Chapter 1118: 18: Heavenly Tribulation Heart Inquiry (Part 2)

Capítulo 1118: Chapter 18: Heavenly Tribulation Heart Inquiry (Part 2)

What I encountered at that time shouldn’t have been the first attempt by the Ming River Ancestor, but I think his method must have been a failure.”

Li Fei nodded.

If it really worked, over the years, the Ming River Ancestor would have long since wreaked havoc everywhere.

And the court would surely have taken action.

“Is the opponent now trying to achieve new results and attempt again in Tan City?”

Li Fei asked.

Ning Qingman: “No, the opponent is coming after me; this is a meticulously designed trap.”

Li Fei: “Why do you say that?”

Ning Qingman: “Under heavenly tribulation, ordinary people possessed by Yin Soul and tainted with the ink of cause and effect will be implicated, dying violently. The opponent uses such means against Tan City to force me to take action to save people.”

Li Fei frowned: “If you want to save people, how do you save them?”

“Resist the heavenly tribulation head-on.”

Ning Qingman said casually, her tone calm.

“…”

Li Fei did not ask why she would risk so much for a group of unrelated people.

The girl who can use the Ning Family Swordsmanship might just be part of the answer.

Ning Qingman looked at Li Fei: “Do you now understand why I asked you to leave? If it were just facing Li Ming and the Ming River Ancestor, without Li Ming’s combat power recovering, you could indeed offer some help, and we would indeed have a chance to win.

But if I actively resist the heavenly tribulation while dealing with the assaults of two peak strong persons, even for me, it’s a near-death scenario!”

“What about Pavilion Master Wen, won’t she help? Doesn’t she want Li Ming dead?”

Li Fei asked.

Ning Qingman shook her head: “Sister Wen’s Tao requires little involvement with cause and effect; she has severed her ties of cause and effect with Li Ming when acting on Tiansha Mountain. The reason she helped me to calculate Li Ming’s whereabouts was to sever her ties of cause and effect with me.

From now on, whether I or Li Ming die is irrelevant to her. So she won’t be involved in this round.”

“…. ”

Li Fei felt a sense of loneliness and solitude in her tone.

This situation was indeed different from what he had imagined.

Ning Qingman smiled: “Perhaps in your heart, you think I’m very foolish, knowing it’s a trap yet still stepping into it; but in this lifetime, people always have to do a few foolish things.”

She turned to look at the distant sunset, which was becoming a bit dim, her hands placed behind her:

“You should go, given your status, as long as you don’t interfere actively, they won’t act against you.”

“…”

“By the way, for the sake of my guidance in swordsmanship during this period, take away that little girl named Nie Susu; she isn’t tainted with the ink of cause and effect. If today I perish and my Tao fades, I hope Marquis Jing’an can ensure her lifelong peace.”

“…. Alright.”

A moment later, only one person remained on the rooftop.

Once Li Fei had departed, Ning Qingman was not surprised; she came to the edge of the rooftop and sat down, her legs dangling outside.

She took off her cloak, propping her hands on either side, and looked into the distance.

When she was young, she most enjoyed sitting on her home’s roof like this, legs swaying and watching the sunset.

Watching the distant sunset fall bit by bit, Ning Qingming recalled many things from the past.

She was highly talented from a young age, and her family had high hopes for her.

At thirty-two, she achieved a breakthrough to become a Martial Arts Master.

Such speed, even in today’s age of emerging talents, would count as a peerless talent!

Yet a newly breakthrough Martial Arts Master is like a mantis trying to stop a car against a great trend.

At thirty-three, the Ning family was annihilated.

The main reason for the Ning family’s demise was their involvement in faction rivalry, being killed by opponents.

Additionally, part of this was because Li Ming, using the Demon Fetus Soul Seed, secretly controlled part of the Ning Family for profit, creating chaos.

Thus, Li Ming could learn the Ning Family Swordsmanship and teach it to Nie Susu.

Those who caused the Ning family’s demise were all killed by the new emperor after his ascension.

The only enemy of the Ning family left was Li Ming.

But Li Ming achieved a breakthrough to become a Martial Saint three years after the Ning family’s demise.

Though the new emperor valued Ning Qingman, he wouldn’t deplete national power to aggressively kill a peak strong person for an already annihilated Ning family.

Thus, revenge had to rely on herself.

After learning the truth, Ning Qingman’s cultivation progressed rapidly!

At forty-three, she became a Great Grandmaster.

At fifty-six, she reached the Peak of Dao Establishment Realm and prepared for a breakthrough.

It was only on the day of the breakthrough that she realized Li Ming had also been secretly observing her.

Li Ming had been waiting for Ning Qingman’s breakthrough to complete his own great Tao.

Just at the critical moment, Wen Xuexian from Red Dust Pavilion intervened to save Ning Qingman, allowing her to successfully achieve a breakthrough, becoming the youngest Martial Saint in history!

After becoming a Martial Saint, Ning Qingman began to chase and kill Li Ming.

Their enmity lasted for decades, even until today.

Finally, it’s time for a resolution.

As the last ray of the setting sun disappeared over the horizon, dusk surged like a tide from afar.

Ning Qingman sat on the rooftop, alone facing the entire world, gradually engulfed by the dusk.

….

“Li Fei has taken that Nie Susu out of the city.”

In the dark room, the voice of the Ming River Ancestor whispered in Li Ming’s ear:

“Ning Qingman stayed behind and didn’t leave; however, she might have purposely stayed to wait for me to trigger the heavenly tribulation and then take advantage of the opportunity to strike.”

“Ha.”

Li Ming let out a cold laugh, “Even without those arrangements, I have a thirty percent chance she’ll stay to save people. With those arrangements, I have at least a seventy percent chance! Now that she allowed Li Fei to take Nie Susu away and stayed herself, it indicates she’s already decided to resist the heavenly tribulation head-on!”

The most brilliant part of this scheme doesn’t lie in using the Ming River Ancestor to trigger the heavenly tribulation.

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