312 We Were Only Passers-By I (2/2)

Eldest Brother was a virtuous man, so he would not take any action at this moment. He explained patiently and slowly, gently and movingly, ”And in addition, I'm not good at fighting.”

As a member of the back of the mountain of the Academy, Ning Que naturally knew those Senior Brothers and Sisters living on that mountain were all insane guys, except for himself, who appeared to be more normal. However, he still did not expect that the Eldest Brother would give such an answer. You stand here, saying that nobody has dared to take any action against you. Then you said that your opponents are monsters, instead of yourself? If you are not good at fighting, who else in this world can dare to say he is!?

Discovering that the Eldest Brother was also unreliable, Ning Que found that his admiration toward him had instantly disappeared, even though the previously stable, warm, and intimate feelings from him still existed. Then he directed his attention to Tang Xiaotang and asked her, ”Is that your brother?”

Tang Xiaotang nodded.

Ning Que confirmed it inwardly. A man who could fight forcibly with Xia Hou, a superior at the Peak state of Martial Arts, had to be that World Wayfarer of the Devil's Doctrine. He continued to ask, ”Why do people in your family like to jump down from the sky?”

Tang Xiaotang was nervously eyeing the fight, so she answered casually, ”It's hard to be injured by jumping, so we don't bother walking.”

Ning Que slightly stiffened, thinking to himself that this brother and sister of the Devil's Doctrine were really marvelously lazy to the extreme.

Just at this moment, the two howling figures finally rested.

During the fight, the fur-lined jacket that Tang wore had been split under the tough punches of Xia Hou and was flying around in the wind. Then it plopped on the ground as if it had been dragged by lead. The upper part of his body was bare, revealing his muscles, which were as tough as rocks. On the surface of his face and body was condensed a thin layer of toughness. And his eyes, in particular, vaguely revealed a sense of ominous toughness.

The end of Xia Hou's thick eyebrows had been burnt into ashes, losing all their vitality, which now looked like spiritless black worms. His eyes were filled with agitation, as if the whole autumn were hidden inside them.

Tang looked at him indifferently and said, ”If you want to steal the Tomes of Arcane, I will kill you.”

Xia Hou gradually ripped off his worn clothes, thus exposing the armor inside. He looked at Tang and said coldly, ”There are many people in this world who want to kill me, but none of them have succeeded.”

The fight between these two superiors of the Devil's Doctrine had originated from Tang's extreme intention of killing. He had silently followed Ning Que and the other people all the way, just waiting for Xia Hou to appear and steal the Tomes of Arcane. He had been secretly waiting for this sneak attack, or rather, strike, for many years, and he finally had the opportunity. He won by having favorable climatic, geographical, and human conditions. So it was obvious that Xia Hou was more heavily injured, but he still did not die.

He stood there, still looking like an unshakable mountain, even though he had been heavily punched numerous times on his chest, even though his cotton jacket was filled with holes that looked like the mold of a plum cake in the Academy, and even though he had the least momentum now and had become restless.

In the past, he had betrayed the Devil's Doctrine and boiled the saintess to death. He then claimed loyalty to the West-Hill Divine Palace and became their visiting professor. He had been fighting for the Tang Empire for many years as a general. Therefore, such a powerful man would not die so easily.

After a moment of silence, Tang said, ”You are more heavily injured than I am. I still have a chance.”

Xia Hou shook his head, saying, ”Anyway, you are not your master. So no matter how seriously I was injured, you have no way to kill me now. Instead, you are the leftover evil of the Devil's Doctrine, but I'm a visiting professor of Taoism and a great general of the Tang Empire. In this bright world and under the shine of Haotian, do you still think you have the chance to kill me?”

Tang turned back and looked at the scholar, earnestly asking, ”What's your opinion, Mr. First?”

The Eldest Brother shook his head and honestly said, ”This has nothing to do with our Academy. I am just following my master's order and have come to the Wilderness and I'll take my Youngest Brother back to Chang'an since it's on the way.”

An honest man did not necessarily speak honestly. Anyway, the Wilderness he had reached to take Ning Que back was not on his way.

Tang nodded.

Suddenly the Eldest Brother pointed at the Snow-capped Peak, and said, ”I am just passing by, but I don't know what that man will think.”

A sword style attacked from above the Snow-capped Peak, and reached them across all the ice and through the snow in an instant.

After a moment, a lonely man with a wooden sword, who was no longer proud, appeared on the snow cliff far in the distance.