Chapter 100: The Great Competition Ends

  The family's outer door disciple competition officially ended this year, Ning Chong walked away with his head held high, his back straight as a sword.

  Under others' pointing and mocking words and eyes, Ning Chong was about to leave Nei Men Square.

  At this time, Ning Mo's smiling face appeared in front of Ning Chong again. He spread his hands and laughed: "Hey, Ning Chong, you won't be defeated by a single dog test, will you? Others say you're a waste, but to me, you're the real genius! Hehe, I'll work harder when I go down, and I'll definitely beat you in the future! Before that, don't really bear the wind and fall!"

  Ning Mo Feng, despite his carefree appearance, was a sincere person who spoke his mind. Ning Chong found him to be a potential friend and laughed, saying: "I'm looking forward to it! However, you'd better train hard, or else I'll beat you so badly that you'll be searching for your teeth all over the ground - that would be too boring!"

  Ning Mo was choked with a sentence, his eyes widened, but he couldn't say anything. In terms of eloquence, he was far inferior to Ning Chong. Until Ning Chong had already walked away, leaving only his back view, he finally jumped up and shouted: "Despicable! Ning Chong, wait for me! I won't lose to you next time!"

  Ning Chong left Nei Men Square and walked in the direction of home.

  As he approached the entrance of his home, Ning Chong suddenly noticed a small head bobbing up and down at the intersection ahead. He walked forward with a puzzled mind, only to see Ning Jing jump out suddenly.

  Ning Chong smiled and said: "Little girl, what are you doing here? Are you thinking of robbing me?"

  Ning Jing's flat mouth, rarely without correcting Ning Chong's title, instead comforted him with a concerned face: "Brother Ning Chong, I already knew about your recent test, don't be too upset..."

  Good news never goes beyond the gate, bad news travels a thousand miles... But this little girl is kind-hearted. Ning Chong smiled wryly and shook his head slightly.

  Jing saw Ning Chong and thought he was really upset, so she went forward and held his hand: "Ning Chong brother, you're so amazing, you've been through all the challenges and won first place in the outer sect's grand competition. Jing believes that you're not a waste of space, but a genius, even more brilliant than other geniuses! Don't be sad, you must cheer up and prove them wrong with your actions!"

  In front of this bright-eyed and sincere little girl, Ning Chong was truly dealt a fatal blow, and at this time, he couldn't help but show despair and decadence. He smiled slightly, patted Ning Jing's head, and said: "Don't worry, I'm fine."

  The little girl still didn't believe it, and with a playful smile, she pulled out a candied hawthorn stick from nowhere and handed it to Ning Chong: "Ning Chong brother, I specially bought this for you. Usually when I'm angry or sad, as long as I eat candied hawthorn, I'll feel better, try it quickly!"

  Although Ning Chong found it amusing in his heart, he didn't refuse when faced with the pure and kind Ning Jing. He took the candied hawthorn and bit into it with a big mouthful.

  "How? How? Brother Ning Chong, is it effective?"

  The little girl's eyes were wide with excitement, her gaze flashing back and forth, full of anticipation.

  Ning Chong munched vaguely on the ice sugar gourd, but in other aspects he was not vague, and nodded his head fiercely: "Hmm! Too effective! After eating one mouthful, my mood immediately became cheerful!"

  "Really? Hehe! That's great! Ning Chong gege, you're not sad anymore, are you?"

  When she saw Ning Chong, she nodded her head. The little girl was so excited that she jumped up. But after jumping a few times, her small face immediately became tense, "Ah" sound, timidly shrinking her neck and said: "Ning Chong brother, I have to go back, I'm sneaking out without telling my master, he's now making me close the door and reflect on myself. If he finds out that I came here, it would be bad!"

  She stuck out her tongue and then skipped away with a wave of her hand.

  Ning Chong suddenly realized, no wonder this little girl who likes lively things has not appeared for several days in a row during the outer door competition, it turns out that she was locked up by Seventh Elder.

  She slightly shook her head and Ning Chong couldn't help but smile, thinking that if Xiang Er could meet this lively and kind little girl, she would definitely be delighted.

  Thinking so, Ning Chong continued walking home.

  As soon as he entered the house, Qi Bo also came up with a worried face and said: "Young Master..."

  Ning Chong furrowed his brow, he knew that Qi Bo must have known about him testing out the five elements root bone talent, and Qi Bo was also trying to comfort him.

  He interrupted Qi Bo's words, smiled and said: "Qi Bo, don't worry, I'm fine. For more than a decade, I've been through thick and thin, what's the big deal about being struck by a Five Elements Root Bone Constitution?"

  Qī Bó jì was relieved to see Níng Chōng so carefree, hiding a full confidence within. Qī Bó also felt at ease and smiled: "Young Master is fine, that's good. Young Master must be hungry, come wash your hands and eat quickly."

  After saying a few more words, Ning Chong returned to his room.

  Then, after preparing for a bit, Ning Chong rushed out of the room and entered the dining hall, starting to have dinner with Qi Bo and others.

  Originally, in the Ning family's rules, the servants were not allowed to drink with their masters and eat together. They had to wait until the master finished eating before they could come up and eat some leftover rice. Although Ning's parents were kind-hearted and would not give Qi Bo and others leftover rice to eat, in the past when eating, they also ate separately from the servants.

  After Ning Chong's parents passed away, the family declined and many servants left. Those who remained were loyal and Ning Chong treated them like family members, so he didn't bother with formalities and had meals together with Qi Bo several times.

  Zi Bo was unwilling. In the end, after all these years, Zi Bo made concessions, but still sat alone at a table in the same dining hall, while Ning Chong and the other servants sat at another table.

  Today at lunch, Qi Bo rarely took the initiative to sit with Ning Chong at a table and occasionally chatted with him. Ning Chong saw that Qi Bo seemed to have something to say, and when he was almost full, he finally couldn't help but ask Qi Bo: "Qi Bo, do you have something to say?"

  "Master, tomorrow is the anniversary of the old master and mistress's passing..."

  "Oh..."

  Ning Chong suddenly remembered. In the past two years, there have been too many unhappy events in life, and he has not seen any hope in martial arts for a long time. Ning Chong had not visited his parents' graves for two years.

  At this time, Qi Bo got up, and Ning Chong couldn't help but secretly blame himself. He smiled and said: "I know, Qi Bo, get ready, tomorrow I will go to my parents' graves to pay respects."

  Zi Bo was overjoyed, and a smile spread across his old face. He hastily replied, "Yes! Yes! I'll go prepare right away!" With that, he didn't even have time to finish eating, and with a trembling body still stiff from age, he walked out of the dining hall.

  Ning Chong originally wanted to let Qi Bo finish his meal before going, but seeing how excited Qi Bo was, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile, stopping his intention to stop him, but secretly feeling a little guilty towards Qi Bo.