1001 The Revolution Failed (2/2)
The Eldest Brother paused and said, ”You are wrong. I did not choose to stay idle. But I could not take any actions. Even if I could, why do we need to expose you to the person in Chang'an?”
Hengmu understood and got even more furious.
Long Qing certainly understoof too. He said, ”To take action… it's not necessarily to take any actions. Your showing up is the action. Otherwise we wouldn't have dared to attack you.”
The Eldest Brother said, ”Even if I had not shown up, I believe you wouldn't waste this chance.”
Long Qing said, ”If Hengmu was shot dead and I was killed by you, Mr. First, then do you think you could survive?”
The Eldest Brother said, ”We could never be sure of anything in this world.”
Long Qing became solemn and asked, ”To sacrifice Mr. First for the two of us, isn't that unworthy?”
”You are right. I was prepared to leave when I stepped right. But you kept me here. What I am not sure about was what to do next.” The Eldest Brother looked into the darkness and said, ”I'm not sure if he would make me stay here.”
The bouquet appeared again from the darkness, together with a voice of vicissitudes. It sounded like mellow vintage wine.
”So you've been waiting for me to act.”
The Eldest Brother looked there and said, ”Yes. If you don't act, theh the Academy could never proceed.”
A scholar stepped out of the darkness. It was hard to tell his age. He seemed extremely old but still had a long way to go. It was weirdly integrated into this man. In his hand there was just a flagon. He was the Drunkard. The Drunkard walked to the Eldest Brother and stood in front of him silently.
The Eldest Brother's cotton-padded gown was stained by dust, yet he seemed extremely pure from inside out. The Drunkard's clothes were dustless, yet he looked dusted from inside out.
Ever since he kneeled in front of Sangsang, the Drunkard had become the most powerful in Taoism. It was because of him that Hengmu was certain that the Eldest Brother did not dare to interfere.
The Eldest Brother did stay idle. But the Youngest Brother was prepared for an attack.
Tonight, Taoism wanted to kill the Youngest Brother of the Academy but the Eldest Brother showed up instead. They were willing to kill any of them. But they did not know that the Academy had also planned for a kill.
Tonight, the Academy wanted to kill the Drunkard. The Drunkard was the most powerful cultivator who had survived the previous Ever Night. He was a legend and an important figure to keep the balance in the human world. To kill such a person was definitely a revolution.
Yet it was a pity that the revolution had failed.
The Drunkard placed the flagon by his lips and kept drinking for a long while until his lower abdomen was plump. When his face regained some colors he said sentimentally, ”Indeed close, it was indeed close.”
The Eldest Brother answered sentimentally, ”Close indeed, but it was just close.”
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