Repugnant gateway 2, p.63
Repugnant Gateway 2, page 63
An Zheng nodded, "Yes."
Song Qiao continued, "It's been a few years since I last ate it. Looking at it, I haven't left the library for more than two thousand days."
He looked at An Zheng, "Speak."
An Zheng organized his words and said: "Sir, have you seen someone called Ding Shengxia before? He recently came to the library."
Song Qiao said. "Even though I don't go out of the library, I know who you are and what happened between you and Ding Shengxia. What are you doubting about, that you came all of a sudden to ask about this? "
An Zheng said: "I am not sure, but when I fought with Ding Shengxia, I found out that the technique he used was extremely special, I have never seen it before. I checked again, before we battled, Ding Shengxia came to the library. Perhaps I found some kind of extraordinary cultivation technique in the library, and was just curious … "
Song Qiao replied casually: "He went to the second floor and I don't care. However, there weren't any amazing techniques on the second floor. The Martial Arts Academy only had one extraordinary technique on the third floor. to make you feel special, to tell you how special it is. "
An Zheng hesitated, then replied: "Evil."
With this word, Song Qiao's expression suddenly changed, "Xie?"
An Zheng nodded his head, "After thinking about it, there is only one word that can describe it. "It's just that it's very evil, whether it's the way you attack or the way you circulate your energy, it's all very evil."
Song Qiao's face looked even more strange. He asked An Zheng: "How is this a demonic technique?"
An Zheng briefly described the situation between him and Ding Shengxia, but there was something in Song Qiao Sheng's eyes that An Zheng could not understand … Panic. A teacher who had not left the library for several years, why would fear and panic appear in his eyes after hearing what An Zheng had said?
"You come with me."
Song Qiao stood up. "The library is to be cleaned up as usual. You can come back tomorrow."
The few students who were still searching for a cultivation technique exchanged glances with each other before returning the books in their hands and left with some unwillingness. Most of these people came from the Humble Class and could not come into contact with so many cultivation techniques, even low-level ones. To them, cultivation was a very luxurious affair.
After Song Qiao and the others left, they closed the door to the library and quickly went up to the second floor.
There was a small table and a chair on the second floor, around the corner of the stairs. Sitting upright on the chair was a female instructor. She looked dignified and elegant. She seemed to be in her thirties or forties. She always looked so calm and peaceful, as if nothing could disturb her.
"Something has happened."
Song Qiao ran up and said these three words in his first sentence.
The female instructor was slightly startled: "You came up …" Is it because of that? "
She glanced at An Zheng a little vigilantly, Song Qiao said: "He brought this news, you can ask him. An Zheng, tell her what you just said to me again. "
An Zheng didn't know why Song Qiao Sheng was so nervous, but he felt that it had something to do with Ding Shengxia's evil way of cultivation and his style of doing things. Perhaps … Ding Shengxia's huge change had really come from getting something from the library.
The female instructor was already sitting properly, and now she was even more upright.
She tilted her head slightly, and her face was very pretty.
An Zheng could only repeat what he said when fighting with Ding Shengxia again. Of course, there were some things he did not say, such as the black spear. Before the Old Huo finds anything, this black spear must not be handed over.
An Zheng had thought that the female instructor would also have some sort of reaction after she finished speaking, but she merely frowned slightly, and then said to An Zheng: "It's already too late, you can go back now. "For the time being, you don't need to mention this matter to anyone else. You don't want anyone else to know about it."
An Zheng asked: "Is that all?"
The female instructor nodded. "That's all. You can leave now."
It was not good for An Zheng to stay, he could only leave the library. After he walked out of the library, he raised his head and looked back. He could faintly hear the sounds of a quarrel. From the window, he could also see the shadow of Song Qiao, and he seemed rather excited.
Song Qiao Sheng and the female instructor definitely knew something.
