1109 The Bright Moon In The Sky II (1/2)

A person's name normally had some meaning or origin, such as Ning Que, Sangsang and Jun Mo. But of course there were always insignificant ones like Cui Hua and Er Ya.

Li Manman was called Li Manman because he was really slow. The way he spoke, the way he walked, or even the way he cultivated, it was simply slow.

He used seven years to achieve the State of No Doubts, much slower than his fellow students. But since then he speeded up. It only took him three months to reach See-Through. Then he achieved Knowing Destiny on the following evening.

That was Li Manman. Someone who started really slow, but proceeded the fastest. He walked slow but was the fastest in the world. Likewise, he never knew how to fight. He told that to Ye Su and everyone else. But no one would have believed it. When he started learning to fight and kill, he again surpassed everyone else in no time.

He acquired various skills incredibly fast, such as Chen Pipi's the Natural Stream Magical Finger, Jun Mo's Intent of respecting each other, Haoran Sword, the Headmaster's cudgel, as well as the stab he made previously to the Abbey Dean.

He used Liu Bai's sword. It could be nothing slow. That was Li Manman, the slowest yet the fastest.

The Abbey Dean stood on top of the snow peak, raised his head toward the bright moon in the sky surrounded by countless stars, and praised, ”You did teach him well.”

There was no hatred in his words, but pure admiration.

Although he was already in the State of Purity and should have seen through the attachment, aversion, obsession, and affection in the human world, he could still not disregard them completely. The Abbey Dean still had his pursuit. He never expected to surpass the Headmaster ever since he was defeated. However he did wish that his disciples could defeat the Headmaster's students.

In fact, he did have two great disciples. Ye Su established the New Stream and became a sage. But he knew that Ye Su's achievement owed to Li Manman who enlightened him in Chang'an. Long Qing took the path no one else had tried before. But eventually he was killed by Ning Que.

Hearing his praise for the Headmaster, the Eldest Brother bowed slightly in return. But he was never surprised. It seemed like a matter of fact to him. Otherwise why should the Abbey Dean sent his own son to study in the Academy?

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Darkness prevailed. It was indeed dark, which meant the night had spread from the north. In the past few years, the weather was becoming increasingly cold throughout the human world. Even in the Divine Halls of West-Hill where it used to be as warm as spring in winter, they had witnessed a few rounds of snow so far. The lush mountains were already covered in white snow.

The snow covered everything. The Tang army from the north and the troop of Great River Kingdom from the south had broken into the West-Hill Divine Kingdom over ten days ago. The cavalrymen of the Divine Halls had retreated one step after another. They were eventually encircled within some hundreds of miles around Peach Mountain. The roads leading to the human world from Peach Mountain were all taken by the Tang army and the troops of the Great River Kingdom. Peach Mountain was isolated now.

It had been over ten days. The Tang army never launched their final attack. Mr. Second and Mr. Third from the Academy never entered the small town again. No one knew where they went. Perhaps they were not confident in breaking through the Array of Clear Light that enveloped Peach Mountain. Or could it be the Butcher in the small town?

It should be unfavorable for the encircling troops to wait for such a long time. The chief commander of the Tang army was Xu Chi. He was not supposed to make such mistakes. Therefore it must be the Academy making decisions now.

Like in the previous nights, it was snowing slightly again tonight. There was nothing but quietness in and around the small town, as if it was going to be another peaceful night, and once again the following day.

But then some footsteps were heard from out of town.

The Butcher unbuttoned his leather coat and picked up the heavy knife. He stepped out of the door and looked at the approaching Jun Mo, indifferently and ruthlessly.

”Are you coming to seek your doom?” Jun Mo stopped in front of him, saluted with a single arm and said, ”The Drunkard is dead.”

Far away above the small town in the north, a piece of cloud that looked like a painful human face was still floating in the dark night. It was not floating high. Therefore people in the Peach Mountain were not supposed to see it from thousands of miles away. But someone did.

The Butcher came from that small town in the north. How could he not see it? He lived such a long life in this human world together with the Drunkard. How could he be unaware of his death?

He said nothing but stared at Jun Mo as if he was looking at a dead man.

Anyone else would have been scared by the ruthless gaze of the Drunkard, or at least felt anxious or chilled. But Jun Mo felt nothing.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

”The Drunkard is dead,” Jun Mo repeated calmly. He was not trying to irritate his enemy by emphasizing, but merely stating some fact. So was his next sentence.

”You will die too.”

The Butcher slightly raised his thick eyebrows and asked, ”How?”

Jun Mo said, ”We all know that you and the Drunkard were really afraid of death. That is why you have lived such a long life. But now he is dead, which proved he was wrong. If you wish to live, you should choose a different path.”

The Butcher said, ”He followed the Abbey Dean, while I guard Taoism. We did have taken two different paths.”

Jun Mo said, ”There are more than two paths in the world.”

The Butcher asked, ”What else?”

Jun Mo said, ”How would you choose at a crossroad? How would you bet? Neither of those two paths would lead to success. And now Haotian has returned to Chang'an. There could be a third path. Why don't you choose this path?”

”By rights… as afraid of death as I am… I should definitely choose your path. I never met Haotian in the Divine Kingdom. But I saw her once in the human world. And she made me a promise. However…”

The Butcher said after a pause, ”I don't want to choose this path.”

Jun Mo vaguely understood his idea, slightly stunned then saluted again, ”Be my guest.”

The Butcher held slightly looser than tighter on the knife. He breathed regularly and calmly and said, ”Those who knew me and the Drunkard always thought that he was the unrestrained one and I was the ruthless one. But actually I barely killed anyone throughout the tens of thousands of years.”

Jun Mo answered, ”Indeed.”

The Butcher said, ”I did not kill because I was really afraid of death. But… I only had one company, who was killed by the Academy. Therefore I have to do something for him.”

Jun Mo said nothing.