Chapter 365 (1/2)

Chapter 365: The Dead Master

There were many quiet places other than some noisy streets in the winter morning of Chang'an. For example, the little alleys that crossed the city.

Ning Que and Chen Pipi walked through the narrow alley. n.o.body said anything for a long time. Chen Pipi glanced at him with several emotions in his eyes, which were hard to describe.

”If you want to ask? Then, ask.”

Ning Que rubbed his slightly pale face and dispelled the tiredness in his body.

Chen Pipi shook his head.

Ning Que suddenly asked, ”Did you want to know what the ”m” meant?”

Chen Pipi shrugged and said nonchalantly, ”Mastermind? Anyway, I don't care about these things.”

Ning Que suddenly stopped. He raised his head and looked at the gloomy sky that had been segmented by tree branches. Chen Pipi looked up together with him with an odd expression, but did not see anything weird.

Ning Que stared at the sky for a long time. Then, he suddenly smiled and looked at Chen Pipi, ”I've joined the Devil.”

Chen Pipi did not look at his eyes but continued to look at the sky. He said sarcastically, ”This joke isn't funny at all.”

Ning Que looked at his chubby face and said seriously, ”You know this isn't a joke.”

Chen Pipi said, ”But I feel that this is like a joke.”

Ning Que did not intend to give up. He stared at him and asked, ”If this is not a joke, how do you intend to deal with me?”

Only Sangsang and Eldest Brother of the Academy vaguely knew about Ning Que having joined the Devil when he cultivated the Great Spirit at the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine in the Wilderness. However, they had not never questioned Ning Que about this.

Ning Que had discussed the Devil's Doctrine with Chen Pipi once. In that discussion, Chen Pipi had not disguised his hatred and despise to the Devil's Doctrine.

However, Ning Que had wanted to confess to him under the winter skies because Chen Pipi had been too kind to him even before he became his Twelfth Senior. He was his closest companion in Chang'an apart from Sangsang. Since Chen Pipi had vaguely guessed the truth, he could no longer hide it from him. Furthermore, he did want to know how Chen Pipi would treat him.

对于这件事情,陈皮皮的应对方法很简单,沉默片刻确实无法继续装傻之后,他开始充愣:Chen Pipi's response was simple. After a moment of silence, he could no longer pretend to be dumb. Then, he began to act stupid, ”I didn't hear what you said.”

Ning Que yelled into his ears, ”I have joined the Devil!”

Chen Pipi jumped, and quickly covered Ning Que's mouth. He glanced around nervously and said like scold, ”It's not anything good. Do you want the entire Chang'an City to hear you?”

Ning Que said, ”I just want to make sure you heard me clearly.”

Chen Pipi swiped at his ears and said irritatedly, ”The martial monk's blood got into my ears when he cut his stomach open. My ears are a little uncomfortable, so I can't hear anything clearly today.”

Ning Que stood before him and told him the story, accompanied with gestures, on how he had joined the Devil.

Chen Pipi refused to look at his lips and gestures. He closed his eyes tightly and his brows twisted painfully.

Ning Que reached out to pull his eyelids open.

Chen Pipi could no longer tolerate, and he said like bellow angrily, ”Why telling me? Isn't it good if I pretend not to know anything? Or do you want me to kill you?”

Ning Que said shamelessly, ”Senior Brother wouldn't bear to do it.”

The two guys looked at each other and bursted into laughter.

They both understood that the matter was truly over.

There was a teahouse in the alley. Ning Que had not eaten or drunk anything and run for a whole night. He had been heavily injured in the battle with the middle-aged monk. He was on the brink of mental collapse. He could walk no longer when he saw the teapots outside the teahouse and smelt the scent of snacks.

The two guys sat at the table near the window on the second floor. Ning Que cleared the table with shocking speed and began to daydream while he looked out of the window at Chang'an's morning scenery, just like what he had done in the past 24 hours.

Chen Pipi acted like Eldest Brother, and began to slowly pick out the flesh from the clams in spicy sauce. He could not help to worry when he saw Ning Que's expression. He wondered that if his Younger Brother's had been injured in the battle with the middle-aged monk, and that he became dumb after being cleansed by Buddhist's intentions in that pure land of lotus flowers.

”Senior Brother, could you do me a favour?”

Ning Que retracted his eyesight from the scenery outside the window and asked Chen Pipi seriously.

Chen Pipi was startled, and he asked, ”What is it?”

”It's like this...”

”What art?”

”That's what I meant.”

”What's the percentage?”

”Thirty and seventy.”

Sound of footsteps came from the stairs of the teahouse as the two Brothers were engrossed in discussion. The two shut up and looked at the stairs in unison.

He Mingchi walked up with the yellow oiled-paper umbrella under his arms. His slight hunch made him look like a village teacher who had books and a ruler under his arm.

The government would of course be alerted by the mysterious deaths of two monks from the Yuelun Kingdom. The Chang'an Local Government had no clue of this incident and did not know who had committed the crime. However, it did not take long for the Imperial Center Administration to ascertain the truth of the matter and to find killer.