One of my fairy-like friends

How come everyone knows this?

Mingyan was somewhat amused and exasperated. He had no secrets from them, but fortunately, he didn't really care if they found out.

Mingyan nodded. "I guess so. There are some things I want to do. Does Aunt Ning know that I promised Senior Bai Ze that I would help mediate the relationship between Yu Mudan and Gu Hanshuang?"

"I know." Ning Mengru nodded, or rather, she knew it through Yue Ningshuang's identity. "So you've been busy with this lately?"

"Hmm." Mingyan nodded. "You can't go back on your promise, can you?"

"So why did you come to see me today? Not only did you come to see me, but you also went to be all lovey-dovey with Qingfei on the way. When did you and Qingfei become so close?" Ning Mengru rolled her eyes at Mingyan again, but her tone was still gentle and soft. Even when Aunt Ning was angry, her tone made it hard for anyone to feel threatened.

"This...this is a complicated matter..." Mingyan was a little overwhelmed. Actually, it wasn't complicated; it was just that he didn't know when his aunt had started paying so much attention to him...

My aunt's own words were, "I've been watching you all along, and without realizing it, I've fallen in love with you."

Was his aunt always watching him? Mingyan recalled the past scenes, and it seemed that was indeed the case... In most of the scenes with the Huang family, his aunt seemed to be staring at him, just at different distances, but most of the time her expression was calm and indifferent, making it easy to overlook her.

On the other hand, if Mingyan hadn't inexplicably taken Huang Qingfei's hand today, perhaps Huang Qingfei wouldn't have confessed her feelings later, and their relationship would still be as bland as before.

"Heh, I bet you don't even know it yourself?" Ning Mengru rolled her eyes at Ming Yan. She knew Huang Qingfei well; given her personality, it was very likely that Ming Yan hadn't known Huang Qingfei had feelings for him until today...

After saying that, Ning Mengru sat down to the side. "So, what brings you here?"

"I just wanted to come and see Aunt Ning..." Mingyan said.

“You must have come to see me for something. Although you’re not the kind of person who wouldn’t come unless there’s a reason, if there really wasn’t, you would have hugged me immediately after I woke up.” Ning Mengru stared at Ming Yan, completely seeing through him. Ming Yan was a little embarrassed. Aunt Ning really knew him too well. In this respect, even his master might not be as good as Aunt Ning.

"There is something, but it's nothing serious." Mingyan nodded, unable to deny it any longer, but now wasn't the right time to say it directly...

Ultimately, although Aunt Ning is easier to talk to than Master, if you directly try to get Aunt Ning to accept cultivating with Fei Xuan, she most likely wouldn't accept it.

"Looks like it's something I can't accept right now..." Ning Mengru narrowed her eyes. "Let me think..."

“Aunt Ning…being too smart isn’t good…” Mingyan finally couldn’t hold back, stepped forward and hugged Ning Mengru’s slender waist, then kissed her, silencing her in this way.

After a while, Ming Yan finally released Ning Mengru. He looked at Ning Mengru, whose face was slightly flushed, and felt a little helpless. "Aunt Ning knows me well. There are some things that I find very easy to do, but sometimes they can be a bit of a headache."

"You're too easy to understand..." Ning Mengru's face flushed, and she placed her hands on Ming Yan's chest. "Idiot... just say what you want to say, there's no point in hiding it..."

“…” Ming Yan released Ning Mengru, scratching his head. “I told you, it’s nothing serious…it’s just…I just hope Aunt Ning…”

"Stop stammering... just say it..." Ning Mengru saw that Ming Yan was still hesitant, so she reached out and tapped Ming Yan's brow. "The Ming Yan I know isn't someone who hesitates like this..."

Upon hearing Aunt Ning's words, Mingyan made up his mind and directly transmitted his thoughts to Ning Mengru.

"I hope Aunt Ning can cultivate with me along with Fei Xuan."

"..." Ning Mengru's faint blush hadn't faded yet, and it became even redder now. She stretched out her jade-like finger and flicked Ming Yan's forehead.

Ning Mengru didn't use much force, still afraid of hurting Ming Yan. She glared at him and said coquettishly, "You, you're too bold!"

"Aunt Ning..." Mingyan quickly hugged Ning Mengru, holding her tightly in his arms, and then said with a grin, "It was bound to happen sooner or later, there's always a first time, right?"

"Pah! Have you no shame?" Ning Mengru, unable to move her hands after being embraced by Ming Yan, simply nudged him with her head. "I don't agree..."

"Aunt Ning~~~" Mingyan said in a coquettish tone, "Master doesn't agree, and you don't agree either~"

"Master...? So you came to me after being rebuffed by your master, right?" Ning Mengru was even more embarrassed and annoyed upon hearing this. Her cheeks puffed up slightly, and she was genuinely angry now.

