Nightfall

There Is Hope

Ning Que was an ordinary person, so why would he believe that his messages would work? It had nothing to do with psychology. His message to the Abbey Dean was coming from the knowledge he had learned from his past life, while his message to Ye Hongyu was related to his experience of this life. He thought his plan was flawless and would definitely work. His confidence was rooted in his understanding of the Abbey Dean and Ye Hongyu.

He thought people like the Abbey Dean and Ye Hongyu would be convinced by his words and that at least one of them would be convinced.

If the Abbey Dean was convinced, then the Academy could control the human world, which would be the best. If Ye Hongyu was convinced, then Taoism would be divined and the Academy naturally would win, which would also be great. But as for Ye Su…

Ye Su would die, and Ye Hongyu probably would think Ning Que was a cold bastard after she found out. Or was it possible that she had already thought of this? But she had no choice but to pin her hope on the Academy.

Standing on the edge of the city wall, Ning Que looked at the Yanming Lake in the distance and found that snow began to fall from the sky again. He felt that his hands were even colder and the Core Vajra of the Array in his arms was as cold as a piece of ice.

On the day that Sangsang left the human world on that big ship and returned to the Divine Kingdom, he was sure that she would never come back and they would never see each other again. Then he began to change.

During the massacre of the City of Wei, the general was killed, and she was gone too. Ever since then, he couldn’t maintain enough enthusiasm for the human world, the Divine Kingdom and even the whole world. He became colder and more realistic.

He was not numb or deliberately cold due to pain and disappointment. He was just gradually changing back to the old Ning Que, since the one who made him into a better person was gone.

The child who held a rust knife in the firewood house and fought the young master and the housekeeper, survived while living among the dead bodies and cannibals, survived the dangerous beasts and more dangerous hunters, and slew the mounted gangsters by the Shubi Lake.

That child was the real Ning Que. He knew nothing about good, evil, or morality, and didn’t care about others. In his eyes, people were just tools to get what he wanted.

Senior Sister told him the secret before leaving. He sympathized with her painful past, but did not hesitate to take advantage of this matter.

But Ye Hongyu was still special to him, so he told Chenqi to reveal the secret only if there were no other options. Besides, he was very careful with his words, guaranteeing that others would not find out the secret. He felt no shame since Ye Hongyu’s reputation was undamaged.

He did not care whether Ye Su, the founder of the New Stream, could survive or not, for it was Taoism’s own business. If Ye Su were to survive and help spread the New Stream, the Academy had nothing to lose. And if Ye Su were to die, he would definitely become a legendary saint, which would benefit the Academy more.

In a sense, Ning Que was a disciple of the Headmaster, learning from the Academy and Ke Haoran. But in essence, he was the descendant of Lian Sheng.

Since Jun Mo was in the distant Wilderness and the Eldest Brother was keeping watch on the Drunkard, Ning Que and Yu Lian, the two who had already gone mad, were actually leading the Academy.

And Lian Sheng pinned his hopes on Yu Lian even before she became the master of Devil’s Doctrine.

It seemed that the Academy was doing what Lian Sheng would want rather than the Headmaster at this point. Would Lian Sheng be gratified or even ravished with joy if he could know what happened after death?