267 The Grand and Inconspicuous Stone Cave (1/2)
Chapter 267: The Grand and Inconspicuous Stone Cave
Translator: TransnEditor: Transn
In the verdant valleys, on the bank of a dried lake and on a pile of rubble, stood Tang Xiaotang. She released the clasp of the beast tail at her collar and revealed a tender face tinged with red. She heard the sound of sword meeting stone from afar and asked, ”Brother, are the Tomes of Arcane really in there?”
Tang shook his head. ”I don't know.”
Tang Xiaotang did not understand, so she asked, ”Then why did the old fogeys from the Divine Hall send people here?”
Tang answered, ”According to news from the Central Plains, the Great Divine Priest of Relation prophesied after returning from the south. The prophecy said that the Tomes of Arcane would appear when the holy land opens upon answering the call of heaven.”
Tang Xiaotang scratched her head and asked, ”But didn't you say that the holy land is now a piece of rubble after it was destroyed? There isn't anything there. How can the old fogey called Revelation be sure that the Tomes of Arcane are there?”
Tang said, ”The three Gods of Divine Hall each have an amazing sense. The Great Divine Priest of Relation can sense the will of Haotian. Rumors say that he has a strong ability for making prophecies. Who wouldn't believe in his words?”
Tang Xiaotang suddenly thought of the singing Taoist priest on the cliff. She did not know why, but fear stabbed at her heart. She asked woodenly, ”Brother, do you think that person will come and take the Tomes of Arcane from us by force?”
Tang was silent for a long time. He shook his head, ”No, because there is someone more important than the Tomes of Arcane in his heart.”
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As time passed, the night became longer in the Far North of the world. The weather got colder too. It was at this mountain abandoned by Haotian where the verdant valleys that have disappeared for decades appeared again when it answered the call of heaven. All was empty in the Daming Lake. The legendary Great Blockage Formation was activated once more, triggering the aura of the earth. It shot up towards the skies, by the Snow-capped Peak, looking magnificent.
The reopening of the Devil's Doctrine's Front Gate brought about ripples in the Qi of Heaven and Earth. Even though it flickered out in a short amount of time, it rippled out of the boundless Snow Mountain and to far-away places.
In the Wilderness surrounding the Tianqi Mountains, black mud met white snow. One would spot an occasional beast caressing on the snowy ground. The sounds of the cold winter winds on tents were like cleaving knives. The wind itself was the sharpest of all hunting knives.
Ye Su walked between heaven and earth silently. The ordinary Taoist robes he wore were as smooth as the cliff's walls. He did not seem to be affected by the cold wind at all. His steps, which seemed ordinary, traversed at least ten over feet. His feet left no trace on the snow and he floated as if he was a deity.
He came to a stop when the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine opened in the mountains far away and the Qi of Heaven and Earth rippled and reached his world from behind. He turned around to look at it expressionlessly but did not have any thoughts of going over to take a look.
As a World Wayfarer from the Zhishou Abbey, Ye Su knew of the prophecy by the Great Divine Priest of Relation before anyone else. He knew that the ”Ming” Handscroll of the seven Tomes of Arcane would reappear in the Wilderness before the Great Divine Priest of Relation did.
It was just that as a cultivator at his level who could see past death and all things, he no longer cared about objects of the secular world, much less the Tomes of Arcane.
Furthermore, since he had lost the bet with Tang regarding Ning Que and Long Qing's bet of breaking a state, he had to honor it. It wasn't about him being cynical, he just didn't want to allow any darkness to stay in his heart.
His appearance in the Wilderness had nothing to do with the Tomes of Arcane nor the move southwards by the Desolate Man or the reopening of the Devil's Doctrine's Front Gate.
He had lived in the abbey since he was a child. The first books he had read since he could, were the six scrolls from the Tomes of Arcane. He had always been cynical of the world. The move southwards by the Desolate Man might be a major issue in the secular world, but it did not hold his attention at all. The reopening of the Devil's Doctrine's Front Gate might be interesting, but the Devil's Doctrine had long fallen apart and posed no problem.
There were not many people or things that could make him leave the Zhishou Abbey.
But the person who stood on the line 14 years ago definitely could.
Ye Su really wanted to meet that person. He had thought about it for many years, but it was just that the person was always within that great mountain or beside it. Even though he was proud and strong, he had no way of getting closer to that person.
This year, that person on the line had finally left that great mountain and came to the Wilderness.
He did not know where the person was.
But he knew that he would meet that person.
Because the unique aura of the great mountain and the person's character had already decided on that.
That person will protect that guy, Ning Que.
When Ning Que encountered true danger, that person would definitely be beside him.
So he just had to wait for Ning Que to encounter true danger.
It was just that Ning Que was right outside the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine right now.
Why was he leaving the Devil's Doctrine's Front Gate for the south then?
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