201 Touris

His whole body was clad with old armor, which was covered in dust. He had satthere guarding the mausoleum for hundreds of years. Chen Changsheng looked at the pavilion from far away and looked at thatlegendary divine general. He stayed silent. From time to time, the mountain wind would cause the water from the waterfallto drift into the pavilion, landing on the worn-out armor. The water could notwash off the dust on the armor, but instead it made the armor dirty faster. Theperson within the armor did not move, and he sat on the rock with his headdown. He leaned on his sword as if he was sleeping. In the past hundreds of years, the number one divine general of the continent,Han Qing had always held the mausoleum guard position. Without a question, itwas an extremely great honor. However, no matter if it was storming or snowing,he would guard the mausoleum day and night. He would guard all the way until hebecame a part of the Mausoleum of Books itself. How lonely was such a lifestyle? Seeing such a scene, Chen Changsheng very naturally thought up of Jin Yulu.After the gate of the Orthodox Academy was destroyed, Jin Yulu always sat onthat bamboo chair, even though it was just an academy gate. However, whencompared with this legendary divine general in the pavilion, only their sittingposition was different. Afterwards, he thought of that huge war hundreds ofyears ago, and thought that perhaps Jin Yulu and this person really did knoweach other. He did not leave, nor did he walk up. In between a dozen or so of the shallowcanals, he stared quietly at the pavilion, and stayed silent for a long time.Afterall, he was still a fifteen year-old teenager, and only felt deeply movedoccasionally. The complicated feelings in his heart did not last for too long,and instead felt more respect and surprise. After an unknown amount of time, he bowed towards the pavilion before turningaround and leaving. He continued to walk around the Mausoleum of Books. The scenery within the Education Palace was actually even more beautiful thanthe scenery within the Mausoleum of Books, but that kind of beauty always had afake feeling from being cut off from the rest of the world. Or perhaps it wasbecause those azure skies and pure white clouds were too perfect. So afterlooking at them for a long time, it was very easy to tire of it, which urgedpeople to keep far away from it. Luoluo stood on the edge of the hall’s highest railing and looked at thosesilky, wispy clouds far away. Her pretty face revealed an expression of slightannoyance and said, “Why can’t I go to the Mausoleum of Books?” Chen Changsheng and Tang Thirty-Six had both entered the Mausoleum of Books.After leaving the royal palace, Jin Yulu had arrived at the Education Palace tosee her. After hearing what she had said, he replied in a distressed manner,“Princess, you obviously can enter the Mausoleum of Books. You can go wheneveryou want, but not now, because you…… don’t have a result for the GrandExamination?” “Then, why can Zhexiu go in?” Luoluo turned around, and asked. “Wofu Zhexiu is only a loner.” Jin Yulu looked at her and said with a seriousexpression, “The Zhou Dynasty focuses mainly on war merit, so ever since theEmpress visited the Star Seizer Academy, everybody has been nice to him.However, he is still a loner. People will not be overly cautious with him, butthey will also not overly focus their attention on him.” “I hope Master can help that pitiful child.” Luoluo spoke slightly pitifully.She was even slightly younger than Zhexiu, but as the princess of the Fae race,all the Fae teenagers were children in her eyes. Also, she sympathized with himvery deeply because of Zhexiu’s bloodline. She really hoped Chen Changshengcould help him. Jin Yulu sighed and began saying, “Wofu Zhexiu’s problem is much harder todeal with than yours. If it weren’t for its difficulty, perhaps your motherwould have already sent people to take him back to White Emperor City. Howcould she let him wander the snowy plains for all these years and rely onkilling separate members of the Demon race to survive?” Luoluo knew what Jin Yulu had spoken was the truth. She sighed gently andturned around to ask, “I can’t enter the Mausoleum of Books, but what about theGarden of Zhou?” Only those who had reached the Ethereal Opening Realm could enter the Gardenof Zhou. However, she believed that she could break through within a month,even though she did not enter the Mausoleum of Books to view the monoliths. “Even if princess is able to break through, His Majesty would definitely notallow you to enter