Chapter 395 (2/2)

If it was by another person, the person would certainly be unable to re-organize these wordings from the Tome of Arcane.

However, Ning Que was a man with adequate patience and courage.

Most importantly, when he first entered the Academy two years ago, he was never sick of climbing the old library to read the calligraphies, even if it made him dizzy and vomit blood. After which, he finally managed to use Eight Strokes Calligraphy of Yong to get a step closer to those cultivators who were above Seethrough state and be able to understand words. He had a very sensitive inborn intuition towards words. Moreover, he had an ability that could not be described. Therefore, Master Yan Se was certain that he had the potential of a Divine Talisman Master.

Now that he looked back, all these past memories and experiences, especially those sufferings and lost thoughts he had gone through, seemed like a preparation for him. They existed to prepare him to read this Tome of Arcane today.

Guess that was what it meant by luck and such luck was neither arranged by the Haotian nor the Headmaster of Academy. It was achieved through his own hard work.

As time went by, those mysterious broken sentences left by the Tome of Arcane, ”Ming” Handscroll, in his mental world gradually restored and re-organized themselves. Like the numerous amount of gravel fell to the ground in a precise and orderly manner as they slowly began to reform a mountain.

Ning Que finally recalled the few sentences on the first page of ”Ming” Handscroll.

The first sentence in the opening chapter was : Wise men, so were the Sun and Moon.

”The cycle of the Sun and Moon, the light and the darkness, is an endless natural process.”

”And by nature, it is Tao.”

”Tao develops teachings.”

”When the teachings enter the period after noon, the night will come and the Moon will surface.”

Ning Que had no idea what these words mean on the Tomes of Arcane, but he could feel an unprecedented chill and fear. That was especially when he thought of a certain critical point, which instantly shocked him.

He raised his head and gazed out of the cliff cave. He noticed that it was already late night and realized that he had unknowingly brainstormed for a very long period. That Tome of Arcane on his knees was long gone and he had no idea where his Eldest Brother and Sangsang had gone to.

Above the mountain cliff during late night was a sky filled with stars, but there was no moon.

Ning Que had seen the moon before. In this world, he had yearned for the moon numerous times, whether it was round or crescent or curved like a perfect eyebrow. Yet he had never seen it before again.

Thus, he was very certain that there was no moon in this world. Perhaps no one in this world ever knew what a moon was. If so, why did it appear in the ”Ming” Handscroll?

The few sentences on the first page of the Tome of Arcane, ”Ming” Handscroll, seemed to be some kind of prediction.

The more Ning Que thought about it, the colder he felt.

Therefore, after a while, he then noticed a tall and huge figure stood at the edge of the cliff, with its back facing him.

At that split moment when he saw the big and tall figure, a warm feeling gushed into Ning Que's body, dissolving all his fear and uneasiness into floral fragrance in the summer.

Ning Que stood up, ma.s.saged his nearly numb knees, and walked out of the cliff cave towards the edge of the cliff. He kneeled behind the tall and large figure as he heavily pressed his forehead onto the ground.

Now he had already understood the painstaking efforts the Headmaster of Academy had put in when he imprisoned him in the cliff cave.

Upon hearing the sound of Ning Que's forehead knocking onto the ground, the Headmaster of the Academy did not turn his head. He gazed at the stars in the night sky, which seemed like diamonds embed onto a black cotton cloth, and asked abruptly, ”How many sentences do you understand?”

Ning Que kept silent for a while, as he repeated the few sentences that he recalled from the ”Ri” book.

”Wise men, so were the Sun and the Moon. The ”Ming” Handscroll mentions about the logic behind the cycle of the Sun and the Moon. The cycle of the Sun and the Moon, the light and the darkness...” The Headmaster of the Academy tightened his brows and said, ”And what's a Moon?”

Ning Que kept quiet.

The Headmaster of Academy slowly turned around. With the dark sky surrounding the edge of the cliff, his silhouette seemed exceptionally big and tall.

Ning Que stared at Teacher and he felt as though he had seen him before.

The Headmaster of Academy looked at him and suddenly said, ”When you were at the balcony of the Building of Pines and Cranes, you mentioned that I was a poor old fellow.”

Ning Que grinned embarra.s.singly and wished to provide an explanation. However, the Headmaster of Academy did not wish for his explanation as he continued, ”Before you said I was a poor old fellow, you had mocked me with a sentence.”

”You mocked at me and said that I had never seen a moon before.”

”If that's the case, I'm sure you've seen a moon before.”

The Headmaster of the Academy looked at the night sky that was filled with solely stars. He remained silent for a moment before he questioned, ”Then, what is a moon?”

Ning Que did not know how to answer his question. His voice was slightly hoa.r.s.e as he replied, ”Teacher, how would I know what a moon is if you don't even know what it is?”

The Headmaster of the Academy drew back his attention from the night sky and looked into Ning Que's eyes. He said, ”That's because no one in this world knows everything about anything, including me. Yet you are a person who was born to know all.”

Upon listening to these words, cold sweat started to flow out from Ning Que and drenched his back.

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