426 Who Was More Shameless and Better at Bragging? (2/2)
Xu Shi said, ”What should I do if someone in the Academy has already interfered with the business of the Imperial Court?”
Chen Pipi was silent for a moment, and then he said, ”Second Brother had expected such a question. He said that even so, the Academy would deal with it. But of course, if you have some solid proof that can show someone from the back mountain really did it, he would first tell the Headmaster and then discuss it with the Imperial Court.”
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Chen Pipi and Ning Que walked down from the building and went back to the forest and the meadow.
Chen Pipi said suddenly, ”General Xu Shi is good.”
Ning Que looked at a tree standing before the stone path for carriages and said, ”He is a hypocrite.”
Chen Pipi shook his head and said, ”No, he isn't.”
Ning Que said, ”He seems to care about justice, but actually he let evil people get away with crimes many times. Does that not make him a hypocrite?”
Chen Pipi said, ”The Headmaster once said that if one is good in nature, and he just gives in for something more important, then you can say he is not brave enough, but you can't say that he is a hypocrite.”
Ning Que kicked a stone away and said, ”I consider the best man in the world an evil guy if he is not kind to me.”
Chen Pipi thought about it for a moment before answering, ”That makes sense as well.”
Ning Que sniffed and looked at him, confused, ”Why are you so sweaty?”
The clothes on Chen Pipi's back was drenched by sweat.
He explained, ”Fat people can't stand the heat.”
Ning Que shook his head, showing that he didn't buy that explanation.
Chen Pipi said annoyedly, ”Your sweat had turned into salt. How dare you laugh at me?”
Ning Que said slowly like Eldest Brother, ”I am just someone at the Seethrough State and I am the one involved in this whole thing. It is normal for me to be scared. But you are a Grand Cultivator at the Knowing Destiny State, how embarrassing is it that you are so scared!”
Chen Pipi suddenly stopped walking and looked at him. He said seriously, ”Do you know who Xu Shi is?”
Ning Que shook his head.
Chen Pipi said, ”He is one of the most powerful people in the world. Just then in the attic, if he wanted, he could kill lots of people like us easily.”
Ning Que thought to himself, why didn't he feel that?
”The scariest thing is his identity as the Defender-general of the State. He rules the Military Ministry of Tang, where there were countless powerhouses and thousands of cavalry. He was invincible indeed.”
Chen Pipi continued, ”Why can't I be scared when facing such a bigwig?”
Ning Que mocked him, ”Then why am I not scared?”
”Because you are an idiot.”
Cheng Pipi shouted at him, ”Even Liu Bai would be terrified if it was him facing the whole Military Ministry. But you didn't take it seriously. What else are you if not an idiot?”
Ning Que asked, ”What was our Youngest Uncle facing against?”
Chen Pipi said, ”He was facing against the whole world. But what makes you think you are as powerful as him?”
Ning Que said, ”I am no way as powerful as him, but I know more tricks than him.”
Chen Pipi corrected him, ”You should say that you are more shameless than him.”
Ning Que didn't bother to correct him. He suddenly asked seriously after remembering the talk in the General's Mansion yesterday, ”Are cultivators really not as powerful as the army?”
Chen Pipi said, ”Yeah, something like that.”
Ning Que shook his head and said, ”But I don't believe it.”
Chen Pipi pointed at the wild geese flying in the sky and said, ”If those wild geese turned into thousands of sharp arrows and fell towards you, what would you do? Would you turn the direction of the wind by using the no-boundary spirit? Or would you try to stop them using the Great Spirit? No matter what you do, you would die in the end.”
Ning Que said, ”Of course I can't. But what if it was you?”
Chen Pipi exclaimed, ”If I can defeat the cavalry of Tang single-handedly, then I should change my name into the Headmaster of the Academy.”
Ning Que said, ”When I saw you easily fly for a long distance into the woods to escape from Second Brother, I thought that a shower of arrows should be a piece of cake for you.”
Chen Pipi said proudly, ”Of course I was fast and it was easy for me.”
Then his expression became bitter and he said, ”But you can't always be fast and it isn't always easy. You always need to stop to rest and meditate. What will you then?”
Ning Que did not say anything.
Chen Pipi asked, ”What are you thinking about?”
Ning Que said, ”I wonder whether you and Second Brother have ever violated the law of Tang Empire.”
Chen Pipi looked a little nervous. He asked, ”Why are you thinking about that?”
Ning Que replied, ”Because if you did, I will tell the local government and let Xu Shi fight against you.”
Chen Pipi said, ”I will be scared. But maybe Second Brother won't.”
Ning Que said, ”Xu Shi claimed that even someone as powerful as Second Brother couldn't survive the attack of armored black cavalry.”
Chen Pipi said, ”I never thought that the Defender-general of the State likes to brag too.”
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