600 Where Are They? (1/2)

Chapter 600: Where Are They?

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Looking at the ruined Lanke Temple in shock, people couldn't help but stay silent. The surviving monks cried out, and as they stared at the straight high crown all they felt was despair.

Quni Madi, who was carrying Baoshu's body in her arms, had already lost her only son. Now she suffered the loss of the other most important man in her life, and everything seemed completely hopeless. Looking at Jun Mo's back, she cried out, ”You crazy people! Do you think the Academy is really invincible?”

Jun Mo did not turn around. He took a white, clean handkerchief out of his sleeves, wiped the blood from his lips, and said, ”Our Academy is invincible.”

Quni Madi froze, as she had not expected this as an answer. She burst into laughter before saying, ”Even if you think you're invincible, you cannot remain that way for long. Someday the heavens will punish you, just like they punished the madman, Ke Haoran.”

Usually, if Jun Mo heard someone calling his Youngest Uncle a madman, he would go slightly mad with rage. This time, however, he just stood beside Eldest Brother and kept silent.

Qi Nian was silent as he stared at the pile of boulders that had once been the great temple. Suddenly, he remembered the bleeding wounds on his chest caused by the two Divine Talismans and the iron sword. He thought of these arbitrary people in the Academy and bitterly said, ”You really are just a group of crazy people in the Academy. I wonder if you'll ever be able to find true peace.”

Quni Madi thought she was going to be killed, but Jun Mo just ignored her. She could not help falling into a pit of despair and grief.

Then she suddenly saw the Calligraphy Addict, Mo Shanshan who was standing in the crowd, so she bitterly said, ”Mo Shanshan! Everyone saw you helping Yama's daughter to escape from this. I will see how the Great River Kingdom and the Master of Calligrapher will protect you now.”

Upon hearing this, Mo Shanshan changed her face. When she found that Ning Que and Sangsang were in danger, she instinctively helped them without considering any consequences. However, knowing that Sangsang could be Yama's daughter and was going to ruin the world, she felt ashamed of herself.

”Come here, Shanshan.”

At this time, Eldest Brother's voice sounded out.

Mo Shanshan looked at the scholar who was not familiar with her and hesitated a little before she remembered the trip from the Wilderness to Chang'an two years ago. She felt comforted and walked toward him.

Eldest Brother looked around and said, ”Shanshan is my sworn sister.”

He said it simply but meaningfully. In front of all these people, he declared the Calligraphy Addict as his sworn sister. That was both a promise and a threat.

After today, harming Mo Shanshan or the Black Ink Garden would be considered a provocation to the Academy. Given the damage of Lanke Temple and the heavy blow of the Buddhism Sect today, who would dare challenge the Academy?

Jun Mo suddenly asked Tang, ”Why did you come here?”

Tang said, ”I came to see.”

Jun Mo asked, ”To see what?”

Earlier today, Ye Su once asked him the same question and Tang had said, ”I came to see you people of Central Plain kill.”

Now he changed his answer, and said, ”I came to see you kill.”

Jun Mo nodded and said, ”We, the Academy, are not fond of killing. We only kill when we need to. You don't have to worry about it.”

Tang knew he was talking about his sister's education in the Academy, so he nodded in thanks.