The Drunkard left, but the Eldest Brother didn't. He walked to the front of the carriage and laid Liu Yiqing's body flat on the ground. Then, he turned to look at the ruins of the Imperial City in the darkness. He listened to the sound of the wind rustling the river. He was silent, as if he was waiting for something to happen. His expression was slightly sad and helpless.
Long Qing knew what he was waiting for, so he was even more puzzled about why he didn't leave with him. He looked at his cotton-padded jacket and the dust on it, and his expression gradually turned solemn.
Among the three who stayed, Hengmu was the youngest and the proudest. He suffered the biggest setback tonight, so he looked a little lonely and furious. It was not until this moment that he realized that the Academy had been targeting the Drunkard from the very beginning. He had never been in their eyes.
He clenched his fists slowly and thought to the Eldest Brother, "Even if you have entered the legendary Distanceless State, do you think you can defeat me easily? Do you know what state I am in now? "
Long Qing sensed the change of Hengmu's mood and looked even more solemn. He looked at the Eldest Brother with vigilance and slowly walked to Hengmu's side, ready to attack at any time.
During the period after spring, the Divine Halls of West-Hill and the Academy had been strangely peaceful. Before tonight, both sides knew that they were safe. As long as no one attacked first, the balance would not be broken.
It was a balance between the two Grand Cultivators in the Distanceless State.
Tonight, the balance was finally broken. Looking back at the battles that happened in front of the ruins of the imperial city, it was still unclear who attacked first. Even though it was the Divine Halls of West-Hill's plan, the Distanceless one was the Drunkard who felt the real danger. The Academy almost injured or even killed him.
Long Qing was vigilant. The balance had been broken. The Eldest Brother didn't leave with the Drunkard, which meant that he and Hengmu would probably attack him and Hengmu. Could they survive?
When the Drunkard was still hiding in the darkness, he asked the Eldest Brother if it was worth it to exchange their lives. It meant that the Eldest Brother believed that he and Hengmu were capable of doing something.
Hengmu's confidence came from his faith. But where did his confidence come from?
"You are very different from the rumors."
The faint starlight fell on Long Qing's body, like a stream flowing into dry sand, and was instantly swallowed up. Looking at this scene, the Eldest Brother was puzzled and said, "If you can gain the power of darkness by betraying your faith in Haotian, who gave you this power? I don't think even the Abbey Dean can explain it. "
Long Qing was very clear that no matter how famous he was in the cultivation world, he was not qualified to be remembered by Mr. First of the Academy. The so-called rumor was probably something Ning Que had mentioned in a casual conversation.
He knew that the Abbey Dean had seen through his state. But as the Abbey Dean had said, if even the Abbey Dean could not explain it and he could not understand it, then no one could.
"Why are you talking nonsense?" Hengmu said.
The Eldest Brother looked at the lad in indigo and said, "The West-Hill Divine Palace values beauty, but the real Haotian Taoism values indigo. The Abbey Dean has been wearing indigo all these years. Ye Hongyu also wore indigo when she was comprehending swordsmanship in the stone house by the cliff. Youngest Brother also wore indigo when he fought his way up to the Peach Mountain. It's ridiculous for you to wear indigo at your current state."
Hengmu was very angry. He laughed even more innocently and said, "Let's not compare with the Abbey Dean. But to say that the Judge and Ning Que are more qualified than me to wear this indigo robe, Mr. First's taste is really ridiculous."
The Eldest Brother looked at him and said calmly, "Is passing that threshold the source of your confidence?"
Hengmu was shocked when he heard that. He did not expect that the Eldest Brother could see through his real state that he had been hiding. He said indifferently, "Since you have seen through it, why shouldn't I be confident?"
The Eldest Brother looked at him and said, "As the youngest cultivator in history to pass that threshold, you should be proud and confident no matter how you look at it. But it's a pity that you did not pass that threshold by yourself. You were carried over by Haotian. So you are still a baby now."
Long Qing suddenly said, "I don't understand why Mr. First said this now."
"Because I don't understand why he dared to leave."
Suddenly, the Eldest Brother showed an expression of understanding. He sighed and said, "Light and darkness are the two sides of Haotian. How stupid I am to only understand this now."
Long Qing said, "Mr. First is wise."
The Eldest Brother said, "If Hengmu had your current state of mind, it would be more troublesome."
Long Qing said, "If that's the case, you shouldn't wait now. You should take action."
The Eldest Brother looked a little lost and said, "Can I bear the price of taking action?"
Long Qing said, "You know what he is going to do."
The Eldest Brother nodded and said, "Yes."
Long Qing said, "Since you are hesitating whether to take action, you should at least follow him."
The Eldest Brother said, "Even if I follow him, I can't stop him. I can only be a passer-by. That will be more painful."
Long Qing said, "Isn't waiting here and guessing what is happening in the distance the most painful?"
The Eldest Brother said after a moment of silence, "What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over. It's always better if you can't see. Youngest Uncle said that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. That's probably the reason."
"Hypocrite."
Hengmu scolded bluntly, "The Academy is a bunch of hypocrites."
The Eldest Brother said, "Maybe … I am indeed a hypocrite. But I can't represent the Academy. If it were Jun Mo or Third Sister here tonight, they wouldn't say as much as I do."
Hengmu stopped talking, because he found that it was hard to treat a hypocrite as a hypocrite, and it was hard to have any malice towards him.
It was quiet in front of the ruins of the imperial city. The night wind blew the river gently and the willow branches came to the scene. They floated over Liu Yiqing's bloodstained face and closed eyes, and then disappeared.
Just like the passage of time, there was no trace.
As Long Qing said, waiting was the most torturous thing. Fortunately, they didn't have to wait for too long.
The Drunkard came back.
The flagon was swinging on his waist.
Some blood stains could be seen on the hem of his robe.
The Eldest Brother's face turned pale. He knew that the Drunkard purposely let the blood stain his robe for him to see, but he still couldn't help blaming himself and suffering.
The Drunkard untied the flagon and said, "It's only a moment, but I'm still drunk."
He took a sip of wine and squinted his eyes.
The Eldest Brother was silent for a long time, and then he asked, "Who died?"
The Drunkard left to kill people. There were few people in the world that he couldn't kill.
"The one who died was also a good drinker."
The Drunkard recalled the scene when he killed people and said with emotion, "I went to Chuzhou before."
The Eldest Brother said, "Chuzhou of the Tang Empire?"
The Drunkard said, "Yes. Chuzhou is surrounded by mountains, and there is a pavilion on the East Mountain. The pavilion was built by a governor."
The Eldest Brother said with a trembling voice, "The governor of Chuzhou was honest and loved the people."
The Drunkard said, "He was as honest as water, and loved the people as his own children."
The Eldest Brother said, "He was a true sage."
The Drunkard said, "A sage loved wine. He was indeed a sage."
The Eldest Brother said, "But you killed him."
The Drunkard said, "If the governor of Chuzhou was not a sage, I wouldn't have killed him."
The Eldest Brother asked with a trembling voice, "Why?"
The Drunkard looked at him and said calmly, "Because the more virtuous the person died, the more pain you will feel."
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