The little girl was sitting on the bow of the boat, crying.
She was wearing a cotton-padded jacket, but it got wet from the sea water. At this moment, the cotton-padded jacket was frozen in the cold wind, and it felt like she was wearing ice scum when she put it on. She was wearing a soaring whip, and her white and tender little hands were holding on to the wooden wall of the ship's side. Her face, which was red from the cold, looked a little baby fat.
After meeting Ning Jiujiu, she hugged Ning Jiujiu's thigh as if she were a close relative, raised her head with tears in her eyes, and kept calling daddy, daddy.
Ning looked down at her for a long time, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.
Lu Marian walked to him, knelt down, looked at the poor little girl, took out a handkerchief and wiped her face. She raised her head and glanced at Ning Changchun, and said, "Disciple has made his mark. , I didn’t expect you to have seeds outside.”
Ning Jiujiu sighed, he also squatted down, touched the little girl's head, and said softly: "Which family are you a child from? Are you separated from your parents? Stop crying, I will take you to find them .”
But the little girl hugged his thigh tightly and didn't let go. She rubbed her tearful face against his trouser legs: "Daddy... wuwuwu, daddy... don't let me go."
"I'm not your father." Ning Jiujiu said earnestly, trying to rub away her little hand holding him.
"Woo... Wu, you are my daddy." The little girl refused to let go.
Lu Marian looked at the child's appearance and felt pity. She was also suspicious. She looked at Ning Changjiu and asked, "What on earth is going on?"
Ning Jiujiu rubbed his forehead and said helplessly: "What do you want me to explain?"
Lu Marry said sternly: "No matter what, you'd better tell the truth. If there are extenuating circumstances, I... can understand."
Ning looked at Lu Married's serious eyes for a long time and sighed: "My evaluation just now was indeed correct."
"What's your comment?" Lu Marry was slightly startled.
Of course Ning Jiujiu would not say those four words to ask for a beating. He explained seriously: "Look at how this child is already six or seven years old. I only stayed in the Southern Wasteland Duanjie City for two years, how could he give birth to such a big child?" child?"
Lu Marion narrowed her eyes and thought seriously for a while, wondering why she hadn't thought of it just now.
But for the sake of face, of course she was unwilling to admit such a low-level mistake.
"Then please explain why your children are so old." Lu Marian said.
"?" Ning Changjiu looked at Lu Marian's unreasonable look and was speechless.
Ning looked at the little girl for a long time and said patiently: "Look carefully, am I the father?"
The little girl was crying by the boat, wiping her tears. She raised her head, looked at Ning Changchun seriously for a while, and said, "Yes."
Lu Marry looked even more distrustful.
Then, seeing that Ning didn't respond for a long time, the little girl cried and looked at Lu Marian and said, "Mother, mother, does daddy not want us anymore?"
Ning Jiujiu looked at Lu Jianjiao.
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The storm on the building ship was temporarily calmed down, the bodies were cleared out, and there were cries all over the ship.
Because the ship was protected by the huge Sea Kingdom, the investigation into the disaster was also carried out one after another by the Sea Kingdom monks.
This time the incident did not seem to be accidental, but more like it had been planned for a long time. It was as if something of great value was hidden on this ship, which could attract the prying eyes of a large group of robber dragons and a large monster.
After the body fragments of the algae dragon demon were studied, it caused an even greater uproar.
This algae dragon is like a living fossil. Hundreds of years ago, there were often big monsters making trouble outside the sea country. The big monster was the monster born from the dragon and the sea monster. Later, the great monks of Luoshu Tower died on a rainy night. He personally set foot on the sea in a lonely boat, fought bloody battles with the algae dragon for three days and three nights on the dark and unlucky sea, and finally severely injured the algae dragon and drove him back to the underground dragon cave.
Algae Dragon has not been born for decades after being injured. Why does it dare to ignore Luo Shulou's prohibition and reappear in the world now
Judging from the three corpses killed by the algae dragon, it seemed that it was determined to kill, and it seemed that it would not hesitate to kill all the people in the boat.
Ning Jiujiu also used Shura's spiritual power to launch a network of spiritual consciousness to investigate. Apart from the death energy all over the ship, he found no other abnormalities in the ship.
