630 Relationships and Gossip (2/2)
”What I hate most in my entire life are those who want to die or become monks and nuns once they lose their lovers. These people are full of regret and self-loathing, truly beyond disgusting...”
The string of words made Ning Que's throat feel parched. He reached out for the teapot and drank something in it, only to discover that there was clear water in it. He couldn't help but frown, and increasingly believed that he was right.
”And I want to tell you that my love is different from yours. Mine might not seem as sad or difficult as yours, but it is calmer and stronger because my love has nothing to do with good and evil.”
Lu Chenjia paused for a moment and asked, ”How can one's love have nothing to do with good and evil?”
”Because love is subjective, just like good and evil, beauty and ugliness. In fact, the world is subjective. Why should my views be affected by that of the world?”
Ning Que turned to look at Sangsang who was resting against his shoulders. He looked at her tiny face and said softly, ”I don't like Haotian or Yama. But no matter whether she is the Lady of Light or the Daughter of Yama, it would not affect my affection for her. Just like how she continued to like me even when everyone said that I was the Son of Yama.”
Quni Madi could not hold back any longer. She scolded shrilly, ”Shameless! Nauseating! Filth!”
Lu Chenjia looked at Sangsang and muttered, ”I'm... really jealous of her right now.”
Quni Madi glared at her, but there was no reaction from Lu Chenjia who was in a daze. Knowing that she was lost in thought, Quni Madi could only sigh helplessly and looked at Ning Que with a cold smile. ”You and the Daughter of Yama are about to die, but you are still in the mood to talk about such boring and despicable things.”
”Why do you say that love is despicable? You've even had a son.” Ning Que said, and then looked out into the garden. ”The scenery here is decent. No one would dare to come in now. What else could we do except for chatting?”
Quni Madi was furious.
Ning Que ignored her and thought about other things silently.
He knew that Quni Madi was right. The monastery was located on an eyot and they were surrounded. This was the equivalent to a deathtrap. Quni Madi and Lu Chenjia might be of high status, but the residents and the king of the Yuelun Kingdom would not agree to exchange their lives for Sangsang's, let alone powerhouses of the Buddhism and Taoism Sects.
His choice to enter the monastery to buy time was similar to his decision at the Lanke Temple. At a time when he was at death's doorstep, he had subconsciously pinned all his hopes on the Academy.
He was waiting for Eldest Brother to appear.
What happened had caused a furor in Chaoyang City and would likely startle his Eldest Brother. Eldest Brother would be able to guess his location. Since the White Tower Temple was so famous, Eldest Brother would definitely know it.
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Time gradually passed, but the noises on the bank across the lake had not stilled. Black crows flew over the monastery, cawing uglily at times. The atmosphere grew even more tense.
Eldest Brother had not appeared. When they were outside the Western city gates, Ning Que had sensed an aura that was replete with compassion, but was suffocatingly powerful, which had appeared in the distance.
Ning Que's expression turned grave. He knew that he could not hold on any longer. If the owner of the aura reached him, there was no way for him to turn the situation around, even if Eldest Brother appeared.
He walked to Quni Madi and Lu Chenjia. Using two talisman paper infused with the Great Spirit, he locked their Snow Mountain and Ocean of Qi temporarily. Then, he tied up their hands and led them out of the monastery like goats.
Quni Madi felt very humiliated. She glared venomously at Sangsang, who Ning Que was carrying. It seemed that Lu Chenjia was still immersed in what Ning Que had said earlier and did not react to it at all, with a disoriented expression.
The shore across the narrow bridge was surrounded with people. The crowd was largely made up of jobless men from Chaoyang City, old and young, who were all yelling angrily at the eyot.
They were angry because they were frightened. The news of Ning Que having knocked down and killed someone while escaping had spread amongst people. They were even more frightened and enraged. They were almost crazy with their emotions spreading and affecting each other.
If not for the orders that came from the imperial palace, to send several soldiers and cultivators to block the narrow bridge, these people would have already rushed across it and barged into the monastery.
”Bring the demoness!”
”Burn her!”
Several people yelled from across the bridge. Some men even found large rocks by the lake and wanted to stone Sangsang to death, just like how the barbarians in the Wilderness punished adulteresses.
Then, Ning Que appeared on the other end of the narrow bridge with Sangsang on his back.
Many of those in the crowd across the lake had followed the black crows. They had never seen what the Daughter of Yama looked like. And even those who had seen Ning Que and Sangsang had not seen them clearly. They finally saw what the two looked like when Ning Que carried Sangsang on his back and stood on the end of the bridge.
The lake fell into silence immediately, and the man who had been yelling the most ferociously was so scared that he retreated several steps, pressing against the people behind him. The scene became chaotic.
Whispers gradually began to sound in the crowd. Perhaps it was to alleviate fear, and people gathered close to each other, whether knowing each other or not, and began to discuss the two across the bridge.
”So that's the Daughter of Yama.”
”Her face is a little tanned, and she looks like a demon.”
”But I think she looks quite pale.”
”That's because it's powdered. My eyesight is good, she is very tanned and ugly.”
”Who is it they are dragging along? Why does she look like the princess?”
”Who is the man carrying the demoness? He looks scary.”
”I heard that he is a guard from the Underworld. He is very very strong. Previously at Huayan alley, he knocked down over 70 people to death.”
”He knocked them all down?”
”Yeah.”
”Over 70?”
”Yeah, I heard that he even trampled over 100 people to death at the Jingang Workshop.”
”That's so scary! We'd better leave quickly.”
”You're so useless! There are over 10,000 of us. No matter how powerful he is, could he kill us all? How can we leave at a moment like this? We have to seek revenge for our neighbors. Furthermore, don't forget, we are saving the world!”