982 Ning Que And Sangsang Return And The Chessboard Goes Back (1/2)

Ning Que appeared beside the chessboard, shabbily dressed and all wet. He was dark, thin, and exhausted, as if he was a refugee fleeing from famine.

The Seventh Sister, Mu You, felt pity for him and stepped forward to touch his head. Other elder brothers gathered around him and kept touching his head to express their mixed feelings.

They were very excited for they hadn't seen the youngest brother they adored for four years. But for Ning Que, it had been a millennium since he parted with his elder brothers and sisters. He was even more excited about the long-awaited reunion. A millennium had passed. Ning Que missed his elder brothers and sisters very much. Ning Que hugged the Fourth Brother, the Fifth Brother, the Sixth Brother to the Eleventh Brother and even Seventh Sister one after another. At last, he walked to the Eldest Brother and bowed to him.

”Eldest Brother, I am back.”

”I am glad that you are back.” The Eldest Brother replied with a smile. He was still gentle and calm, as if he would not care even if the sky was falling. But somehow his voice trembled slightly at this moment.

Thinking about the years he spent in the chessboard world and the fact that he was almost trapped there forever, Ning Que had mixed feelings and said, ”I will never leave again.”

Bei Gong walked over to him and asked with concern, ”What happened?”

Ning Que told them his experience in the chessboard world briefly and mentioned that he almost indulged in the White Tower Temple but was awakened by two axes. ”The axe from my ocean of consciousness was the consciousness of Lian Sheng, but what about the axe from the sky? I might have never woken up if it wasn't for it. Everything has an answer, but I can't figure this matter out. Whose axe was it? Who was saving me?”

Hearing this, the crowd turned to look at the Sixth Brother.

The Sixth Brother stood by the chessboard and still carried the extremely thick hammer in his hand. Ning Que realized that the sound of the axe from the sky was actually the sound of the hammer. Every sound of the axe represented a psyche, a psyche from outside the chessboard. The psyche was calling for his return.

He began to realize that his elder brothers were trying to open the chessboard during the years that he was trapped in it. Thinking of all the things his elder brothers did for him, Ning Que's eyes were wet and he kneeled down in front of the Sixth Brother.

The Sixth Brother helped him up and said, ”We all smashed the chessboard. I smashed it a little more just because I am good at using the hammer. The Eldest Brother is the one who did the most work.”

Ning Que kneeled in front of all his elder brothers around the chessboard again. Song Qian told him to stop kneeling, so he stopped kneeling and hugged everyone. He even hugged the Eldest Brother and Seventh Sister. Mu You took a step back to avoid his arms and said shyly, ”I am married.”

Ning Que was a little upset and asked, ”I know you are married. So what?”

Mu You answered seriously, ”It is improper for unrelated men and women to have intimate contact. I feel pity for you, so I let you hug me the first time. But you can't keep doing it.”

”Who cares? If you really need a reason, then how about you taking my second brother's place this time?” Ning Que took her in his arms with a smile and his hug was so tight that she was almost out of breath, which led to her complaint after he put her down.

The big white goose came from nowhere and pecked Ning Que at his ankle. He broke out in cold sweat due to the pain and almost fell to the ground. Ning Que looked at the big white goose and said, ”This guy is really good at guarding the house. If there were red apricots planted in the yard, he will definitely eat them all.”

Mu You took the clothes and towel from the wooden box that was dragged by the big white goose, walked to Ning Que and wiped the rain off him, murmuring, ”Look at you. All wet.”

Looking at the rain on the chessboard, Ning Que replied, ”It must be the rain that leaked into the chessboard.”

The Third Sister Yu Lian was at the East Wilderness at this moment, so there was only one girl left at the Back Hill of the Academy. Mu You was used to taking care of all the elder and younger brothers.

She took the wet clothes off Ning Que and put dry ones on him. Staring at him up and down, she found the clothes on him were a little loose and felt sad, ”You are so thin now. What a hellhole that place really is.”

Thinking of the Styx River, Ning Que said with a bitter smile, ”We indeed saw many ghosts there.”

Mu You asked, ”Why did you go there knowing that it is a hellhole?”

Ning Que answered, ”She wants to kill the Buddha. We never thought that the Buddha would set up a trap in the chessboard.”

All of a sudden, the cliff yard of the Back Hill became extremely quiet. The big white goose, the birds and beasts in the forest were holding their breaths nervously. The fishes in the Mirror Lake and the stream did not dare to wag their tails for they were afraid to stir up the water, so they gradually sank toward the bottom of the lake and the stream.

Hearing Ning Que mentioning her, the crowd remembered that she also left the chessboard world. They all looked to the pear tree and their bodies became stiff.

It had been quite a while since the chessboard was open and Ning Que had a reunion with his elder brothers and sister, but no one thought of her. If she didn't want to be noticed, then no one would notice her existence, not even the Eldest Brother.

The crowd looked to Sangsang under the pear tree. Sangsang quietly looked at the pear tree, as if she was thinking of something.

After seeing her clearly, the crowd became more and more unsettled. She put her left hand behind her back and hung her right hand on her side, carrying an indigo-haired dog.

It was very common for a young lady to raise a pet, but no one would hold the pet in their hand like a sword. The indigo-haired dog closed its eyes tightly and pretended to be dead.