Of course, he had no intention of paying attention to this at the moment.
Ning Changjiu and Lu Marian were sitting in the dining room, frowning as they looked at the skinny girl who had put on clean clothes.
"Whose child are you from? Why do you randomly identify people as your parents?" Ning Jiujiu asked.
Lu Marry also said softly: "Don't worry, tell the truth, well... we are good people."
The little girl had stopped crying.
She seemed to have been hungry for a long time. She lowered her head and picked up the dry food on the table, stuffed it into her mouth in small bites, and chewed hard.
After eating half of the pot, the little girl spoke softly: "I... I don't know who my parents are?"
"Then who did you get on the boat with?" Ning Jiujiu asked curiously.
The little girl explained: "The man who took me on the boat was a man in black clothes. I didn't know him. He said he would take me to a good place where there would be delicious food..."
Ning Jiujiu made a preliminary conclusion: "It seems that he is a liar who abducts children."
"Well, he's a liar..." the little girl complained: "He jumped into the sea first to find something delicious, and didn't take me with him..."
"..." Ning Jiujiu thought about it seriously and asked, "Then where are you from?"
The little girl stretched out her finger and pointed at the surface.
Nanzhou…
Ning Jiujiu asked again: "Then do you still remember where your home is?"
"I don't remember." The little girl said honestly.
"Where are your parents?"
"I...my mother was buried."
"Bury it?" Ning Changjiu felt pity and regret in his heart.
"Well, when my mother was buried, she was still calling my name." The little girl said timidly, her nose twitching, as if she was about to cry again.
Buried alive? ! Ning Jiujiu and Lu Marian looked at each other, feeling cold in their hearts.
Ning hesitated for a moment, then asked softly: "What about your father?"
The little girl said: "They said, Daddy... Daddy has been locked up."
Looks like a criminal...
Her mother was buried alive, her father was a criminal, and she was kidnapped and trafficked to Middle-earth, encountering such disasters along the way...
Lu Marry couldn't help but think of her childhood. She shook her head slightly and showed a bitter smile.
Ning looked at her big watery eyes for a long time, and quietly opened his sea of consciousness to cover the little girl's body. His pupils were covered with a layer of faint golden light, and he silently checked to make sure that there was no evil spirit on her body. Parasites like imprints.
The little girl was sitting on the chair, with only half of her butt resting on the chair. Her shoulders were narrowed, and her lowered head occasionally raised, and she glanced at them quietly, looking very reserved.
Lu Marianzheng and Ning Jiujiu discussed in low voices how to place the child.
The little girl looked at Lu Wenwen and launched a fatal blow.
"Mom, you look so beautiful!"
Lu Marry's makeup was slightly concealed at the moment, but she was still extremely beautiful, which could not be compared with ordinary beautiful women.
Ning Jiujiu often complimented her appearance, but even though his words were extravagant, they always made her feel hypocritical. But now, these simple words are spoken from the mouth of an innocent and cute little girl, and the effect is completely different.
After all, there is a saying called "Children are not deceived", which means that children and the elderly will not lie to themselves...
"Let's take her in," Lu Marion suggested.
Ning Jiujiu always felt that there was something fishy about this matter. He looked out the window where the snow had not stopped falling and the sea breeze was blowing, and he briefly made some calculations in his mind.
The little girl whispered: "Daddy doesn't seem to like me."
Lu Marion reached out and touched her head and said, "Don't worry, mother is in charge of the family."
The little girl sighed with emotion: "Mom is so amazing!"
Lu Jiaojian’s smile was as bright as a flower.
Ning Jiujiu withdrew his gaze and calmed down his slightly chaotic emotions.
"What's your name?" Ning Changjiu asked.
The little girl looked at him and timidly said: "Qiu Yue."
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Ning Changjiu and Lu Jianjian never thought that they would pick up a cheap daughter just by taking a boat.
This daughter is indeed cheap. She is not picky about food or clothing. After being cautious in the first few days, she has now become more lively. She is jumping up and down and asking endless questions.
"Dad, how did you and mother meet?"
"Your mother and I... came from the same school."
"Mom, what were those scary things in the sea before?"
