Chapter 405: The Academy Is Always Very Polite (2/2)

However, no one felt it would be the right decision to kill him.

Liu Yiqing was the only person who claimed to know what had happened to Chao Xiaoshu. Therefore, the Sword Garret of South Jin Kingdom could just deny his story, as there was no solid proof.

On the other hand, everyone here could see that Liu Yiqing was badly injured. No matter how unreasonable the Tangs were, they couldn't justifiably stop the people of the South Jin Kingdom from healing Liu Yiqing and taking him away.

However, it was obvious that Ning Que didn't want Liu Yiqing to leave the Academy alive.

The podao remained steady in Ning Que's hand.

Liu Yiqing lowered his head. On the outside, it seemed like he had resigned himself to his execution. In reality though, he was keenly listening to the sounds around them carefully.

The envoy from the South Jin Kingdom was still shouting at the soldiers of the Yulin Royal Guards, and the two students' faces looked so enraged that it seemed they might draw their swords out any minute now and fight their way through.

The atmosphere tensed because of the confrontation.

At this time, a voice rang out from the side gate, which had been quiet for a long time.

The sound was peaceful, but also serious, as if no one was allowed to argue with it.

”This person has been sitting here for three months and has shown his great determination. It was very impolite of us to not invite him in. And now, he has been seriously injured, even his eyes are blind. Judging by this situation, it would not be a good idea to force him to travel the long distance home. And it is certainly not acceptable to just leave him there to let him die. This isn't how our Academy treats our guests. Youngest Brother, why haven't you brought him into the Academy to heal him?”

Listening to the wordy nonsense he said, the crowd was initially confused at the message he wanted to deliver. But when they heard him say that they were going to take Liu Yiqing into the Academy, everyone became shocked.

There were many amazing people in the Academy.

But only one could talk so much rubbish in such a serious tone. He could be a bully and lock Liu Yiqing into the Academy.

Of course it was the Second Brother.

Ning Que smiled and sheathed his podao.

Professor Huang He smiled bitterly and shook his head, wondering to himself how this had turned into such a troublesome matter.

The fight between the brother of the Sage of Sword, Liu Yiqing, and Mr. Thirteen of the Academy, Ning Que, was finally over. The audience cleared away with unsatisfied expressions on their faces. Unable to understand what had really happened during the fight, those ordinary people were left amazed at how quickly the fight had ended. In their eyes, the entire fight was just a single stab of a sword from one person towards the other, while the other one hacked back.

However, not understanding it didn't mean they wouldn't discuss it. This well-known fight would definitely transform into a completely different story after being retold many times by them, quickly becoming a legend that was far more exciting than the real fight had been.

Long after this incident, there would still be lots of people crowding around in a tavern or a temple, discussing the simple but powerful hack. For ordinary people in Chang'an, it would be talked about even longer.

The several carriages also left. Only the carriage that belonged to the mission from the West-Hill Palace remained there, standing alone.

Cheng Lixue didn't leave. He walked out of his carriage and came over to He Mingchi. He glanced at the side gate with a confused look.

The side gate was closed. On the brick ground in front of the gate, there remained some blood stains and some ridges made of dust. In the beginning, they had been a testament to Liu Yiqing's power, but now, they seemed like nothing more than a farce.

”Is combining martial arts with talismans really possible?”

With his brows furrowed, Chen Lixue was buried in his thoughts. As a Priest of the Revelation Department of the West-Hill Divine Palace, he was a knowledgeable expert of cultivation. Yet he had never read or heard of anyone who had succeeded in such a technique.

”Even if you had really combined martial arts with talismans during your three-month penance, why did you still use our West-Hill Divine Skill in your last attack?”

Chen Lixue asked himself a question.

This was the same question asked by Liu Yiqing, right after he found out that he was blind.

”Why does Ning Que know the Divine Skill? Who taught him?”

As if hearing him echo his thoughts, He Mingchi, who had been silent till now, answered quietly, ”Ning Que is a student of the Headmaster, that alone means that anything is possible.”

According to the cla.s.sics in the West-Hill Divine Palace and the prestigious G.o.ds, the Headmaster of the Academy was capable of practically any feat.

Just when Chen Lixue was about to agree with this conclusion, he realized that it might not be as simple as that.

He remembered the young girl he had seen just then.

The young girl who had been quietly standing under the big tree.

He understood.

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