Being knocked down by the Heavenly Dao while ascending

wrong!
This is problematic. Since Xue Qingyu's job is to brainwash people, why would he go to the trouble of killing so many people? Wouldn't it be better to just brainwash them all? He could then retain more combat power!

Thinking of this, he looked at Xue Qingyu intently.

The other party suddenly closed his eyes, and an imperceptible amount of energy overflowed from his body, floating up to the invisible mountain protection formation in the air.
In the formation, light appeared one by one like a spider web, and then dimmed and disappeared.

Xue Qingyu's face changed drastically, and he asked Uncle Yu, "What's going on?"

Uncle Yu licked his dry lips, "This story starts with the evil Gu Wuyin. Pei Mingyan voluntarily swallowed the evil Gu to gain Tang Gu's trust. But Pei Mingyan did not swallow the evil Gu into his stomach. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity of contact with Manager Pang last time and put the evil Gu on Manager Pang. After that, Tang Gu accidentally heard Manager Pang say 'borrow a knife to kill someone'."

Pei Mingyan rubbed Xiaokong's head to help him recover quickly.
Although there seemed to be no aftereffects of the mental suggestion, Xiaokong's mind was obviously not recovered, otherwise how could he eat snacks so calmly at this moment? He would have become furious and shouted that he wanted to go and save people.

"She suspects Pang Yuan?" Xue Qingyu paused for a long time, as if thinking, "I can't track Pang Yuan's aura, but he should still be in the academy. Go find him."

Uncle Yu was very hesitant, "But...but he..."

"I'll take care of the 'master', you go and look for him." Xue Qingyu paused, "There should be a secret room under Songwu Courtyard, take Murong with you to have a look."

Murong?
Pei Mingyan's heart skipped a beat. Could this be sending a group of people to die and then putting the blame on Pang Yuan?
But in this case, what is Xue Qingyu's purpose?
If there is no purpose... then it is the master's order. What is the difference between Master Xue obeying the master's order and not obeying the master's order? How can we tell whether he is acting according to his own ideas or obeying orders?

The more he thought about it, the more complicated it became. Pei Mingyan realized that he was getting involved in an increasingly complicated matter, so he decided to escape first. "Well... If everything is ok, I'll take Xiao Kong back."

Xue Qingyu glanced at him, then turned his gaze and stared at Xiaokong.

Pei Mingyan secretly cried out inwardly that something was wrong and reached out to cover Xiaokong’s eyes, but it was too late!
Xiao Kong immediately threw away the cake and jumped up, "Master! Tang Gu? What happened to Tang Gu?!"

Pei Mingyan slapped his hand on his face, "Well... I'll go back first."

Xiao Kong turned around and patted his shoulder, scolding him: "What nonsense are you talking about? Tang Gu is so kind to people, how can we not go to find her when she gets into trouble? Do you know why everyone dislikes you? This is the reason! You don't care about Tang Gu! It's a pity that Tang Gu is so kind to you!"

“……”Tang Gu is nice to me?
You may have some misunderstanding.
"But I'm sleepy." Pei Mingyan said while yawning.

"You just sleep all day long. What's the point of sleeping? Come with me. Let's go find Tang Gu!" Xiao Kong said to the dean, "Dean, take good care of yourself. Don't worry! I will definitely find Tang Gu!"

As he spoke, he dragged Pei Mingyan towards the small boat.

This is probably double standards...?
Pei Mingyan was a little speechless. He was a little curious about this matter, but was afraid of getting into trouble.

If this matter was really ordered by the person behind Xue Qingyu, he might not be able to escape the fate of facing the villain even if he bypassed the heroine.
If he hadn't practiced every day in the hope of ascending to heaven, and his cultivation level was far higher than Xue Qingyu's, he might have been the one to be worried at this moment.
Now that his cultivation was overwhelming and Xue Qingyu was seriously injured, he was indeed not worried.
This is also one of the reasons why he did not leave with the heroine. At least the academy knows everything about her.
The hero and heroine are walking variables, and they may encounter various events at any time. Once he goes, they may become professional casualties.

After getting off the boat, Xiaokong asked Pei Mingyan to call for the spirit deer carriage.
Pei Mingyan blew the whistle reluctantly, and the deer carriage arrived late.

As soon as they got in the car, Xiaokong immediately asked Linglu to turn the car around. They didn't go to Songwuyuan at all.
"Sora, do you know where the person is?"

Xiaokong shook his head, "I don't know, but..."

