Chapter 354 (2/2)
Second Brother walked to the stream, looked around at him and said, ”You did well in the war at the Southern Gate Temple.”
Being praised by Senior Brothers for the second time, Ning Que smiled with pride. Then he remembered the no-boundary spirit he thought after the war, he asked curiously, ”When I climbed the mountain, I saw the sentence 'An upright man has no boundary' at the outside of the wooden door, but what did Prince Long Qing see?”
”He saw 'An upright man doesn't compete with others'.”
Looking at him, Second Brother said, ”Master once said, 'A man of integrity should not compete, if so he will be shot dead'. But he still wanted to defeat you so much, so I guess he deserved to be shot by you.”
Hearing what he said, Ning Que was shocked and amazed at how Headmaster of Academy predicted future so accurately. The words he left on the stele out of the wooden door already hinted what would happen that day.
Second Brother was still thinking about the tricky problem. He noticed the admirable expression on Ning Que's face and said encouragingly, ”You need to work hard the whole life to reach master's level.”
Ning Que nodded his head unconsciously.
Senior Brother continued, ”Master never got married so that he can concentrate on cultivating. It is the same for you; better not thinking about marriage if you want to become as powerful as him.”
Ning Que said surprisingly, ”Temporarily?”
Second Brother said seriously, ”Better never getting married.”
Ning Que was so shocked dead right now that he forgot how dangerous it was to argue with Second Brother. He waved his hands and exclaimed, ”It is impossible! If I were single for the whole life then I would become someone as sad as my teacher!”
Mo Shanshan and Ning Que left the back of the mountain at dusk. At that time, all people living at the back of the mountain gathered together at the yard of Second Brother near the waterfall for a very important meeting.
Everyone was present.
Everyone except scholars came there, found a place and seated. For this meeting, all of them, no matter those who were practicing vertical bamboo flute or string instrument or those who were in the middle of a chess game, stopped what they were doing.
Normally they would never be so obedient. Even Second Brother sometimes could not find them when they were hiding from him. But today was different because Eldest Brother was back.
As long as Eldest Brother was in the Academy, it was always easy to spot these people, no matter they pretended to be a stone, a squirrel, a flower or gra.s.s in the wood.
There was no news recently in the Academy. The fact that Ning Que entered the secular world and defeated Monk Guan Hai, the successor of the Elder of Lanke Temple failed to draw their attention, as in their mind, their own Younger Brother would never lose to anyone, although in terms of cultivation state, he was a long way away from themselves.
Beigong Weiyang held Eldest Brother's shoulder and said bitterly, ”Dear Eldest Brother, what on earth happened? Please can you make this meeting short, I am at the key point of composing my music.”
Fifth Brother said impatiently, ”We already threw a welcoming party when you were back. What is this time? I am about to checkmate Eighth Brother. I can't give him an excuse to cheat.”
Eighth Brother sneered and said, ”I think the truth is you are about to lose. Why don't we just continue the game?”
The yard was full of noise. Looking at the noisy crowd, Eldest Brother said
Eldest Brother said helplessly, ”Don't worry, don't worry. Take it easy.”
At this moment, a hand clapped on the table.
Clap!
The room became deadly quiet. Second Brother glanced at the crowd coldly, and everyone's head lowered.
Eldest Brother frowned and said, ”Jun Mo, don't be angry.”
Second Brother stood up quickly and said respectfully, ”My bad, Senior Brother.”
That was the biologic chain at the back mountain. Second Brother could deter all the Younger Brothers and Sisters, who were not afraid of Eldest Brother at all. But when facing Eldest Brother, he became extremely obedient.
Chen Pipi blew at his swollen hands. Looking at the docile Second Brother, he smiled, thinking that Second Brother was like a doormat.
But with Second Brother watching them with cold eyes, no one dared to leave or talk anymore. The room was so quiet that you could hear the little noise made by a pen moving on a piece of paper.
It was Third Sister, Professor Yu Lian, who was writing Hairpin-style Small Regular Script attentively as if all this was not her business.
”I gathered you today because something has happened recently,” said Eldest Brother, ”Since Youngest Brother entered the human realm, there have been speculations. Many officials in the imperial court tried to see whether he could agree to a designed marriage. Even His Majesty sent people to the Academy two days ago and expressed the same hope, and he asked about our opinion.”
Chen Pipi asked in surprise, ”What kind of marriage is it? A perfect match? Or marrying down?”
Eldest Brother explained to him seriously, ”Youngest Brother is a man, for him, it is not marrying down. But still, I think the idea is not interesting, neither master nor Youngest Brother himself would like it. Cultivators should live with cultivators after all, not a girl from the imperial family, besides, it is up to himself really.”
He said in the end, ”The Calligraphy Addict came here today and you have met her. What do you think of this girl? I personally really like her and I would like to see her marrying Youngest Brother. They would be as good together as the sound of a string instrument and a flute. But don't decide your opinion based on the relations between me and her.”
His words made the crowd discussing curiously. They didn't understand why Youngest Brother's marriage gained so much attention from Eldest Brother, and he even consulted them.
Only Seventh Sister noticed that Second Brother looked unhappy after hearing the words.
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