1042 Farewell In The Yellow Sand (2/2)

The trembling was transmitted from his hands and feet to his chest and abdomen, and then to the depths of his body, and finally fell behind the waist. Then his Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow began to tremble too.

His Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow had already been destroyed, and to be precise, been locked up by Sangsang, and turned into a dry Dead Sea and black mountain peak. But at this moment, it began to tremble! Tremble was an action which meant being alive. His Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow came to life again!

Chen Pipi had no time to feel this sudden change or be wild with joy. He just instinctively used his Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow to attack Long Qing.

Ten intents which had no trajectories and were as unpredictable as the drifting clouds in the sky came out of his ten fingers and fiercely rushed to the chest and abdomen of Long Qing.

After the bloody battles with Tang Xiaotang to whom Haotian granted eternal life and Mr. Fourth of the Academy who possessed the River and Mountain Sandbox, Long Qing had been seriously injured. At this moment, Chen Pipi suddenly attacked him with the Natural Stream Magical Finger. He did not manage to avoid it even though he had the Arcane Tome of the Sand.

With a burst of dense muffled sounds, the wills of ten Natural Stream Magical Fingers all fell on the chest of Long Qing. Ten holes appeared on his thin garment, with blood kept flowing out.

Long Qing turn paler. He puzzled to look down at his chest and then looked up at Chen Pipi, frowning slightly.

Then he figured it out.

At this point, Haotian was so weak that she could not even shelter the people she once promised to shelter, such as Tang Xiaotang. And naturally she could not punish the people she once wanted to punish forever either. Since the Abbey Dean had already left Peach Mountain, it was reasonable for Chen Pipi to regain his power.

Long Qing coughed twice painfully, making more blood come out of the holes on his chest.

”It's not enough,” said Long Qing, staring at Chen Pipi.

The Arcane Tome of the Sand in his left hand turned into gravel, rushing to Chen Pipi.

Instantly, there were countless tiny blood lines on Chen Pipi's body. Each bloody line came from a very fine wound, and each wound contained a gravel deep inside which tried to keep drilling inside like an ant. It was even hard to imagine how painful it was.

Chen Pipi suffered extreme pain, but he did not cry, for he thought it was too embarrassing. So he desperately squeezed a smile but did not realize that the smile was as ugly as his crying.

Seeing his face, Tang Xiaotang wanted to smile and meanwhile wanted to cry due to sadness.

Long Qing glanced at the Fourth Brother and held tightly the Arcane Tome of the Sand.

Fourth Brother sighed and sat down helplessly, starting to vomit blood.

There was no sound at all.

Long Qing looked at Ye Su, Chen Pipi, Tang Xiaotang and Fan Yue and took a deep breath, looking very satisfied. Back then, he looked up at some of them, feared some of them, was far less talented than some of them and was even rejected by some of them. But at this point, he was more powerful than any of them, and they were no match for him even though they joined hands.

Perhaps what he cultivated might turn him into a monster who lost his sanity or just turn his body into hundreds of millions of gravel one day, but he could deal with that later. At this moment, he was very satisfied, as never before.

He lifted his jaw proudly, as if he was back to the day he entered Chang'an many years ago. On that day, there were countless followers on the streets of Chang'an and he sat in the center of the sedan.

At this moment, a sound came from the stage.

”Could I borrow it?” Ye Su said to the Fourth Brother, or to the world.

The River and Mountain Sandbox which was about to crack was coming to his hand.

Long Qing stared at him and asked, ”You betrayed Haotian. Do you really believe that Divine Manifestation will happen to you?”

Ye Su's Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow was destroyed during his fight against Jun Mo in front of Verdant Canyon, which had nothing to do with Sangsang, then he could not regain his power like the Abbey Dean and Chen Pipi.

Ye Su answered, ”Maybe Divine Manifestation was originally created by humans.” This sentence was the foundation of the New Stream and also the epitaph of Taoism.

Long Qing shook his head and said, ”That requires strength. You don't have any.”

