Chapter 1072 – That Master and Disciple Who Just Wonst Come Out (1/2)

Chapter 1072 – That Master and Disciple Who Just Won't Come Out

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

The Mount Li Sword Sect and South Stream Temple were both being lodged at the Orthodox Academy.

Gou Hanshi's group and Ye Xiaolian's group were both very familiar with each other, and they were also very familiar with the people of the Orthodox Academy.

The moment Tang Thirty-Six and Guan Feibai met, they began to engage in their old routines of frigid irony and scorching satire, calling each other all kinds of wonderful names and issuing every kind of jeer.

Everyone else had already gotten used to this sight and was rather bored of it. Too lazy to mediate, they retired to the rooms Su Moyu had arranged for them to wash up and rest.

On the same night, a sumptuous feast was held in the Orthodox Academy. The small kitchen on the other side of the lake was once more put to use, and a few of the thinner blue lobsters were even sent over for free, much to the pleasure of Ye Xiaolian and the other girls of South Stream Temple. However, the Mount Li Sword Sect disciples, who were born in poverty, still found it somewhat difficult to accustom themselves to a life of luxury.

Of course, Guan Feibai took the chance to jeer at Tang Thirty-Six again.

As the night deepened, though the bonfires along the lake were not yet extinguished, several of the Mount Li Sword Hall elders, Ping Xuan, and Yi Chen brought away the members of their sects that did not like excitement, but Tang Thirty-Six was not prepared to let the festivities end. He called over Chen Fugui, Fu Xinzhi, and Chu Wenbin and had them compete with Bai Cai and the others in drinking wine. For a moment, a fierce battle stirred and it seemed like time had gone back to that year's Ivy Festival.

Gou Hanshi laughed at this scene, then, unnoticed, he turned and walked toward that house in the darkness.

On the balcony at the top floor of the house, he saw Chen Changsheng bathed in the starlight.

Gou Hanshi calmly and earnestly bowed, then he sighed. ”Just getting a meeting with you now is truly very difficult.”

He did not address Chen Changsheng respectfully because he had already bowed to the Pope. He was now speaking with an old friend.

His comment also had two meanings.

Other than the effects brought about by Chen Changsheng's change in status, Chen Changsheng had also spent the last few days deep within the Li Palace, never once showing his face.

Whether it was an old friend like Gou Hanshi or an influential figure like the Mutuo Clan's Old Lady, they found it very hard to meet with him.

No one understood how Chen Changsheng was able to remain so calm at such a tense moment, acting like this matter had nothing to do with him.

Was he not worried about unrest in the capital and the specter of war?

Chen Changsheng explained to Gou Hanshi, ”I've spent the last few days practicing my sword.”

This had been the explanation the Li Palace had made to the world.

Gou Hanshi could sense his Qi and was sure that he was still very far from that threshold, which confused him even more.

At such a tense moment, if there was still no chance of breakthrough, how could one put all their mind on cultivation?

Even if you want to do this, how can you calm your mind? Are you not worried about walking the path to madness?

Gou Hanshi suddenly saw Chen Changsheng's eyes and vaguely understood something.

Chen Changsheng's eyes were bright and clean, like the clearest of streams, free of the smallest impurity.

How could one calm one's heart? Only if one's mind was at peace.

Gou Hanshi asked, ”Just what is Junior Sister Yourong planning to do?”

Chen Changsheng shook his head. ”I really don't know.”

Startled, Gou Hanshi asked, ”Then how can you be so calm?”

Chen Changsheng did not directly answer the question. Instead, he asked, ”Before coming, what did your senior brother say?”

Gou Hanshi smiled at these words, as he now essentially understood everything.

Before the disciples of the Mount Li Sword Sect set off, Qiushan Jun had not said anything, nor had he given any sort of order, because the entire continent knew how he would choose.

Even if Xu Yourong had decided to flip over the world, Qiushan Jun would still support her.

Chen Changsheng could naturally do this as well.

Gou Hanshi walked to the edge of the balcony, looking down at the bonfires along the lake and the lights of countless homes beyond the academy walls. ”This matter is truly very difficult.”

He was well-versed in the Daoist Canon and was the strategist for Mount Li. On the journey, he had attempted to deduce Xu Yourong's thoughts ten-some times, all of them pointing to the same place.

Even now, no one was sure what Xu Yourong wanted to do, but some people had obtained the same conclusion.

Both involved killing people, but compared to the killing of Zhou Tong attempted by Wang Po and Chen Changsheng three years ago on that snowy day, it was many times more difficult to kill the person that Xu Yourong wanted to kill.

Chen Changsheng said, ”Perhaps you are all wrong.”

Gou Hanshi thought, Junior Sister has created such a display that she won't just give up.