jdhmnovel Chapter 140 The Untamed: Ning Miaomiao 2
Chapter 140 The Untamed: Ning Miaomiao 2
After Ning Miaomiao finished eating, she saw the little boy looking at her with his big eyes.
She asked in confusion, "Are you not full?"
The little boy didn't say anything, but kept looking at Ning Miaomiao with a pitiful expression.
Seeing that he didn't speak, she ignored him and stood up to leave the inn. She wanted to go deeper into Yiling to see what was going on there.
Ning Miaomiao walked for a while and saw the little boy following her. When she turned around, he looked at her with a wronged expression.
"Host, this person has a strong destiny and should be an important character in the plot."
"Huh? I just had a meal and I ran into a character from the story. He has strong luck, which means he can cultivate immortality. If he has good aptitude, I can even take him on as my eldest disciple."
Ning Miaomiao pondered for a moment, then stopped and waited for the little boy to approach.
When the little boy saw her stop, he was so frightened that he hid behind a tree.
A sense of helplessness welled up in Ning Miaomiao's heart. She slowly walked to the little boy's side and asked, "Why are you following me?"
The little boy looked timid and whispered, "The fairy sister's aura is very comfortable. Aying wants to follow the fairy sister."
The aura... what aura? It must be the people of Yiling living here, who are more or less tainted by the aura of death. But she doesn't have any aura of death on her.
As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes reddened, and he looked at Ning Miaomiao pleadingly.
Although his face was dirty and he was malnourished, his eyes were clean and sincere.
Ning Miaomiao has been wandering for so long, and she has rarely encountered such pure eyes.
She didn't speak, but took the little boy's hand, and a surge of spiritual energy swept over his body.
His aptitude is truly remarkable; he's at least a potential Golden Core cultivator.
Ning Miaomiao decided to take in the little beggar. Since it was inconvenient to go to Yiling now, she wanted to settle him in properly. She led the little beggar back to the inn, booked two rooms, and asked the waiter to bring hot water so that the little beggar could have a good bath.
With nothing much to do, Ning Miaomiao sat in her room organizing the things in her spatial ring.
In the blink of an eye, the sun set, the waiter brought in the food, and A-Ying followed him in.
The little beggar, after being cleaned up, was quite good-looking, but he was thin and underdeveloped.
"What's your name?"
Ning Miaomiao waved him over to come and eat.
"My name is Wei Wuxian, and my given name is Ying."
Ning Miaomiao inquired about some basic information. Wei Wuxian was left at the inn by his parents two years ago, and his parents never returned. He is seven years old this year.
At seven years old, he was a bit late to start cultivating, but Wei Wuxian had good aptitude. With the help of some medicinal baths, he was able to catch up with those prodigies very quickly.
Since she was taking Wei Wuxian with her, she couldn't stay in the cave like before. Ning Miaomiao planned to rent a courtyard in the town and move to Yiling after she finished cleaning up the corpses there.
Ning Miaomiao first taught Xiao Wuxian to recognize characters. Once he had learned enough characters, she then taught him the cultivation techniques of the immortals.
At night, Ning Miaomiao would go to Yiling to kill corpses, purify death energy, and collect ghosts.
A few days later, Xiao Wuxian ran over and hugged Ning Miaomiao, who was a head taller than him.
"What's wrong?" Ning Miaomiao asked softly.
Xiao Wuxian kept crying without saying a word, his eyes red and his face showing grievance.
Finally, with Ning Miaomiao's gentle comforting words, Xiao Wuxian slowly said, "They...they said...Fairy Sister doesn't want A-Ying anymore."
After saying that, Xiao Wuxian hiccuped and said in a tearful voice, "Fairy Sister, A-Ying will be very good. Don't abandon A-Ying."
Ning Miaomiao's eyes darkened when she heard Xiao Wuxian's words. It seemed that someone had whispered something in Xiao Wuxian's ear. In the past few days, Ning Miaomiao had been busy buying courtyards during the day and had neglected Xiao Wuxian's feelings.
"Of course I won't abandon A-Ying, no matter what A-Ying is like. These next few days, I'll go out and buy a courtyard, and then we'll have our own home." Ning Miaomiao gently patted Xiao Wuxian's head and said tenderly.
