If the grass and flowers in the mountain formed a complete painting, then the Abbey Dean was indeed in the painting. However, he was also outside the painting. To be more precise, there seemed to be a small painting in the painting, and he was in the small painting.
The small painting was the interlayer of the aura of Heaven and Earth, a secondary space between the real space. He was standing there. He seemed to be very close, but he was actually very far away. He seemed to be inside the painting, but he was actually inside the painting.
Within a few feet of the Abbey Dean, under the influence of the aura of Heaven and Earth gushing out from the interlayer, the feeling of spring was extremely strong. There were green buds on the trees and yellow flowers in the grass. Ning Que's thousands of iron cutlass strikes could cut the green buds and yellow flowers into pieces, but not the feeling of spring. The feeling of spring was invisible.
The spring breeze blew and the leaves swayed. The Abbey Dean's figure instantly moved to a distance of more than a hundred feet behind the cold lake. He was far away from the terrifying talisman intent and blade intent, and could not enter for the time being.
It was like a city wall. People outside could not enter, and people inside could not leave even if they wanted to. Both the city and the cold lake eventually became a prison cell.
Ning Que had been imprisoned in Chang 'an twice, so he was no stranger to this situation.
"You shouldn't have left Chang 'an."
The Abbey Dean looked at him and said. His expression was still calm and gentle, just like the spring breeze. He was like a teacher who knew everything in the world and was sincerely giving advice. "You have no chance of winning."
Ning Que knew that the Abbey Dean was right. His most powerful weapon, or his biggest hope to defeat Grand Cultivators like the Abbey Dean and the Drunkard, was the God-stunning Array passed down to him by his teacher, Chang 'an. Leaving Chang' an meant leaving this weapon thousands of miles away. In a sense, it was no different from suicide.
But he had to leave Chang 'an.
He had made this decision on that snowy day, and he would never regret it. Because he knew that the Abbey Dean would kill Sangsang, and he was the only one who could find Sangsang before the Abbey Dean did.
Instead of thinking about the past, he only thought about what would happen in the future. He looked at the fierce talisman intent that covered the sky and earth around the cold lake, and thought about what he should do later. The moment the blade intent dissipated, he would leave as far as possible. The Abbey Dean could not see through her world, so she would be safe.
Everything was to give Sangsang a chance to escape, but it would probably ruin all his chances. He looked at the Big Black Horse, thinking that it would die with him, and felt a little guilty.
The Big Black Horse did not look at him. He did not want to see his apologetic eyes. He did not play cute, silly, or naive. He just stared at the Abbey Dean on the other side of the cold pond. His eyes were extremely sharp, like a warrior before a battle.
Ning Que was touched. He stroked the mane on its neck and smiled.
Suddenly, his smile disappeared and his expression changed.
He heard a crisp sound coming from behind him.
A brand-new wooden house appeared beside the cold pond. Sangsang slowly walked out of the house with her hands on her waist. She had returned to the human world, she had dispersed her own world.
"Why did you come out?" Ning Que asked angrily.
"I don't feel well." Sangsang strolled by the pond with her big belly. She didn't even look at the Abbey Dean on the other side of the pond and said expressionlessly, "It's your fault."
"Where do you feel uncomfortable? What does it have to do with me again? "
"It's all your fault. Of course it's your problem."
Ning Que was speechless. Wasn't it what she wanted? Of course, there was nothing to argue about at this moment. As for the reason why she came out, how could he not know?
He was not going to ask further because the answer was a little mushy. Sangsang said, "I don't want you to leave. I want to be with you. I'm used to being with you."
Being used to it was really a beautiful thing.
Holding her hand, Ning Que sat down on an old tree stump by the pool. Looking at her tired eyes, which shone with a certain luster of life, he felt unprecedentedly satisfied.
Hearing her words, the outcome of the match and many other things were no longer that important.
After Sangsang came to the pond, the Abbey Dean was silent for a long time. Then he bowed to her from a distance. He was still polite and even a little pious, as if he was still her follower.
Ning Que sat under the tree stump and meditated, hoping to recover the Psyche Power that had been consumed by thousands of talismans as soon as possible. Looking at the Abbey Dean's behavior, he frowned slightly and was even more confused.
"Why?"
Why did the Abbey Dean want to kill Sangsang? Helping Ye Su become a sage, starting a prairie fire of the New Stream, splitting Taoism … destroying the foundation of Haotian's faith, weakening her and paying such a painful price just to kill her?
Where was the reason? Where was the justice?
This was the question of the Academy and the whole world.
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"Taoism and the Academy are the same. It's not because the Headmaster of the Academy used to study in Taoism, but because we both think from the perspective of human beings."
The Abbey Dean stood by the pond and there was a green leaf between his fingers. It looked like a tiny flute. "Even though we are the same, our final destination is different. The Headmaster of the Academy wants to break the sky, but I don't."
Ning Que did not express his opinion on this question because he had tried it before and knew that it was almost impossible to change one's outlook on life.
"What do you want to do?" This was his biggest concern.
The Abbey Dean looked at Sangsang by the pond quietly for a long time. Then he showed an inexplicable smile and said slowly, "I want to change the sky."
He dared to change the sky.
What was the sky? It was not the sky. It was Haotian, the only and supreme god worshiped by human beings. It was the guardian and dominator of the world and the faith of Taoism.
The Abbey Dean wanted to change the sky.
He wanted to change Haotian.
Sangsang looked at him quietly and asked, "Why?"
This was Haotian's problem.
The Abbey Dean said calmly, "Because you can no longer fulfill your duty as Haotian."
Sangsang raised her eyebrows slightly and said emotionlessly, "Stupid."
According to the doctrine of the West-Hill, it was more than stupid for mortals or believers to judge Haotian. It was the most unforgivable blasphemy. However, the Abbey Dean did not accept this.
"You have already lost."
The Abbey Dean looked at her quietly. His eyes were soft and even slightly pitiful. "Many years ago, you wanted to set the trap for the Headmaster of the Academy. You woke up from the Divine Kingdom and projected your consciousness into the human world. From that moment on, you have lost."
Sangsang slightly squinted her eyes.
Ning Que felt a little uneasy and held her hand tighter.
"Did you really set the trap to kill the Headmaster of the Academy? Could it be that Heaven's will is unpredictable and you can't think of any other way? You don't need to come to the human world? No … maybe you didn't realize that you set the trap out of curiosity. You wanted to see what the human world was like. "
The Abbey Dean looked at her and pitifully said, "When you started to be curious, you were no longer Haotian. You began to have the characteristics of human beings. You can no longer return to the Divine Kingdom. That is the proof."
Sangsang said expressionlessly, "So? Then? "
The Abbey Dean said calmly, "Taoism woke you up in the chaos to protect the human world. When you can no longer bear the responsibility, Taoism naturally has the responsibility to replace you."
"So, I will do everything I can to kill you."
"Then, I will choose a new Haotian."
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