The wind and sand rested, and only a few people on the stage were still affected by the fight between the River and Mountain Sandbox and the Arcane Tome of the Sand. The square was full of corpses, including the cavalrymen and also followers of the New Stream. As for those followers who were still alive, they were rushing to Ye Su even though they were seriously injured. They wanted to save Ye Su even at the cost of their lives.

Was this a kind of persistent faith? Was it strength?

Looking at these devout followers, Ye Su revealed complex emotions in his eyes and said, ”I believe this is strength. This is the strength of faith.”

Long Qing said, ”You are well aware that only Haotian gets to use the strength of faith.”

Ye Su didn't look at him but looked at the blue sky, asking, ”What about Buddha?”

Long Qing wondered, ”How to use this kind of strength?”

Ye Su answered, ”I don't know. I just want to try.”

Could I borrow it? Ye Su did not only want to borrow the River and Mountain Sandbox from the Academy, but also wanted to borrow strength from his followers. Maybe it was indeed the strength of faith.

A mighty and pure strength came out of the square.

The strength came from the followers in the square. Thousands of breaths entered Ye Su's body and then came out with the atmosphere of solemnity.

Ye Su poured the strength or breaths into the River and Mountain Sandbox and then looked to Long Qing.

It was an invitation.

Long Qing turned solemn, and the Arcane Tome of the Sand was disappearing at a faster speed.

He sat down in front of Ye Su.

The sand began to fly again. Ye Su kept trembling and struggled to sit tight.

Long Qing just stared at him with any expression.

Ye Su said, ”You go first.” He was asking Chen Pipi to leave with the others while Long Qing was trapped by him at this moment.

Long Qing stared at his face and said, ”You can't leave.”

Ye Su never thought of leaving. He just wanted to keep Long Qing here, and to give others an opportunity to leave. If not for this reason, he would rather die than try to use this kind of strength.

His original intention of founding the New Stream was to tell people that they didn't need any faith, but he never expected that he himself would become the one people worshipped, which made him feel confused and sad.

What made him feel a little comforted was that this was the first time and probably the last time he used this kind of strength.

He founded the New Stream, but he was not Haotian. Even though he was willing to accept the followers' worship, he could not compete with Taoism which had accepted people's worship for so many years.

The Arcane Tomes were sacred artifacts of Taoism and contained unpredictable power. Ye Hongyu was not able to resist its power even though she fought against it with the Divine Hall of Judgement. Although Ye Su borrowed the faith from the followers and the River and Mountain Sandbox from the Academy, it was nearly impossible for him to resist the power of the sacred artifact.

In the flying sand, Ye Su gradually felt tired, but he gradually calmed down.

But Chen Pipi did not leave.

Ye Su lowered his head and requested helplessly, ”Please go.”

At this point, all the people in the square were seriously injured. Only Long Qing had the strength to fight again, and only Ye Su was able to stall him for a while. But the morning light that fell on Ye Su was already dim.

Ye Su was begging Chen Pipi to leave.

Chen Pipi was silent and then struggled to stand up. He helped Tang Xiaotang and the Fourth Brother to walk down the high platform. Then they walked away from the square with several disciples of the Sword Garret who managed to survive.

Chen Pipi never looked back this whole time.

He said nothing to Ye Su, and he did not cry, laugh or make any strange sound. He just kept walking silently and helped his companions move forward while suffering greatly due to the blood holes on his body. It was because crying or laughing meant saying goodbye. He didn't want to say goodbye to Ye Su in this way.

They walked slowly and finally walked out of the square after a long time.

The cavalrymen of the Divine Halls of West-Hill didn't chase them. They survived.

Chen Pipi said nothing and just kept moving forward. He got into a carriage which pulled out of the city and entered the wilderness. He finally burst into tears when the carriage was already dozens of miles away from the city.

The Fourth Brother sat by the window of the carriage and looked out of the window. He wanted to say something but did not know how to put it. Why did he come such a long way to the square even though he could not change anything?

The River and Mountain Sandbox was destroyed, and many people died.

He wanted to go back to Chang'an and asked Ning Que what went wrong?

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