the Garden of Zhou.” Jin Yulu said, “Even if His Majesty gave you permission, the two Saints withinthe capital would not risk it.” On the stone steps in front of the Education Board, officials and clergymenwere bustling around without stopping. Some were going up, and some were comingdown. They seemed like ants that were foraging in all directions. Currently,the sky had already darkened slightly, and the light of the setting sun reachedthe stone steps. This caused their shadows to elongate drastically. It was asif there was a fire on the stone steps, and the people were walking aroundwithin it. The building’s innermost room was covered with plum blossoms. Inside, theArchbishop Mei Lisha suddenly opened his eyes and asked in a slightly exhaustedmanner, “What is that child doing?” Priest Xin who was beside him began to speak, but stopped. He hesitated for ashort time before saying, “He…… is moseying around. He seems to be enjoying thescenery.” “Enjoying the scenery?” Mei Lisha gazed at the glow of the burning sunset, and his misty eyes becameclearer from the splendid light. He asked with a slightly weird expression,“Perhaps that is the only thing he has done from morning until now?” “Yes.” Priest Xin was a little nervous and replied with a low voice, “He hasalready moseyed an entire circle around the Mausoleum of Books.” Mei Lisha frowned slightly. The room was incomparably quiet, and theatmosphere immediately became especially constraining. Just when Priest Xin thought that he would explode into a raging fury, insteadhe heard the sound of laughter. The elderly man’s laugh was somewhat hoarse, but after listening to it, it wastruly a cheerful and happy laugh without any other feelings. “In the Mausoleum of Books, he does not view the Heavenly Tomes, but thescenery instead?” Mei Lisha held onto the seat and slowly stood up. Afterwards, he walked to thewindow with the support of Priest Xin, and he gazed southwards at that greenmountain, which seemed to burn in the setting sun. He smiled while shaking hishead, but he remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, “I am verycurious. What does he really want to do?” In the Hall of Grand Clarity’s side hall, Mo Yu had just finished withhandling state documents. She rubbed the space between her eyebrows tiresomely.While looking at the setting sun in front of the hall, she remembered thattoday was the first day when the Grand Examination examinees entered theMausoleum of Books to view the monoliths. She looked at the female official byher side and asked, “How is it?” The female official relayed the process of having those young examinees leavethe Imperial Palace to enter the Mausoleum of Books. She described everythingin detail and did not forget to include any of the important information. However, Mo Yu felt that something was missing and asked while frowningslightly, “What did Chen Changsheng do? Did he go and view the first fewmonoliths?” The female official had never thought that Lady Mo Yu would actually care somuch about a single examinee. After being startled slightly, she quickly wentto find the record and passed it over. Mo Yu flipped open the record and glanced through it. Her expression changedsuddenly, and her thin brows were slightly raised. With a cold expression, shesaid, “This guy, what exactly does he want to do? During such an importantmoment, he actually still wastes time.” A similar report was sent to the Tianhai Clan at noon. Of the Orthodoxy’s six figureheads, the three archbishops who stayed in thecapital currently sat in the main hall of the Li Palace. After seeing the newsfrom the Mausoleum of Books, they all did not know what to say. Today, the entire capital had paid attention to Chen Changsheng’s actionswithin the Mausoleum of Books. He was first place in the first banner, and hehad undergone his Ethereal Opening at such a young age. Furthermore, the Popehad already used certain methods twice to show benevolence and love to thisteenager. Many people wanted to know that if he viewed the monoliths in theMausoleum of Books and attempted to comprehend the Dao, would he bring shock tothe world again? Chen Changsheng had done it. He had once again shocked the entire capital. Throughout the whole day, he did not do anything at all. View the monolithsand comprehend the Dao? He did not see a single stone monolith, and have noteven properly entered the Mausoleum of Books. He only strolled a lap around themausoleum. He saw a lot of scenery, and stared blanked many times, just like atrue tourist, like the type of tourist that had the most time.