Being knocked down by the Heavenly Dao while ascending

Pei Mingyan raised his head from the desk and said, "Send someone to invite him over."
Ah Qing nodded and was about to leave.

Pei Mingyan paused while flipping through the book and suddenly asked, "What major events have happened in the cultivation world recently?"

Ah Qing stopped and asked in confusion, "Big deal?" She thought for a moment and said, "No."

"Nothing happened?"
Pei Mingyan was even more confused. Could it be that after Xue Qingyu didn't take action, Fang Qing and Shang Nanyiyi didn't do anything?
Ah Qing nodded, "Yes, everything is quite normal."

"Where is Shang Nanyi from Xuantian Sect?"

"Oh?" Ah Qing suddenly realized, "You mean Young Master Shang? That's true!"
Ah Qing immediately became interested. "I heard that the young master of Xuantian Sect took a little follower to many treasure-hiding places and picked up countless magic weapons. Because of this action, the spiritual objects and magic weapons that should have been sold at a good price in the market suddenly fell to a low price. What a pity. Oh, by the way, why did the eldest master suddenly ask this?"

"I haven't been back for a while, so I'm concerned about important things. You go down first and pay more attention to the situation of this young master Shang. If there is any problem, please inform me at any time." Pei Mingyan said.

"Okay, young master." Ah Qing bowed respectfully and left.

Pei Mingyan began to worry about a new problem - how much money does the Mei family have?
There was no problem in Shang Nanyi needing a large amount of resources to build his own power. However, after being reminded by Xue Qingyu, Pei Mingyan roughly understood the obligations that Tiandao had to bear, as well as - balance.

The appearance of hidden magic weapons must have its purpose. From the perspective of the True Heavenly Dao, the appearance of magic weapons actually invites people to take risks and causes contention, thus causing some practitioners to lose their lives and allowing their cultivation to dissipate throughout the world in order to continue to fill the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.
Therefore, the better the treasure, the more people will die.

But now, because of the fake heaven's will, Fang Qing's luck is so strong that he can easily pick up a rare magic weapon.
Although it avoided fighting and the death of practitioners, it also triggered a greater crisis - the successive use of magic weapons.

After the disappearance of the Negative Spirits, no one knew anymore that the world had a carrying limit. The influx of magic weapons into the market would inevitably be accompanied by their use, and the excessive use of magic weapons would rapidly consume the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. Over time, the collapse of the world became a matter of course.

Therefore, the impact of the fake heavenly way was already evident early on, but the changes were so subtle that almost no one noticed.
Or maybe someone notices it but doesn’t know what to do.

It is indeed necessary to discuss with my father how much money the Mei family has, and then plan to find Fang Qing or Shang Nanyi to buy back the magic weapon.
only……
The large-scale purchase of magic weapons will inevitably attract covetousness from all parties, making the Mei family's situation even more dangerous.

What should we do?

Pei Mingyan flipped through a few more pages of the book. This was information about Xuantian Sect. He didn't find anything unexpected. Everything was quite normal. Apart from the fact that Shang Nanyi was a poor little boy who was not loved by anyone because his father died, there was no other particularly useful information.

Pei Mingyan put the book on the table, picked up the pen and quickly wrote a letter. He folded it casually and placed the letter on a round plate beside him.

In an instant, the letter turned into a paper crane, flapped its wings, flew around him twice, and slowly flew out of the window.

Around lunch time, the pharmacy manager finally arrived.

His attire was nothing like when he was in the academy. Not only was he sturdy, but he also had a beard, making him look more like a martial artist who had not yet practiced martial arts. At first glance, he did not have the aura of a cultivator. His clothes were also made of ordinary materials, without any formations engraved on them. Judging from the style, they seemed to be some kind of suit.

At another glance, he recognized that this was the attire of a bodyguard from an escort agency.

The escort looked alert and vigilant until he looked up and saw him, then he relaxed a little.
Soon, the escort became ecstatic, "Young Master!"

Pei Mingyan stopped him from kneeling, "It's not customary to make people kneel here."

The escort tore off the big beard on his cheeks, and shaved the white beard on his chin short, and probably dyed it, so it was dark.
After removing the disguise, the medicine steward untied the straps on his arm clothes, reached into his sleeves and fumbled for a long time, then took out a red brocade bag with gold thread, knelt on the ground with both hands raised, "Master, this is the task you assigned to me! Yao Huichun will live up to your trust!"

