Volume 5 Chapter 69 - Madman (1/2)
The Wuzhi shaman was different from all cultivators of the plains, including the Wuzhi royals. Today, in his view, it was the right place and time and people under his control. Everything seemed to be heaven’s will and even the timing was perfect.
According to his predictions, Li Xixing should have died by now, and Ding Ning should have replaced him to advance and unseal all of the seals on the Mountain of Ancestors so he could obtain what he had dreamed about. This was why he could not understand how Li Xixing had managed to get there and peacefully light those two smoke pillars.
He was not an ordinary person so even though he was filled with shock, he took a deep breath and said after a few moments to Wu Lianzi, “Come with me.”
His tone towards Wu Lianzi was very different from usual, but Wu Lianzi was too shocked by this unimaginable scene and failed to sense it. He only said after a moment of amazement, “Great Shaman, we are going in?”
This Wuzhi shaman did not answer his question, just silently walked down the steep slopes while raising his head. Watching the falling spirit rain and the birds who had flooded into the mountain faster than the beasts, he started to think that this spirit rain was the source of the change.
Since change had occurred, it meant that many unpredicted factors had appeared in his perfect plan.
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The military horses were still charging down the steep slopes madly yet the horses were not stronger than cultivators. Under Ding Ning’s deliberate control, the horse he rode gradually straightened until he faced the burning pillar of smoke.
Then Ding Ning swung his sword. His Last Flower remnant sword flew high up, he used the sword essence from the Zhou Family Ink Garden Remnant Scroll. An enormous bell sounded instantly in the sky.
Then Ding Ning repeated twice.
A bell seemed to ring thrice in the air. The sound was like muffled thunder, travelling far but rapidly without any echoes.
“If you are in chaos due to concern and care too much about his life and death, you will easily fall into the other’s plans,” Seeing Ding Ning swing his sword three times, Shen Xuan said coldly.
“To me, this is bravery.” Ding Ning thought of many things and responded coolly.
When the first bell rang through the sky, Li Xixing suddenly looked back.
“He really came?”
Hu Jingjing had never met Ding Ning, only heard rumors about this wineshop youth. Yet, seeing Li Xixing’s movements and hearing the bell chimes, her body was suddenly filled with inexplicable excitement.
Hearing the two successive rapid chimes, she could not help but ask Li Xixing, “What does he mean?”
“Three chimes means to retreat.” Li Xixing stopped and looked at her. “He hopes we can stop and wait for him.”
“When I was studying in Changling, I read that true friends understand each other’s minds without even needing words. I thought it was nonsense. Today, seeing you and him, I know it is true. But this must be true friends who both believe in the right person.”