"Those are sea monsters. They won't make any difference. When you start to practice in the future, you won't have to be afraid of them."
"Dad, where are we going?"
"Going to find you, um... Aunt Xiaoling?"
Ning thought about the word aunt for a long time, thinking that the younger junior sister who was only seventeen years old probably did not expect that she would have such a seniority.
"By the way, daddy, what did mom do wrong? Why do you always beat mom at night..."
“…”
"Your father didn't hit me, that's..." Lu Marian was shy and wanted to explain reasonably.
"Then why did mother admit her mistake and beg for mercy?" Qiu Yue blinked and asked innocently.
Lu Marian stretched out her finger and touched her forehead, sighing softly, thinking that she had been pretending to sleep... She was indeed a cheap daughter, and there was no good product when she was cheap.
The days that followed were not too stormy.
Ning paid close attention to the aftermath of the previous Sea Demon Rebellion and helped them investigate together.
According to the information they obtained, the algae dragon's realm was actually higher than they imagined. It had already reached the seventh floor of the Purple Garden before it was suppressed.
Luo Shulou also issued an order to kill it after suppressing it. This algae dragon demon should not dare to reappear in the human world.
And shocking and major events were also discovered in the inner cabin of the ship.
The bodies of hundreds of little girls and two men in black robes were discovered.
They were placed in a pile of coffins. It is said that these coffins were carried on board the ship at night. No one knows who gave the specific order. The most important thing is that these two men in black robes are actually monsters.
"City of Ten Thousand Demons?" Ning Changjiu's first reaction was to the City of Ten Thousand Demons located in the northeast corner.
An old man next to him smiled and said: "I think this is the first time for this Master Sword Immortal to come to Middle-earth. He has only heard of the name of the City of Ten Thousand Demons, but has never actually understood it. The City of Ten Thousand Demons claims to be a self-contained enclosure and protects the demons. The cultivation level of the monsters among them is generally not high, and they would not dare to leave the city at will on weekdays, let alone do such big things."
Ning Jiujiu smiled and said that he did come from afar to visit relatives and didn't know much about it.
The old man nodded. Seeing that this young man was young and not very advanced, he said, "Your accent is from Nanzhou, right? Although Nanzhou is not a small place, there are too many deep mountains and wild forests to cultivate Taoism." Traveling here is difficult, and it is far less prosperous than the Middle Earth. Young people like you are better off cultivating in the Middle Earth as much as possible. If you are lucky enough to achieve a long life in the future, you can return to Nanzhou to live in peace and comfort."
"The old gentleman is right." Ning Changjiu responded with a smile and inquired: "Has anything big happened in China recently?"
The old man looked proud and said, "Is the birth of Jiange considered a big event?"
"What happened to Jiange? What happened?" Ning Changjiu had heard a little bit about the famous Jiange.
"It's the world in this world." The old man stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Jiange is the most famous sect in Middle-earth. Although it appeared occasionally in the past, it was still quiet for a while. Now Jiange is not only born, but also has to accept a closed disciple. Is this... a ground-breaking event?"
"Close disciple?" Ning Changjiu looked confused.
What kind of unparalleled talent must this close disciple of the Middle-Earth Sword Master be
They chatted for a while about Middle-earth. The old man felt that he had a good rapport with this young man, and he imparted some skills that he had studied for many years. The biggest regret of the old man's life is that he has not been able to enter the realm of longevity. He has no ability and can only grow old like a common man.
During the conversation, in the aisle of the building, a man carrying an iron umbrella suddenly walked in.
He did not look at the corpses piled on the ground, but gave Ning a long hug and said, "You are the heroic swordsman who defeated the algae dragon that day?"
The old man was startled, stopped stroking his beard, and turned to look at the thin and delicate young man next to him, wondering if he had admitted his mistake
But he saw this young man smiling and nodding.
"That female sword fairy?"
"Housewife."
The man smiled and said: "The young master and the sword fairy girl are really a couple of gods and immortals."
Ning Jiujiu asked: "But something happened?"
The man said sincerely: "This ship belongs to the Sea Kingdom. The young master has been very kind to us. If the trip is not urgent, there will be a Dragon Mother banquet after arriving in the Sea Kingdom. The participants are all famous monks from Zhongzhou. If the young master has If you are interested, you can go with your wife."