Pei Mingyan helped him up, took him to sit at the table, and poured him a cup of tea.
"Drink some water and take a rest first. Since we are already at the Mei family, nothing will happen."

Yao Huichun licked his lips and then realized that he had not dared to drink water along the way.
Since he was worried about the abbess's revenge, he was naturally on guard. Tang Gu was especially good at poisoning the water, so he was extremely cautious and did not touch a drop of water.
Unexpectedly, the young master actually noticed such a small thing. Yao Huichun felt a little sour in his nose.
He replied sullenly, "Thank you, Master."

Pei Mingyan laughed and shook his head, "I haven't apologized to you yet, why are you thanking me first?"

Yao Huichun put the cup back on the table, knowing what the young master meant.
This apology was not only about him being exposed, but also about the eldest young master faking his death.
This is obviously the eldest young master's plan, and it requires cooperation from others to make the plan more realistic, and he is the uninformed collaborator.
The fewer people who know about a plan, the better. He is not an important person, and he is flattered to have the trust and care of the young master.
"Master, there is nothing wrong. Why should I apologize? I knew my mission and my ending the day I went to Xinglinyuan. It is a pleasant surprise to be alive, not to mention that I am returning to the Mei family... the place where I was born and raised."

"These are two different things." Pei Mingyan patted his shoulder, and seeing that Ah Qing was already waiting outside the house, he let her in.

Several servants followed Ah Qing in, served the dishes skillfully, and then left.

Pei Mingyan added more rice to the medicine steward and handed him the chopsticks. "I guess you haven't eaten anything on the way. Eat something first. You haven't eaten for many years, so you must have missed it. These are the home-cooked dishes that the Mei family usually eats. Try them and see if you can adapt to the taste."

The medicine manager refused repeatedly. He picked up the red brocade bag that had just been placed on the table and stuffed the contents into Pei Mingyan's pocket. "Master, I feel relieved now that the contents have been delivered. The people from the academy will soon catch up with us. I cannot stay here and burden the Mei family."

Pei Mingyan put away the things, grabbed the medicine manager's arm, and stopped him from leaving. "What nonsense are you talking about! Now that you are home, you should have a good rest. I have arranged everything. Even if Xue Qingyu really comes to visit, I still have you and the Mei family. You can put your mind at ease."

"But……"

"But what?" Pei Mingyan said with a straight face, "I caused the trouble, what does it have to do with you? I still want to apologize to you. You have been lurking in the academy for many years, how come you have feelings for Xinglin Academy? I feel very sorry that you were exposed because of my affairs."

The medicine manager was terrified, "Master, please don't say that!"

"Then eat your meal obediently, and let Ah Qing take you to wash up after you finish eating." Pei Mingyan took back his hand and patted his shoulder like a good brother, "Have a good rest, the Mei family will take care of everything."
The medicine manager had no choice but to agree, and was so moved that he almost cried. Pei Mingyan was afraid that the other party would feel uncomfortable because of him, so he slipped out of the small building and vacated the room for the medicine manager, asking Ah Qing to look after it.
After the medicine manager finished eating, he said a few words to him and went to the backyard with the sachet. There was a pond in the backyard for fish to survive.
Yingshan is a snowy mountain after all, and ponds and lakes are rare there, so there are only a few ponds in the entire half-mountain Juwu.

Although it is called a pond, it can actually be considered a small tourist attraction. There was originally a huge depression on the hillside here. Pei Mingyan brought water to the depression and blocked and laid a lot of stone slabs around it, which formed a deeper pool. He planted plum blossoms around it, and petals fell into the water from time to time, which was quite artistic.

There is a fracture surface at one end of the pool, and the water flows down from here to form a small waterfall. The impact pit under the waterfall becomes an even smaller pool, with several koi swimming around leisurely.

Pei Mingyan stood on the stone slab and released "Mei Xucheng".

Mei Xucheng was still a little confused when he came out. When he saw him clearly, he was happy. After looking around, he looked disappointed, "Where is this?"

"Yingshan."

"Yingshan..." Mei Xucheng seemed to be reminiscing. He closed his eyes, looked towards the blue sky, and took a deep breath. "It smells like sunshine, it smells like the Mei family..."

