Chapter 591: Meng Yao's Transmission of the Myriad Phenomena

"Meng... Senior Sister?" Ning Zhuo's face was devoid of expression, his tone calm. Only Sun Lingtong, who knew him intimately, recognized the turbulent undercurrent beneath his tranquil facade. Wen Rouyu harbored no suspicion. "Yes, she is my Senior Sister, a true disciple of the Wanxiang Sect."

"The reason I often station myself in White Paper Immortal City is precisely because of a ghost tide crisis."

"Over thirty years ago, White Paper Immortal City faced an extinction crisis due to a ghost tide, and therefore sought aid from the Wanxiang Sect."

"It just so happened to coincide with that session's Feiyun Grand Meeting, so I followed Senior Sister Meng here, experienced some thrilling moments, and successfully helped White Paper Immortal City survive the extinction crisis."

"Senior Sister Meng's strength was extraordinary. At that time, the White Paper City Lord was also in extremely poor condition. It was almost entirely Senior Sister Meng who turned the tide and ultimately changed the entire situation." As Wen Rouyu spoke, admiration involuntarily showed on his face.

"Feiyun Grand Meeting?" Ning Zhuo secretly noted this point, his tone slightly urgent. "Oh? Such heroic courage is indeed admirable. May I ask for her full name?"

Wen Rouyu replied, "Senior Sister Meng Yaoyin."

Ning Zhuo fell silent for a moment, his heart feeling as if it had been heavily struck! He secretly bit his teeth, trying to suppress his slightly trembling breath, and calmly said, "So that's how it is. Since she was a hero who turned the tide, it's no wonder White Paper Immortal City erected her statue to commemorate her."

Wen Rouyu smiled slightly. "I had a part in this matter."

"That year, White Paper Immortal City suffered a frantic attack from the ghost tide, and half of the city was lost. Senior Sister Meng, in order to recover the lost land in the south of the city, then went into seclusion with the White Paper City Lord, not sleeping or resting for seven days and seven nights, discussing the related arrays."

"Afterward, she personally led me and others to kill back here and set up an array. We followed her, fighting bloodily here for three days and three nights, finally guarding the array, and connecting it to the Immortal City's foundation, merging it with the original Immortal City's great array."

"After passing through the ghost tide, Senior Sister Meng made multiple arrangements before leaving this place. She even left the symbol paper giant statue she refined in the Immortal City to serve as the array eye of this array."

"Following her instructions, I handled various matters in the city. Because everyone in the city was grateful to Senior Sister Meng, I had a sudden idea and proposed to make the symbol paper giant statue look like Senior Sister Meng. This matter easily gained widespread support, and it was quickly done."

Ning Zhuo lightly inhaled, falling into a state of contemplation, his tone slightly probing. "The power of this kind of symbol paper giant statue must be quite good. Meng... Senior actually actively left it. Such high moral character is admirable."

"My Senior Sister Meng is not just of high moral character!" Wen Rouyu shook his head. The more he mentioned Meng Yaoyin, the more radiance burst forth from deep within him, feeling honored. "You don't know how dangerous it was when we resisted the ghost tide at that time."

"Several times, the city was breached, and the situation was precarious. In order to overcome the difficulty, Senior Sister Meng even didn't hesitate to consume her own lifespan and release forbidden techniques to turn the tide."

"What? Consume her own lifespan?!" Ning Zhuo finally couldn't help but change his tone, his eyes narrowing, trying to hide his gradually becoming dangerous gaze.

"Yes," Wen Rouyu was immersed in his own memories and didn't notice Ning Zhuo's abnormality. He continued, "It was precisely Senior Sister Meng's enormous dedication and sacrifice that finally preserved the entire White Paper Immortal City. Therefore, although Senior Sister Meng primarily cultivated mechanism techniques, I always thought she was more suitable for Confucian cultivation. The Confucian principle is precisely a character of 'ren'. Senior Sister Meng's ren was not small ren, but great ren. It was considering the lives of the entire city of White Paper Immortal City and being willing to sacrifice herself, great ren and great love!"

Ning Zhuo gritted his teeth, his eyes a little red. "Senior Meng is so benevolent to the world. Although I hear it for the first time, I don't know why, but from the bottom of my heart, I feel that she is indeed the kind of person who can do this kind of thing."

Wen Rouyu nodded repeatedly. "Senior Sister Meng is not only extraordinarily strong, courageous, and resourceful, with great ren and great love, but also has extraordinary foresight."

"Jia Ma, I don't know if it's appropriate to call you this, but you should be here for the first time."

Ning Zhuo's heart stirred, knowing that just now, killing and capturing three Jindan-level ghost generals by himself had made Wen Rouyu heavily suspect his identity. Ning Zhuo had no intention of stating his true identity. Currently, only two people in White Paper Immortal City knew his true identity. Due to the Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts factor, Ning Zhuo also didn't want to reveal his real identity.

