Chapter 827 – Without My Permission, the Sun Cannot Set Behind the Mountains (2/2)
When those chains were severed, the surface of the Wenshui which had been calm for so many years would welcome ten-some armored ships, each of them fitted with divine crossbows.
The drainpipe leading to the Daoist church was already full of some black, viscous, and oily substance, though its use was not yet clear.
The sun shone on the restaurant. From the second floor, one could get an even better view, could see even farther.
Luo Bu sat by the balcony, facing the setting sun as he drank while mentally counting how long it had been since the Tang Second Master had entered the hall.
The Orthodoxy had many experts, so logically speaking, even though the Tang clan had prepared for a long time, they should still have been able to cope with it.
The problem was that this was not all of the Tang clan's strength.
Luo Bu looked to the floor below.
The sunset hung over the Wenshui, the evening clouds gathered in the curtain of the night, and the trees lining the banks seemed to become red maples.
A blind zither player strummed his zither by the river.
Seven peddlers, six government laborers, three fortune-tellers, two elders selling sesame candy, and one girl buying cosmetic powder were on the street.
It was the same as yesterday.
Luo Bu silently regarded all this and thought to himself, the Tang clan's strength is truly unfathomable.
Would this fellow really get into trouble today?
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”This being the case, why have you come to see me?” Chen Changsheng asked as he looked at the Tang Second Master.
The Tang Second Master answered, ”This is Wenshui City, so as master, I naturally have to come and greet you and see if there's anything you find dissatisfactory. This is courtesy.”
Chen Changsheng was quiet for a few moments, then said, ”I know.”
With the message delivered, he intended to send off his guest.
The Tang Second Master naturally would not leave like this. He still had not met that person he wanted to meet.
”Your Holiness has a friend in Wenshui. Coincidentally, I also have a friend in the Li Palace called Baishi.”
He said to Chen Changsheng, ”I don't know where he is right now. It's hard for old friends to meet, and I want to invite him to drink a few cups of wine with me.”
Chen Changsheng replied, ”Regrettably, he will no longer be able to drink this cup of wine, as he is already dead.”
He was very calm, as if he was speaking about a most ordinary affair.
But the Tang Second Master could no longer maintain his composure. His complexion slowly changed, and then he began to noiselessly laugh.
This time, there were a few more ambiguous emotions in his laughing face, and it was much colder.
”Then has Your Holiness ever thought that perhaps your friend is also already dead?”
He stared into Chen Changsheng's eyes.
Chen Changsheng was still very calm. ”No, because I am still alive.”
This was confidence.
He was the Pope.
As long as he lived, who would dare kill that friend of his?
The Tang Second Master stared into his eyes, stared for a very long time. Suddenly, he said, ”Perhaps Your Holiness does not know, but my elder brother is suffering from a terrible illness. He has been confined to his bed for more than two years, and all medicine has been ineffective. He might die at any time. And this illness… is highly likely to be hereditary.”
Chen Changsheng asked, ”Then why haven't you gotten it? So in my view, this illness is not hereditary and that friend of mine will not get sick.”
The Tang Second Master's voice became even colder. ”Just who can say anything about a thing like illness?”
Chen Changsheng stared back, enunciating each word. ”I can speak about it. If I do not permit him to get sick, he will not get sick.”