Chapter 227 – Thus We Shall Perceive Them (Part One) (1/2)

Chapter 227 - Thus We Shall Perceive Them (Part One)

Standing in front of the broken monolith, Chen Changsheng was not actually thinking about it, nor was he attempting to recall some story from long ago. Rather, he was thinking about his own problems.

What he understood was that not all monolith viewers would be able to come before this broken monolith.

In that case, he really wanted to know just what exactly having the ability to see this broken monolith signified.

It was just as some people in the capital had already realized, and also what the Divine Empress had said to Mo Yu on the Dew Platform. Viewing the entire front mausoleum in the span of one day truly did have few problems. He had comprehended the monolith inscriptions, but had made no attempt to extract any further messages. Thus, he naturally was not enlightened by any sort of true meaning outside of what was written on the monolith inscriptions.

He had very easily read through the Heavenly Tome Monoliths, but it seemed that he had obtained no benefits.

However, this was not the problem. At the very least, it was not the problem that he was currently pondering about and worrying over.

Disregarding any philosophical reasons, the reason Chen Changsheng had not used any of the three most common and most traditional methods of taking shape, taking ideas, and taking moves was very simple: his meridians were defective. His true essence had no means of flowing through his broken meridians. Thus, even if his true essence were to be even more abundant, it would have no meaning. Therefore, he had to find a new method.

He seemed to have achieved enormous success, having become the second person after Zhou Dufu to comprehend the entire front mausoleum in a day, but he had always felt that there was something wrong.

It was the same sort of hesitation and helplessness he had felt when he had decided to begin comprehending the monoliths.

The method that he had used was rather ingenious, but it was still a variation on the method of taking the idea.

He had originally thought that after he had finished comprehending the seventeen monoliths one after the other, he would no longer care about such a thing. However, now that he had seen this broken monolith, he finally understood: to be unsatisfied was to be unsatisfied. He could cheat the heavens and cheat the earth, cheat a king and cheat a saint, cheat his father or cheat his mother, but he could not cheat himself.

The front mausoleum of the Mausoleum of Books had always contained eighteen monoliths, but it was currently missing one.

Therefore, even if he deciphered seventeen monoliths, it would still be incomplete.

This sense of incompleteness weighed upon his spirit, making him uncomfortable.

It was just like his method for comprehending the monoliths. It was indeed very powerful, but in the end, it was only a type of compromise.

For the sake of going to the Garden of Zhou, he had deciphered the monoliths as fast as possible, thus renouncing those twenty odd days of persistent seeking.

To comprehend the entire front mausoleum in one day was truly impressive, but, in his view, was it not a type of failure?

The Dao he cultivated was to follow his heart, and in the end, the heart was hard to satisfy.

He stood in front of the broken monolith for a long time, but he ultimately was unable to come up with anything, so he began his descent from the mountain.

In the dim light of the night, the monolith huts by the path were exceptionally quiet. Not a single person could be seen.

Accompanied by the starlight, he soon walked past seventeen monolith huts, finally returning to the front of the Reflecting Monolith.

Outside the Reflecting Monolith’s monolith hut, a dense mass of people had gathered.

As it turned out, those monolith viewers who would have normally been sitting in front of the various monolith huts, had all gathered here.

They had been waiting for Chen Changsheng.

Seeing his figure appear from outside the monolith hut, the crowd grew restless.

Tang Thirty-Six stepped forward, looked him in the eye, and said, “Seventeen monoliths?”

Chen Changsheng nodded his head.

Tang Thirty-Six laughed heartily, then heavily patted Chen Changsheng’s shoulder several times. He turned around to face the crowd and shouted, “Seventeen monoliths!”

The murmur of discussion suddenly ceased, and the area around the monolith hut became silent.

The crowd looked at Chen Changsheng, speechless from surprise.

Ye Xiaolian opened her eyes wide and looked at Chen Changsheng, her mood somewhat strange. Could it be that there was someone in this world that could match up to senior Qiu? Seventeen monoliths, perhaps senior Qiu… would also find that difficult to accomplish? She thought of how, back in the Li Palace on the Divine Avenue, she had attempted to shame Chen Changsheng. She could not help but feel thoroughly embarrassed, and she lowered her head.

Chen Changsheng said nothing. Together with Tang Thirty-Six, he headed down the mountain path.

Countless pairs of eyes, full of admiration and even awe, followed him.

A normal person would no doubt become a little intoxicated under the gazes of so many people.