"but what?"

Xiaokong pursed his lips and said, "I'm telling you, you must not tell anyone else."

"I promise not to tell anyone else." I only told myself.

Xiaokong pointed at the skylarks that passed by them, and then at the insects flying on the ground, "They are all unintelligent creatures, but I can talk to them." He bit his lip, like a child, "When I was a child, I asked Aunt Tang if the snacks we ate would cry. Aunt Tang told me that they were all dead things and would not cry. But... I heard Huazhi crying, and I told Aunt Tang, but she didn't believe me. I told Uncle Yu, but Uncle Yu didn't believe me either."

Pei Mingyan frowned, "And you told the dean, and he believed it?"

Xiaokong nodded, "Only the dean will believe every word I say."

"Okay, okay, okay. The dean is the best, the best, the best!" Pei Mingyan did not say whether he believed it or not, but just agreed absent-mindedly.

Xiaokong heard his perfunctory attitude, turned around and ignored him, just driving quietly.

Pei Mingyan observed the surrounding environment. The skylarks gradually disappeared, and the spirit deer carriage flew lower and lower, as if it had entered a primeval forest, and the sunlight could not be seen for several meters.

Pei Mingyan looked at Xiaokong. The dull-looking Xiaokong had a stern face at the moment, which was unexpectedly serious.
"Kong, did your good friends at Yun Que tell you where Tang Gu went?"

"They just said that Tang Gu entered the foggy swamp." Xiao Kong said, "If we go a little further, the Spirit Deer Cart will not be able to fly. There is a kind of swamp gas inside that is specifically designed to target cultivators. If a cultivator enters, his cultivation will be devoured by the swamp gas."

Pei Mingyan was surprised, "You know a lot! It's me who is ignorant."

Xiao Kong lowered his head. "After the abbot fell ill, the people in the abbot tried every means to find a prescription for him. Some medicines grow in strange places. There was a kind of medicine that grew here."

Pei Mingyan did not forget to distance himself from the medicine manager. "As for the medicine manager's medical skills, it seems that they are of no use to the hospital master's condition. If that's the case, why waste that effort?"

"The talents of the academy are not like you. Everyone is willing to sacrifice themselves for the deer." Xiao Kong stopped the spirit deer, and the spirit deer landed steadily on a tree. Half a meter in front of it was the floating swamp gas. "In order to save their lives, the first people who came here gave up their cultivation and went in to collect herbs as ordinary people. Later, everyone found that if you don't have cultivation, you can't stay in the fog for a long time, and you will soon suffocate to death."

"It seems there is a solution later?"

Xiao Kong nodded. "Every time we go to collect herbs, people with high cultivation levels come here. Although they lose some of their cultivation levels, they can quickly replenish them. Among them is Tang Gu. I've come here with her several times."

Words full of loopholes.
Pei Mingyan glanced at Xiaokong, feeling that he was hiding something. "If that's the case, it's not appropriate for us to go in. You have no cultivation, not to mention that I only have a little cultivation. I can't even protect myself, so how can I go in and look for someone?"

Xiaokong snorted coldly, climbed down the tree trunk and entered the foggy swamp.
Pei Mingyan stood on the tree, watching Xiaokong disappear, then he jumped down from the tree and followed him into the foggy swamp. He was very fast and had good eyesight, so he quickly found Xiaokong's back.

Just as he was about to say something, he saw a ball of green mist lifting Xiaokong up and heading straight out of the foggy swamp.
Pei Mingyan followed the green fog and left the foggy swamp together.

As they came out of the foggy swamp, Green Mist and Xiao Kong both fell to the ground. Gradually, a figure took shape in the green mist, which was none other than Tang Gu.

Xiao Kong took a few deep breaths, and after seeing the green mist clearly, he hurriedly helped Tanggu up, "Tanggu! Tanggu! What's wrong with you?"

Pei Mingyan took a step forward, felt her pulse, and comforted her: "She was just attacked by the backlash, she is fine."

"What backlash?" Xiaokong asked anxiously.

Tang Gu coughed a few times, then slowly woke up. She spat out a mouthful of dark green blood, which scattered in the air and formed a green mist. Suddenly, it spread out. She hurriedly pushed Xiao Kong away, "Xiao Kong, don't touch it! It's poisonous..."

Pei Mingyan calmly took out a detoxification pill and gave it to her. "This is the Mei family's detoxification pill. Although it can't cure all poisons, it should be able to keep you going until you are rescued."

