Chapter 492: Tomb Sweeping (1/2)

Looking at Ye Hongyu, Ning Que said, ”Since you have got it, you are going to leave Chang'an.”

”Yes,” Ye Hongyu replied.

”But you haven't thanked me yet,” Ning Que said.

”This is my sword,” Ye Hongyu argued,”so you should thank me.”

”Call it even,” Ning Que said.

”Call it even,” Ye Hongyu said.

With that, she turned around and walked away, her blue coat floating in the swirling snow.

Watching the figure of the maiden priest gradually receding in the blizzard, Ning Que remained in silence.

The Tao Addict and him had fought against each other in the Wilderness, then again in the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine, to later live together for half a year in the house by the Yanming Lake. They were far from being friends, but were already familiar with each other. Therefore, Ning Que could not help but heave a sigh when he pictured that they might become foes again if she could survive and come back, one remaining alive while the other died.

”I admire this woman,” he finally said to Sangsang.

The fight between Ning Que and Xia Hou in the Winter Lake attracted many powerhouses to Chang'an, creating a quite spectacular scene, despite the absence of those big shots such as the abbey dean of the Zhishou Abbey, the chief monk of the Xuankong Temple, the hierarch and the Great Divine Priest from the West-Hill Divine Palace, and the Bhadanta from the Buddhism Sect.

Both the World Wayfarers from the Taoism and Buddism sects, and the Minister of Offerings from the Qinghe County appeared on the sh.o.r.e of Yanming Lake. Though the Sword Garret of South Jin Kingdom only dispatched an obscure messenger, everyone knew that he was Liu Bai's representative. Most surprisingly, Twenty-Three-year Cicada Cultivation, the head of the Devil's Doctrine reappeared in the world.

As so why many powerhouses gathered in the city of Chang'an, what they were most concerned with was obviously what end the visiting Elder professor of the Taoism sector, Xia Hou, would meet; and the story about Ning Que being the Son of Yama. However, looking further, one would find that it seemed to be a prudent probe of the cultivation circle to gauge the Academy.

Faced with this probe, the Academy did nothing special. Mr. Second just sat on the Snow Bridge for a whole night, while Mr. First chatted with Ye Su all night long before he talked to Qi Nian for a long while.

Finally, Ning Que defeated Xia Hou, shocking the whole cultivation world. Twenty-Three-year Cicada Cultivation mysteriously disappeared again and Qi Nian from the Xuankong Temple, after hearing some words from the Eldest Brother of the Academy. He meditated in the Wanyan Tower for ten days and then left Chang'an city.

All that demonstrated the almost infallible truth that the Academy was unshakeable.

Chang'an city saw the departure of the people from General Xia Hou's Mansion as well as Ye Hongyu. Several days later, Ye Su was also ready to leave, so the Eldest Brother of the Academy came to see him off.

Ye Su felt somewhat pleased when he looked at the rebuilt Taoist temple, thinking of the sweat that he could have spilled on the black tiles and the thick beams. But his smile disappeared soon and said, ”I'm still very confused.”

Knowing what he meant, the Eldest Brother responded smilingly, ”With Tang's fist, Liu Bai's sword, Yan Se's Fu paper, the back of the mountain's sword and arrow, and Sangsang, the successor to the Divine Priest of Light, how could Xia Hou possibly win... Besides, as he is a member of my Academy, how could he possibly lose?”

After a long time of silence, Ye Su suddenly burst into laughter, ”A member of your Academy. How could he possibly lose... Nonsense, sheer nonsense.”

The snowing street reverberated with his laughter. The conceited successor of the Zhishou Abbey succeeded in reaching a higher level from the original amazing state after he had entered the human realm to cultivate in Chang'an city and encountered the Lucky Chance by the wooden ladder under the run-down eaves and before the ruins of the Taoist temple. But after hearing those words from the Eldest Brother, he suddenly realized what the real reason was and then went away.

Since he had made sure that Chang'an city had regained its peace, with no one trying to probe into the Academy, there was no reason for Ning Que to remain in the house by the lake, so he went to the House of Red Sleeves with Sangsang.