252 A Resentment Meeting on the Snow Cliff (2/2)
Ning Que said seriously, ”We're all righteous people. How can we start a fight as soon as we meet each other? Moreover, the Tianqi Mountain is so vast, how easy is it for us to encounter each other?”
Someone's voice suddenly carried over from the snow cliff. The voice contained very complicated emotions; they seemed somewhat surprised, delighted, confused and determined. Eventually the
emotion died down.
”I didn't expect to meet you so soon.”
Ning Que and Mo Shanshan looked back and saw a man sitting at the end of the snow cliff, just a few hundred meters away.
As the temperature on both sides of the snow cliff was distinctly different, the right half of the person's body was covered with thick snow, while the black coat on his left side was free from snow. It seemed that he was sitting on the dividing line between two worlds, one side of which was wind, snow and darkness, while the other side was spring and brightness. It was an extremely odd sight.
With his voice, the thick snow that covered his body slowly melted and fell off. His perfect cheeks, due to the chilly wind and frost, looked haggard. His black Taoist robe that had once been clean was now full of dirt. The dark hair that fell to his shoulder made him look a bit embarrassed.
However, he still looked calm, awed and bright as the son of God.
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The world was so big that a person, even if he was powerful and prominent after growing up, still could not find any information about the neighbor's little girl who had given him lollipops, till the day he died.
However, this world was also very small. Maybe when a person ate a bowl of unclean pork giblets and went to the latrine at the corner of the street, he might suddenly encounter the shameless guy who had competed with him for that little girl's lollipops.
In the Buddhism Sect, loving apart and resentment meeting meant suffering in human life. Where there was life, there was suffering. Therefore, living in the human world often required that people leave their loved ones and then continuously meet with people they disliked.
After the examination on the second floor of the Academy, in the eyes of those at the top of the secular world and those in the cultivation world, Ning Que and Prince Long Qing were destined to be enemies for life.
And they hated each other indeed.
Thus, no matter how big the world was or how large the Tianqi Mountain was, they were certainly destined to meet.
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Prince Long Qing looked at the man and the girl on the other side of the snow cliff, and suddenly laughed.
He was able to pass his voice hundreds of meters; so naturally, he could also see their faces clearly.
How could he forget the man's disgusting face? How could he forget his tender freckles? How could he forget his dimples? How could he forget the time this man had walked out of the thick fog like a fool and passed him the squashed pastries at the top of the mountain behind the Academy?
However, he had never expected that Ning Que and the Calligraphy Addict could actually find this valley. Logically speaking, only the Divine Hall had a map. Besides, if the sky did not give guidance, and the large tactical array outside the valley was eliminated, even the people from the Divine Hall could not find their way here.
”When I came here a few days ago, this valley was still covered with frozen snow.”
There was no emotion in Prince Long Qing's voice. He said, ”I have been sitting here watching the snow and ice melt. I've seen the rejuvenation of green leaves and the differences between each day, as if witnessing a miracle. I'm truly impressed.”
He looked at Ning Que who stayed on the opposite side of the snow cliff and calmly continued,
”You're late to arrive. Or I can say you're early, because there are still a few days before the gate opens.”
Ning Que's warm and sincere voice sounded in the distance, ”Your Highness, do you know when the gate will open?”
Prince Long Qing was agitated by the enthusiasm in Ning Que's voice. He said in a low voice, ”I
don't know. But since you and I are all here a bit early, maybe we can find a way to occupy our time.”
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Ning Que did not possess Prince Long Qing's ability of talking with others regardless of distance. He
opened his palms and put them aside his mouth, shouting, ”Playing chess, or playing a melody, or idle talking. These are the kinds of thing I'm good at now. As for fighting, forget it. I can't defeat you, and it's disgraceful for you to bully me.” Mo Shanshan stood beside him and bowed her head after hearing these words.
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Ning Que's remarks were so wretched and frank that even the young girl who admired him could no longer listen to him. Let alone Prince Long Qing.
Prince Long Qing looked at Ning Que in the distance and took a deep breath.
The night of climbing the back mountain of the Second Floor had been the greatest setback he had ever suffered. A few days ago, he had been defeated by Tang Xiaotang, which made him feel extremely frustrated. And now, today, he had finally met Ning Que. The spark that had been buried in the ash of his chest and abdomen gradually became robust. It burned his body and Taoist heart and was about to light up his black taoist robe.
Let this fire burn, set the sky ablaze and burn the fence!
Prince Long Qing looked down at the fence made of branches. He reached his hand to randomly draw a piece of wood out from the middle, and then slowly put it in the snow. He smiled.
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Taking out a piece of wood from the fence… Ning Que could not figure out what it meant. However, Mo Shanshan understood. She raised her head and stared expressionlessly at Prince Long Qing. She stretched her hands out of the cotton cuff and casually made a pinch in the snowy wind. She then picked up a few pieces of cool snow and several talismans.
With this movement, the Qi of Heaven and Earth on the snow cliff was violently disturbed. The young Talisman Master's heavy cotton robe, for whatever reason, magically became soft. It flowed gently in the mountain breeze, like a gossamer and beautiful skirt.
It seemed there were not any changes on the snow cliff, but Prince Long Qing and Mo Shanshan could see that the fluffy snow had become fluffier than before, and even the cliff below the snow had also become soft. The power of Talisman Taoism had been quietly laid among them.
Prince Long Qing frowned slightly and quietly looked to the other side of the snow cliff. It was then that he discovered the Calligraphy Addict was stronger than in legends. He did not know if she had seen the threshold, but she was already close to the Knowing Destiny State.
He looked towards the other side and asked in a deep voice, ”Ning Que, are you going to keep hiding behind the girl?”
Hearing these words, Ning Que quickly stood behind Mo Shanshan and squatted slightly. After confirming that the girl's body could completely cover him, he reached his head out. He then smiled and shouted, ”Don't try to stimulate me. I'm such a person. You can't discourage me. Just think about other ways.”
These words showed no shame.
Prince Long Qing could not imagine why the Headmaster of the Academy's disciple was so shameless. Hence, he became gloomier and angrier as he increasingly felt that it should have been he who was qualified to become the Academy's disciple.
He provoked, ”Do you think you can hide behind a girl all your life?”
Ning Que placed his head on Mo Shanshan's shoulder and looking to the other side of the snow cliff, he said naturally, ”I'll certainly keep away from you if I can't win. I just hope that you don't learn from me. Although there is not much chance of that, if I can't win against you in my entire life...”
He continued seriously, ”I'll hide behind her forever. What can you do to me?”
The anger on Prince Long Qing's face gradually faded, revealing an expressionless calm.
Ning Que stared shamelessly at Long Qing with vigilance and considered what he should do later.
Mo Shanshan looked a little complicated. Her long and thin eyelashes twitched gently, while her thin red lips were tightly pressed together. Her lips were so bright; they appeared more intense than the hue of the white snow and the emerald valley.
Hide behind me forever?
His entire life?
She slowly lowered her head. Her hands that were holding the Fu paper were quivering slightly, not because of nervousness, but from something else.