406 How Can You Prove It? (2/2)
Liu Yiqing sensed the seriousness in Second Brother's words. The pain from his eyes and the fear of being confined forever in Academy made him even more panicked. He said anxiously, ”Chao Xiaoshu is really not in the Sword Garret, and he isn't dead either. My brother let him retreat. He could only snatch Chao Xiaoshu's sword and wound him. Then he let him run.”
Ning Que finally knew for certain that Chao Xiaoshu had encounter Liu Bai. Naturally, he was beaten and lost his sword, but how badly he was injured?
Second Brother asked, ”How can you prove this?”
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The room was quiet.
Liu Yiqing said, ”Isn't it enough that Chao Xiaoshu is not in the Sword Garret?”
Second Brother asked, ”How can you prove that Chao Xiaoshu is not in the Sword Garret? How can you prove that he is still alive?”
Liu Yiqing thought about how no one knew where Chao Xiaoshu was, so how could he prove that? He became more anxious as he said, ”How can the Academy be unreasonable like this?”
Second Brother said calmly, ”Pay if you owe; get killed if you murder; get imprisoned if your brother kept hostages of ours. This is the law of God. You will not leave until Liu Bai can prove that Chao Xiaoshu was not captured by him, and is still alive.”
The old woman wearing a blue coat said, ”I will write a letter to Liu Bai.”
Second Brother was surprised by this, and said, ”Thank you.”
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Ning Que walked out of the courtyard and came to the banks of the wetlands. He couldn't curb the curiosity in his heart, and had wanted to ask that what kind of relationship this honorary professor who likes cleaning had with Liu Bai. Unexpectedly, Second Brother did not give him the chance to ask. He patted Ning Que's shoulder and said, ”Not bad.”
Second Brother was always a serious person. He paid great attention to courtesy. He treated the master warmly like spring, treated the Eldest Brother with passion like summer, treated the Younger Brothers and Sisters harshly like fall, and treated his enemies as the freezing winter. When he faced people like Ning Que, he seldom smiled, and praised them even less.
That was why Ning Que nearly fell to the ground in glee when he saw the smile on Second Brother's face, heard the words ”Not bad”, and felt the weight on his shoulder.
Chen Pipi pursed his lips enviously.
Second Brother turned to Chen Pipi. The smile on his face was long gone as he said, ”Although you came earlier than Youngest Brother, and have a higher state, yet you are still not as good as him in some respects. There is an old saying that goes, 'You may hear the truth early, but you may not understand early'. You should forget your identity as a senior brother and learn from him.”
Chen Pipi thought of Ning Que, ”When did you forget my identity as your Senior Brother that you would teach me? I'm a genius. What still needs to be learnt from Ning Que?”
Though in his heart he disagreed, his expression remained respectful. He said several ”Yes” repeatedly.
Ning Que asked unconfidently, ”Senior Brother, what am I good at?”
Second Brother looked at him with great satisfaction and said, ”In the end, you had said to that man that one day, I will kick Liu Bai's ass. Your vision and courage were very good.”
After a moment.
Chen Pipi looked at Second Brother's receding back and said, ”I wondered what I was asked to learn from you. It turns to be flattery.”
Ning Que patted Chen Pipi on his shoulder. He comforted him and said, ”This is also knowledge.”
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In Chang'an City.
The Southern Gate Temple in front of the Imperial City was quiet as usual.
Only, in comparison with the past, today's silence contained a bit of tension and a stifling atmosphere. No one could be found in these beautiful Taoist buildings, though in several streets outside the temple, countless great warriors from the Tang military and the Imperial Center Administration remained in hiding.
Recently, the defenses of the Southern Gate Temple had become even more rigorous than that of the imperial palace. The Tang imperial court could not be blamed for their nervousness. It was because the bigwig living in the Southern Gate Temple was too highly respected. If an accident were to occur, the whole world would be pulled into a war.
The Great Divine Priest of Revelations of the West-Hill Divine Palace was living here.
In a hall of the Taoist temple, an old man dressed in a gorgeous robe sat quietly in the darkness on the dark wooden floor. Around his eyes, the wrinkles looked like scorched earth.
Cheng Lixue, the Priest of the Revelation Department, respectfully kneeled before him.
”When Younger Brother Long Qing was ruined by him, the priests in the Divine Hall thought it was because of the horrible holy object given to him by the Academy. Even when the monk Guan Hai and Dao Shi were beaten by him, no one thought Ning Que was very powerful.”
Cheng Lixue organized the words in his heart. He paused for a second, then continued to speak respectfully, ”Today, I watched him fight against Liu Yiqing, and I can confirm that he has already progressed to the upper Seethrough State. Compared to his state in the Wilderness, his progress is terrifying.”
The only person who could make Cheng Lixue so respectful was naturally the Great Divine Priest of Revelations.
The Great Divine Priest slowly opened his eyes. Those wrinkles spread with the opening of his eyes like a drought-plagued earth which was nourished by the spring rain for a whole night.
”The Headmaster of the Academy returned to the Academy and was able to personally direct him. If his speed of advancement still remained like that of a normal person, that would be truly strange.”
The Great Divine Priest looked at the disciple in front of him and asked, ”Why was he able to practice the Divine Skill?”
Cheng Lixue said, ”I wonder if it is related to junior sister, Sangsang.”
The Great Divine Priest looked at him and asked, ”How can you prove it?”
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