn't be too much danger, and with your current abilities, you can barely handle it. However, what's difficult to defend against isn't just demonic beasts, but also people. Human hearts are unpredictable, and the hardest thing to grasp in this world is human nature, and you... "

  "Oh dear, Master you're nagging again, I know already! I'm so simple and naive, I might get cheated. Don't worry, Master, I promise to return safely and soundly, without a single scratch or problem, and show you my prowess!" Shi Jingxuan had also wandered around outside before, how could he still be some kind of Jianghu fool?

  "You're alone and I'm really not at ease, but your senior brothers and sisters have to prepare for the sect's grand competition, maybe there will be a chance to go to the capital. I also can't force them to accompany you. If it's not urgent, just wait a bit longer, after a few months, I'll take you to Mount Wanshou. I've been there before, now going again is like taking a familiar road." White Swallow didn't understand either, clearly they had agreed to go together in one or two years, how come these past few days suddenly changed their mind?

  Shi Jingxuan suddenly hugged Bai Changlao and twisted, "Master, don't worry about it, although you didn't say anything, but I know that you all have big things to deal with these days. And besides, someone wants to get ahead early, you're not unaware of Wu Ming's bad temper, recently I heard Xu Changlao say that he has started studying alchemy, I'm afraid he...I reckon he wants to solve his root bone problem himself, so he went to learn alchemy. But he doesn't have anyone to teach him, and relying on himself to research, this is very likely to lead to trouble, so I..."

  "Alas, Wu Ming, if this kid hadn't been so stubborn back then, how would he have ended up doing odd jobs at such a young age? Fortunately, you often went to visit him, otherwise... I don't know what would have happened. It's also my fault, all these years I've been teaching the few of you, or else I was in closed-door cultivation and didn't have time for him. If I had found this formula earlier, I would have gone to Wanshou Mountain to find the Huaxing Grass, and he could have started cultivating a few years ago. Unfortunately, it's too late now..."

  As for the former Wu Ming, Bai Yanniang could only shake her head and sigh.

  "It won't be, little brother has always been thinking of your goodness, it's just that he... Don't worry, Wu Ming will definitely not resent you. Master, then I'll leave?" Shi Jingxuan was somewhat reluctant, but finally gritted his teeth and said the words of farewell.

  "Go ahead, if there's anything you need help with, just go find those old friends of mine and tell them I sent you. That's all you need to say." White Swallow was a seasoned veteran, looking even more resolute than before.

  "Sister, take care!" The brother and two sisters didn't know what to say either. They had been silent all along, whether it was for their own good or because they didn't want to go there and face danger. Now that the time of parting had arrived, they couldn't help but feel a little guilty in their hearts.