An Zheng felt that the Martial Arts Academy was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, and he suspected that the reason Song Qiao Sheng had not left for so many years was because he had made some sort of mistake. Perhaps he hadn't left for more than a thousand days. What he was guarding wasn't those low-grade cultivation techniques on the first level, but something even more important.
An Zheng turned his head around after walking a few steps, and looked around until he could no longer see the shadow of Song Qiao who was standing on the second floor's window.
But just as An Zheng was about to leave the Martial Arts Academy, Song Qiao Sheng caught up from behind and grabbed onto An Zheng's hand. "Bring me to the place where you and that guy are fighting."
An Zheng was startled, but before he could react, something suddenly appeared under his butt, and it was still growing. In that moment, An Zheng felt himself floating, and when he looked again, he found that he was already sitting on a gigantic wine gourd.
"Which way? "How far is it?"
Song Qiao asked.
After An Zheng replied, the bottle gourd shot out with a 'sou' sound, it was extremely fast.
At the same time, Vice Principal Chang Huan ran to Principal Yan Xu's door and knocked: "Sir … Something's happened. "
Yan Xu who had already fallen asleep sat up: "What happened?"
"Song Qiao rose from the library."
Yan Xu's expression changed greatly. "Go to the library first, I'll be there shortly."
Chapter 185 - Magical Equipment Master
On the second floor of the library.
Yan Xu glanced at the female instructor who was still calm and frowned deeply, "Song Qiao left the library, why didn't you report him?"
The female lecturer did not stand up, but put down the book in her hand. "Up until now, we have not received any instructions regarding the new principal, so we naturally followed Principal Sang's original instructions. Once we sensed that something was wrong, President Sang had ordered us to act according to our own discretion. If it is within our capabilities, we will deal with it ourselves. If anyone is outside of our capabilities, immediately inform General Fang Zhiji. But General Fang Zhiji is not in the capital right now!
Yan Xu was choked a little. He wanted to get angry, but held himself back. He knew that he had been careless. He had thought that nothing would happen, but something had happened.
"Forget it. If anything happens again, report it to me immediately."
He waved his hand. "Tell me everything you know."
Chang Huan said in a gentle voice, "Huo Tangtang, you know how important this matter is. A single mistake on the part of the Martial Academy would lead to eternal damnation. The purpose of the establishment of the Martial Arts Academy was to obtain talents for the great swallow. After that incident, there was another responsibility. You've been in the library for so many years, and you know more than I do. So, I hope that you can tell us everything you know, at least it's better than what you and Song Qiaoshan have to hold on to. "
Huo Tangtang turned her head and looked outside the building: "I have already been here for many years and haven't left this place for a long time, only now did someone come to talk to me about this, don't they think it's a little late?"
Yan Xu said coldly: "You have guarded it for many years and that was Principal Sang's instructions. It has nothing to do with me."
Huo Tangtang laughed: Since that's the case, then why should I tell you?
Yan Xu said: "I am now the Dean of the Martial Arts Academy, whatever you do, you must be responsible for me."
Huo Tangtang shook her head. "Everything I have done, I am only responsible for myself. When Principal Sang came to me, he had already said that the fewer people who knew about this, the better. He wanted to not tell anyone else about it. Therefore, if I choose to agree to it, then I will face a very long period of loneliness. I considered agreeing to Principal Sang one night, and at that time I told myself that I was responsible for my decision. So many years later today, an unrelated person came to me and said that it would be laughable and shameful for me to be responsible to him? "
Yan Xu raged, and was just about to speak, but was stopped by Chang Huan: "Sir, can I handle this matter?"
Yan Xu snorted, then flicked his sleeves and left.
Chang Huan sat down opposite of Huo Tangtang: "Perhaps you all have misunderstood Sir, he does indeed look like a different type of person from Principal Sang. However, if it was really as the rumors said, Mister Sang and Principal Sang were extremely hostile. Then when Principal Sang was still alive, why didn't he chase Teacher away? As you know, before the Empress Mother was fully in power, Principal Sang had plenty of opportunities to drive him away. With the Military Department's Old Shang Shu as Principal Sang's backer, how stable is Principal Sang's position? "
"But Principal Sang has never chased Teacher away. Does that not explain things?"
