316 A Hard Life for Them II (2/2)
Eldest Brother looked at him in confusion and asked, ”Did I?”
”If Xia Hou mistook that the Tomes of Arcane were in the iron box because of Lotus, what about Tang and Ye Su?”
”Tang didn't come for the Tomes of Arcane. He just wanted to kill the betrayer, Xia Hou, on behalf of the Devil's Doctrine.”
”What about Ye Su?” Ning Que asked.
Eldest Brother scratched his head and said uncertainly, ”He seemed to have come for me.”
After a moment of silence, Ning Que shook his head and said, ”This is not so simple. The Great Divine Priest of Relation said that the 'Ming' Handscroll would appear at the Front Gate of Devil's Doctrine and in the north of Hulan Sea. These supermundane people must believe this saying and have come here. If the Great Divine Priest of Relation made a false prophecy, how does it benefit him and the Divine Hall?”
Ning Que looked up at Eldest Brother and asked, ”Where on earth is that Tomes of Arcane?”
Eldest Brother looked at him and kept silent for a long time. And then he asked, ”You really want to know?”
Ning Que said, ”Everyone wants to know.”
Eldest Brother said, ”But even if you know, how would it help you?”
Ning Que looked at him intently and said, ”Senior Brother, do you know that curiosity killed the cat?”
Eldest Brother shook his head and said seriously, ”I don't know.”
He looked up at the dark winter sky in the Wilderness and said curiously, ”In fact, I never understood why the Great Divine Priest of Relation gave such a sign. Maybe this Youngest Brother's curiousity is also a sort of Lucky Chance?”
After saying this sentence, he took the old handscroll from his waist and handed it to Ning Que.
Ning Que, surprised, took it and vaguely understood something, but could not believe his own judgment.
He looked down at the ordinary cover of the old handscroll in his hands. After a long silence, he finally plucked up the courage to turn over the first page. Because of his nervousness and excitement, his fingers were trembling when he turned the pages with a rattling sound.
It was like the sound of the lake water on the mountainside of the Snow-capped Peak.
People did not know much about Eldest Brother of the Academy.
They only knew the scholar who wore an old cotton jacket and broken shoes. No matter how much dust he had on his clothes, he always seemed to be extremely clean. They only knew that the scholar was calm and happy. He loved to hang around beside the mountain brooks and pools. There was always a scoop tied to his waist. When he was thirsty, he would drink a scoop of water. He always held a handscroll and read it often.
No one knew that the handscroll in the scholar's hands was the Tomes of Arcane.
It was the ”Ming” Handscroll of the Tomes of Arcane that had been lost in the Wilderness for years and had never shown up.
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They kept quiet for a long time beside the bonfire.
In fact, Ning Que did not dare to seriously read the old handscroll, for he did not know what would happen after reading it.
After a long time, he looked up with difficulty and asked in a trembling voice, ”You've kept this handscroll for all this time?”
Eldest Brother honestly admitted. ”Since I watched the sunset clouds and broke the realm those many years ago, the teacher had asked me to keep it.”
Ning Que gasped in surprise and found that he had been more shocked today than in the past decade. He could not help sighing. ”No wonder Senior Brother had lamented for Xia Hou.”
The ”Ming” Handscroll of the seven scrolls of the Tomes of Arcane had been in the hands of Eldest Brother. However, no one in the world knew it. Numerous people had greedily fought for the handscroll with their lives, including Xia Hou who gave up everything in the first half of his life.
Why bother?
What a hard life!
Fortunately, Ning Que was the Youngest Brother in the Academy.
For the Academy, all kinds of hardships in life, were usually the sufferings of others.
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