Chapter 255

When she was talking with Senior Brother Meng, Pei Ji didn’t say a single word.

Meng Jue and Pei Ji stood in stark contrast—one in white, the other in black—and their confrontation heightened their mutual sense of opposition more than ever before.

The former, dressed in flowing white robes, exuded the elegance of a clear sky and fragrant orchids, while Pei Ji, shrouded in shadows cast by the surrounding cliffs, had his naturally pitch-black eyes dulled to a lifeless dark color.

Tall and slender with a straight spine, he resembled a pure black sword.

Pei Ji held the long sword in his arms and slightly moved his throat.

“Hmm.”

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This forest wasn’t very large; passing through the dense thicket, the houses of the small town could be seen quickly.

According to Meng Jue’s account of the demon clan he encountered, it was currently the time of the war between immortals and demons, and Xie Yu was seizing Chongling.

The small town nestled among the towering mountains had inconvenient transportation, and the vast majority of residents relied on self-sufficiency to fill their stomachs, naturally not being wealthy.

Most of the buildings here were wooden houses, making it easy to imagine the devastation that would ensue if mountain fires spread, leaving the living in ruins.

Ning Ning looked around and saw two incongruous figures at the entrance to the town.

One was dressed in a monk’s robe with a shiny bald head; the other had clear and beautiful features, looking somewhat familiar—it was Bai Ye, the talisman cultivator from Liuming Mountain.

In front of the two stood a rather bewildered and helpless townsfolk.

Facing the direction from which Ning Ning and the others were approaching, a slight lift of their eyes would result in direct eye contact.

Upon seeing Ning Ning, Bai Ye’s expression stiffened.

He could never forget the sight of that girl rushing towards him like a dancing zombie.

It was like his adult shadow, occasionally appearing and writhing in his nightmares.

Meng Jue, indeed the pride of the Xuanxu Sword Sect, smiled upon seeing the two and said, “Fellow Taoist Bai Ye, Little Master Yonggui.”

So that little monk was named Yonggui.

They were not familiar with each other, so now that they had unexpectedly met, it was inevitable to exchange a few polite words, essentially flattery.

Ning Ning always felt that these words sounded too awkward, so to avoid making herself too embarrassed, she had developed a divine skill of entertaining herself—

Replacing all the convoluted terms used in the immortal sect with down-to-earth terms such as compulsory education.

For example, right now.

Bai Ye made an effort to steady his expression and laughed loudly, “So you are fellow Taoists from the Xuanxu Sword Sect! Little Master Yonggui, you may not know these gentlemen—they are all personally trained disciples under Elder Tian Xianzi. This is Senior Brother Meng Jue, who, at a young age, has already reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage, and it only took him less than half a month to learn Taiwu Sword Technique.”

—This Senior Brother Meng Jue, who skipped grades at twelve to enter the third year of high school, completed a book titled “Five Years of College Entrance Exams, Three Years of Simulated Tests” in less than half a month.

Meng Jue easily concealed his impatience in his eyes and listened as Bai Ye continued: “This is Junior Sister Ning Ning, who has shone brightly in the Xiaochongshan and was the first in the Golden Core stage during the last round of the Ten Methods Assembly—a truly outstanding young talent.”

—This Junior Sister Ning Ning not only achieved excellent results in the Math Olympiad but also was first in the high school group of last year’s English speaking competition, undeniably a prospective student for prestigious universities like Tsinghua and Peking.

“And this is Junior Brother Pei Ji. He slain the demonic tree spirit in the Ancient Wood Forest. Although he hasn’t been under Elder Tian Xianzi for long, he is already close to breaking through from the Golden Core stage.”

—Junior Brother Pei Ji solved the final problem on the monthly math exam paper, and although he had recently transferred schools, he had already climbed to the top ranks of the honor roll.

It was very down to earth and aligned well with Marxist materialism and the core socialist values.

(T/N:The overarching theoretical assumption of Marx’s social analysis is that. humans are material beings, and their social world should be understood as. material in its actuality. To say this in another way, Marx has a materialist. conception of the world and of human thought.)

Bai Ye spoke passionately, while the townsfolk next to him couldn’t hold his impatience and spoke with a slight accent: “Do you guys still want to keep listening? If not, I’m going home.”

Bai Ye quickly tried to retain him: “No, no, no! Let’s continue talking about selecting concubines!”

Ning Ning was curious and asked, “Selecting concubines?”

“Yes.”

The townsfolk glanced at her and then pointed to Bai Ye and Little Monk Yonggui: “The Demon Lord’s concubine selection; these two are planning to participate.”