Aside from that previous sentence, Mingyan and Ning Mengru hadn't communicated telepathically, so... Yue Wuxia was currently observing the situation through the Heart-Connecting Pendant. Seeing that Ning Mengru had also decisively refused, Yue Wuxia's lips curled up slightly. "You brat, even Ning Mengru disagrees. Let's see how you force me!"

"What do you mean you only come to Aunt Ning after hitting a wall? Aunt Ning isn't one of my options." Ming Yan shook his head, then transmitted his last sentence telepathically: "Aunt Ning, it's not so hard to accept, is it? You and Ni Chang have already cultivated with me before..."

Speaking of that experience, Ning Mengru said angrily, "It's all because you dragged me there directly..."

"In short, it's already happened once already. Besides, tell Aunt Ning and the other woman that Ni Chang is an outsider, but Fei Xuan is not," Ming Yan advised.

Chapter 213 Aunt Ning Agreed

Ning Mengru was somewhat speechless. Was it possible that she felt even more embarrassed because Fei Xuan was too close to her, being her disciple?

"I won't do it!" Ning Mengru still refused. Seeing this, Mingyan continued to transmit his voice, "Doesn't Aunt Ning want to surpass Master in this aspect? Look, Master hasn't agreed yet, but you have..."

Mingyan paused for a moment before continuing, "Aunt Ning, what do you think?"

Although Mingyan didn't finish speaking, Ning Mengru believed that she understood what he meant. After hearing Mingyan's words, Ning Mengru was silent for a moment, then looked at Mingyan and replied telepathically, "Hmph, if I start this, you can use my compromise to threaten your master, right?"

Mingyan didn't hide anything, after all, his purpose was obvious and he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to. He nodded, "Aunt Ning, are you willing?"

Seeing that Mingyan readily admitted it, Ning Mengru didn't know what to say...

Indeed... it's not the first time anyway... before with Huang Nishang...

She wasn't familiar with Huang Nishang. Although she had met her in a dream before, that was all. As for that incident... let's not talk about it.

If she agrees... and she agrees first, will her status in Mingyan's heart rise as a result? After all, it's her own choice, but for Yue Wuxia, it's been forced.

There is a difference between the two...

Yue Wuxia clearly had no intention of accepting. Mingyan had just said that Yue Wuxia had already refused, and the reason for that... was obvious—she felt ashamed. To lose face in front of her disciple was indeed somewhat...

However, for me, it's not something to be ashamed of.

Ning Mengru was already aware of Ning Feixuan's peculiar hobby, and besides, she even had a pair of matching mirrors... At first, Ning Mengru found it a bit strange, but now she was used to it...

Ning Mengru was conflicted... Should she agree or not? If she agreed, she would have no right to refuse in the future... Ming Yan would never let her refuse, and she had no confidence in herself. If Ming Yan succeeded once, what awaited her would only be countless times, because she would soften her heart again and again.

But as Mingyan said, this kind of thing was bound to happen sooner or later; it was just a matter of time. If Yue Wuxia came to her senses before him and granted Mingyan's wish, then his situation would be rather awkward...

Ning Mengru was well aware that in Ming Yan's heart, she was somewhat inferior to Yue Wuxia, after all, Yue Wuxia was Ming Yan's master... and this was evident from some of Ming Yan's actions... If she performed worse than Yue Wuxia, her standing in Ming Yan's heart would...

Since her status was somewhat lower than Yue Wuxia's, her decisions in certain matters naturally became more passive, and she had fewer options...

“Aunt Ning…” Mingyan put his arm around Ning Mengru’s slender waist and said, “Feixuan definitely doesn’t mind these things. She told me about it a long time ago.”

"..." Ning Mengru glanced at Ming Yan upon hearing this, remained silent for a long while, and then said, "...Just this once..."

Upon hearing this, Mingyan immediately laughed. What difference was there between these words and the idea that there would be no restrictions in the future?

Even Ning Mengru herself knew that once she agreed to Ming Yan's request, she could never refuse again, but at least she couldn't say that to herself...

Meanwhile, Yue Wuxia, who had been watching the situation closely, frowned deeply. She spat lightly, "This Ning Mengru has no shame at all! Does she have any dignity as an elder? How could she agree to something like this?"

She bit her lip lightly. Ning Mengru was shameless enough, but now that she hadn't agreed, she was in an even more awkward position...

Ning Mengru had already agreed, so what about herself? What if Ming Yan came to her later and asked her to reiterate her stance?

Yue Wuxia was speechless. She didn't even need to think about it; this rebellious disciple would definitely try to get her to agree by saying things like "Aunt Ning agreed..."

She knew this rebellious disciple all too well; Mingyan would definitely not let this opportunity slip by...

This Ning Mengru....

At this moment, Yue Wuxia came to her senses. She sensed someone outside the door, and the familiar aura belonged to Yue Qingying.

"Master? May I come in?"

"Come in," Yue Wuxia said, suppressing the ripples in her heart.

Yue Qingying then pushed open the door and walked in. She saw Yue Wuxia sitting cross-legged on the bed, looking at her with a cold expression, so she smiled and bowed, "Greetings to Master."

