Nightfall

And Where Were You?

The scornful expression on the general’s face didn’t add some approachable feeling to him. Instead, Ning Que felt a heavy pressure. He said slowly, “I am not afraid. I am just unwilling to be questioned by you.”

“I totally agree with your opinion about the buildings without walls. Our country, the Tang Empire, will never collapse no matter what happens to it from the outside. The only thing that could destroy it must start from the inside. If you insist on questioning me, I am afraid others will think that the Military Ministry is trying to oppress the Academy.”

He said, “I know you have no intention of doing that, but we shouldn’t send this kind of misleading messages to our enemies. That is why I don’t want you to question me, but to be fair, you also can’t question me.”

“Ning Que, oh Ning Que.”

The mocking expression had disappeared on Xu Shi’s face. He said to Ning Que coldly, “I would praise your integrity if you didn’t deny your crime, but to shoulder it bravely. ”

Ning Que replied, “It is not bad to be a sweet talker either.”

“You are being too arrogant if you are determined to challenge the Military Ministry. Do you really think you are qualified to do that?”

“Although I don’t understand what your words mean,”

Ning Que continued, after a short break, “I really don’t know what it is that I am not qualified for. After all I am a core disciple of the Headmaster and I represent the Academy to enter the human world after my Youngest Uncle. ”

After staring at him for a long time, Xu Shi walked to the railing with his hands putting behind him. He oversaw Chang’an city, which was sitting beyond the forest and the meadow, and said, “You were also a soldier before. I think you know clearly what a soldier’s duty is. Do you really think that I don’t dare to kill you?”

As his words finished, a strong and cold aura was emitted from his stooped body, separating him from the surroundings.

The refreshing breeze in the attic suddenly stopped, giving a halt to the swaying of the tree branches and making the fallen leaves stop rolling among the grass.

From Ning Que’s view, all the movement outside the attic was halted and the landscape outside looked like a framed painting.

Even he became a part of the picture, unable to move anymore.

Only the old man was free, he was not in it.

The Qi of Heaven and Earth in the attic was under the control of the old man. It also stopped moving and lost all its vitality. If the old man wanted, he could kill anything here easily.

Under the humped body of the old man, there was the terrifying power. Ning Que fell silent, thinking to himself that the old man was not renowned for being the strongest person in the Military Ministry for nothing.

His state in cultivation was nearly higher than the Peak state of Martial Arts.

Ning Que knew that he could not fight against such powerful state, no matter what he did. Even the slightest movement of Xu Shi would send him to death, because his movement would summon the Qi of Heaven and Earth around to crush him to powder.

Sweat ran down his back, drenching his clothes and his umbrella on his back.

However, he still looked very calm.

In this landscape painting, only the man standing next to the railing was able to move.

It was lucky that the old man seemed to want to hear him saying something, so he didn’t control Ning Que’s mouth.