Nightfall

Chapter 375: A Student, the Master and a Jinlan Tree in the Back of the Mountain

Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

In the Academy, there was the back of the mountain, and behind the mountain, there was a cliff.

Everyone in the back of the mountain, expect Ning Que, had been to the cliff and was surprised by the impressive view. It was so brilliant that they didnʼt often go there. For them, that cliff was not a dangerous place, but they knew very well that enjoying the view of the cliff and retreating at the cliff are totally different.

The last person in the Academy who was confined at the Back Cliff was a famous person, so much that no one outside the Academy was willing to mention his name, and they didnʼt dare to do that either. He was Youngest Uncle.

Everyone knew the story of Youngest Uncle retreating at the Back Cliff. And they also knew how hard it was to break the confinement there; it required the highest talent and greatest perseverance. Thus, it was really a shock to everyone when the master said he would send their Youngest Brother to the Back Cliff.

Everyone in the hut was silent. The complicated expressions on the studentsʼ faces showed their disagreement with the Headmaster of the Academyʼs decision, but no one dared to say anything because the master, who was sitting in the chair, slowly closed his eyes.

Apart from his big figure, the Headmaster seemed very normal. Apart from once cutting peach flowers on the West-Hill, there werenʼt other legendary stories about him known to the world. The Headmaster left fewer stories than his Younger Brother Ke Haoran, but every cultivator believed that he was the most legendary person in the last thousand years.

People in the hut respected and loved their master deeply. And now when they didnʼt understand and approve the masterʼs punishment to the Youngest Brother, no one knew what to do.

Chen Pipi rubbed his hands and walked to Ning Que. He bowed deeply to the master and said in a shivering voice, ”Master, that punishment is a little too much, isnʼt it?”

Before Ning Que came to the Academy, Chen Pipi was the youngest student on the Second floor of the Academy. And except Eldest Brother, he was the masterʼs most beloved student. At this time, he was the most suitable person to say something for Ning Que.

Ning Que didnʼt stay in the back of mountain for a long time, and from the last spring until today, he had been in the Wilderness. But even so, all the Senior Brothers and Sisters liked this Young Brother. Seeing Chen Pipi plucked up his courage to beg the master, they also joined him.

Everyone was trying to make the master happy and take his decision back; Seventh Sister walked to the back of the master and started massaging his shoulders; Beigong Weiyang and Ximen Buhuo talked about how steep the cliff was with a sad expression; Fifth Brother and Eighth Brother tried to change the topic.

Eleventh Brother Wang Chi didnʼt do the same thing. He looked at the master in the eye and thought for a while. ”If nothing is alive, then there wonʼt be such a thing as a heart; if fur doesnʼt exist anymore, there wonʼt be such a thing as hair; if flowers donʼt bloom anymore, there wonʼt be such things as colors; and if one is not wrong, then there wonʼt be such a thing as a punishment. Given that master gives Youngest Brother such a heavy punishment, I wonder what he did wrong.”

Wang Chi rarely spoke with people, he only liked talking with flowers. So, when he started arguing with the master, it was clear how worrying the situation was.

Second Brother always followed etiquette and order strictly, so he couldnʼt be more respectful to the master. But at this moment, instead of reproaching Wang Chi for not respecting their teacher, he said slowly to the master, ”Master, I have consulted all the rules of the Academy, and I donʼt think he did something that deserves such a heavy punishment.”

Third Sister Yu Lian was writing Hairpin-style Small Regular Script on a table around a corner of the hut. She stopped writing and looked at Ning Que and the master. She was thinking but still couldnʼt find a way out.

The crowd was still trying to persuade the master, but he was sitting still with closed eyes at all times. Eldest Brother looked at the master quietly for a while, then he walked forward and bowed to him deeply.

His move quieted the room and the noise stopped. Everyone walked back to their own places and looked at him expectantly.