385 New Green Life on the Old Cliff (2/2)

Fifth Brother rushed to the front with his chessboard to alleviate the awkwardness. He sat in front of the line at the entrance and threw the urn containing the chess pieces to Ning Que and said, ”The best way to forget your problems is by playing chess.”

Ning Que held the chessboard and said gloomily, ”My body can't cross the line, so how can we play chess?”

Fifth Brother realized this problem. As he reached out for the chess pieces, he said, ”You tell us your moves, and Eighth Brother will make the moves for you.”

Eighth Brother waved the wide sleeves of the school uniform and walked over like a deity and then sat down beside Fifth Brother. He looked at Ning Que and said, ”Youngest Brother, though I do this to keep you entertained, you have to do it seriously. Although I'm playing on your behalf, I still do not want to lose to him.”

Beigong Weiyang sneered off to the side and said, ”I heard that teacher gave Youngest Brother three books. Given his condition now, he must be exhausted. How can he play chess with you?”

Ning Que thought that Beigong Weiyang was thoughtful.

Beigong Weiyang turned to Ning Que and said, ”Youngest Brother, let me and Ximen play a song for you to calm you down.”

Ning Que was silent for a second, and then said to Fifth Brother, ”Senior Brother, I'll leave first.”

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The sound of the melody was great and the sound of the chess pieces knocking on the wooden board was good as well. However, when they were added to the sound of Fifth Brother's yelling and Eighth Brother's constant suggestions to Ning Que about where to move the pieces, it was no longer beautiful. The cacophony could not be described.

At this time, the cliff cave was no longer silent and lonely, but became like the busy market in Southen City of Chang'an. Ning Que held a chess piece and wondered to himself if this could be regarded as a retreat?

Suddenly, he missed the previous emptiness and loneliness.

Fourth Brother, who had been silent the entire time, could not stand it any longer. He drove those weirdos away and said to Ning Que, who was relieved, ”They were just trying to be nice.”

Ning Que answered sincerely, ”I can tell.”

Fourth Brother also said, ”The things that we have learned are not helpful for you to pass the test. Today, we mainly came here to cheer you up. Is there anything you want?”

Ning Que smiled and shook his head. He was prepared to ask Sangsang to make tea for his Senior Brothers. Although he was now a prisoner of the Academy, he still had some good tea inside the hut.

However, when he looked at Sangsang, he discovered that the little girl was standing at the edge of the cliff with Sixth Brother and pointing at the hut. He did not know what they were saying as Sixth Brother kept nodding.

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When Sixth Brother walked back to the entrance of the cliff cave, everyone found out what he had been discussing with Sangsang.

Those two were preparing to completely renovate the hut. They planned to not only just reinforce and refurbish it, but mainly they wanted to build a shelter to connect the hut to the cliff cave.

If it was on the ground, such a reconstruction project would not be considered a big issue. However, the hut was on the plateau. The transportation of materials alone was a great problem.

Beigong Weiyang's face suddenly became pale as he looked at the narrow stone path.

As expected, his prediction was not wrong.

Fourth Brother looked at the crowd coldly and said, ”All of us shall help.”

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These weirdos looked like ill and weak people who only cared about chess, trees, or music. But all of them were, after all, the Headmaster's core disciples. In fact, they were all great cultivators in the upper Seethrough State.

New trees, old stones, and numerous materials were continuously sent to the cliff plateau. Sixth Brother built using his own hands. This seemingly difficult task was successfully completed in less than half a day.

The hut was given extra height, fixed by 14 beams at the edge of the cliff. Wang Chi snuck over to the grass hut on the mountain and stole a lot of frost-colored grass, their teacher's favorite. He fixed it onto the beams tightly with a thin metal chain. It looked not only beautiful, but was impervious to heavy storms.

The porch between the hut and the cliff cave was designed more elaborately. Unstripped thin trees were used to build the structure and straw mats stolen by Seventh Sister from Second Brother's yard covered the structure. Many holes were cut into the mats and green vines passed through them, which added a touch of vitality to the sky.

Standing at the entrance of the cave and looking at the beautiful new plateau and his smiling Brothers and Sisters covered with mud and sweat, Ning Que felt the cold mountain wind become warm.

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