Chapter 693 – Wind with a Message (2/2)
Tie Shu's gaze grew colder. The rain washed his hands even whiter and purer, like two white lotus flowers in the rain.
This was a sign that he was very angry.
Man cannot live well for a hundred days unbroken; a flower cannot retain its beauty for one thousand days.
(TN: The author has chosen to flip the time periods of this saying. Usually it is man that cannot live well for a thousand days and a flower that cannot retain its beauty for one hundred. The meaning of the original saying is that no good thing lasts forever.)
He began to derisively laugh.
The Pope's days were already running short.
”His Holiness also wanted me to say to you…”
Mao Qiuyu seemed to know what Tie Shu was thinking as he calmly declared, ”If, after he returns to the sea of stars, you persist in moving against Wang Po, the Li Palace will exterminate your entire clan.”
If one said that the Li Palace was a sort of sect, then it would certainly be the most powerful sect in the world, because it was the Orthodoxy.
No cultivator could directly oppose the Orthodoxy.
Not even someone as powerful as Tie Shu.
Not even the once-head of the Storms of the Eight Directions, the Elder of Heavenly Secrets, who had controlled the terrifying organization that was the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets.
Of course, an expert of the Divine Domain might not be able to resist the Li Palace, but they would also be very difficult to kill, as long as they did not fall into such a heavy encirclement as one did today.
However, one cultivated the Dao in isolation, yet there were very few cultivators that were truly alone.
They would have family, relatives, friends, schoolmates, clansmen, comrades.
After Mao Qiuyu made this declaration, the temple was plunged into silence.
'Exterminate your entire clan.'
These four words were just like Tie Shu: unyielding, cold, and giving off the intimidating scent of metal.
Tie Shu looked back at him and said, ”All of you should be well aware that Wang Po has come to the capital to kill.”
Mao Qiuyu's expression did not change. ”If he kills someone, he has broken the laws of Zhou, and there will be officials of the Imperial Court to punish him.”
Many people turned to that princely carriage on the distant cliff.
The Prince of Xiang had not left his carriage.
Tie Shu laughed with ridicule and derision.
Mao Qiuyu's statements represented the stance of the Li Palace.
This stance was very cold.
”He's come to kill, but none of you dare. I haven't killed anyone yet, so why does His Holiness care?”
”Because you have the intention.”
”This is unfair.”
Mao Qiuyu did not answer Tie Shu, instead turning to leave the mountain.
Linghai Zhiwang and the others followed.
The Pope truly had no desire to kill Tie Shu.
Just as it had in front of the Orthodox Academy, the Li Palace only wanted to display its strength.
The so-called escort was just using one's blade to bar the way. The so-called naval convoy was just sailing a boat in front. Without needing to unsheathe the blade or ram the boat, it was enough.
Tie Shu watched as the people of the Orthodoxy departed into the autumn rain, the corner of his eyes twitching.
All of these people were powerful figures of the Orthodoxy, but none of them was a match for him. Yet he did not dare strike them.
It was truly unfair.
Just as he had earlier said to Xiao Zhang on the mountain path.
Before the Pope and the Orthodoxy, what right did he have to talk about fairness?
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The yellow leaves had all fallen and the cold began to deepen.
This year's winter seemed to come to the capital somewhat earlier. Based on the calendar, it was still late autumn, but snow had already fallen quite a few times.
The people living at New North Bridge felt it all the more keenly. They hid in their homes and constantly rubbed their hands while cursing the weather.
No one noticed that this harsh winter was related to that abandoned well.
A cold wind was constantly blowing from the well, whooshing like someone playing a flute, or like a weeping that cried tears of joy.