PNB Chapter 27 The Mysterious Dumpling
Chapter 27 The Mysterious Dumpling
[Xiao Xi, help me figure out, what year is it in the Great Xia Dynasty?] Tuanzi's voice was muffled and lifeless.
[What's wrong?] Ning Xiaoxi was puzzled; Tuanzi's behavior had been a bit off these past two days.
【Help me figure this out.】Tuanzi was unusually insistent.
【it is good. 】
Ning Xiaoxi quickly returned to the group, picked up her basket again, and followed her parents.
The terrain was hilly, and the journey was always undulating, which caused the exiled procession to stretch out considerably due to the long walk.
"Xiao Xi, what did the adults say to you just now?" Ning Shi had been holding back all the way, but finally couldn't help but ask secretly.
Ning Xiaoxi showed the token to Ning Shi, "Father, don't worry, I'm now officially registered with Lord Tiangang. I don't need to report to the Celestial Master Pavilion anymore. I won't have to hide when I encounter demons in the future. I can help everyone within my capabilities."
In fact, Wu Dayong had been keeping an eye on Ning Xiaoxi. The highest-ranking official he had ever met before was a Celestial Master's subordinate, and now to be able to meet a Celestial General was truly an honor he could never have imagined. Ning Xiaoxi didn't conceal the token when she displayed it, and he could see a corner of it from afar. He immediately felt at ease. Now, there was a Celestial General's subordinate in the group, so there was no need to fear those lesser demons anymore.
"Really?" Ning Shi couldn't hide her joy.
Ning Ziqing and Ming Luoying laughed as well. No matter what their sister's identity was, they felt at ease knowing that she didn't have to leave them.
"Father, could you tell me more about the human race and demons? I'd like to learn more about history." Ning Xiaoxi looked at Ning Shi with curiosity, her big, bright eyes sparkling with curiosity, which made Ning Shi's heart melt completely.
Hearing her sister's words, Ning Ziqing also moved closer.
"The continent of Polar Continent was originally inhabited by three races: humans, demons, and monsters. However, many of the great demon lords of the demon race were born at the dawn of chaos, possessing long lifespans for cultivation and often wielding world-destroying power. Humans, weak and with only a short lifespan of a hundred years, were frequently caught in the crossfire of the great demon lords' battles, resulting in innocent deaths. Furthermore, some demons cultivated evil arts, using human lives to enhance their demonic power, causing countless more human deaths. But our human ancestors refused to accept this fate, dedicating their limited lives to meticulous research and cultivation, eventually finding cultivation methods suitable for humans to enhance their spiritual power. They also discovered, through unknown means..." "Through the efforts of generations of ancestors, humanity finally secured a glimmer of hope in its struggle against demons," Ning Shi's voice was gentle. "Our ancestors intensified their cultivation while simultaneously seeking opportunities to sow discord between the demon and monster races, constantly weakening their formidable fighting power. They survived this precarious situation for nearly a thousand years, until finally, nine exceptionally strong individuals emerged from that generation of humanity. With the help of countless other powerful humans, they devised a plan to harness the power of heaven and earth to kill the Demon Emperor and the Demon King, destroying the ancestral lands of both races. It was truly a cataclysmic war!"
Ning Shi revealed a longing expression, as if he were imagining the spectacular scene of the war between humans, demons, and monsters through the records of history.
"Father, what happened next?" Ning Xiaoxi was also drawn in by Ning Shi's words. Thinking back to how the human race was oppressed by the demon and monster races in the past, and seeing the human race's peaceful existence now, she realized how hard-won all of this was.
"Although the Demon Emperor and the Demon King were successfully killed, the human race's super strongmen were also almost wiped out, leaving only the First King of Xia Shang. Afterwards, he established our human race's Great Xia Dynasty. At the same time, he united with the surviving human strongmen to establish the Celestial Master Pavilion, working together to exterminate the great demons and demon lords of the demon race who had escaped death. Now, the Great Xia Dynasty has been established for nine hundred years. Through the efforts of the King and the Celestial Masters of the Celestial Master Pavilion, the remnants of the demon race are becoming fewer and fewer. One day, the demons will be completely wiped out, and the human race will be the masters of this continent."
As he spoke, Ning Shi looked at his daughter with some doubt, "Actually, in my life before my exile, whether in my hometown of Qingzhou or when I was an official in the capital, I never encountered any demons causing trouble. This exile, which has only lasted for less than ten days, has allowed me to witness things I had never seen in the previous thirty years."
"Hehe, Father, that's why you still need to go out and travel more to see the vastness of the world!" Ning Xiaoxi didn't want to discuss her Tang Monk-like constitution with her father, so she quickly changed the subject.
【Nine hundred years? How could it be nine hundred years!】Tuanzi suddenly screamed sharply, her whole body trembling.
[Tuanzi, what's wrong?]
"No, it can't be, it can't be, it's all fake, it's all fake!" Tuanzi shouted hoarsely.
[No...no...sizzle...hiss...hiss...hiss...]
Tuanzi just disappeared inexplicably, no longer responding to Ning Xiaoxi's calls, and even omitting the upgrade notification.
Ning Xiaoxi nervously activated her spiritual energy cultivation and found that the spiritual energy circulation was still going on, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, at least she still has the means to survive.
How did she end up with such an unreliable system?
Traveling through hilly terrain, the roads are always winding and circuitous. Exiled prisoners were not allowed to enter villages or towns, so they could only try to follow any available paths. Sometimes they could cross the valley directly, but other times they had to go around the foot of the mountain, adding more than half the distance to their journey.
Fortunately, it's early spring, and the weather is mostly sunny with no more snow.
Ning Xiaoxi felt fortunate to have avoided demons for the past few days, so she seized the time to cultivate her spiritual power. She didn't know how others cultivated; her spiritual meridians had been forcibly opened for her by Tuanzi. When her spiritual power was insufficient, only a thin mist of spiritual energy flowed intermittently within her meridians. When her spiritual power was sufficient, it would gather into a thick mist, and with even more power, it would form a small stream. Over the past three days, she had been cultivating continuously and discovered that the stream had grown into a large river, even showing signs of becoming a flood. Although its width hadn't increased, the water volume had! The biggest benefit for her was that walking was no longer tiring, her back didn't hurt, and her legs didn't ache.
She had considered letting her family members practice this skill after such a stroke of good fortune, but then she realized that it wasn't a cultivation method at all; it was a stroke of luck that couldn't be taught. This gave her a moment of helplessness, but then she rallied her spirits and practiced even harder. Since her family couldn't protect themselves, she would protect them instead.
On the seventh day after entering Bingzhou, they entered a valley with continuous mountain ranges on both sides, each about two or three hundred meters high. The path in the valley was winding and twisting. With the mountains blocking the way, the temperature inside the valley was three or four degrees higher than outside. In some places at the bottom of the valley where the sun could shine, some small flowers with tenacious vitality were already blooming.
Just as the group was about to leave the valley, they suddenly stopped.