"Dragon Mother's Banquet?"
"Well, that is a grand banquet held every three years in the Sea Kingdom. Even the eight great divine sects will have outstanding disciples participating. There will also be competitions in chess, chess, swordsmanship, and martial arts. The winner will be personally recognized by the King of the Sea Kingdom. Meet me." The man said seriously. He looked at the calm expression of the young man in front of him and assumed that he either didn't understand or just suppressed the crazy joy in his heart.
What an honor it is to be invited to Dragon Mother’s banquet. He saved the ship and saved the reputation of the sea country from unnecessary damage. This invitation letter can be regarded as an equivalent reward.
Thinking about this, the man took out the two letters handed to him by the ship owner from his arms.
The letter was pure black with a corner of lacquered gold, reflecting a ferocious sea beast totem, which was the imagination of the people of the Sea Kingdom about the great god Xuanze in mythology.
The old man on the side looked at this scene and his eyes almost popped out. Back then, he was lucky enough to attend an external banquet of the Dragon Mother's Banquet. He had boasted about it for decades. This... This was an invitation to the internal banquet. This young man...
Ning Changjiu took the invitation calmly and said thank you.
After the man left, the old man immediately changed his posture and bowed respectfully: "Great Immortal!"
Ning Jiujiu smiled and said, "You are the elder."
The old man shook his head and said firmly: "Those who have mastered the path of cultivation are immortals and great immortals."
“…”
When she returned to the room, Lu Marian was teaching the little girl how to read. The little girl was very smart and learned how to write from one to ten in a short period of time.
Ning Jiujiu couldn't help but laugh. He thought that when he finally received his junior sister, the junior sister might find that he had fallen out of favor.
The building boat broke through the waves, crossed the Sea of Destiny, and arrived at the sea country seven days later.
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Ning Xiaoling never thought that she would raise a cat while practicing Taoism.
The Ancient Spirit Sect was built on the site of the old Hades Palace, and the layout of the sect is similar to the Hades Palace in the records.
Jiuyou Peak is in the center, and ten mountains rise around it, like the Yama Hall.
There are four disciple halls on each mountain. The disciple halls are built on the mountain. When you climb the high tower on the top of the pavilion, you can see the fascinating ten mountains and one peak.
Ning Xiaoling was in the disciple hall of the Yuling lineage.
The disciple hall is far away from the main peak, so it is not a desolate place without any grass. There are also mountains, rivers and forests here, with fertile weeds and deer, and it is easy to raise a kitten.
The Fish King has now been renamed Diting.
Diting is a nine-dislike divine dog in the underworld that is similar to a unicorn. Although it is a white cat, it is not dissatisfied with this title.
When it was about to die that day, it felt a strange aura from Ning Xiaoling's body. After that, it carefully observed it from a distance for a while, but never felt anything like it again.
"Ning Xiaoling..." The Fish King frowned as he thought about the name, wondering why he couldn't get along with someone named Ning
Just as the Fish King was thinking, there were familiar footsteps in the forest.
It got out of the grass where the cat was.
I saw the little girl named Yu Jin standing in the distance watching the wind, while Ning Xiaoling, who was wearing a white skirt, tapped the iron lunch box three times with her chopsticks.
"Listen carefully, listen carefully." She called softly twice.
The Fish King sprang out.
In the past, when he was in the Five Realms, eating was just a dispensable hobby, but now it is different. It has really become an ordinary cat with only a little ability.
The Fish King approached the iron basin handed over by Ning Xiaoling and ate the dried fish inside.
"Alas." Ning Xiaoling looked at its clipped tiger teeth, sighed, looked at its slowly recovering hair, and said, "Listen carefully, you are also a majestic big cat. Who is the bad guy who hurt you?" Is it like this?"
The Fish King immediately thought of Ning Changjiu...
"To be so cruel to a kitten, he must be a sinister and unforgivable villain." Ning Xiaoling knew that Di Ting couldn't answer, so she said to herself: "By the way, I'm going to attend the spirit-pulling party in the afternoon. You You have to hide it well and don’t let anyone from the sect discover it, otherwise I won’t be able to support you.”
