Chapter 188 – Ascending Upwards on Stairs (1/2)

“What is there inside Zhou Garden? Treasure?”

“There should be weapons or manuals for discipline arts from the supreme experts Zhou Du Fu defeated all those years ago, of course, the most important thing will be that his own legacy could very likely also have been left inside Zhou Garden.”

“Will everything found within Zhou Garden after entering, belong to yourself? You don’t need to hand it over to the government?”

“The basic principle is to base rewards upon merit, of course, even though Zhou Garden is enticing, wanting to probe deeply is a very dangerous task, not to mention there will also be many opponents of the same level. Therefore, the more important significance behind Zhou Garden is that it is the most appropriate testing ground for young cultivators.”

“Wouldn’t those elders or experts enter Zhou Garden in order to fight over the treasure?”

“The legacy disciples of those few scattered individuals, or perhaps old monsters, will take the risk and enter the garden, but they also have to keep in mind the attitude of The Five Saints, I trust they wouldn’t do anything overly excessive.”

Many years ago, during the legendary battle at Luoyang, Zhou Du Fu had defeated Emperor Taizong of the Zhou Dynasty. His Royal Majesty would have definitely lost something to him. At an even earlier time, outside of Old Snow City, he had defeated the Demon Lord that had once been renowned as to being the strongest.

The incredibly powerful Tian Luo that had been in the Demon Lord’s hands was severely damaged, causing it to continuously plummet on the Banner of Hundred Armaments, in the end, it was only useful for cloaking an assassination attempt at Orthodox Academy.

From just this point, it could be seen as to how much influence Zhou Du Fu had had on this continent, how deeply and how absolute. In his life, who knew just how many peerless experts had he actually defeated? If the weapons or discipline arts of those peerless experts were left inside Zhou Garden, they would be the biggest treasure there.

Not to mention, as with what Jin Yu Lu had said, Zhou Du Fu had already disappeared for hundreds of years; perhaps dead, perhaps having shattered the void, no matter what the situation was, his legacy was probably left behind in Zhou Garden.

The legacy of the continent’s foremost expert… even just the very thought would shake someone’s mind, causing them to be unable to calm down.

After listening to Jin Yu Lu’s account, Chen Chang Sheng and the others finally came to have a real understanding of this situation, the gatehouse became even quieter, the droplets of oil that were accumulating upon the tip of the tusks became ever greater in size.

A Zhou Garden as such, who wouldn’t want to enter?

For a great many years, Zhou Garden had opened as scheduled, shaking the continent, but its definite location wasn’t something that could be confirmed every time; this year, Zhou Garden’s location had finally been confirmed once again, as a result, this meant the Zhou Government would definitely send a large amount of people into Zhou Garden in order to explore, attempting to find the genuine treasures.

What Qiu Shan Jun had done, was only to find the door to Zhou Garden and obtain the key to the garden itself. The vast mist outside of Zhou Garden gradually faded away, yet the world within still remained secretive.

However, this miniature world that opens once every ten years, had a very strict requirement on the level of cultivators that wished to enter, but it wasn’t a difficult to understand criteria – only those who are in the realm of Ethereal Opening can survive within.

Tang Thirty-Six and Xuan Yuan Po subconsciously looked towards the direction of Chen Chang Sheng. In the final match of the Grand Examination, Chen Chang Sheng had inexplicably completed his Ethereal Opening, therefore, he naturally had the prerequisite to enter Zhou Garden.

Chen Chang Sheng shook his head, he was certain that the final number of young cultivators who could enter Zhou Garden, will definitely be more numerous than current, that’s because tomorrow is the date for entering the Mausoleum of Books to discern The Way.

“Tomorrow, prepare medicine and crystals, striving to be able to break through realm levels while inside the mausoleum.” He looked at Tang Thirty-Six and Xuan Yuan Po, then said: “At the time, we’ll enter Zhou Garden together.

Jin Yu Lu said: “Her Highness will also enter the Mausoleum of Books tomorrow.”

Chen Chang Sheng said: “Then all four of us will enter together.”

In truth, Chen Chang Sheng wasn’t overly concerned with Zhou Garden, that’s because it was too far away….in truth, counting the time, it wasn’t really all that far away, but his thoughts were on what was before him, on tonight.

Tonight, he had to enter the palace to do what he must do, and he absolutely had to finish that task, only through that, would worldly events such treasure, such as legends, become important to him.