897 Do You Find This Interesting? (2/2)
Sangsang frowned slightly. Suddenly, an avalanche started coming down the mountains and unveiled the dead branches and wild gra.s.s underneath.
The snowstorm continued to roar around the cliffs by the Divine Hall of Light. Thicker snow acc.u.mulated on the terrace and the wind became even more chilling and so did Sangsang's expressions and feelings.
”I could not give it up.”
Ning Que heard the answer from her Ocean of Consciousness and replied, ”Like our Headmaster used to say, human beings are gifted with the ability to explore the unknown, namely the desire for freedom. You are the rules of this world. Your existence and your life was formed by this world. You would never allow them to break the rules. Therefore you've got irreconcilable conflicts with the human beings in this world.”
Sangsang turned to him and uttered her first sentence today, ”You are not a human being from this world. Why do you also want to fight against me?”
Ning Que replied, ”I am a still human after all. I came to this world and became a part of it. Many years ago when I was studying in the Old Library in Chang'an, I was exhausted and sick every night. When you attended to me, you used to ask me what I would do if Haotian won't let me cultivate. I told you in that case I would have to fight against Heaven.”
Sangsang searched for that conversation through her worldly memories and found that scene. When they were talking about that, no one knew that she was Haotian. It seemed weird to her now.
”So you are determined to stand against me?” she asked Ning Que.
Ning Que looked at her arched eyes which were the only familiar parts on her now, and answered after a short pause, ”That is probably my fate, and you cannot resist it either.”
Sangsang relied, ”I am Haotian. I am able to change your fate.”
”You are my natal item. My fate is your fate. How could you change your own fate? To change one's fate is to fight against the Heaven. I have realized that ever since the day I found you in Hebei Province, I have been fighting against you every single day. Though I've never won, I have been fighting against Heaven.” Ning Que continued to look at her and continued, ”However, you cannot fight against yourself. It's like how one could never lift himself up by grasping his own hair.”
Sangsang glanced at him.
Ning Que's hands involuntarily reached above his head and grasped his own hair. Then, he was lifted from the ground and hung ridiculously in the air.
He sighed. ”Do you find this interesting?”
Sangsang concurred. ”Isn't that what you pursue in the Academy: to be interesting?”
Ning Que said, ”Yes, but we have to be reasonable.”
Sangsang questioned, ”Have you ever been reasonable in the Academy?”
Ning Que fell down miserably.
Sangsang stopped talking and left the terrace for the Divine Hall. Ning Que looked at the increasingly fierce snowstorm among the cliffs and did not dare to stay in the terrace any longer. He followed her into the Divine Hall.
There was a huge bed on one side of the hall covered with ordinary soft quilts. Sangsang sat onto the bed indifferently.
Ning Que stood by the bed and felt restless.
Then two girls in white dresses came in with a bronze basin and some towels.
Ning Que thought, It was still early. Are you calling for bed now? He wanted to mock her for ordering such things in broad daylight. Then he realized his miserable situation and stopped the thought.
The fresh water in the bronze basin was warm.
The two girls did not squat to serve Sangsang but stood by the bed and looked at him.
By then, Ning Que realized what he was supposed to do.
He thought for a while then squatted down, placed Sangsang's feet into the bronze basin, and started was.h.i.+ng them carefully.
”Do you find this interesting?” he asked with his head low.
Sangsang replied, ”I have many connections to the human world. There are many people I need to pay back and I am working on it. As for you, you are the one who has to pay me back, so keep doing it.”
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