The fish king meowed to show that he understood.
Speaking human words is something that only long-lived monsters can do.
However, although its cultivation is lost at the moment, its vision is still there. It can be seen that this little girl has extraordinary talent and is a rare plastic material in the world.
Of course, this is still not enough compared to my peak self back then.
It thinks that it is just a helpless move to rely on others, and it will never surrender and recognize its master because of a little girl's small favor.
The fish king was eating the dried fish, and Ning Xiaoling reached out to brush away its hair and inspected the shocking wounds, sighing like an old mother about the tenacity of the fish king's vitality.
The Fish King ate the dried fish and meowed, feeling very satisfied.
Ning Xiaoling patted its head and told it again to hide it well.
In the distance, the sound of swords rang out in the hall. Yu Jin made a gesture. Ning Xiaoling packed up the bowl and ran back to the hall for class.
The Fish King looked at Ning Xiaoling's retreating back and nodded gently.
This is the last class of the day. After it is over, we will go to the spirit-pulling conference.
As the name suggests, the spirit pulling conference is to pull out spiritual objects.
Only those who pass this item are eligible to participate in the Spiritual Valley Competition.
As get out of class was about to end, Ning Xiaoling was still staring at the sword moves and spiritual skills drawn on her paper, frowning and saying nothing.
Over the past few months, she had devoted herself to practicing the ancient spirit sect's technique of expelling souls and controlling spirits, and gained some experience. Then, she made an astonishing discovery.
She discovered that there were many similarities between the Taizhen spiritual skills of the Ancient Spirit Sect and the swordsmanship of the Yujian Tian Sect.
These two methods are like a piece of torn paper. As long as you accurately find the direction of the cracks, you can put it back together.
Uncle Yazhu once said to her that the founder of the Ancient Spirit Sect and the founder of the Yujian Tian Sect were also good friends, and the two of them traveled around the world together.
This strengthened her idea—this must be her opportunity!
After all, with her hard training, it was impossible for her to enter the Purple Court Realm and compete with the disciple named Minglang in less than a month.
After class, Ning Xiaoling closed the book full of her own drawings and deductions and headed to the spirit-pulling conference.
The wooden hall was empty.
The breeze comes slowly.
Beside the window, a white cat jumped up deftly.
It jumped into the room lightly, sniffed with the tip of its nose, and found the exact location of Ning Xiaoling.
It jumped along the chair and onto the table.
"The Ancient Spirit Sect..." The Fish King looked at the stacked books and murmured to himself: "No wonder there is a familiar ghostly atmosphere, it turns out this is here."
Then, it randomly picked up a few Heart Sutras and read through them. Finally, its dexterous cat paw landed on Ning Xiaoling's own book.
It was a record book of their practice. Each disciple recorded his insights or problems in practice in it.
The Fish King turned to the first page.
It was silent for a while.
On the first page of Ning Xiaoling's booklet, there was a head drawn with a brush.
The head looked like that of a teenager.
He looked at it for a while, confirmed that he had not seen this person before, and then turned to the next page.
Ning Xiaoling's handwriting has been practiced hard, and her delicate regular script is like a girl's delicate eyebrows... much better than her paintings.
The Fish King looked at her words and nodded slightly.
This little girl's talent is better than she imagined. She must have been under the guidance of a good teacher, and she has a good vision and understanding of Taoism.
It turned slowly with its cat's paws.
Slower and slower.
It discovered that this little girl was more complicated than she thought.
"This... is swordsmanship?"
The Fish King looked at the simple figures holding swords and the annotations beside them, and fell into deep thought.
"It's interesting..." Fish King muttered to himself.
"This kind of swordsmanship is completely different from the spiritual arts of the ancient spirit sect, but why does it look like it was written by one person?"
The Fish King also had doubts in his heart.
It slowly flipped through Ning Xiaoling's booklet and began to make deductions and calculations in its mind.
The more it deduces, the more complex and mysterious the changes between swordsmanship and spiritual arts become.
Two in one…
The Fish King stared at the page, nodded slightly after a long time, and said clearly: "That's it."
It picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and started writing on the book.