379 Trick Heaven and Earth (2/2)
”Now we all know that the Great Spirit of Youngest Uncle is essentially in conflict with the creed of Haotian Taoism. In other words, it is the magic of the Devil's Doctrine. When the master found this, he directly locked Youngest Uncle into this cave. It is said that the master also told those words to Youngest Uncle.”
Ning Que asked, ”What words?”
”When you understand, you can come out.”
Ning Que became silent.
The Second Brother continued, ”Youngest Uncle spent three years to figure out some truth. He stepped out of the cliff cave and rode a black donkey out of the Academy into Chang'an City, where he entered the human realm. After that, he used a cyan-steel sword to beat every top warrior in this world and went far into the Wilderness to destroy the Devil's Doctrine. In countless battles, Youngest Uncle's Haoran Sword was unparalleled, but it didn't raise any suspicions from Haotian Taoism or the Buddhism Sect.”
He looked at Ning Que and said, ”Because Youngest Uncle understood something inside this cliff cave.”
Ning Que also understood something.
The Second Brother continued after a moment of silence, ”After Youngest Uncle destroyed the Devil's Doctrine by himself, because of something disheartening, he rode back to the Academy on the black donkey, spent a night to ponder in the Sword Woods at the front of the mountain, and talked with the master for three days. Then, he came to the edge of the cliff to build this hut, which is in front of you right now.
”After destroying the Devil's Doctrine, Youngest Uncle was recognized as the world's most powerful person. Countless Unworldly Sublime Beings came to challenge him. At that time, there was only the master, the uncle, the Senior Brother, me, and the scholar to defend the Academy. A big tactical array did not exist. Anyone could come to challenge, and it was more troublesome than what you encountered within the city of Chang'an the other day.”
Recalling the scene of those splendid fights on Back Cliff, the Eldest Brother smiled.
”Youngest Uncle never felt bored. When he felt anguish about pondering in the hut, there would always be some great fighters coming to him as the test subject for his sword. Then he beat them, one by one. I'm afraid the reason why the Zhishou Abbey and the Xuankong Temple were so silent in these years is that too many of their people died at the hand of Youngest Uncle.”
The Second Brother looked back to the cliffs not far away, recalling the battles from those days, and thought the strongest warriors who were in the peak of five cultivation states of the Unknown Place and had all been beaten by the Youngest Uncle. They were either killed or badly injured and had fallen from the cliff. Yet, no one remembered their names. Thinking about all of that, the Second Brother felt both proud and sorry.
Those supermundane people, who clearly knew that the Youngest Uncle was invincible in the world, had still come to this cliff. They were truly respectable people. That kind of pride is that cultivators should have, but it could never be found from those cowards today who claim to be cultivator.
The Second Brother was also very proud. He always wanted to follow in the footsteps of the Youngest Uncle. He also wanted to recreate the world of the past where people were willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of dignity and pride. It was very regrettable that those honorable people had died. How many people in this present world were worthy of a respectful fight?
”Those supermundane warriors either died or escaped with wounds. No one dared to challenge the Academy again. This cliff was left in peace again. Then one day, Youngest Uncle suddenly left the hut and never returned.”
The Second Brother finished the story of the past.
Ning Que was silent for a while. He once heard from Ye Hongyu in the Wilderness that the Youngest Uncle was eventually killed by God's punishment. Probably because of this, the Headmaster of the Academy destroyed every peach flower of West-Hill, and Haotian Taoism never mentioned the Youngest Uncle again. The greatest legend was gradually forgotten by the world.
Ning Que wondered why the Youngest Uncle was punished by God. Was it because the Great Spirit was no longer tolerable to God, and he was already the most powerful man, which led to the anger of God? The Youngest Uncle spent so many years to think about a solution, but eventually still stepped on the road to doom. In that case, how could he, a nobody, figure this out?
”As the master confines you in this cliff cave, it means that he treats you the like the Youngest Uncle. He has great expectations of you. If you can't even pass this first test, how can you meet more challenges in the future?”
The Eldest Brother looked at him and said with a smile, ”Your state is so much lower than Youngest Uncle's was at that time. You won't meet problems immediately. Though it is not raining, you should still bring an umbrella. As you are still in a low state, it is easier for you to solve that problem than Youngest Uncle could at the time, so don't think about Youngest Uncle all the time. You have hope.”
Ning Que turned to the night sky outside the cliff cave.
Returning from the Wilderness to Chang'an City, he had been thinking about the problem of how he could hide the truth that he possessed the Great Spirit and joined the Devil. In the battle with Monk Guan Hai, he had made an attempt, but it was only able to hide the appearance, and it could not really solve the problem.
If he wanted to deal with this, he must learn to tell a big lie and trick everyone— even heaven and earth.
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