After everything was settled, the two of them moved to a small courtyard in the south of the town. The courtyard was very clean and decorated according to Ning Miaomiao and Xiao Wuxian's preferences. Xiao Wuxian was very happy ever since they moved to the courtyard.
Ning Miaomiao's daily routine still consisted of taking time to teach Xiao Wuxian to read, and then cleaning up Yiling.
Yiling is too large; it is estimated that it will take two years to completely clean it up.
Days passed by, and after half a year of study, Wei Wuxian had learned most of the basic characters, but his handwriting was still terrible.
Ning Miaomiao began teaching Wei Wuxian the basics of cultivation and imparted her mental techniques.
Wei Wuxian was truly gifted. After a medicinal bath and some cultivation resources, he successfully replenished his weakened body and entered the path of cultivation in just half a month.
On Yiling Mountain, thousand-year-old trees have come back to life from their withered state, their canopies layered upon each other like a sea of clouds, and the air is filled with the scent of damp earth.
The surrounding area was full of life, and the spiritual energy was slowly recovering. Ning Miaomiao buried all the remains and sowed many seeds. When spring comes, Yiling will surely be full of vitality.
Ning Miaomiao was worried that the strange phenomena in Yiling would attract the attention of sects and factions, so she set up a concealment formation on the former sacred mountain of Yiling.
Today, Ning Miaomiao has come to release the Biluo Immortal Abode from her spatial ring. The Biluo Immortal Abode is an immortal residence she crafted in the previous world. It can change size and be carried with her. She plans to make this Biluo Immortal Abode her residence.
Other buildings, including the main hall, training grounds, library, medicine garden, and weapon-refining room, were scaled down to the same size as Kunlun Mountain and replicated on Yiling Immortal Mountain.
After finishing everything, Ning Miaomiao returned to the small courtyard.
From afar, they saw Wei Wuxian sitting on the threshold with his head tilted, his eyes gazing longingly out the door. When he saw Ning Miaomiao's figure, his eyes lit up.
"Sister Miaomiao, you're back! Do you know how much A-Ying missed you?" Wei Wuxian hopped over to Ning Miaomiao and said cheerfully.
Ning Miaomiao patted Wei Wuxian's little head. Wei Wuxian has grown so fast in the past year. She is now half a head taller than Wei Wuxian. She has to pat him more often.
"Let's go, let's pack our things, and we'll go to the Immortal Mountain in Yiling tomorrow."
They started packing their things a few days ago. They hadn't been living in the courtyard for long, and Ning Miaomiao, who was not short of money, had bought a lot of things, which resulted in them having a lot of belongings.
The two enjoyed lunch in a pleasant atmosphere, but three uninvited guests arrived in the afternoon.
A refined-looking man stood in the middle, while the other two appeared to be attendants or guards. The three of them entered the courtyard.
"I am Jiang Fengmian, the head of the Yunmeng Jiang Clan. I heard that you adopted Aying. I am an old friend of Aying's parents and have been searching for Aying for many years," Jiang Fengmian said kindly.
From the moment the man appeared, Wei Wuxian had been clutching Ning Miaomiao's sleeve, hiding behind her.
Ning Miaomiao was worried about Wei Wuxian's feelings, so she exchanged some basic information with Jiang Fengmian.
Wei Wuxian's father was Wei Changze, and his mother was Cangse Sanren. The two fell in love at first sight and got married. Ning Miaomiao knew everything that happened after that.
During a night hunt, the two tragically died, leaving Wei Wuxian in an inn. Eventually, the inn ran out of money, and his parents still hadn't returned, so Wei Wuxian became a little beggar.
“Aying, your uncle has been looking for you for many years. Come back to Lotus Pier with your uncle. Lotus Pier will become your home,” Jiang Fengmian said.
"A-Ying, don't leave. A-Ying wants to stay with Sister Miaomiao. A-Ying doesn't want to go to Lotus Pier. This is A-Ying's home." Wei Wuxian shook his head, his face full of refusal.
Jiang Fengmian and Wei Wuxian talked for a long time, but Wei Wuxian kept refusing. Jiang Fengmian had no choice but to agree to let Wei Wuxian stay in Yiling.