Huo Tangtang said calmly: "What does that have to do with me?"
Chang Huan nodded: "It's related, it's a very big deal. Principal Sang did not kick him out because he knew what sort of person he was. You should be clear about the way Principal Sang views people, and you should also believe in his character. "
After he recovered his breath, he continued, "Sometimes, things are far from as simple as they seem. I can only tell you that the contradiction that makes others look is not necessarily a contradiction. The person who made others think that he was the most unlikely person to become a friend might not be none other than a friend. This is how you're going to act, but your words really do make people uncomfortable. Otherwise, there's no way he would have made people feel that he and Principal Sang aren't on good terms. "
Huo Tangtang's expression finally changed: "You're saying?"
Chang Huan laughed: "Whatever I say is not important, the most important thing is that right now, the secret in the tower, has already been passed down from Principal Sang to Sir."
The word inheritance moved Huo Tangtang.
After she was silent for a while, she told her what An Zheng had told her, and then continued: "I have already looked for it, and there is indeed one less book on the second floor. "However, I have seen that book countless times before. It was just an ordinary entry-level cultivation technique. I have seen it on the second floor, and there haven't been any problems with it in all these years."
Chang Huan asked: "There are at least a thousand books on the second floor, could you have remembered wrongly?"
Huo Tangtang said: "If you were to tidy up the books that the students messed up every day and put them back where they used to be, you would be sure that you are not mistaken."
Chang Huan suddenly felt his heart ache. A woman who had endured for so many years could even be said to have left her most beautiful youth behind. The crowd was already accustomed to her existence, perhaps even the library was accustomed to her existence. But how many people had thought about how they had been able to make it through thousands of days and nights? She had persisted for several years longer than Song Qiao had ascended, and the latter had already become somewhat crazed.
"In other words... Back then, the things that the seniors of the Martial Arts Academy had been looking for have always been within the library and have always been before our eyes. It's just that we did not discover it. "
Chang Huan sighed: "It's really sarcastic... What should we do now? "
Huo Tangtang said: "You just said it … Since Principal Yan obtained the legacy from Principal Sang, he should know what to do. I'm just a guard, and I've made a mistake. He could only watch as the creature slipped away in front of him. However, he did not notice it at all. Therefore … I'm not qualified to talk about what to do about it. "
Chang Huan shook his head: "No one said you made a mistake. We are very clear about how powerful that thing is."
Huo Tangtang's tone was finally no longer that cold. "Song Qiao had already asked An Zheng to bring him to that place to take a look, in the hopes that she could see what problems there are between An Zheng and Ding Shengxia. All the years I have been here, all the years that thing has not moved, only Ding Shengxia moved it after he arrived … Therefore, the only thing they could do now was perhaps to find Ding Shengxia. Or perhaps, I should think clearly about why that thing chose Ding Shengxia to bring it out. "
Chang Huan's frown became deeper and deeper. He stood up and paced back and forth in the room. After an hour, he suddenly turned around. Why didn't that thing move for so many years? It is because although the Martial Arts Academy is not lacking in ruthlessness, that is not enough for it. A man's heart is not narrow enough, his character is not bad enough, his conduct is not bad enough, his thoughts are not evil enough, I am afraid he will not choose. Ding Shengxia just so happened to satisfy all its needs, so it had to wait for a whole years for a suitable candidate. "
He looked at Huo Tangtang, "Tell me, if an even more evil person appeared in front of it, would it appear?"
