924 Long Time No See (2/2)

The black became lighter and the white darkened. They merged into grey, like the color of the earth when it first separated from heaven. In a split second, Long Qing's eyes turned completely grey.

Looking into these grey eyes, Qu Fengchi felt frightened and extremely cold. Instinctively he tried to turn away but only to find that he had lost control over his own body.

Qu Fengchi's cheeks suddenly sank. The blood stains on his body faded. He tried to scream but could not make a sound. He wanted to push Long Qing away but his arms were already broken by Ye Hongyu. Therefore he could only despairingly feel the draining of everything inside his body

That was literally everything, with no exceptions. Qu Fengchi's life and spirit, as well as his cultivation and psyche power were dispossessed by Long Qing with his immortal evil eyes in grey.

In a wink of an eye, Qu Fengchi had died. Long Qing closed his eyes. When reopened, his grey eyes turned back to the normal black and white. There was nothing suspicious at all.

No one would knew that he had taken another life. A whole bunch of perceptions and fresh knowledge was added into his Ocean of Consciousness and he became even stronger.

Qu Fengchi's dead body crouched wretchedly on the straws. Until his last moment he had not figured out why Long Qing wanted him instead of his treasures hidden in the Song Kingdom.

Long Qing walked out of the cell calmly and entered the next. He looked at the person on the bed and greeted calmly, ”Long time no see, Priest Mu.”

After a short while he stepped out again and entered the next.

He repeated this silent and horrifying practice until dawn. He dispossessed many strong cultivators from the Left Royal Court of the Wilderness and his Grey Eyes practice had reached the highest level.

Morning glory came in from the rock window and scattered on Long Qing's face.

He looked extremely calm and his eyes were in black and white. He seemed to be the most undistracted and limpid young man. With his cultivation level elevated, the scars on his face deepened instead of lightened. They looked even more horrifying, just like those demons on the murals inside the Divine Halls.

Long Qing sighed to the morning glory outside and turned to leave the Secluded Pavilion.

When a powerful cultivator breathed, his inhaling and exhaling was profound. When Long Qing breathed, his pink and moist heart and lungs squeezed against each other in the hole on his chest. It looked disgusting.

However, among the disgusting flesh there was a blooming peach blossom hidden inside. It appeared black or golden now and then. In either color it looked pure and holy.

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Coming out of the Divine Hall of Judgment, Long Qing walked through the plateau again toward several humble stone cottages by the edge of the plateau.

Years ago when Ye Hongyu came back almost as a wastrel after her fight with Lian Sheng in the Wilderness, she suffered from cold ridicule and bully because of her self-degradation. She stayed in one of those stone cottages during the difficult days.

Long Qing did not come here to recall the past or to prove his power to that woman who was not present. He came to visit the Abbey Dean who lived here now.

The Abbey Dean was the actual leader of Taoism now. He should have moved to the highest Divine Hall on Peach Mountain, Haotian's Divine Hall, because the Hierarch had chosen to kneel in front of him.

For some unknown reason the Abbey Dean chose to stay in a humble stone cottage on the plateau instead. He did not interfere with anything the Divine Halls of West-Hill was handling.

Long Qing could not understand what the Abbey Dean was thinking about. Although the Hierarch had cultivated to a very high state, his weakened Taoist Heart was already exposed to the world. Why haven't the Abbey Dean dismissed him?

The Hierarch still had a strong influence on other kingdoms in the world. However, in Peach Mountain the Abbey Dean was absolutely supported by Zhao Nanhai and his group from the South Sea, as well as the elder divine priests, the Uncle and Long Qing himself. If the Abbey Dean were to thunder against the Hierarch, they could easily expel the Hierarch from Haotian's Divine Hall.

He stood in front of the stone cottage and wondered for a while. When he realized he could never figure out the reason, he shook his head and opened the ill-maintained wooden door. Upon an irritating squeak, he entered the darkness.

It was very dark inside the stone cottage. He had to take a good look to see the Abbey Dean's face clearly. The middle-aged priest behind the Abbey Dean's wheelchair was almost invisible in the darkness.

The Abbey Dean coughed a little bit and reached out for some water.

The middle-aged priest had been holding the back of the wheelchair. Long Qing stepped forward, got the kettle and poured some water in to the bowl, then handed it to the Abbey Dean reverently.

The Abbey Dean seemed feeling better after having some water, and said to Long Qing, ”You seem perplexed.”

Long Qing did not dare to hide and stated his doubts.

The Abbey Dean did not elaborate much but just said calmly, ”What you wanted to do, the Divine Priest of Judgment is doing you favor. Why are you still so anxious?”

Long Qing understood this part, but he still could not understand why Ye Hongyu chose to make such a fierce attack against the Hierarch. It seemed like the Abbey Dean had been aware of the reason for long.

Suddenly the Abbey Dean asked him, ”What do you think of Ye Su?”

Long Qing thought for a while and replied, ”The Elder Brother is very talented.”

The Abbey Dean nodded slowly and said, ”He is indeed a rare genius in Taoism. I used to think he was less talented than Chan Pipi. It appears that I was wrong.”

Long Qing wondered, now that the Elder Brother is already a wastrel, the Abbey Dean must be referring to his preaching in Linkang rather than his state of cultivation. ”The Hierarch was furious and had sent out people to carry out thorough investigation in Linkang. However, in my opinion the Elder Brother just started preaching lately and his followers are mostly illiterate. There's nothing to be worried about.”

The Abbey Dean looked at a thin pamphlet in his hand and said, ”I tried to train your elder brother to become the sharpest sword in Taoism. It was a pity this sword was destroyed by Jun Mo in Verdant Canyon, but surprisingly he opened another world for himself. He might even exceed what I had expected for him.”

The thin pamphlet was a copy of Ye Su's teaching recorded by someone sent to Linkang by the Divine Halls of West-Hill. His words were simple and his reasoning shallow. However, even the Abbey Dean was wavered.

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