Chapter 435 – What Are We Discussing Together? (1/2)
Chapter 435 - What Are We Discussing Together?
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”You guys don't need to worry about it anymore. I'll solve it.” Tang Thirty-Six didn't explain too much to them, only saying, ”If I can't solve it, then my name's not Tang Thirty-Six.”
These words were said with extreme self-confidence, but Chen Changsheng and Xuanyuan Po were more concerned with three other problems. Firstly, a lot of rain had fallen into this bowl of soy milk; how much more diluted was it now? Secondly, that youtiao had been in his hand for such a long time; just how dirty was it now? Lastly, Tang Thirty-Six changing his name was a very common occurrence. Why was it that this sort of promise sounded somewhat unreliable?
His name originally wasn't Tang Thirty-Six, it was Tang Tang. In addition, he was in the upper level of Ethereal Opening, so it was a given that he would leave the Proclamation of Azure Sky and enter the Proclamation of Golden Distinction, it was just that his exact rank wasn't known. Presumably, he would not be so fortuitous as to be ranked thirty-sixth again. Moreover, in the previous changing of ranks for the Proclamation of Azure Sky, he had used the excuse that his new rank didn't sound very nice to not change his name. This time, it would be difficult for him to use a similar reason to pass it off.
Xuanyuan Po felt that these words of Tang Thirty-Six were too lacking in sincerity. Shaking his head, he walked out of the library.
Chen Changsheng wanted to clear this up, but then he had second thoughts. He really didn't understand all this very much, so he decided to keep it to himself. Instead, he asked, ”What name are you planning on changing to this time?”
”Let me think…I should be able to get into the top thirty?”
”This is the Proclamation of Golden Distinction, not the Proclamation of Azure Sky.”
”So what of it? I'm at the upper level of Ethereal Opening! As long as I'm not lazy, I'll catch up to you eventually, minute by minute,” Tang Thirty-Six proudly declared.
His face was caked with dust, but it was possible to see that his skin had gotten somewhat paler. In addition, he was also much thinner. It was clearly evident that his time cultivating in the Mausoleum of Books had been incredibly arduous.
At such an age, to be able to enter the Proclamation of Golden Distinction, and to also be so self-confident to think that he could enter the top thirty, was an extremely rare sight and he truly was deserving of being proud.
Chen Changsheng was happy for him from the bottom of his heart. He said, ”You have to continue working hard.”
Tang Thirty-Six was rather disgusted at these words. ”You really are acting like a principal.”
Chen Changsheng began to laugh and prepared to apologize when suddenly, Tang Thirty-Six sighed.
”What's wrong?”
”As soon as I thought about how you and Xu Yourong ran ahead so quickly, how my extraordinary achievement actually won't be able to shock the world, only my relatives back in Wenshui, it really made me lose all my strength.”
Saying this, Tang Thirty-Six stood up and looked around the library. He abruptly asked, ”It's fine if Princess Luoluo didn't come to welcome me, but what of Zhexiu?”
In his mind, wolf youth Zhexiu was an excellent student that he had paid a heavy price to buy for the Orthodox Academy. The problems currently facing the Orthodox Academy were exactly problems that required Zhexiu to solve, so he couldn't let him go.
Chen Changsheng said, ”There are some things that I haven't had the time to tell you.”
Tang Thirty-Six turned to him and asked, ”What things?”
Chen Changsheng replied, ”Zhexiu is currently in Zhou Prison.”
From the time Chen Changsheng and Zhexiu left the Mausoleum of Books and entered the Garden of Zhou to this day—this story seemed rather long, but telling it actually didn't require much time. The youtiao in the soy milk didn't even have time to soften up.
”So…it turns out so many things happened,” Tang Thirty-Six concluded. ”We can disregard the other matters for the moment, but we spent money on Zhexiu. We have to get him out as quickly as possible.”
Zhexiu was a person the Orthodox Academy had spent money on, so he was a person of the Orthodox Academy. Since he was a person of the Orthodox Academy, the Orthodox Academy had to protect him. This was a very simple line of reasoning.
Moreover, Zhou Prison was an incredibly terrifying place. To stay in there for one day was like staying for a year in the abyss of the underworld.
Chen Changsheng was also very worried about Zhexiu. It was just that the Orthodoxy and the Imperial Court were currently in conflict with each other and there were also internal problems within the Li Palace. And now, even Archbishop Mei Lisha was not feeling well. He was quite at a loss for what to do.
”From a certain perspective, Zhou Tong is just like that Tianhai Ya'er that you guys couldn't deal with, just countless times more terrifying and powerful. To reach his goal, he could do any kind of cruel and deplorable deed. Everyone knows that he's the Divine Empress's mad dog. Whoever the Empress wants him to bite, he bites. To a person like him, all strategies and plans are useless.”
”But why does he continue to so doggedly bite on to the Orthodox Academy?”
”Because His Holiness has expressed his position. The position of Emperor of the Great Zhou will probably return to the Imperial clan, but the Empress clearly doesn't think this way.”
Chen Changsheng lowered his head and said, ”In truth…I really don't understand just why the position of emperor is so important.”
Tang Thirty-Six looked at him like he was a freak and said, ”It's the Emperor of the Great Zhou, the position of supreme authority! Nobody can resist the temptation of that throne.”
Chen Changsheng raised his head and looked back. ”But I really don't think that it's that great. I've always felt that the time and energy needed for all this is really very unreasonable.”
Tang Thirty-Six looked into his eyes. They were still limpid and clean without the smallest hint of falsehood. He couldn't help but be a little moved. ”Do you really think this way?”
”Yes,” Chen Changsheng replied.
”Chen Changsheng you really are a freak, a real freak, not abnormal like Tianhai Ya'er.”
Tang Thirty-Six looked at him and said, ”You can't understand us, but I also find it very difficult to understand you and why you don't care about these things.”
Chen Changsheng thought about it, then said, ”Perhaps it's because I've seen things that are even more important?”
”Such as?”
”…life and death.”
Outside of life and death, everything else was other people's business.
Life and death are also matters of great importance.