Chapter 1022 - God Is Gone, Then What About Haotian? (1/2)
Chapter 1022: G.o.d Is Gone, Then What About Haotian?
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
The situation in the human world was extremely tense. On the border line of the Tang, within the capital of the Song Kingdom and in the dark bottom of Giant Sinkhole, conflicts were everywhere. War had already broken out in some places, while in other places, it never stopped.
The people all around the world pinned their hopes on the envoys sent by the Tang, wis.h.i.+ng them to reach a new peace agreement with the Divine Halls of West-Hill.
The two envoys were just ordinary people, who knew nothing about cultivating. But at this moment, they were the most important people in the human world.
There were two kinds of people who loved peace: one was those who feared war, and the other was those who just worried that they couldn't win, so they were in favor of peace temporarily. Chu Youxian and Chenqi belonged to the latter. They didn't know that the world was counting on them, but they wanted to reach a peace treaty with the Divine Halls of West-Hill as much as the world wanted.
However, the problem was that they couldn't get in touch with the two people they wanted to see. What made them more worried was that the two people they had to see would certainly find a way to meet with them if they wanted. But the situation at this moment showed some bad signs. Was is true that n.o.body wanted to know Ning Que's message?
Seeking what you could not get was the source of anxiety. Chu Youxian and Chenqi were very anxious, but they couldn't think of any viable option to complete their mission.
Today, an ordinary priest in a brown robe came to see them, and it appeared he was just a low level priest. In fact, the att.i.tude of the Divine Halls was getting colder and colder these days. After Chu Youxian and Chenqi refused to negotiate with Zhao Nanhai, the level of divine priests who were sent by the Divine Halls to talk to them became lower and lower.
”I am a n.o.body. Obviously I am not the one you two are expecting,” the brown-robed divine priest looked at them and said. ”Then who do you want to see?”
Judging from this question, the Divine Halls of West-Hill had either lost its patience or curiosity, and it seemed that it wanted to put all the cards on the table.
It was meaningless to lie at this moment, and it might be a better choice to speak out. After thinking for a while, Chu Youxian looked at the brown-robed divine priest and answered seriously, ”We want to meet with Ye Hongyu.”
The brown-robed divine priest was not surprised and asked with a smile, ”Why?”
After the attempted a.s.sa.s.sination in Qinghe Prefecture, Chu Youxian and Chenqi already figured out that the Divine Halls must know their intention, so they were not surprised that the brown-robed divine priest was not surprised.
”Taoism is unfaithful. We, to be more accurate, Mr. Thirteen only trusts the Great Divine Priest of Judgement.”
”Fine. This is a reasonable explanation.” The brown-robed divine priest said calmly, ”I will report your request, but I can't guarantee that you can get what you ask for.” After saying this, he left the Revelation Inst.i.tute. Then Chu Youxian and Chenqi were forgotten once again.
Standing on the stone steps in front of the Revelation Inst.i.tute, Chenqi looked at the fallen peach blossoms, imagined the three Grand Arrays hidden in the mountain roads and the peach forest and said, ”Even though the Divine Halls can ward off our army, all people outside the Grand Arrays would be killed by Mr. First.”
Chu Youxian asked, ”So how the Divine Halls reacted puzzles you?”
”No, what puzzles me is the att.i.tude of the Academy.” Chenqi shook his head and answered. ”Why is Ning Que so eager to negotiate with Taoism? What is he afraid of?”
As dusk fell, the two went silent and felt heavy at heart. At this point, the Divine Halls finally replied to their request, which was just one word: congratulations.
Tomorrow morning, the Hierarch would summon them personally. The Divine Halls would arrange a grand ceremony for this meeting, and the Great Divine Priest of Judgement they wished to see would be there.
After attending the dinner, Chu Youxian and Chenqi went back to their room and looked at each other silently, like what they did while looking at the peach blossoms at dusk, for they still felt heavy at heart.
The Hierarch and other thousands of divine priests and deacons would attend the ceremony tomorrow. How could they talk privately with Ye Hongyu with so many people present?
”Maybe we don't have to talk privately with her,” Chenqi suddenly said.
Chu Youxian didn't understand and asked, ”What do you mean?”
Chenqi went silent for a moment and said, ”We only need to let her know the message from Ning Que. As long as she gets the message, it doesn't matter how we tell her.”
Hearing this, Chu Youxian was silent for a long time and turned pale. Then he murmured to himself, ”Maybe it's better that we don't meet with her.” Delivering the message to her in front of thousands of people seemed suicidal.
He looked up at Chenqi and sighed, ”You are so cruel.”
The reason Ning Que chose the two to deliver the message was that Chenqi was good at scheming and Chu Youxian would use all kinds of methods necessary to achieve his goal. But it appeared that Chenqi was better at vicious means.
Like Chu Youxian said, he was cruel to himself and other people.
Chenqi said, ”It may be better for other people to hear the message too.”
Chu Youxian was. .h.i.t by mixed feelings. n.o.body could be happy while knowing he was heading for his doom. He had already had a hunch about this when they left Chang'an, so he managed to stay calm.
”If delivering the message means we will die, maybe we should try to meet with another person first,” Chu Youxian said as he walked over to the window and looked at the cliff yard on the mountainside and the inconspicuous small stone houses enveloped in darkness.
Chenqi walked to him and said with a frown, ”It's hard to get there.”
Chen Youxian glanced at him and asked, ”Harder than death?”
They kept silent for the rest of the night and said goodbye to the past in their hearts. So they were not in a good mood while waking up the next morning. Chu Youxian had dark circles under his eyes, which looked funny.