Huo Tangtang sighed: "It has already left the library... The outside world was like a sea to it, and it was a fish returning to the water. So the reason why Ding Shengxia was important was because Ding Shengxia was the only clue he had left, but was Ding Shengxia really that important? Outside, there were people more evil, narrow-minded and stubborn than Ding Shengxia. It could abandon Ding Shengxia at any time, because it has enough people as candidates. "
She once again turned her head to look out the window, "I thought that cultivating the Silent Lotus for ten years had turned into detecting all the filth. Now, I know that it has always been in front of my eyes, and I can't see it at all, nor can I sense it."
Chang Huan was shocked in his heart, "Don't let this matter disturb your state of mind. Ten years of tranquility is truly not easy!"
Huo Tangtang turned her head around, "Thank you … I know how to be self-centered, and I just hope it works. "
Chang Huan was silent for a while, before saying: "You rest first, let me handle this matter temporarily. I'll go chase after Song Qiao and An Zheng first, hoping to help him a little. In addition, An Zheng didn't know about the sequence of events surrounding this matter, so it was really too difficult for him to understand. "So no matter what he asks you in the future, don't tell him."
Huo Tangtang nodded her head, "This is still not something he can touch on. What's the point in saying it?"
Chang Huan bade his farewell and rushed out of the Martial Arts Academy after leaving the library. His left hand came out of his sleeve, and he held a narrow, flat yellow slip of paper between his fingers. He held the slip of paper in his left hand and wrote a character on it with his right index finger. The paper slip suddenly ignited and then transformed into a stream of fire as it flew forward. Chang Huan followed behind the flames and rushed out of Fanggu.
South of Fanggu, the tragic stone city.
Amidst the mess, Song Qiusheng's expression became more and more unsightly. "Ding Shengxia has already fallen to such a depth, yet there is still devilish energy left in this place."
He muttered to himself in an extremely soft voice, causing An Zheng to not be able to hear him clearly. "What did mister say?"
Song Qiao said: "Nothing …" An Zheng, are you still hiding something from me? The aura in this place is still chaotic, but I can feel that there was once one or two extraordinary magic tools here. The fact that the aura is leaking out so strongly means that one of the items is already damaged. "
An Zheng said: "Ding Shengxia indeed used a magical artifact with a strange Qi, it is a spear. I … I have a very high rank magic tool in my hand, so Ding Shengxia's magic tool was defeated and broken apart by my magic tool. This aura, it is most likely left behind because of this. "
Song Qiao asked anxiously: "Where is Ding Shengxia's magical equipment?"
An Zheng said: "Half of it was taken by him, and the other half was brought back home by me."
Song Qiao was slightly anxious, "Why didn't you say that earlier?"
An Zheng shrugged his shoulders. "I do not understand this matter, nor do I understand why Sir cares so much. I just took half of Ding Shengxia's magical equipment, and want to go back and see why it's so evil … "
Song Qiao's expression softened, "An Zheng, this matter is truly serious. I can't tell you what it is yet, but please believe me. The half magic tool that you left behind could very well be the key to solving this problem. "
An Zheng: "I'll go back and get it for you."
Song Qiao nodded his head, "I will continue to stay here to see if there are any discoveries, you should return quickly."
An Zheng nodded, he felt that this matter involved a huge secret. That half piece of magic equipment was nothing to him, and giving it to Song Qiao Sheng wasn't something he couldn't accept.
By the time An Zheng rushed back to the Heavenly Awakening Sect, everyone was already asleep. He lightly knocked on Old Huo's door. The door creaked open from the inside, and the first thing the bloodshot eyes of Old Huo said when he saw An Zheng was: "I probably know where that thing came from."
An Zheng's face changed, he rushed into his room and closed the door behind him.
Old Huo held an ancient book in his hands. An Zheng had seen this ancient book many times before, and it was viewed as a precious treasure by Old Huo. The Old Huo passed an ancient book to An Zheng: "Look at this page … When I was reading all these, I treated it as a myth. Now, I know that every word recorded here is useful and exists in reality. "
Using the light in the house, An Zheng looked carefully at the page that Old Huo had turned.
