490 The Same World, the Different Thoughts (1/2)
Chapter 490: The Same World, the Different Thoughts
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It was in the dawn. There was a sound in the Winter Forest. A flying sword went past the snowy lake and flew fast among the trees. It was searching for the place where the sound of the cicadas came from.
After a while, Ye Su went into the forest. He waved his right hand and the flying sword flew back to him and returned to his hand. He put it back to the sheath on his back.
The cicadas stopped chirping and that person also disappeared. Only the mute monk and the dead body of the Minister of Offerings of Qinghe County were still in the forest.
Ye Su looked to the east and saw the sunrays in the mist, which were as transparent as the wings of the cicadas. He raised his eyebrows and looked very serious.
Eldest Brother slowly went into the forest. He stood next to Ye Su and also looked in the same direction expressionlessly.
The snow on the mute monk fell to the ground and made a noise, revealing the woolen kasaya he was wearing. Then he stood up and bowed to Eldest Brother and Ye Su with his palms held together.
Looking at the snow between his eyebrows, Eldest Brother remembered the reason why this monk came here. He frowned and said, ”Welcome, Master Qi Nian, to publicize Buddhism Sect to Chang'an.”
The reason why this Xuankong Temple went to Chang'an was to observe Ning Que, who was said to be the Son of Yama. He didn't mean well and Eldest Brother could not welcome him sincerely. His words ''publicize the Buddhism Sect'' had revealed his real attitude.
Qi Nian looked very peaceful. The snow between his eyebrows was very peaceful too. He didn't do anything after hearing Eldest Brother's vague words.
”Last night, you were silent in the Winter Forest and didn't help anyone. I thought that it was a professor from the Academy, but I didn't expect that it was him. You have been cultivating Silent Meditation for fifteen years, and you still cannot stop him from leaving?”
Ye Su asked and his face was serious and cold.
After the death of the Youngest Brother in the Academy, the biggest enemy of the Taoism sect in the world was that Twenty-Three-year Cicada Cultivation. But he was so mysterious that even the most powerful and influential West-Hill Divine Palace couldn't find any information about him.
No one thought that the most mysterious person in the world would show up again at such a time when the most important thing was happening in Chang'an, until they heard the sound of cicadas at the Yanming Lake.
The West-Hill Divine Palace would of course be very shocked by his appearance. They would use all their power to find where the person who had made cicada sound went. As the successor of the Zhishou Abbey, Ye Su was also very alarmed.
Qi Nian had been cultivating the Silent Meditation for 15 years and was excellent in it. Whenever he started chanting, it would be heard throughout the world. But last night, when facing the sad sound of cicadas and his silent and cold enemy, he didn't say anything, because he was not sure whether he could defeat that person.
o he didn't answer Ye Su's question either.
Ye Su knew what the mute monk was like. He knew that he couldn't get any information about the Twenty-Three-Year Cicada Cultivation if he didn't want to speak.
He turned to Eldest Brother, ”This is Chang'an.”
His words were simple and the meaning of them was also very simple. This was not the West-Hill or the Xuankong Temple. It was Chang'an City of Tang, it was where the Academy was. If a leader of the Devil's Doctrine came here and then left again silently, then he was challenging the Academy. So the Academy should do something.
Eldest Brother said, ”All these years, he has been undermining General Xia Hou, and by doing that, he had given enough respect to the Academy. I didn't expect him to come this time.”
Ye Su looked at the dead body of the Minister of Offerings of Qinghe County and pointed at the thin snowflake on his neck, ”If he kills you in Chang'an, will Mr. First not want to enforce the law of Tang Empire on behalf of the Academy?”
Eldest Brother sighed, ”The Academy does attach great importance to the law of Tang Empire, but it still depends on the ability of the executor. It can only be used to restrain those who we Tangs are able to suppress. But neither the Imperial Court nor the Academy knew what to do with him, and we can't ask the Master to do it.”
Ye Su was very confused. In his view, even though the Headmaster of the Academy had not been dealing with the things in the world for many years. Surely the reappearance of the Twenty-Three-year Cicada Cultivation was important enough to make him do something?
No one said anything, and no one knew what to say. The reappearance of the mysterious Twenty-Three-year Cicada Cultivation made the three most powerful people sink into silence.
The sunrays became stronger and the snowflakes were dancing in the rays. It still looked like a pair of big cicada wings, but the color of them became lighter.
Looking at the snowy mist in the air and the cicada wings, Ye Su's expression suddenly changed.
Last night, he and Eldest Brother were watching the Yanming Lake on the city wall, but they didn't notice anything happening in the forest. So how did the Twenty-Three-year Cicada Cultivation do it? He was not faced by a normal person. His enemy was Qi Nian, the most powerful person of the Buddhist Sect.
The reason why the Devil's Doctrine was not welcomed by other cultivation sects was that it wanted to replace Haotian and it wanted to absorb the Qi of Heaven and Earth to rebuild a new world.