Wen Rouyu didn't dwell on this point, but continued, "So, you don't know that the arrangements Senior Sister Meng left in White Paper Immortal City profoundly changed the city's pattern and protected it multiple times."

"The White Paper City Lord's condition is getting worse year by year."

"Senior Sister left many exquisite arrangements, such as setting up the Ink Pool to educate the city's people, and also arranging treasures to attract others to enthusiastically participate in the city defense battles and so on. White Paper Immortal City relied on these to successively pass through subsequent ghost tides, smoothly."

"Alas, it's still the White Paper City Lord's increasingly poor condition that's dragging us down. If it were another normal Yuanying cultivator, we wouldn't have fallen into a situation of internal and external troubles by now. We didn't even guard Senior Sister's giant statue well... this is my fault!" As he spoke, Wen Rouyu's face showed deep self-blame.

"Alright." Wen Rouyu surveyed the surrounding mess, his anxiety gradually increasing. "Let's leave this place for others to repair. You have established war merits this time, so you should go back and report to the City Lord. There will definitely be rewards!"

"The City Lord's paper clone is still reliable." At this moment, Sun Lingtong suddenly transmitted a divine sense message.

"Little Zhuo, you must be careful."

"The White Paper City once went into seclusion with your mother for seven days and seven nights to discuss arrays, and they fought shoulder to shoulder before. But when you were in your state of identity, she deceived you."

"She gave you three symbol papers and let you walk from the south gate. She was clearly calculating you."

"We don't need to get bogged down here. If we leave, we can stand on undefeated ground."

Ning Zhuo nodded. "Old Big, you're right. The White Paper City Lord is calculating me." He then continued to shake his head. "But my mother paid such a high price to protect this Immortal City. As a son, I should go and try to do my part to maintain her past achievements, shouldn't I?"

"Of course, if the general trend is not favorable and it seems like a mantis trying to stop a cart, we will seize the opportunity to withdraw and absolutely not hesitate."

"But now, the White Paper City Lord knows that I am an old friend's son, and my mother has gained such strong recognition from the entire city's people. What kind of support will she give me?"

"Putting aside the future for now, I captured these three Jindan-level ghost generals alive for her. There should at least be a statement, right?"

"And..."

"I am very curious about what treasures my mother arranged in White Paper Immortal City. No matter what, I really want to take it back."

Sun Lingtong nodded. "Little Zhuo, since you know what's important better than I do, that's for the best." Before advising him, he already knew what choice Ning Zhuo would make. Since it was his own brother's decision, he would, of course, fully support it. But at the same time, he also threw down a sentence. "I'll tell you in advance: If in the future, Little Zhuo, you lose your head and act on emotion, I will forcibly intervene and bring you back alive."

Ning Zhuo hummed. "Old Big, I understand."

Wen Rouyu issued some instructions, letting the cultivators present repair the area, and then he took Ning Zhuo back to the City Lord Manor immediately. They went unimpeded all the way and directly arrived at the inner hall. Wen Rouyu said to Ning Zhuo, "I'll go in and report first. You stay here and don't move. You will be summoned to meet shortly."

As soon as he finished speaking, a paper person attendant pushed open the door, walked up to the two of them, and brought the City Lord clone's command. "Adult Wen, please wait a moment. The City Lord will summon Young Master Jia Ma separately."

Wen Rouyu: ?

"Then Senior Wen, I'll go in first." Ning Zhuo cupped his hands to Wen Rouyu. After witnessing Ning Zhuo's fighting strength, Wen Rouyu immediately returned the gesture with a smile on his face.

Ning Zhuo entered the inner hall and saw the City Lord's paper clone facing a huge mirror, weaving her long hair. She rubbed the symbol paper into thin strips, then stuck them on her head, and quickly used magic power to make them adhere tightly.

"Alas! White Paper Immortal City is currently in turmoil, with internal and external threats. The wind and rain are shaking, and I am deeply worried, unable to rest peacefully. My hair has fallen out a lot these days." The paper clone said while turning around to look at Ning Zhuo. "Little Ning Zhuo, you have not failed to live up to being Meng Yaoyin's son. Just like your mother, you have helped me a lot."

Ning Zhuo slightly frowned, first saluted and then said, "City Lord Adult's arrangements are skillful, allowing this junior to learn about my mother's past actions."

"The three Jindan-level ghost generals who invaded have all been captured alive by me. This can be considered not failing your entrustment, Adult."

"In addition, Adult Wen reminded me that your side will definitely give me a large reward."

The paper clone was startled for a moment, then smiled lightly. "In this regard, you are a little different from your mother. However, I very much appreciate your frankness and straightforwardness."

"Little Wen is right. I will definitely reward you handsomely."

"But before this, I still have many secrets I need to tell you."

