"Junior Brother…"
Seeing Ning Beichen's mighty display in eliminating Chen Sanfeng, Nangong Feiyan excitedly called out to him.
"Wait a moment, don't call me Junior Brother so affectionately. The act is over now, so stop playing these games. Tell me, where did you get the item in your hand?" Ning Beichen interrupted her urgently.
"This is something Master gave me. Junior Brother, I am truly your Senior Sister, and it was Master who sent me to find you," Nangong Feiyan explained.
"Miss, stop joking. Do you think I wouldn't know if I had a Senior Sister? My Master only has me as a disciple. Even if you are his newly accepted disciple, you would be a Junior Sister, not a Senior Sister. You should call me Senior Brother." Ning Beichen said with an expression of disbelief.
"Junior Brother, I'm not lying to you. I joined earlier than you, but I didn't qualify to be Master's formal disciple. I'm just a registered disciple, and Master told me not to mention his name outside, nor to claim to be his disciple. So it's normal that you don't know," Nangong Feiyan explained.
"Really?"
Ning Beichen stared at Nangong Feiyan's expression, sensing her sincerity. His Master did indeed only have him as a disciple, but whether he had any registered disciples before was something Ning Beichen wasn't sure of. However, Ning Beichen couldn't just believe her words based on a single sentence, especially since this was no small matter. If Nangong Feiyan truly was his Senior Sister, their relationship would be different.
"Really, Junior Brother, I'm not lying to you. Master learned about the Nangong family's situation and sent me to ask for your help," Nangong Feiyan told Ning Beichen.
"Hold on. Before we confirm our relationship, please don't prematurely claim kinship."
"How about this, I can't contact him right now, and I don't know if this is true. For now, I'll call you Miss Nangong, and you don't have to call me Junior Sister. You can call me by my name, or Mr. Ning. We can discuss this further after I contact Master." Ning Beichen proposed a compromise after thinking for a while, and Nangong Feiyan agreed, as she had no way to make Ning Beichen believe her 100% anyway.
"Alright, Miss Nangong, you said Master sent you to find me for help. What do you need my help with?" Ning Beichen asked. Although he didn't completely believe Nangong Feiyan, he was about seventy to eighty percent convinced. After all, there probably weren't many people who would dare to impersonate his Master's disciple.
"I need Junior Brother to help me protect the treasures of the Nangong family." Nangong Feiyan took out a blood-stained box and handed it to Ning Beichen.
"What is this?" Ning Beichen asked curiously.
"These are three copies of the Nine Palaces Strategy that our Nangong family found many years ago. It is said that they contain the method for achieving unity between Heaven and Man."
"However, there are nine books in total. Our Nangong family only found three. According to our family's investigation, two of the remaining six are in the hands of the Qinghe Gang overseas."
"The whereabouts of the other four are unknown. That Chen Sanfeng was after our Nangong family's three copies of the Nine Palaces Strategy."
"In the past, our Nangong family would have had the ability to protect these three copies. But now, I am the only one left in the entire Nangong family. I no longer have the ability to protect them, so I intend to hand them over to Junior Brother." Nangong Feiyan explained to Ning Beichen.
If it were anyone else, they might have been overjoyed. But Ning Beichen frowned.
"Miss Nangong, if you give me the Nine Palaces Strategy, aren't you afraid I'll keep it for myself?" Ning Beichen asked after a long silence.
"Since I am giving the Nine Palaces Strategy to Junior Brother, Junior Brother naturally has the right to dispose of it. How can it be considered keeping it for himself?" Nangong Feiyan said with a smile. This was a decision she had made before coming.
"Master once told me that if anyone in this world could uncover the secret of unity between Heaven and Man, it would be you, Junior Brother," Nangong Feiyan added.
"Miss Nangong, this is quite a burden." Ning Beichen sighed. It would be a lie to say he wasn't tempted by the idea of achieving unity between Heaven and Man. However, these three copies of the Nine Palaces Strategy would also bring him immense trouble. But would he, Yama Ning, be afraid of trouble?
"Junior Brother, I no longer have the ability to protect these three copies. These were collected by the Nangong family over the past century with all their might, through countless struggles. I don't want them to fall into the hands of outsiders, so I'd rather give them to Junior Brother," Nangong Feiyan said earnestly.
"Miss Nangong, I can't promise you this right now. After I verify with Master, if you are indeed my Senior Sister, I, Ning Beichen, promise you here that I will definitely help you protect these three copies of the Nine Palaces Strategy." Ning Beichen said after careful consideration.
"Then, everything is as Junior Brother wishes." Nangong Feiyan readily agreed.
"What are your plans now?" Ning Beichen asked after putting away the box. Although he hadn't admitted it verbally, he had already accepted her as his Senior Sister in his heart. If Nangong Feiyan wasn't his Senior Sister, why would she be willing to give him such a valuable Nine Palaces Strategy?
"As a woman, what plans could I have? I'll follow Junior Brother's arrangements," Nangong Feiyan said.
"Follow my arrangements?" Ning Beichen was stunned. According to the normal plot, shouldn't Nangong Feiyan leave after giving him the Nine Palaces Strategy? Why was reality different from the script?
"Junior Brother, when I came, Master told me to stay by your side to help you, saying that you needed manpower now. Although Senior Sister's strength is ordinary, our Nangong family has accumulated considerable wealth over the years. If Junior Brother needs it, I can provide it," Nangong Feiyan said softly. It seemed the situation was not as simple as she made it out to be, but Ning Beichen didn't notice Nangong Feiyan's expression for the moment.
"Master told you to stay by my side?" Ning Beichen frowned, unable to understand his Master's intentions for suddenly bringing a Senior Sister into his life.
"That's what Master said," Nangong Feiyan nodded.
Ning Beichen thought for a while but couldn't figure it out, so he said, "Miss Nangong, Master asked me to protect Liu Yilin, and I'm currently living at her house. If you want to come with me, it might be inconvenient..."
However, before Ning Beichen could finish, Nangong Feiyan interjected, "Junior Brother, you don't need to worry about that. Our Nangong family has some small businesses in Haizhou New City as well."