Chapter 577 (1/2)

Chapter 577

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”Since the sun and the moon correspond, there should be a moon if there is a sun . ”

”As the sun and the moon rise and set, their light blends . The moon should appear at night . ”

”But innumerable ages have seen the long night without the moon . ”

”That violates the endless natural process . ”

”As night falls, the moon rises . The word 'night' refers to the Everlasting night, but not the common one . ”

”It is not until the Dharma Ending Period of the Everlasting night that the moon will reappear and nature comes back to life . ”

”The world still has a way out if there is no extinction . ”

”In this case, the only thing required is to quietly wait for the long night . Why bother acting against the current?”

”Is Heaven also waiting for the arrival of the night?”

”Or is it dreading its arrival?”

”Does it fear the night itself, or the moon that arrives at night?”

Buddha's handwriting had nothing special, when compared with that of rural school teachers from the Gushan Commandery . The words on the note were very common, clear and easy to understand .

Ning Que was reading the note carefully . The twilight fell on his face, dyeing his eyebrows with golden light, just like the golden statues of the venerable people in the temple .

The ”Ming” Handscroll of the Tomes of the Arcane was in the Academy all the time . It was in the waist of the Eldest Brother . Ning Que had seen it twice before, but failed to understand it . When he saw the notes left by the Buddha today, he was finally sure of something .

The Buddha believed that this everlasting night had nothing in common with the innumerable ones the world had experienced before . Then he recalled that although his teacher did not believe the Underworld Invasion, he had never denied the coming of the everlasting night, and even mentioned that a butcher and a drunkard had once lived in the last everlasting night .

The biggest difference between this everlasting night and others perhaps laid in the ”moon” character in the word ”Ming”, which was something the world had never seen, not even the Headmaster .

But why was there a record about the moon in the ”Ming” Handscroll? Did it mean that innumerable years ago the world used to have a moon before it suddenly disappeared? Would it reappear in this everlasting night as the Buddha predicted?

As the light faded and the night approached, Ning Que left the meditation abode and went to a cottage outside the paG.o.da forest, in the backyard of the Lanke Temple . Listening to the gurgling of the stream behind the cottage, he opened the door and went in .

Master Qishan was not surprised at his visit . ”Any gains?” He asked smilingly .

Instead of answering his question, Ning Que asked, ”Weren't the Buddha's notes lost?”

”Notes that n.o.body can understand is the same as being lost,” Master Qishan said . ”I failed to understand even after reading them for almost a hundred years . I hope you can understand the notes . ”

Ning Que fell silent for a moment before asking seriously, ”Master, why do you think I can?”

Staring at him with a profound look, Master Qishan said,”Because the Headmaster said in the letter that if anyone could read Buddha's notes, that person would be you . ”

Ning Que felt conflicting emotions, half shocked, half confused .

Whether it was the Buddha who had left his impressions after reading the ”Ming” Handscroll years ago, the Great Divine Priest of Light who had taken it away from the Zhishou Abbey, or the venerable Headmaster, no one was truly able to understand the ”Ming” Handscroll .

Because no matter how intelligent they were, they would not be able to a.n.a.lyze and could only guess when faced with events that had never appeared in their world . Ning Que, however, was an exception .

Ning Que knew that the Headmaster wrote a letter to Master Qishan, as did his Eldest Brother . He had thought that they had just mentioned Sangsang's illness and asked the Master to take care of her, but never expected that there was another intention .

Did the teacher guess where he came from?

Master Qishan left the cottage with Ning Que and went into the wood .

The mountain stream flowed slowly among the pine trees . After the continuous autumn rain, the night sky cleared up and the starlight was beautiful, making the water surface glitter like myriads of silver fragments .

Looking at the night scene, Ning Que subconsciously recalled a poem from ancient China .

”Clear and bright moon cast its light on the pine woods, while creeks flow above the stones . ”

He turned to the master and asked, ”Master, why do you preach Buddha's dharma to me?”

Master Qishan looked at him and sighed, ”Because you have killed too many people and there is too much hostility in you . It is not good for yourself and others . So I want to neutralize your hostility through Buddha's dharma . ”