259 Ning Ques Destiny for Whether Entering Knowing Destiny State Or No (2/2)
”A nice shot.”
”It was a good shot.”
Ye Su gazed into the distance and said indifferently, ”Only the Academy could have such a good arrow.”
Tang looked at the other on the opposite cliff and said in a low voice. ”I only know you lost.”
Standing behind her brother, Tang Xiaotang clenched her blood-color huge blade, watching vigilantly and slightly excitedly.
Ye Su slowly stood up. His thin body and simple Taoist bun looked particularly lonely among the gray and dark cliff walls. Suddenly he felt something and again looked into the distance. He tilted his lip corners and showed a warm smile.
Tang also felt the movement on the opposite snow cliff and his expression changed slightly.
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Ning Que slowly put down his arm. His hand that held the iron bow trembled slightly, for this shot had cost him too much Psyche Power. His shoulder muscles were severely hurt. But he still could not help showing a happy smile on his pale cheeks.
The dazzling light in Prince Long Qing's sense of perception suddenly extinguished. Even if he did not die, he could not open the heavy door of the Knowing Destiny State. If what Mo Shanshan had said was true, he might never again in his life enter the Knowing Destiny State.
It was his first time using Primordial Thirteen Arrows in actual combat. Ning Que did not feel surprised at their terrifying power to destroy a strong man like Prince Long Qing. When he had been in the back of the mountain, he had been in No Doubts State. But now he was in Seethrough. When Brother II had shot the arrow, it had shattered his sleeves. Prince Long Qing had been in a critical moment of breaking the realm. Could Prince Long Qing be stronger than Brother II?
Mo Shanshan looked at him with her dark eyes wide open, looking rather confused. She closed her thin red lips tightly. She seemed endlessly puzzled and shocked.
Ning Que rubbed his shoulders, looked at her and said with a smile, ”Are you shocked by my bow and arrow?”
Mo Shanshan gently nodded.
Ning Que proudly said, ”Isn't it powerful?”
Mo Shanshan nodded again.
Then she said solemnly, ”You've won the gamble. Why did you still shoot?”
Ning Que said, ”The purpose of fighting is not to win, but to make the enemy fail.”
Seeing her puzzled gaze, he continued. ”Winning without the enemy's failure is a fake victory. If one appears to lose but makes his enemy fail, that's a real victory.”
He had modified many of Mo Shanshan's thoughts completely. So she was almost able to understand his interpretation of battles. But there were still many things she could not understand, such as why he must make Prince Long Qing suffer such a terrible failure.
”Although you're the Wayfarer of the Academy and have the support of the Tang Empire, Prince Long Qing is still a great leader of this young generation. He is favored by Great Divine Priests in the Peach Mountain and a Son of God in West-Hill in the eyes of the Haotian believers. You destroyed him in such a way. Have you not considered what consequences this might lead to?”
Ning Que replied without emotion, ”If this is a gamble, he has to pay the price after losing. If this is a battle, I never consider the consequences until the enemy is absolutely defeated.”
Mo Shanshan looked at his eyes and shook her head. ”This justification is not sufficient. You're clever enough. You should be very aware that even if he entered the Knowing Destiny State, he dared not to kill you. You should be more aware of what consequences this would lead to after you killed him. But you still chose to shoot the arrow without hesitation. Why?”
After a short moment of silence, Ning Que said with a smile. ”He shouldn't have mentioned Sangsang.”
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When Ning Que heard others mention Sangsang, he would become the coldest, most terrifying and shameless person in the world. He would do anything to kill someone who tried to threaten or control him with Sangsang.
Only in this way could he be sure that others would not threaten him, and he could avoid anxiety and pain. It had become his living habit and greatest instinct.
This kind of instinct had begun 14 years ago. It had continued from the drought and famine in the northern part of the Tang Empire to the bathing cask of Old Hunter in the wild forest of Min Mountain and had accompanied him to kill countless Horse Gangs in the grassland outside the City of Wei.
Sangsang was his weakest point and his greatest principle. He would never allow others to hurt her, whether it was Prince Long Qing or the Tang Emperor or even the Headmaster of Academy.
In Chang'an City, the princess, Lee Yu, thought that she had discovered Ning Que's weakness and lifeline, namely Sangsang. On the snow cliff a few days ago, Prince Long Qing had tried confirming Sangsang as his weakness and lifeline according to the intelligence of the Divine Hall.
However, all of them were wrong.
Sangsang was not Ning Que's lifeline.
Sangsang was Ning Que's life.
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Therefore, in order to save Sangsang, it was natural for Ning Que who most feared death to ignore his own life and the lives of others. He did not care about the war or peace in the world, either. Therefore, even if the other party was Prince Long Qing, Ning Que would still choose to kill him with one arrow. And Ning Que never minded the consequence and felt very happy.
After a short rest in the meadow, Ning Que recovered himself a little and prepared to put the Primordial Thirteen Arrows back in his wooden box. Suddenly he tilted his brows and felt a slight pain in his eyes, as though he had been stabbed by a needle.
He was shocked. He looked up again to the snow cliff in the distance. Suddenly a very bright light appeared in the peaceful and silent world of the sense of perception. The light was incandescent, cold and powerful, even more dazzling than the one when Prince Long Qing had tried to break the realm. It made others feel very frightened.
Someone was breaking the realm!
Someone was breaking the realm on the snow cliff!
Someone was entering Knowing Destiny State on the snow cliff!
The person who was entering Knowing Destiny State was stronger than Long Qing!
Ning Que felt the aura of the Haotian Divine Light in the incandescent light and inferred the identity of this person in the shortest time and the fastest speed. Suddenly he became extremely shocked.
But he did not hesitate or think of anything else. He quickly picked up the iron bow, put an arrow on it, took a deep breath and shot the arrow toward the faraway cliff!
The static lake became violently turbulent; the air in the forest was ill at ease.
Before the white turbulence of Qi of Heaven and Earth disappeared in front of the iron bow, Ning Que quickly took out the embroidered purse Master Yan Se had given him and firmly clenched it in his palm. He stared at the broadleaf forest in the south of the valley and said to Mo Shanshan in a low voice.
”Get ready to kill another person... Tao Addict is coming.”