752 A Vastness of Yellow Sand, a Game Round (2/2)
At the time when it entered the iron shelter in front of the Verdant Canyon, it suddenly slowed down its speed, transforming itself into a scene visible to the naked eye.
The tactical array beneath the iron sail was triggered under stimulation. The red thread tied to the feet of all the Academy disciples began to tremble violently, producing numerous rays of aura as delicate as wadding and as tenacious as gold.
Tied up by numerous rays of aura, the Virtual Sword suddenly slowed down.
It looked exactly like that mystic sword drawn out by Liu Yiqing who was a Knowing Destiny State powerhouse from the Sword Garret.
However, the states of the Zhishou Abbey's Dean and that of Liu Yiqing were as vastly different as heaven and earth. That Virtual Sword which seemed to be thrown out randomly was definitely thousands of times stronger than Liu Yiqing's mystic sword.
Only then a hissing sound was heard!
The Virtual Sword overwhelmingly tore down all the silk-threaded aura!
Then... it deeply stabbed into a vastness of yellow sand.
This vastness of yellow sand had considerably small grains, whiter than the fine sand by the sea and finer than the sand on the riverside.
Though there existed sandy mud in the wilderness facing the Verdant Canyon, in no way could such kind of yellow sand be found.
Such yellow sand could only be found in one place.
In the Sandbox which never left Fourth Brother's side.
The Virtual Sword stabbed into the Sandbox.
The expression on Fourth Brother's face suddenly became pale.
Both hands shook violently, as he held the Sandbox high in front of his body.
The seemingly ordinary Sandbox could really hamper the Virtual Sword of the Taoist in indigo!
The body of the Virtual Sword disappeared in the Sandbox, vanishing into a vastness of yellow sand.
The sand danced and flowed in the air like great rivers.
And it fell on the ground, becoming sheer cliffs and mountains.
A grain of sand could be a world. The Sandbox had a world of its own.
It was an extremely magnificent scene of rivers and mountains.
The Virtual Sword then seemed to be dancing and flying amid the mountains and rivers which held no exact boundaries.
It was extremely difficult for that Virtual Sword to be actually coming into contact with any other things because of the vastness and grandeur.
That was the reason why the horrifying power of that Virtual Sword had not been able to be released.
The sword was flying in the sandbox, flying over the high mountains and great rivers, flying across the wilderness and the blue sky.
The sword carried on in its lonesome flight.
The figure of the Taoist in indigo had almost disappeared into the void.
He would then walk from the front of Verdant Canyon to the next place.
He was not concerned about how the Virtual Sword would end.
Because he was pretty sure that even if Jun Mo bore that sword hit, he was definitely going to be badly hurt.
The various disciples of the Academy would no longer be able to hold the Verdant Canyon by then.
All of a sudden, he gave a slight cry.
That whispering cry seemed to be of a little astonishment.
With the thin snow gradually falling off, the entrance to the aura of heaven and earth was closed off.
The Taoist in indigo disappeared from the wilderness.
The sentence which he had said before leaving still echoed in the air.
”To my surprise, it was the River and Mountain Sandbox.”
The River and Mountain Sandbox was an item from the Calculating Masters' ancient legends.
During the Kai Yuan Years of the Tang Empire, the River and Mountain Sandbox was lost without a trace. Consequently, the River and Mountain Sandbox calculation had cut off its legacy.
Few people knew that in less than 40 years later, people from Ying Mountain, the seventh founder of the Black Ink Garden of the Great River Kingdom and Nun Xiaofeng who was the famous professor of multiple subjects in the Academy had been analyzing together for six years to recreate the calculation of the River and Mountain Sandbox. Later these two sages had devoted their lives to recreate the River and Mountain Sandbox.
Ever since that time, the River and Mountain Sandbox had been staying in the mountain behind the Academy. With the passing of time, it was gradually forgotten by the whole cultivation world. Even the temporary Master of Calligrapher, whose name was Wang and who came from the Black Ink Garden did not know about this secret either.
