Volume 6, Chapter 27: Still But a Dream (1/2)

Volume 6, Chapter 27: Still But a Drea could already sense that so was unusual When he passed out, he had still been on the pleasure boat, but noas freezing and felt the gentle breeze of the lake He could hear the crashi+ng of waves on the lake He also felt like he was bobbing up and down, so he didn’t dare move recklessly He first adjusted his body so he could attack at anyhis six senses s But outside of the sound of the lake, he heard only the slow and steady breathing of soer was close to him, he slowly opened his eyes He saas back on his skiff Across fro soundly was Priest Bitter Barip Meanwhile, he was lying at the bow, his pipa next to hi arose within Ding, as if nobody had invited the two of them onto a pleasure boat to drink tea or even debated and talked with theht on the lake None of the zither music that resembled nature, the aroant, wise, anddrealory

He rolled over and sat up He couldn’t prevent hi his dry lips and felt a stab of pain He had accidentally touched the tip of his tongue he’d bitten off Although the blood had long since scabbed over, he still felt the sensation of pain Only now did he finally believe that everything that’d happened yesterday was not a dreay, he directed it to flow through his entire body He didn’t sense any abnory was pearl-like and flowed free and easy without the slightest obstructions In addition, he didn’t have any of the dizziness that caed Instead, he felt refreshed and at ease If not for suffering a night of frigid wind and sleeping in a terrible position, prostrate on the boat, he probably wouldn’t even be feeling back pain He stretched his somewhat numb and distended limbs and went to wake Priest Bitter Ba as it hit Looking closely, he deter and sleek white jade pendant

Ding instinctively picked up the jade pendant to exae, depicting the Pavilion of the I out of the boundless sea of clouds On the back of the jade pendant were two lines of sraphy:

<blockquote class="Quote">Heavenly secrets are difficult to understandA good plan considers the distant future</blockquote>

The words jolted Ding recited when he was falling asleep Chanting the and his eyes glowed How could a personage like Yun Wuzong be obscure? He never expected he would actually have the honor of nan’s er of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets

The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets had spanned all of Jiangnan for over a decade now, but their influence was just the tip of the iceberg It was forever difficult for people to speculate about the depth of their power Only soer of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, and Ding thewith hi couldn’t restrain his excitehted He didn’t even have any co medicine to knock hier of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets Even if he revealed his identity, he would never leave his own safety to others

By this point, Priest Bitter Ba the wrong iths of his for the ”

Ding in the palm of the ns of anger He too was a shrewd person, and his eyes flicked over, falling upon the jade pendant Ding handed the pendant over Priest Bitter Ba, he asked in a slightly tentative voice, “Could it be so and replied, “I believe so That Yun Wuzong is er of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets”

Priest Bitter Ba that all thewere easily solved² if he were the er of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets In that case, it was only natural for him to luxuriate so He was a self-proclais of one, and he had well-trained, loyal servants attending to hi him Proprietor Zhou of the Xiexiu Workshop treated hilass disc with dragon designs and knew its whereabouts off the top of his head All these facts made it difficult to appraise his status But if Priest Bitter Baer of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, everything would flow naturally In addition, the ht were rarelyit ier of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets but didn’t have this skill, then people would instead suspect his identity Most i knew the current events like the back of his hand during their conversation, but he showed zero interest in the war between the two countries He was ie of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets They had never cared h they inclined toward Southern Chu on the surface, they didn’t try to overtly exclude Great Yong either

After co around to the idea, Priest Bitter Bamboo declared, “We should tell the Grand General about this event” He ent early in his life, he obeyed orders to investigate the secrets of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets After all, whether it be the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets’ transcendent schemes and concealed weapons or their sophisticated and wondrous concepts and plans, they were all

But in the past dozen years, the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets still appeared only interained the upper hand and they lost soh to terrify anyone and put theuard As a result, even when someone discovered clues to the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets’ whereabouts, they were either afraid of being punished as a warning to others or scared their actions would bring harm to innocents, so none would act at will And the clues would often be destroyed within an extremely short period of tiainst the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets when they had no way of eli the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets in one fell swoop Moreover, although the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets had treth, they weren’t imperious, nor did they have aave one an opportunity to develop and grohilean enemy of them ended in ruination, death, and destruction Few people could e to make an enemy of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets under these circumstances Such was the unique existence of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets in Southern Chu

However, now that the er of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets who never made an appearance showed his true face, they had a chance to take control of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets Others eneral with the most power and influence over the Southern Chu ercut Priest Bitter Baets out,disastrous happen?”

Priest Bitter Bahed at the sight “Priest Bitter Bah you’ve becohu, you still can’t read soer of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, his own safety and well-being is paramount Since he requested we not speak of his affairs, I’ainst his wishes You should’ve also been able to see that he didn’t have any ill will for Great Yong If he sides with Great Yong in a fit of rage, I fear it will only make Southern Chu’s already bad situation worse”

“But the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets has never paid heed to status or background Agents of Great Yong bought several i a hard to control and powerful middleman, it’s better to firmly control it in our hands,” rebutted Priest Bitter Ba shook his head “Priest Bitter Ba to ask you a presuly that you cannot recognize the situation before you with a clear mind?”

Priest Bitter Barew terrifying, fury burning in his eyes Ding sternly said, “Priest Bitter Bamboo, you escaped by the skin of your teeth back then, but afterwards, you were expelled fro Yuan for this very reason After all these years, thisat your Daoist heart Our friends weren’t willing to hurt you, but this younger brother er of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets couldan eyelid, wouldn’t the two of us have lost our lives long ago if he had given us a potent poison? If the er of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets were so easy to oppose, how could he have spanned all of Jiangnan for all these years? If my supposition is correct, I’m afraid he’s already flown far away and hidden, as well as changed his naht not even be the same either How else has he maintained the secrecy of his identity all these years If he weren’t on guard for you and ed us to sleep”

Priest Bitter Baone years flashed before his eyes, and at the end of it all, the snohite face of the young ht appeared before hi time later, he raised his head in exhaustion and said, “Little Ding, thank you for pointing that out for me I was truly troubled by my inner demons And it’s true What with the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets power and influence, trying to oppose theing our own grave If nothing else, Wuyue ets the support of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets And a majority of the aristocracy of Wuyue probably has business dealings with the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets”