Nightfall

A Hard Life for Them

Xia Hou left and walked over to Hulan Sea with the box filled with bone ashes. There, his countless powerful loyal subordinates were waiting for him. However, he looked so lonely, desolate and no longer had the disposition of a high-minded unique general as before.

Ye Su silently looked at Xia Hou’s disappearing figure at the shore of the lake and knew that this man had lost everything— this famous general had been swinging between West-Hill Divine Palace and the Tang Empire for most of his life. He had offered all his loyalty and had given many feats in exchange for supreme glory. Today, in order to get the Tomes of Arcane, he threw away all these things that he had gotten through untold hardships and even countless grievances. However, he eventually got a handful of ashes. Afterwards, he would inevitably suffer the severe punishments of the Divine Hall and the Tang Empire. So he was bound to lose everything.

Presumably, the West-Hill Divine Palace hierarch, Great Divine Priests of Relation and Judge would have some pity for this important figure, Xia Hou, who had disregarded the high status and reputation of the Tang Empire. However, Ye Su came from Zhishou Abbey. So he did not care about these struggles in the secular world. He just unconsciously glanced at the girl who had kept silent all this time.

He noticed her messy red dress and her half-naked body. He did not show concern for her injuries, but frowned at her exposed youthful body.

Because of his frown, Ye Hongyu’s beautiful cheeks became pale. Since Ye Su came from the Snow-capped Peak, she had stared at him. Neither Xia Hou’s iron box nor Eldest Brother from the Academy could have made her divert her gaze. However, Ye Su did not look back at her until this moment, when he finally glanced at her. But his glance was full of disgust, and this hurt her feelings.

Ning Que noticed her slightly strange expression and followed her gaze to the man with a sword who was floating like a fairy as well as a ghost. He thought that he had guessed the truth of the matter and asked in a low voice, “An old flame?”

Ye Hongyu slowly turned her head and looked at him with no emotion. She said, “I’ll kill you.”

Ning Que quietly moved half a step behind Eldest Brother and proudly said, “Nobody can kill me now.”

Tang Xiaotang interrupted him. “Come on. He is her brother.”

At this moment, Ning Que knew what he had misunderstood and apologized to Ye Hongyu with a smile.

The Wayfarer of Devil’s Doctrine, Tang, was Tang Xiaotang’s brother and the guy with a wooden sword was Ye Hongyu’s brother. Ning Que thought Haotian was not really fair, for the brothers and sisters were all cultivation geniuses. And then he remembered that he had sincerely wished that Chen Pipi could fall in love with girls who had the most ferocious brothers in the world. At this time, if Chen Pipi and Ye Hongyu had no affinity in their childhood, would Chen Pipi develop a love story with this Devil’s Doctrine girl called Tang Xiaotang in the future?

As he thought of these things, Eldest Brother said, “Youngest Brother, let’s go.”

Ning Que liked being called Youngest Brother, of course not by Chen Pipi or Seventh Sister, but by Eldest Brother or Second Brother. Because he felt a sense of security when he was called so.

He was Youngest Brother of the Academy. Once something happened, for example, when Xia Hou’s huge fists were about to beat him into a stupor, Eldest Brother or Second Brother would surely help him. This was undoubtedly the best thing in the world. So he gave a quick answer. “Eldest Brother, I got it.”

Ye Su suddenly looked at them and said, “It seems that Mr. First doesn’t want to see us?”

Eldest Brother quietly watched him for a long time. And then he said very slowly and seriously, “As a disciple of the Academy, I certainly hate taoist priests like you. Although I don’t admire Youngest Uncle like Jun Mo, I still dislike taoist priests.”