Chapter 863 (1/2)
Published
at 5th of April 2019 04:00:04 AM
Chapter 863: 863
Those who stood by the white stone altar knew that someone from the Academy would definitely be coming . But they did not know when . The tense atmosphere was a different kind of torture, in which they could only wait silently . To some extent, this was also out of respect to the Academy . Yet, despite their awe and respect, no one would believe that the Academy could win in such a situation .
In the front yard of the Peach Mountain, powerful men like Liu Bai, the hierarch, the Great Divine Priest, the national master of the Golden Tribe and Qi Nian from Buddhism were all gathered . Although they were not as mighty at the Abbey Dean, it was after all not in the Verdant Canyon or the City of Chang'an . It was in the realm of the West-Hill . Hidden here were formation arrays inherited from their predecessors over the years, and the people that had ama.s.sed . No matter if it were the Eldest Brother, the Second Brother, the Third Brother with the Twenty-three-Year Cicada, or even all of them coming together, they were bound to lose . Not to mention that people like Qi Nian or the national master already figured out the secret inside the Divine Hall of Light, and people from the West-Hill were already aware of the presence of the Drunkard and the Butcher . It was far beyond the Academy's power .
It is fair to say that courage stems from ignorance, especially for occasions like this at the religious Peach Mountain . Different from the important ones close to the altar, those tons of followers who had just awakened from the rain of peach petals were unaware of the danger they were about to face in the Rite of the Light . Nor did they have any idea who the fat figure was on the altar . They reasoned he must be an extremely evil person since he was chosen to be the offering for the Rite to Light .
They were standing on their toes, trying to see him more clearly . They stared with hatred and cruelty, and if looks could kill, they would have killed Chen Pipi many times over with their stares .
Chen Pipi was chubby and cheeky, and his skin was extremely thick . He stood there on the white stone altar, facing the hostile stare from tons of followers without paying any attention to them . Then he did something that no one would have expected .
There, at the Rite to Light, on the sacred altar, while everyone was waiting for him to be burnt, he seemed unaware of his doom . Nor did he cry, repent, or look pale . He did not blame the Heaven as some renowned historical devils did . Of course, all those who did were struck down by lightning . Instead, he sat down on the altar .
Chen Pipi figured it was too tiring to stand there . And he was still feeling cold because of the freezing air down in the Secluded Pavilion . It was comfortably warm on the altar, so he thought it might be more comfortable to sit down . Why should he care about those killing stares and the divine rituals? He was the one about to be burnt . How could he care about his gesture or appearance at this moment? He was not their Second Brother after all .
It was indeed very warm, and perhaps even a little hot . Chen Pipi moved a bit and exposed the left side of his buns to the hierarch . Then he unb.u.t.toned his s.h.i.+rt to get some cool air .
”The d.a.m.ned autumn heat!”
He wiped off the sweat on his forehead, looked at one of the Divine Guards of West-Hill down there and asked, ”It seems you are still expecting someone . Could you bring me some water in the meanwhile?'
The divine guard looked emotionless . The guard had never seen any death-row prisoners like him . He was about to be killed . Yet he seemed utterly unafraid . Furthermore, he was even asking for water .
Those standing close to the altar were all shocked to hear such a request . Monk Guanhai put his palms together again and started praying . He is indeed Ning Que's Brother . They act equally … . unpredictable, he thought .
Qi Nian thought, Disciples of the Academy are indeed respectable . He remains fearless even till now . Chongming, the king of Yan was thinking, He was not from Tang . But why does he sound exactly the same as them? Ye Hongyu was wondering, He is still as cheeky as always .
General Lebu, the number one martial art master of the Golden Tribe looked at Chen Pipi on the altar and questioned, ”You are about to be burnt by the divine flame . Yet you are still asking for water?”
Chen Pipi seemed innocent about his implications, and explained to him sincerely, ”To be burnt and to die of thirst are two different sentences . You people from the West-Hill should keep your words . Shouldn't you?”
General Lebu was speechless upon hearing that .
Chen Pipi waved his chubby fingers at him and continued, ”Don't think that you can humiliate me because I cannot beat you now . If only I was…”
Lebu was enraged . He took one step forward, then stepped back to the side of the national master .
Chen Pipi looked at the footprint Lebu just made with his right foot and realized that even if his Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow was not destroyed, he could have not defeated this person . He felt ashamed .
The Academy emphasized the course of nature . Therefore, the disciples were trained to find reasons for anything . Right then Chen Pipi was irritated for the reason that he felt ashamed .
He folded his sleeves and stepped down from the altar, yelled to Lebu, ”If my father was not destroyed, he would have squeezed you with his fingers . Anyone of my Brothers and Sisters would have given you a good beating . How dare you to pretend high in front of me? Would you like to try killing me now?”
The offering to the Rite of the Light just walked down from the altar . That was funny and stirring . The head of Revelation Inst.i.tute had to ask a few divine guards to stop him .
But Chen Pipi was not willing to surrender . He continued cursing, ”Do you dare to kill me now? Aren't you actually quite worthless?”
Then he turned to the head of Revelation Inst.i.tute and the divine guards, ”You don't try to stop me from beating up this barbarian . Are you from the civilized world or not? Instead of standing by my side, you are even stopping me? I'm not going to run . I was just trying to show him our most powerful strike - the Natural Stream Magical Finger!”
His Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow was already destroyed . He could barely catch a chicken, not to mention to use the Natural Stream Magical Finger . Yet he was yelling unreasonably like a lunatic . No one would a.s.sociate him with a genius of Taoism .
His ridiculous behavior had irritated the West-Hill . They could not stand that their most sacred rite was about to become a scene of absurdity .
The head of Revelation Inst.i.tute said sternly, ”We did not spell or chain you as we respected the Abbey Dean . If you do not want your mouth to be gagged with stinky socks, you'd better start behaving yourself . ”