"...No need for formalities." Yue Wuxia thought about how she would likely have to deal with Yue Qingying in front of her from now on... It's all Ming Yan's fault! That rebellious disciple...

"Master..." Yue Qingying hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I want to talk to Master about cultivation..."

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Mingyan regained his composure. He had just asked his sister to inform his senior sister to try and persuade their master again. He figured their master must have been watching him, and if his senior sister gave him another push, their master probably wouldn't refuse him when he went to see their master again.

However, now that Aunt Ning had agreed, Mingyan certainly wouldn't waste the precious time. He smiled and said, "Aunt Ning, there's no time to lose. Let's call Feixuan over now."

"What's the rush..." Ning Mengru agreed, but was still a little hesitant. "I'm not going to run away. Haste makes waste..."

"What do you mean by 'haste makes waste'? Aunt Ning is right in front of me, and Fei Xuan is nearby. Isn't this the perfect time?" Ming Yan wasn't going to let Ning Mengru hold him back. He said, "Aunt Ning, quickly call Fei Xuan over!"

Ning Mengru felt helpless. She knew that once she agreed, it would be impossible for her to delay any longer.

She could only send a telepathic message to Ning Feixuan, who was nearby, and call her over.

In fact, Ning Feixuan was already on her way at this moment. Don't forget, she could see what was happening here. So after Ning Mengru agreed, she didn't hesitate and set off immediately because she knew that Ming Yan wouldn't wait.

As expected, her master quickly contacted her telepathically. She was secretly delighted. Although she didn't want to compete for anything, completing this step sooner would help her maintain her current position...

Although her master didn't say anything in the telepathic message, how could Ning Feixuan not know what it was about?

Chapter 214 The Hidden Dangers of the Human King Body

Huang Feiyan stood beneath the phoenix statue. She raised her head, looking at the majestic and magnificent phoenix statue, and asked the phoenix telepathically, "What does it feel like to look down upon the world?"

"It will make you arrogant and disdainful of others," Phoenix said calmly.

"Just like you did when you first recovered?" Huang Feiyan said with a smile.

Huang Feiyan thought Phoenix would deny it, but to her slight surprise, after a brief silence, Phoenix actually agreed with the point of view, "Perhaps it has been invincible for too long, so it has long forgotten what it feels like to swallow its anger."

"So you can't accept that kind of status difference?" Huang Feiyan smiled.

“If I were still hiding when I hadn’t yet attained the Dao and become an emperor, I might not mind concealing my identity for the time being, and then stepping forward when I could deal with Ming Yan without any pressure,” Phoenix said calmly. “But I have been an emperor for many years, nearly 20,000 years, and I have forgotten this feeling.”

An emperor, being without natural enemies, might have some rivals in the face of dark turmoil. However, in the era of the phoenix, there was no dark turmoil, so she was invincible. In such an era, there was no possibility of an emperor losing her strength... Not to mention such an era, even in the dark turmoil, the worst emperor would only die in battle; there was no precedent of losing her cultivation and being humiliated.

Phoenix is ​​in a league of its own. Although Wang Qingchu also fell into a deep sleep, his strength was restored immediately after he woke up... unlike Phoenix, who was humiliated.

"You've been talking to me a lot lately, what's your purpose?" Phoenix realized that she couldn't read Huang Feiyan's mind anymore. Huang Feiyan was just like her, using a lot of junk information as a smokescreen, making it impossible for her to tell which was her true thought.

"Purpose? That word doesn't sound very friendly," Huang Feiyan said with a smile. "Have you thought about how to resolve our issues?"

Because it was confirmed that Mingyan could enable pure-blooded phoenixes to reproduce, the phoenix made a huge setback, and the matter of how to deal with the phoenix and Huang Feiyan was delayed.

But this situation cannot remain unchanged forever. Phoenix and Huang Feiyan are indeed the same person, but they are not the same person.

It felt like being one body with two souls.

“After the child is born, I wouldn’t mind taking you in as my daughter,” Phoenix paused for a moment, then said calmly.

"Hmm? You mean, make me my daughter with Mingyan?" Huang Feiyan raised an eyebrow. "Why not have you be the daughter?"

"This is my body, don't forget that." Phoenix snorted lightly. "You are just a second consciousness that was born in this body to manage it before I was revived. The fact that you can still exist now that I have awakened is already a sign of my kindness."

“You’re always like this. I want to have a proper talk with you, but you’ve never taken me seriously.” Huang Feiyan is no longer the naive girl she once was. She said calmly, “You have no choice now. I’m just like everyone else. From the moment I was born, I’ve been in control of this body. You say this is your body, so naturally I’ll say this is my body.”

“You simply cannot control the ever-increasing strength of this body. Even if I were to give you the body, its ever-expanding power, until it recovers to the point of touching the ultimate realm, would be a waste to give you without a complementary understanding of the Great Dao.” Phoenix had its reasons.

"It's alright, I'll get used to it gradually," Huang Feiyan said with a smile.