Tang Gu fed it directly into her mouth and struggled to get up, "Quick! Let's go! We can't stay here any longer."

Suddenly, the spirit deer fell to the ground as if poisoned, with green blood flowing from the corners of its mouth.
Xiao Kong came over to support Tang Gu, but his body also began to shake, "Tang...Tang Gu...I...I feel so dizzy..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to fall down.

Tang Gu was already unsteady on her feet, and she was still worried about Xiao Kong, so she reached out to help him. They both collapsed to the ground and passed out.

In the fog, a figure was chasing after them hurriedly.

Pei Mingyan shook his head and looked at the green mist dissipating around him. After being attacked back, Tang Gu could not control herself. These green mists were not the methane in the swamp at all, but Tang Gu's poison.

When he saw Tang Gu's attire, he gave up the idea of ​​searching for the antidote from her, took out a small porcelain bottle, and fed Xiao Kong a pill.
He breathed a sigh of relief to the spirit deer and fed it a pill.

Pei Mingyan looked at the few remaining pills and had some bad thoughts in his mind.
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Tang Gu woke up at the main peak and found herself lying in the pavilion of the main peak. Although she was not lying on the master's bed, she still felt offended.
She hurriedly got out of bed and saw the owner of the garden through the fluttering gauze.

The owner of the yard was watering some weeds with a watering can, looking very leisurely.
Tang Gu lowered her body, hurried to the small garden, and knelt down in front of the abbot, "Abbot!"

"You're awake." Xue Qingyu put down the spray bottle, "Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

Aunt Tang shook her head hastily, "Master! There's something wrong with Manager Pang!"

Xue Qingyu nodded and offered Tang Gu a seat, "I'd like to hear more details."

Tang Gu didn't care about etiquette and hurriedly sat on the chair. "After Pei Mingyan placed the evil Gu on Manager Pang, I finally found a chance to let the evil Gu enter Manager Pang's body... cough cough cough cough"

Xue Qingyu poured her a cup of tea and said, "Don't worry, talk slowly."

Tang Gu held the cup and didn't drink. "I heard him say that he wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife. I think he wanted to harm Pei Mingyan on the surface, but he actually wanted to hurt the dean!"

Xue Qingyu took a sip of tea.

"So I kept an eye on his every move." Tang Gu said, "Then I heard about his plan with the deputy dean! They wanted to kill Uncle Yu and me! Dean! They wanted to isolate you!"

Xue Qingyu nodded, "It sounds like the situation is a bit serious."

Tang Gu nodded vigorously to show her agreement, "Master! Manager Pang is not trustworthy, you must not trust him anymore!"

"Tang Gu." Xue Qingyu put down the teacup, "I remember saying before that we should give Manager Pang enough trust."

"Master!" Tang Gu put down the cup and knelt on the ground. "I heard about his plan with Shui Changhen... Uncle Yu cares too much about you and often doesn't listen to you. They plan to use this as a breakthrough to alienate you from Uncle Yu. After this, I, the medicine manager, will be alienated one by one and finally die inexplicably!"

Xue Qingyu stood up, acting calmly and without any panic. He reached out to help Tang Gu, "Stand up and talk."

Tang Gu was about to stand up, and at that moment, a string of a musical instrument went up along her arm and wrapped around her neck.

She was surprised and looked at the dean in panic, "Dean...Dean..."

Xue Qingyu smiled, and the strings of the zither suddenly tightened, leaving a bloody mark on Tang Gu's neck.
At the same time, the strings of the zither suddenly trembled, and blood oozed from the corners of Xue Qingyu's eyes.

Tang Gu looked at the tears and blood, as if she suddenly understood something. She stretched out her hand, took the initiative to pinch the two ends of the strings and tightened them.

Xue Qingyu's lips were trembling, and he seemed to want to open his mouth to say something, but he couldn't open it.

The strings of the zither began to tighten slightly, and Tang Gu's eyes rolled up involuntarily.

At this moment, a crack appeared in space and Pei Mingyan jumped out.
He threw it casually, and something knocked Tang Gu's hand away. At the same time, the thing was stuffed between the strings and the neck. It was a - goose feather?
The strings of the zither seemed to have touched something horrible. They spasmed and relaxed, and fell off Tang Gu's neck.

Pei Mingyan walked up to Tang Gu and stretched out his hand to her, "Hey, didn't you say you can't strangle yourself to death? Am I witnessing a miracle?"

(End of this chapter)