Chapter 122 (2/2)
The engraving of Vermilion Bird by a Sage of the last generation in the Vermilion Bird Street of Chang'an, the mysterious big black umbrella with unknown sources at his back and the Heavenly Power Pill from some holy place of West-Hill were all most precious and marvellous existings in this world. Together, they brought such changes in his body.
A saying in the world of cultivation went that cultivation was a gift from Haotian which was picked up by a lucky person. It was against the will of Heaven to force an ordinary person without any potential of cultivation to pursue it and such a power was only possessed by G.o.d, or just recorded in Cla.s.sics and pa.s.sed from mouth to mouth. Only Haotian Devine Hall of West-Hill Divine Kingdom owned such power, which needed great devotions of those Great Divine Priests in a higher state.
Therefore, the ordinary cultivator beside Min Mountain, the Talisman Master of Military Ministry in charge of examination, the old man Lyu Qingchen he encountered in their journey back and Chen Pipi who left him messages could simply a.s.sert without any hesitation that Ning Que couldn't pursue cultivation.
However, when the most marvellous existings-Vermilion Bird, Black Umbrella and Heavenly Power Pill intertwined with Ning Que at the same time, the circle of life moving forward slowly began to be stirred. (This sentence can be neglected)
In the pitch black darkness before dawn, the cultivator Yan Suqing concentrated all his
all his life power to break through the defense in Ning Que's chest made by his physical body. Later, the upper wing of Vermilion Bird changed into an intangible spear penetrating his Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow through the wound, and straight after, the Vermilion Bird burnt all it could touch with an invisible fire which would have finally put Ning Que to death.
The big black umbrella played a key role at this moment. It protected him like shadowy willows warding off suns.h.i.+ne, while rebuilding the Snow Mountain in his body with continuous chilly power from the night sky. But it was not enough, because this reconstructed micro-world in his body was too fragile and unstable and could collapse anytime.
Just then, Chen Pipi contributed a Heavenly Power Pill, which was as preciously as a virgin girl contributing her chast.i.ty.
G.o.d helped those who helped themselves. Perhaps Haotian began to compensate him for the bitterness and harshness he had experienced during the first decade of his life.
Ning Que didn't realize that he had encountered the most magical luck in this world. Even if he knew, he still would not understand the reason and remained unsatisfied and regretful after his fate was changed against the will of Heaven. This really infuriated others and rendered them speechless
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Chen Pipi was speechless and infuriated.
At the word ”congratulate”, Chen Pipi realized that the guy's fate should be forcibly changed against the will of Heaven and actually began his pursuit of cultivation. He then couldn't help gaping, losing his ability to utter a word. He even suspected he had a blurred vision.
He had no idea of the miraculous fight with the engraving of Vermilion Bird and the one under the protection of the big black umbrella both using Ning Que's body as the battlefield. However, as a cultivation genius cultivated both by the West-Hill and the Academy, he could figure out some causes and effects. But no matter in what way, he still failed to predict that Ning Que should have such a miracle fortune!”
His shock lasted for quite a long time, rendering him totally speechless for some time. A strong sense of admiration and jealousy aroused from the depth of his prideful but kind heart. He couldn't refrain from being indignant again when he caught sight of those messages on the paper,
It was hot and dry in summer. Although cool breezes sometimes visited and the chirping of cicadas outside the west window gradually faded in the night, Chen Pipi still sweated profusely, not knowing it was caused by his fatness or the indignation. He unb.u.t.toned his clothes and wrote back to him with great anger,
”First, I don't want to congratulate you, 'cause the thing is too absurd to understand. Second, the useless one is not reading books but you, an idiot in cultivation. Third, I admit I envy you now, so I'm unwilling to give you directions.”
”Finally, please first thank Haotian and your ancestors, as for me... the h.e.l.l thanks!”
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When he was young, actually very young, Ning Que was constantly brain-washed by a sentence, the general idea of which was: The knowledge one masters is like a circle. The more you know, the bigger the circle is. Then you will find there is more and more knowledge that you don't know.
He used to hate this sentence, not understanding why his mother and teachers always taught him such a pessimistic argument.
a pessimistic argument. However, when he finally knocked open the door of cultivation, he realized what the sentence conveyed was so real which made him confused and helpless, for he found what he couldn't understand actually increased.
Getting the message from Chen Pipi, he went to the second floor to read cultivation books, earnestly following the idea in the message. But no matter how earnest he was, he still couldn't get the trick.
He had been accustomed to the lineal thinking mode of killing people at gra.s.sland with three knives tied to the back. While it couldn't be counted as a bad thing, Ning Que decided not to think further when confirming that he couldn't go ahead, and turned to do something more important.
n.o.body knew what Ning Que would do first after confirming he could pursue cultivation.
He didn't indulge in calligraphy in the companions.h.i.+p of wine and songs all day long, nor did he find an Instructor of the academy to strongly ask for an intensive practice of the course of magic skills, yelling, ”I made it! I made it!”. He even didn't visit the princess's residence and brazenly tell Li Yu that he was now a big investment. Besides staying at Old Brush Pen Shop with Sangsang basking in happiness privately, where they would raise their heads to look at each other like two idiots and then giggle inexplicably, he just showed off to Chen Pipi and then left for the Southern City.
At the gate of the famous Star-Picking Casino in the Southern City tonight, a master and his servant whispered nervously to each other.
The lad had a delicate appearance. He had shallow dimples in his cheek and black hair. He raised his head to take a glimpse at the golden powder-painted signboard of Star-Picking Casino and swallowed his saliva not knowing if he was nervousness or greedy. He then asked with his somewhat coa.r.s.e throat, ”Sangsang, if we win a big fortune later, will they come after us to kill us?”
The dark little handmaiden felt nervous too. With a heavy casket in the right hand, she hid behind the lad, listening to the bustlings spread out from that dim light and said in a trembling tone, ”Young master, I'm more worried about your method. Percepting Qi of Heaven and Earth can help you to see the counts on the dice? Are you sure about that? If you gamble away all your silver later, you mustn't use me as stake.”
”What nonsense! Moreover... even if I use you as stake, the casino may not even want you.” Ning Que rubbed his hands together nervously, saying, ”As for how certain I am, I have shown you many times last night. I, your young master, never fight without confidence of success. Surely I will win, and the problem is, how to escape after I win.”
”You have confidence to win... ”
It seemed that Sangsang was not anxious about the way to escape at all. After Ning Que a.s.sured her that they could win, she bit her lips and made up her mind to fetch a little folded paper star from the old belt. She then murmured, ”I have taken out two hundred taels of silver from under the bed to change for a note, and in the casket, there are still one hundred taels of silver... Young master, you take them all and try to win more.”
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