Where is the righteous fairy we were promised?

"Died at the hands of the five great immortal sects."

173 - A Different Future

Hearing Jiang Ning's words.

Lin Wanqing was incredibly surprised and sat down next to Jiang Ning, leaning against him as she said:

"Then... why did Captain Cao still join the Xundao Sect?"

Even mortals know that the hatred of killing one's wife is irreconcilable.

Let alone someone like Captain Cao?

Jiang Ning casually put his arm around Lin Wanqing's slender waist, played with her soft little hands, and sighed:

"He doesn't know yet."

Lin Wanqing: "..."

After a moment of silence, Lin Wanqing took a breath and suddenly realized that Jiang Ning had amused her again.

After all, she didn't know whether Cao Wukui really had a Daoist partner.

Even if what Jiang Ning said is true.

However, Cao Wukui himself did not know that his Daoist partner had been killed by the five major immortal sects.

Jiang Ning and Cao Wukui only met once.

How could he possibly know about this?

Lin Wanqing became increasingly convinced that Jiang Ning was deliberately teasing her, and couldn't help but say sarcastically:

"Fellow Daoist Jiang is truly amazing."

Captain Cao didn't say anything, and you already know?

"Ah, Fellow Daoist Jiang truly lives up to his reputation as a powerful being who has awakened the wisdom of his past lives!"

Jiang Ning smiled with narrowed eyes, his large hand wrapped around Lin Wanqing's waist, and his fingertips suddenly emitted a stronger pink light than before.

For a moment, a slightly panicked moan rang out in the air.

……

After a long period of beautiful scenery.

Lin Wanqing, panting heavily, collapsed into Jiang Ning's arms, completely too weak to get up.

Jiang Ning gently stroked her back, playing with her loose hair as he slowly began to tell her the story.

"Four hundred and fifty years ago, at the foot of Cangwu Mountain on the eastern continent, there was a small mountain village with a population of no more than a hundred people."

"This village is named after the mountain; the locals call it Cangwu Village."

"There is a pair of childhood sweethearts in the village who grew up together and have a very good relationship."

"Then one night, two cultivators who had a grudge against each other suddenly appeared and started fighting in the sky above Cangwu Village."

"Both of these cultivators are at the Golden Core stage and they don't care about the lives of the mortals in the village at all."

"The aftershocks of the battle killed the villagers almost instantly."

"Those two cultivators also perished together, and the entire Cangwu Village was reduced to ruins, with corpses everywhere."

"Only the two mischievous children who sneaked out to play that night survived..."

Hearing this, Lin Wanqing understood somewhat.

The story of Jiang Ning seems to be about the past of Captain Cao and his Daoist partner.

She looked at Jiang Ning, her beautiful eyes filled with intense curiosity, but she didn't ask any further questions.

She simply leaned against Jiang Ning's chest and remarked in a very cooperative manner:

"Those two children are really lucky to be alive."

Jiang Ning smiled, ran his hands through Lin Wanqing's soft, long hair, and gently stroked her strands.

"Everyone who embarks on the path of cultivation will face their own tribulations."

Lin Wanqing was taken aback upon hearing this, and a look of reminiscence appeared in her beautiful eyes.

After all, her parents and family members died at the hands of villains.

Only she survived, eventually becoming a cultivator and avenging her family's massacre.

Lin Wanqing looked somber as she silently listened to Jiang Ning recount the story of the two children who had miraculously survived.

"When the two children returned, they found that everyone in the village was dead, and they cried loudly."

"But after crying, one has no choice but to continue living with fear and sorrow."

"Fortunately, we managed to obtain the scattered pills and cultivation techniques from those two cultivators."

"Fortunately, they all have talent for cultivation, and quite good talent at that."

"By sheer chance, the two children embarked on the path of cultivation..."

As Jiang Ning recounted Cao Wukui's past, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Just like when he transmigrated to this world of cultivation in his previous life, he was all alone.

It's as if cultivators who defy the heavens will always be punished by the gods.

"Years later, the two, having achieved mastery of their skills, traveled to various places to uphold justice and deal with injustices."

"Of course they were hunted down, but they never gave up for their ideals."

"Until one day, the five major immortal sects sent people to besiege them, and the two were forced to flee separately."

At this point, Jiang Ning knew that Lin Wanqing had already realized that this was the story of Cao Wukui and his Daoist partner.

So he stopped hiding it from the protagonist and said directly:

"Later, an elder of the Xundao Sect who still had a conscience took a liking to Cao Wukui's character and wanted to take him as his disciple."

“Cao Wukui was unwilling, so the old man followed him for decades.”

Finally, after many trials and tribulations, the two became master and disciple, and Cao Wukui followed his master back to the Xundao Sect.

"But over the years, Cao Wukui has still been unable to find the Daoist partner he parted ways with back then."

"He never sought another Daoist partner, hoping that one day he could find her."

"It's just a pity that he'll never be found again..."

"Because Cao Wukui's Daoist partner died ten years ago."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wanqing couldn't help but lift her head from Jiang Ning's embrace, her face full of reluctance.

"Jiang Ning, how did you know?"

Jiang Ning didn't explain anything, but simply asked in return:

"What do you say?"

Lin Wanqing fell silent upon hearing this.

Because she seemed to remember that Jiang Ning possessed some kind of method for predicting the future.

If Jiang Ning hadn't lied to her that night, and had truly awakened his past life's wisdom...

Therefore, it seems not impossible that he might possess some incredible methods of deduction in this lifetime.

"In fact, the five major immortal sects have never given up on hunting down Cao Wukui's partner, who has repeatedly damaged the Life-Sucking Array."

Jiang Ning looked into Lin Wanqing's eyes and slowly said:

"In the end, Cao Wukui's Daoist partner, sensing that he was doomed, returned to the foot of Cangwu Mountain, where he also died."

However, the people of the five major immortal sects dismembered him and left his body to rot in the wilderness to vent their anger.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances... Cao Wukui will never know about this.

Lin Wanqing understood Jiang Ning's implied meaning and was startled.

"Jiang Ning, you mean..."

"Yes, I'm going to go see him. It'll be a good opportunity to repay the kindness of sheltering him for the past month."

"But... what if your deduction is wrong?"

Jiang Ning stood up, patted Lin Wanqing's head, and smiled:

"The future may not be what I predicted."

But the past is something I cannot change.

I hope to see a different future, and naturally I will do it.

Lin Wanqing stood up with a worried expression, took Jiang Ning's hand, and said:

"Do you need me to go with you?"

"Need not."

Jiang Ning shook his head and smiled, "Only I can say such things."

……

In the afternoon.

At the foot of Qinyuan Mountain, stands the Law Enforcement Hall.

Cao Wukui was sitting cross-legged in the rest room inside the hall, meditating with his eyes slightly closed.

But soon, he opened his eyes again, a look of worry in them.

Now, Cao Wukui is only one step away from reaching the Nascent Soul realm.

Since his master passed away fifty years ago, his situation within the Way of the Tao has become increasingly difficult.

In the past, there was also a master protecting them within the sect.

Even though he and his brothers and sisters were incompatible with the Methodist sect.