Back to many years ago when Headmaster was traveling around various countries, searching for the entrance of the Underworld or looking for delicious food, he came across a young apprentice in a pawnshop, which was outside the wetland of the small town of Yin Lun. The Headmaster had actually been watching the juvenile apprentice calculating with the abacus for half a day's time. All because he felt that the young man was using the abacus beautifully. The sound produced by his use of the abacus was indeed lovely.
The young apprentice was called Fan Yue, who later became the Headmaster's fourth core disciple.
It was natural that the Headmaster had handed the River and Mountain Sandbox over to him.
Until then, except for the people in the back of the mountain, only Mo Shanshan knew about it.
The Taoist in indigo had taken his leave.
While his Virtual Sword remained.
The Virtual Sword was still dancing and flying in the River and Mountain Sandbox.
While holding the Sandbox, Fourth Brother wore paler and paler looks on his face, with blood gradually dripping from his lips.
Second Brother was back in the shelter.
Mu You kept her eyes on him and asked with her voice trembling, ”What should we do?”
After having been silent for a very long time, Second Brother spoke out, ”I don't know.”
While Sixth Brother said, ”I will smash this Sandbox with my hammer.”
Due to the fact that all of Fourth Brother's Psyche Power had been used on trapping and locking that Virtual Sword, especially the Spirit which was connected to the River and Mountain Sandbox, Fourth Brother who had been too weak to utter a word was enraged instead by hearing this sentence.
”How about you smash me to death first!”
Staring at the Sixth Brother with fury, he coughed out blood while speaking.
Sixth Brother reluctantly put his hammer down.
Looking at Fourth Brother who was holding the Sandbox high, Wang Chi spoke out with concern and worry, ”Could it be that for Fourth Brother has to hold it all the time? Fourth Brother, if you are tired from lifting, I will lift the Sandbox on your behalf. I've already prepared enough medicine for two days.”
Hearing the naive words spoken out by his Younger Brother, Fourth Brother said with relief, ”It's unnecessary, since I can no longer put it down.”
After this sentence was out, there was a deathly stillness hanging beneath the iron shelter.
In such a short time, Fourth Brother had lost so much blood. How much time longer could he hang on? Even if he can hang on, will he be able to hang on forever?
Eldest Brother looked at him and asked, ”Would the sword stop on its own?”
Shaking his head, Fourth Brother said, ”There is a virtual state within the River and Mountain Sandbox, with the sword being the Virtual Sword and neither air nor influence of external aura existing. Even if the sword would stop, it would take hundreds of years.”
Second Brother asked then again, ”What would happen if we put the Sandbox down?”
After a moment's silence, Fourth Brother said, ”It would explode.”
Second Brother said, ”Then let it explode.”
Shaking his head, Fourth Brother smiled with a somewhat pained expression and said, ”The reason why I did not allow Sixth Brother to smash the Sandbox was not that I was reluctant to part with it, even though I have been attached to it after all these years... It was due to the fact that if I let it go, the Sandbox will immediately explode. So even if we are going to let it explode, you'd better let me walk further away.”
Everyone was silent.
”Of course I know that you are unwilling to let me to walk away to die alone.”
Keeping his eyes on all of them, Fourth Brother smiled slightly and said, ”So I will try to hold the Sandbox for as long as I can.”
Second Brother turned around to look towards the West-Hill Divine Palace Coalition Army in the south and said, ”No worry. There are still other ways out.”
”What is it? Senior Brother, please say it quickly.” Mu You asked anxiously.
”If Eldest Brother can get rid of the Abbey Dean, then your issue will be taken care of.”
”What if he can't? Moreover, Eldest Brother does not know about the things that happened here.”
”Then he should kill the Abbey Dean. As long as Abbey Dean is dead, then consequently his sword would become something useless.”
”Without The Headmaster being here, who else is able to kill Abbey Dean now?”
”To put an end to this war, the Abby Dean must be killed off. So it is not a question of who is able to get him killed. Whether it was for this war Of Verdant Canyon or for anything else, they were all preparations made to get the Abby Dean killed.”
Second Brother said, ”Chang'an City has always been waiting for him.”