Chapter 175 – [TBD](4) (2/2)
He already knew what this mountain is, thus, he could also guess as to what this door was.
What was stranger, was that even though he had never come here before, and of this, he was certain – for some unknown reason, the door gave him a feeling of extreme familiarity, as if he had gazed upon the door for a very long time. Approaching from a different angle, it seemed as if this door had been waiting for him for a very long time.
His hesitation, in actuality, had only lasted a very short while.
Danger couldn’t make him stop; in order to continue living, he had already risked his life many times, therefore, what kind of situation can stop him from risking it once again?
His hand landed upon the door and lightly pushed. The door was about a hundred metres tall and from its outer appearance, its thickness should also be rather excessive. Logically speaking, it should be heavy to the point of resembling a city, yet mysteriously, following his light push, the door had opened.
Chen Chang Sheng retracted his hand, cautiously preparing himself.
The stone door slowly opened and countless rays of light spilled out from inside, landing upon his face and body. His eyes were dazzled to the point of making his vision slightly blurry, while his tattered clothing gleamed with an incredible brilliance, as if it had been set ablaze.
Surprising him, the light was not dangerous at all, but was instead filled with a positive energy, instantly making him feel that his injuries had improved considerably.
His fatigue disappeared, making him feel indescribably relaxed; he felt very strong and his control over many things became unconstrained, to the point where he had a feeling that could be described as “free”.
This type of feeling was very pleasant and this type of temptation was very strong. No kind of uncertainty about the future or the threat of danger could suppress that type of longing; Chen Chang Sheng headed into the direction of the doorway.
Beyond the door, it was a world of light, countless rays took over heaven and earth, flooding his eyes, making it impossible to see anything or make out a direction. He could only head forwards, bewilderingly and nervously.
This time, he didn’t walk for long.
The light rays gradually parted and became calm, the shading separated into black and white, then, more colours; such as the colour which represented life and ardour, red; the vast and mysterious blue.
This blue should be representing vastness.
Chen Chang Sheng looked at the stretch of blue as he quietly mused to himself.
He then saw several strands of white clouds that were slowly converging with some dark clouds above.
It was only then that he understood what type of blue he had seen; it was the sky’s blue.
Following this, he saw black eaves, the second floor’s windows, and a beautiful maiden that was wearing court clothes, staring at him from beside the window. He recognised her, he couldn’t understand why her brows revealed a sign of worry, but he could at least confirm one thing; his divine sense had returned to the Education Palace.
He had returned to the Tower of Purging Dust.
His body was still in midst of falling through the air.
His divine sense had sought incessantly, for an incredibly long time within his body, but for his body that existed outside in the real world, it was actually only a short instant.
For others, it could be even said that they had only seen him close his eyes and then open them.
Who could have thought, in such a short period of time, that he had experienced so many things and then returned to his original location? Who could have thought that he would no longer be the same person he previously was and that he had already arrived at a brand new world?
His divine sense had opened that door, yet returned to the tower. This demonstrated the fact that his micro heaven and earth had already fully connected with the real world’s macro heaven and earth.
The door to his Ethereal Palace had already been opened, though his meridian channels were still broken and hard to traverse, his True Essence will no longer fall into a chasm and disappear. The trickling streams that had been left behind by the snow plain alongside that lake’s water, continuously poured into his Ethereal Palace, helping him to continually interact with heaven and earth.
The rainstorm had already stopped, becoming a curtain of drizzling rain. Chen Chang Sheng’s body travelled through the rain and his eyes opened. His eyes were bright like lacquer and his mind, incredibly tranquil.
He once again tightly grasped the sword within his hand and through the freshly abundant True Essence inside him, he once again regained control of his body.
Chen Chang Sheng lightly buckled his knees, tightened his waist, corrected his form and landed upon the floor. His soles suddenly relaxed and then tightened, akin to a stone that has fallen into water; accompanying a light sound, he firmly stood upon the ground.
Closely following this, he unhesitatingly took out a large quantity of pills refined from medicinal reagents obtained from the Hundred Herb Garden and stuck them into his mouth. He quickly chewed and swallowed them, then turned his gaze towards Gou Han Shi.
Gou Han Shi will not underestimate any opponent, especially Chen Chang Sheng, whose ability he had personally seen at the Ivy League gathering. Not to mention, Chen Chang Sheng managing to storm into the final match of the Grand Examination, already evinced too many things.
Yet, after the battle had started, Gou Han Shi found that he had actually yet to make an accurate judgement of Chen Chang Sheng.
Chen Chang Sheng had burnt a fragment of snow plain, ten fragments and finally, all the fragments. If his meridian channels didn’t have any problems, he would have displayed an even stronger ability, though his current ability had already made Gou Han Shi feel rather shocked.
Fifteen years of age, having only cultivated for less than a year and having Purified through Starlight for an even shorter time, yet possessing such a vast True Essence. Throughout all his years, Gou Han Shi had only seen his senior brother display such an unfathomable achievement, he never could have expected that Chen Chang Sheng would also be able to do this.
Yet, as with what he had said to Qi Jian and his other junior brothers at the guesthouse for Li Mountain, he firmly believed that Chen Chang Sheng would not be able to defeat him and Tian Hai Sheng Xue, that’s because Chen Chang Sheng didn’t have any way of achieving Ethereal Opening.
Ethereal Opening required at least a hundred nights; drawing Starlight to devoutly knock upon the palace nightly.
Even if it were to be Zhou Du Fu of ages past, he would be no exception.
Chen Chang Sheng hadn’t even completed Purification a hundred nights ago, how could Ethereal Opening possibly come into the picture?
Yet, currently, something seemed to be happening.
Gou Han Shi looked at Chen Chang Sheng, he suddenly felt that the praise directed towards him for having read the scriptures in their entirety… was completely meaningless, that’s because, even if one was to search through the three thousand scriptures of the way from page to page, you wouldn’t find something similar to this.