Chapter 199 (2/2)

Ning Que looked at the thin ice moving up and down with the lake and remembered those legendary people standing under the ice. He recalled those things mentioned in the previous days when he and Situ Yilan walked by the lake, and could not help showing self-mockery on his face.

One must always consider the marriage after a certain age. He had not seriously considered it before, and indeed did not have any thoughts about Situ. But when he heard of Situ's refusal to yunhui general, he still felt somewhat unpleased. He also had this feeling on Northern Mountain Road last spring. At that time, he was very clear that there was absolutely no possibility between himself and the Princess of the Tang Empire Lee Yu. However, when Lee Yu left away from his shoulder and stood up to slowly recover her graceful look, he still had a lot of unsure feelings in his heart.

He scooped a bowl of water and put out the remaining flames in the stone stove. He re-sat down at the lakeside, looking at those thin ices that were like sugar glaces rather than gla.s.s. Then he said with a self-mockery, ”Someone said that there were only two kinds of women in the world, the woman belonging to himself and others. Are all of men like this?” (...Liu Xiahui's words)

However, he had always educated Sangsang to remind himself that anyone who talked about relations.h.i.+p, especially love, was an idiot. So he did not take too long to immerse himself in this self-deprecating mood. Soon he was awakened by the horrorible prospect of his becoming an idiot and began to think of something that was more meaningful for him.

Ning Que has come to the Wilderness of northern Yan for more than one month, but has not seen Xia Hou. So there was no way to watch him on behalf of His Majesty. Although he was near Tuyang City, he did not make up his mind whether to go or not. He did not know what would happen if he now met Xia Hou. Although sporadic fightings over the Wilderness had been happening, the upper body of Yan-aiding army knew his ident.i.ty and sent dozens of elite to offer him personal protection. Therefore, he could not kill enemies for a few rounds at will. Should he really waste the time like this?

As a young man who survived so hard by himself, Ning Que was very clear about what to rely on. So he would not allow himself to waste too much time. After he thought of some meaningless things like the relations.h.i.+p between men and women by the lake and some meaningful but unfinished things like Xia Hou, he started his meditation and cultivation.

Slightly cold wind was blowing from the lake, making piled thin ices s.h.i.+vering on the bank and his eyelashes closed tightly. There was a slender podao resting on his lap. With the deepening of meditation, the invisible Qi of Heaven and Earth gradually gathered together to his side, and then gently softly covered the blade.

The simple Fu character lines engraved on the knife seemed to sense something. The shadows caused by the natural light suddenly became deeper than before. And then the podao began to buzz and singularly vibrated.

A piece of withered leaf, which was brought by the lake wind and came out of nowhere, just fell onto the knife surface and was shot into the air. It was momentarily torn by an invisible force and became hundreds of tiny filaments, and then fluttered into the lake and disappeared.

The podao on his knees was slightly vibrating, so was the clean water among the white round stones by the lake in front. Those thin ices, which seemed to be fragile but in fact soft and sticky, gradually shattered and diffused aimlessly along the lake waves. They mirrored the sky, as if presenting dozens of exactly same skies.

The big black umbrella tightly wrapped in coa.r.s.e cloth was lying silently beside him.

After an unnoticed period of time, Ning Que finished his meditation, looking at broken ice cubes among the round white stones in front. He knew that he would not stay in No Doubts State for too long, for he has begun to approach Seethrough State.

At first he got Tao enlightenment on Vermilion Bird Road, and then quickly broke through Initial State, Perception State and went straight into No Doubts State. Even he himself did not know how to do it. So for now he did not have any thought about breaking the cultivation realm. At this time, he felt he was almost about to break the realm, but did not know how to do it.

He thought kind of confused, ”Should I really go to Tuyang City and send a Fu character letter to ask help for Senior Brothers of the Academy?”

Just when he thought so, he suddenly noticed more thin ices piled in front of him. He looked far in the direction of his right hand's front and saw a lot of flas.h.i.+ng mirror-like thin ices were slowly flowing over.

He had lived in the Wilderness of Min Mountain for so many years. So he was very familiar with the wild lake. Just after a few glances, he knew that there must be a hidden stream in the lake and it pushed these thin ices over. But in this dark blue lake like a beauty's waist, it was so calm on the surface. Where did the hidden stream come from?

He knew that there were no barbarians who dared to come to this forest on the lakeside. So there should be no security problems. Suddenly, he thought of exploring it and got up to carry heavy bags. Then he went upstream along the mirror-like thin ices.

Upstream, was there a beauty on the other side of the lake?

He went down the lakeside for about a few miles and faintly saw that a stream in front was impacting the calm gem-like lake surface, producing innumerable beautiful small whirlpools. But there were luxuriant trees next to them. Although the trees' leaves have long fallen, the trees still could cover the movements behind the forest. So no one could see the stream.

Ning Que knew that was the hidden land he was looking for. He smelt a faint smell of sulfur in the nose and guessed there might be a hot spring over there. Then he could not help showing happiness on his face.

Suddenly, a touch of jade whiteness came to his eyesight, then a touch of blueness flashed, which was like this lake.

Suddenly Ning Que showed vigilance in his eyes, not for the touch of blueness that was deeply reflected in his eyes but for other reasons. Then he quickly pulled a bow and set up an arrow, aiming at somewhere in the jungle. He said in a low voice, ”Come out.”

After the rustle in the forest, a dozen young people slowly walked out. Some of them also aimed at Ning Que with their bows and arrows. More of them watched him vigilantly, holding the sheaths in their left hands and the long handles outside the sheaths in their right hands.

Ning Que ignored the sharp arrows aiming at himself, but just aimed at that girl, the youngest of these people. The boxwood bow in his hands was stable as a mountain, whose string stretched like a moon. The arrow was motionless like a lake stone, but gave others a kind of feeling. As long as he wanted, that quiet arrow on the string would absolutely pierce that girl's chest the next moment.

This feeling was so strong that the lads aiming at Ning Que had stiff facial expressions for nervousness. Those who held the slender sword handles even looked slightly pale. As for the girl who was aimed by Ning Que's arrow, she looked pale on her face, with her slightly elevated chest fiercely going up and down.

A lad courageously jumped to the front of this young girl and bent his left knee forward to take a horse posture. He clenched his sheath with his left hand and faintly used his thumb to hard to withstand the ebony sword blade edge, and then bent his right elbow back to lift up his wrist.

Ning Que looked at the posture of this lad holding a sword and also looked at clothing quality of the boys and girls. He guessed where they came from and felt a little relaxed.

He looked at the brave lad holding a sword and said with a smile, ”Arrow-chopped posture? It's useless for my arrow.”

Despised by the enemy, that lad suddenly showed an anger on his face.

”I'm one of the Tangs.”

Ning Que told his origin and then put down the boxwood bow in his hands. He did not glance at these young people who looked at himself nervously and put his arrow back to the quiver.

Since he had guessed the origins of these boys and girls, he knew that there would be no problems. However, because the other side apparently had no fighting experience, he first laid down his arms to prevent the other party from making mistakes for tension.

As he wished, when those boys and girls heard that he was one of the Tangs, they gave up the nervious expression in the last moment and became relieved. Then they put down their bows and let go of their sword handles.

”We are disciples of Black Ink Garden in Great River Kingdom.”

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