Chapter 599 (1/2)

Chapter 599

Chapter 599: Deserted Ruins

Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

The hall was in ruins . No one saw the chessboard and when they heard Master Qishan saying that it had been destroyed, they were speechless . They were thinking that, even with Qi Nian having broken his 16 years of silent meditation and the steel sword of the Academy's Mister Second, the chessboard left behind by Buddha shouldn't have been destroyed . Even more shocking was that Master Qishan said he could not be sure whether Ning Que or the Daughter of Yama were dead or alive .

The Lanke Temple's abbot had his left leg chopped off by the steel sword and he was lying in the autumn rain covered in blood . His face was pale as he looked at the remains of Master Boshu in the arms of Quni Madi . He froze for a long time before suddenly bursting into tears .

Thinking back to the countless casualties today, the abbott's body started shaking uncontrollably . He then crawled up the stone stairs on all fours and cried saying to Master Qishan, ”Why must you do this? Do you want the whole world to be destroyed? Lanke has been destroyed, can this not stop the destruction of the world?”

Master Qishan looked at his disciple in pity and took another look at Qi Nian before saying slowly, ”A hundred years ago, I left the Xuankong Temple and came to the world, I have stayed here the longest and my love for this place has only gotten deeper . However, when it comes to protecting the world, we have chosen different paths . ”

Qi Nian said, ”Uncle, have you ever considered that this path that you have chosen for humanity is very different from most people's? It might be a terrible mistake . ”

A smile appeared on Master Qishan's weary face as he said, ”I am Qishan, not a divergent mountain . Hence, this road that I have chosen will always be different in other's eyes . ”

With that, he slowly closed his eyes and leaned into Guan Hai's embrace .

Monk Guan Hai's body was chilled by the autumn rain . At this moment, his heart was similarly wet and cold . He reached out with a trembling finger and placed it in front of the master's nose . His tears couldn't stop flowing .

The master had attained Parinirvana .

Decades ago, Master Qishan saved countless of lives from precarious situations . He was infected with a serious illness and his cultivation state was almost destroyed . Fighting with the illness for many years, he was mentally and physically worn out . Now he was old and tired but he still helped Ning Que fend off Qi Nian, forcefully opening the chessboard world .

Jun Mo looked at the master's fragile body in the arms of Monk Guan Hai, then slowly bowed .

The Lanke Temple's abbot, who was denouncing the master suddenly stopped in shock, to cry and laugh madly before falling to his knees .

In front of the stone steps of the hall, all those who could still stand saluted the master's remains .

Such respect wasn't because Master Qishan was the true elder of the Lanke Temple or that he was the Bhadanta of the Buddhism Sect . It was because he used centuries in his lifetime to prove his kindness and compa.s.sion . Even if most people would oppose the decision that he made before he died, no one dared to question his virtue .

The autumn rain dispersed slightly .

A scholar appeared before the hall ruins . The intense rain had drenched the cotton cloth on his body; the cotton flowers that were bloodied and covered the cotton looked like they had frost on them .

Hearing the crying noises from the stone stairs, he walked over and everyone opened a path for him .

Eldest Brother walked to the body of Master Qishan, thinking back to the letters the two had exchanged these few years . Thinking about the various hopes that Master had written of in those letters, he had a sorrowful expression; as he held the Master's gradually colder right hand, he softly said a few words .

Jun Mo looked at his back and said, ”Master said that our Younger Brother and Sangsang might still be alive . ”

Eldest Brother stood up and looked at the raining skies . He squinted his eyes at the fast raindrops and his face was pale and weary . He suddenly turned around and walked up the stone steps .

The hall was already a pile of rubble; Eldest Brother slightly swayed his cotton sleeves and cotton flowers were released from them, floating away . The rubble around him was quickly cleared away at a visible speed .

Jun Mo knew that his Senior Brother had already forcefully broken the realm too many times today, and if he were to continue, his cultivation state would be irreparably damaged . He said, ”Senior Brother, let me do this . ”

Eldest Brother said, ”I am very anxious . ”

He was usually a patient person and was slow-tempered, sometimes even too slow that it could test one's temper . However today, he was the most anxious person in the world and naturally he was most worried about Ning Que .

Jun Mo didn't say anything else as he thrust the steel sword into the ground and started helping his Senior Brother .

In a short amount of time, the rubble in the hall had been cleared away . Even the foundation of the hall was dug out by Jun Mo but they still couldn't find the chessboard .

Could the chessboard left behind by Buddha have been destroyed, just as Master Qishan had said?

However, even if it was, there should be some traces left behind .

The autumn rain became more intense as there was silence all around the debris . Besides the sound of the rain, nothing could be heard . The rainwater slowly seeped into the foundation that had just been dug and started forming pools of water everywhere .

Eldest Brother looked at the pools of water, when his expression suddenly changed .

In the deepest part of the hall's foundation, it was still surrounded by the earthen walls, with traces of the slashes of steel swords on it . One could vaguely make out a tower with a base that was over ten square feet in size . The tower had been buried under the hall for many years and was long in ruins . At the center of the tower was an old well that was stuffed full of dirt . The well head was broken long ago .

Jun Mo came beside the tower and pierced at it with the steel sword in his hands before shaking his head .