Pei Mingyan glanced at the plum trees around him. The plum blossoms planted by the Mei family were certainly not ordinary varieties. Although it is said that plum blossoms can defy the snow and frost, he has never seen any plum blossoms planted on the snowy mountains that bloom all year round.
The plum blossoms in the Mei family bloom all year round and have a faint fragrance, which is different from ordinary plum blossoms. People who have lived in the Mei family for a long time can recognize this fragrance at once. If you stay with these plums for a long time, this fragrance can even invade the bone marrow and become the body odor that everyone has.

"There are too many people in the Mei family, so it's not convenient for you to go there for now." Pei Mingyan explained to him, "Yingshan is my territory, you stay here first, I will investigate the matter of the mark, and I will let you know if I find anything. If you think of anything else, you can also tell me."

Pei Mingyan concealed the fact that he knew Mei Xucheng was dead.

He always felt that there was something wrong with this matter. Moreover, to say "you are dead" to someone who was full of gratitude and trusted him very much was really a weird and scary thing.
If it were him, he would find it unacceptable. Therefore, he would not let such a thing happen to others.

Mei Xucheng's eyes were filled with tears, "I understand, thank you, young master!"

"As for your question..." Pei Mingyan glanced at his body soaking in the water, "I will also think of other ways."
Pei Mingyan placed the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the stone platform, and moved a few stones beside the pool to form a formation. "If you need anything, there are people waiting under the waterfall. If you are not used to meeting people, write down what you need on paper, fold it up, and the paper will go where it should go."

Mei Xucheng nodded, "I understand, Master."

"Yeah." Pei Mingyan didn't leave after he finished speaking, "Ah, it's still more comfortable to bask in the sun on the stone slabs. You should get used to it first. I'll sleep here for a while. You can call me if you need me."

It was not until midnight that Pei Mingyan left the pool and returned to his own building.
Ah Qing was waiting at the door, waiting for him.

Pei Mingyan said: "Why haven't you rested yet at this late hour? Is there something urgent?"

Ah Qing shook his head. "It's not urgent, that's why I didn't bother you. Although you're not very polite, you're always more careful and considerate than me, the housekeeper, when it comes to handling things."

"Don't!" Pei Mingyan joked, "Once you say that, the little brats will have to learn to be considerate and attentive tomorrow. I don't know whether they are considerate or not, but I can foresee that the elders will come to complain."

Ah Qing was amused and laughed, but she understood in her heart why the young master had been guarding there for the entire afternoon.
She got some information from Yao Huichun and learned that the person brought was a little special. The eldest young master was naturally afraid that the other party would not be able to adapt, so he stayed there to allow the other party to adapt.
The Mei family loves the eldest young master, naturally because the eldest young master also loves the Mei family.

Ah Qing handed him the booklet that he had sorted out. "The elders have come one after another to ask Yao Huichun where he wants to take up his post. The location and position are all here. Do you want to choose?"

"Send the rejuvenation medicine tomorrow and let him choose it himself." Pei Mingyan didn't answer. "If you have nothing else to do, you should go to bed early. It's getting late."

Ah Qing put away the booklet he had sorted out. "The Second Young Master also sent someone to tell him when you will be leaving the house and how long you will be away so that he can prepare things for the trip."

"Well, let him bring more. I'll take care of the leftovers." Pei Mingyan replied.
Ah Qing snickered, "Yes, Master."

"Any thing else?"
Ah Qing shook his head, "It's alright, young master, go to bed early."

After Pei Mingyan returned to the house, he sorted out the situation of Mei Shuyu. It was probably that Mei Shuyu had been hinted before he entered the Mei family. In addition, he was already ill and was the son of an old friend, so the Mei family was not wary of him, so they did not find anything unusual at that time.
By the time Mei Shuyu began to learn the Mei family's formation, the traces of the hint had long disappeared.
There are two ways now. One is to let Xue Qingyu try to remove the hint from Mei Shuyu.
One is the formation he invented. No one has tried it before, so he can give it a try.

But...does second brother really want to cancel this spell?
Why was this spell cast? What problems would arise after it was lifted?
This made Pei Mingyan a little hesitant, and he had to put the matter aside for the time being.

He meditated for a long time, and after making sure that everything was in place, he was about to take a rest.

The round plate on the table suddenly emitted a dazzling white light, and the room suddenly became as bright as day.

This person really doesn't know what it means to be low-key.
Pei Mingyan covered his forehead and his head began to hurt in advance.
Not surprisingly, it was Fang Qing who came.

He lit the candle in the house again and waited for the other party to arrive.

But I didn’t expect that there were not just one person coming, but two.

(End of this chapter)