"The ghost tide surges, White Paper is in danger, a lone goose holds a candle to break the sky curtain. The guest star should shine north of Wenshu, the Wanxiang lamp is bright, the calamity destroys itself... This prophecy poem was made by Sang Le Youling before his death."

"I think this poem is very likely to apply to you."

"Little Ning Zhuo, you are very likely the savior of my city. Just like more than thirty years ago, your mother was the great savior of White Paper Immortal City!"

The paper clone deliberately paused her words, leaving time for Ning Zhuo to react. Ning Zhuo's brain felt like it had gently exploded, and he blurted out, "No wonder Adult Wen specifically took that Yang Weida away alone before."

After a pause, Ning Zhuo said, "From my heart, I am of course unwilling for my mother's efforts and heart's blood in White Paper Immortal City to all turn to nothing."

"But if you want me to act, we need to talk about the price."

"And I cannot guarantee the final result, so I will not sign any contract."

"According to my thinking, I would rather see the savior in this poem not be me, but someone else."

The paper clone laughed three times, waved her sleeve, and said with heroic spirit, "This is easy to say."

"I see that at a young age, you have a high cultivation level, actually reaching the mid to late stage of Zhuji, with your essence, spirit, and three treasures full, not inferior to the excellent true disciples of those major sects."

"I also see that your physical body foundation is deep, round and smooth, in harmony with heaven and earth. I can imagine that a lot of resources must have been invested. It is very rare."

"Only your soul is relatively shallow. Therefore, at first glance, I could see the truth of your soul, determining that you are not Jia Ma, and I accidentally discovered that you look quite like Meng Yaoyin."

"And what my White Paper Immortal City has the most of is precisely soul cultivation."

"One side's water and soil nourish one side's cultivators. Your coming here is an opportunity for me, the savior of White Paper Immortal City. Similarly, it is also an opportunity for your cultivation, Ning Zhuo."

The White Paper clone immediately took out four treasures. One was a copy of the 《Underworld Penal Code》, one was Cold Bone Moon Dew Wine, one was Nine Springs Rest Incense, and the last was a Hungry Ghost Backlash Cauldron.

"You captured three Jindan-level ghost generals alive. This Cold Bone Moon Dew Wine is precisely your reward."

"The remaining three pieces are all considered as advance payment to you."

"The jade slip inside records detailed usage instructions."

"These treasures are all Yuanying level, without exception. Even within the Shihun Sect, they are superior treasures."

Ning Zhuo agreed with the White Paper clone's valuation. Ning Zhuo had "captured" almost all the possessions of the cultivator Heaven Ghost among the Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts. Inside, there were a large number of jade slips, recording many secrets of soul cultivation, ghost cultivation, and the Shihun Sect itself. Their value was immense. Therefore, Ning Zhuo was very surprised and didn't expect the White Paper City Lord to be so generous. This was much richer than the rewards he had expected. In fact, the Cold Bone Moon Dew Wine alone far exceeded Ning Zhuo's expected upper limit.

"This wine is what I use the most. I'll leave some. In the future, when I return to Wanyao Gate, I can give it to Brother Linghu as a meeting gift. He will definitely like it."

The White Paper City Lord saw Ning Zhuo receive the four treasures, and sighed leisurely. "That year, I once promised to give your mother the position of Vice City Lord."

"But in the end, your mother refused."

"Little Ning Zhuo, if you are truly the savior of this city, then my past promise is still effective!"

"You will be the Vice City Lord of White Paper Immortal City."

Ning Zhuo was stunned again, then cupped his hands and asked how many Vice City Lords White Paper Immortal City had. The White Paper clone replied, "Currently none. It is rarely set up. If you can become one, you will be the only Vice City Lord. Rest assured, it will not restrict your freedom. It's okay if you are not in the city for a long time. You will have a share of all the outputs of White Paper Immortal City."

This time, even Sun Lingtong was a little surprised. Such a status and benefits were simply one person below ten thousand. Sun Lingtong accepted it, but couldn't help but worry, transmitting to Ning Zhuo, "Little Zhuo, this paper woman is offering such a high price, her condition is probably quite bad."

Ning Zhuo nodded in his heart and analyzed, "On one hand, the situation is not good, and the prophecy poem prompts her to place a heavy bet on me. On the other hand, my mother paid so much, and her high moral character led her to refuse many things back then. So, this time, the reward for merit falls on me."

"I am taking back the good things my mother left behind." Ning Zhuo decided to help, but also reminded the White Paper City Lord: He wanted to try to maintain the identity of Jia Ma and hoped that others would not be told. The White Paper City Lord promised.

"Now, Sang Le Youling is dead. The biggest danger in White Paper Immortal City lies within the city. Little Ning Zhuo, I see that you think quickly, remain calm in danger, and were able to quickly come up with a way to prove yourself when you were slandered before. I can see that you have talent for investigating cases."

"Please investigate the identity of the internal spy in the city next. If you find them, there will be more rewards!"