1031 There Is Hope I (1/2)

Ning Que was an ordinary person, so why would he believe that his messages would work? It had nothing to do with psychology. His message to the Abbey Dean was coming from the knowledge he had learned from his past life, while his message to Ye Hongyu was related to his experience of this life. He thought his plan was flawless and would definitely work. His confidence was rooted in his understanding of the Abbey Dean and Ye Hongyu.

He thought people like the Abbey Dean and Ye Hongyu would be convinced by his words and that at least one of them would be convinced.

If the Abbey Dean was convinced, then the Academy could control the human world, which would be the best. If Ye Hongyu was convinced, then Taoism would be divined and the Academy naturally would win, which would also be great. But as for Ye Su...

Ye Su would die, and Ye Hongyu probably would think Ning Que was a cold bastard after she found out. Or was it possible that she had already thought of this? But she had no choice but to pin her hope on the Academy.

Standing on the edge of the city wall, Ning Que looked at the Yanming Lake in the distance and found that snow began to fall from the sky again. He felt that his hands were even colder and the Core Vajra of the Array in his arms was as cold as a piece of ice.

On the day that Sangsang left the human world on that big ship and returned to the Divine Kingdom, he was sure that she would never come back and they would never see each other again. Then he began to change.

During the massacre of the City of Wei, the general was killed, and she was gone too. Ever since then, he couldn't maintain enough enthusiasm for the human world, the Divine Kingdom and even the whole world. He became colder and more realistic.

He was not numb or deliberately cold due to pain and disappointment. He was just gradually changing back to the old Ning Que, since the one who made him into a better person was gone.

The child who held a rust knife in the firewood house and fought the young master and the housekeeper, survived while living among the dead bodies and cannibals, survived the dangerous beasts and more dangerous hunters, and slew the mounted gangsters by the Shubi Lake.

That child was the real Ning Que. He knew nothing about good, evil, or morality, and didn't care about others. In his eyes, people were just tools to get what he wanted.

Senior Sister told him the secret before leaving. He sympathized with her painful past, but did not hesitate to take advantage of this matter.

But Ye Hongyu was still special to him, so he told Chenqi to reveal the secret only if there were no other options. Besides, he was very careful with his words, guaranteeing that others would not find out the secret. He felt no shame since Ye Hongyu's reputation was undamaged.

He did not care whether Ye Su, the founder of the New Stream, could survive or not, for it was Taoism's own business. If Ye Su were to survive and help spread the New Stream, the Academy had nothing to lose. And if Ye Su were to die, he would definitely become a legendary saint, which would benefit the Academy more.

In a sense, Ning Que was a disciple of the Headmaster, learning from the Academy and Ke Haoran. But in essence, he was the descendant of Lian Sheng.

Since Jun Mo was in the distant Wilderness and the Eldest Brother was keeping watch on the Drunkard, Ning Que and Yu Lian, the two who had already gone mad, were actually leading the Academy.

And Lian Sheng pinned his hopes on Yu Lian even before she became the master of Devil's Doctrine.

It seemed that the Academy was doing what Lian Sheng would want rather than the Headmaster at this point. Would Lian Sheng be gratified or even ravished with joy if he could know what happened after death?

But there were still some differences. The biggest difference was that Ning Que didn't completely lose his mind. He was calculating everything calmly and ruthlessly. He was forcing Taoism to respond by sending Chu Youxian and Chen Qi to Peach Mountain to reveal that secret.

He was well aware that, as long as the Abbey Dean was not out of his mind, Ye Su would not die, Ye Hongyu would never betray Taoism and Taoism had no choice but to maintain the status quo.

The ending might seem to be a ruthless mockery of his calculations, but no one knew that it was what the Academy wanted all along, for he desperately needed more time.

Ning Que put his hand on the snow wall and looked at the dark sky, wishing to see the bright moon. It is hard for the Headmaster to win the battle, but I have to buy more time for the Academy.

At this point, only powerful people like the Abbey Dean and the Drunkard could notice the subtle change in the Divine Kingdom. Ning Que was clearly not capable of doing so. However, with the aid of the Grand Array in Chang'an, he knew that the moon was slowly darkening, which made him sad.

The Headmaster gradually fell into a weak position in the war against Haotian. It seemed that time was on the side of Taoism. All he did was trying to buy more time.

Only when he had enough time could he overcome the difficulty that happened in Xiangwan Plain, hear the good news from the depths of the West Wilderness, and see the unbridgeable crack in Taoism becoming wider and wider. What mattered the most was that Haotian would be weaker and weaker as more and more people believed in the New Stream.