Nightfall

I Want To Look At The Sun

There was nothing but silence. Right then whenever Haotian laughed, everyone on the square was lost in contemplation. Those words were informative and mysteriously captivating.

The words Ye Su just said began with a prophecy and ended in overwhelming joyfulness. He mentioned the legendary Ever Night and commented with great hope, which was very confusing for the crowd.

What was the Ever Night? In an ancient legend in the cultivation world, it was a catastrophe caused by the invasion of Invariant Yama. After Sangsang was born, Ning Que saved her and fled. Later on, the Headmaster slaughtered the Golden Dragon in the Wilderness and proved the legend to be fake. There was no Invariant Yama or the nether world. Therefore should there be an Ever Night at all?

There was an Ever Night once. People who survived the previous Ever Night were still alive now. However it had nothing to do with Invariant Yama. It was merely the rotation of Haotian’s ploughing in spring, harvesting in autumn, and vacation in winter.

For most people, the endless Ever Night was chilling and ruthless. However for Haotian it was simply the fundamental rules of this world. If the world were to be eternal, an Ever Night was necessary.

The nature of the New Stream was to replace Haotian as the new faith. It was the terminator of Haotian and the grave digger for Taoism. Then why should Ye Su be looking forward to the Ever Night?

“Your Ever Night… What is it?” Long Qing stared at Ye Su and asked.

Ye Su stared back calmly and said, “An Ever Night is an ever night.”

Long Qing said, “Ever Night means darkness.”

Ye Su said, “Only in an Ever Night would people open their eyes and see for themselves clearly, the scenes Haotian had been hiding from them. That’s the truth. Apparently that’s why I am looking forward to it.”

Long Qing pondered then said, “The truth is objective and not subjective to anyone.”

Ye Su pointed to the red morning sun on the horizon behind him and said, “The sun hangs in the sky everyday. It sets and rises again and again. Is it objective?”

Long Qing answered, “The sun is of course objective.”

Ye Su smiled and asked, “Then have you ever seen it?”

Long Qing was about to answer but suddenly frowned and got stunned. He thought it over and realized what the question was actually about. People living on the earth saw the sun everyday. But have they ever looked at it seriously?

Everyone had seen the sun. They got up every morning and saw it from the backyard. They complained about its dazzling light in noon time and covered their eyes with their hands. They sat in a pavilion in the breeze by the river and recited poems when the sun set.

But what did the sun look like? It was red in dawn and dusk, and white in noon. What was its true color? Apart from the dazzling light was there any pattern on the sun? If no how should people describe it?

If not able to describe it, how could they claim to have seen it?

He suddenly recalled the scenes he saw in the illusion when they were in the enrollment test of the Second Floor of the Academy. There was Ye Hongyu, Ye Su and the light. When he followed the light and defeated everyone in the world including Ye Hongyu and Ye Su, there was nothing left but the light.

It was the same as the morning sun.

The absolute light was the same as the absolute darkness. He had realized that when he was in the illusion back then. That was why he had spent the last bit of his courage in the dark world in the north Wilderness.