317 The Appearance of the Tomes of Arcane and What Happens After (1/2)
Chapter 317: The Appearance of the Tomes of Arcane and What Happens After
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An aura wafted from the yellowing papers as Ning Que flipped through the book gently by the bonfire. The aura was calm and collected and did not seem like it existed on the earth. It floated right up to the skies as if it would disperse into the gloomy clouds of winter and never return to the page again.
However, the aura was too calm and was incompatible with all that was in the winter Wilderness. It couldn't merge even with the clouds that barely existed. There was no active resistance, but just silence and an unwillingness to even make a contact.
There would be no interactions should there be no contact. In the frost covered forest in the Wilderness, not even the cultivator with the strongest Psyche Power could discover the aura emitted by this tome.
However, the sky could. The blue or grey sky was like a mirror belonging to Haotian that reflected everything. That was why it could reflect the image of the aura clearly.
The winter clouds gathered closely together were puffed up like winter blankets soaked in water. They reacted immediately after the ”Ming” Handscroll of the Tomes of Arcane was opened. The thick clouds rolled and twisted and ensnared each other. They eventually separated and became thousands of puffs of clouds.
The distant blue sky could be spotted among the thousands of clouds. The clouds looked as if they were dangling, like silent stones suspended in the air.
Ning Que lifted his head and looked at the cloud-stones. He recalled the hundreds and millions of odd rocks in the Great Blockage Formation outside the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine and seemed to have understood or felt something. He sighed with emotion.
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Somewhere in the dark Wilderness.
Ye Su looked at the clouds with his hands put behind him. He seemed to have already grasped that thin wooden sword. His head was held up high, as if he was leaning on the sword. His clothes were thin and looked as if they would fly with the winter wind of the Wilderness. The emotions of self-mockery and indifference appeared on his face.
Somewhere else in the dark Wilderness.
Tang was also looking at the clouds, but with his hands by his side. He held onto what seemed to be two strong rocks with his head held up high like a giant rock that was about to fall off the cliff. His leather robe was thick and was not affected no matter how the winter winds blew. The calm expression that came from knowing the truth appeared on his face.
Somewhere else in the dark Wilderness.
Xia Hou lifted the reins lightly. He raised his right hand slowly and gestured for the armored cavalry behind him, which looked like a patch of dark clouds, to stop. Then, he looked up at the numerous clouds that looked like suspended rocks and could not help remembering the Front Gate that could once be seen in day and night. He remembered many things, and a trace of pain flashed past on his solemn face.
There were many people in the Wilderness at this moment. They did not have the ability to make contact with the calm aura that the Tomes of Arcane emitted. But they could see the odd happenings in the sky and could see the silent clouds that did not merge with the sky.
They were surprised and fell into silence.
The Great Divine Priest of Relation's prophecy had come true.
The ”Ming” Handscroll of the Tomes of Arcane had appeared in the Wilderness.
It was a pity that they could find out that the Tomes of Arcane had appeared, but did not know where.
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”Senior Brother, why did you not tell them that you have the Tomes of Arcane?”
”They did not ask me. Also... I really didn't want to tell them.”
”That's true, we shouldn't tell anyone other than those from the Academy.”
”Indeed. They'd come and steal it from us if we told them. I do not want to fight with them. I've also said before, that I am not good at fighting. Xia Hou and the others are so strong. It'd be hard work defeating them.”
Ning Que noticed that Eldest Brother did not say that it would be hard, but that it would be hard work to defeat them. He laughed out loud once he got over the shock.
”Younger Brother, what are you laughing about?”
”Nothing, Eldest Brother, I just think that you're a very interesting person.”
”Oh? What's so interesting?”
”Everything.”
”Alright, I don't really seem to understand what you mean.”
”Eldest Brother?”
”Youngest Brother?”
”How do we close this Tomes of Arcane? We can't leave it open. The skies react so violently to it. What if someone tracks us down with the traces it left behind?”
”There are three steps to close the tome. Firstly...”
”Eldest Brother.”
”Youngest Brother?”